Entered at .he Post Office at Ketchikan, Alaska a
second class m:r '.or October 21, 1914, under the act O' j
March S, 1ST9.
THE PROGRESSIVE PRINTING COMPANY
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ns*? Pix'grvs .- vv Miner is strictly non-partisan aa. j
devoted to use test -uterests of our city, Southeaster!.
Alaska in parti* tKar and the Territory in genera.
^ETCHlhAN, ALASKA. MW 9, 1916- ~
THE I RVtH OF THE MATTER.
Under the caption ‘ This Precinct a Mining Center”
in yesterday’s issue- we merely stated facts as they
were given by Mr. W. Maloney, inspector of mines in
Alaska, who has just completed a tour of inspection
of our local mining camps
According to that statement, most of us must ad
mit that our i lea of the extent of the mining in
dustry • so far as Ketchikan is concerned, was away
off from the a.tuai facts. We knew that here and;
there, rock-picking was going on, but we only had a
very faint idea of the extent, and much less of future
possibilities. From the inspector’s point of view—and
he ought to know—we have plenty of rich ore and all
we need is a lit: o capital to open up the mines
The number of workable mines in this precinct)
with large bod;, of ore is much larger than any other
precinct in Alaska, not excepting Juneau- Compara
tively speaking. J uneau is not as much a mining center j
as Ketchikan- :s true that there are a few large j
mines around Juneau operating, yet if we had spent!
half as much c oney in the development of our mines j
as was spent at the mines around Juneau, from the 1
fact that the r... her of mines which would pay large,
dividends to owners in this precinct were they in op- j
eratipn is much larger than at Juneau, we must con
clude that Ket- , .an is not only the most important,
fishing center ir. Alaska, but also the most important
mining precinct
HA< NO TIME FOR TRIFLES
Led to believe that the administration favored us.]
we and every citizen of this great nortbland, for sev
eral years pas; nave almost yelled our heads ofF"in an
endeavor to make congress give us more power in the
niana?rr!'.ci' of r wen unanimous
in a dec.and : r a “fall territorial form of govern
ment" if not a state form of government. The mouth
piece that star..; * tew anything of the democratic party
in Alaska, has ten most insistent in its demand for
more power, ac t ha- repeatedly asserted that all that
which our deie; lie had to do was to demand and w%
would receive the- coveted power.
The same mouth piece has been ferociously loud
in its proclam -n that the president was anxious
that we should ' vera ourselves and was impatient at
the delegate's delay in making the necessary demand.
At least that - .n tried to make us believe that the
president "as so disposed* It has proclaimed as much ]
! from tile very housetops- Moreover, we have been led
to believe that every official of the present adminis
tration favored an enlarged power for the territory:
when all of a sudden, so to speak, comes Secretary
Lane, whose 'min i is broader—at least w* thought so
j —than the entire universe, including Junea . •
: bill—published in yesterday’s issue—that she" .; : V:
' come a law, would give the president the power to
crucify us, and should we dare say boo. we shall com
mit a misdemeanor for which we shall be made A°
suffer more- We must not think for a moment that
the bill was introduced without the president’s consent
; either, since no official pt Washington dare do a
single act unless the president stamps it
Just because the government had a strike on its
hand at Anchorage, and that the administration is too
j busy to monkey with trifles, a law must be enat-ted
| giving not only the power to disregard individuals'
rights, but to put every doggone one of them on the
rock-piie. If that can he called a “full territorial form
of government.” let us go hack to the days of slavery,
we shill at least then know our status.
THE MEANEST!
The meanest man is the one who makes another
unhappy, and the world is full of those who have a
yellow streak in their make-up.
It is the mean creature who would turn a son
j against his father, ora daughter against her mother.
who wou'd shake one’s faith in his Creator, or entice
| him from his familiar place of Sunday worship, who
would take away the consolation of one’s religion
and give him nothing in its stead
But among the meanest is the man who makes a
contented worker, whether in business office, shop or
factory, dissatisfied with his job and who encourages
him to quarrel with his employer and to break the
bond of fellowship that always ought to exist • be
tween the man who fills and the man who empties
the pay envelope
There are those who make a luxurious living by
i posing as friends of the worker- They seek to prove
their fellowship by creating antagonisms between
| employer and employee- Could anything be more
I contemptible ?
These disturbers thrive on strikes they foment
and though strikes bring penury and suffering to the
- workman, the disturber never suffers. He gets his
: pay envelope- and it is always full, for the suffering
workman fills it
The man who refuses to work, as he has a legal
' right to do, reserves no right to create a mob to pre
vent some one who is willing to work frqm seeking
! employment, as he also has a perfect right to do.
The bludgeon- the pistol, the knife and dynamite
are the weapons of tie assassin- Those who resort
to them are outside the Dale of the law. The world
! Joes not owe them a living
Let all such go back to the countries from which
they came- Tins Republic is too good for them
They are unfitted to appreciate its liberties- They
are unworthy of its bounties.
The American workingman is different from any
other. He is educated- He lives well. He has am
bitions for himself and for his sons and daughters.
He is not easily misled. He is a fair type of the
open-handed, free-hearted, and perhaps too credu
lous persons of whom Abraham Lincoln so truthfully
remarked. “You can fool some of the people all of the
time, and all of the people some of the time, but not
all of the people all of ;he time.”—Leslie’s Weekly.
KETCHIKAN CAMP. NO. ». A B.
Meets every M r.da" -’“ening
at 8 pm., at Bed Men’s
Visiting Brothers Welt -lie
H. M. Stackpole. A C
D. 51. Sird‘h Harris. A R.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
local 224, rtgalar
m«U££ Monday
Vtouir| Brothers
cordially invited.
Mali for rent. Moo
flay, T'o.rsday. Fri
day and Saturday.
AT THE CHURCHES
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Regular Services Sunday 11 a.m.
Wednesday evening reading and
Song Services at 7;30 p. m.
Subject for April 7 “Adam and
Fallen Man ”
ALL ARE WEEC05IE.
FIRST 51. E. CHURCH
Sunday Church Service 11 a. m.
and 7;30 p. m.
Thursday Prayer Meeting 8:30 pun.
Friday Choir .. ets at 8:00 p. m.
First and Third Wednesday after
..r, at z:S0 I_..ies Aid Society.
H. W. 513 HENER,' Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Low Maas at S:30 8. Oi.
Higu Mass at 10:30 a m.
Sunday Schooi at 2:30p.»u.
Sunday Vespers at 7:30 p. m.
Week Day Mass at 8 a. m.
Rev. PAUL P. KERNS.
Paster.
ST. JOHN * EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Sunday—8.00 am., Holy commun
ion, (Except first Sunday in the
month.)
10:00 Native Sunday SchooL
11:00 am. Morning Prayer and
Sermon. (Holy Communion, first
Sunday in the month.)
12:00 m. Sunday SchooL
7:30 Evening Prayer and Sermon.
Holy Days—10:30 a.m. Holy Com
munion.
Tuesday—8:00 p.m. St. John’s
Social Club, Guild Room.
Wednesday—2:00 p.m. Native
Women’s Guild, Indian School House
Thursday—2:30 p.m. St John’s
Guild Room.
7:.00 p.m.St John’s Athletic Club,
Boy’s, Guild Room.
Friday—8:00 p.m. Choir Rehear
sal, Guild Room.
A sincere welcome is extended to •
all, especially to newcomers.
REV. HAROLD H. KELLEY,
Pastor. (
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PROFESSIONALS
James M. Shoup
Attorney at Law
Offices adjoining V S. Customs
Office
Notary
S. A. PLUMLEY
Attorney and
Counselor at Law
Office—Town Council Chambers.
KetchikaD, Alaska.
E. E. Sparhawk
DENTIST
Office in Residence
Hours, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Miller & Stevens
Hairdressing Parlor
Mclllravie Building. Main St
Hours. i(k30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
.Special work by appointment
CHAS. H. COSGROVE
Attorney at Law
GENERAL PRACTICE
C. E. INGERSOLL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Prompt attention given to perfect
ing land titles and securing patent
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.
J. FILL,MORE WARDER
Attorney at Law
General Practice Revilla Block
MARY A. C- GIBSON
Stenographer
Notary PtiHio*
OFFICES
—Newtown Home—
Phone 142
Phone 106. First-Class Work
F. MILLER
Painting, Kalsonuning, Paperhanging
and Graining a Specialty.
KETCHIKAN, : : ALASKA
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Ketchikan Meat Co.
PHONE 120
We make a specialty of Camp and
Cannery trade
Carstens Packing C*o. Owners
Night Phone SI20
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For Your
Hardware, Clothing, Shoes, Underwear,
Fishing Outfits.
The Celebrated Walrus Oil Clothing
Go To
N. F. ZIMMERMAN
Ketchikan. - r Alaska
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FOR SALE
Bell Island Hot Springs
Located 45 miles north of Ket
chikan, Alaska. Composed of
cabins, -tore with $1,000 stock, dock
and walk from dock to Springs, a
| distance of one quarter mile.
Numerous number of springs. Five
>f the largest cemented, walled and
| fenced in and the water is seven
oct deep. Creek flows h.v springs
• ith good water power, being fed
from four large lakes.
Springs arc in the hands of the
heirs of George Roe, and their de
ire is to sell if reasonable price
:f offered in the near future.
Terms can be made on this sale.
Inquiries and information can be
liad from W. L. ROE,
ketrhikan, Alaska.
Ketchikan Auto Service
C. C. COLLENS, Prop.
General Transfer to Any Part of
Town
Day Phohe 41 Night Phone 48
ROYAL-CAFE
We make a specialty
of Short Orders at all
times of the day or night [
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Our dinners are un
I
equaled in the North.
| Private Boxes for Dinner 1
Mitchell Bilicich, Co.
Dray ing
| All Orders will He promptly
aad carefully executed.
Contracts lakei for Air' Work
Ketchikan
DrayingCompany
J. VV. CORDELL, Propletor
Phoue No. 60.
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4 We Manufacture and Keep iff Stock all kinds of f
>1 !
*. Spruce and Cedar Lumber
Can fill any order either stock >
I or cut to specifications ... +
Barge Blanche
for charter for freight purposes l
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| Ketchikan Power Company !
Stedman Hotel
IRA H. KING, Manager
Headquarters for Commercial, Can
nery and Mining Men
j First Class Cafe and Buffet in Connection
SPECIAL WINTER RATES FOR PERMANENT GUESTS IN
GOOD CLEAN ROOMS STEAM HEATED, AND WITH ALL THE
SERVICE AND ACCOMMODATIONS OF A FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
RATES UPON APPLICATION.
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
Just Received
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A few more
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Ladies7 Coats ana Suits
Latest Styles
.and Golors
Tongass Trading Co.
GENERAL BOAT BP1LDING
AT THOMAS DOCK
Estimates Furnished,
Prices Reasonable.
CANNERY WORK A SPECIALTY
Boat work of all kinds promptly done.
H. CRICKS, Builder
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DON’T MISS THIS
OPPORTUNITY
$400Q worth of Dry Goods at less
than original cost
I am retiring from the dry goods business to stock other
lines. In view of the fact th at prices are going up on nearly
everything you cannot afford to pass up the greatest sale in
i
dry goods*ever offered the people of Ketchikan.
Laces, Ilibbons, Embroide ry, duslin, Wool and Cotton Un
derwear, Hosiery, Silks and Satins, Cotton Poplins, and aP
piece goods. Hats, Caps and all Men's Furnishings.
Make your selections early as this stock will not last long.
E. E. Sparhawk
Telephone (> Ketchikan, Alaska
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Ketchikan Iron Works
We Cut Gears
THAT ARE
Evenly Spaced
Accurately Cut
ANY NUMBER OF TEETH
FROM
7 to _14_ Pitch
AGENTS FOR
Atlas Gas Engines
Oxy = Acetylene
Welding
BLACKSMITHING AND
GENERAL MACHINE WORK
G. E. LINGERFELT, Proprietor j
WE HOLD FAST
to the idea that a satisfied customei
is a mighty good advertisement.
Also that a dissatisfied one is a
mighty good advertisement for
somebody else. Hence, we always
do 0ur very best with every bit of
launrdy work. How good that best
•s J'01' will appreciate if you send
your things here next time.
Phone 24.
KETCHIKAN STEAM LA UNDRY
THE EVINRUDE ^
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
This you will find in an Evinrude.
Unequaled in Power and Duribility
Ideal motor for trolling- The
four-cycle can be slowed down to
two miles per hour. g
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Bums less gasoline per horse X!
power. ^
At least investigate before buy- w
ing any other motor. —
HANDLE ALL PARTS. S
H. G. KUBLEY g
Dealer in General Merchandise q
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA. p