THE PROGRESSIVE -MINER
Ketchikan. Alaska.
Entered at the Post Office at Ketchikan, Alaska as
second class matter October 21, 1914, under the act of
March 3, 1879.
THE PROGRESSIVE PRINTING COMPANY
J. E. RIVARD . Editor
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KETCHIKAN. ALASKA. MARCH 9, 1916
KETCHIKAN WILL GET HER OWN
With the coming of the ager: of the Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway and S. S. Company, to
gether with an agent of the Washington Fish and
Oyster Company of Seattle to locate here, purchase
ship, pack and otherwise prepare fish for the mar
ket. we see a star. These men have somewhat
brightened the shadow that had obscured our fu
ture prosperity for some little time.
For months we stood still watching our com
merce slipping away from us to other ports, with
out doing anything to retain it- It was not until
the little Progressive had pointed* out our laches
that businessmen: huffy at being shown the truth,
got together, roasted the editor and went to work.
Something they had not done for months: and lo
and behold, oar commerce is returning. Not
only that, bat the businessmen will see that it stays
with us hereafter. Evidently, all they needed was a
little stirring up to remove their passive tendency.
There has been too much of that in the past- We
have been in the habit of taking things too easy.
We thought we had lasting prosperity by the tail
on a down-fciR pull, but when advantages cut the
tail off, we were left- A little action on our part
changed all that however, and now Ketchikan will
get her own. Will get what belongs to her by na
tural right as well as by right of discovery- that
we must be active and not passive. For in this
age of hurry, unless we help ourselves none will
help as.
It behooves us to encourage in every possible
way. these men who have recognized our rights.
moral;.', financially and otherwise. The Grand
Trunk Pacific is in a position to help us, and the
company is willing to do it provided we do our
share.
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NO REASONS AGAINST.
Our suggestion to elect one or two women on
the council and school board at the coming election,
has nx?t with genera? approval thus far. None seem
to have any objections. As a matter of fact, the
voters are all in favor of it. Men are not so sel
fish as to deny that a woman i. not just as capable
of performing the duties imposed on a councilman
as man. Her intelligence is not inferior to that
of a man. What she lacks is experience: and from
our point of view, if a woman has acquired the
experience of successfully managing a kitchen—which
is much more complicated than that of keeping the
streets in repairs and spesxltng the people’s money,
she has ali the required qualifications for council
man. Besides, one or two women on the council
could not do much harm if they wanted to. In
the first place they are incapable of doing anything
wrong intentionally. At least that class of women.
It's not in their nature. And in the second place
they would be in the minority and the wise-men
folks would see to it that the town's moral and
financial equilibrium are maintained.
The women of Ketchikan should get together,
name their candidates for election and stick to
gether. The men folks are too chivalrous to throw
any objection in their path. Not only that, but
the men are no doubt willing to give the women
a chance to try their hands at guiding our destiny.
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Just between the hours of twelve and one
o’clock Saturday noon, a man came in. Of course
this alone would not have been noticed, but this
man had a red nose and running. Also he had
blood in his eyes; and he hollered “Where is that
doggone Banana Belt ."’ He landed in the middle of
street on all fours. As though wehad ever said
“Banana Bell.""
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LO, THE POOR BACHELOR.
< From the Brooklyn Eagle. 1
If single men continue to be singled out as
viet ms for tax collectors and recruiting sergeants,
the trinity of human rights will be changed to read:
“Life, liberty and matrimony.” For where can the
bachelor find happiness in a world that marks his
income as the first to be seized by a rapacious
state, and his precious person as the first to be
exposed t othe enemy’s bullets.
Never since the history of man began has the
bachelor been the marked man he is today. In Eng
land, Premier Asquith’s famous promise was given
to the married men. the conscription bill exempts
the married men, the state supports the wives and
children of enlisted married men. In France the
state supports not only the legally established wives,
but those whom soldiers acknowledge as their
-wives.'" the assumption being that the legal cere
mony will follow when the war comes to an end
Thus even the man who promises to become married
is favored by the state.
And as for taxes, the bachelor has long been
the victim of his own discretion. Even Uncle Sam.
who is ordinarily the least given to making in
vidious distinctions among his citizenry, grants the
married man a 54,000 exemption on the income tax.
In Eurepo the discrimination against the bachelor is
much more marked—so marked in fact that bachelor
hood is more of a luxury than a limousine.
Dandy show tonight at the
Grand, see the add on page 4. ad.
Job printing neatly and prompt*
done at the Progressive-Miner.
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KETCHIKAN
PUBLIC LIBRARY AND
FREE READING ROOM
10 A. M. to 10 P. M.
MRS, J. B. THOMPSON
Librarian
AT THE CHURCHES
AKOXQ TH£ CHURCHES
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Regular Services Sunday 11 aon.
Wedneaday evening reading and
Song Services at ';S0 p- m
Subject for March 5, ‘"MAN"
ALL ARE WELCOME.
FIRST SL E CHURCH
Sunday Church Service 11 a. m
and 7;30 p . m.
Thursday Prayer Meeting 8:30 pan.
Friday Caoir meets at S:0O p. m
First and Third Wednesday after
noons at 2:30 La±e: Aid Society.
H W. MICHENER, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
A.
Low Mass at 8:30 a. m.
High Mass at 10:30 a m.
Sunday School at . 2:30p.xO.
Sunday Vespers at 7:30 p. m.
Week Day Mass at 8 a. m.
Rev. PAUL P. KERNS.
Paste t
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ST. JOHN’S 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 SO Evening Prayer and Sermon
Holy Days—10:30 am. Holy Com- j
Bnute.
Tuesday—8:00 p.m. St. John’s
Social Club, Guild Rocm.
Wednesday—2 M p.m. Native
Women’s Guild, Indian School House j
Thursday—2:30 pm. St. John’s
Guild Room.
7:J50 p.m.St. John’s Athletic Club,
Boy’s, Guild Room.
Friday—8:00 pan. Choir Rehear
sal, Guild Room.
A sincere welcome is extended to
all, especially to newcomers.
REV. HAROLD H. KELLEY,
J. Pastor.
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Via the
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Top-notch service where
You’ll be among friends
From start to finish.
For information or literature write or ash,
C. M. TAYLOR. Local Agent, or
A. E. HARRIS, Traveling Passenger Agent
Juneau, Alaska
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
PACIFIC ALASKA NAVIGATION COMPANY
THE ADMIRAL LINE
ProKr Socjr&CAiiioBiiA Proer sorxc-ALii sia Bom
_ — Tsconti usd Seattle for Ketchi
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Use Yale uni Havard XWtattt OD«lo»m. Vud«. Port
W-!!s. Eliuiar. La Toatbe. Cook
aor Soother* Cai&ra-a Port*. Inle* idiots. Sevrard^cd Kodiak.
Steamers Admiral Evans And Watson Call at Ketchikan Ncftii and
Southbound on the 8th, 18th and 28thof each month.
Rizbt reserved to rtuie wttduie a ,-t bvti i s«itt.
H GALLAGHER. A*e«. WRTHLAND DOCK CO.. A*er,t
J.ncaa PHONE 66 Ketch (ban
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Ketchikan Meat Co.
PHONE 120
We make a specialty of Camp and
Cannery trade
Carslcns Packing Co., owners
Night Phone SI20
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Avettised letter list of the Ket
chikan, Alaska Post Office. For
the week ending March 4th 1916.
Johnson, Louis
Moiton. Miss E.
Schmidt. H. C.
All letters unclaimed by March
IStr, 1916. will be >e t to the dead
Letter Office, Washington. D. C.
Parties claiming letters from the
above list must pay a fee of one
cent for each letter claimed.
When calling for t\ie above, say
Advertised.
M. E. SWIXEFORD,
Postmaster.
Table of Distances from
Ketchikan
J Seattle, 660 W range!' n*
Petersburg 115 Juneau 223 j
Skagway 304 Sitka 2921
Metiakahtla la Dolomi 27 j
Ni black 30 Choir ley * 30j I
Kasaan 2S4 llolUs 39
; Kiaai 32 Loring 21
Yes Bay 39 Cape Chacon 4?
;Su!zer 92 Howkan 73
Waterfall 103 Craig 121
Klawak 126 Karheen 150
Shakan via. Cliacon 182
Bel, Island 50 L'mik River 70
Mary Island 23 Hadley 28
Tlnee Tree Point 45 Stewart B. C. 150
Prince Rupert 95
This table is'complied in nautical
mi- which areOOS) feet. The larg
“est part of this list was complied foi
the Post Office by the Captain of th
Gedney and isauthentic.
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KETCHIKAN MEAT COMPANY
SPECIALS
Fresh Chicken tamales.
Fresh Sound Oysters,
3 Dor. Eggs 9"> rents.
AH kinds of commercial print- j
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Draying
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aid carefully executed
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Ketchikan
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J W CORDELL, Propictor
Phone No. 60
ROYAL CAFE
UNDER
NEW MANAGEMENT'
We make a specialty of
short orders at all times
of the day or night.
Our Dinners are un
equaled in the North.
Private boxes for dinner
parties.
YUTCHF.LL BILICICH, Prop
Stedman Hotel
IRA H. KING. Manager
Headquarters for Commercial, Can
nery and Mining Men
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
GENERAL BOAT BUILDING I
AT THOMAS DOCK
Estimates Furnished,
Prices Reasonable.
CANNERY WORK A SPECIALTY
Boat work of adl kinds promptlp eone.
. H. CRICKS, Builder f
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The Ketc hikan Cigar F actory
Will now thankfully receive mail orders from out of
town stores. We wdl ship cigars anywhere.
For information write to the
KETCHIKAN CIGAR FACTORY
JOHN A. ANDERSON, Prop. KETCHIAN, ALASKA
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Ketchikan Iron Works
We Cut Gears
THAT ARE
Evenly Spaced
Accurately Cut
ANY NUMBER OF TEETH
FROM
7 to Pit :h
AGENTS FOR
Atlas Gas Engines
Oxy •= Acetylene
Welding
BLACKSMITHING AND
GENERAL MACHINE WORK
G. E. LINGERFELT, Proprietor
| We Manufacture and Keep in Stock all kinds of jjj
I Spruce and Cedar Lumber
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Can fill any order either stock
or cut to specifications ... !!
Steamer Vigilant and Barge Blanche il
: :
for charter for freight purposes
Ketchikan Power Company H
WE HOLD FAST
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tf to tj'e idea that a satisfied customer
Ik is a mighty good advertisement.
■U Also that a dissatisfied one is a
UJ mighty good advertisement for
■Pt somebody else. Hence, we always
Sjx do 0ur very best with every bit of
Bf launrdy work. How good that best
3 is you will appreciate if you Bend
Hill ■ ’ - nwfix
Phone 24.
KETCHIKAN STEAM LAUNDRY
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DIRECTORY
WILL, I5E iHKLYDY SOON
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