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.
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KETCHIKAN, ^ALASKA, MARCH 7, 1916.
' REMEMBER VOTERS.
Remember voters that you have less than a
month in which to register, if you wish to vote at
the coming election; and unless you register, you
cannot take part in the selection of the men who
shall tax you, maintain your school, open up new
streets, keep the old ones in repairs, build the
Charcoal Point road—the joker, and otherwise order
you around. In other words, spend your money.
Every voter, man and woman, should register early
and find out who are aspirants for the honor; find
out their qualification and choose intelligently. In
cidentally, would it not be a good idea to select one
or two—or more—women on the council as well as
on the school board this year? Why not?
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HOW TO KEEP A CITY CLEAN.
(Kansas City Times.)
To make a city cleaner and neater and to substitute
beauty for ugliness is to enhance the value of both
public and private property. As to public property, this
work can be easily controlled. But the city authorities
can be expected to act only on the insistence of the
general public. Unfortunately, however, no matter how
careful a city may be about structures erected on
public property, the general effect of street and open
places may be spoiled by ugliness in surrounding struc
tures and private property. Billboards, signs, ugly,
garish or unkempt buildings, buildings out of repair,
untidy yards and vacant lots—all may counteract what
ever the city may do to make public property attractive.
The only way to keep the city neat and to make it
look as though it wore really self-respecting is for all
citizens to co-operate in insisting on private .as well
as public neatness and attention to good design
GET THE RIGHT JOB.
(From Newark Plan Commission.
The world is full of square pegs in round holes. Of
.men and women working at jobs for which nature
never fitted nor intended them. To such persons life
is haunted with lead hopes, disappointments, and often,,
health-wrecking results.
It is important that one should choose well the work
he has to do in the world. “Those who begin life
on crutches will always limp,” says an old proverb. It
means that the man who chaoses as his life’s work
some task that is uncongenial has a poor chance to
succeed.
It is worth a great sacrifice to choose the work you
can do best, and as grim Carlyle said: “Has a man
found his work? Then, in God’s name, let him do it.”
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PHANTOM OF THE PAST.
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(From Harper’s Magazine.)
“Every now and then,” said the sage, “I get an im
pression of permanence in the things of Central park.
As long as the peanut men and the swanboats are
with us I shan’t quite despair. And the- other night I
was moved almost to tears by the sight of a four-in
hand tooling softly down the Fifth avenue drive.
There it was, like some vehicle phantom, but how,
whence, when? It come, as if out of the early 1890s;
two middle-aged grooms, with their arms folded, sat
on the rumble (if it’s the rumble), but of all the
young people who ought to have flowered over the
top none was left but the lady beside the gentleman
driver on the box. I’ve tried every evening since for
that four-in-hand, but I haven’t seen it, and I’ve de
cided it wasn’t a vehicular phantom, but a mere
dream of the past.”
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TRUTH.
(From the Ohio State Journal.)
A writer in the October Atlantic makes use of the
sentence: “Until the facts are in their right order
there is no truth.” He might have expressed it “until
the facts are all in and in their right order,” etc., for
truth is not directed from limited facts.. Edmund
Burke gave this definition: “Truth is those unalterable
relations which Providence has ordained that every
thing should bear to every other.” So it is not the
right order, but the number, that exprer?es the truth.
And here is the fearful dilemma we enc unter, since
it .is impossible to get all the facts, for no fact is
unrelated, it is impossible t» get at the truth. Human
reason does not reveal it, which explains why human
reason is always disagreeing about it- There is not
a point in the universe that human reason is solid
upon. Then there is no truth in the world? Yes;
plenty of it—the intuition, the inspiration, the fruit of
the spirit and the voice of the conscience. But the
relation of everything to everything, in all time and
eternity and in all the universe, unless one ignores
fact long enough to ask 'the soul what it means.
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FREE READING ROOM
10 A. M. to 10 P. M.
MRS. J. B. THOMPSON
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AT THE CHURCHES
▲MONO THE 0HUK0HE8
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 March 5, “MAN”
ALL ARE WELCOME.
FIRST M. E. CHURCH
Sunday Church Service 11 a. m.
and 7;30 p. m.
Thursday Prayer Meeting 8:30 p.m.
Friday Choir meets at 8:00 p. m.
First and Third Wednesday after
noons at 2:30 Ladies Aid Society.
H. W. MICHENER, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Low Mass at 8:30 a. m.
High Mass at 10:30 a< m.
Sunday School at 2:30p.in.
Sunday Vespers at 7:30 p. m.
Week Day Mass at 8 a. m.
Uev. PAUL P. KERNS.
Pastor
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 a.m. 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 pm. 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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Steamers Admiral Evans And Watson Call at Ketchikan North and
Sonthbonnd on the 8th, 18th and 28thof each month.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
H GALLAGHER, Agent, NORTHLAND DOCK GO., Agent
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PHONE 120
We make a specialty of Camp and
Cannery trade
Garstens Packing Go., owners
Night Phone S120
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NOTICE TO VOTERS
Registration for the Munici
pal election to be held at Ketchikan
on April 4th, 1916, will open at the
Council Chambers, Main Street, Wed
nesday, February 23rd, 1916
Office hours, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Registration will close April 1st,
1916, at 4 p.m. All persons who
desire too vote must register.
S. A. PLUMLEY,
Regristration Officer
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QUALIFICATIONS FOR REGIS
TRATION FOR CITY
ELECTION
Must be 21 years of age, a citi
zen of the United States, or have
declared their intention to become
such, a resident of the Territory of
Alaska for one year and a resident
of the city of Ketchikan for six
months prior to the election.
Regristration for voting for the
school board the above qualifica
tions except residence—no length
of residence required.
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J. W. CORDELL, Propietor.
Phone No. 60.
Table of Distances from
Ketchikan
Seattle, «BO W range'.’ 80
Petersburg 115 Juneau 223
Skagway 304 Sitka 292
Metlakahtla 15 Dolomi 271
Nlblack 30 Chomlcy 301
Kasaan 291 Hollis 39
Kiam 32 Loriug 21
Yes Bay 39 Cape Chacon 48
Sulzer 92 Howkan 73
Waterfall 103 Craig 121
Klawak 120 Karheen 150
Shakan via. Chacon 182
Bell Island 50 Unuk River , 70
Mary Island 23 Hadley 28
ThreeTreePoint45 Stewart B. O. 150
Prince Rupert 95
This table is’ complied in nautical
miles which are6080 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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NEW MANAGEMENT
We make a specialty of
short orders at all times
or the day or night.
Our Dinners are un
equaled in the North.
Private boxes for dinner
parties.
MITCHELL BILICICH, Prop.
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GENERAL BOAT BUILDING
AT THOMAS DOCK
Estimates Furnished,
Prices Reasonable.
CANNERY WORK A SPECIALTY
Boat work of adl kinds.promptlp eone.
H. CRICKS, Builder
Ketchikan Iron Works
We Cut Gears
THAT ABE
Evenly Spaced
Accurately Cut
ANY NUMBER OF TEETH
FROM
7 to _14_ Pit;h *
AGENTS FOR
Atlas Qas Engines
Oxy - Acetylene
Welding
BLACKSMITHING AND
GENERAL MACHINE WORE
G. E. LINGERFELT, Proprietor
I We Manufacture and Keep in Stock all kinds of ;
Spruce and Cedar Lumber
Can OH any order either stock
or cut to specifications ...
Steamer Vigilant and Barge Blanche ii
for charter for freight purposes |
Ketchikan Power Company 1
W ' TOP _ WE H0LD FAST
to the idea that a satisfied customer
is a mighty good advertisement. t
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
i8 you will appreciate if you send
KETCHIKAN STEAM LAUNDRY
NEW TELEPHONE
DIRECTORY
WILL BE READY SOON
GET YOUR NAMES IN
NOW!!
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