THE PROGRESSIVE -MINER
Ketchikan. Alaska.
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Entered at the Post Office at Ketchikan, Alaska a.
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, APRIL 18, 1916.
SOME INTERESTING TIMES AHEAD.
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The political horizon is cloudy with uncertainties
and threatening signs; in so far as the tranquillity of
mind is concerned. The chances are that before
the year of 1916 is over, many of us will have good
reasons to call it an odd year. All due to. the many
elections and a referendum.
In Alaska this year, besides the presidential elect
ion about which we take more or less interest; we
have our territorial elections, both for our legislature
and delegate to congress. However, these elections
are only of minor importance compared with the ref
erendum as to whether Aalska shall be a "dry” terri- ;
tory after the first of January 1918 or whether it shall
remain “wet.” To the wets, the referendum would not
appear so formidable were it not for the fact that the
drys are getting extremely aticve; and while activity
is displayed mostly with the women votes, yet the
wets must reckon with those votes.
In the States, the wholesale liquor dealers are
well organized and besides have an unlimited amount
of capital that they will probably use to gain their
point. At the* same time, we should not forget that
the prohibitionists are equally well organized with
money to burn also. From that we conclude that in
Alaska, at least, we shall see some lively times be
tween the wets and the drys. But the funny part of
it is that the wets have only themselves to blame.
If we remember correctly, it was their gallantry that
prepared that stew for them; now they must eat it.
In other words they handed the women the violin; so
to speak—the right to vote—now the men must dance.
The women should not forget, however, that the men
gave them the right to vote, and judging by ourselves,
there is enough beast in them to take it away; turn
Alaska wet again and raise cain in general. What)
then? They can do all that and more. They can
even revive gambling. There is no limit to the men’s
beastly propensity, or cussedness.
WE ARE ALL INTERESTED.
Elsewhere in this issue is a notice of the meet
ing of the Civic Club Tuesday evening, at which a
cordial invitation is extended to all those who may be
interested in the work of that aggregation of enter
prising women. These women have taken upon them
selves a heavy burden, that of making our city clean
and beautifying it in every way. The burden is too
heavy to be carried by only a few, however willing
they may be, and the purpose cannot be successfully
accomplished unless we all join. The women to super
vise the work and the men to execute the orders. Be
cause it is for the good of us all. The purpose of
the Club is a purpose in which we can all “buttin”
within advantage.
MOTHER NEEDS NEW CLOTHES INSTEAD OF
MEDICINE. ■
The best tonic for the homemaker and mother of a
family is new clothes. There is not merely joy, but
real health-giving qualities in a new hat or gown. Too
many times the mother says “Anything will do for
me," so often the whole family comes to believe it.
The woman who knows she is becomingly dressed will
carry herself erect and walk with a certain spring
and elasticity impossible to the shabby or dowdy
woman.
It may take considerable tact and persuasion on
the part of the younger members of the family to
convince the mother past 50 that she needs a new
hat instead of a box of pills, or that a new gown
will be a better producer of energy than a bottle of
iron. Remember, a woman is as old as she wishes to
be. So she should cling to her youth. A woman
shouldn’t get the idea she is aging and she won’t age.
—(Mary L. Oberlin.)
THE LONELY DEATH.
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One day they witnessed the execution of a spy.
They removed from that deeply moved. What im
pressed them most was the loneliness of such a
death. The doomed man stood before a platoon.
Then beyond that, and all about him, was a solid
square of infantry. And beyond that, and all
around, one felt hundreds of thousands of men, his
enemies all of them; all of them thinking of him
with hatred and contempt. And his own lines were
so very far off, and in those lines no one thought
of him at that particular moment when friendly
thought would have been such a boon. No one over
there thought of him at all except perhaps one; the
one who had sent him there, who considered him
merely as a pawn, and would make an eternal se
cret-, of is death and his deed. A lonely end, that of
a spy—(James Hopper.)
NATURE IS RUTHLESS.
Nature is ruthless, and where her sway is uncon
tested there is no peace save the peace of death;
and the fecund stream of life, especially of life on
the lower levels, flows like an immense torrent out
of nonexistence for but the briefest moment before
the enormous majority of the beings composing it
are engulfed in the jaws of death, and again go out
into the shadows.—(Theodore Roosevelt.)
A PERTINENT QUESTION.
W'hy is it that our army cannot get modem aero
planes because of the absence of high-power engines,
while American makers of aeroplanes are furnishing
machines by the hundreds to European belligerents
which meet all the requirement of the great armies in
the field ?—(Post-Intelligencer.
FOR SALE
Bell Island Hot Springs
Located 45 miles north of Ket
chikan, Alaska- Composed of 22
cabins, -tore with $1,000 stock, dock
and walk from dock to Springs, a
distance of one quarter mile.
Numerous number of springs. Five
of the largest cemented, walled and
fenced in and the water is seven
feet deep. Creek flows by springs
with good w'ater power, being* fed
from four large lakes.
Springs are in the hands of the j
heirs of George Roe, and their de- |
-irg is to sell if. reasonable price j
if offered in the near future.
Terms cap be made on this sale.
Inquiries and information can be
had from .. W. L. ROE,
Ketchikan, Alaska.
EVERYBODY IS
DOING IT, DOING IT.
DOING WHAT?
Going for a square meal
at the STEDMAN CAFE.
Give us a trial!
ROYAL-CAFE
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]
Mitchell Bilicich, Co.
Draying
All Orders* will t>e promptly
a ad carefully executed.
Contracts Taken For Anv Work
Ketchikan
DrayingCompany
J. W. CORDELL, Propletor.
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Phone No. 60.
KETCHIKAN CAMP, NO. 20; A. B.
Meets every Monday evening
at 8 p.m., at Red Men’s
Visiting Brothers Welt -ae
H. M. Stackpole. A. C
D. M. Smith Harris, A. R.
□iF MOOSE
Local 224, regular
meeting Monday
Visiting Brothers
cordially invited.
Hall for rent. Mon
day, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
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RCHES
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 23, “Probation
After Death.”
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
. ,s 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. ^
Rev. PAUL P. KERNS.
- Pastor.
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Sunday—8.00 ajn., 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 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,
‘ v Pastor.
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PROFESSIONALS
James M. Shoup
Attorney at Law
Offices adtoining U S. Customs
Office
Notary
S. A. PLUMLEY
Attorney and
Counselor at La*
Office—Town Council Chambers.
Ketchikan, Alaska.
E. E. Sparhawk
DENTIST
Office in Residence
Hours, 10 a. m. to 4 p. rn.
Miller & Stevens
Hairdressing Parlor
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Mclllravie Building, Main St
Hours, 10:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
Special work by appointment
CHAS. H. COSGROVE
Attorney at Law
GENERAL PRACTICE
C. E. 1NGERS0LL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Prompt attention given to perfect
ing land titles and securing patents
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.
J. FILLMORE WARDER
Attorney at Law
General Practice Revilla Block
MARY A. C GIBSON
Stenographer
Notary Public
OFFICES
—Newtown Home—
Phone 142
Phone 106. First-Class Work
F. MILLER
Painting, Kalsomining, Paperhanging
and Graining a Specialty.
KETCHIKAN, : : ALASKA
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For Your
Hardware, Clothing, Shoes, Underwear,
Fishing Outfits.
The Celebrated Walrus Oil Clothing
Go To
N. F. ZIMMERMAN
Ketchikan. - - Alaska
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| We Manufacture and Keep in Stock ail kinds of |
Spruce and Cedar Lumber |
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Can fill any order either stock +
or cut to specifications . . .
I Steamer Vigilant and Barge Blanche f
for charter for freight purposes !
Ketchikan Power Company jj
P—— i n t mmmm—mmmmmmZt
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
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3 POUNDS I
DELIVERED
AT YOUR S
HOME I
The high cost of living may be reduced. NOT
by buying CHEAP GOODS, but by buying the best
goods cheap. §
YOUR great problem is, to get the best value to |
be had for the money; and TO GIVE the best value |
that can be given for the money, is OUR great aim. S
For fifteen years we have been selling the best ^
coffees the world has produced, from the Islands of S
Java and Sumatra, from Arabia, from South and |j
Central America, and while these coffees each have I
some predominating fine quality, the problem has «
bee" to combine them and yet preserve all their fine |
qualities and to so blend them as to reach PERFECT- |
ION IN THE CUP. |
This has now been accomplished. You will find
a coffee THAT JUST SUITS YOU in CRYSTAL §
BLEND, a coffee that stands alone UNEQUALED. jfs
Let us send you a pound package to convince you >1
„ that it is THE BEST COFFEE YOU EVER DRANK.
Phone us your order today.
Tongass Trading Co. 1
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GENERAL BOAT BUILDING
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
$4000 worth of Dry Goods at less
than original cost
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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
dry goods ever offered the p eople of Ketchikan.
Laces, Ribbons, Embroid© ry, Muslin, Wool and Cotton Un
derwear, Hosiery, Silks and Satins, Cotton Poplins, and all
piece goods. Hats, Caps and all Men's Furnishings.
Make your selections early as this stock will not last long.
E. E. Sparhawk
Telephone 6 Ketchikan, Alaska
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WASHINGTON FISH (SL OYSTER CO.. Inc.
Phone 173 ( •
Wholesale dealers in Fish, Oysters, Clams and Crabs.
Fresh fish shipped to all parts of the United States
The new Fteh Market supplies to families as well as to steamc.o in any
quantity
Cold Storage Building Ketchikan, Alaska
Ketchikan Iron Works
We Cut Gears
THAT ABE
Evenly Spaced
Accurately Cut
ANY NUMBER OF TEETH
FROM
7 t0 ii_ Pit :h
AGENTS FOR
Atlas Qasr Engines
Oxy- Acetylene
Welding
BLACKSMITHING AND
GENERAL MACHINE WORK.
G. E. LINGERFELT, Proprietor
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 you will appreciate if you send
your things here next time.
Phone 24.
KETCHIKAN STEAM LAUNDRY
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.
Bums less gasoline per horse
power.
At least investigate before buy
ing any other motor.,
HANDLE ALL PARTS.
H. G. KUBLEY
Dealer in General Merchandise
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.
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