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VOLUME ONE ’ KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.»MONDAY, MAY I, 1916. ,<* _=S2—:—--•••- NUMBER 187
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WHATCONGRESS
, OUGHTTODO
POINTED OUT BY C. H. COSGROVE, PRESIDENT
OF COMMERCIAL CLUB
To the Editor:—
Reports from Washington indi
cate tba~ .’.0 ea'ort being made to
effect legislation that will bring
the fresh ilsh of Alaskan waters
to American ports directly is meet
ing with strong opposition on the
part of the New England Fish com
pany and allied interests, which ^ire
acting from an admittedly selfish
motive
What argument can be raised
against the proposed legislation ?
It is difficult to appreciate- When
we see right here in town from
25.000 to 30.000 pounds' of fresh
halibut passing every day through
this port for Prince Rupert, not to
speak of the hundreds of thous
ands of pounds taken there directly
from the fishing grounds, AMERI
CAN fish, taken from AMERICAN
waters, in AMERICAN vessels,
bound for AMERICAN markets, to
be paid for with AMERICAN raon
ey. by AMERICAN consumers and
practically not a dollar benefitting
AMERICAN territory, it is enough
to make the average American
blood boil. It is certainly an irri
tating situation
Why is this so? Simply because
«e have no facilities for transport
ing fr;sh fish, and apparently there
is no help in sight, except through
the desired legislation which, if
effective, will necessitate the bring
ing of this vast American product :
to American ports first- It does
, not m ean that the fisherman will
■ lose his market- and this circum
stances? ould be kept prominent m
one’s mind when considering the
situation It simply means not the
loss of market, but the transfer cf
the market for the fisherman from.
Canadian soil to American soil
Upon this' question we, of Ket
chikan and other Alaskan ports, ar,-,
a unit- We desire the necessary
legislation; that being the only prac-, i
tical solution of the difficulty- It
will bring co-d storage plants and
the buyers from Canadian terri
tory to rom- American port- and
from the ieiarive situation of Ket
chikan to the fishing ground, it
will mean the establishment of cold
storage plants at Ketchikan or vi
cinity and the sale of all fresh fish
herq, instead of at Prince Rupert
Whai a great difference this would
^ r make to every man. woman ar.d
child in Ketchikan, through the
benefits derived from the sale and
shipment cf this commodity at this
port, is easy and beautiful to con
^ template.
* About three million pounds of
fresh halibut were taken from Al
askan war rs to. Prince Rupert last
year. Practically all of that mon
:y was .-pent in Canadian territory,
where u.e fishermen are paid off
and where they spend their m-noy
for supplies, oil and other inci
dentals- What a difference it would
make in this town if that revenue
came here' It is astonishing that
*.ve remain so passive, so seeming
ly indifferent under the present <yr
cum stances
At the present time there is one >
immense cold storage plant at
Prince Rupert- If the needed leg
islation becomes effective, huge cold
storage plants will be established
here- If not, other enormous cold
storage plants will be erected at
Prince Rupert, in addition to the
one there already and our town
will be pretty badly injured
The reason for the opposition of
the New England Fish Company
and others, to the proposed legis
lation requiring American fish to
be brought directly to an American
port for shipment, is that they have
plants jn Canadian territory and
do not care to go to the expense of
erecting new plants in Alaska, (
where practically all of the product
is obtained and they do _.nyt care
to incur the added expense of two
sets of buyers, one set there and :
the other here. They care nothing '
for Alaska or its development- They r
simply want the product and the
revenue therefrom
On the other hand, we should be .
interested in obtaining some of the
revenue from a product taken at j
our very door steps, not only upon !
the broad principle that American
products should be of some benefit
to Americans, but from the further
and more selfish motive that it |
would help to build up and populate i
our city, increase our respective in- j.
comes and enable us to share in the \
fruits of this directly American pro- j
duct
The movement for this legislation ;
and the need of it should arouse I
every American interested in thej
improvement of any Alaskan port,
and especially every citizen of Ket- j
chikan and vicinity, who makes his
living here- It will help the fisher
man for he will find his buyer here;
his prices will be just as big and he
will be saved the journey to Prince
Rupert with his fish- It will em
body the spirit of Americanism that
Americans should derive some tene- j
fit. at least, from the sale of their i
own products- It will help the
community generally, for the reven
ue from the catch and sale of fish
will be spent here in the purchase j
of supplies, and it will serve to up
build the town, increase our muni- ■
ripal and individual income and al
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STRONG STOVE CO.
W. G. STRONG. Manager
Monarch Ranges
Coal and Wood
Cook Stoves
Hot Blast Heaters
Camp Stoves
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Heckman Bldg. !
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. JUST ARRIVED \
A new line of
Hen’s Hats and Caps
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it is time for you to discard that
old hat and get one of these new
up=to-date styles
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Our furnishing and shoe stock
is brim full of new creations.
Let us dress you up at a small
cost.
A P. J. GILMORE, The Clothier
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COUNCILMEN
ON STAMPEDE
LOCATE SPLENDID PIECE OF
LAND FOR RECREATION
PLAYGROUND.
With Councilman J. Pittinger
leading, Mayor Heneghs.n, Council
men Hunt, Davies and Copeland to
gether with surveyor Wakefield and
the representative of the Progress
ive-Miner stampeded early yester
day morning to the ground report
ed to be opened for location on the
government land adjoining the new
government school building site,
which site is now being cleared
This ground which was loatced a
few days ago by Councilman Pit
tingpr for the city, apparently pleas
ed the members of the council, and
informally approved of Mr. Pittin
ger’s action. Mr. Wakefield was or
dered to make a partial survey of
it today pending action by the coun
cil at the next regular meeting
The location is ideal for the pur
pose and no better place could have
been picked within miles for the
purpose- It lies a few hundred feet
from the beach on a gradual incline
with a small stream of water run
ning through. There are plenty of
large trees with hardly any under
brush- It is reached by the planked
street that the road commissioner
for this precinct i s now construct
ing. With a few benches, tables,
swings, etc-, the ground will make
a splendid picnic place for all. And
above all, the stampeders agreed
that there was any amount of per- i
fectly good fresh air going to j
waste.
The stampeders had also a chance ,
to visit the site of the intended gov
ernment school that will be used for |
the children of Charcoal Point- That j
also met with the unanimous ap- j
proval of all the stampeders- All ;
in all and that despite the fact, as >
remarked Mayor Heneghan, that*’all
these good men missed attending
church services, they felt compen
sated by their good fortune of locat
ing a splendid park for the town of
Ketchikan.
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GENERALS OBREGON, SCOT!
AND Fl'NSTON HOLD LONG
CONFERENCE.
ADViSE WASHINGTON
The Nature of The Meeting And
Its Results Not Made
Public.
—
EL PASO, May 1—Generals Obre
gon, Scott and Funston held a long
conference Saturday evening, and
Y-sjnediately after, both Generals
Obregon and Scott sent long mess
ages to their respective governments
the nature of which, however, was
not made known
A dispatch was received here
from Chihuahua, to the effect that
the American cavalry had been ac
tive the last few days in running
down a few Villista fugitive band
its, and had succeeded in capturing
several.
J. R. HECKMAN AND
WIFE RETURN
AFTER AN EXTENDED TRIP TO
THE STATES AND
HONOLULU,
Mr. and Mrs. J- R- Heckman, who
left here for San Francisco, Cal-,
early last fall, returned on the S- S.
Humboldt yesterday morning. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Heckman look much
improved in health and spirit due
no doubt to the change of scenery
and worry over business affairs.
In speaking of the business of the
company of which he is the general
manager in Southeastern Alaska, he
said that the company was well sat
isfied with the showing made last
year and was in hope of another
good season.
As remarkable as the Panama Pa
cific Exposition proved to be to
both Mr- and Mrs. Heckman, the
most wonderful thing they witness
ed was the volcano they visited on
their trip to Honolulu- Mr- Heck
man says that looking down from
the very brink of the volcano that
was boiling lava, six hundred feet
deep with possibly one thousand
feet diameter, one is amazed at
nature’s wonders
The party consisting of some 90
iH'rsons left San Francisco and on
their way to Honolulu, were royally
entertained- On their arrival they
were met by a delegation of Shrin
with over one hundred auto
mobiles and escorted to the crater.
After visiting the wonderful place,
they returned to a large hotel where
a banquet was given them by the
Shriners, who, Mr. Heckman says,
never considered the expenses or
anything else- Their desire seems
to have been to entertain the visit
ors royally, which they did to the
pleasant appreciation of th« party
VERDUN SCENE OF
NORE FIGHTING
AITH AN INCREASED VIOLENCE
THE GERMANS ARE THE
• AGRESSORS.
PARIS. May 1.—A message from
Verdun says that the Germans have
resumed their aggressive movement
with increased violence and are
shelling the whole front- It is the,
most destructive fire of the war
GAS BOAT LUMEN IN PORT.
The gas boat Lumen, Capt. Mar
in Burg, of Petersburg, came in
|K»rt this morning with 15-000 lbs
of h..Iibut, the result of an eight
day trip to the fishing banks with
a crew of four men- The fish was
sold to one of the local buyers
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J. E. Chilbunj Pres. J K. Heckman Vlce-pres- • A. R. Larson Cashier
Miners and Merchants Bank
Foreign and Domestic Exchange
Travelers Checks
Sate Deposit Boxes for Rent
Territorial Depository
KETCHIKAN, . ALASKA
a_:_/
JXO. R. BEEGLE J. H. DAVIES
Jno. R. Beegle & Co.
PHONE 143
Life, Fire and Marine Insurance
Notaries Public and Customs Brokers
OFFICE NEXT DOOR PACIFIC CO/-ST S.S.CO.
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GAS BOAT SAN
,| RAMONE FOUND
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PARTLY FILLED WITH WATER
AND NO SIGN OF LIFE
ABOARD.
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Yesterday, as Mr. Andy Moses, ol
I Indian Town, was halibut fishing off
; Duke Island, he noticed the upper
; part of a small boat apparently at
j the mercy of the sea. Leaving his
' lines, he approached what turned
out co be •he gas boat San Ramone.
At least, tl is is the deduction lie
j makes of the name by twa signs
painted on two separate pieces of
; tin found in the boat. These * . ns
, had apparently been paint a! for
the purpose of nailing them on
either side of the boat, but were
never completed. All that was
found besides the signs were a
small whistle and .the engine which
appears in good order, otherwise
the boat was stripped of everything
else
Mr. Moses, called for help and
after bailing the water out, towed
the boat in the harbor where the
; owner can prove his ownership and
recover the boat- The finder made
an inquiry at the Custom House
, but failed to reveal its identity
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A NEW ENTERPRISE.
Mr. C. C- Collen, looking up to i
j a good season ventured out of the !
] old path of vehicles propelled by i
I horse power and purchased a motor |
■ truck with which he intends to do ;
general work over the city. He says j
' that he will take any kind of work |
[ that requires the use of wagon and
that he will guarantee to be prompt
with all deliveries
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LOST—Friday night, a pair of
spectacles somewhere between the
Grand theatre and Smith’s confect
; ionary store- Finder please return
| to this office or to Capt Forss. tf
NEW YORK AND
LONDON SCARED
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REPORT THAT GERMAN RAID
ERS HAD SLIPPED THROUGH
BRITISH PATROL LINE.
NEW YORK, May 1—The rate
on war risk taken by the insurance
j companies here and in London, took
a sudden rise today and has reach
1 ed a prohibitive point. This is said
| to be attributed to the report receiv
I ed here that the German raiders
had managed to slip through the
I British patrol lines, and were at lib
1 erty within what was heretofore
considered safe field of travel
DRAPER CLUB MEETING MAY 2.
A meeting of the Draper Club is
' announced for tomorrow at 2:30 to
I be held at the home of Mrs. Rev- |
nolds. All members are urged to be
present. i
! All in all, Mr. Heckman says that
this trip was the most pleasant that
he has ever made and would re- i
member it as a rare treat
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EVERYWEER
FRENCH OFFICE REPORTS SUCCESS, GERMANY
DENIES THE REPORT
LODNON, May 1. — A dispatch
from Kingston, Ireland, says that
hot main body of rebels surrendered
last Saturday evening.’ although it
es reported that considerable fight
ing is going on in the suburbs.
The dispatch says further that
the surrender of the rebels is sole
ly due to the expressed desire of the
provincial President, Peter' Pearce,
who, it is said advised them to do
so. ,
The British steamer Teal is re
ported to have been sunk last Fri
day by a German submarine.
A message from Paris says that
the French troops have captured
'Tom the Germans the trenches north
of Dead Man’s Hill. This is con
tradicted by. the German war of
fice. The latter claims that the at
tack of the French was repulsed
with heavy losses after a.most ter
rific battle.
A report from Petrograd receiv
ed late Saturday evening says that
the second attempt of the Turks to
an offensive movement against the
Russians in Asia Minor, had end
ed in a total failure.
EL PASO, May 1-—General Seoti
this morning received a code mess
age from Washington which hr
answered immediately- The genera!
let it be known that he would await
a reply to his answer before he j
would ask another conference with \
General Obregon
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CHICAGO, May 1—A big force!
of police was sent down today to ;
guard the plant of the Internationa!
Harvester Company as trouble Is
expected. The plant has been run-1
r.ing with non-union men for the j
last several days, a strike having!
been declared last week
BERLIN, May 1-—A report from
Saloniki says that a German sub-1
marine, had torpedoed and sunk a
large transport- No details have I
been received
DOINGS AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, May 1. — The
State Department officials are of
the belief that Germany’s reply will
not reach 'them before the end of
the week. Ambassador Gerard be
lieves that the reply will be concilia
tory.
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WASHINGTON, May 1. — Tho
democrats have started a new move
which is to force congress to ad
journ soon- It is said that they
want to organize for the coining
campaign.
ALL ABOUT THF: BOATS
ADMIRAL EVANS AND
CITY OK SEATTLE COMING
SEATTLE, May 1-—Tbe steamer
Admiral Evans left last evening
with E. ,T. Smith and E. M. Trott
as passengers for Ketchikan.
The City of Seattle also left.
Aboard of her were J- II- Beegle,
Teter Karabaugh and two steerage
passengers.
Apparently heavy travel to An
chorage has finally started in earn
est. On the Admiral Evans one
hundred and fourteen have left for
that place.
Leaving on the Jeerson south
bound were William Walters, the
Misses Gertrude Wybrant, Ague
Danford, Clara Derrick, Mary Bein
erth, W. Curry, Ruth Storrs, Paul
Smith, Mr. and Mrs- R. W. Wait
Al-Ki expected tomorrow south
bound
Dolphin northbound due here at
midnight.
Spokane southbound Wednesday.
Humboldt arrived yesterday at
ab*»ut 7 a. m-, and sailed shortly
after with the following passengers
from here: Alice Larkins, J- A. and
F. Kusoher, John Varlome, James
Millons, H. T. Johnstone. The Hum
boldt is due here on her return on
Thursday.
We have secured the agency for
Butterick Patterns and Publications.
—J. R. Heckman & Co.
FRED PATCHING GOES HOME
Mr. Fred Patching, superintendent
of the Loring Hatchery, who has :
been in town for the last few days,
left this morning for his home- Mr.
Patching reports that the telephone
line connecting his place with the !
town is about ready for operation, j
The repairs have been about com
pleted. Mr. Patching, who proved
himself the champion gardener of
Alaska last year, says that his
garden is all in and that he $hall
beat any woud-be gardener in the
country this year; not excepting;
Senator Sulzer, who he says has
been boasting- From that, th? peo
ple of Ketchikan may expect some
splendid garden trucks the com
ing season
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Rubbish around homes; mud pud
dles, etc-, breed mosquitoes and flies
that in turn bring typhoid and other
ills- All this can be avoided by a
general clean-up.
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Several certain backyards need a
“raking-over.” A lot of rubbish, tin
cans and what not are conspicuous,
to say the least