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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The Progressive-Miner is strictly non-partisan an,
devoted to the best -interests of our city, Southeastern
Alaska in particular and the Territory in genera;
KETCHIKAN. ALASKA. APRIL »1. 1918.
PARTY WITHOUT- HEAD OR TAIL.
A dispatch front Seward tells us that the Shack
leford Aggregation of Peons met and covered with a
blanket of feyprocrisy and a thin sheet of pretense
went through a fonn of formalities in & vain at
tempt to add a veil of dignity to their deliberation;
when as a matter cf fact, there was no deliberation.
The need of consultation was absent. Then why should
they have deliberated, pray? *’ft4sile we had surmised
that the details, plans and specifications had long
since been arranged for the convention, we had no
proof with which to back up our presumption until
yesterday when the dispatch told us some of the de
tails and results.
Briefly stated. Shackleford—at least that is the
way it appears from a distance—called in a few of
his most devoted peons; stood in the center of them
all ant with the exception of a few discordant notes
here and there—just for appearance’s sake—they danc
ed until the poor things were tuckered out when the
boss called hough. Thus we find the republican or
ganization in Alaska. Without a head or tail. For.
what respectable aggregation of men will accept
Shack as their head and his peons as their tail.
There are things that “kair’t be did” and this is one
of them. So, we find that Alaska is still without a
republican organization.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
In a few weeks from now the rash of tourists to
the north will be on. By that time we shall have
cleaned up our backyards, painted our houses, planted
our gardens and in every way we shall be fit for in
spection and waiting for compliments; which is but
natural. There is one thing that the Progressive-Miner
would like to suggest; and that is the appointment of
a person of good address whose duty shall be to
meet every boat prepared to answer questions pro
pounded by the travelers and direct them to places
that may be of interest.
If the Commercial Club ever decides to have pam
phlets prime'; describing the advantages of our sec
tion of the country in particular, that person could
distribute their, with beneficient results. Of that there
can be nc question. This ieads to another suggestion.
Wouldn't it be a good plan for the council to have
both the day and night officers dressed in uniform of
police officers ? These men are always on duty, and j
the uniform of an officer always inspires confidence
to when; the timids would go for protection and the
inquisitive? for accurate information.
Ketchikan is not only the first to«'p that travelers
come to in visiting the territory, but Ketehikan'is the
best towr. of them all.
For these reasons it should lead and not follow, j
Therefore, we believe the suggestion worthy of the [
council's consideration, and we shall entertain the hope;
that our officers shall soon be garbed with the insignia j
of their authority and prove that Ketchikan leads.
VERY STRANGE
There is quite a difference in the minds of some '
of our local would-be neutrals now that W.e are facing \
war with Germany. It is only a short time ago that |
some of them expressed their neutrality and that
they were willing to allow those warring nations to j
“fight it out.” Those very men who pretended; we
say pretended because it was only pretending since
now that we are on the verge of war with one of the !
faction they come right out with the assertion that
they are in sympathy with Germany. As a matter
of fact, they have always been in sympathy with that j
country, but they dared not say so openly. In that,
however, they fooled nobody.
BRAVE LITTLE HOLLAND.
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(Portland Telegram.)
France has given assurance to Holland that no
violation of neutrality has ever been contemplated
either by herself or her allies. The same assurance
will be forthcoming from Germany, jf it is not already
in hand at The Hague.
Yet Holland herself puts more faith in her honest j
burghers and their loyalty to the soil they have wrest
ed from the ocean, than she does in the scraps of
paper which diplomatic representatives of warring
powers write at this time. Perhaps she recalls the
remark of Tallyrand. the great diplomatic, who shifted
with the political w-inds of the French revolution, that
“language is given us to conceal our thoughts.” '
In the event of invasion Holland’s fate could be
none other than that of Belgium, yet not for a mom
ent did the brave little nation hesitate w-hen threatened
by the great war cloud that hangs all about hen
Americans, who owe so much to Holland and to
her people who aided in the founding of this re
public will unite in the prayer that her neutrality
may continue to be respected, yet confident that in the
event of its violation, her patriotic people will give a
good account of themselves.
HENRY JAMES ON FRANCE
She has guarded where the soil of humanity has
been most grateful, and the aspect, so to call it. 1
most toward the sun, and there, at the high and
yet mild anu fortunate center, she has grown the
precious intimate, nourishing, finishing things that
she has inexhaustibly scattered abroad. And if we
have all taker, them from her, so expected them from
her as cur right, to the point that she w-ould have
seemed positively to fail of a passed pledge to help I
us to happiness if she had disappointed us, this has
been because of her treating us to the impression of
genius as no other nation since the Greeks has
treated the watching world, and because of our feel
ing that genius at that intensity is infallible.—Henry
James.
KETCHIKAN CAMP, NO. aft- A. B.
Meet? every Honda."* -veiling
at 8 pm., at Red Men’s
Visiting Brothers Welc .ce
H. M. Stackpole. A. C
D. M. Smith Harris. A- R
LOYAL ORBES OF MOQSE
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at the churches
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Regular Services Sunday 11 am.
Wednesday evening reading and
Song 1'emces at 7;30 p. m
Subject for April 23, “Probation
After Death.”
AM. ARE WELCOME.
FIRST M. E. CHURCH
Sunday Church Service 11 a. m.
and 7 ;30 p. an
Thursday Prayer Meeting 8:30 pm.
Friday Choir tree's at 8:00 p. m
Ftm and Third Wednesday after
3 at 2:30 Ladies Aid Society.
H. W. MICHENER, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
:, ia at 8:30 a. hl
High Mbits at 10:30 a. m.
Sunday School at 2:30p.iii.
■viuday Vespers at 7:30 p, m.
•A eek Day Mase at 8 a. m.
Itev. PAUL P. KERNS.
Pastor
-T. 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.)
124)0 m. Sunday School.
7:30 Evening Prayer and Sermon.
Holy Days—10:30 a-m. Holy Com
in union
Tuesday—8:00 p.m. St. John’s
Social Club, Guild Room.
Wednesday—24)0 p.m. Native
Women’s Guild, Indian School House
Thursday—2:30 pm. St. John'i'i
Guild Room.
7:4)0 p.nnSL John’s Athletic Club,
Boy's, Guild Room.
Friday—8:00 p.m. Choir Rehear- j
sal. Guild Room.
A sincere welcome is extended to
all, especially to newcomers.
REV. HAROLD H. KELLEY,
* Paster.
PROFESSIONALS
James M. Shoup
Attorney at Law
Offices adjoining U S. Customs
Office
Notary
S. A. PLUMLFY
Attorne) aHd
Counselor at La*
Jti:ce—Town Council Chambers.
Ketchikan, Ait~ka.
E. E. Sparhawk
DENTIST
Office in Hesidenee
Hours, 10 a. m. to 4 p. rn.
Miller & Stevens
Hairdressing Parlor
Me 1 lira vie Building. Main Sc
Hours. Ifh30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
Special work by appointment
CHAS. H. COSGROVE
Attorney at Law
GENERAL PRACTICE
C. E. INGERSOLL
ATTORNEY AT I.AW
Prompt attention given to perfect i
ng land titles and securing patents
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.
J. FILLMORE WARDER
Attorney at Law
General Practice Revilla Block
MARY A C GfBSON
Stenographer
Notary Public
OFFICES
—Newtown Home—
Phone 142
Phone 106. First-Class Work
F. MILLER J
Painting, Kalsomining, Paperhanging
and Graining a Specialty.
KETCHIKAN, : ; ALASKA
Ketchikan Meat Co.
PHONE 120
We make a specialty of Camp and *
*• Cannery trade
( arstens Packing ( ,o. Owners
Night Phone S120
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 water power, being fed
from four large lakes.
Springs are in the hands of the
heirs of George Roe. and their de
•ire is to sell if reasonable - price
if offered in the near future.
Terms can 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 < >rders will oe promptly
aad carefully executed.
Contracts TaKei For Anv Work
Ketchikan
DrayingCompany
J. W. CORDELL, Propletor
Phone No. 60.
!: We Manufacture and Keep in Stock ail kinds of
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Spruce and Cedar Lumber
Can fill any order either stock
or cut to specifications . . .
Barge Blanche
for charter for freight purposes
; Ketchikan Power Company
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Stedman Hotel
IRA H. KING. Manager
Headquarters for Commercial, Can
nery and Mining Men
First Ciass 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
HOME
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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.
For fifteen years we have been selling the best
coffees the world has produced, from the Islands of
Java and Sumatra, from Arabia, from South and
Central America, and while these coffees each have
some predominating fine quality, the problem has
been 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.
I/et us send you a pound package to convince you
that it is THE BEST COFFEE YOU EVER DRANK.
Phone us your order today.
Tongass Trading Co.
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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WASHINGTON FISH (EL 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 Fish Market supplies to families as well as to steamers in any
quantity N
Cold Storage Building 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 _!4_ Pitch
AGENTS FOR
Atlas Gas Engines
Oxy- Acetylene
Welding
BLACKSMITHING AND
GENERAL MACHINE WORK
G. E. LINGERFELT, Proprietor
WE HOLD FAST
to the idea that a satisfied customet
is a mighty good advertisement.
Also that a dissatisfied one is a
mighty good advertisement for
somebody else. Hence, we always
do Dur very best with every bit of
launrdy work. How good that best
is you will appreciate if you send
your things here next time.
Phone 24.
KETCH III AIN 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- Tho
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.
If. G. RUBLE Y
Dealer in General Merchandise
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.
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Columbia
Batteries
Cost No More Last Longer
For all ignition work
Citizens’ Light, Power & Water Co. ».
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