THE PROGRESSIVE-MINER
Ketchikan. Alaska.
Entered at the Post Office at Ketchikan, Alaska as
second class matter October 21, 1914, under the ad of
March 3, 1ST9.
THE PROGRESSIVE PRINTING COMPANY
J. E. RIVARD .,. RBtor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Single copy .5 cents Six months. $4X0
By carrier, per raonts, To cents One year, l&W
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ADVERTISING RATES Furnished on application
The Pngresjjve-Ksaer is strictly n oo-paitiar. an.
drroted to the best interests of our city. Southeastern
Alaska in particular and the Territory in general.
KETCHIKAN. ALASKA. MARCH IT. l*lfc
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ARE WE INTERESTED?
Nearly always, our interest in public affairs is
measured by the amount of activity we pot into it
when a public question is brought before us for dis
cussion. Tonight a caucus is advertised at which can
didates will be nominated for offices who shall be
elected to conduct the city's attain the following
term. Those who have the interest of Ketchikan at
hear:, should be there and see that men or women
are nominated for election whose character and who
otherwise are qualified for the position of trust they
shaE be entrusted witfa. Practical men and women
with sound judgment should fee chosen and no fovr
f ushers should be ilk wed to govern. A community
like ours that has the best prospects of any town
in Alaska ahead, should be conservative, yet ready
. to gasp progress. Conservative, because we moat
WbuOd oa Visd foundation Makeshifts have out
irv«i their tsaefalsess. Progressive, because of the
tendency of our time- Thousands of people wit! visit
as this coming summer. Por this, if for nothing ei.se,
we mast choose mss. or women who will show the
proper spirit along the line of improvements, and
all along the line of bursar. endeavor.
y’.j -v... years, the Alaskans have shown a
decided progressive spirit, in lawmaking and other
wise. Araaasg «sr progressive actions, we have given
e-nr w:nen equal suffrage, •'as that intended mere
ly as a show of generosity; or was it real? If the
former, ~e are only four-flushers- If the latter,
we should show that our gemerossty was real by
nominating and electing some of our women on the
council as well as a® the school board. _ As a mat
ter of fact- as far as we are concerned, if it was
’-eft to us. we would want no better governing body
than that of a body of women. Our women are not
Inferior to us is mind. They are just as intelligent
is *sy of us: and all they lack is experience. Ex
perience is never acquired otherwise than by practice
Let us give c-ur women a chance to become ex
perienced.
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By the way, have you registered, Election wi3
SC5-I be here and unless we have registered. we shall
have r: right in the matter of choosing our offi
cials. A ratter of vast importance if we consider
ocet future walfare.
WAR UNAVOIDABLE APPARENTLY.
Whichever way we look at the situation, war with
Mexico appears as a certainty. Front a long time
neighborly association, we were taught to know the
Mexicans as they really are by nature. That u
troublesome. ignorant, superstitious, suspicious, shift
less and what not- And only in rare exceptions have
they shown any tendency towards progress, unless we
can call the Increased assassination of Americans
progress- Thus in fighting the Mexicans we are
going to tight a race of people who shall not sub
mit to civilization as we teach it, and fight they shall.
It is true that we are not taking any faction's part,
and Shat we merely want to protect our own citizens
and their property. Yet the simple fact that we are
invading their country will unite all the factions
against us and necessitate the acquisition of their
country by the force of arms. Then, and figuratively
speaking. not until then shall we be required to
fight. The taking of Mexico will not be much of
a task in itself, but we should reckon on the after
effect which will be to maintain peace. A costly ex
perience it has proven to every nation thus far
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A WOMAN'S LOVE.
It takes a hundred men to make an encampment,
bat it takes only the influence of one woman to
make a home. 1 not only admire woman as the most
beautiful object ever created, but I reverence her as
the redeemed glory of humanity, the sanctuary of
all virtues, the pledge of all perfect qualities of
heart and head. It is because women are so much
better than men that their faults are considered
greater. The one thing in this world that is consid
ered constant, the only peak that rises above the
clouds, the window in which the light burned for
ever. the one star that darkness cannot quench, is
woman’s love- It rises to the greatest height, it
sinks to the lowest depth, it forgives the most cruel
injuries. A woman's love is the perfume of the
heart. This is she real ieve that subdues the earth,
the love that has wrought miracles of art, that gives
as music all the way from cradle song to the grand
symphony that bears the soul away on wings of
fire. A love that is greater than fire, sweeter than
life and stronger than death.—Robert G. IngersolL
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OBEDIENCE AND TEAM WORK
I From the Outlook Magazine-)
Only in a few American homes is prompt obed
ience required. Only to a limited degree is the habit
of prompt obedience cultivated in the school. Use
boys have done something to cultivate the spirit
of team work bvtheir voluntary athletics; bat only
a minority get this training. Organized industry
does something to compel team work, bat not much
to inspire it. Corporations and labor unions do some
thing to deveiop it, but it is team work for a class,
not for the community. It is not easy to conceive
of anything which would do more to develop these
two aeetled virtues—prompt obedience and team work
—than universal military service- Gen. Wood tells
as that in this country the murder rate is 124 per
Bullion; in Switzerland it is 12 per million. What
is the cause of this difference? One cause is the
American rice of seif wilL What is the remedy for
this defect ? One valuable remedy would be the
soldiers habit of respect for authority and a regard
for the comrade at his side.
KETCHIKAN
PUBLIC LIBRARY AND
FREE READING ROOM
10 A. M. to 10 P. M,
MRS. J. B. THOMPSON
Librarian
at the churches
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
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Front Street- Ketchikan, Alaska.
Kcgslar Serrtces S vnriay II a-su
Wednesday g read-ig axd
S»Eg Ferriiss at 7»S© p. e
Sabjeet ior Marti 5, “MAN
ALL ARE WELCOME.
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FIRST M. E CHURCH
Soaday CLurti oerviee 11 a- hu ■
ami 7y30 p- at
Thorsdsy Prayer Meeting 8:30 p-®.
Friday C. • r "eets at 8 FjO p. nu
Flm arti Hard Wednesday after
as, 2:iv LaLes Aid Society.
H. W. lUCHEXER, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
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L«w Maii at 8:30 a. m.
Htgh il«i at 10:30 a m.
Sunday School at 2:30p.m.
Sunday Vespers at 7:30 p. on.
Aeek Day ilias at 8 a. m
Rev. PAUL P. KERNS.
Past* i
ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHUBCH
Ssaday—8J9 a r~ t H*2y cwrHia*
ion, (Exoejn first Sasday in the
tfioeth.)
16:90 Native Sur.*iay ScheeL
11:00 «jb,. Mcnusg Prayer and
Serrsaa. (HoEy Cobbom, first
Stajsy ia tie —ft,)
12:0© nu Staday Sieol
7;30 Evening Prayer and Senaan.
Hirfy Days—1)30 us. Holy Cots*
IBM.
Taeaday—8.-06 pj-s. St- John’*
Social Chib, GtsUd Eo'atm.
Wecawday—2A0 p-E- Native
Wsrass’i GsihL ltd an School Hens*
Tsa»by—236 p*. St- John’*
Gnild Boo®.
7:JW p-uuSt. Jobs's Athletic Gab,
Bo/*, Gcild Boom.
Friday—8:00 p-rr.. Choir Eehear
*al, Guild Escet
A sincere veksoe ia extended to
*?'. especially to ise-eot&er*.
REV HAROLD H. KELLEY,
NOTICE OF
ELECTION
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Notice i* hereby given to the
ejectors of use city of Ketchikan.
Alaska, that a genera! election w3!
be held at the Council Chambers,
on Main street, on Tuesday, April
4th, 131$, for the purpose submittfeg
to the people the question of the
ratification of section 3 and 4 of
chapter 50 of Laws of the Terri
tory of Alaska, 1315, and for the
eiection of one Mayor for the term
of one year, and six members of
the Common Council to hold office
for the term of two years and
one Treasurer of the School Board
to hold office for three year?
Polls open at erne o’clock a. ns.,
and dose at seven o’clock p. ns.
Qualification for voters for the
Common Council are all persons 21
years of age. who are citizen* of
the United States or have declared
their intention to become such; and
who have been bona fide residents
of the Territory of Alaska for one
year, and have resided within the
corporate limits of the Town of
Ketchikan six months, and shall
have bees duly registered.
For Members of the School Board,
aO adult persons, citizens of the
United States or who have declared
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their intention to become such, je
siding within the corporate limit;
of the Town of Ketchikan, and whi
■ dull have been duly reeistered.
By order of the Common Council
Dated this 13th day of March
1916. S. A. PLUMLEY,
City Clerk
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 hoars, 1 p.m. to 5 pjn.
Registration will close April 1st,
1916, at 4 pan. 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 far the
school board the above qualifica
tions except residence—no length
of residence required.
Ketchikan Meat Co.
PHONE 120
H e make a specialty of Camp and
Cannery trade
Carstens Packing Co. Owners
Night Phone 8120
For Your
Hardware, Clothing, Shoes, Underwear,
Fishing Outfits.
The Celebrated Walrus Oil Clothing
Go To
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N. F. ZIMMERMAN
Ketchikan . . " - Alaska
ADVERTISED LETTERS
Avertised tetter lies of the Ket
‘ ehik&n, Alaska Poet Office. For
1 the week ending March 11th, 1916.
Out*. Benson, Jack Bums (two),
’ R. DeYoung, John E- Erickson, N.
| Lovgren. Ben Marwick, John G.
j Olinder, Steven Perrin. Richard
j Pederson, Ernest Pierve, Fred Swan
I son.
.ill tetters unclaimed by March
j 25th, 1916, will be sent to the
Letter Office, Washington, D. C.
Parties claiming letters from the
above list must pay a fee of one
l cent for each tetter claimed.
When calling for the above, say
Advertised. x
M. E SWLNKFORP,
Postmaster.
j ANOTHER amusement place
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With the re-opening of the Shoot
: tug School at the foot of Mission
street, the people may C?*d another
; place of amusement where *. j can
shoot away their little wads. Mr.
DeYoung will attend to the rest
Just go and shtot away all you mind
to.
Job printing neatly and prompt
's- done at the Progressive-Miner.
Draying
> All Orders will oe promptly
a ad carefully executed.
Contracts Takei For Apv Work
Ketchikan
DrayingCompanv
J. W. CORDELL. Propietor.
Phone No. 60.
Table of Distances from!
Ketchikan
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Seattle, i**1 \\ range.' 80 j
Petersburg 115 Juneau 2*3i
Skagway 304 Sitka 392
Metlakahtla 15 Dolonsi 2"1
Xiblaek 30 Chomley 301
Kasa.tn 201 Hollis 39
Kiam 32 Lorfhg 21'
Yes Bay 39 Cape Chacon 48
Suiter 92 Howkan 73
Waterfall 103 Craig 121j
! Klawak 120 Karheen 150:
! Shakan via. Chacon 182 j
Ben Island 50 Unuk River 7cj
Mary Island 23 Hadley 28 ’
Three Tree Point45 Stewart B. C. 150 j
j Prince Rupert 95
This table is complied in nautical|
[ miles which are6080 feet* The larg-j
!est part of this list was complied foi j
I ttie Post Office by the Captain of th j
i Gedney and isautiientic.
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.
I 1 Private Boxes for Dinner]
Mitchell Bilicich, Co.
Stedman Hotel
IRA H. KING. Manager
Headquarters for Commercial, Can
nery and Mining Men
First Class Cafe and Buffet in Connection
SPECIAL WINTER BATES FOB PERMANENT GUESTS IN
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GOOD CLEAN BOOMS STEAM heated, aed wits, ass the
f SEE VICE AND ACCOMMODATIONS OF A FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
BATB8 UPON APPLICATION.
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
i Tongass Trading Co.
Fresh
Ranch
Eggs
35c. doz.
BEST WASHINGTON
CREAMERY
BUTTER
j 2 lb. roll
75c.
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The Ketc hikan Cigar F actory
Will now thankfully receive m il orders from out of
I town stores. We will ship cigars anywhere.
For information write to the
KETCHIKAN CIGAR FACTORY
JOHN A. ANDERSON. Prop. KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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‘ V Trolling Sinkers
Superior To AH Others
Sold by All Dealers in FIRST CLASS Fishing Gear in the ^
Following Sizes
For hand trolling, iooz. i, ijS£, 2, 3 lbs.
For Power Trolling 6 and 9 lbs.
H. E. HECKMAN & CO., Distributers
Loring, Alaska
Ketchikan Iron Works
We Cut Gears
THAT ABE
Evenly Spaced
Accurately Cut
ANY NUMBER OF TEETH
FROM
7 to JU_ Pitch #
AGENTS FOR
Atias Gas Engines
Oxy g
GENERAL MACHINE WORK
G. E. LINGERFELT, Proprietor I
§ We Manufacture and Keep in Stock all kinds of |
Spruce and Cedar Lumber
Can fill any order either stock !;
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or cut to specifications ...
; Steamer Vigilant and Barge Blanche :
for charter for freight purposes
; Ketchikan Power Company !
WE HOLD FAST
to the idea that a satisfied customer
is a mighty good advertisement.
Also that a dissatisfied one is a
mighty good advertisement for
somebody else. Hence, we always
do 0«r 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
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NEW TELEPHX )NE
DIRECTORY
WILL BE IREADY HOON
GET YOUR NAMES IN
NOW!!
Citizens’ Light, Power & Water Co.
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