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| KETCHIKAN - -- -- - - -- ALASKA. |
STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma
Vioto.ia, Vancouver. Ana'ortes, Bellingham
Everett, Olympia. Port Townsend, South
Bellingham, Eureka, Santa Barbara, Mexico
j San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
!’ BRANDT, G.A.P.D. C. D. DUiMANN, P.T.M,
608 Second Ave, Seattle. 112 Market, SanFrancisco
Right reserved to Change Schedule
NEXT SAILINGS FROM KETCHIKAN
S. S. SENATOR, NOVEMBER 26.
S. S. SPOKANE, JAN. 20-31. FEB. 11-22. MARCH 4-15-26.
RETURNING THREE DAYS LATER
PHONE 77. ------ F. H. BOLD. Agent.
Border Line Transportation Co.
REDUCED RATES BETWEEN KET- First Clasp *15.00
CHIKAN AND SEATTLE Second Class *10.00
S, S. ALKI PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
SERVICE BETWEEN SEATTLE
AND S. E. ALASKi DIRECT
S. S. DESPATCH SERVICE TO WEST CO"* "C
OF PRINCE OF WAJ-HS 'Sir
S. S. NORTHLAND A,iD P0INT8
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Eight reserved to change schedule without notice.
For further informaion apply to
D. W. Hunt, Agent, Northland Dock. Phoi. 60.
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The Canadian Pacific Railway
THE PRINCESS LINE
Leave Seattle and Vancouver. Nov. 27 Dec. 11-27 Jan. 8-22
Arrive Ketchikan p.m. Nov. 29 Dec. 13-29 Jen. 10-24
Leave Ketchikan a.m. Dec. 3 Dec. 17 Jan.2-14-28
Arrive Victoria and Seattle Nov. 5 Dec. 19 Jan 4-16-30
Subject to change without notice
Steamers connect at Vancouver with trains for all Eastern points.
We offer attractive rates to eastern rail destinations.
The Line of Quality. Our Service is Unsurpassed on Water or
Rail. Full information give n by
F. E. RYUS, Agent Phone 39
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To^and From EASTERN CANADA, also EASTERN and SOUTH
ERN UNITED STATES POINTS via
PRINCE RUPERT
GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY AND STEAMERS
Lowest Fares. Unexcelled dining and Sleeping Car Service.
Electric Lighted Trains. Observation Cars.
For full information apply to
JNO. R. BEEGLE, & CO. Agents.
Ketchikan, Alaska.
E Royal Hotel \
ENTIRELY REMODLED
HANS APSCH, Prop.
Beds 50 Cents Per Night j
BEST BRAND OF
/ines, Liquors, Cigars
FRONT STREET, KETCHIKAN
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N THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT
TATIVES FOR VARIOUS
PURPOSES
DISPLAY OF ACTIYITY
What Wickersham is Trying to
do for the Territory
of Alaska
A bill to establish a commission
form of government in the adminis
tration of national affairs in Alas
ka, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con
gress assembled, Creating Alaska
Administrative Commission, That for
the purpose of establishing a com
mission form of government in the
administration of national affairs in
tho Territory of Alaska, there shall
be, and is hereby created in said
Territory the Alaska Administrative
Commission which shall conist of
five members, as follows; The gov
ernor of Alaska shall be one mem
ber and ex-official chairman of th°
commission; the surveyor general of
Alaska shall be one member; and
the President of the United States,
by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, shall appoint three
other persons, who shall, with che
governor and the surveyor general,
constitute the said commission; at
least two of the five members of
the said commission, at the time of
their appointment, shall have been
bona fide residents of Alaska for at
least two years prior to the date
of appointment, and not more than
hree of said members shall belong
to the same political party; the term
of office of each memher shall be
four years, unless sooner removed
by the President, and during his
term of office each member shu'I re
side in Alaska and shall not engage
in any other business, vocation, or
employment; that any member of
the said commission may to removed
at any time by the Presidentin his
discretion; that the governor, as
such member, shall only receive the
salary which he now receives by
law as such governor ,and each other
member of the commission, includ
ing the surveyor general, shall re
ceive a salary equal to that now
paid to the ogvernor; each member
of the commission shall receive the
actual traveling and subsistence ex
penses paid by him while away from
Juneau, traveling in Alaska, on pub
lic business connected with his duties
as a member of such commission.
Sec. 2. Organization of Compniss
icn.—That the said commission shail
hold its sessions, and as far as prac
ticable conduct its business, in the
city of Juneau, Alaska; it may call
sessions in any part of Alaska when
the public business requires it; the
United States shall provide and
furnish an office or offices in Ju
neau for such commission, and shall
provido such employees, stationary,
furniture, and appliances as may be
necessary to enable it to perform
the d :‘ies imposed upon it by this
Act; li.ut all clerks and office em
ployees having permanent appoint
ment under the Alaska administra
tive; commission, or any of its de
partments, shall be appointed and
hold under the Act of Congress en
titled “An Act to regulate and im
prove the civil service of the United
Slates,” approved January sixteen- j
th, eighteen hundred and eighty i
three, and all laws supplemental to I
and amendatory thereof; that under
We have the exclusive selling ngcts for this great laxative.*
Trial size. 10 cents.
THE KETCHIKAN DRUG CO., INC.
THE REXALL STORK
such rules and regulations as the
Civil Service Commission may pre
pare, to be approved by the Sec
retary of the Interior, the Alaska
Administrative Commission shall
conduct all examinations for such
•appointments in Alaska, and shall
make such appointments on merit
upon examinations: Provided, That
this section shall not be held to ap
ply to tho appointment or employ
ment of experts or superintendents
where peculiar qualifications, scien
tific or practical knowledge, or skill
are required, and such exceptions
shall be judged and determined in
his discretion by the Secretary of
the Interior; the salaries therefor,
and all salaries or wages to be paid
other employees, shall be fixed by
the Secretary of the Interior; the
commission shall have authority to
purchase supplies, materials, and
property, and to do all acts and
things necessary to enable it to
perform the duties imposed upon
it by law.
Sec. 5. Roads, Trails, and Bridg
es—That all the duty, power, au
thority, and jurisdiction by law now
imposed upon the board of road
emmissioners for Alaska by vhe Act
of Congress entitled “An Act to pro
vide for the construction and main
tenance of roads, the establishment
and maintaenance of schools, and
the care and support of insane per
sons in the District of Alaska, and
for other purposes”, approved Jan
uary twenty-seventh, nineteen hun
dred anu five, and by all subsequent
Acts of Congress amendatory there
of, shall be, and they arc hereby,
transferred to and from *.ne date
when this Act takes effe.x shall be
performed and exercised by the Al
aska Administrative Commission;
that all property belonging to the
United Staves in charge of said Al
aska board of road commissioners,
and all books, documents, and vouch
ers, and all appropriations and on
band when this Act takes effect
shall be transferred to the said com
mission for the uses provided by
law; that all supervisory and appel
late duty, power, authority, and jur
isdiction heretofore exercised over
the said Alaska board or road com
missiners by the Secretary of War
or the War Department is hereby
transfered to the Secretary of the
Interior, and from and after the
date when this Act takes effect
shall be performed and exercised
by him.
(The Act provides similiar rules
for telegraph and cable lines.)
Following the Act for transfer
of the Indian affairs, Education,
Mining, General Land Office For
>[.10\Y :''a.A.31iS lBD;30[0ja iODUVja^
and Agricultural Experiment Sta
tions into the hands of the commis
sion created by the Act.
Sec. 13. Fur-seal and Salmon Fish
eries.—‘That the jurisdiction, super
vision, and control now possessed
and exercised by the Secretary of
Commerce or the Department of
Commerce over the fur-seal, salmon,
and other fisheries of Alaska are
hereby transferred to and vested in
the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 14—Fisheries service in Alas
ka.—That all the duty, power, au
thority, and jurisdiction, except
scientific research, by law now im
posed upon the Commissioner of
Fish and Fisheries, the Bureau of
Fisheries, the Division of Alaska
Fisheries, and the Alaska Fisheries
Service, so far as they relate to the
preservation, propagation, care and
management of fish and fisheries in
Alaska, are hereby transfered to the
Alaska Arministrative Commission,
and from the date when this Act
takes effect shall be performed and
exercised by it; and all appropria
tions made by Congress for the
maintenance of such fisheries work
in Alaska shall be expended by the
said commission; that all property
belonging to the United States and
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ANOTHER AMUSEMENT PLACE
With the re-opening of the Shoot
ing School at the foot of Mission
street, the people may find another
place of amusement where they can
shoot away their little wads. Mr.
DeYoung will attend to the rest
Just go and shoot away all you mind
to.
KETCHIKAN CAMP, NO. 20, A. B.
Meets every Monday evening
at 8 p.m., at Red Men’s Hall.
Visiting Brothers Welcome
H. M. Stackpole, A. C
D. M. Smith Harris, A. R.
CHAS. H. COSGROVE
Attorney at Law
GENERAL PRACTICE
C. E. INGERSOLL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Prompt attention given to perfect
ing land titles and securing patents
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
James M. Shoup
Attorney at Law
Offices adjoining If. S. Customs
Office
Notary
S. A. PLUMLEY
Attorney and
Counselor at Law
Office—Town Council Chambers,
Ketchikan, Alaska.
MARY A C GIBSON
Stenogr apher
Notary Publ ic
OFFICES
—Newtown Home
Phone 142
E. E. Sparhawk
DENTIST
Office in Residence
Hours, 10 a. m. to 4 p. in.
People’s Meat Market
At The Old Stand Opposite
Sparahawk’s Store, Newtown
SWIFT & COMPANY’S MEATS
ED COOK, Propietor.
General Hauling
and work of all kinds
done by the
Independent Transfer
Company'
C. M. TAYLOR, Agent
Phone 64
Alaska Delivery
WALTER GRAY, prop
COAL DELIVERED FROM Ail
DOCKS
PHONES 61—Ti
Ketchikan Wharf Co.
COAL
COAL
NANAIMO
Lump Coal
99.00 PER TON.
Ketchikan Wharf Co.
C. M. Taylor
Phone 64 Agent
l $
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5 Is the most popular resort
| in town; because of the |
Equality of Liquors,
Wines & Cigars Sold, by |
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5 Peter Nelson Prop. Ketchikan, Alaska *
f A MESSAGE I
On Your Arrival in, or your Departure From
the City, if YouZ Visit
The SIDEBOARD
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Corner Front and Dock Streets, You Will be Welcomed on Your
Arrival and Carry the Good Wishes of M. E. MARTIN
With You on Your Departure.
Congeniality, Goodfellowship and Fair Treatment
Combined, is our.Long Suit.
Westinghouse Automatic Electric
Range
MORE CONVENIENT
aud more
ECONOMICAL THAN
FUEL IN OPERATION
NO SMOKE NO DIRT
—HI/ NO GASES NO FUMES
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Citizens’ Light, Power & Water Co.
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GRILL
Where Everybody goes to eat, be
cause of the quality of Meals served
and the reasonab1e prices charged.
The best in.the market; excellent
service and courtesy, is our Motto at
the POODLE DOG GRILL.
G. W. Wilkes, Prop, Ketchikan, Alaska.
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