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.
J. E. RIVARD - ... - Editor.
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~ KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, JUNE 24, 1916.
WHAT IS THE USE !*
Reports from Forester Island indicate that
things are not running too smooth there, to say
the least. It appears as though the fish buyers
had their hands in their pockets and were de
termined to keep them there. It also appears
that the fishermen have their “backs up,” or
something; and unless the fish buyers come
“through," they are determined to keep them up.
Both sides are playing a waiting game with a
back-ground made up of perfectly good fish and
an audience made up of the consumers whose
sustenance is allowed to slip away from the har
vesters.
The situation prevailing at Forester island this
year is not new. On the contrary, it is an every
year occurrence. In view of the fact that the
harvest season lasts only but a short while, the
situation is to be regretted; and it becomes more
so when we consider that family men go there
early in the spring to take advantage of the
whole season, only to be deprived of their sum
mer’s earnings. It is a serious matter to them,
and should not obtain. To say that the fish buy
ers alone are to blame would not be fair. They
may contribute their share in bringing such situ
ation, but they are not wholly to blame. In all
walks of life, we find men who are never satis
fied and the fishermen are no exception. We
know of a few fishermen who are always looking
for an opening to make trouble. Likewise, we
know some fish buyers who are “hoggish,” and
when the two extremes meet, there is trouble.
The fishermen have their rights, but no more
so than the fish buyers. Both must be consider
ed. It’s a pity the government cannot provide
the means of segregating the troublesome from
the peaceful.
THE GOOD SIDE OF IT.
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Much criticism was piled on the government’s
fatherly attitude in reserving townsites along
the railroad in Alaska. Most of the critics
thought they were real “smrats,” found faults
and ridiculed the officials freely. Subsequent
events, however, have served to make us stand
up and take notice. For instance: the govern
ment reserved a plat of ground at Anchorage
for a townsite. The part of the plat that was
most convenient for business purposes, was di
vided into small lots and enough of them to ac
commodate sufficient business houses for a good
size town. Next to the small lots, according to
late reports, acre tracts were divided. Next
again, five acre tracts were divided. Now, what
better arrangement could have been devised to
accommodate any size community. To our opin
ion, it is the best method ever devised and re
flects great credit upon those who suggested the
plan. It would be well for future towns to ob
serve what system has done before it :;i too late .
As<a general rule a few are allowed to hog it nli
and as a town grows, the new comers have to
take the sidehills or the beach and u*e often
taxed for the privilege of leaning against a lamp
post.
Ketchikan has the bqst class of young men
that ever pulled the fire trucks. They are in
comparable. Time and again they are called out
by a fire alarm, to find that the alarm was only
a joke; and yet we never hear them say boo.
They are as patient as snails; and they never,
gpyer swear; no, not even the chief.
'r<'tMt is the thing that cuonts. We all know young
men who are hanging around waiting for father to
slip out of his old shoes. As if a pair of old shoes
ever made a man out of a loafer! Why, father's shoes
are ten sizes too big for any man that thinks mon'ey
somebody else has earned will make him a gentleman!
Grit is what these young chaps need, whether they
know it or not The day will come when the only man
the world will count worthy of its respect will be he
who does things, even if he is forced to grit his teeth
hard ot keep back the groan of pain.
Folks used to think that hte only real soldier was
the man who marched away to the sound of the fife
and drum, to shoot and kill and destroy. It is not so.
(From Farm Life.)
A HOT TIME.
(Post-Intelligencer.)
Kansas City broke all excitement recently when Billy
Sunday and Theodore Roosevelt, two of the greatest of
human dynamos, met in that whirling center of emotion
and stirred up the vast depths of popular sentiment.
Either one of them would furnish mental and moral dis
sipation enough for any ordinary occasion, but the two
together gave Kansas City a thrill unsurpassed in that
town of many sensations. *
"The Greatest American alive,” is the phrase in
which Rev. Mr. Sunday describes the colonel. Certainly,
Mr. Roosevelt in politics is very much like Mr. Sunday
In religion. They both give us hell in large doses, and
neither permits any appeal from his decision. It is
natural that Mr. Sunday should admire Mr. Roosevelt,
and it would be the height of ingratitude if the latter did
not return the compliment with an Oyster Bay certifi
cate of religious efficiency.
BELL ISLAND
HOT SPRINGS
Forty-five miles north of Ketchi
kan- Clean cabins, equipped for
light housekeeping. Seasonable rent
al. Meals served if required. Week
ly boat service from William’s dock,
Ketchikan.
MRS, HOUTS, Manager In charge
MARY A C- OiB SON
Stenographer
Notary Public
oil HU
Charcoal Point.
Phone 142
Pftcme 106. First-Class Work
F. MILLER
Painting, Kalsomining, Paperhanging
and Graining a Specialty.
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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PROFESSIONALS
James M. Shoup
Attorney-at Law
Offices adjoining V S. Customs
Office
Notary
S. A. PLUMLEY
Attorney aRd
Counselor at Law
Office—Town Council Chambers.
Ketchikan, Alaska.
J. FILLMORE WARDER
Attorney at Law
General Practice Revilla Block
CHAS. H. COSGROVE
Attorney at Law
GENERAL PRACTICE
C. E. INGERSOLL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Prompt attention given to perfect
ing land titles and securing paten*
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.
E. E. Sparhawk
DENTIST
Office in Residence
Hours, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
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Ketchikan Meat Co.
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We make a specialty of Camp and
Cannery trade
Carstens Packing Cjo. Owners
Night Phone S120
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Hardware, Clothing, Shoes, Underwear,
Fishing Outfits.
The Celebrated Walrus Oil Clothing
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GO TO
TYRON’S
For Your
WAFFLES, SHORT ORDERS
AND FINE COFFEE
YOU’LL BE TREATED WHITE
Remember the Name
“QUICK LUNCH”
FRONT STREET
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Ketchikan Ano Transfer
C. C. COLLENS, Prop.
General Transfer to Any Part of
Town
Day PhiShe 41 Night Phone 48
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.
1 Private Boxes for Dinner]"
Mitchell Bilicich, Co.
Draying
All Orders will oe promptly
a .id carefully executed.
Contracts Take i For Attv Work
Ketchikan
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DrayingCompany
.T. W. CORDELL, Propletor.
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Phone No. 60.
I We Manufacture and Keep in Stock all kinds of |
Spruce and Cedar Lumber !
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I Barge Blanche f
for charter for freight purposes f
Ketchikan Power Company ?
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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
Sooner or later you too will come to
Stylepius Seventeen
Do you pay around $25 for
custom-madeclothes? If you
do we can open your eyes as 7^**2
to style and fit with good '&• '
wear guaranteed at the
low price $17. /i 6
And if you pay around ,fpr .
$20 for ready-to-wear j
clothes, you can’t JJtj k
afford to ignore iJsJ LwJ
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The fabrics are fashionable pat- yjll I If SM A V
terns, water shrunk, all wool. Any \ P | W/11
kind of a model you prefer—all 'I* ' V /
designed by a fashion artist whose l|
ability no one can doubt. Hand
tsilnnne irhrrr it rnnnfs All die bis thines—reduced ~ Ki*
GENERAL BOAT B0ILD1NG ~"|
AT THOMAS DOCK I
Estimates Furnished, I
Prices Reasonable. I
CANNERY WORK A SPECIALTY J
Boat work of all kinds promptly done. I
H. BRICKS, Builder j
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i FISH C8L OYSTER! CO., [Inc.
Phone 17*.
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
Cold Storage Building Ketchikan, Alaska
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Ketchikan Iron Works
Evenly spaced
Accurately Cut
ANY
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Oxy- Acetylene
Welding
BXACKSMITHrrfG AND
GENEBAXi MACHINE WORK
G. E. LINGERFELT, Proprietor
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 0ur very best with every bit of
launrdy work. How good that best
i8 you will appreciate if you send
your things here next time.
Phone 24.
KETCHIKAN STEAM LAUNDRY
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THE EVINRUDE
A friend-in need is a friend indeed.
This you will find in an Evinrude.
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