PARENT-TEACHER AS
SOCIATION MEETS
DISCUSS MATTERS OF VITAL
IMPORTANCE TO THE
COMMUNITY
(By E. L. Sampson)
The meeting of the Parents
Teachers Association at the school
house, became especially interest
ing last night, when Director
Rounsfell of the School Board,
who is also president of the Assoc
iation, placed before the meeting
the critical school situation due to
the overcrowding of the school. - It
was showed that the efficiency of
the school is seriously impaired, in
fact jeopardized, by the lack of
school buildings and facilities, and
lack of funds to provide them. The
question of the provision of funds
opened the discussion, in which
both Educational Board members
and citizens participated.
Among the various proposals for
relief that were made, aws that
tuition be charged scholars resid
ing beyond the town limits. An
other was that text-books and
school supplies should be furnished
by parents instead of from the
school funds. ■ . ■ i --- -
The Forest Service Fund that
was the football in the last legis
lature, in order that the Interior
miners and the S. E. salmon pack
ers might call each other "rob
bers,” was examined carefully as a
source for relief. This fund was
accumulated for “school purposes,”
and is subject to the disposition of
the legislature. The local School
Board will endeavor to discover if
a morsel of this fund still exists,
that can be obtained for immediate
school relief locally.
.The statement that last year the
High School had eight pupils, this
year it has thirty, next year it
may have fifty, not to mention
similiar growth in the grades,
brought out the need of provision
for permanent and future school
requirements, the growth of which
to the town is a matter for consid
eration. The maximum city tax
rate as prescribed by law of “two
per cent., for school and municipal
purposes,” came up for attention
The aplication of this law by tht,
Ketchikan Council, by which a tax
of one and one-half per cent., is
levied on certain property, one per
cent., on other property, and other
various special arrangements and
agreements made by the Council
with property owners regarding
their taxes, was discussed. The
full tax rate of two per cent.,
equitably applied on all property,
or even one and one-half per cent.,
equitably applied, was proposed for
the financial relief needed for the
school.
The tendancy of some to blame
the council for the lack of school
funds to properly provide for
school needs, was met with the
statement that the Council Mem
bers are not responsible for their
own election. This critical condi
tion in school affairs is one the
responsibility or which rests only
on the citizens, and when given full
publicity by the School Board, must
be solved by them through their
Council and Legislature. The need
of Territorial legislative enactment
providing school funds, to make up
for the lack of inadequate munici
pal funds, was suggested, to be
borne in mind, when legislative
elections occur again.
' .Various other proposals for re
lief came up, indicative of the
straits to which lack of local school
provisions have come. The util
ization of the play shed for a school
room was one, and the use of the
Court Room in the Court House as
a class room, was another. Even
the use of out of doors with um
brellas for shelter, was offered in
preference to some school condi
tions that exist.
At last the discussion came around
to the Territorial tax on salmon
canneries, payment of which has
been refused the Territory by the
Packers, and collection of which
is now being attempted by a
gentleman’s agreement law-suit, in
the Circuit Court in San Francisco,
between Alaska and the Packers
who take her fish. If this court
precedure is decided in favor of
Alaska, these funds when collect
ed, will be available for school and
other public uses.
The program of the evening that
preceded the presentation by the
School Borad, of this problem that
is preplexJng them, consisted of an
excellently rendered piano solo by
Mrs. Brindle, and a paper by Mr.
Sampson on “Smug Satisfaction.”
AN UNBLUSHING RECORD
(Philadelphia Ledger)
The American Independence union,
a "‘neutral” organization, of which
Mr. Bartholdt seems to be the active
head, declares that British agents
are buying editorial space in Ameri
can newspapers for the dissemina
tion of pro-British opinions. The
charge is not new; it might be
pardoned or at least ignored if it
came from ignorant and irresponsi
ble persons. But when an ex-mem
ber of congress, a man of education
who has had a long familiarity
with public affairs, makes it, there
is absolutely no excuse for him. He
knows it is false. He knows that
American newspapers, whatever
their faults, are not venal. He
knows also that their condemnation
of German methods and their ap
proval of the cause of the allies
repreesnt the opinion of at least
nine out of ten of their readers. |
What object does he expect to gain
by so malicious an accusation? How
can he justify his conduct with his
duty as a citizen of a nation whose
honors he has accepted and whose
confidence he has enjoyed? How
shall we explain the strange moral
twist which is using a profesion
of neutrality as a cloak for a treas
onable propaganda?
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FOR SALE:—Bargain, Terms
Lots 1, 3 and 4 in Block 16 with a
three room house. Apply to
Kazis Krauczunas, owner, in town
now. Adv. tf.
PERSONAL MENTION
EAGLE LADIES PARTY
The party last night in the old
Field store, given by the Ladies of
the Eagles, was not as largely at
tended as it should have been, but
those who did attend had a jolly
good time. Progressive whist and
dancing were the amusements, with
light refreshments on the side for
those who wouldn’t dance or
couldn’t play cards. Mjp. S. C.
Willard won first ladies prlze^af
box of stationary, Mr. Groot 'car
ried off a book as first gentleman’s
prize. Mrs. Grant took home a
potato and Clarence Fickle a box
of blackening as mementoes of
their poor luck.
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CAKE TAKES PLACE OF BREAD
BERLIN, Dec. 9—One of the
local papers says concerning bread:
“German science we know set it
self to the task of reducing the in
conveniences of a blockade to a
minimum, and as far as our bread
Is concerned, it has met with an ab
solute success.
“Besides the official bread, adopt
ed and authorized by the federal
authorities, which consists of a
mixture of potato flour and wheat
flour, it has invented several kinds
of fancy bread which satisfy all
appetites, and appeal to every
taste. Professor Kamp of Bonn,
has created the sugar bread, which
is as delicious as it is' nourishing.
Professor Emmelich has given us
the bread with chalk, which is rich
in nutriment; while other scientists
have invented bread made with
skimmed milk and bread made
from milled straw.
“Finally the royal bakeries at
Munich have just placed on sale a
new kind of bread which will satis
even the most fastidious. It is
made from six pounds of prunes or
unpealed potatoes, ten grams of
carbonate of soda and one pound of
sugar to every ten pounds of rye
flcur. This bread, which tastes
most delicious, will keep fresh for
two weeks. The allied powers pre
vent us from eating ordinary bread,
let us therefore eat cake.
“The plain official war bread is
not at all bad when you get used
k.o it.”
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AT THE CUSTOMS HOUSE
'.Vessels entering and clearing at
this port during the past twenty
1 four hours as reported by the
local suctoms house:
Entered
8th
Santa Ana from Seattle,, Flam
ingo, from Nanaimo.
9th
Northland from Seattle.
Cleared
8th
Flamingo for Vancouver, tug
Commodore andtow for Anyox. B.
C. and Rolfe for Prince Rupert.
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A REMINDER
Don’t buy your Xmas gifts til*
you have visited the Bon Marche, ad.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACELEOR!
GIRL,
(By Helen Rowland, in P.-I.)
A fool can’t tell anything about
the facility with which a girl car.
be kissed—and a gentleman won’t.
Just about as a woman is begin
ning to works herself up to the
point of philosophy where she can
believe that "life is what we make
it,” somebody comes in and brutally
asks her how much she weighs.
If a girl has a cute nose and
curly hair, it requires nothing but
a good dinner, a little wine, a little
music, and a little auto-suggestion
for a man to persuade himself that
he and she are “spiritually and
mentally mated.”
When a man is blind to all a
m oman’s faults, it is more often
because his eyes have been dazzl
ed by the glipt of her fortune than
because they have been dazzled by
the radiance of her beauty.
The modem girl’s idea of a “real
hero” is getting to be just a plain
every-day man, who pays his rent
keeps his hair cut, does his wori
and loves his own wife.”
The most subtle and u p-t,o-datr
io ver is the one who can talk New
Thought while he holds a girl’s
hand and gazes into her eyes with
all the old, old ones.
The second wife is usually hap
pier than the first because by tha'
time a man has gotten all his
bachelor theories about “how to
rule a woman” and “how to make
over a wife” out of his system.
Jealousy is your verd'ct against
your own charms and in favor of
your rival’s.
Manners are the orchids of civ
ilization; courtesy is its sweet
violets.
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Yes—We Have It
And we honestly believe that
$§*2£2z Hair Tonic
is the beet hair tonic on the market—
60c a bottle. Sold only by ua.
Ketchikan Drug Co.
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FOR RENT
Furnished house, 4 rooms and
bath, Main St. .Two rooms, New
town. See Feddersen. Adv. 26t.
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FOR SALE
A house and lot on the Hill. Ap
ply at this office, or to Mrs. George
Chesney. Adv. tf.
Delicate Children
Mually only need a food tonic to make
them strong and healthy
ISttncaJLt
vWmh Emulsion
• . •tntoininf HvptphttphiUa
is not only the best food tonic but is
pleasant to take. Sold only by us.
Ketchikan Drug Co.
Send in your furs and gel the
best market price for them
from P. J. Gilmore. adv.
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FOR SALE—40 H. P. Standard
Engine. Phone G171 or apply
aboard the Taku II. 6t adv.
CANNON’S BAKERY
AND GROCERY
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3orn .16
A.; milk 3 cans .26
J oi. can Bakers cocoa .26
Reliance Coffee .40
Gold Shield coffee .40
Canned Pineapple .16 & .20
String beans, ,20c. two for -36
Sweet potatoes, 20c. 2 for .36
Itrout, 20c. 2 for .35
E. J. Peas, 20c. 2 for .36
Golden Wax beans .20c. 2 for .35
Pumpkin, 20c. 2 for .36
Hominy, 20c. 2 for .55
Solid Pack, Amocat and Reliance
Tomatoes, .15
Ranch Eggs per do/.. .35
Lend fhrercr cocoanut per lb. .20
Baking powder, per lb. .16
Your money back if not satisfied.
Bread, Rolls, Pies, Cakes and Layer
Cakes. Angel Food, White Cake, Jel
ly Roll, Lemon Roll, Cup Cakes, Gin
ger Bread, Cocoanut Kisses, Maca
roons, Honey Jumbles, Frosted Creams.
Lemon, Sugar, Currant, Spice and c,
coanut Cookies, Doughnuts and Toast
Job printing neatly and quickly
done at the Progressive-Minor,
DON’T FORGET
The Bon Marche Xmas
Novelties will soon be on display
at prices that will surprise you.
Hand painted China, toys of all
kinds and lots of other goods suit
able for Xmas gifts. Adv. tf.
BOTH WILL BE THANKFUL
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We will thank you to subscribe
eight months, $5.00 cash, and you
will thank us.
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for the Daily Progressive-Miner for
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At the GRAND
TONIGHT
JESSE L. LASKY
presents ROBERT EDESON in
“The Call of the North”
in five parts
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY “THE BLACK BOX.” IN CHARGE
OF CIVIC CLUB
I IT IS WELL TO REMEMBER I
That the time to buy is when you have most to buy from, and that is right now. We have just m
?? received a shipment of holi day goods. Sr
£2 o w
AA PYRALIN IVORY, Table sets, and individual pieces, LATEST DU BARRY design v**
£2 Toilet Sets in solid ebony, Black Walnut, Cherry, and Sterling Silver. f2
xr MILITARY BRUSHES in sets of Sterling Silver, Cherry and solid Ebony in handsome leather
£2 HAND MIRRORS in Birdseye Maple, Pyralin Ivory, Solid ny, and Black Walnut. 12
Sr Crane’s, Johnstons and Imperial Candies, This includes (King of All Candies) “MARY GARDEN” cjj
Chocolates. ^A
| Tinkertoys and Dolls $
These goods are on display in our windows, and this is probably the largest selection of these yj
W goods ever offered the people of Ketchikan. We cordially invite you to come and investigate. w
I” dt —■'IT IS A PLEASURE TO SHOW GOODS Ss
Do not forget that our closing out sale of Jewelry is still in progress. We have bargains in
CUT GLASS, WATCHES, DIAMONDS and GOLD JEWELRY at prices that will certainly appeal
to discriminating buyers. C?
Ryus Drug: Company I
PRICES LOWEST QUALITY TIIE BEST «
I HOLIDAY GREETINGS I
The happy Christmas time is fast approach- §
ing and again we take pleasure in inviting you ||
to call and inspect our immense line of ||
Holiday Goods §
The increase in our business and patronage
during the past year has stimulated us to still ||
greater efforts or the coming season. g
We are now showing a stock which is as ft
comprehensive and faultless as intelligent selec- «
tion and accurate knowledge of trade needs can 8
make it. 8
Our line shows
NOVELTY, VARIETY QUALITY 1
An early visit to our store will acquaint you $;
with all the new and beautiful articles and prove
an inspiration to the gift-giving. |;
Berthelsen & Pruell |
Tell Santa Claus which
style Victrola you want
He knows a Victrola is
ideal for Christmas—that it
is sure to be appreciated,
that its music is a delight to
T HT every one.
Thit It the Victrola VIt $25 ™
And he has left a full line of Victrolas here
so that every one can see the different styles
and select the one best adapted to his home.
$15, $25, $40, $50, $75, $100, $150, $200, $250, $300,
$350—and it’s wise to make your selection now to be sure
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Select your Vic- g
trola now so you Jg
won't be disap- g
pointed. It will be jg
impossible for us $
to guarantee a sel- $
ecuion after Dec. g
10th. 1
J. R. Heckman §
& Co. I $