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Notice Of A. B.'s H
JULY 3rd and 4th, 1916
A Big Open-air Concert and Dance will be held at their New Hail. Temporary dance floor
will be erected to accommodate the public. A lunch will be served free to all.
I W. K. SFAULDING H
Committee In Charge: i ***** *psch «
J. W. CORDELL |B
QUICKSILVER MORE
VALUABLE THAN GOLD
HAS RISEN IN PRICE FROM Sod
A FLASH TO SdSX ANO STILL
RISING.
5; is more pro its Me in these da? ?
So own a quicksilver mine than a cold
Biw. Since she war began mercury
bay risen is price from too a iask so
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A ~ia.sk' hold* Ti pounds. Is is
surprrsisg'y asall. the metal being
cocsadecsMy h ;u'.ir than lead
Even at she advanced price. Ameri
can munition makers are falling over
themeeifes to get mercury. They mist
have it to make mercury fulminate,
the only suitable ssruff foe caps, shell
■ises and -detonators' for various
kinds of project lies.
Every quicksilver deposit in she
world is being worked to the limit to
day. It is harvest time for the mer
cury producers. Probably there will
sever be another like it.
The situation is the more remark
able for the reason that before the
war the outlxk for quicksilver, con
merctaliy speaking, was very bad.
Production exceeded demand and mer
cury mine owners were eagerly seek
ing ne* markets for their predict.
Placer mining for gold in California
and other parts of the world made a
great demand for quicksilver. Much
of the gold found in surface gravels is
very £neiy divided—reduced, indeed,
to such tiay (.articles as to Scat out
of the slaSce-boxes with the water.
This meant, of course, great loss. But
it was discovered long ago that if
mercury was put into the sluice-boxes
lor ocher apparat us used for the same
purpose i It would catch the gold and
hold it.
The secret of the matter lay in the
fact that gild wfll dissolve in quick
silver as rapidly as sugar will dissolve
in water—the two thereby combining
to form an ' amalgam ” Every quarci
crushing mill operated for the extrac
tion of gold from the rock is worked
on that principle, the powdered stuff
being ran over a copper plate coated
with mercury. At intervaii the mer
cury is scraped off. and more quick
silver U rubbed cm
Unfortunately, the placer mining
business is on the down grade. It has
been so for a l-ocg time past. The
gt.d proc-jcing surface gravels ail over
the world have been to a great extent
exhausted, and hence the demand foe
quicksilver for this special purpose
has se-adily diminished.
Tnis was the situation that gave the
mercury men so much alarm before
the *ar Little did they imagine that
there was in prospect a worrid-wide
catastrophe that would create such a
market for their product as their wild
est dreams* had never predgure-d.
Barring the famous Almaden mine*
of Spain, which have been worked for
more than i»i years, the greatest
known deposits of mercury in the
world are foaad in California. The
mem important of those in that State
were discovered by ir.ci.An? long bo
fore the day* of C'iambus. From 'ha'
source the aborigines derived verri'.i
ion paint for frescoing their bod.es
and observance of the decorative ef
fects thus produced led to an inquiry
by white men which resulted in the
development of the quicksilver mines
Cinnabar, the ere of mercury, when
found in a pure state is vermilion in
color. If is a sulphate, a chemical
mixture of quicksilver and sulphur
PERIL IN GARDENING.
Kansas City Star
The worthy couple sat side by side
oa the broad doorsteps, kokinc as
mtsersble as two lost geese in a hard
hailstorm We asked why they were
so sad in view of the fact that the
sun shone brilliantly and the birds
swayed on the adjacent boughs
“Alas I“ they answered We have
been making gardes. Both of us are
somewhat absent-minded, and after
thinking it over we fear that Sam
uella has planted the liver pills and
Horace has taken the sweet peas
However, we are not absolutely sure
about if. and if is the uncertainty
that hurts" i
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CORRECT WAY TO BEG
PARDON NOW IS CHANGED
The Harvard students living along
the Gold Coast, who have at least a
pocketful! of nickels and the test man
ners available, are no longer using
that hackneyed phrase. "I beg year
pardon." It simply isn't done. Ail
begging has stopped fur aye and the
new idea is Tut sorry
If th* reader is still in
manners. Karrari men or sorrow
wm be clear that this type of apology
requires no answer. Harvard men
dread being answered, preferring as
dees the university's most famous
alumnus, to do all the talking them
selves. Fcr that reason nowaday?
when'they step on the hat or westkit
of an untutored Boetcoese in the
cocrse of their more stimulated gam
bols they invariably admit that they
ire sorry and let It irop rig if there
Tn sorry- comes from England,
which country gc-t it from France,
which brilliant nation got it from Chi
cago. which windy municipality learn
ed it from New York. There is n t ex
tant proof that New York did not get
it from New Haven or Hartford
MISTAKES THAT KILL
A propc-s of the lawyer- pitching
Into experts on the witness stand in
murder trials, the case Is. recalled
where the lawyer looked qtdxziciai'y
at the doctor who was testifying and
said:
“Doctors sometimes make mistakes,
don t they T
The same as lawyer? ' was the re
ply.
"But doctors' mistakes are buried
six feet under ground." said the law
yer
“Ye*.” said the doctor, "and law
yers' mistakes sometime? -wine six
feet sc the air."
WILLING TO WORK AT
HIS TRADE 1 . R K A. S -:.
LONDON June It' -T1.3 ■
which filters through from occupied
Belg.U'.n proves that the hard-tried
people there are keeping up the tight
without losing either their sense of
tumor or iheir faih in ultimate vic
tory.
An amusing incident is told, which
toe's place in Brussels, whose people
sre famous for their ready wit. The
Germans are doling out potatoes to
such of the people as agree to work
for them. One recipient the other day
presented himself to the German au
thorities and declared in return for a
supply of the potatoes he would work
for the Germans providing they would j
let hint work at his usual occupation. \
The delighted German official hand-1
el him a declaration to sign, at the :
same time asking him:
What is your trade, then?"
"I am a grave digger." replied the j
Be"g:an stolidly.
He did not get any potatoes.
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Special discount on party dresses
for Thursday. Friday ami Saturday.
—J. R Heckman.
ANCHORAGE MAY HAVE
A NATIONAL GUmRO
Anchorage. Alaska, the new town at
the Cook Inlet terminal of the fed
eral railroad, is agitating the prop
osition of forming a nat.onal guard
The Anchorage Daily Times says.
It has been suggested that this is
ar. opportune time for Alaska to
raise a regiment of the National
Guard, and assist Uncle Sam to that
extent in his preparedness program.
And what an honor it would be to An
chorage. the youngest and most thriv
ing town is the territory to organize
the first company Where will you
find a body of sturdier or more cour
ageous men. who are chock full of
patriotism, and ever ready to respond
to the call of their country? There
are also a number of Spanlsh-Ameri
can veterans as we!! as others who
have had military training, and the
work of organizing a company should
be an easy -ask. Who will take the
initiative in the matter?''
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LEAVES MONEY TO
PAY PRUSSIAN DEBT
BERLIN June 10—The Prussian
budget for the fiscal year 191S-1? con
tains the following item
The late Privy Government Coun
cillor Elenor von Crocow of Koeslin
has left a legacy of 10,009 marks
* ■ to the Prussian state with the
proviso that this sum shall be invest
ed at compound interest until it be
come- large enough to pay the en
tire public debt of the kingdom. The
legacy has been accepted and will be
administered by the treasury' depart
ment.'*
Experts have calculated that the
strange gift will grow to the height
of the prefer-’. Prussian debt in about
4» years
WILL VISIT RELATIVES
HERE FOR SUMMER
Miss Mina Hunt, neice of Mr. and
Mrs. Forest J. Hunt, who recently
graduated front the Stadium High
School in Tacoma, arrived on the Al
Ki this morning to spend the summer
with her relatives, and will assist Mr.
Hunt in his new store while here. Miss
Hunt who is charmed with her trip
up and favorably impressed with Ket
chikan. will no doubt make a very de
sirable addition to the younger social
set of this city.
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ANOTHER NEW ARRIVAL.
Born unto Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sparks
a seven and one-half pound baby boy
yesterday. Dr. Myers, the attending
physician reports both mother and
baby doing nicely.
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EIGHT STUDENTS FROM
THE U. OF W. ARRIVE
Albert Benson. Lowell Williams.
Wendei Black. William F. Jones. Irv
ing D. Winslow, Harry Fursman. Wm.
Bowden and Marcus Lundberg. eight
students from the University of Wash
ington. were among the passengers ar
riving on the Al-Ki this morning, who
come to spend their summer vacation
in this city and will be employed at
the Northland Dock cannery which
is to begin operations shortly.
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PUTTING ON STYLE.
Of course nearly everybody will be
the gainer by the style put on by the
popular store of J. R. Heckman & Co.,
in the new delivery auto. Gainer, be
cause there won't be so many broken
eggs and things when delivered due
to the soft springs of the machine.
At the same time nearly everybody
will lose the usual smile of the driv
er. He is as proud as he can be now
and he hardly looks at a fellow any
more. He ought to know tna-: some
of us rather walk anyhow.
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Beautiful summer waists. Georgette
crepe, voils. etc., at J. R. Heckman's.
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A A A A A A A A A A A A
AT THE HOTELS. *!
A A A A A A A A »*• •% A »*• «£• A «*« A
AT THE STEDMAN.
J. F. Pugh, C. A. Burkhardt, A.
Greenbaum, R. Pointer, E. Rutquist,
A. Koblre. W. J. Rogers, W. E. Tay
lor, F. B. Hyder, J. Heward, jr., A. j
Larson, A. F. Runnels and F. J.
Brown.
AT THE REVILLA.
G King. H. C. Brown, L. Hanson, T.
Rein. J. Carlson, W. T. Ross, G. Har
ris. C. H. Barkdull, C. Green, H. Wis
tad and Wishelmaen.
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♦ OPEN FOR BUSINESS. +
♦ - +
+ Shanghai Cafe —Noodles and *
+ Chop Suey. Phone, Green 46. +
♦ Henry Chin Fun. Stedman St. +
♦ ♦ + ♦ + ♦ + + + + ♦♦ + + +
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I FREEJ
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,j With every 50c. bottle of Palm Olive A
I Shampoo, or 50c. jar Palm Olive Cream ; J
Yon will get three cakes of Palm Olive I a
Soap free all this week -! ]
3 BELL ISLAND
| HOT SPRINGS
? Forty-five miles north of Ketch i
I kan. Clean cabins, equipped for
i ! light housekeeping. Reasonable rent
E al. Meals served if required. Week
r !y boat service from William’s dock, i
i : Ketchikan. 1
t MRS, HOUTS, Manager in charge
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l MARY A. C GIB SON
E Stenographer <
Votary Public
[ OFFICES
• Charcoal Point. ! 1
Phone 142
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i Phone 106. Firat-Claas Work j
F. MILLER i
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| Painting, Kalaomining, Paperhanging *
and Graining a Specialty. <
KETCHIKAN, : : ALASKA
KETCHIKAN J
PUBLIC LIBRARY AND j
FREE READING ROOM j
10 A. M. to 10 P. M. ]
MRS. J. B. THOMPSON
Librarian 1
KETCHIKAN CIVIC CLUB- «
Meets every first and third Toes- j
day evening at 8 p. m-, at the Coon- J
cil Chambers. All women interest- I
ed in the welfare of our city are J
, cordially invited to attend—Sec. E i
P. Dickinson, X. D. {
I Great Clean Up Sale |
S Laces, Embroideries, Fancy Trimmings, 8
IOdds and Ends of Fancy goods §
12 Regular Price. §
Remnants of Dress goods, Ginhams, Per- £t i
cales, Draperies, Etc., 1 I
\ 2 Regular Price. |:l
Millinery-—your choice of any Ladies’ B
Trimmed Hats in the 5tock
« % Regular Price. |;l
\\ There is positively nothing reserved in
|j any of the above lines.
1 STOCK J. R. HECKMAN & CO. SERVICE 1 ^
A The Department Store 5! *
CUSTOMS COLLECTOR IN TOWN.
J. F. Pugh, cusoms collector for this
district with headquarters at Juneau,
is here on official business.
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W E. Taylor, the well known pros
pector and miner, of Kasaan. is a vis
itor in town on business and pleasure.
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VV. J. Rogers, superintendent of the
Mt. Andrew mine is here for a few
days in the interest of the company
he represents.
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Even Norman flies about on his new
wheel like hell-bent-for-election. He
wents people to know that his dad
bought him a new wheel.
Hugh Barclay, who has been con
fined to his home for the last ten
days is about again hopping along
with a stick. He is gaining rapidly
however.
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+ KETCHIKAN AUTO SERVICE +
+ N. Caspersen, Prop. +
+ - +
+ Reasonable rates to any part +
+ of the city. Prompt and quick +
+ service. Phones 73. 45, 97, 50. +
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+ + + + + ♦ + + + + + + + + +
Remnants at one-half price at Heck
man's.
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Onions are excellent blood puri
fiers. They are Nature's remedy for
sleeplessness, too. An opion poultice
!s of great relief in rheumatic pains.
In many eases bad indigestion can
be cured by an onion diet.
Millinery at one-half price at Heck
man's.
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It is reported that Blumea balsam
ifera which grows wild in abundance
in the Philippines, has been found to
be identical with the plant from
which camphor is obtained in cer
tain parts of China. The commer
cial possibilities of this plant are
I now being investigated.
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Middies in great variety at Heck
man s.
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+ SKATING RINK will be kept +
+ open every evening for the ♦
+ amusement of the public. Ad- +
+ mission 25c. John Hendricks, +
+ Manager. Ketchikan. +
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+ FIRST CLASS DRESSMAKING +
+ AND ALTERATIONS ♦
+ —done at— +
+ Mrs. Ferhmann’s Phone 179 +
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ADVERTISED LETTER LIST
of the Ketchikan. Alaska, Post Office
For week ending June 10, 1916.
Arvik, John
Brown, Clias. H.
Carlson, Tom
Chung, K. S
Chuck. Billy
Coy, Stanley
Dahlbeck, John C.
Hackney, F. R.
Johnson, Chas. H.
Morrs, John
Porters, Geo.
Samson, Wilfred G.
Sproule, George
Troy, John.
Walers, E.
When calling for the above, say
■‘Advertised." Parties claiming let
ters from the above list must pay a
fee of one cent for each letter claim
ed. All letters unclaimed by June
24. 1916 will be sent to the dead letter
office, Washington, D. C.
M. E. Swineford, Postmaster.
II --w --* *-- w w <r#*^v yv vvv^vv^vw^VW^VVV^
| sags >?/ the GRAND 1
f£ . 11 —^—■■III. .— E
£f WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, JUNE 21 and 22.
| “SCANDAL” I ■
y2 A Phillip Smalley and Lois Weber production in five notable 22
» reels. A striking sermon in the guise of a drama. M
«2 Gossip from the loungers of a club window inspired Miss 22
£2 Weber to write this story, and having selected the central object £2
«& for attack she imagined a cinvincing illustration to drive home 22
£2 her conviction. ?5
^ Mr. Wright passes in an automobile with his stenographer. 22
£2 A half destroyed letter is misconstrued. Then the automobile C2
W accident; all furnish food for the gossipers and the happiness of 22
£2 a score of people is destroyed by a network of flimsy circumstan- £2
w tial evidence magnified into a case against those who have com- 22
M mitted no offense. O
^ A wonderful picture that will never be forgotten. 22
| A Comedy will Close the Show |
§ FRIDAY and SATURDAY fj
S THE MASTER KEY §
Episode No. 14 ^
i ; The Penants are here now’ and those who did not get enough Sf
22 for their pillow can have them now’. Jr