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(Western Meat & Fish Go
Branch of Frye Bruho Co.
Packer* and Jobbers of
Fresh Meat, Provisions and Fish
We Make a Specialty of
Ship and Gamp Trade
; KETCHIKAN - -- -- - - — — ALASKA.
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Alaska Steamship Co.
THREE DAY SERVICE
Sailing from Ketchikan Northbound, Southeastern AlMke Servlet
JEFFERSON. April 15, 26, May 6. 17, 29.
DOLPHIN, April *. 2®. May 1, 12, 24.
RETURNING THREE EATF®
VT- JOMTORTABLE SHIPS ON SOUTHEASTERN ROUTE
ALAMEDA. April 1, 27, May 17, June 7th.
NORTHWESTERN, April 13, May 2. 23, Jon* IS.
ALASKA. ApriI22, May 12, June 1, 23.
MARIPOSA, May 7, 27, Jane 17, July 7.
-> reU. Juneau, Skagway and Westward, Returning 10 Day*
Eater. largest and Fastest Ships running to Alaska.
A1 Sailing* Subject to Change Without Notice
Tickets to Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia.
C. M. TAYLOR, Agent - - Phone 64
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STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma
JVictata, Vaacocra, Ana'ortea, FUflaigStm
Events. Oigmpte Port Towuead. Souk
Beiiasghaai, Eureit, Santa Barbara. Mecca
dan Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
It BRANDT, G.A.P.O. C. D. DUNANN, F.TJB,
608 Second Ave, Seattle. ^2 Market, Ban Franc! eoe
Right reserved to Change Schedule
NEXT SAILINGS FROM KETCHIKAN
SPOKANE Mar. 4, 15, 26, April 6, 17, 28, June 9, 20, 31.
CITY OF SEATTLE Mar. 31, Apr. 11, 22, June 3, 14, 25.
RETURNING THREE DAYS LATOt
PHONE 77. ------ F. H. BOLD, Agent.
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Border Line Transportation Co.
REDUCED BATES BETWEEN KET- First Class.$20.00
CHTKAN AND SEATTLE .Second Class. 14AO
* S. S. ALkl PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
^ * SERVICE BETWEEN SEATTLE
AND S. E. ALASKA EIBS*t
S. S. DESPATCH SERVICE to west co^y
OF PBINOE OF "VAL-aS 'EL
S. S. NORTHLAND P0DTO
Bight reserved to change schedule without notice.
For farther lnformaion apply to
D. W. IT ant. Agent Northland Dock. Fhoi. €0.
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The Canadian Pacific Railway
THE PRINCESS LINE
Lve SEATTLE .April 24. May 5, 16, 26.
Arr. KETCHIKAN .April 27. May 8, 19, 29
Lve. KETCHIKAN ..May 1. May 12, 23. June 2.
Arr. SEATTLE ... .*.May 3. May 14, 25. June 4.
Subject to change wittexit notice
Steamer- connect at Vancouver with trains for all Eastern pouts.
We oiler attractive rates to eastern rail destinations.
The Line •* Quality. Our Service is Unsurpassed on Water or
RaiL Full information given by
F. E. RYUS, Agent Phone 39
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I Save Time
| Use the New Short Route
ToTand From EASTERN CANADA, also EASTERN and SOUTH
ERN UNITED STATES POINTS via
1 PRINCE RUPERT
Transcontinental trains Eastern destinations: including Bos
ton, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit,Hamilton, New York, Niagara Falls,
fontreal. Ottawa, Quebec, Toronto and Winnepeg.
STEAM VP? to southern points including Seattle, Vic
— toria, Vancouver and Anyox. S. S. Prince John will ar
rive in Ketchikan every Monday night southbound.—
Lowest fares. Electric Lighted trains. Observation can. Un
excelled Dining and Sleeping Car Service, including both Stan
dard and Tourist Sleepers. s _
GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIPS.
J. J. Raliegh, Agent, Ketchikan. Phone 66.
J. D. McAULAY, Traveling Freight and Passenger Agt.
Juneau, Alaska. i
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ENTIRELY REMODLED
§ HANS APSCH, Prop.
Beds 50 Cents Per Nifht
BEST BRANTD OF
Wines, Liquors, Cigars |
FRONT STREET, KETCHIKAN
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LETTER OF INTEREST
ON MEXICAN AFFAIRS
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l WRITTEN BY MARY E. SNIDER
1 FORMER RESIDENT OF WRAN
! GELL, TO MRS. F, J. HUNT.
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| A. letter dated Jan- 9th, received
1 by Mrs- Forest J- Hunt, from an old
. friend and a well known resident of
’ Wrangell of? pioneer days, Mias Mary
; E. Snider, who is now living in Min
; neapoiis, Minn-, after many years
I spent >n Mexico, is very interesting
. and throws more light on the Mexi.
can situation and Wilson's policy
there- The letter reads in part as
follows:
“When I compare the little Indian
village that Ketchikan was when I
saw jt, with what Carpenter de
scribes in an article which appeared
in a Minneapolis paper, I cannot
realize the change.”
In speaking of the cold climate of
Minneapolis, she says:
“1 never did like this climate, and
like it less ilnce I*ve lived in the
south- and I long to fly to a sunny
climate. Mexico, with her war torn
elements, does not tempt me now.
She has little left but climate- Re
, cent letters from there give prices
• for food stuffs that seem almost im
i possible. A skinny chicken $5 00,
< turkey $18-00, 3 eggs $1-00, loaf of
: bread $1.00, etc I don’t know
; how people live there at all- I can
understand how an enemy can de
I stroy a country, but these beasts
have cut down beautiful trees in the
city parks centuries old. and destroy
; ed property everywhere that only
depletes the country. Their good
: railway system is now a joke- Most
i of the locomotives only junk, and
j alth wgh we hear through Washing
ton that regular railway service has
been resumed- Private reports are
quite to the contrary, and most of ■
; the country that that grand old
man. Porfirio Diaz built up, is now j
but a barren waste- It seems to
l us who know the conditions, that
; Wilson has bungled the whole mat
ter about as bad as he could have
i There will never be peace until the
i U. S. takes a firm hand, and the
better class of Mexicans would wel
| come intervention- To make matters
: worse there is an epidemic of the
deadly typhus raging, 34.000 cases
in the city when my friend wrote
It was not my intention to de
liver a lecture on the Mexican situ
1 ation when I begun, but I feel so
disgusted with Wilson's policy- I
hope hell be re-elected so he will
have to unravel some of his tangles
: and not saddle them on the Republi
I can administration.”
j FREAK STYLES IN WATCHES
The greatest innovation in watch
: making that has been known in
i years, has just reached America
j from Europe- Along Fifth avenue,
j New 1 ork, shapes quaint and curi
! ous *n timepieces may be seen; and
though the conservative type of
round watch still holds its place in ;
the market it is predicted that the
; square, aboiog, and triangular af
fairs will become very popular
A prominent jeweler declares that
these watches are already replac
ing in favor the round ones; for, it :
is said, they are far more easy to
carry. The shapes in which they
are made make them convenient to
handle
The new watch is as thin as a
wafer, and one wonders how on
earth the works are accommodated
in the small space; but watch mak
ers say that the finest of works may
be put in these watches with far
more ease than in the round time
j piece.
Many of the watches have 'plain
gold backs, but it is also observed
that fine engraving is coming back
j toto style, and that jeweled settings
lares being greatly used- Sapphires,
emeralds and tiny rubies are popular
[ settings and the prices of the
watches range from $150 up the
; scale to the thousand mark
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If you want coa| dr freight de
j live red quickly from any dock cal!
! up Ketchikan Auto Service, phone
44 or 48. ***
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ANSWER TO QUESTION.
P. J.—“Is the King of Great Brit
ain reigniag 'Ey divine right?’"
The old idea of monarchy—the so
' called "divine right of Kings”—by
which the ruler was regarded as the
representative within his dominions
of the monarchy of God over all
things was shaken to its founda
tions by the English revolution of
| 1688 and shattered by the French
' revolution of 1789. It has not been
recognized as a political force in
England since the expulsion of the
Stuarts, though George V., like the
sovereigns before him, is called
“King by the grace of God "
CLEAN UP WEEK.
W'e have received our spring wall
papers direct from New York. It is
a very fine collection of hangings
and cut out bonders Drop in and
! see cor cample book-—Furniture de
partment, J. R Heckman A Co
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> All kinds or commercial print
I tog done at the Progressive -Miner.
> PROLONGING LIFE
OF CUT FLOWERS
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The instruments used by the
| French florists to prolong the life
i of cut flowers and remove imper
• fections are as numerous and deli
i cate as those on a well-equipped
dressing table- They include scis
sors of ail sizes and shapes, snmll
! cutting pliers and pincers of many
■ kinds, brushes, atomizers, sprays
and bottlei containing various gums
A withered leaf or even one pooily
developed ruins the appearance of a
rosebud, consequently the one is cut
off, and the other, if possible, is re
shaped- The buds are also pierced
as near the base of the flower as
possible, with minute wires which
keep the leaves in pi we.
One of the means employed to
prolong the life of the flower is to
j remove the anthers, so as to pre
vent the spreading of the pollen, for.
if fertilization is allowed to take
place, the flower has fulfilled its
mission and soon fades. In flowers
of the lily order the anthers are re
moved for still another reason- They
develop such an abundance of yellow
pollen that it falls and taints the
leaves. The stems of flowers that
begin to hang their heads are plac
ed in very hot water for about five
minutes, and then are placed in a
dark and cool place for about an
hour.
HOW EYEBROWS REVEAL
CHARACTER.
Among the many recognized ways
of reading character it is said that
it would be exceedingly difficult to
find a better index to another’s per
sonality than that afforded by the
size and shape of the eyebrows
The most usual kind of eyebrows,
perhaps, are the narrow, slightly
arched ones associated with beauty
and the qualities of sympathy and
affection. If very lohg, they are in
dicative of an abnormal love of ad
miration.
Elevated eyebrows show a trans
parent, childish nature, and incapaci
ty for the deep thought enjoyed by
persons with the low and’ often
“knitted’' brows.
The eyebrows of which one should
always beware—should regard, in !
fact, as a danger sign—are those
that make oblique lines in the fore
head. jutting down low into the
bridge of the nose- These are call
ed the "Mephistophel ian eyebrows”
and are absolutely eloquent of lying
and subterfuge.
Eyebrows which rise to a point in |
the middle are the artist’s eyebrows. |
and their peculiarity is termed the!
Rubens point" after the painter of
that name.
When only one of the eyebrows
nses in the middle, or if one is
at a slightly higher elevation than
the other, shrewdness, wit and origi
nal humor are very plainly indicat
ed.
HOW PLANTS SHOOT GUNS
AND DROP AERIAL BOMBS
Man has not forztalled nature
when it comes to methods of war
fare- A study of botany reveals
that there are expert “bomb-drop
pers," as well as trained artillerists j
m the - plant world- In fact, many !
methods of warfare, as now con
ducted by man, have, for untold ages
been carried out by plants. In the
case of not a few plants, where the
seeds or fruits have a wing-like
or a parachute attachment, special
arrangements are made for the drop
ping of the burden in certain circum
stances- Thus, if the winged seed of ,
a pine knocks against the branch of j
s tree, or is stranded anywhere, the *
membranous wing at once becomes'
detached- The heavy seed is no [
longer supported and it at once falls
to earth.
In the "flying fruits” of the Cali
fornia pine is presented a curious
anticipation of bomb-dropping from
aeroplanes, as developed by the pres
ent war
The ecballium or “squirting cu
cumber,” is one of the best known
of plant artillerists- When its seed
pod ripens, this bends over, breaks
away from the stem and “fires" its
juice and seeds to a distance of
from three to six feet- From the
juice of this plant is obtained a i
powerful medicine called elaterium,
which contains elaterin, a bitter
cathartic, crystalline compound
The common garden balsam is an
other plant having warlike methods.
It scatters its seeds by a veritable
explosion of its pod, which bursts
much like a shrapnel shell, and
hurls its contents in all directions
Tn the fruits of many thistles a
similar plan is to be observed- The
fluffy parachutes float about in the
air for a considerable distance- The
moment one of these strikes against
an obstacle or is hung up in any po
sition, the fruit at once is severed
from its supporting parachute and
naturally falls to the earth
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If man wishes to have the good,
domestic, obedient wife his father
—perhaps one should go baek far*,
ther and say hf» gepadfatherl—ex
pected and ifet, he most either
choose a . timid weakling who be
comes just his eeho, or he must
learn to treat the modern woman
as a comrtde
Man forgets thslt his kind words
of love and sympathy matter far
more to the 'actual happiness of
the woman than any of his deeds;
because words til] and satisfy her
imagination, and kind deeds with
few or indifferent words, make very
little impression upon it
ADVERTISED LETTERS
Avertised letter list of the Ket
chikan, Alaska Post Office. For
the week ending April 29, 1916.
Fred Bautier, G. Bogdanovich,
Senor J. Guadalupe Cadjnas, Eliza
beth Durham, John Gordon, Christ
Iverson, Karl B. Karlsen. F- Ray,
Maurice I. Poston, J. H. Semple,
Vedder Doc. Hegeman.
All letters unclaimed by May 6,
1916, will be sent to the Dead
Letter Office. Washington, D. C.
Parties claiming letters from the
above list must pay a fee of one
cent for each letter claimed.
■When calling for the above, say
Advertised.
M. E. SWINKFOKB,
Postmaster.
AGENT FOR “LIFESTAFF”
Mr. P. Nelson, of the Seattle
Bar announces that he has receiv
ed the agency for an un-alcholic
beverage called “LIFESTAFF,"
brewed by Hemrich Bros. Brewing
Co., of Seattle. Sold in pint, quart,
or case. (adv. 12t.)
ANOTHER AMUSEMENT PLACE
With the re opening of the Shoot
ing School at the foct n£ Mission
street, the people may 1, -* -'her
place of amusement where v j can
shoot away their little wads. Mr.
DeYoung wi»l attend to the rest |
Just go and shoot away’ all yon mind ;
to.
CANNON’S BAKERY
AND GROCERY
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Armour’s fancy select Ranch
Eggs, per dozen,. .30
Tavern Steel-cut Coffee, 55c or
three for... 1.00
Marigold Steel-cut Coffee. -25
Nuraya Tea, per pound.65
Fisher’s System Flour, 49 pound
sack .. 1.75
Fisher’s Blend Flour, 49 pound
sack . 2.00
Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money
Refunded.
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General Hauling:
and work of ail kinds
done by the
Independent Transfer
Company >
O. M. TAYLOR, Agent
Phone 64
PATRONIZE HOME
INDUSTRY
Smoke a Ketchikan Cigar
KETCHIKAN CIGAR FACTORY:
Alaska Delivery
WALTER ORAY, prop
COAL DELIVERED FROM A LI
DOCKS \
PHONES 61—T
Ketchikan Wharf Co.
COAL
COAL
NANAIMO
Lump Coal
$8.00 PER TON.
Ketchikan Wharf Co.
C. M. Taylor
Phone 64 Agent
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On Your Arrival in, or your Departure From
the City,~ if You" 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.
the Cabinet
Is widely known; not only for the nadity
of its Liquors, Wines and Cigars,
but for its hospitality to
its numerous patrons.
Henry Goemaere and fl. W. Morgan
Ketchikan, Alaska. j
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A place where Friends or Foes are equally well
treated: a place where the t^st Liquors, Wines
and Cigars are kept. Our motto being-:
“The best is none too good for our Patrons”
At the Admiral Saloon, Ketchikan.
j: NORTHERN MACHINE WORKS j
I Standard .Gas Engines
OXY ACETYLENE WELDING J
We Weld *
Steel, Brass, Bronze, Cast-iron j
I Malleable iron. Welds Guaranteed. *
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