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Ketchikan. Alaska.
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KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, APRIL 22, 1916.
IT IS BETTER THUS.
American newspapers are behaving remarkably
well these days, considering the critical situation ex
isting between our country and Germany. They ap- i
parenlly all realize* the enormity of the situation.
Not only because it looks like war, war alone would
not prevent, them from expressing their opinion, but
because Americans think a lot of Germany as a na
tion, and hate like sixty to fan the flames, hoping to
keep down the fire, will result in an amicable settle- \
mem of our differences. It is better thus. However, !
there is a limit to everything, even to friendship which
is the last thing iit the world that an American cares
to lose. Hence, comments are rightly checked.
“AN INDICATION.”
Le- us see if we can locate the “cat.” The Ju
neau Empire—as everybody knows—is ever ready to !
find fault with Delegate Wickersham, says:
“One of the things that indicate that
Delegate Wickersham has introduced his State
hood bill for political effect rather than in the
hope of securing its passage is the provision
that Alaska shall have four Representatives
in Congress. At the present time the ratio is
one Congressman to about 260,000 population.,
Wickersham would have the people of Alaska
have representation equal to that of a State of
from 875,000 to 1,125,000. Of course the Wick
ersham brigade, if it talks true to form, will
howl that this sort of criticism means that
those who use it do not want a large dele
gation in Congress for Alaska, and that there
fore/ Wickersham should be re-elected. How
ever, understanding men and women can see
the cat.”
At times the Empire like to hear itself talk. For
instance, in the above to prove its point that the
delegate introduced his Statehood bill for “political
effect” it points out the provision that “Alaska shall
have four representatives in congress,” and says that
the adopted ratio is one congressman to about 250,000
population; as though it wanted to make the demand
for Statehood appear ridiculous by reason of the small
population of Alaska, and says that “understanding
men and women can see the cat.” Of course they un
derstand and can see that congress is vested with an
unlimited power. All they need to do is to look over
our condition and they shall soon discover that we
have nothing to say; that congress is the whole
“push.” Such being the case, what could prevent con
gress from giving us four representatives instead of
one. For several years we had no representative, but
finally we secured one. Conclusively, if congress h’d
power to give us one,^ it has power to give us four.
Thus “an indication” that the bill was introduced for
political effect is knocked in the head and the “cat”
has disappeared.
THE LANDING AT GALLIPOLI.
April 25 will stand out as the day of horrors in
my life. I suppose the landing against such odds
was one of the finest things in history. Some poor
chaps never got ashore. Boatload after boatload of
troops grounded on the barbed wire entanglements
which stretched from the shore under water for
thirty feet, and not a man in them was left alive.
They floated away later, filled to the gunwales with
their dead. s
On shore the sight was worse. So congested
were the Turks in their trenches on such small land
space that every twelve-inch or six-inch shell simply
sent heads, legs, arms and trunks of bodies flying
in all directions. I think there must have been at
least fifty heavy men-of-war—British and French—
as well as torpedo boat destroyers as thick as gnats,
banging away all day and. all night with a stop.
From the giant Queen Elizabeth down, every ship
was searching the Turkish trenches with guns of
all calibers. Above, aeroplanes were spotting and
bombdiopping. Every living person i na circle of
twenty miles was bent on taking life or mangling
some other person. The carnage was between men
who had never exchanged a cross word; who had
never seen one another.—British officer.
NEW WORLDS.
Every child is a new world, a world into which
not even the tenderest love can wholly penetrate.
However openly the clear eyes meet ours, however
confidingly the soft hand is laid in ours, this tender
being will perhaps one day deplore the suffering of
his childhood, because we treated him accordingly to
the assumption that children are replicas, not orig
inals; not new, wonderful personalities. It is true
the child in certain measure is a repetition of the
child nature of all times, but at the same time, and
this in a far higher degree, an absolutely new syn
thesis of soul qualities with new possibilities for
sorrow and joy, strength and weakness.—Ellen Key.
THE EFFICIENT MAN’S BUSINESS.
The community has no bribe that will tempt a
wise man. You may raise money enough to tunnel
a mountain, but you cannot raise money enough to
hire a man who is minding his own business. An
efficient and valuable man does what he can, whether
the community pays him for it or not. The inefficient
offer their inefficiency to the highest bidder, and are
forever expecting to be put into office. One would
suppose they were rarely disappointed.—Thoreau.
Carranza’s friendliness for the United States
seems closely akin to the German friendliness which
finds its manifestations in sinking merchant ships
and carrying American women and children down to
death.—(Post> Intell igencer.)
KETCHIKAN' CAMP, NO. 20r A. B.
Meets every Monde* 7 r-venfng
at 8 p.m., at Red Men’s
Visiting Brothers Welt .ne
H. M. Stackpole, A. C
D. M. Smith Harris, A. R.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Local 224, regular
meeting Monday
Visiting Brothers
cordially invited.
Hall for rent, Mon
day, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
PATRONIZE HOME
INDUSTRY
Smoke a Ketchikan Cigar
KETCHIKAN CIGAR FACTORY*
FOUND AN UMBRELLA.
Officer Blackmar picked up a
woman’s umbrella a few days ago
and brought it to this office. Any
one identifying it is welcome to it.
Go With The Bunch
Where everybody goes
To The
STEDMAN CAF*;
Our Motto
Cleanliness, Quality, Courtesy and
Reasonable Prices
MEAL TICKETS $5.50 for $5.00
We do not advertise our meal
tickets, you will be after them
Give Us A Trial
The Stedman Cafe
General Hauling
and work of all kinds
done by the
Independent Transfer
Company»
O. M. TAYLOR, Agent
Phone 64
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PROFESSIONALS
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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, Akska.
E. E. Sparhawk
DENTIST
Office iir Residence
Hours, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Miller & Stevens
Hairdressing Parlor
Mclllravie Building, Main St.
Hours, 10:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
Special work by appointment
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.
J. FILLMORE WARDER
Attorney at Law
General Practice Revilla Block
MARY A. C GIBSON
Stenographer
Notary Public
OFFICES
—Newtown Home
Phone 142
Phone 106. ^First-Class Work
F. MILLER
Painting, Kalsomining, Paperhanging
and Graining a Specialty.
KETCHIKAN, : : ALASKA
Ketchikan Meat Co.
PHONE 120
H e make a specialty of Camp and
Cannery trade
Carstens Packing Cso. Owners
Night Phone S120
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N. F. ZIMMERMAN
Ketchikan " Alaska
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FOR SALE
Bell Island Hot Springs
Located 45 miles north of Ket
chikan, Alaska- Composed of 22
cabins, *tore with $1,000 stock, dock
and walk from dock to Springs, a
distance of one quarter mile.
Numerous number of springs. Five
of the largest cemented, walled and
fenced in and the water js seven
feet deep. Creek flows by springs
with good water power, being fed
from four large lakes.
Springs are in the hands of the
heirs of George Roe, and their de
-ire is to sell if reasonable price
if offered *in the near future.
Terms can be made on this sale.
Inquiries and information can be
had from W. L. ROE,
Ketchikan, Alaska.
EVERYBODY IS
DOING IT, DOING IT.
DOING WHAT?
Going for a square meal
at the STEDMAN CAFE.
Give us a trial!
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.
| Private Boxes for Dinner] ;
Mitchell Bilicich, Co.
Draying
All Orders will ne promptly
aad carefully executed.
Contracts Taken For Anv Work
Ketchikan
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DrayingCompany
J. W. CORDELL, Propletor.
Phone No. 60.
♦ We Manufacture and Keep in Stock all kinds of |;
f Spruce and Cedar Lumber f
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I Can fill any order either stock 4
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or cut to specifications ...
Barge Blanche f
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Ketchikan Power Company J
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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
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SPECIAL WINTER RATES FOR PERMANENT GUESTS IN
GOOD CLEAN ROOMS STEAM HEATED, AND WITH ALL THE
SERVICE AND ACCOMMODATIONS OF A FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
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KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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HOME
Tile high cost of living may be reduced. NOT
by buying CHEAP GOODS, but by buying the best
goods cheap.
YOUR great problem is, to get the best value to
be had for the money; and TO GIVE the best value
that can be given for the money, is OUR great aim.
For fifteen years we have been selling the best
coffees the world has produced, from the Islands of
Java and Sumatra, from Arabia, from South and
Central America, and while these coffees each have
some predominating fine quality, the problem has
been to combine them and yet preserve all their fine
qualities and to so blend them as to reach PERFECT
ION IN THE CUP.
This has now been accomplished. You will find
• a coffee THAT JUST SUITS YOU in CRYSTAL
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Let us send you a pound package to convince you
that it is THE BEST COFFEE YOU EVER DRANK.
Phone us your order today.
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DON’T MISS THIS
OPPORTUNITY
$4000 worth of Dry Goods at less
than original cost
I am retiring from theory goods business to stock other
lines. In view of the fact''th tit prices are going up on nearly
everything you cannot afford to priSis up the greatest sale in
dry goods ever offered the people of Ketchikan.
Laces, Kibbons, Embroide ry, Muslin, Wool and Cotton Un
derwear, Hosiery, Silks and Satins, Cotton Poplins, and all
piece goods. Hats, Caps and all Men’s Furnishings.
Make your selections early as this stock will not last long.
E. E. Sparhawk
Telephone (i Ketchikan, Alaska <,►
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Ketchikan Iron Works
We Cut Gears
THAT ARE
Evenly Spaced
Accurately Cut
ANY NUMBER OF TEETH
FROM
7 to 14 Pitch
AGENTS FOR
Atlas Gas Engines
Oxy - Acetylene
Welding
BLACKSMITHING AND
GENERAL MACHINE WORK
G. E. LINGERFELT, Proprietor
WE HOLD FAST
to the idea that a satisfied customei
is a mighty good advertisement.
Also that a dissatisfied one is a
mighty good advertisement for
somebody else. Hence, we always
do 0tir very best with every bit of
launidy work. How good that best *
is you will appreciate if you send
your things here next time.
Phone 24.
KETCHIKAN STEAM LAUNDRY *
THE EVINRUDE
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
This you will find in an Evinrude.
Unequaled in Power and Duribility \
Ideal motor for trolling- Tho
four-cycle can be slowed down to
two miles per hour.
Burns less gasoline per horse
power.
At least investigate before buy
ing any other motor.
HANDLE ALL PARTS.
H. G. KUBLEY
Dealer in General Merchandise
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.
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Columbia
Cost No More Last Longer
For all ignition work
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