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.
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. KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, APRIL 27, 1916.
EVIDENTLY NOT TRUSTWORTHY.
It is only a few weeks ago that the United States’
punitive expedition entered into Mexico. At that
time the- administration was huffy because a few more
Americans had been made good—by death—by a band
of bandit greasers
When the administration decided to take a hand,
if the reports are to be believed, General Funston,
whose reputation is un-impeachable, was put in full
charge which included full discretionary power to
act in the premises; and the general went at it. It
was not long, however, before he commenced to re
ceive orders to do this, that and other acts- Later
when the general appeared to have the situation well
in hand, the administration was asked to withdraw the
troops- This was followed by an order from the ad
ministration to General Funston to “hold still,” un
til the administration’s pet had been on the ground,
investigated and reported- From that the logical in
ference is drawn that the administration found some
thing loose in the general’s makeup.
At the beginning of the work, the administration
had full confidence in the general, but now—apparently
it won’t take his word for anything and an investigator
must see to the end that the administration may get
information at “first hand ” Anyhow, General Funston
cannot be trusted any longer, and of course much less
Generals Pershing and Dodd. What these men will
say cannot be accepted as “gospel truth.” General
Scott alone is reliable- Moreover, he makes the kind
of reports that suit the administration best, and that
is what is wanted
KETCHIKAN LEADS ALRIGHT.
Not long ago the Progressive-Miner started to
agitate the question of taking a “cleanup” week. A
few days later, we recommended that the town con
stables be provided with uniforms, and said that since
Ketchikan was the first city or gateway to Alaska, the
residents should lead- Sure enough it was only a
few days later that the papers to the north and
west of here took the same questions which they want
to force through. No better compliment could be
paid us than to be copied, and since we are vain
enough to nourish a liking for compliments, let us
keep on leading and pretty soon our city will be look
ed upon as the first and last word in style and pro
gress.
CIGAR EFFECTS.
(From the Atlantic.)
The cigar I always regard as the mos’ pa'cv
symbol of blatant maleness. It can apparently be
held in the teeth only at a ertain angle, and this
angle always gives a peculiraly rakish expression
to the most benevolent faces- The cigar tends to
bring out unconsciously in a man’s expression all
those saloonkeeper and tough-politician traits
which are latent, I suppose, in every man. 1 am
often amused to see how the faces of devout clergy
men or cultivated. lawyers change as soon as they
get a cigar in their mouths. The hat unconsciously
slips back on the head, the cheeks unconsciously be
come jowlish, the eye sly and beery- An estimable
human being has, with the cigar as a pencil, drawn
a caricature of himself as a predatory male- The
cigar smoker leaves a trail behind him. His stale
ness is ever with you. About every smoker there
clinks an atmosphere of noisomness.
.CULPABLE GOVERNMENT.
(By Leslie M. Shaw.)
I have a son as dear to'me as any son is to
any father. If this country goes into war, and it
will unless it prepares itself to enforce peace, that
son should offer his services. He is of the kind
and type that will be required- If he should fail
to enlist the government will have the right to con
script him. But the curse of God will and should
rest upon that nation and that people that will call
its best blood to the colors without having first
taught them to take care of themselves, and that
will not furnish them as good arms as they are
forced to1 face, that will not give them ammunition
to last till the fight is over; that will not cover
their positions and movements by field artillery
equal in quantity and of as long range as that of
the adversary; that will not provide air craft and
submarine craft—in short, that will not do all that
human resources and human skill can do to make
their defensive position tenable and their offensive
movements successful. Any preparedness less than
adequate preparedness is useless, and war waged
with antiquated or insufficient equipment is worse
than murder, for it subjects those who heed the
call of duty and who obey the command of the coun
try to ignomious defeat and shameful slaughter.
If we men could only understand that to be
kind, considerate and courteous to our wives in the
home, we would add greatly to our liberty abroad,
not mentioning the incidental contribution to our
wives’ happir.ess
TRADITIONS ARE TOTTERING
(Pittsburg Chronicle )
Some time ago a medical expert denounced the
use of whisky as a remedy for snake bite; and now
comes another who says that raw' meat is not a cure
for a black eye- Must all our fond traditions and
time-honored beliefs go by the board just because
of objections from the men of medicine. Their next
declaration may be that it is healthful to walk
under a ladder on a Friday the 13th.
KETCHIKAN CAMP, NO. 28; A. B.
Meets every Monda- evening
at 8 p.m., at Red Men’s ' ■T!
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
invited.
Hall for rent, Mon
day. Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
AT THE CHURCHES
CHRISTIAN SCIENOE SOCIETY
Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Regular Services Sunday 11 aon.
Wednesday evening reading and
Song Services at 7;30 p. m.
Subject for April 23, “Probation
After Death.”
ALL ARE WELCOME.
FIRST M. E. CHURCH
Sunday Church Service 11 a. m.
and 7;30 p. m.
Thursday Prayer Meeting 8:30 p.m.
Friday Choir meets at 8:00 p. m.
First and Third Wednesday after
. .. .is at 2:30 Ladies Aid Society.
H. W. MICHENER, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Low Mass at 8:&0 a. m.
High Mass at 10:30 &. m.
Sunday School at 2:80p.in.
Sunday Vespers at 7:30 p. m.
Week Day Mass at 8 a. m.
ilev. PAUL P. KERNS.
Pastor
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Sunday—8.00 a.m., Holy commun
ion, (Except first Sunday tn the
month.)
10:00 Native Sunday School.
11:00 a.m. Morning Prayer and
Sermon. (Holy Communion, first
Sunday in the month.)
12:00 m. Sunday School.
7:30 Evening Prayer and Sermon.
Holy Days—10:30 a.m. Holy Com
munion.
Tuesday—8:00 p.m. St. John’s
Social Club, Guild Room.
Wednesday—2:00 p.m. Native
Women’s Guild, Indian School House
Thursday—2:30 p.m. St. John’s
Guild Room.
7:.00 p.m.St. John’s Athletic Chib,
Boy’s, Guild Room.
Friday—8:00 pjn. Choir Rehear
sal, Guild Room.
A sincere welcome is extended to
all, especially to newcomers.
REV. HAROLD H. KELLEY,
' lT Pastor.
PROFESSIONALS
James M. Shoup
Attorney at Law
Offices adfolnlng V S. Customs
Office
Notary
S. A. PLIIMLEY
Attorney and
Counselor at Law
Office—Town Council Chambers.
Ketchikan, Alaska.
E. E. Sparhawk
DENTIST
Office in Residence
Hours, 10 a, m. to 4 p. in.
Miller & Stevens
Hairdressing Parlor
Mclllravie Building, Main St.
Hours. 10:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
Speeial work by appointment
CHAS. H. COSGROVE
Attorney at Law
GENERAL PRACTICE
C. E. INGERSOLL
ATTORNEY AT I.AW
Prompt attention given to perfect
ing land titles and securing patent*
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.
J. FILLMORE WARDER
Attorney at Law
General Practice Revilla Blocl
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
We make a specialty of Camp and
Cannery trade
Carstens Packing Cjo. Owners
Night Phone S120
For Your
Hardware, Clothing, Shoes, Underwear,
Fishing Outfits.
The Celebrated Walrus Oil Clothing
Go To
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 is 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
sire 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. RQE,
Ketchikan, Alaska.
EVERYBODY IS
DOING IT, DOING IT.
DOING WHAT?
Going for a square meal
at the STEDMAN CAFE.
Give us a trial I
ROYAL-CAFE
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' We make a specialty
of Short Orders at all
times of the day or night
Our dinners are un
equaled in the North. ;
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| Private Boxes for Dinner]
Mitchell Bilicich, Co.
Draying
. .grr-...
All Orders will be promptly
aad carefully executed.
Contracts Taken For Anv Work
Ketchikan
DrayingCompany
J. W. CORDELL, Propietor.
Phone No. 60.
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| We Manufacture and Keep in Stock ail kinds of |
I Spruce and Cedar Lumber *
Can fill any order either stock 4
or cut to specifications ...
Barge Blanche |
for charter for freight purposes t
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i; 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 QUESTS IN
GOOD CLEAN ROOMS STEAM HEATED, AND WITH ALL THE
SERVICE AND ACCOMMODATIONS OF A FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
RATES UPON APPLICATION.
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
I/"k POUNDS I
< DELIVERED
fj AT YOUR I
w HOME
The 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 tA 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
BLEND, a coffee that stands alone UNEQUALED.
Let us send you a pound package to convince you
that it is THE BEST COFFEE YOU EVER DRANK.
- Phone us your order today.
Tongass Trading Co.
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GENERAL BOAT BOILDING """
AT THOMAS DOCK
Estimates Furnished,
Prices Reasonable.
CANNERY WORK A SPECIALTY
Boat work of all kinds promptly done.
H. CRICKS. Builder
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DON’T MISS THIS
OPPORTUNITY
$4000 worth of Dry Goods at less
than original cost
I am retiring from the dry goods business to stock other
lines. In view of the fact th at prices are going up on nearly
everything you cannot afford to pass up the greatest sale In
dry goods ever offered the people of Ketchikan.
Laces, Ribbons, 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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WASHINGTON FISH <& OYSTER CO.. Inc.
Phone 173
Wholesale dealers in Fish, OVsters, 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
We Cat Gears
THAT ARE
Evenly Spaced
Accurately Cut
ANY NUMBER OF TEETH
FROM
7 to 14 Pitch
AGENTS FOR
Atlas Gas Engines *
Oxy- Acetylene
Welding
BLAOKSMITHING AND
GENERAL MACHINE WORK
G." E. LINGERFELT, Proprietor
WE HOLD FAST
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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
Iaunrdy work. How good that best
is you will appreciate if you send
your things here next time.
Phone 24.
KETCHIK.A1V STEAM LAUNDRY
THE EVINRUDE
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
This you will find in an Evinrude.
Unequaled in Power and Dnribility ^
Ideal motor for trolling. The
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.
1 Slows Down
I T. two miles per hour 'fj'
Buy
Columbia
Batteries
Cost No More Last Longer
For all ignition work
Citizens’ Light, Power & Water Co.
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