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KETCHIKAN - -- -- - - — - ALASKA. ;
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Alaska Steamship Co.
THREE DAY SERVICE
Sailing from Ketchikan Northbound, Southeastern Alaska Service
JEFFERSON, April 15, 26, May 6. 17, 29.
DOLPHIN, April 8, 20. May L 12- 24
RETURNING THREE LATF°
I,:0>I COMFORTABLE SHIPS ON SOUTHEASTERN ROUTE
ALAMEDA, April 1, 27, May 17, June 7th.
NORTHWESTERN, April 13, May 2, 23, June 13.
ALASKA, April22, May 12, June 1, 23.
MARIPOSA, May 7, 27, June 17, July 7.
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway and Westward, Returning 10 Days
Later. I.argest and Fastest Ships running to Alaska.
Vi Sailings Subject to Change Without Notice.
Tickets to Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia.
C. M. TAYLOR, Agent - - Phone 64
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j STEAMERS FOR j
Seattle, Tacoma
Victoiia, Vancouver, Aea-orte*, Bellingham
Everett, Olympic Port Townsend, South
! Bellingham, Eureka, Santa Barbara, Mexico
J San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
H BRANDT, G.A.P.D. C. D. DUNANN, P.T.NI.
608 Second Ave, Seattle. Market, SanFranoisco
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 LATER
PHONE 77. ------ F. H. BOLD, Agent.
Border Line Transportation Co.
BEDUCED RATES BETWEEN KET- Fir-t Class.$17-50
CHIKAN AND SEATTLE Second Class. 11.00
S S \LKI PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
’ ‘ ' SERVICE BETWEEN SEATTLE
AND S. E. ALASK* DIRECT
S. S. DESPATCH SERVICE TO WEST CO' X
OF PRINCE OF *VAI-*» '’BL
S. S. NORTHLAND
Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
For further informaion apply to
D. W. TIunt-, Agent Northland Dock. Phon 60.
The Canadian Pacific Railway ]
the princess line
Lve SEATTLE .April 24- May 6> 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 without notice
Steamers connect at Vancouver with trains for all Eastein points.
We otter attractive rates to eastern rail destinations.
The Line «* Quality. Our Service is Unsurpassed on Water or
Rail. Full information give n by
F. E. RYUS, Agent Phone 39
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To*and From EASTERN CANADA, also EASTERN and SOUTH
ERN UNITED STATES POINTS via
[PRINCE RUPERT
Transcontinental trains to Eastern destinations: including Bos
ton, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit,Hamilton, New York, Niagara Falls,
Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, Toronto and Winnepeg.
STEAMERS 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 cars. Un
excelled Dining and Sleeping Car Service, including both Stan
dard and Tourist Sleepers.
GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIPS.
J. J. Raliegh, Agent, Ketchikan. Phone 60<
J. D. McAULAY, Traveling Freight and Passenger Agt.
Juneau, Alaska.
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Beds 50 Cents Per Night
best Brand of
Wines, Liquors, Cigars
FRONT STREET, KETCHIKAN
CROCKER LAND
OPTICAL DELUSION
QUESTION APPEARS TO BE
DEFINITELY SETTLED
AS TO POLE,
Evidence that there was little use
in sending out a Polar expedition
to find the supposed Arctic Con
tinent which Admiral Peary report
ed having seen and which he named
“Crocker Land” is furnished in the
current number of the American
Museum Journal.
Donald MacMillan, leader of the
expedition which went north in
1913, reports that there is no
Crocker Land more substanial than
a mirage. His party fitted out for
two years. Ice spoiled the plans for
a 'homeward start in 1916, and the
party must now stay in the Arctic
a third year and, until relieved,
must live on the land, as the Es
kimos do.
The ship Cluett, which sailed last
July to bring the party home, got
as far only as North Star Bay, 125
miles south of Etah, the appointed
rendezvous. When the ship was stall
ed by ice a motorboat, which had
been built for navigation in icy
waters, set out for Etah to get
the men. Nothing has been heard
of that trip. The Cluett carried
provisions for two years, and a way
probably can be .found to connect
with the MacMillan party. Mean
while MacMillan and his companions
cannot get white men’s food. There
is no way of judging how long this
condition may last.
MacMillan’s dash for Crocker
Land is described in a letter from
him to Col. H. D. Borup, whose son.
George, would have led the expedi
tion had he not been drowned in
Long Island Sound, after he had
completed arrangements for sailing.
After telling of three marches, which
took the party 152 miles northwest
of Cape Thomas Hubbard, the point
at which Peary saw the supposed
continent, MacMillan writes, appar
ently about the beginning of 1915:
“On the fourth march we thought
we had it. All leads had frozen, the
water sky had disappeared, leaving
the horizon as clear as crystal.
Stretching for at least 120 degrees
there were every appearance of an
immense land—hills, valleys, snow
capped peaks—as plain as could pos
siby be.- ’ I even asked one of the
Eskimo toward which point we
should head. He smiled and said he
thought it was ‘poojok’ (mist).
Green declared that if he ever saw
land that was land. The only reason
.1 had for doubting was its size. As
we proceeded it gradually changed
in appearance and extent with the
revolving of the sun, and finally dis
appeared altogether.
“Standing later on the heights of
the cape where Peary stood eight
years before, we saw the same thing,
and had we not been there we could
have taken our oath it was land.
Our best judgment then, as now, is
that this is a mirage of the sea.
■due to layers of air at unequal tem
peratures, lifting the inequalities of
the ice, causing the shadows and the
lighted spots to resemble land. At
one time this resemblance extended
practically throughout the whole
horizon. In other words, it appeared
where we knew postiviely there Is
no lard.”
THE CUSTOM OF “LIFTING.”
It is strange that absurdities
should have arisen from what is to
Christians the solemn idea of the
resurrection or “lifting” of Christ.
In one of the English countries a
grave divine stepped into a way
side inn one day of Easter week.
No sooner was he seated than
two strapping women rushed in and.
making what children call a “chair”
with their arms, invited him to be
“lifted” and carried in state thru
the streets. With a small sum of
money he bought them off and made
amends for his evident dismay at
what they had considered an honor.
On Easter Monday and Shrove
Tuesday the people were in the hab
it of going about “lifting” or "heav
ing” each other, each three times.
The Daily Progresive-Miner de
livered 75 cents per month.
Stedman Gafe
SOUP.
Chicken a la Reine.
RELISHES
Dill Pickles—Olives—Pickled Beets
FISH
Salmon, boiled or fried.
Filet of Sole, Sauce Tartar.
BOILED.
Mutton with Capersauce.
ENTREES.
Vienna Schnitzel, Tomato Sauce.
Small Tenderloins with Mushrooms.
Banana Fritters, Brandy Sauce.
ROASTS.
Young Chicken with Dressing.
Ribs of Prime Beef au jus.
VEGETABLES.
Mashed Potatoes, New Boiled Potatoes
Asparagus with drawn Butter.
Boiled Rice.
SALAD.
Lobster with Mayonaise.
COLD.
Ham Veal Mutton Beef
DESSERT.
Vanilla Ice Cream.
Assorted Cake Fancy Crackers
Custard Pie Apple Pie
Salted Wafers.
Cream Cheese American Cheese
Fruit and Raisins.
Demi Tasse
Coffee Milk Tea
SPECIAL.
Strawberry Short Cake.25
Chicken Salad en Bellevue.50
Fried Oysters.£>0
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MYSTERY OF “OLD ROCK”
IS PUZZLE IN MICHIGAN
TRAVERS CITY, Mich., April 20.
—On the banks of Sutton Bay.
in a small shack, an old Russian
hermit lives who is known as “Old
Rock.”
Until a few days ago the history
of “Old Rock” was a mystery, but a
tactful Kalamazoo boy, who spends
some time here every year, forced
out of the fugitive a few snatches
of his career.
About thirty years ago "Old
Rock” was a schoolteacher in his
native country. Having educated
himself to a high degree of pro
ficiency, he was very prosperous in
his profession and soon became
widely known. He was urged into
politics by his friends. But his grow
ing ambition was greater than his
pride, and he did something secret
ly in the service of his country that
changed the cours. of his life.
When the old hermit reached this
point in the story of the tragedy
of his life, he had to gasp for
breath and refused to tell any more
of his history in Russia. “Old Rock”
escaped to the free land of Ameri
ca, where he has spent twenty-five
years of his life exiled from his
•parents, country and friends.
It is said that “Old Rock” lives
with but one thought in his mind,
and that is to make amend for his
past.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
GIRL.
(By Helen Rowland in P.-I.)
A man is so apt to mistake his
love experiment for love of a
woman that half the time he doesn’t
know which is which.
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You can’t always judge by ap
pearances. For instance, not every
woman who dresses and acts like a
show girl i sa society woman. Some
of them are show girls.
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After the second bottle of wine
almost any man can fancy himself
intoxicated with a woman’s beauty.
Of course, every man fancies he
is yearning for the “volcanic” sort
of love of which he reads in novels,
but even a Volcano must be quiet
and unresponsive, sometimes, in or
der to be effective, dearie.
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Propinquity is a form of senti
mental homeopathy. Its primary ef
fect is to cause love—its secondary
effect, to cure it.
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Alas! it is so difficult for a girl
to know what to do! If she doesn’t
lespond to a man’s sentiment she
bores him to death, and if she does
she frightens him to death.
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LEG BONE MADE
INTO JAW BONE
AMERICAN JUST BACK FROM
FRANCE TELLS OF
SURGERY.
NEW YORK, April 18.—S. Hu
bert, a representative of an arti
ficial limb firm, returned today from
France after supplying artificial legs
to soldiers for several months past
and at the rate of 60 a week.
He said that of the surgical op
erations he saw in the French hos
pitals, the most remarkable was that
'on a man who had his jaw shot
away. A section of bone was taken
from a shattered leg and a Jaw
made of it that was an improve
ment on the original. It was fitted
with false teeth.
Robert Kirton, a Pittsburgh chauf
feur who went to England a year
ago and became a motorcycle des
patch bearer in the army in France,
arrived here from Liverpool wearing
a steel corset and with seven ribs
missing.
Kirton is an Englishman, but had
lived in this country thirteen years.
He was on duty near Hasmcourt,
and in carrying a message suddenly
found himself under fire. Before he
could escape a machine gun sent
iwenty-seven bullets thru his body.
He fp'l from his , machine, but.
while lv ng on the ground took out
his dispatches, read them carefully.
and then burned them, he said. Lat
er, he v as rescued by a detachment
of Allied troops, and was sen': to
a hospital where the surgeons with
great patience plucked out the num
erous bullets and more numerous
bits of broken bone. They invented
a flexible corset of steel, which Kir
ton now wears.
The, British government awarded
him the distinguished service medal.
$90 and an indefinite leave. With
the money and a bride whom he met
and married' while convalescing in
England, he sailed for New York
on the Tuscania. Other passengers
added $46 to his fund. He said he
hoped to get a position as chauffeur
^n Pittsburgh.
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BIG MAY DAY DANCE
ON THE 29TH OF APRIL
The Degree of Pocahontas Coun
cil No. 1 is planning to give a big
May Day dance on Saturday, the
29th instant.
Preparations are being made to
make the affair unusually pleasant
The best music will be secured, and
refreshments will be served by the
ladies who have an excellent repu
tation for serving the best refresh
ments and also as splendid enter
tainers. The admission for gentle
men will be one dollar, which will
include refreshments for himself and
partner. Ladies will be free.
CANNON’S BAKERY
IND GROCERY
Armour’s fancy select Ranch
Eggs, per dozen.30
Tavern Steel-cut Coffee, 35c 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.
Alaska Delivery
WALTER GRAY, prop
COAL DELIVERED FROM A LI
DOCKS
PHONES 81 _Ti
Ketchikan Wharf Co.
COAL
COAL
NANAIMO
Lump Coal
$8.00 PER TON.
Ketchikan Wharf Co.
C. M. Taylor
Phone 64 Agent
ENGINES AND BOATS I
Alaska Boat and Engine Agency
Agent and distributers of the well known engines.
Palmer Engines 2 & 4 cycle medium & heavy duty engines
Calaie Perfection 2 &4 cycle high speed engines
Northwestern 2 cycle high speed and heavy duty engines
Van Blerck high speed and medium, 4 cycle engines
Red Wing high speed and medium heavy duty engines
Kermath 4 cycle heavy duty engines f
Oriole 4 cycle ideal engine for trolling purposes |
Fisherman 4 cycle-1916 model will convince any man
that it is the greatest engine on the market today for its |
price and quality, only Mfg. for work boat purposes, two
sizes 6 H. P. 1 Cylinder weight 600 pounds, 2 Cylinder S
12 H. P. weight 850 pounds, only Reversible engine Mfg.
Call on ;
Geo. Wilkes
For li)l(» Quotations.
CORLISS ENGINES a Specialty
Ketchikan, j- - Alask
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WALKER DRUG CO.
Now Open
While we have goods coming in on every boat,
we are ready to serve the public with an absolutely
fresh stock of drugs and drug sundries._
The Competitive Drug Store
The Walker Drug Co. is not connected in any way
with ajiy other Drug Store in Ketchikan
We Will Appreciate Your Patronage
Free Delivery Phone 26
Ketchikan, Alaska
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*1 PETER NELSON, Prop. Ketchikan, Alaska
T A MESSAGE I
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 Ireatment
Combined, is our Long Suit.
the Cabinet
Is widely known; not only for the qairlity
of its Liquors, Wines and Cigars,
but for its hospitality to
its numerous patrons.
Henry Goemaere and fl. W. Morgan
Ketchikan, Alaska.
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A place where Friends or Foes are equally well
treated: a place where the best Liquors, Wines
and Cigars are kept. Our motto being:
“Thebestis none too good for our Patrons”
At the Admiral Saloon, Ketchikan.
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PACIFIC ALASKA NAVIGATION COMPANY
THE ADMiRAL LINE
PnGKT SoUNP-CAJ.lKORNIA PtOBT SOUSD-ALASKA ROUTfc
RotJTK — — Tacoma and Seattle for Ketchv
o o it ^ kan. Petersburg. Juneau, Katalla
—Seattle-San Francisco, con- , *, 7 .
Yakutai. Cordova, Valdez, Port
necbng with the Yale and Havard Wells. RUumar, RaTouche. Cook
lor Smitbern California Porta. Inlet point.,. Sew ai d and Kodiak
Steamers Admiral Evans And Watson Call at Ketchikan North and
Southbound on the 8th, 18th and 28thof each month.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
H GALLAGHER. Agent. NORTHLAND DOCK CO., Agent
J Jnneau PHONE 60Ketchlltan