THE PROGRESSIVE -MHER
Ketchikan. Alaska.
Entered at the Post Office at Ketchikan. Alaska, as
second class matter October 31. lilt. under the act of
March S. 1*7*.
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The Pfogrmiw-Minee ia strictly non-partlaan and de
voted to th^ bant intercuts of our city. Southeastern Al
aska in particular and the Territory ia general.
KETCHIKAN. ALASKA. JUNE 33. lilt
ON A PRUNING TOUR.
A few days ago we reported the departure
from Seattle of C. Warren, an assistant to the at
torney general of Washington, D. C.. on a tour
of Alaska “just to see for himself how things
were going on.” The assistant came here, saw
one or two local democrats, stept aboard his boat
and proceeded to Juneau where he repeated the
same stunt and went on. Presumably to Fair
banks. his next stopping place.
For a long time, the Fairbanks Citizen—the
only real democratic newspaper in Alaska—has
had a lot of uncomplimentary comments to make
against the conduct of both the marshal and dis
trict attorney offices of that division. The Citi
zen has accused the heads of these offices of all
kinds of crimes and negligence; and from using
their offices for personal gain up—or down—to
railroading to the penitentiary men who claimed
to be perfectly innocent (?) of any wrong doings
other than “kicking” for not being given a plum.
That paper has never failed to take a hand in any
shady business of these officials. It has been
very consistent in that respect; nobody will deny
that. Finally the department has decided to send
an investigator and straighten ort the “kinks”
here and there.
Well, we have had investigators before in Al
aska; but what good did they do? Only in rare
instances have we obtained relief and only when
the investigators were of the opposing political
belief. In this case, none need fear that the plum
tree will be even shaken. Proof of this lies in
the fact that had the department been bent on
doing some real investigation, it would have
commenced long before this and much closer to
the capital of Alaska than Fairbanks is. This
is merely intended as a “make believe” investi
gation; and there can be nothing to it. In the
first place, should the plum tree be shaken up.
the smell would be awful; ami that can never do.
In the second place we are too close to the fall
election. There you have the result of the in
vestigation—nothing doing.
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A JOB FOR THE COUNCIL
There are two ways to prevent peddlers from
"buttin'' ir. the.commercial world of our city, j
One is to tax them so heavy as to make it un-!
profitable for a peddler to do any business in our >
community and the other is for the residents to
positively refuse to patronize them.
The first can only be made by the enactment of
an ordinance prohibiting the peddlers to do any
business within the city limits without first ob
taining a permit so to do and by making the cost J
of the permit prohibitive in amount. The sec
ond depends entire!)' upon the residents who*
should patronize their own merchants in prefer-1
ence to outsiders who pay nothing towards the *
support of our institutions.
An ordinance should be enacted xiny
itinerant peddlers S100 each day. ' hit wojd,
stop them; of that there can be no do:-bt at the
same time it would be nothing more han jus
tice to our merchants. We need a sc. oolhoiue
this year. The peddlers will not pay anything j
to help us; but the local merchants wifi. Then
let us protect them.
It is true that the district court interfered not
long ago and decided that the tax imposed on j
peddlers was illegal, in that it was unreasonable I
by reason of its heavy burden it imposed on citi
zens. As a matter of fact, and with due respect
for the judgment of the court; it was no such a j
thing. In a case like this, the people of the
community affected art? the best judge of whatj
is reasonable or what is not. and a court of jus
tice has no right to interfere, it comes under the
head of “police regulation.” One hundred dol
lars a day might be considered unreasonable to
demand of a “shoe-string” peddler, but it is
vastly different when a man comes along with
expensive garments and at the expense of the
local merchants, gathers a few hundred dollars.
That man should be taxed in proportion and in
the event he cannot pa)- the tax. let him stay out
of competition. Moreover, because our court
said we were “unreasonable” that saying did not
make us so; and if we were not satisfied with the
decision w-e had other courts where one man’s
judgment has never been considered final. By
all means, let the council protect our merchants.
THE MAN AND THE JOB.
'Kansas City Star.)
Once more in England the task finds the man. David
Lloyd George has been selected by the British govern
ment to go to Ireland and smooth out a situation which
it is now- admitted the British government helped mater
ially to muss tip. Mr. LJoyd George has just finished
the job of finding monitions to carry on the war—another
matter the British government overlooked. Previous to
that he was chancellor of the exchequer and found the
money. It most be conceded for the English system
that when they have the luck to discover a man they
use him. It has seemed at times, here in America, that
there mast be something in the constitution to prevent
the mas and the job being brought together.
\\ Launch HARRY |
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KETCHIKAN CAMP, NO. 20. A B.
Meets every Monday evening at S
p. el Visiting brothers welcome.—
H. M. Stackpole, A. C.; D. M. Smith ;
Harris, A. R.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY.
Front Street. Ketchikan, Alaska. Sub
ject for June 23, “Christian Science." ;
Regular services Sunday 11 l a
Wednesday evening reading and song
services at S p. el Ail are welcome jj
FIRST M. E. CHURCH.
Sunday church service at II a. el.
and 7:3ft p. el Thursday prayer meet
ing 8:3ft p. el Friday choir meets at;
S p a First and third Wednesday af
terauoc at 2:3$ Ladies’ Aid Society.—
H. W. Miehener, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Lov Mass at S.3ft a. m.; High Mass
at 1*>:3© A el; Sunday School at 2:3$'
p. as.: Sunday Vespers at 7:30 p. m.; \
Week Day Mass at 8 a m.—Rev. Paul
P. Kern*, Pastor.
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ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.}
Sunday—S a ta.. Holy Communion,;
(except first Sunday m the month. >'
1$ a m. Nauve Sunday school: 11 a
m. Morning prayer and sermon. .’Holy
Communion first Sunday in month.)!
12 m. Sunday school; 7:3ft Evening
prayer and sermon . Holy Days—lft: 3ft j
a. el. Holy Communion; Tuesday: g
p. m.. St John’s Social Club, Guild
room. Wednesday: 2 p. bl. Native
Women's Guild. Indian school house; j
Thursday: 2:3ft P- m.. St Joins Guild \
room; 7:3$ p ml. St John's Athletic
Osh. Roy's. Guild room; Friday: 8 p. <
bl. Choir rehearsal. Guild room. A :
sincere welcome Is extended to all—• ‘
especially to newcomers.—Rev. Harold
H. Kelley, Pastor.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE.
Local 224, reg
ular meeting
Monday. Visit
tag Brothers
cordially rant
ed. Hall for
rent. Monday,»
Thursday, w
day, Saturday.P
PROFESSIONALS
James M. Shoup
Attorney at Law
Office* adjoining U S. Custom*
Office
Notary
S. A. PLUMLEY
Attorney and
Counselor at Law
Jif .ct—Tows Council Chamber**
Keichikan, AW&ka.
J. FiLLMORE WARDER
Attorney at Law
Geieral Practice Sevilla Black
CHAS. H. COSGROVE
Attorney at Law
GENERAL PRACTICE
C. E. INfiERSOLL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Prompt attention given to prefect
•r.z land titles and seeming patent*
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.
E. E. Sparhawk
DENTIST
Office in Residence
Hours, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
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NORTHERN MACHINE .WORKS j
Standard Gas Engines
OXY ACETYLENE WELDING !
We Weld
Steel, Brass, Bronze, Cast-iron
■ Malleable iron. Welds Guaranteed
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Ketchikan Meat Co.
PHONE 120
We make a specialty of Camp and
Cannery trade
Carstens Packing Co. Owners
Night Phone S120
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GO TO
TYRON’S
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WAFFLES. SHORT ORDERS
AND FINE COFFEE
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FRONT STREET
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Ketchikan Ano Transfer
C. C. COLLENS, Prop.
Geierti Transfer to Any Port of
Town
Day Phohe 41 Night Phone 48
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.
Dray insj
All Orders, will ne • promptly I
a id carefully executed.
C,minus lake) f**r \n-' ^urk:
Ketchikan
DrayingCompany
J. W. CORDELL, Propietor.
Phone Ko. 60.
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IWe Manufacture and Keep in Stock all kinds of |
Spruce and Cedar Lumber A\
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Can fill any order either stock «
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I Barge Blanche J
for charter for freight purposes l
Ketchikan Power Company !
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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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GOOD CLEAN BOOMS STEAM HEATED, AND WITH ALL THE
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KETCHIKAN. ALASKA
Sooner or later yon too will come to I
Styleplus Seventeen
Do you pay around $25 for 4
custom-madeclothes? Ifyou y'I
do we can open your eyes as M
to style and fit with good ww p \
wear guaranteed at the 1
And if you pay around |
$20 for ready-to-wear jif/M 1
| clothes, you can’t /
afford to ignore , i )k j yJ I
'^aartir/yMfr I
Some day you will de- I ' I
cide to find out why ifk! Vv\ \ I
Styleplus has such a Xllllii I jgi
big reputation. JlplWji \\ 1
The fabrics are fashionable pat- V/ffl III S3 A \ J E
I terns, water shrunk, all wool. Any V{1 V 1 M/l il f|
kind of a model you prefer—all ' 1 ‘ V / It ’**
designed by a fashion artist whose „ I ■
ability no one can doubt. Hand 9)
tailoring where it counts. All the big things—reduced I j .
to medium price by the novel methods of the T. I
makers. Always $17 season after season. - ■
TONGASS TRADING CO.
| GENERAL BOAT BUILDING ~|
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War with Mexico
Does not effect us
Some Snappy Prices
For this week
ON DRYGOODS
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The Lasu is Always the Best
Get in before its too late
E. E. Spar hawk
Telephone (» Ketchikan, Alaska
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WASHINGTON FISH <& OYSTER! CO.. line.
Phone 17> *
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Wholesale dealers in Fish, Oysters, Ciams 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 Cut Gears
THAT ARE
Evenly Spaced
Accurately Cut
ANT NUMBER OF TEETH
FROM
7 to 14 Pit:h
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 custoraei
is a mighty good advertisement.
Also that a dissatisfied one is a
mighty good advertisement for
somebody else. Hence, we always
do cur very best with every bit of
laurndy work. How good that best
>s I0'1 will , appreciate if you send
your things here next time.
Phone 24.
K ETCHIKAN STEAM LA UNDRY
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.