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LOCAL CURIOS
—And the floodgates of the heavens
were opened!
—Which would you rather do, or
go a swimming.
—An egg today is letter than half
a dozen hens tomorrow.
—Three or four dogs so, "the poof
Indian, has with him always.
—Its always hard to be real funny
when you don’t feel that way.
—There are altogether too many
“promising” young men nowadays.
— Ketchikan old maids are just ilke
Ketchikan boys—always ready and
liandkering for a Charivari.
— If this kind of weather keeps on
the miner and prospector will find it
difficult to "keep his powder dry.”
—Come weal, come woe—but in
this case, as between frost and rain,
it is hard to distinguish which is who,
or who is which.
—Curio could almost be persuaded
to make a solemn affidavy, with seal
attached, to the effect that the sky
portends a shower of no small propor
tions.
—Lined up in a lively, living row.
its dollars to apples that the Ketchi
kan kids would unanimously voice
their preference for snow without rain
as com pared with all rain and no
snow.
—Old man S-was reading aloud
a newspaper paragraph the other
evening, in which the editor sug
gested that no one but a very green
person would kick an old hat lying on
the sidewalk, especially if there was
a big stone under it. "Green, green!"
excitedly exclaimed the old gent,
“why, dang it all, I kicked one my
self once!”
—Somebody sends us the Woman..1
Farm Journal regularly. It tells all
about how to put a fanning mill in
blast, how to tap a cow and mine a
manure deposit, but not a word about
how to make Chalcopvrite starch,
or Cupriferous pudding. The pub
lishers may mean all right, but theii
paper is no good for this section.
—A Minnesota paper suggests that
all faithless wives ought to be kicked
to death by crippled mules. Without
saying anything about what ought
to be done with faithless husbands,
Curio would like to ask the editor oi
that paper about how many cripplet;
mules he thinks there are in the
United States, anyway!
—The individual male person who
will voluntarily undertake and per
form the task of boring the street
planking between the Kedmen's hall
and the establishment of J. R. Ht'Sf
man & Co. as full of augur holes as ai
old fashioned skimmer, will certainh
earn the plaudits due to the merits
of a wholly unselfish public bent
facotr.
—A Ketchikan boy overheard his
paternal parent remark a few day.
ago that “there is money in hens,"
whereupon he proceeded to investigate
the old man's poultry yard. He had
gone throuhg half a dozen fine ■ speci
mens of matronly henhood in search
for the filthy lucre when pater familia
ruade a descent upon him with the
soft side of „ a six-inch yellow cedai
board, and he has been wondering
ever since if, indeed, there's a balm
in Gilead!
—Talking about cold weather, ola
man M-n, one of the oldest inhab
itants of this neck of Alaska woo^s,
says that it used to get so cold in this
section that a hole made in the snow
would freeze so hard that when the,
spring sun melted away the snow,
the hole could be seen sticking up ii,
the air for a long time afterwards.
Perhaps some folks wont want to
believe this yarn, and they don't have
to: only they’d better think twice be
fore venturing to call the old man a
ilar.
—The editor of a Washington
country paper says: “We expect ar
increase of family by our youngest
brother,s wife.” That youngest
brother is to lie congratulated on hav
ing such an affectionate relative. If
the editor doesn't lie, and the ex
pected increase proves to be of the
male persuasion, he will be the uncle
of his own son, and the son’s uncle
will be his own father, and, and—
well, Curio never was worth a cent in
trying to solve genealogical prob
lems.
—Water, which ten days ago was
the crying want of the town, is now
the most plentiful commodity of which
this section can boast. Should a fire
break out in the great Prince of
Wales forests the result would be
too frightful to contemplate—it would
generate, could it lie properly “con
served,” steam enough to operate
all the mine and milling machinery
on the island for a thousand years
to come! That is, if the forest
reserve brigade shouldn't get there
in time to prevent the fire from get
ing the better of the water.
—This recently appeared in an
Oklahoma paper: A woman by the
name of Water has been churched
for swearing. Mrs. Water has two
children, Helen and Hiram Water,
and the other day she dressed them
for Sunday school, and while she was
making her toilet. Helen and Hi, as
he is nicknamed, got out in the
street near by and began playing in
the muddy water. Discovering the
children soiilng their clothes she ex
claimed, “Helen, and Hi Water, get
out of that mud this minute!” The
parson was passing just then and Mrs.
Water was churched.
—A vessel captain tried to run over
an empty ore car on one of the
wharves the other
under the impression
track and in motion.
(99 much for him,
caused him to make half a dozen
somersaults before he had time to
square his yard arms and prepare for
imaginary action. Then he volun
tarily sat down and shivered his
timbers, but didn’t in the least injure
those of the wharf. Curio saw him
around the next day with his nasal
protuberance in a sling and looking
for all the world like the larboard end
of a genuine blood sausage and say
ing nothing to nobody.
—They do say, and challenge con
tradiction. that Curio's fellow citizen
Fredrick Hilliard, Esq., on roller
skates, can do more ground and lofty
tumbling in a given space of time,
fall more different ways, and in fall
ing spread his anatomy over more
feet to the square rod, than any other
patron of the Elite rink and not
even half try.
—It’s up to the town council to pro
vide, without unnecessary delay for
having the planking on Dock and
Main streets from the corner of Front
around the J. R. Heckman & Co.
block to an intresection with Mission,
either taken up and relaid or else
have the holes plugged up. It leaks
so badly now as to make swimming
impracticable, but not enugh to mal e
the walking good.
—These are the other times that try
mens' soles—especially if the latter
ire not made of rubber, wholly im
pervious, and closely and securely
ittached to the same kind of material
covering both legs from heel to hip.
They are also the times calculated to
impress the most skeptical person of
the utility and necessity for govern
ment reserves as a means of “con
serving the water supply” and pro
moting the forests of Alaska from
lestrueion by fire! If only our great
^resident and good chief of the bureau
if forestry could have just a few
weeks of it—it might serve to cure
hem of at least one of the Alaska
ills with which they seem to be sadly
afflicted.
PERSONAL.
R. L. Bourke, late of New York
City, who arrived on the last up tri]
if the Jefferson, has taken a position
is clerk witTi the Ryus Drug C'o. He
tomes with the reputation of that
if an accomplished pharmacist.
Nugget jewelry—the real thing just
.vhat you should send to your best
girl. Taylor the jeweler has a com
plete stock. tf
Mrs. Booth, Miss Maude and Master
Teddy left on the last down trip of
the Jefferson for Seattle, where they
.vill hereafter reside.
Our meats are all kept in cold
storage, which means that you get
nothing stale when you buy from
?rye-Bruhn’s. tf
Mrs. S. W. Bailey left on the Amui
.'or Vancouver, to join her husband,
who until a fortnight ago was a clerk
in the grocery department of J. R.
Heckman & C'o.
Ellensburg Creamery butter—noth
ing. better in the market—strictly
fresh and pure. Frye-Bruhn Co. tf
Jack Wallace, is in town from the
•vest side of Prince Wales Island,
where he was employed at the Bent
mine.
Our facilities are such that we are
prepared to supply meat in any
juantities' from a chop to a camp
jrder. Frye-Bruhn Co. tf
^Mr. and Mrs. Loomis, who since
wieir marriage have been living in
thirectorv of St. Johns Church, will
.ro*to Dolomi to reside as soon as Miss
clones, the new teacher for the mission
'school arrives. When last heard from
Miss. Jones was in San Francisco, but
is expected to arrive here by almost
any one of the steamers now schedul
ed to leave Seattle.
Fresh and cured meats—as you want
them and when you want them. Frye
Bruhn Co. tf
Preaching at the Methodist church
at 11 a. m. and 7 :30 p. m. Morning
subject “The Christian and His Con
science.” Evening “The Story of a
Choice.” Special musical numbers at
the evening service. Everybody wel
come.
S. JOHN’S CHURCH.
Services for the week :
Sunday—8 a. m., Holy communion.
11 a. m., Morning Prayer
and Sermon.
12:15 p. m., Sunday School.
3 p. m., Native Vespers.
4 p. m., Native Sunday
School.
7 p. m., Evensong and Ser
mon.
Wednesday—7:30 p. m., Litany and
Praypr Service.
Friday—4 p. m., Litany.
Other days as announced. The
church is always open, pews are free
and everyone is welcome.
IN U. S. COMMISSIONERS COURT
for the District of Alaska, Divi
sion No. 1:— Precinct of Ketchi
kan, in Probate. In the Matter of
the Estate of Johnny Kitkoon, de
ceased :—Notice of Sale of Rea*
Estate. |
Notice is hereby given that pur
suant to an order of E. S. Stackpole,
Probate Judge for the Precinct of
Ketchikan, District of Alaska, Div.
No. 1, made and entered this 14th
day of Feb. 1907, that I will sell at
public auction on March 18th 1907, to
thtf highest bidder for cash the follow
ing described real estate of said
estate, to wit: One lot of land, of
dimensions fifty feet frontage and one
hundred feet in depth, the same
being situated in Indian town, Ket
chikan, Alaska, together with the
house thereon. Sale will be conduct
ed on the premises.
Dated the 14th day of Feb. 1907.
kMARK WILLIAMS.
Administrator, of the
Estate of Johnny Kit
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Staple and Fancy Groceries are the Best
the Market affords and our Dry Goods are
this Year’s Style and Patterns.
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Dr.. HENRY C. STORY
Physician and fiurireon
Cor. Bowden and Dock Sts.
Telephone from Ryus Drutr Co. or
Connell & Thompson New Town
Ketchikan . , Alaska
DR. J. L. MYERS
Physician and Surjreon
Office at Residence, Main Street
Ketchikan . . Alaska
C. H. COSGROVE
Attorney-At-Law
Office. End of Front St.
Ketchikan . , Alaska
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S. A. Plumley
Attorney At Law
Office, Dock Street opposite
Heckman's Store
Ketchikam . . Alaska
F. O. E. Ketchikan Aerie. No. 162. meets in
Red Men's Hull, every Friday evening, at K.
cable time. Worthy President. John Ruber;
Worthy Secretary. I). Smith Harris; Worthy
Physician. Dr. H. C. Story.
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Jirst-Class Service, * Reasonable Rates
Ketchikan Restaurant
MANUEL DIAZ, Prop.
Regular Meals and Short
Orders Served
Table Furnished with Every
thing the Market
Affords.
Front Street, Near Wharves
Ketchikan, Alaska
J. L. Parker
MINING ENGINEER
Mining Properties Examined and Reported
ADDRESS
Hotel Stedman, Ketchikan
The Fairfield, 6th and Madison, Seattle
L. D. RYUS
Civil Engineer and Surveyor. U. S.
Deputy Land and Mineral Surveyor
Ketchikan , . Alaska
The Alaska S. S. CO.
Operating the Fast 8teamships
Jefferson and Dolphin
Carrying U. S. Mails Between
Seattle, Ketchikan, Juneau, Douglas, Haines, Skagway
Dolphin northbound, Jan. 14 and 29, southbound 18 and Feb 1st.
Steamers and sailing dates subject to change without notice.
Through tickets and bills of lading issued.
For further information apply too
H. S. REYNOLDS, Agent Ketchikan, Alaska
S. A. LOVE, Freight Agent, Seattle. CHAS. E. PEABODY, Manager, Seattle
Union Steamship Company
Operating the
Str. Ella Rohlffs and launch Alert
Carrying Freight and Passengers to all points in the
Ketchikan Mining District
ALERT ELLA ROHLFFS
MONDAY, 8 a. m.—Metlakahtln, FRIDAY, 8 a. m.—Niblaek, Bald
Niblack, Balwdin, Doloini and win and Doloini.
Chomley. SATURDAY, 8 a. m.— Mt. And
WEDNESDAY, 8 a. m.-Metla- Kasaan- Ka,ttt Ba* and
SmitiandChoSy.BaldWin’ °01* SATURDAY, midnight, for Hunt
* er\s Bay, t opper City, Copper
THURSDAY, 8 a. nv—Mt. And- mount, Sulzer, Bruce, Klawack,
rew, Kasaan and Karta Bay. Sbakan and Marble Creek.
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