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H. BRANDT, G.A.P.D. C. D. DUNANN, P.T.M.
608 Second Ave, Seattle. 112 Market, SanFrancleco
Kight 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.'
REDUCED RATES BETWEEN KET- Fir-t Class.$17.50
CHIKAN AND SEATTLE Second Class. 11.00
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S, S. ALK! PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
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AND S. E. ALASKi DIRE"/
S. S. DESPATCH SERVICE TO WEST CO-* T
OF PRINCE OF 'VAI-*AS 1BL
S. S. NORTHLAND
Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
For further informaion apply to
D. W. ITur.t, Agent, Northland Dock. Phon 60.
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The Canadian [Pacific Railway
TIIE PRINCESS LINE
Leave Seattle March 4, 15, 25; April 5, 15.
Arrive in Ketchikan March 6, 17,27, April 7, 17.
Leave Ketchikan March 10, 21, 31, April 11, 21.
Arrive in Seattle March 12, 23, April 2, 13, 23.
Subject to change without notice
Steamer* connect at Vancouver with trains for all Eastern points.
We otter attractive rates to eastern rail destinations.
The Line »" Quality. Our Service is Unsurpassed on Water or
Rail. Full information given by
F. E. RYUS, Agent Phone 39
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CSave Time
Use the New Short Route
10 ana r rum. EASTERN CANADA, also EASTERN and SOUTH
ERN UNITER) 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, Victoria, Van
couver and Anyox.
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.
Commencing April 4, Prince John will arrive in Ketchikan every
Tuesday morning southbound.
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ENTIRELY REMODLED
HANS APSCH, Prop.
Beds 50 Cents Per Night
BEST BRAND OF
Wines, Liquors, Cigars
FRONT STREET, KETCHIKAN
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j WEIRD STATEMENTS
FINALLY EXPOSED
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MISREPRESENTATION OF FACTS
SHOWN IN AMERICAN
TEXT BOOKS.
WASHINGTON, March 27—Offi
cial document number 290, office of
the Chief of Staff, War Depart
ment, discloses the following facts
of history, relative to the War for
Independence and the War of 1812.
which are seldom if ever permit
ted to appear in American school
histories:
Total American troops furnished
the Revolutionary War,' 396,000.
British never had at any time more
than 42,000.
Only two military events of the
war had a direct bearing on the
expulsion of the British. One was
the capture of Burgoyne and the
other the capture of Cornwallis,
and the latter event was brought
about entirely through the assist
ance of the French.
The bulk of American troops
was obtained by the payment of
bounties. Very few of the Ameri
can troops were anything but un
reliable, insubordinate and frequent
ly mutinous.
Washington had twice as many
troops as the British in 1775, but
did not dare attack because of the
unreliable character of the Ameri
can troops
The British would never have
been able to take Philadelphia if
the various States had furnished
troops demanded by Washington.
Total American forces employed;
in the War of 1812, 527,000. Brit
ish only 67,000.
America won no land victories
that had any bearing on the re
sult. The much-lauded sea victor
ies had very little to do wifti stop
ping the war.
American generals were frequent
ly compelled to place armed guards
over the militia to keep them frpm
bolting at the first shot fired by
the enemy.
The defenders of the American
capital, Washington City, although
outnumbering greatly the attacking
force, fled so rapidly that the Brit
ish were able to kill but eight and
wound but eleven.
The overrated battle of New
Orleans, which occurred after the
treaty of peace had been signed
was won by a superior force in an
impregnable position, when it was
attacked by a British force that
should have known better than to
assail such a position. At that
after victory was won, a large
portion of the American defenders
fled from Jhe fieldin panic instead
of pursuing the defeated enemy,
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NAKEDNESS AND HEALTH.
“Naked man was clean; decora
tion was the origin of dirt,” says
a prominent physician. “Man, the
most naked of the higher animals,
is the cleanest a»d healthiest of
them, and the degeneration of hair
was a great step in this direction.
“The surface of the skin hourly
is shedding invisible, impalpable
scales that carry with them innum
erable spores ere these have beer,
able to multiply. A naked man.
bathed by the elements, and a civi
lized man who bathe', daily, each
casts f.'o.n him (his <lran3i«g effu
sion. it! who bus a I'.ired the
habit of clothes w/ihout 'he Lab t
of unc! thing by his indeciduous
garments brings to naught the of
fices of nature.
“Even creatures with fur and
feathers shed their coats at inter
vals, and so cast from them a con
siderable part of their acquired
stock of minute enemies. Similar
ly, reptiles periodically cast their
skins, insects and lobsters and cray
fish their homy coverings.
“In various groups of the lower
creatures there are to be found
high and specially successful genera
which, like man, have transcended
their fellows by becoming naked
In these, moreover, there is fre
quently found the additional cleans
ing devise of a copious production
of slime which washes off foreign
and irritating bodies. Thus, frogs
are naked and slimp; behind them
lies a long series of extinct kins
men, covered with bony non-deci
duous scales.
“The slug and the squid are the
princes of the tribes of molluscs;
they are naked and slimy, and car
ry concealed under their backs tho
tiny relics of shells which link them
to exinct heavy-armored creatures.
Leeches and earthworms are smooth
skinned and slimy, and they had
ancestors bearded like the pard.
“The simplest experiments show
that in all these cases an applica
tion of irritants to the skin at once
excites a copious production of
slime, and slight observation is
enough to show that all these creat
ures are freer than their 'protected’
kinsmen from parasites.’’
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DRAPER CLUB GOODIE SALE.
The ladies of the Draper Club
will hold a “Goodie” sale Saturday.
April 1st, at 11:30 a. m. in th»
grocery department of the Tongass
Trading Co., consisting of baked
beans, salads, cakes, doughnuts
baked apples and candies.
At the Grand tonight, see add on
page 4. adv.
If you are looking for something
you have lost; or something yon
need whether it is a bargain lii
cithes, engines, meal tickets, position
or whatnot, read the “Classified Ads
column.” It Is there.
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All kinds ' of commercial print
ing done at the Progressive-Miner,
Launches
Rough Rider and Teddy
Monday, 8 a. m,—Chomlej
(8unny Point), connecting
with mail carrier for SuUei
and all points on West Coast
Prince of Wales Island.
Tuesday, 8 a. m.—Metfakahtla,
and Dolomi. *
Wednesday, 8 a. m.—Lorlng
Yes Bay (Cannery Hatchery)
Beil fsland Hot Springs and
Shrimp Bay.
Thursday, 8 a. m—Same as
Monday.
Friday, 8 a. m.—Kasaan, It
Camp, Rush & Brown * and
Hollis.
Saturday, 8 a. m.— Hadley.
Carries Passengers and
Freight
Ed. J. Wiilimas
Master
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Territory of Alaska,
Territorial Road Commissioner,
Division No. 1.
Sealed bids will be received at
the office of the Territorial Road
Commissioner, Division No. 1, Ket
chikan, Alaska, until 12 o’clock noon
on April 5, 1916, for the construct
ion of a roadway from a point to
be designated by the Commissioner
on the Charcoal Point Roadway to
the site selected by the School
Board of Charcoal Precinct for the
Government School Building, a dis
tance of approximately 1125 ft.
Plans and specifications may be
obtained at the office of the under
signed and the ground will be gone
over with any prospective bidder.
Bonds will be required of the suc
cessful bidder and the right is fe
served to reject any and all bids.
E. C. AUSTIN,
Territorial Road Commissioner, Ter
ritorial Division No. 1.
First publication March 14.
Last publication April 5.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Territorial Road Commissioner,
Division No. 1.
To Whom It May Concern:—
Sealed proposals will be received
by the undersigned until April 5th,
1916, at 12 o’clock noon, for furnish
ing to the Territory of Alaska, the
following described lumber and tim
bers:
112 Pcs. 10 in. x 12 in. x 10 ft.
Spruce Rough; 5 Pcs. 10 in. x
12 in. x 20 ft. Spruce Rough;
115 Pcs. 3 in. x 12 in. x 14 ft.
Hemlock S. I. S. I. E.; 1025 Pcs.
3 in. x 12 in. x 10 ft. Hemlock
S. I. S. I. E.; 200 Pcs. 3 in- x
12 in. x 22 ft. Spruce S. I. E.;
20 Pcs. 3 in. x 12 in. x 20 ft.
Hemlock S. I. S. I. E.; 400 Pcs.
2 in. x 8 in. x 14 f£. Spruce
Rough; 150 Pcs. 2 in. x 4 in. x
20 ft. Spruce S. 4 S.; 600 Pcs.
1 in. x 6 in. x 20 ft. Spruce
Rough; 120 Pcs. 2 in. x 4 in. x
16 ft. Spruce S. 4 S.
to be completed and delivered in
the waters of Tongass Narrows at
or near the Western town limits of
Ketchikan, Alaska;’said lumber and
timbers to be free from all loose
knots and delivered at destination
free from all freight or other charg
es, except net contract price, same
to be delivered at destination with
in 30 days of notice of acceptance
of bid by Commissioner; cash avail
able as soon as properly signed
vouchers are sent in to this office
and forwarded to the capitol at
Juneau.
The right to reject any and all
bids is reserved.
E. C. AUSTIN,
Territorial Road Commissioner, Di
vision No. 1.
First publication March 14.
Last publication April 5.
GRAND EASTER BALL.
The ladies of the Catholic shurch
have decided to give an Easter Ball
on April 24, the day after Easter.
Preparations are being made by a
Committee to render the dance a
successful social entertainment.
Dandy show tonight at the
Grand, sdo the add on page 4. ad.
All kinds or commercial print
ing done at the Progressive-Miner.
Go With The Bunch
Where ^everybody goes
To The
STEDMAN CAF £
Our Motto
Cleanliness, Quality, Courtesy and
Reasonable Prices
NEAL TICKETS $5.50 for $5.00
We do not advertise our meal
tickets, you will be after them
Give Us A Trial
The Steelman Cafe
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.
James M. Shoup
Attorney at Law
Offices adjoining U. S. Customs
Office
Notary
S. A. PLUMLEY
Attorney and
Counselor at Law
Office—Town Council Chambers,
Ketchikan, Alaska.
MARY A. C- GIBSON
Stenographer
Notary Public
OFFICES
—Newtown Home
Phone 142
People’s Meat Market
At The Old Stand Opposite
Sparahawk’s Store, Newtown
SWIFT & COMPANY’S MEATS
ED COOK, Proprietor.
General Hauling
and work of all kinds
done by the
Independent Transfer
Company i
C. M. TAYLOR, Agent
Phone 64
Alaska Delivery
WALTER GRAY, prop
COAL DELIVERED FROM ALI
DOCKS
PHONES 6I—TJ
Ketchikan Wharf Co.
COAL
COAL
NANAIMO
Lump Coal
19.00 PER TON.
j Ketchikan Wharf Co.
C. M. Taylor
j Phone 64 Agent
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ENGINES and BOATS
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
Oriole 4 cycle ideal engine for trolling purpases
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^OO pounds, 2 Cylinder
12 H. P. weight 850 pounds, only Reversible engine Mfg.
Call on
Geo. Wilkes
For 11H() Quotations.
CORLISS ENGINES a Specialty
Ketchikan, * - - Alaska
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* PETER NEFjSON, Prop. Ketchikan, Alaska *
T A MESSAGE I
On Your Arrival in, or your Departure From I
the City, \ if YouZ 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 Treatment
Combined, is our Long Suit.
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me ADMIRAL
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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.
1 NORTHERN MACHINE WORKS
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| OXY ACETYLENE WELDING |
| We Weld |
Steel, Brass, Bronze, Cast-iron *
l Malleable iron. Welds Guaranteed. |
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PACIFIC ALASKA NAVIGATION COMPANY
THE ADMIRAL LINE
FULET SoUNP-CALlfroKNlA PlJOET SOUNP ALASKA ROUTE
Route - Tacoma and Seattle for Ketehi
-Seattle-San Francisco, con- kan. Petersburg. Juneau, Kattflla
Yakutai, Cordova, Valdez, Port
necting with the Yale and Havard Wells. Ellamar. La Touche, Cook
lor Southern Galilornia Ports. Ihlet points, Seward 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
Jnneau PHONE 60 Ketchikan
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