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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aska in particular and the Territory in general.
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, JUNE 3. 1916.
YOU NEVER CAN BE SURE.
One of the nice points of conduct relates to
the degree of certainty that justifies one man in
making a serious charge against another. The
usual belief, based on an appreciation of the com
mercial value of a good name, is that the accus-1
er should be sure of his ground before voicing
his accusation. He should remain silent until
his evidence amounts to a certainty. This would
be well provided certainty was a stable qual
ity. In other words, if what constitute a certain
ty to another and that no difference of opinion
was deducible from admitted facts. However,
it so happens that conditions or circumstantial
evidence that resolve itself into a certainty into
the mind of one man or set of men may arouse
notions in the minds of others ranging from
suspicion to a perfect negative conclusion. And
while the rule of never accusing another on
mere suspicion should be adhered to strictly, ac
cusative conduct is but little influenced thereby.
Because what may be one man’s suspicion may
be another’s positive proof, and proof being re
lative, amounts to a greater or less preponder
ance of probabilities; and as probabilities have
varying values with varying individuals, the
same facts or deduction making up the evidence
which may lead one jury to acquit may lead an
other to convict. You never can tell.
IT IS HARDLY FAIR.
It is hardly fair to concede to a handful of men
—comparatively speaking; the right to harass
the rest of a whole nation; yet it is just what
the government is doing today and what it has
allowed to be done since the country’s birth. We
have reference to the strike at Seattle and along
the Pacific coast. It is said that some twelve
thousand men have joined in this strike to com
pel the transportation companies to pay higher
wages. To that end, they have stopt the ship
ping of all kinds of merchandise. Goods that
the people need and must have in order to ex
ist. Now is not this arbitrary ? Isn’t that hand
ful of men referred to above harrassing the rest
of us who have no part in the dispute? Isn’t
that allowing that insignificant minority to gov
ern the immense majority? From that it fol
lows that the majority does not rule. Not that
we want to infer that the companies are not, or
should not be included in that handful. On the
contrary, the companies are just as arbitrary
as far as the people are concerned as the strik
ers. One side is as guilty of imposing on the
people as the other; and together make up a
mixed handful as a whole for the purpose of har
rassing the people. Meanwhile, our government
will stand guard to see that submission is not
obtained with the club.
However, the strikers are no more to blame
for the condition than the companies. As a
matter of fact, the government is as much to
blame as either of the contending factions. The
government has allowed the price of necessities
to reach a prohibitive point; has added by law
more burden to the companies that was follow
ed by a raise of freight and passenger rates that
in turn was followed by the demand of the strik
ers for higher wages. Consequently—the peo
ple suffer.
When the companies decided that an increase
of the rates on freight and passengers was nec
essary, there is no record that they consulted
the people. If it was their privilege to do so—
and as much the people concede—it must be fair
for the strikers to ask more wages. The aim
desired to accomplish is the same. The differ
ence lies in the means employed to carry out that
aim. The companies are slowly strangling the
people while the strikers use the big stick with
which to strike a death blow. It is tit for tat
with the people as the chopping block.
IT’S TOO BAD.
It’s too bad that a perfectly good democrat
should mixup with a perfectly good republican;
because one is bound to spoil the other. The
worst part of it all is that as a general rule, it’s
the democrat who gets spoiled—and there are so
few of them. If that rule could be reversed, it
wouldn’t be so bad, because there are plenty of
good republicans and a few more or less do not
count much either way. Congress should be ap
pealed to for a remedial act. This flirting should
be strictly prohibited. Congress should compel
the members of the respective party to be more
serious. It is a perfect disgrace the way some
of them carry on. They mix up as often as they
can; even right here where the mixing is so
obnoxious. They constitute a pest. Yes, in
deed, it’s too bad.
The honeymoon sometimes demonstrates that
marriage is a failure almost as early in the sea
son as the peach crop in some places.
A TIMELY WARNING.
(By the Hon. Elihu Root.)
The people of the United States have enjoyed con
stitutional freedom a long time without any' conscious
effort to maintain It and many of us have forgotten,
many of us have never learned, that it does not come
and remain of itself. The principles of our Constitutions
have passed without question so long that many of us
have forgotten the reasons which underlie them and the
necessity for maintaining them. Now the principles are
questioned. The assumptions of individual rights which
underlie our system of government are denied that it is
very important that the people of the country should ad
dress themselves to the study of their Constitutions nd
the reasons for them. That ought to be done before
changes are made which would be very difficult to re
verse, and which would result in giving us an entirely
different kind of government.
KETCHIKAN CAMP, NO. 20; A. B.
Meets every Monday evening
at 8 p.m., at Red Men’s util.
Visiting Brothers Welt -oe
H. M. Stackpole, A. C
D. M. Smith Harris, A. R.
LOYAL ORDER OE MOOSE
Local 224. regular
meeting Monday
Visiting Brothers
|cordially Invited.
Hall (w rent. Mon
day. Thursday. Fri
day and Saturday.
r AT THE CHURCHES
CKRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Subject for June 4, “God the Only
Cause and Creator.”
Regular Services Sunday 11 ajn.
Wednesday evening reading and
Song services at 8:00 p. m.
ALL ARE WELCOME.
FIRST M. E. CHURCH
Sunday Church Service 11 a. m.
and 7;30 p. m.
Thursday Prayer Meeting 8:80 p.m.
Friday Choir meets at 8:00 p. m.
First and Third Wednesday after
.as at 2:30 Ladies Aid Society.
H. W. MICHENER, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Low Mass at 8:30 a. m.
high Mass at 10:30 a. m.
Sunday School at 2:30p.m.
Sunday Vespers at 7:30 p. m.
Week Day Mass at 8 a. m.
Rev. PAUL P. KERNS.
t i Pastor.
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Sunday—8.00 a.m., Holy commun
ion, (Except first Sunday in 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 pjn. St. John's
Guild Room.
7:.00 pjn.St. John’s Athletic Club,
Boy’s, Guild Room.
Friday—8:00 p.m. Choir Rehear
sal, Guild Room.
A sincere welcome is extended to
all, especially to newcomers.
REV. HAROLD H. KELLEY,
’ Pastor.
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PROFESSIONALS
James M. Shoup
Attorney at Law
Offices adfoining V S. Customs
Office
Notary
S. A. PLUMLEY
Attorney aRd
Counselor at Law
Office—Town Council Chambers.
Ketchikan, Alaska.
J. FILLMORE WARDER
Attorney at Law
General Practice Revilla Block
CHAS. h. COSGROVE
Attorney at Law
GENERAL PRACTICE
C. E. INGERS0LL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Prompt attention given to perfect
ing land titles and securing patents
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.
E. E. Sparhawk
DENTIST
Office in Residence
Hours, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
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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 C|o. Owners
Night Phone S120
For Your
Hardware, Clothing, Shoes, Underwear,
Fishing Outfits.
The Celebrated Walrus Oil Clothing
Go To
N. F. ZIMMERMAN
^JKetchikan, - - c Alaska j|
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FOR SALL ROYAL-CAFE
Bell Island Hat Springs We make a specialty
Located 45 miles north of Ket- |of Short Orders at all!
chikan, Alaska- Composed of 22 , c . , . ,.
cabins, store with $1,000 stock, dock tltlieS Ot the day Or fllgHt
and walk from dock to Springs, a .... - - - . —
distance of one quarter mile, ,
Numerous number of springs. Five Our dinners are un
of the largest cemented, walled and
;:n£ equaled in the Nor1h
tl E2 " JPm-ateBg^sferDjiiTI
Springs are in the hands of the Mitchell Bilicich, Co.
heirs of George Roe, and their de- , -
sire is to sell if reasonable price
if offered in the near future. g X ^ __
Terrag can be made on this sale. I W j' 1 I 1
Inquiries and information can be M M.
had from W. L. ROE, _
Ketchikan, Alaska. , ...
All < irders will t>e promptly
a id carefully executed.
Ketchikan Auto Service Contracts Taken For 4i»v Work
c. c. collens, Prop. Ketchikan
General Transfer to Any Part of f) raying Company
Town
- J. W. CORDELL, Propietor.
Day Phohe 41 Night Phone 48
Phone No. 60.
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| We Manufacture and Keep in Stock all kinds of |
I Spruce and Cedar Lumber J
Can fill any order either stock 4
or cut to specifications ... I
Barge Blanche |
for charter for freight purposes I
{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
SPECIAL WINTER RATES FOR PERMANENT GUESTS IN
GOOD CLEAN ROOMS STEAM HEATED, AND WITH ALL THE
SERVICE AND ACCOMMODATIONS OF A FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
RATES UPON APPLICATION.
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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I Sooner or later yon too will come to
Styleplus Seventeen
* Do you pay around $25 for
| a custom-madeclothes? If you
w do we can open your eyes as
■ to style and fit with good
■ wear guaranteed at the j
I low price $17.
■ And if you pay around ^
I $20 for ready-to-wear 1
? clothes, you can’t
I afford to ignore
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I cide to find out why
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■ The fabrics are fashionable pat
■ terns, water shrunk, all wool. Any
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■ designed by a fashion artist whose „ cwi*h<. m«. b» It
■ ability no one can doubt. Hand
if tailoring where it counts. All the big things—reduced
■ to medium price by the novel methods of the trade-mart
jj makers. Always $17 season after season.
I TONGASS TRADING CO.
GENERAL BOAT BUILDING """
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 mss 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 tip 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 aP
piece goods. Hats, Caps and all Men’s Furnishings.
Make your selections early as this stock will not last long.
E. E. Sparhawk
Telephone 6 Ketchikan, Alaska
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WASHINGTON FISH (EL OYSTER: CO.. [Inc.
Phone 17V
Wholesale dealers in Fish, Oysters, 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 H Pitch
AGENTS FOR
Atlas Qas Engines
Oxy- Acetylene
Welding
BLACKS MIT HCTO AND
GENERAL MACHINE WORK
G. E. LINGERFELT, Proprietor
: WE HOLD FAST
to the idea that a satisfied customei
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
launrdy work. How good that beet
is you will appreciate if you send
your things here next time.
Phone 24.
KETCHIKAN STEAM LAUNDRY
THE EVINRUDE
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
This you will find in an Evinrude.
Uneqntled in Power and Duribllity
Ideal motor for trolling- The
four-cyde can be slowed down to
two miles per hour.
Bums 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.
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