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Alaska Steamship Co.
THREE DAY SERVICE
Sailing from Ketchikan Northbound. Southeastern A'.aske Service
JEFFERSON NOV. 29, DEC. 9-21, JAN. 1st.
DOLPH’N NOV. 17.
RETURNING THREE LATF”
MOST. 00' ORTARLE SHIPS ON SOUTHEASTERN ROUTE
ALAMEDA, NOV. 19, DEC. 12, JAN 1st.
NORTHWESTERN. DEC. 3-23.
Wrangell, Juneau, Sk.agway and Westward, Returning 10 Days
Enter. largest and Fastest Ship running \o Alaska.
S.i'.r. Subject to Change Without Notice.
Tickets to Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia.
C. M. TAYLOR, Agent - - Phone 64
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STEAMERS FOR
Seattle, Tacoma j
Victoria, Vancouver, Ana~ortes, Bellingliara
Lveret*, Olympia, Port Townsend, South
Bellingham, Eureka, Santa Barbara, Mexico
\ San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
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60S Second Ave, Seattle. 112 Market, SanFrartclsco
Right reserved to Change Schedule
NEXT SAILINGS FROiy? KETCHIKAN
S. s. SENATOR. NOVEMBER 26.
YITY OF SEATTLE. DEC. 7-18-29. JAN. 9-20-31. FEB. 11-22.
RETURNING THREE DAYS LATER
PHONE 77..F H. SOLO, Agent.
Border Line Transportation Co.
I REDUCED RATES BETWEEN KET- First Clasp *16.00
CHIKAN AND SEATTLE Second Class *10/10
S, S. ALKI PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
SERVICE BETWEEN SEATTLE
AND S. E. ALASKJ A)IRE''!
S. S. DESP ATCH SERVICE TO WEST CO-* T
OF PRINCE OF "VAI-^8 ’’6L
S. S. NORTHLAND
Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
For further informaion apply to
D. W. Hunt, Agent, Northland Dock. Fhou 60.
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The Canadian Pacific Railway
THE PRINCESS LINE
Leave Stable and Vancouver. Nov. 27 Dec. 11-27 Jan. 8-22
Arrive Ketchikan p.m. Nov. 29 Dec. 13-29 Jen. 10-24
*> Leave Ketchikan a.m. Dec. 3 Dec. 17 Jan.2-14-28
Arrive Victoria and Seattle Nov. 5 Dec. 19 Jan 4-16-30
Subject to change without notice
Steamers connect at Vancouver with trains for all Eastern points.
We offer attractive rates to eastern rail destinations.
The Line of Quality. Our Service is Unsurpassed on Water or
Rail. Full information given 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
GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY AND STEAMERS
Lowest Fares. Unexcelled dining and Sleeping Car Service.
Electric Lighted Trains. Observation Cars.
For full information apply to
JNO. R. BEEGLE, & CO. Agents.
Ketchikan, Alaska.
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ANXIOUS TO START
BALL AROLLING
AN ADVOCATE OF STATEHOOD
WANTS TO KNOW PUBLIC
SENTIMENT
T. B. Drayton, of Kern Creek,
Alaska, in a letter received a few
days ago, seeks to obtain the opin
ion of Alaskans in the matter of
statehood. The letter follows:
Kern Creek, Mile 71, Alaska,
December, 18, 1915.
My Dear Sir:—
Knowing your loyalty to our Ter
ritorial interests to be beyond ques
tion, your influence correspondingly
helpful, I am writing you with a
view to ascertaining your individ
ual opinion touching the admission
of Alaska to statehood; and, so far
as you have observed, the general
sentiment of our fellow citizens in
your section of the Territory with
reference to that issue . Also, of
course, any opinions or suggestions
you may care to advance in respect
to the other matters and things
touched upon in this letter will be
highly valued.
There appear to be many good
and sufficient reasons for believing
that the time is at hand when the
agitation for statehood should be
intelligently and comprehensively be
the chief reason for which, it seems
to me, is that to further delay the
matter will correspondingly delay
the acquisition of material, politic
al, and social benefits which state
hood would bring; and which it is
idle to suppose or hope we will ever
enjoy until statehood is attained.
We all realize of course that a
very considerable period of time
will certainly elapse before We can
secure the passage of an enabling
Act, even after all are convinced
and admit that we possess ever$'
necessary qualification for state
hood.
Then more time must pass be
fore we could expect to agree upon
a provisional constitution acceptable
to Congress.
In other words, to become a state
at all we ourselves must take the
initiative, and under the most fav
orable conditions statehood cannot
be attained until long after we de
serve It.
Furthermore, if the agitation be
not soon commenced, and maintain
with vigor, it is inevitable that
a Development Board, Administra
tive Commission, or some similiar
contrivance will be foisted upon us;
the adoption of which will most as
surely tighten the claws of bureau
cratic government upon our people
and thus postpone self-government
indefinitely.
Indeed, it seems to me, this is
the most pressing danger of the
moment, and expediency would sug
gest that we continue a little long
er to bear the ills we have, intoler
able as they are, rather than fly
to others we know not of.
I feel entirely confident that the
American people our brothers, our
kindred, our friends, will not long
deny us the right of freemen; but
should we sit still now, and com
placently submit to some new, un
tried experimental device being yok
ed upon us, you may be sure that
the people of the Republic will re
quire of us that we give it what
its spoonsers will speciously desig
nate - fair trial.
This would mean simply a con
tinuance for an indefinite number of
years under a new name and form,
but in the main under the same
men—of the administrative ineffic
iency, industrial stagnation, and pol
itical dependency from which we
now suffer and have suffered un
til our hearts are sick. The odor
of a skunk is not improved by
changing its name; and we may be
sure, no governmental makeshift
will materially improve our inter
est until the agents who govern us
are answerable directly to us. For
my part I refuse to be deceived into
cepting any other solution of our
problem.
Now, to give effective impetus to
statehood agitation it has occurred
to me that a convention of repre
sentative citizens favorable to the
idea could be arranged and a perm
anent orgniztion be effected under
some such name as Alaska State
hood League, or other designation
indicative of its object and purpose,
and provision be made for securing
the co-operation of all Alaskans in
sympathy therewith.
If you favor this idea please in
dicate your preference as to time
and, if your name may be signed
to a call for such convention.
When 1 shall have received your
answer, and the answers of a sub
stantial number of the other in
fluential citizens throughout the
Territory to whom I am sending a
similiar letter, I shall mail you a
detailed summary of the responses
and also, a copy of a thesis in be
half of statehood which I am pre
paring, and which, in addition to
its main purpose, will attempt in
a modest way to anticipate and
answer such adverse arguments as
may be presented.
Thanking you now for such con
sideration as you may give this
communication, I remain, with as
surances of the highest esteem,
Sincerely yours,
THOMAS B. DRAYTON.
DR. BOYLE LEAVES VALDEZ
Dr. Frank M. Boyle, mayor of
Valdez, has disposed of his Jmg
store business at Valdez, and will
got o New York to take a post
graduate course in medicine. In
the spring he will return to Alas
ka, locating at Anchorage, where
he will erect a substantial business
block on his corner lot there, and
enter the drug business, according
to the Cook Inlet Pioneer.
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People’s Meat Market
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Sparaliawk’s Store, Newtown
SWIFT & COMPANY’S MEATS
ED COOK, Propletor,
KETCHIKAN CAMP, NO. 20, A. B.
Meets every Monday evening
at 8 p.m. at A. B. Hall.
Visiting Brothers Welcome
H. M. Stackpole, A. C
D. M. Smith Harris, A. R.
ANOTHER AMUSEMENT PLACE
With the re-opening of the Shoot
ing School at the foot of Mission
street, the people may find another
place of amusement where they can
shoot away their little wads. Mr.
DeYoung will attend to the rest
Just go and shoot away all you mind
to.
James M. Shoup
Attorney at Law
Offices adjoining \J. S. Customs
Office
Notary
S. A. PLUMLEY
Attorney and
Counselor at Law
Office—Town Council Chambers,
KetchikaD, Alaska.
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C. M. Taylor
Phone 64 Agent
C. E. INGERSOLL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
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KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
CHAS. H. COSGROVE
Attorney at Law
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THE KETCHIKAN DRUG CO., INC.
THE REXALL STORE
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the Cabinet
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of its Liquors, Wines and Cigars,
but for its hospitality to
its numerouspatrons.
Henru Goemaere and fl.W. Morgan
Ketchikan, Alaska.
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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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