THE PROGRESSIVE-MINER
Ketchikan. Alaska.
Entered at the Post Office at Ketchikan, Alaska a.
second class matter October 21, 1914, under the act o!
March 3, 1879.
THE PROGRESSIVE PRINTING COMPANY
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KETCHIKAN, ALASKA, MAY 16, 1916.
THE TIMES HAS COME
We have remarked before that 1916 was to be an
odd year for Alaskans; in that it was a national
election year; a territorial election year for delegate
attorney general and part of legislators, with the odd
ity emphasized forcibly by the contest that is just
ahead of us in the attempt to make Alaska a dry ter
ritory. This part of the campaign promises to be
hotly contested throughout the territory as both the
Liquor Dealer Association and the Prohibition party
are well organized and in the. field.
Facing the situation, it follows that every voter
must declare himself- This declaration need not be
public in the individual voters, because a voter can
use the ballot- It is otherwise .with a newspaper. We
believe that when a question is raised in which the
public at large is involved, a newspaper must take a
stand. It cannot stand on the fence- It need not be
abusive nor resort to personalities; and a clear cut
expression is all that is required. We have no great.
faith in a newspaper without the courage of its con
viction, and most of the people feel the same way.
The prohibition newspapers have all declared their
stand; then why should the opposition to prohibition
hesitate to do likewise? Bearing that in mind, the
Progressive-Miner is opposed to prohibition until con
gress has given us the power to levy and collect taxes
with which to manage our affairs- Whenever congress ;
sees fit to give us the power to tax big and little j
businesses, our revenue to s ■■ Cain our schools, streets -
and other incidental expenses, is ^far short of our
need and without the license money it will be im- ;
possible to manage our affair. This is our stand- How
ever, unlike the prohibition newspapers that are eon- j
tinually piling on abuses on the opposition, we shall
refrain from further discussion of this subject unless ;
attacked by dissenters We willingly grant the pro
hibitionists the right to their opinion and we expect
the same.
ij:t us DO IT NOW.
In speaking of the .Cliff Avenue roadway last
evening. Mayor Heneghan said that he was in favor
of starting its construction at once- It is useless to
say tha* nothing could please all the residents of
Ketchikan better
If we wake up, we shall notice that we are only
a few weeks from the beginning of the tourist season
and with the work ahead, it becomes evident that we
have been delinquent. Tlie Avenue should have been
ready by this time- We always refer to government*.',
red tape as a hindrance to progress, yet it seems to
us that we are trying to make a lot of fur:; over h
few hutylred feet of roadway, specially whe.v we rv
all agreed on its necessity. If it is necessity. If -.
is necessary, let us do it now. Why this procrastina
tion? Aa a matter of fact, that road should have been
constructed a year ago. This is acknowledged by r '1
Then why wait any longer?
AUTHORIZED LAWLESSNESS.
(Portland Telegram )
From. Seattle comes a story of lawlessness so
astounding as to tax one’s credulity. Three brothers
operating a drug store as a blind pig and doing a
large business in contraband liquor had given the
police a great deal of trouble- So by order of Mayor
Gill the chief of police took action, according * ~ ae
press dispatches as follows:
With axes borrowed from the fire departmei. ve
men who went through glass show cases, shelvin™ nd
soda fountain fixtures made Carrie Nation look i' e a
piker.
It was the final play of the police department in
dealing with the three Billingsley brothers and their
favorite drug store which has been connected with
bootlegging arrests nearly every week since the first
of the year
Here is a case where lawlessness by a group of
criminals was met by lawlessness at the hands of a
group of peace officers who have taken oath to sup
port the laws of the state of Washington- The state
fixes the punishment for those who violate the pro
hibition laws- Destruction of store fixtures is not de
fined as one penalty, and .when police authorities step
outside the laws to inflict punishment they assume the
role of anarchists. Destruction of contraband liquor
is a national penalty which society approves- Smash
ing of plate glass is lawlessness that society abhors
1 Such acts committed by police officers under direction
of the city government bring the administration of law
into contempt. No city can substitute violence for law
without injuring itself.
Lenient people were inclined to forgive Carrie
Nation whose zeal in the cause of tmperance threw
her mind out of equilibrium and led her into acts of
: violence. Has reason left the mind of Seattle’s city
; government?
The Methodist general conference at last has
amputated from the ceremony of infant baptism this
sentence: “All men are conceived and born in sin."
Its elimination is a step forward—a step toward the
cheering and sweet; away the pessimistic and sour- If
we had the remaking of that ceremonial now. we should
insert in the place of that deleted sentence an affirma
tive one—one that would ring with the glory of a
God that gives us life and love—and the greatest gift
of all, a baby- It would be a sentence that would re
| fleet the purity, innocence and devotion of childhood,
and the tenderness of devoted parenthood; it would
give to affection and hope the assurance of a fair start
in the world for the object of that affection and hope
with no handicaps imposed by a lugubrious theology.
; Several of the churches have been cleansing their
l rituals and we congratulate them all. If God is love
; there is a lot more of it to do—(Tacoma News.)
KETCHIKAN CAMP, NO, 20; A. B.
Meet? every Monda evsme.?
at 8 p.m., at Red Men’s
Visiting Brothers Wek .ce
H. M. Stackpole, A. C
D. M. Smith Harris, A. R.
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Local 224, regular
meeting Monday
Visiting Brother?
invited
Hall for rent, Mon
day, Thursday. Fri
day and Saturday.
_ AT THE CHURCHES
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Subject for May 21: “Soul and
Body.”
Regular Services Sunday 11 a.m.
Wednesday evening reading and
Song services at 8:00 p. rn.
ALL ARE W ELCOME.
FIRST M. E. CHURCH
Sunday Church Service 11 a. m.
and 7;30 p. m.
Thursday Prayer Meeting 8:30 p.m.
Friday Choir meets at 8:00 p. m. J
First and Third Wednesday after
.3 at 2:30 Ladies Aid Society.
H. W. MICHEXBR, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Low Mass at 8:30 a. m.
High Mass at 10:30 a. m.
Sunday School at 2:30p.in.
Sunday Vespers at 7:30 p. m.
Week Day Mass at 8 a. m.
Rev. PAUL P. KERNS.
Paster.
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Sunday—8.00 aun., 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
W'omen’s Guild, Indian School House
Thursday—2:30 pjn. St. John’s
Guild Room.
7:.00 p.m.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, JJ
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PROFESSIONALS
James M. Shoup
Attorney at Law
Offices adjoining V S. Customs
Office
Notary
S. A. PLUMLEY
Attorney and
Counselor at La*
Office—'Town Council Chambers,
KetchikaD, Alaska.
E. E. Sparhawk
DENTIST
Office in Residence
flours, 10 a, m. to 4 p. in.
Miller & Stevens
Hairdressing Parlor
-
Mclllravie Building, Main St.
Hours, 10:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
Special work by appointment
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CHAS. H. COSGROVE
Attorney at Law
GENERAL PRACTICE
C. E. 1NGERS0LL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Prompt attention given to perfect
■ng ’and titles and securing patents
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.
J. FILLMORE WARDER
Attorney at Law
General Practice Revilla Block
MARY A. C- GIBSON
Stenographer
Notary Public
OFFIC E S
—Newtown Home—
Phone 142
Phone 106. First-Class Work
F. MILLER
Painting, Kalsomining, Paperhanging
, and Graining a Specialty.
KETCHIKAN, : : ALASKA
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Ketchikan Meat Co.
PHONE 120
We make a Specialty of Camp and
Cannery trade
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Carstens Packing C’o. Owners
Night Phone S120
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Hardware, Clothing, Shoes, Underwear,
Fishing Outfits.
The Celebrated Walrus Oil Clothing
Go To
N. F. ZIMMERMAN
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FOR SALE
Bell Island Hot Springs
Located lr> miles north of Ket- j
chikan, Alaska- Composed of 22 j
cabins, -tore with $1,000 stock, dock
and walk from dock to Springs, a !
distance of one quarter mile.
Numerous number of springs. Five i
of the largest cemented, walled and
fenced in and the water is seven j
feet deep. Creek flows by springs ;
with good water power, being fed
from four large lakes.
Springs are in the hands of the |
heirs of George Roe, and their de- :
“ire is to sell if reasonable price |
if offered in the near future.
Terms can be made on this sale. |
Inquiries and information can be
had from W. L. ROE,
Ketchikan, Alaska.
Ketchikan Auto Service
C. C. COLLENS, Prop.
Genera! Transfer to Any Part 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.
Draying
All Orders will oe promptly
a.jd carefully executed.
Contracts TaKei for Anv ^M>rk
Ketchikan
DrayingCompanyj
,T. W. CORDELL, Propietor
Phoue No. 60.
I We Manufacture and Keep in Stock ail kinds of |
Spruce and Cedar Lumber !
Can fill any order either stock 4
or cut to specifications ...
Barge Blanche |
for charter for freight purposes 4
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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
Just Received
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A few more I
Ladiesr Goats and Suits
Latest Styles
and Golors
Tongass Trading Oo.
GENERAL BOAT BDILD1NG
AT THOMAS DOCK
Istimates Furnished,
Prices Reasonable.
CANNERY WORK A SPECIALTY
Boat work of all kinds promptly done.
If. CRICKS, Builder
DON’T MISS THIS
OPPORTUNITY
$4000 worth of Dry Goods at less
than original cost *
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I am retiring from the dry goods business to stock other
lines. In view of the fact that prices are going up on nearly
everything you cannot afford to pass up the greatest sale in
dry go'ods ever offered the p eonle. of Ketchikan.
T aces, Ribbons, Embroide ry, Muslin, Wool and Cotton Un
derwear, Hosiery, Silks and Satins, Cotton Poplins, and all
piece goods. Hats, Caps and all Men’s Furnishings.
Make your selections early as this stock will not last long.
E. E. Sparhawk
Telephone <> Ketchikan. Alaska *
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Ketchikan Iron Works
We Cut Gears
THAT ARE
Evenly Spaced
Accurately Cut
ANY 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
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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 *
Iaunrdy work. How good that best
is you will appreciate if you send
your things here next time.
Phone 24. |
KETCHIKAN STEAM LAUNDRY
THE EVINRUDE
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A friend in need is a friend indeed.
This you will find in an Evinrude.
Unequaled in Power and Duribility
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.
II. G. KUBLEY
Dealer in General Merchandise
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA.
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