TOLD BY MRS. MARY PERKY
FROST NO" VISITING HERE
"TH HER DAIGHTERS
FATHER MURDERED
Or. Trip, Act*?* Plain* v'"(l
" ard‘* Pars* "a*
Massacred
—Ctvmmwd from Y esjcrday—
Pursuing «ar journey we om» to
e-ha; was then know® as BasbeMer
like now Span-ay and moved in
to the Bushelier cabin, vhrcu wju
built of logs and bah no floor, door
roc windows, ami or..y half revise
ever. This was svaoeUme in Octo
ber. !\M. our first test after sis
long months of weary travel, beset
with the hardships, grief and suf
fering cf which I hav? stated, be
side* many miner trials inc-dent to
ccerland travel, r, it mentioned.
In this place, which we will ■ ca»i
a house, w* passed three weeks,
during which time it raised a’most
a... cf lie time. fun. ring fire and
hcintr our cooking in the uncovered
pi-micn
Front here w» moved to the do
-Ati rn claim, which my mother took
jj » -1- m Cm- 0*
American hake, sow owned by John
ar t I. G. Murry, where we took up
our permanent residence m cuite
a comfortable log cabin- Soon after
this my oldest brother and myself
were compelled to herd sneep for
the H i is: r. Bay company to obtain
provisions to sustain life, these be
ing principally salt salmon asc
potatoes. with an occasional pan of
fiiur. E-urine the period of the
Indian war here wo were thus en
gaged. and our shield from harm
was the statement that we were
-King George til:cams' when cues
tioaed by the- Indians, to which they
would rep.y ana pat us on the
heads, saying that we were "Hiss
el-ssi teras tilecnm-.’ which means
very grid little frieads.
Tue agents cf the Hasson Bay
empany were very kind in some
instances, but if we ccuic believe
what the Indians told us, they were
to a great extent the cause of the
war. They sa_i “King George tila
■ms" told them that the “Bostons'
meaning Americans, were very bad
-a-ml?, and that if allowed to come
here would take their country from
•ant **■ T Z v*- *~-£f \ZJcZXi A13 2
.urge t.ack ship *o an island from
vraiu tiney could never escape.
The history c-f the Hudson Bay
is mat of apparent kind
ness to tie natives, wn.cn, of course
as p,;._cy, their u_es. i*n teang trace
v-.- traffic with them- It s> also
very feas.t.e that it was to their
advantage to te lay je.-c n .en. in
- - . sect-in of me country a> long
X Jurl— 7 Z SO ZZ. ZZL ZZ. CC *3 ■
;aiT of me - Umars, seeing uezens
.very day, and heri-ng sneep wna
or near them. my brother sad 1
-T.TTj _y.f, TTi^Z ZsQi £&HC IZufi Z.tl*>Ck
. zzi-e cossets laagisaga i>e
‘ - c>rZi ziltfir ” ZL-ZvC'g aUmCL « ZZZ ..aTjt ) *s-s
well a* ©wn lai^age. i t©y
zzirn zij f&zzzer -‘*.5 i K-ZZ*.’ George
zz-i3, ainZ zz^e £*2*d Iz.-i.gjzs kii*
oi him while trying to get here,
and how we nan bought ear Lberty
with our horses. It was a great
■ 'inierment to them how we got
nerc, and nut anti! the close of the
at- did I tell them that my mother
was a “Boston.’ Sue was always
very kind to them notwithstanding
.ter is* at the.r hands, always gave
mem p.enty ctf muik and traded
butter fc-r clams amd oysters.
Through i?3t ah c ur hardships we
.tad plenty cf m-lic as we brought
t-r cows with us. but how we lodg
ed for fcread
Duriiag the most exciting times
we would fly to a fort for refuge.
We. spent about tw0 months :a
For; Ki&quaTy. On other octar
. ins w? wen; to Fir; Stei la-own. It
is a weB-knowm fact by the old set
ters that those Hudson Bay em
ployes who had Indian women for
.ves lived ob their farms unmolest
ed sc* long as they furnished tr.e
- - nans supplies and ammunition
and kept them inf armed as to the
nereaboots of the soldiers and
volunteers.
Em. Spinning ant myself were
talking recently of the condition
' affairs at that tins*, when Gov
ernor Isaac I. Stevens found it nec
-; ary to declare martial law
-ir. rough out the territory, and a
great number of this class of su*
-w'ts were arrested and imprisos
*d at Olympia ur.‘ the close o f the
art which soon came after this
step was taken
After the ck -e of the war we
-assed through nothing more ewat
than the hardships incident to
tiooeer life in such a far away and
sparsely settled country. I married
Andrew J. Frost May 3, 1£59, who
vame to the country tec year*
prior to my arrival, "e have liv
ed fat this territory and state ail of
the time since, except foor veer*,
daring which we resided is Men
d<vin© county California. We have
now living, six children. three hoys
and as many girls. We haw buried
jw© girls, one a: two years of age.
:h© ©they at 14. Our o'ist daught
er is the wife of Tores? J Hurt,
■eh© keep, a general store at this
place. The- ©Wes* son and next
younger bring daughter tx> marrixi
and living in Oowliti county. Wash
ngto®
1 have had nay share of pioneer
!fe. and although I shudder to
think of the experiences and many
perils we passed through, 1 have
no desire to charge m.y residence in
he State of Washington to that 'r
any other place or. this earth
MRS. MARY FERRY FROST
HiHhurst. Washington.
'ENDS GREETINGS TO FRIENDS
(From Yaldei Miner.!
Many prospectors around these
parts will remember old Dan
Dougherty, one of the earliest pros
pectors of this section, who spent
many years prospecting and devel
oping a claim on Kodiak island.
Dan is a veteran of the civil war.
and after the close of that unpleas
antness. with pick in hand and pack
. n back he followed the setting sun
.n search of the ignits fatuus. gold.
He prospected in Ariiona and
California, and finally, about thir
ty years ago. came to Kodiak Isl
and. and for about twenty years
dug and tunneled on a quarts claim
it I." yak Ray on Kodiak Island.
After he had passed the three
score and ten mark, several years
since, he concluded to e&ve the bur
den to younger shoulders, so he
parted with his interests and retir
ed to the Old Soldier’s Home to
take his well earned rest.
A pathetic interest attaches to a
letter he has just sent to a friend
in his town. He writes from “Hos
pital Ward C_. of the National
Military Home. Va_, and says:
* Kindly tell me what has become
of my old mining property and if
the mill is still running. I am ly
! :ng in bed in the hospital vere and
I gee-s my race is about run. Be
1 fore I go I would like to hear front
~iy c-"d frtends in Alas' a. mi !
would like to get the Varies Prts
rte-ter.”
Dan ts an honorary memN • of
the Pioneers of Alaska. Valdes
lodge, and we hope that all his old
friends wtH join us is sending him
wishes for a happy New Year and
that it may be many years yet be
fore he crosses the Great Divide.
ALL DOUBT IS REMOVED
ABOUT RIVER OF DOUBT
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 8—The
of Doubt E’obisa), named Rjo
Thecdcro after CoL Theodore Roos
evelt, who reported he located it in
South America, has been traced to
its source in the Cordillera Gera’
Andes mountains by two Ameri
cans.. George and Etepser. Getter, of
Berkeley, CaL, engineers for the
Standard Oil Company, according
to their own story told today upon
their return frota South America.
They -described it as a river similiar
to many others there, getting its
supply from glaciers and running
>1*9 miles from the boondary be
tween Bolivia and Brazil into the
Madeira r.rer near latitude 5. Pic
tures taken along its course were
lost, they said.
The two engineers reached the
head waters of the River of Doubt
by crossing the Andes with pack
mules from Lima Peru. They had
with them, they said, data of CoL
Roosevelt's report with which to
check them observations.
‘We traveled for sxJteen days
through gorges and canyons,” the
Getters reported. ‘Indians guided
us. W» got native canoes to navi
i-ate the slugish streams that form
the headwaters of the Amazon.”
They penetrated the “fever coun
try” where CoL Roosevelt was
stricken, they said; they were at
tacked by insects, and they en
ceinte red enormous reptiles and other
animals of the dense forests,
through which they hewed their
way with machettes.
When water was reaced rafts
were constructed of “baisis-” They
crossed the mountains, theysaid, at
an elevation of ITfiOO feet. On the
descent they encountered glaciers a?
the 12,000 foot level. They passed
through the once flourishing coffee
plantations of the Pereae colony,
now practically deserted through
the ravages of disease, and reached
the Amazon valley.
The Getters went to South Ameri
ca in July, 1&14, exploring oil lands
for the Standard Oil Company.
They returned home on leave of
absence.
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BABY LAID TO REST
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Sympathy is extended to Mr. and
Mrs. George Cheroey, who have
been sadly bereaved by the death of
their little infant daughter, who
passed away Monday evening at
o'clock. The little on* was bora
three weeks ago, and though very
frail, was thought to be improving
of sate. The interment took jdace
yesterday afternoon at the city
'emetery.
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POUND—In Tonga’s Narrows a
! 14 ft green skiff. Owner apply
this office proTe property ar«4 pa
, for this aotk*. Adv. Ct,
NOTHER SHIPMENT OF
LI MBER IS MADE
The Ketchikan Power Company
wners of the local sawmill, made
. nother shipment of lumber ves
oiGay, consisting of 60,000 feet, o.'
;,pruee. The shipment was sen: on
he S, S. Northland, of the Border
line Transportation Company ;a
.'rincc Rupert, and from there on
o New Work by the tirand Trunk
Pacific. It is said that the lumber
All he used in the construction of
aeroplanes.
Late last fall, a shipment of
one 200.000 feet of the sa ne km.,’
f lumber "as shipped by the same
company and for the same pmp >?e
but was caught or. the other side ■
he Panama Canal just prior .o the
tide that has beer. det&h-ing >c
many shipments across.
SPAULDING HOME BLESSED
WITH LITTLE DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. K Spaulding
rre receiving congratulations on
ho arrival of an eight and a half
round baby girl bom yesterday
morning. the 11th of Jan. 1916.
Mother and little daughter are re
ported as doing nicely at the
Arthur Yates Hospital under the
care of Dr. B. L. Myers.
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KETCHIKAN MEAT COMPANY
SPECIALS
Fresh Chicken tamales.
Fresh Sound Oysters,
3 Dor. Eggs 93 cents,
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PROMINENT PASSENGERS
ABOARD ALAMEDA
Among the prominent passengers
on them way south os the -Alameda
ast evening were, Mr. ana Mrs. C.
E. Brown and Mrs. Hettel, who
visited the Progressive-Miner office
while tie steamer was in port.
Mr. Brown :s an extensive prop
erty owner in Seward and Anchor
age. ar.d is also interested and Pres
ident of the Bank of Seward.
Mrs. Hettel was for several years
postmaster at Seward, and also
owns considerable property which
>he held all through the dull years
of that town: but now is worth all
kinds of money. Mrs. Hettel is
going to join her husband who is
now by the bedside of hi - sick
mother in Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown will visit
severs! » tates on business as well
js for pleasure. Two years ago,
while on their way north, ’Ley stop
ped cere in Ketchikan and were
married.
a
CEREMONIAL MEETING
There will be a ceremonial meet
ing of the Lactone Camp Fire
G ris this evening at 7 o'clock at
the Lrir.e of the guardian.
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Miss A lama Grant and Miss
Florence Reynolds entertained the
St. John Social Club last evening at
:he St. John Rectory. A most en
joyable evening was spent singing
and p laying games. During the
evening dainty refreshments were
served by the hostesses.
RETURN'S FROM VACATION
Miss Bartow, in charge of the
Arthur Yates hospital who left a
boiit a month ago for a vacation
trip in the sooth, returned on the
Princess May Monday evening.
NOTICE
The. members of the Ladies Bas
ket Bail Cab are requested to be
present for practice in the School
House basement Thursday evening
at 7:30.
JENNIE HEATH, Scty.
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WOHELO, WOHELO
The Lamonte Camp Fire Girls
■will give a big dance next Satur
day night in the Skating Rink. The
music will be by the Em anon Or
j chestra. * Remember the date, Jan.,
j 15th, and come out for a good time.
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At Heckman's the)' sell regular
.75 aprons for .45 this week. Adv. 6t.
Bring in your bit of news. The
Progressive-Miner is always glad
to receive and print news items.
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Table of Distances from
Ketchikan
Seattle, 000 Wrange!’ 99
Petersburg 115 Juneau 223
Skagway 304 Sitka 292
Mettakahtla 15 bolomi 2Tj
Nibiack 30 Cbomiey -V),
Kasaan 29j Hollis %
Kiam 32 Lor.og 21
Yes Ray 39 Cape Chaeoo 19
Suizer 92 Howkarj 73
Waterfall 103 Craig 121
Klawak 129 Karheen 150
Sliakan via. Chacon 192
Bell Island 50 Cnnk River 70
Mar) Island 23 Hadley 29
Three Tree Point 45 Ste wart B C. ISO
Prince Rupert 95
This table is complied in nautical
miles which are9090 feet.. The larg
est part of this list wa* complied foi
the Post Office by the C a plain of th
Gedney and isauthentlc,.
W. W. CLUB ENTERTAINED
Miss Nor* Ross was the young
hostess who entertained the \V. W.
Club at her home yesterday after
noon. The meeting was the first
' .id since the holidays and was in
the nature of a business one. Plans
were made for the work of the club
during the year, and the young
ladies have decided to make their
work on the lines of children's
clothing; from infant wear to those
of children of one and two years
of age. They will also take special
orders in that line. Following the
business session a dainty lunch was
served by the hostess to the follow
nc members, the Misses Corrine
'lire. Luellr, W akefield. Marie An
.:. on. Dorothy Michener, Helen
r •. Esther Clark, Peri Spaeth,
Ollio Pttinger. Nor? Ross and Mrs.
Shuck. The next meeting of the
Club will be held next Wednesday
after school at the home of Mrs.
, Shuck in Newtown.
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Mr.AND MRS. SEMAR
GO SOUTH ON TRIP
On the Alameda going s>ulh ’as'
night Mr. and Mrs. Bentar wove
passengers foe a trip to Seattle
which will combine pleasure and
business They expect fo h>- away
six \ reks or so. and i-'.d? trips will
be made to the different cities of
Puget Sound. In Port Townsend
Mrs. Semar will visit with her
grand parents and other relatives
for a short time before they return
to their home in this city.
RETURNS TO SEATTLE
W. J. Rogers of the Mount An
drew Mine, was a passenger las;
, night for Seattle on the Alameda.
Mr. Rogers found too much snow
over at thg mine to work to any
advantage, so returned to Seattle,
but will make arrangements to put
a full crew at work on the property
as early as possible in the spring.
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RETURNS TO PORTLAND
Mrs. Anderson, wife of Dr. J. W.
Ar.derson of Portland, Oregon, who
i has been visiting with her sisters
Mrs. Wakefield and Mrs. Sayles.
and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Laughlin. of this city, for the
past month, returned to her home
:r, Portland on the Alameda last
right.
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DOG TAX IS DUE
And the Dog Catcher is at work
:: you have a dog and haven’t paid
the tax, you better call at the
Miners and Merchants Bank and
get a 1916 tag before your dog is
; caught. Dogs running loose on the
streets without a tag will be
caught and killed. Adv. 2t.
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AT THE HOTELS
AT THE REVILLA
Axel Carlson, Moira Sound. 0.
X. Lindold, Moira Sound; John
Turner.
AT THE STEDMAN
Bert Ross, It Mine: F. G. Adams,
Hadley; Frank H. Tascher, Doug
las, Henry Grant, Juneau; J. F.
W'oessner, It Mine.
GRAND THEATRE
Wednesday and Thursday
t III Mil l II ''I'-* war 3ETMat»ir '
World's Special Films Corporatoin, presents
“What the Gods Decree”
>1 Thrilling Four Reel Feature
CANNON'S BAKERY
AND GROCERY
—
Butter, 35 cents per lb.
EGGS 35 cents a Dozen
The fact that I am
t
shipping in Six hundred f
dozen a week, should
recommend the eggs.
But if you are in doubt '
as tothe quality, stop
in and i will break a
few for you.
Sond in your furs and get the
host, market, price for them
; from P. J. Gilmore adv.
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I thanks §
We wish to thank the people of Ketchikan for their valued
patronage during the past year, and we are glad to announce g
that our holiday business this year far exceeded our expecta- jK
tions. This only goes further to prove that our customers are ?5
our friends, and we take this opportunity to wish them all a
Bright and Prosperous New Year £2
SYUS~SA YS 8
That good teeth is the key to good health, and he recommends 12
Peredixo Tooth Paste «
25c THE TUBE g
Our Selection of New Years Cards is Complete g
SPECIAL THIS WEEK |‘
EXTRA 10 PER ( ENT Oi l on everything in our Jewelry
Department except Diamonds. This in addition to our spec
ial sale prices f2
RYUS drug”COMPANY 8
ESTABLISHED 1901 £2
BRING YOUR NEXT PRESCRIPTION TO US &
[ CANN ! FROITS AND
i VEGETABLES
% The saving made in buying by the case is worth considering >\\
g We quote here a few of the many values ,;,
| Standard pack 2\ lb. cans, 24 cans to the case |i
« Apricots per can * .25 case 4.75 8
I Blackberries per can .25 case 5.00 a '
I Peaches per can .25 case 4.50 M
i Pineapple per can .25 case 4.50 §
j | Fruits in gallon cans, 6 to the case 2.50 g
I Corn, Peas, String Beans and Tomatoes, 2 for |
25c. in straight or assorted cases |
Canned Goose Tongue 2 for 25c. a
Said to be ‘Tluch better than Spinach” g
1 [ STOCK J. R. Heckman & Co. service I
Department Store | ,