FIGURES SHOW
IMPORTANCE
TREMENDOUS ARMIES FACING
EACH OTHER ON THE .
FRONT LINK.
LONDON, May 2.—A military ex
pert gave out some interesting fig
ures lately in reference to the num
ber of men engaged in a death
struggle at Verdun. This man says
that Germany after an eight weeks’
assault on French defenses at Ver
dun, has made an advance of but
eight miles. Yet he says that it
is evident that Germany will en
deavor to take that stronghold at
all costs- On the other hand, the
French are equally alive to their
condition and have increased their
forces to meet the exigency.
It is reported that there are over
2.000,000 British soldiers in France
today, although they are not all
on the western front service. As a
matter of fact, the most of them
are held in reserve- France has near
ly ',000,000 soldiers at the front
and in reserve- Belgium has ap
proximately 150.000. Besides these
Russia has brought in nearly 20'V
000 soldiers in support of the ul
lie.- Onus making a grand total
of ;:{)(■!oximatelv 5,500,00) men en
raged in the defense of the allies'
territory. With 'hat aggr patio i of
men ("gating for one ultimate re
sult—which is to beat Germany, the
expert asks: Can it be possible that
Germany will win this war
CLEAN UP WEEK.
We have received our spring wall
papers direct from New York. It is
a very fine collection of hangings
and cut out borders- Drop in and
see our sample bouk-—Furniture de
partment, J. R- Heckman & Co.
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Harry F. Geil was a visitor in
in town from Metlakatla over Sun
day.
SHINYTOWN.
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(Published by request of the
Civic Club )
In Shinytown the people cling to
their belief that in the spring all
men should rise, and clean up alley,
yard and lawn, till every sign of
trash is gone—which scheme is wise
In Shinytown they burn old hats,
and sticks and rags and bones and
cats and kindred trash; all labor
for thepublic weal, with fifty-seven
| kinds of zeal, and not for cash
I This town is in a class alone; there
flies and germs are quite unknown.
| year after year: no doctors’ joints
: therein are built, and all the fell
i diseases wilt, when they come near.
As there are no diseases nigh, the
i people don’t know how to die; death
' seems a joke; and some one has to
shoot them down, when they are
tired of Shinytown, and wish to
croak- Tile village used to have a
! hearse before it killed the microbe
iurse, long, long ago; but now,
since microbes cause no fuss, they
use it for a jitney bus—five cents
a throw. This is the village of de
light, where all the folks are living
right, a cheerful scene; your burg
might be like Shinytown if all you
men would buckle down and make
it clean-—Waft -Mason.
MAY DAY PARTY GIVEN
BY YOUTHFUL HOSTESS
The home of Mrs- W. G- Sharpe
was the scene of a merry party
yesterday afternoon, when her lit
tle daughter, Mi?s Mae Sh- ;',e a
, a charming May Day par..
: or of her teacher, Miss Kent and
her girl friends. The rooms were
prettily decorated in a ccheme of
pink and white, which was also car
ried out in the dainty appointment
of the table at which the tempting
refreshments were served following
j the games and music- As a special
i feature, the little hostess entertain
| ed her guests with a real “joy ride”
taken in Mr. Collen’s new car, which
was brought in requisition for the
: event- Those present were the little
Misses Margaret Dobbs, Helen and
Ruth Ryus, Mary Brindle, Laura
Wilson, Winnie Lou Stevens, Alice
! Cosgrove, Mae Sharpe, Walter
1 Sharpe.TVIiss Kent and Mrs- Sharpe
Mrs. Sharpe and her children are
planning a trip to Juneau in a few
days, where they will join U. S.
Deputy Marshal Sharpe, who is. In
attendance at the Juneau court, for
a visit of a week or ten days
NEW. PUBLICATIONS. (LIST 43.
APRIL, 1916)
Bulletins.
Bulletin 91. Instruments for re
I cording carbon dioxide in flue gases,
by J. F. Barkley and S- B. Flagg
1916. 60 pp., 1 pi., 25 figs.
Bulletin 102. The inflammability
of Illinois coal dusts, by J. K. Cle
1 ment and L. A. Scholl, jr. 1916. 74
; pp., 5 pis-, 2 figs
Bulletin 113. Abstracts of current
decisions on mines and mining, re
| ported from May to September, 1915
by J- W. Thompson. 1916. 123 pp.
Technical Papers.
Technical Paper 113. Some prop
erties of the water in coal, by H. C.
Porter and O. C. Ralston. 1916. 30
pp., 3 figs.
Technical Paper 126. The casting
of clay wares, by T. G. McDougall.
191C. 2<f pp., 6 figs.
Technical Paper 131. The com
pressibility of natural gas at high
pressures, by G- A- Burrell. 1916.
12 pp., 2 figs.
Technical Paper 134. Explosibility
of gases from mine fires, by G. A
Burrell and G- G- Oberfell. 1916. 31
pp., 1 fig
Note.—Only a limited supply of
these publications is available for
free distribution, and applicants are
asked to cooperate in insuring an
equitable distribution by selecting
publications th<>t are of especial in
terest. Requests for all papers can
not be granted. Publications should
be ordered by number and title. Ap
plications should be addressed to
the Director of the Bureau of Mines,
Washington, D. C
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Rubbish around homes; mud pud
dles, etc., breed mosquitoes and flies
that in turn bring typhoid and other
ills- All this can be avoided by a
general clean-up.
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Clean up! Can’t you see that
the good ladies of the Civic Club
are “on to you ”
Job printing neatly and prompt
! done at the Progressive-Miner.
ALL NEIGHBORS IN SCOTLAND.)
(By Ian May.)
Englishmen are fond of saying.!
i with the satisfied air of men let
ting off a really excellent joke, that
every one in Scotland knows every
one else. As we study the morn
ing’s roll of honor, we realize that
never was a more truthful jest ut- ;
tered- There is not a name in the
list of those who have died for
Scotland which is not familiar to j
us. If we did not know the man—
too often the boy—himself, we j
knew his people, or at least where
his home was.
In England, if you live in Kent
and you read that the Northumber
land fusiliers have been cut up, or
the Duke of Cornwall’s light in
fantry badly knocked about, you ;
merely sigh that so many good men
should have fallen. Their names
are glorious names, but they are
only names- But never a Scot- |
tish regiment comes under fire but !
the whole of Scotland feels it
Scotland is small enough to know
all her sons by heart. You may
live in Berwickshire, and the man
who has died may have come from
Skye, but his name is quite famil
iar to you- Big England’s sorrow
is national; little Scotland’s is per
sonal.
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LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Alaska—Gastineau Channel—Mar
mion Island Light, reported not
burning April 28th 1916, has since
been reported burning. By direction
of the Commissioner of Lighthouses.
—W. C- Dibrell, Lighthouse Inspect
or.
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CANNERY MANAGER IN TOWN.
Mrs. Frank Collinson, manager of
the Moira Sound cannery, is a lo
cal visitor in town today, having
arrived on the cannery tender Star
cole this morning.
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We have secured the agency for
Butterick Patterns and Publications
—J. R. Heckman & Co.
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At the GRAND
TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1916.
I “AMBITION”
Featuring Ben Wilson and Francis Nelson. Is the lure of
the footlights stronger than the mother love for her child, is |
the question answered in this two-part drama of today.
“The Link That Binds”
A powerful two-part drama with the well known actors of
the Black Box, Herbert Rawlinson and William Worthington.
“Sammy’s Vacation”
The Comedy.
CHANGE PROGRAM WEDNESDAY
Mr. Casperson, the fish mer
chant. left on the Al-Ki for a busi
ness trip to Seattle and Portland.
He may be gone two weeks.
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Lawrence Erickson, after a week’s
absence owing to illness, is again on'
duty looking a bit peeked but still
in the ring.
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LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA.
Mr". C. P. Williams, accompanied
by her little daughter, left on the
Al-Ki today for an extended visit
with her mother at Vallejo, Cal
Day or night draying done quick
| ly by Ketchikan Auto Service- Day
j phone 44. Night phone 48. ***
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Clean up that lot- Can’t you see
that everybody is trying to beauti
1 fy our city. Do your share.
NOTICE OF DISOLUnON
’ OF PARTNERSHIP
Notice is hereby given that the
co-partnership heretofore existing
between H. L. Fedderson and E. A.
Teeter, has been from this first day
of May, 1916, dissolved by mutual
consent- The former has purchased
whatever interest the latter had in
the partnership business, and as
sumed all liabilities up to date.
(Signed) H. L. FEDDERSON
firemen attention.
All firemen are urgently request
ed to attend the regular meeting
tonight, as this is the night of our
annual election.—D. W- Hunt, F. C
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» vestigation of drug store conditions, we were selected as the exclu- yo
sive distributors in this locality, of the C;
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TOILET ARTICLES AND REMED1ALS |
This famous line of dependable toilet articles and remedials yj
can from now on be secured from us, with the absolute guarantee u
of money refunded if not perfectly satisfactory, you should in- y$
vestigate this service at once. 12
This is only another indication that we merit your con tin- i3
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Our Jewelry Sale still continues anc! at the prices at
which we are disposing of these goods, you cannot afford to yS
miss taking advantage of it. We have no jeweler with us
now, and those having work left with us are requested to y£
call and take it up. ”
RYUS DRUG CO. I
1 I Established 1901. Phone 39. <n1
CLASIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
See our new line of Millinery be
fore buying elsewhere. Opened on
April 1st. John Koel’s building
next to the Printing Office.
MESDAMES PATCHING & CROSS
adv.
FOR SALE—A two room cabin
and a lot on Stedman Ave., City.
The lot is 30 foot front by 150
feet deep. For particulars apply to
“Dad” De Young. Adv. tf.
Send in your furs and get the
best market price for them
from P. J. Gilmore. adv.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Hereafter, the Skating Rink will
be opened to the public every day
and evening of the week- Saturday*
afternoons and evenings will bo
for the children and beginners
Friday evening for whites only.
Saturday afternoon for children.
tf MANAGER.
FOUND A TROLLING BOAT.
Near Mountain Point last Friday.
Owner call and identify same.
—Jimmy Williams, Mountain Point,
near Saxman.
KETCHIKAN
PUBLIC LIBRARY AND
FREE READING ROOM
10 A. M. to 10 P. M.
MRS. J. B. THOMPSON
Librarian
Distinction in Dress |
Wear “American Lady Corsets,” $£
and you look as if neither time nor M
effort had been spared to make
our corset individually perfect- **
“American Lady Corsets” so Cor- r' ^
rectly designed, so perfectly tailor- £ \
ed, so faultlessly fitting, confer on «»
the wearer style, elegance of line, cj ^
and distinction in dress- AA
$1.50 to $5.00 2!
The price of these high-grade cor- 2 |
sets is no greater than that of or- $1
dinary makes $ ’
Ladies and misses sport hats in i
great variety. #•
We are now agents for i!;
BUTTERICK PATTERNS Jjl
Middy Blouses for ladies and misses i
in a hundred designs. *J!
STOCK J. R. HECKMAN & CO. SERVICE 1
The Department Store £,