I BUY RIGHT I
§ Go to the place where a dollar
> takes off its hat to fifty cents
I Above everything is a high elevation. That is the Attitude |
I of our Values. If in need of a suit or a pair of pants call . f
I on us. Not a fraction of a fib. fabrication, falsehood or ! S
5 fiction gets into our suit talk, nor any other of our goods i!
I talk for that matter TRUTH is the Best Salesman |§
8 We carry Clothing. Shoes, Rubbers. Oil Clothing. Miners !|
II Shoes, Press Shoes. Mittens. Gloves, anything you need in
{[ the Clothing or Shoe line. Groceries none but the very best
11 Our prices on Hardware, Guns and Ammunition, beat all §
' | competition. Fine assortment of Glass and Crockery ware. 11
e Every buy is a bargain.
I N. F. ZIMMERMAN, The LEAIO |
CHAS. DEPPE Cigars
Barber Shop sno Bathrooms and
Ketckikan, .Alaska Tobacco
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Ketchikan Steam Laundry
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11 Send in your weak or leave your orders. j'
J | and Maude will call for them. ! !
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Northern Machine Works
¥. F. SCHLOTHAH Pr*.
General Machine and Blacksmith Work
Iron, Steel and Piping on Hand
Special Attention to Mine and Marine Work
Ketchikan - - - Alaska
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SCAMMON’S 2
Cafe and Oyster Parlors j
The place to eet Good Things to Eat 2
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Best of Cooking. Best of service •
.._ Reasonable Prices |
Aldon Chocolates and Bon-bons j
Boxed here in Ketchikan •
Stedman Hotel Entrance on Dock Street 2
Ketcfrikan • • Alaska •
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If you want a square deal call on
THE FDR and CURIO STAND
SAM COWAN. Prop_
We Carry the best assortment of
Confctionery. Fruits, Cigars and Tobacco.
Smokers Supplies, Reading Matter, Indian Curios, etc.
We Pay Cash tor Furs of aD kinds
Opposite Tongass Trading Co.
Ketchikan - - Alaska
|The Bowling Alley!
I Open every day till 12 o’clock at night. $
Come and enjoy yourselves at the healthi- ♦
est erercise. 1
HUNT & PARKHURST - - Proprietors |
Pacific Coast S. S. Co
THE PIONEER LINE OP ALASKA
The Elegant Steamships of this Company leave as follows:
Cottage City northbound, Jan. 20 and Feb. 2, southbound 27th.
Ramona northbound, Jan. 15 and 29
southbound Jan. 19 and Feb. 2nd.
Cottage City via Vancouver. Sitka and Killisnoo.
AL-KI, will sail about twice a month, call at outside ports I
and will carry combustible freight when necessary.
Above sailing dates subject to change without notice
H. S. REYNOLDS, Ticket Agent, Ketchikan Alaska.
PERSONAL AND LOC AL
i
Mrs, Dr. Hall left on the Dolphin
‘ last Friday for a trip to the States.
If your watch doesn’t run. run with
it to Taylor, the Jeweler.
The coming events which cast their
shadows before indicate a considerable
J increase in the population of Ketchi
kan in the very near future.
Cap*. A. W. Thompson, of the
s schooner Burns has so far recovered
from his recent severe fall as to be
j about again, a little the worse for
i wear, but still in the ring.
* There may be an “oldest inhabitant”
j who remembers having experienced
.■older weather in this section than
-.hat of last week, but he has not yet
teen heard from.
Watch your watch, and if it doesn i
seep gxxxi time take it to Taylor, the
Jeweler.
Fred Heck nun. the merchant prince
of Hadley, has been in town some days
:his week, doing business and being
greeted by scores of old friends and
acquaintances.
Where. Oh. Where, was the print
shop, when the electric lights went
out* Where it is now ami h3s been
ever since during several working
j hours of each day—practically in the
| dark.
The carpenters have at last vacated
! :he premises, and The Mining News
| office begins at last to assume the
I shape and appearance of a well regu
j I a ted print shop. Come in and see st
[ and us.
I It is probably a fact that Ketchikan
! can multiply by a dozen the number
■ of new buildings erected during 190b
! .a any other town in the first judicial
division of Alaska. And the good
work still goes on.
H. W. Thurston, contractor and
I builder, late of Haines, is the latest.
I but by no means the least important
: accession to our town, inasmuch as he
. has come to make his home here,
i bringing his family with hto.
But you can do better at Taylor's,
the Jeweler.
And there was hurrying and scurry
ing to and fro last Sunday and Mon
(day in a call on merchants for new
.amps and searching garrets and in
out of the way places for old ones, to
:ake the place of electric lights, shut
! .>g by the destruction of the power
aouse Saturday morning.
Father Duncan, the celebrated mis
sionary. was over from Metlakahtla
Tuesday, and remained over night,
the guest of Dr. J. L. My era. The
good old Father has many warm and
earnest friends in Ketchikan, who
were more than pleased to see him
looking so hale and hearty.
, Dr. Zaber. Dentist. Frye-Bruhnblg.
The Jefferson took five days to make
the trip from Seattle to this place on
her present trip, establishing a new
record. The captain reports that
snow and bad weather forced him to
anchor forty hours or more, and the
fact that the compass had not been
adjusted completely since the boat has
been off she run, made fast running
i impossible.
"Sow then, gentlemen of the Com
mon Council, what is to hinder taking
up the question of planking Main
street from Gran: to the foot of the
Burkhart gentle incline? The im
provement will be worth the money,
if for nothing more than saving the
necks of the youngsters who may want
to coast down its entire length next
winter—save and provided always they
don't break them in the meantime.
Hans Anderson, returned from the
states on the Jefferson, and proceeded
•Immediately, if not sooner, to Hadley,
where, by permission of the authori
ties who rule over that place, as well
as the rest of Alaska, he will re
inaugurate the refreshment parlor of
his otherwise excellent hostelry, the
addition to which last he will place in
course of completion. He also con
templates making some material im
provements to his business places in
1 Ketchikan.
The Admiral proprietors have put
| in case* and shelves, covering the
! entire length of one side of their bil
; Hard parlor, for the accommodation
of a large selection of mineral speci
! mens typical of this section, and
which will be carefully labeled, classi
fied and catalogued, so that each and
! every specimen may be easily and
j speedily identified as to the place
| whence it came. It is intended to
make it the largest and most complete
1 display of minerals in this section,
and as such it will undoubtedly prove
j a thawing card to this popular resort.
These have been rather strenuous
I days since Saturday last. With a coal
i famine already in full sway, people
awakened from their slumbers Sat or
; day morning to learn that the power
. house of the Electric Light company
had been totally destroyed by fire only
a few hours before. Next ensued a
scarcity of water, owing to one or
more trivial causes, which begad fears
of a water shortage, in addition to
that of coal and light. The difficulty
i affecting the fiow of water was soon
| remedied, however, and the company's
, targe dynamo having been found in
• >act, save as to the wiring and sent to
s Seattle for re-wiring, we are now
promised a renewal of the lighting
i system in the course of ten days or
such a matter, when with the looked
for supply of coal, should it be re
ceived, Ketchikan will be itself again.
The Mining News U now prepared
to do job printing of any kind. Our
plant is new and our facilities such
that we can turn out the beat of work
is the shortest time.
j Thorgrin Casperson, of the Yes Bay
salmon hatchery, is in town for «
, brief sojourn.
( Steve Kallaceny. living in newtown.
was made the happy father of a bounc
| ing baby girl yesterday morning.
Capt. Wyman, of Copper City,
‘ where he is engaged in mining opera
tions. is in town, a guest of the Sted
j man.
Mrs. W. C. Freebum, wife of the
genial manager of the Mt. Andrew
mines, arrived up from Seattle Mon
day evening.
| Still the work of erecting new
buildings for residence purposes goes
, on. with indications of an accelerated
' pace "when the spring comes again,
gentle Annie.”
Bruce Thornton, of the Alaska
Packers' Association, and private sec
retary to J. R. Heckman, arrived up
Cm the Jefferson from a visit to his
home in San Francisco.
Fremont King, manager for the
Tongass Trading Co.. went to Seattle
; on the last down trip of the steamer
Dolphin, for a fortnight's business
• sokmra in that wicked place.
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Walter Sully is getting material on
| the ground for a three-room cottage.
: which he will erect in the rear of his
! carpenter shop, and which is designed
| for the accommodation of his em
I jdoyes.
J. R. Heckman & Co. are erecting
i and have enclosed a one-story lbxJO
i building on Main street, in the rear
jof their salesrooms, which will be
I occupied by them as an undertaking
; parlor.
The I*. S. revenue cutter, lately j
returned to Sitka from a cruise to the
relief of some twenty or thirty men
j and women on Yakataga beach, to;
whom she gave the necessary succor, i
! called at this port yesterday morning j
on her wav to Seattle.
Capt. James, of Hollis, where he j
has some prospectively valuable gold j
I claims, is in town. He reports little j
! doing in ihai vection. though the tak
ing of samples from the Crackerjack
indicates that something may be i
brewing in that direction.
The halibut fishers are beginning to j
bring in that kind of raw material in
goodly quantities, to the cold storage
plants, of which we have three in
Ketchikan. The first run of king sal
mon is expected to begin soon, and
the fishermen are making arrange
ments accordingly.
Dr. Zuber, Dentist. Frye-Brnhn big.
Chris Hoover is having the plans
prepared for a two story building 25x !
100 feet which he purposes to erect on |
his Front street lot in the early j
spring. The lower story will be made j
suitable for mercantile purposes, in a j
manner and style to meet the desires j
of one or more tenants.
The proprietors of the Budweiser
place of amusement have put in a new
electric cash register at a cost of ♦5i>. ;
This register is a complete counting
house in itself—registers all sales, j
together with the name and price of |
the article sold, cash received, com-.
missions on sales—in fact does away •
completely with any necessity for'
other or further keeping of accounts, j
It is the first register of the kind;
ever introduced here, or so far as we
know, into any part of Alaska.
Wanted.—Work of any kind by a
middle aged, capable woman. Apply ,
at Cole's candy store.
Wolves are seemingly growing more j
and more plentiful, and the number;
of deer may naturally be expected to j
diminish accordingly. At Dolomi the !
other day. no less than eighteen were ;
kilied out of a pack of thirty-two, by |
a party of hunters, who baited them |
with the carcass of a deer, by which !
means the ravenous animals were ‘
lured to an open piece of ground,
where they could be shot from a con-,
venient and safe distance. The pelts
made a good day's work for the hunt
ers.
NEW OFFICIALS.
At the meeting of the Common
Council last Friday evening. Gus Det
lefsen was elected to the office of chief
of police, and C. H. Cosgrove, town
clerk to fill the vacancy in those oSSces
occasioned by the resignation of Her
bert Faulkner. The new officials
are expected to assume the duties of
their respective offices, February 1.
First-class Chinese cook wants posi
tion as cook either in camp or hotel.
Apply at Chinese laundry, Ketchikan.
METHODIST CHURCH
1 Preaching at 11 a. m.. and 7 p. m.
■ Sunday School at noon. Sunday morn
ing topic: ‘‘The Place of Prayer in
a Christian Life.” In the evening:
| ‘‘The Transforming Power of Love.”
; A cordial invitation extended to all.
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1 The Ladies’ Aid will meet with
Mm. J. L. Mvem Wednesday, January
30. at 2u» p. m. This U the dajr of
election of officers and It is earnestly
S, JOHN'S CHURCH.
Services for the week:
Sunday—8 a m., Holy communion.
11 a. m., Morning Prayer
and Sermon.
12:15 p. m., Sunday School.
3 p. m., Native Vespers.
4 p. m., Native Sunday
School.
7 p. m., Evensong and Ser
mon.
Wednesday—7:30 p. m., Litany and
Prayer Service.
Friday—I p. m., Litany.
Other day* aa announced. The
church la always open, pews are free
sad every one it welcome,
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'DESTROYED BY FIRE
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The plant, of the Citizens’ Electric
! Light, Power and Water company, of
this place, was completely destroyed
I by tire last Saturday morning. The
j plant, being situate nearly, if not
! quite, a mile out of town, at what is
j popularly known as the "lower falls,"
nothing was known of the affair until
i it was all over, except to the two oui
' ploy os who wore on the ground at the
! time.
It appears that the day man had
I just arrived to relieve the one who
: had been ou the night watch, and dis
covered that there was no water in
the tire hydrant, which was relied on
for protection against tiro, though the
night man assorted tit at it had been
[open and running only a few minutes
before. An examination disclosed the
fact that it was empty, whereupon,
concluding that the screen at the in
take of the main through which the
town is supplied must be clogged with
ice, the night man proceeded up the
hill to examine and remedy the
trouble, aud looking back when part
way up, discovered that the roof of
the building was on fire. He contin
ued on to the intake and did his
utmost to restore the flow of water in
the main, but before he succeeded in
doing so by punching holes into the
screen, the building was in flames and
past saving. Had the fire broken out
either half an hour earlier, or that
much later it could easily have been
subdued and the building saved. The
fire is supposed to have originated in
a defective flue. Loss, $6,000, with
$11,500 insurance.
At first it was supposed that the
dynamo was completely ruined, but on
examination it was found to be prac
tically intact, except the wiring, and
no time was, lost la getting it into
town aud sending it t® Seattle for re
wiring. It was shipped on the Ra
mona. which left here the following
Tuesday. Mr. Chesney, the com
pany's electrician, accompanying it
for the purpose of expediting the re
pairs. In the meantime a temporary
building is being put up, and it is
hoped to have it again in commission
within a fortnight from now.
MARRIED
Gust. Groot and Mrs. Catherine B.
Chapman, both of Ketchikan, were
married at the home of the bride,
Thursday evening. January IT, Judpe
Stackpole saying the words and taking
the promises and pledges which made
the happy pair one. Both the con
tracting parties are old and well
known residents of Ketchikan, consid
ering the tender age of the town it
self., and that they have the hearty
good wishes of all who know them for
a long life of connubial happiness,
goes without the saying.
A MUCH DOCTORED MAX
It took seven doctors, with a watch
doetor thrown in for good measure, a
new rifle and a turkey dinner to pull
Dr. Zuber through his birthday suc
cessfully, Thursday January 17th.
The occasion was his-th birthday
(you can fill in the number to suit
yourself) and was a surprise dinner
party engineered by Mrs. Zuber, ably
assisted by Doctors Brown, Bauer.
Hall. Hopkins, Myers. Story and Wil
son and Mr. V. W. Taylor. The sur
prise was genuine, and it wa§ not
until the visitors pulled a gun. a
handsome .25-35 Winchester, a pres
ent to Dr. Zuber, that he recovered.
The affair was a success, not the least
of which was the fine turkey dinner
which the hostess had prepared for
those present. The crowd wished the
doctor many happy returns of the day.
| Ketchikan’s Popular Store I
jjj Someone has said “man wants but little here below,” That sentiment is a good one, H
§■? but we think the writer failed to complete the thought in not adding ‘but wants that ijjl
fcl little GOOD.” H
1 11 has bMn °"r cn<,eavor *°Kve “p to ,he last | OJIdfenSn^T 1
part of the thought, the “GOOD” part. We | .11 /' t -,,r NEWyoRK_ B
Hjj feel that we have succeeded. Our business is | j ^ §1
steadily increasing which means a greater num- | i v Cv jfjj
her of customers for us to satisfy, and We Are | ) ||
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Doing It. Our stock comprises every thing g j
that a general store in Alaska should offer for
I sale, and we know that you will be thoroughly J ,
satisfied if you conclude to give us a trial. We $
make a specialty of camp trade and guarantee j
that you get the goods you order. j
Yours for Business,
Tongass Trading Company
E Ketchikan -
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This space belongs to
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The Big Drug Store
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Watch the announcement'* herein from j|
• time to time, You will he money ahead !
£ by so doing, ] |
j RYUS DRUG COMPANY jj
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I CONNELL & THOMPSON i|
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| Newtown ;;
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£ We have established ourselves as leaders in !!
£ our line, carrying a complete stock of I!
$ Groceries, Shelf and Builders' Hardware, !!
V> Stationery, Novelties. We guarantee to JI
| SAVE YOU MONEY j;
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| Connell & Thompson
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ELITE
Skating Rink
The only Roller
Rink in Alaska
Ketchikan's Popular
Resort
ADMISSION FREE
SKATES—Mornings, 35c
Afternoons and Evenings 50c.
Natives allowed on Floor
Tuesday and Friday only
J. E. SAYLES, Mgr.
Ketchikan - - Alaska
Fish and Game
Fresh from water and woods
First-class in every respect
E. K. TURNER
Newtown Walk
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j Raber's Barber Shop :
| JOHN RABER. Prop. 0
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J The best place in town |
• to get a Shave, Face Mas- •
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• Full line of J
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RELIABLE
Transfer & Draying Co.
HARRIS' & HILLARD
All Orders will be promptly
and carefully executed.
Orders may be left with Connell
& Thompson. Union Steamship Co.
Stedman Hotel, and Pacific Coast
Steamship Co.
CONTRACTS TAKEN FOR WORK
S. John’s Hospital
Trained and Skillful care
to all alike, rich or poor
Open to any Phyeisian
Miss E. M. Deane, Nurse in charge
NEW VIENNA BAKERY
H. C. SCHMIDT. Proprietor
Bread and Pastry of all
Descriptions
Pies Like Mother Used To Make
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Party Cakes
Made on Short Notice
Kriedler Bldg.
Newtown Ketchikan
THE
KETCHIKAN HOSPITAL
Is ready for business at
all hours of the clay or
night. We give the best
of care.
Mrs. Sara R. Langstrom, Matron
Newtown
Ketchikan Alaska