Alaska Steamship Co.
Sailing from Ketchikan Northbound.
JEFFERSSN—FEB. 25th, March 9th- 21.
Returning Three daya later.
Most Comfortable Ships on Southeastern Alaska Route.
MARIPOSA—Feb. 26th, March 8-24.
ALAMEDA— Feb. 18th, March 3-18.
Juneau and Westward. Returning eight days later.
Largest and fastest ships running to Alaska
THREE DATS SERVICE
All sailings subject to change without notice.
^ Tickets to Seattle, Taeotna, Victoria and Vancouver B. C.
C. m. TAYLOR, Agent - - Phone 64
| STEAMERS FOR
SeattI s, Tacoma
Victqjia, Vancouver, Ana-ortes.. Bclhagham
Ewrtit, Olympia. Port 1'ownseud, Sooth
_ Deffia^jtam. Btrrelra, Santa Barbara, IVfcnfco
i San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
v» BRANDT, G.A.P.D. C. D. DUNANN, P.T.M
608 Seoond Ave, Seattle. Market, SanFranoleco
Might reserved to Change Schedule
NEXT SAILINGS FR<'M KETCHIKAN
CITY OF SEATTLE, April, 10-21. Ma>. 2-13-24, June, 5-17-29
S. S. SPOKANE, April 5-16-27, May- 8-19-30, June, 11-23.
RETURNING THREE DAYS LATER
PHONE 77. - - - - - - F. H. SOLO. Agent.
HUMBOLDT
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
S. S. Humboldt sails from Ketchikan for Skag
way, and all S. E. Alaska Ports on or about
the folowlng dates:
APRIL 4-14-24.
And every 10 days thereafter, leaving south
bound three days later
HECKMAN WHARF COMPANY, Agents
Border Line Transportation Co.
TICKETS TO SEATTLE. Flrst Cla8f *16.00
Second Class 910.00
•» ^ i I 1/1 Northbound March 20, April 1-13
S. ALIY I Southbound March 23, April 4-17
C C nECD ITCH Northbound April 2-18.
O. O» Utir A I Lll Sou hbound, March 24, April 8-24
. \T |Y Sails From Seattle March 22nd, car
• IMJK I IlLAINU rving freight and explosives only, call
ing northbound at Ketohihdn. Hydaburg, Craig, Waterfall, Keen**,
and Klawock. Returning wla; Petersburg Wrangell, and Ketohika».
Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
For further informaion apply to
D. W. Hunt, Agent, Northland Dock. Phone 60
Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
THE PRIVi ESS LINE
The Princess May
NORTHBOUND, MARCH 23, APRIL, 2, 13 23.
SOUTHBOUND, MARCH 26, APRIL 5, 16, 26.
Service the best
Steamers and sailing dates subject to change without
notice. Tickets to all parts ot the world Informa
tion gladly given. Inquire of
fl. W. Brodie, G. P. A Floyd E. Ryus, Agent
Vancouver PHONi:3, Ketchikan Alaska.
PACIFIC ALASKA NAVIGATION COMPANY
THE ADMIRAL LINE
Puget Soumd-Californi a Pcoet Soundalaska Rout*
Route —Tacoma and Seattle Jor Ketchi
—Seattle-San Francisco, con- kan. Petersburg. Junean. Katalla
.. . . , v, , . u , Vakutai. Cordova. Valdez. Port
necting with the I ale and Havard Wells. Ellamtir, La Touobe, Cook
lor Southern California Ports. Inlet points. Seward and Kodiak.
Steamers Admiral Evans And Watson Call at Ketchikan North and
Southbound on the 8th, 18th and 28thof each month.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
HUGH GALLAGHER, Agent, NORTHLAND DOCK CO., Again
Jnneau PHONE 60 Ketchikan
Y Trolling-Sinkers
Superior To All Others
Sold By All Dealers in FIRST CLASS Fishing
Gear In the Following Sizes
For Hand trolling 10 oz. 1, 1 1-2, 2, 3 lbs.
For Power Trolling 6 and 9 lbs.
H. E. HECKMAN & CO,
LORING, ALASKA, Distributers
PETITION TO THE
ALASKA LEGISLATURE
Asking for n Memorial to Congress
requesting that a Mining and Smelt
ing plant of 200 tons capacity be in
stalled in the Ketchikan mining dis
trict ar.J operated under the direc
tion of tho United States Bureau of
Alines.
To the Honorable, the members of
tho Legislature of the Territory of
Alaska, Greeting:
We the undersigned petitioners,
citizens of Alaska, residing in the Ket
chikan Alining District, bog to pre
sent to you tho following facts:
First.. Many large bodies of ex
cellent magnetic iron ore in this dis
trict are lying dormant, a burden to
the many different owners who are
citizens of this district, while in
dustry upon the Pacific Const is pay
ing a heavy advance over eastern
prices upon all iron and steel pro
ducts.
Second. When these ores are mined,
tho copper, gold and silver contents
alone are saved, the iron being thrown
over the slag dumps ns waste, repre
senting a combined waste and loss to
the miner of about six dollars per
ton. Assuming that there are but
twenty five million tons of this ore
in the Ketchikan district, then the need
less loss and waste resulting from
present methods would total about one
hundred and fifty million dollars.
Third. Those property owners in the
Ketchikan district who undertake to
operate under present conditions are
wholly at the mercy of the Smelter
Trust.
Fourth. A government milling and
smelting plant would effect this sav
ing of approximately one hundred and
fifty millions of dollars to the min
ers and prospectors of the Ketchikan
mining district. Tt would enable a
great many local propertv holders to
open up and operate their properties
independent of capital, and they
would be assured of honest weights,
honest sampling and fnir returns on
all the recoverable values in their
<res. and would no longer be subject
to exorbitant charges.
Fifth. Tie benefits arising from
the saving and utilization of this
wealth would go directly to the many
prospectors and property holders of
this district who are now without
means to or cannot operate at a profit
under present conditions. Business
agriculture and many industries would
be stimulated and the government
would receive a handsome revenue
from the money invested.
In view,of the above the undersign
ed ask that your honorable body adopt
and trnnsmitt to Congress n memor
ial requesting that a suitable milling
and smelting plant of not less than
2nn tons daily capacity be installed
and operated in the Ketchikan district
bv the government under the direc
tion of the TT. S. Bureau of Alines, and
your petitioners will ever pray.
The above petition may be found
today and tomorrow at the following
place:
Rvus Drug Co.
Tongass Trading Co.
Revilla Hotel.
Tho time for signing this is short
as it should be mailed to the legis
lature Saturday morning.
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Growing Children
frequently need a food tonic and tissue
builder for their good health.
0,ive0il
• a Emulsion
eoniatntnp Hypophoaphitaa
ia the prescription for this.
The Ketchikan Drug Co., Inc.
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20 per cent, discount on every
thing in Field’s store . adv.
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Part of a house to rent, suitable
for man and wife without children.
Well furnished with every conven
ience.. Apply, A. Harris, Grant St. ad
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The Daily Miner $1 per mraffc.
Attend Field’s solo and get tho
benefit of the 20 per cent. off. ad.
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BRAVE RESCUE OF WOUNDED
BV A WOMAN
Paris,—Mademoiselle Robert, of
Paris, who witnessed the battle of
Guise, ^has just told her story of the
rescue of seven wounded chasseurs.
With the report that the Germans
were coming the chief surgeon ofa
hospital had ordered practically every
body to the rear. Mademoiselle
Robert was still in the hospitnl, how
ever, when a peasant came in breath
les excitement to tell how tho Ger
mans were coming, and how seven
chasseurs were lying terribly wounded
in a little hamlet four miles away.
“It was already dark,” Mademoi
selcl Roberts relates. “We had no am
bulance on any sort of vehicle to bring
the wounded back, but I jumped on a
bicycle determined to try to find the
wounded men. The cannonading
heard for three days, was coming near
or and nearer, and as I pedalled along
the road I could see flashes of the
nearing conflict.
“Two miles up the road a detach
ment of dragoons challenged me. and
ordered me to the rear. T told them
of the seven chasseurs.
“‘My poor litle woman,’ said one
‘there may be seven times seven thou
sand back there, and you can’t get
them all, can von!’
‘ ‘ And I pleaded with him to let mo
have two of his men to make an ef
fort. He shook his head, declaring that
the Germans would be in the village
in force before anyone could reach
the wounded men.
“But I couldn’t go back, and the of
ficer finally let me proceed. The sky
had clouded thickly and it was pitch
dark when I arrived at the hnmlct.
There was not a sign of life. The
only light was that of burning houses
reflected from the clouds. I knocked
at several houses; they were unre
sponsive as the grave, although I am
sure there were people in some of
them.
“I finally found a barn beside the
road that answered to the peasant’s
description, and putting my ear to a
crack in the door I heard the plain
tive sounds that become so familiar
in the hospital; my men were there.
Lifting the latch carefully, 1 pulled
the door, looked into the pitchy dark
ness then drew back; I was afraid.
1 asked tremblingly ‘who’s there?’
There was no reply, but I could locate
the spot where the men lay by their
groaning. I felt my way toward
them, bunping against beams and
stumbling in the straw. I went dowm
on all fours and crept until my hand
touched something under the straw,
drawing a sharp cry of pain; it was
the crushed leg of one of the chas
seurs. ‘How many are yo uhere?’ 1
asked ‘In Heaven’s name, speak
some of you!’
“ ‘Who are you!’ a feeble voice
asked. They could scarcely believe
I had come from the rear and begged
me to fly as quickly as I could.
‘There’s nothing a girl like you can
do for us. ’
“I started out for a conveyance;_
it was an all night search, for every
door was dumb to my appeal. I
clubbed the door of every house with
a stout stick, but not til dawn did 1
see a living being In the locality;
then I came across a lonely, discon
solate cow. ‘NTow,’ I thought., ‘if 7
can find any sort of a vehicle, I have
the motive power.’ An old peasant
woman peeked timidly out of her cot
tage and darted back again. I knock
cd at the door but she didn’t reply. 1
insisted so strongly with my stick
that she finally opened again. There
was an old carry-all under the shed
of the next farm, she said. T’ e place
was abandoned. We might find a
harness there or some other means of
hitching the cow to the carry-all. An
old wreck of harness that we pieced
out with ropes and rags was soon
ready, and the cow, dazed and docile,
“With the aid of the old peasant
woman and with some nnscem aid wo
BARGAINS
Electric Stoves, Grills,
Disc Stoves, Percolators,
Irons etc.
At Reduced Prices
While They Last.
Citizens Light, Power & Water Co.
L ' ■ 'U-l .— —1 " 1L 1 ' ■«
got those maimed chasseurs Into the
enrry-all and were on our way back to
the hospital at a speed of a mile an
hour. Shells were bursting nearer !
and nearer and long columns of in- i
fnutry were hurrying before them !
through the fields to the right and to
the left. We hoard the rumbling of
wheels behind us. It was a batte y
of French artillery. As they passed
au officer glanced at my charge
saluted, shook bis head sadly ami
galloped on. The battery turned in
to the first cross road and begun bus
iness. To my poor chasseures It was
a welcome noise. One of them raised
himself on his elbow and said to libs
comrades: ‘One good turn deserves
an other; the Germans are getting
some of their own change back.'
The poor fellow was dead when wo
reached the hospital. In spite of the
holes the little 3-inchcrs made in the
German ranks they were powerless
to stem the German tide, and the
six surviving chasseurs had no soon
er received first aid than the Ulhans
galloped up. ’EX. ’ —
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* People Say To Us |
“I cannot eat this or that food, it does
not agree with me.” Our advice to
all of them is to take a
*&***,~00* Dyspepsia
JSSsSssC Tablet j
[ before and after each meal. 25c a box.
The Ketchikan Drug Co., Inc.
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Elephants’ Ears.
The African elephant is equipped
with enormous enrs. while his brother
In India has only small ears. Both
animals have small. Inadequate eyes
and are forced to trust to scent rather
than vision in the battle of existence.
The Indian elephant lives In the jun
gle, where odors are pungent and eas
ily discernible, but the African ele
phant Is a native of the plains, where
the air is dry and hot and barely cir
culates. The heat dries the moisture !
out of the tiny hairs in the nostrils
which connect with the sensory nerves,
and it is only through flapping his
enormous ears that he can create the
currents of air which enable him to
discern any odor nt all.
Travelers are prone to ascribe the
flapping of an elephant’s ears to fury, 1
but this is a mistaken notion.—Phila- j
delphia Ledger.
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Gunners’ Patron Saint.
Why was St. Barbara chosen to be
the patron saint of all gunners? It is
one of those things which are to be
known and which one ought to know,
but does not. Meanwhile there Is the
fact that she does Intercede for all gun
ners by land or sea.
In the old French navy the Ste.
Barbe was the gun room, and the name i
may be found with that meaning at- !
tached to it In all dictionaries. More
over, in France she is the saint not only
of gunners, but of all Are brigades.
The sapeurs pompiers hold their holi
day on the day of her feast.—Westmin
ster Gazette.
Where He Learned Juggling.
Rankin—Do you know Professor Tos
hemup, the great juggler?
Phyle—I should say so. We were
raised together.
“How In the world did he ever learn
all of those wonderful stunts?"
“He started to earn his living as a
photographer, and he learned all of
those tricks while trying to amuse the
babies whose pictures he took.”—
Youngstown Telegram.
Financial Strabismus.
"I’m afraid our new treasurer will
ruin this concern.” remarked the head
of the trust
"What Is he doing?”
"Why, he talks of paying our debts j
Instead of refunding them.’’—Philadel
phia Ledger.
The Wedding.
“This poor girl was simply sold to a j
rich husband.”
"Oh, you’re mistaken. I was there
and saw her father give her away.”—
Baltimore American.
Few persons live today, but are pre
paring to do so tomorrow.—Diderot.
The Black Watch.
In 1730 six companies of Highland
ers were raised for the protection of
Edinburgh, and the following year
were consolidated into a regular regi- 1
ment, the Highland regiment, and I
were numbered the Forty-second. On
becoming amalgamated the colors on !
their tartans were extracted, leaving
only the dark green ground as a tar
tan, and from this they took the title
of the “Black Watch.”—New York
American.
For Rent—Furnished, front room, light
and snnnv. Enquire at Thompson’s
Store. adv.
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Sunny, well furnished room for
rent, fine viow of hay, creek, etc.,
hot and cold running water in room.
Enquire at the Forest Service or
Miner offieo. tf. adv.
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STRICTLY FRESH CHICKENS
For freshly dressed, home raised
chickerB, delivered as ordered, call up
P. G. Shark. Phone 41. adv.
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Fill yonr bins now with Lady
smith Coal. The Northland Dock
company can supply you with any i
amount at $9.00 per ton for clean f
lump. Phone 60. adv. j.
SBBBgHBSH""—f—1■g—HlJL . ■ .1 L..1., f JgB5—l1... JI'Ul'. ■, .-J5JTJL1 j
New Idea Patterns
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JUST ARRIVED
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E. E. SPARHAWK
PHONE 6 NEWTOWN - - KETCHIKAN
| Western Meat j& Fish Go I
| & ®ranc^ Prye .Bruhn Co. *
| $ isi Packers and Jobbers of *
| ^ IsL*. ■ ¥
| Fresh Meat, Provisions and Fish |
S We Make a Specialty of 2
'¥ Ship and Camp Trade ¥
| . KETCHIKAN.- ALASAK. |
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KETCHIKAN
PUBLIC LIBRARY AND
FREE READING ROOM
10 A. M. to 10 P. M.
MRS. J. B. THOMPSON
Librarian
LAUNCH
HARRY
For Hire
Towing, Freighting or
Passengers
HEMLOCK PILING FOR SALE.
WM. ANGEL, Phone 144
S. A. PLUMLEY
Attorney and
Counselor at Law
• olhee—Town Council Chambers.
Ketchikan, Alaska.
C. E. INGERSOLL
ATTORNEY at law
Promptattentif^n given to perfecting land titles
ana securing patients.
Ketchikan Alaska
CHAS. H. COSGROVE
Attorney at Law
enkral practice
For that odd job of carpenter
ing or cabinet woork call up
16b, Sully will look you up. tl
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Send in your fors and get the
best market price for them
from P. J. Gilmore. adv.
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Good Comfortable Furnished
Rooms for rent. Inquire Inside
Inn. tf adv.
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SETTING EGGS FOR SALE
Eggs for setting, Rhode Island
Hods $1.00 ’j>er setting Inquire Mrs.
Geo. H. Caughrean. aTIv.
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LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
Local No. 224.
Regular Meetings
Wednesday night
Visiting brothers
cordially invited,
Hall for rent Mon
day, Thursday Fri
day and Saturday.
The quality of Ladysmith Coal is
guaranteed by the Northland Dock
company. adv.
Furnished cabins for rent
Enquire at Sully’s. adv,
Ketchikan
DrayingCompaiay
J. W. COEDELL, Propietor.
Phone No. 60.
Draying
All Orders will be promj>tl.v
aad carefully executed.
Contracts Take'i For Anv Work
Ketchikan Camp, No. ?0, A. B.
Meets every Mondays evening
of each month at Bed Mho’s
Hah, 8 p. m.
Visiting Brothers Welcome
W. K. Spaulding, A. C.
£>. Smith Harris, A. K
60 60 60
THATS THE NUMBER
KETCHIKAN DRAYINQ CO.
3. W. COEDELL, Propietor.
Coal delivered from any dock.
A well furnished room for
rent with board if required.
Splendid view of bay. Hot and
cold bath, every home com font. -
Terms moderate. Apply at the
Miner office or P. O. Box 312.
Reserve \ our Rooms
for the big
EXPOSITION
$1.00 to $2.00 a day.
Address:
Hotel Thomas
Next Door to Everything in San Francisco
971 Mission Street
Near Siath
On Direct Car Lines to the"Exposition and Depots.
San Francisco, Cal.