PEASANT WOMEN RESPECTED
On the northern coast of France
the peasant women are more re
markable than the men, and they
are far better educated.
It it they who drag the boats in
and out of the little harbors, and
who sell the fish in the markets.
They are thus brought into contact
with the peoples- and civilizations
of all countries, and no class of
women in Europe is so emancipat
ed.
They are strong and robust and
their outdoor life and masculine
habits—for they belong to the sec
as much as do their menfolkj—
harden their bodies, at the shine
time giving them a taste fo r all
masculine pursuits and pleasures.
They rarely quarel with their
husbands; indeed, the latter would
fare badly did they attempt co
ercion or ill-treatment in any shape
or form, for the women are taller
than they are and quite as strong;
so the “mere men” of the French
coast prefer to keep their skins
whole, and treat their wives as
“jolly good fellows," which is ex
actly what they are.
They sing their songs and enjoy
their glass of cider with the best
of their menfolk.
SWEDEN CURTAILING LIQUOR
Although nothing so drastic as
the prohibition measures of Russia
. has been attempted in Sweden, there
has been, since the beginning of the
war, a steady systematic curtail
ment in the sale of liquor, which
is approvingly regarded by temper
ance advocates as a decided step to
ward absolute prohibition. The
“Stockholm system” of allowing each
citizen only a fixed quantity of
spirituous 'drink, which was inaug
urated just after the war started,
has now been extended to thirty
one of the hundred districts in
Sweden, and according to a govern
ment order recently issued, will,
after the 1st of January, 1916. ap
ply to the whole of Sweden.
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AT THEHOTELS
AT T" Rli’TLLA
S. Oddson, Seattle.
AT THE STEDMAN
Wm. Hancock, Yes Bay; Howard
Pratt, Portland; S. E. Ray and wife;
S. J. Ward, Seattle; J. G. Ellis,
Hadley; John Zing, Valdez; Alex
Butili; Guy Steeple; F. H. Burns and
wife, Vancouver, Gjea Sanka.
AT THE NORTHERN
Frank S. Gibson, Sam Swanson.
Ernie Sw-anson, J. F. Curry, S. Sor
meson, S. Larson, E. Lyng, A. Lar
son.
AN ADVOCATE OF STATEHOOD
Favors New Organization and Fight
For Our Rights
Mr. Editor:
“If nothing is too good for Alas
kans” why not pull for statehood
now?
We are told by some who pre- '
tend to know that statehood for
Alaska is a long ways off. So are
told th3t it is a “Long Way to Tip
perary” but we know that when
actuated by a sincere desire, “Pat”
would soon overcome all obstacles
and soon rejoin the sweetest girl he
knew. We believe that if all true
Alaskans will unite, they can over
come all obstacles and soon usher
their magnificient territory into the
Union. All it requires is a sincere
desire to advance the best interest
of our common country.
The part of Alaska qualified for
statehood at the present time, is
larger geographically than a num
ber of states now shining among
the galaxy of stars o nthe blue
field of Old Glory. Our population
is greater than any twenty terri
tories at the time of their admis
sion into the Union.
To keep the portion of Alaska
already possessed of the qualifi
cations for statehood, out of the
Union, is only a move of some of
our astute politicians who are not
quite ready to turn the rich picking
over to the people. It is so much
more easier and vastly more con
venient to fleece the sheep under
a full territorial government than
under a state government. It seems
to the writer that statehood could
be accomplished in the near future
by organizing the people of Alas
ka independently of the present pol
itical parties. When we get ready
to break down the barriers and re
move old wrecks placed In the chan
nel of progress by those working
through the old parties in the in
terest of foreign corporations, we
shall come to our own.
Where is the Alaskan who will
cast off the shackles of the pres
ent political parties, and start the
organization of the people of Alas
ka for the protection of their Ameri
can rights and privileges ?
“ A STATEHOOD ADVOCATE.”
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Take a
Tonight
It will act as a laxative in the
morning
Ketchikan Drug Co.
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LOST
A bunch of 9 or 10 keys includ
| nig i!es<, trunk, and suit case keys
; Finder please leave at Alaska Res
j taurant and receive reward. ad.
PERSONAL MENTION
AN EIGHT POIND BABY GIRL
Born unto Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Aikens. this morning an eight-pound ,
baby girl. Drs. Myers who are at- j
tending, report mother and baby do- i
ing nicely.
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INTERESTING NEW INVENTIONS i
Patent has been granted on a
match scratcher that promises good
return. The article is fastened to
the lappel of the coat and Is so con
structed that any kind of a match
can be lighted on it. This little
invention does away with the marks
that are usually left on paint or
coat and can be placed on the in
side of the lapel out of sight and
will prove convenient to the smoker.
A shoe has been patented that
laces in the front but has an elas
tic section in the back so that It j
can be removed without unlacing, j
For jewelers an Englishman in- j
vented a magnifying glass to be j
attached to spectacles that swing j
to one side when not in use.
A paste made of powdered resin j
and wood alcohol is useful as a j
soldering flux in electrical work, !
and will prevent the joint corroding.
To prevent the misuse of motor
trucks a devise has been patented j
that automatically checks their
speed if driven faster than a set
rate.
A rubber stamp to be strapped
to the palm of the hand to date eggs
as they are taken from nests has
been patented by a Minnesota In
ventor. ~
Electric fans have been designed
to keep the rollers of printing
presses cool or to ventilate rooms
when the presses are not running.
A Colorado inventor's electrical
flat iron is propelled by a motor
driven pulley, an operator having
■ only to control the current and guide
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Big coming event at the Rink.
Watch for date. Adv.
FOUND INSTALLER
IN TROUBLE
Yesterday while cruising in the
vicinity of Hump Island, the launch
Sparrow picked up and towed Into
Loring, the launch Installer. The
Installer was out with a party In
search of the three men who were
aboard the ill-fated Frances R., and
while, in a rough sea the engine went
out of commission, leaving the boat
and its passengers to the mercy of
the bad weather. The anchor line
aboard the Installer was too short
and at the time the Sparrow picked
her up, she was dangerously near a
rocky beach. After repairing the
engine in Loring, the Installer will
resume the search for the Frances
R., unfortunates.
U. S. AVIATION SCANDAL
Chief is Called as Witness in Court
Martial Trial
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30—A re
quest for the appearance of Lieut.
Col. Samuel Reber, chief of the
aviation section of the army, at the
court-martial of Lieut. Col. Lewis
j F. Goodier, judge advocate of the
j western department, was telegraph
ed today to the war department
The prosecution made the request
so that Col. Reber might testify
j concerning correspondence with
j Capt. Arthur S. Cowan, commandant
j of the army aviation school at North
Island, near San Diego, Cal.
1 The evidence already brought out,
that officers who could not fly re
1 ceived the extra pay of aviation of
: ficers, has created a sensation in
army circles and overshadowed the
specific charges upon which Col.
Goodier is being tried.
In a letter written July 21, 1914,
by Coi. Reber to Capt. Cowan the
commander was urged to have cer
tain aviators qualify as soon as pos
sible to fly so they would be eligible
to “flying pay."
“ All you have to do,” the letter
read, “is to sit tight and draw your
pay.”
According to the correspondence
Col. Reber wrote to Capt. Cowan In
December last, saying: "It is rath- |
ev embaraasing to me because Lieut, j
Tatterson hac net spent an hour in
the air. No body has noticed it yet
and no questions have been asked.”
May 14 this year, in a letter from
Col. Reber to Capt. Cowan, the
former wrote with reference to
the charges against Capt. Cowan
that “all you have to do is to keep
quiet. I think I’ll get one or two
scalps before I get through with
this, l^et me handle this matter a
lone."
It was brought, out by the memo
randum, a copy of which was in the
Reber-Cowan correspondence, that
before going to Europe in the sum
mer of lf>14 Col. Reber left word ;
with Capt. O. S. Wallace, disbursing
officer of the signal corps, that as j
soon ns Capt. Cowan made any ,
recommendations they be acted up- j
on without delay.
In response to a question by Capt.
Allen J. Greer, of counsel for the
1 "fondant, Capt. Cowan said Lieut.
Patterson had spend but 54 minutes
in <he air at the time he qualified
as a junior military aviator.
PEEP INTO THE FUTURE
(From Ohio State Journal)
The wireless telephone is not go
ing to stop with terrestrial dis
tances. It is as good for the sol
ar system as it is for Paris or
Japan. Marconi now says he will
talk to the people on Jupiter, Mars,
or Venus if there is anybody there
to talk to. This seems highly pos
sible. As one gets away from the
atmosphere of the earth the condi
tions are more favorable. The wire
less operats in the ether and this
strange supernatural element fills
all space.
There is big Jupiter up in the
eastern skies tonight. There is
nothing but ether between here
and there, and through that the
human voice proceeds without lim
it. It takes only a little over half
an hour for light to come from that
planet to the earth, a distance of
400,000,000 miles. Still, in the wire
less telephone the people up there
are our next door neighbors. And
Saturn is nealy twice as far, but
only an hour between us, if we want
to talk to the Satumians, where the
sun does not look much bigger than
a silver dollar and where they have
no nights.
Then would we dare hope to talk
to the Pleiades ,away out in the
eastern sky, trillions of miles away,
those beautiful sisters who are
dancing the minuet through the
eternal yenrs? Well, it is perfectly
scientific to hope so, if the sisters
are still there. What a thought,
talking through infinity to celes
tial creutures and getting their
views of things in general! For in
stance, we would like to ask Merope
if it paid to marry a mortal, or
Electra, if she is still weeping over
the burning of Troy.
AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE
30th
Sitka and Yakutat entered and
cleared for the fishing banks.
Humboldt cleared for Seattle.
31
Athena from Prince Rupert for
the fishing banks.
Karta from Port Simpson.
Nov. 1.
City of Seattle for the north
Alliance, for Seattle via Sulzer.
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FASHIONS IN FURS
In reply to the question, “Who
creates fashions in Furs?” Mr. J
A. R. Shubert, President of A. B.
Shurbet, Inc., Chicago, U. S. A.,
the largest house in the world deal
ing exclusively in American Raw
Furs, says ,in part as follows:
Women, lovely woman, she is the
creator of styles. She knows what
she wants. If she fancies Fox, that
settles it—Fox will go for sure. Its
fox or nothing. This may seem
strange to those who don’t under
stand the feminine mind, neverthe
less, it is a cock-sure, one best
bet, one guess proposition. In one
respect, women are like sheep, they
follow the leader. Someone in the
world of fashion, and it may be a
member of the nobility, a well
known and popular woman of the
stage or one of high fashionable
society, springs a new stunt, her
own idea or partly that of her
furrier. She flashes it at some
public function. If it takes, it is
more contagious than smallpox. In
time, every woman in the civilized
world wants the same thing. They
don't all get it. Those who have
the price do. Those who don't have
the price, get the next best thing,
as an imitation. By the way of
illustration, I will cite a case. I was
in Paris, August 1913 and was
shown by M. Greenwalt of that
city (the one manufacturer of furs
who has assisted in bringing out
more novelties in ladies furs than
any living man,) the first model of
the now extremely fashionable ani
mal scarf, made from choice silver
fox for Madamo Sarah Bernhard,
the great actress of France. The
fashionable world grabbed for it,
for it had merit, it is becoming to
| any lady. The result was, the big
demand for all kinds of fox, fisher,
lynx and the soft furred northern
wolf "with heads attached. The
market has been cleared of all the
above skins, higher prices will pre
vail for themthis coming season
and will continue so 'long as the
animal scarf remains fashionable.
After that it will be something else.
No one knows what, but it will be
the thing that woman, lovely' Woman
wants, and not what we want to
sell. _ 1
Get the Best at the Lowest Prices
When you buy for cash where goods are osld on a cash bas
is. you have not helped to pay the other man’s bill.
It is worth your time to investigate and convince your
self of the amount you can save each month.
We deliver anywhere.
G. G. Sparbawk, Ketchikan.
I Specials CANNED SALMON Specials I
PINKS 4 cans for 25c. |ij
CHUMS - =■ = - 5 cans for 25c. g
Fresh Eastern Oysters |
SEALSHIPT IN PINT TINS = - - - - 40c. |
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Our new fall packs of Canned Fruits and Vegetables have \\\
arrived |
We would be pleased to quote you our new prices in case lots
Commencing November 1st., and continuing during the winter 8
months, our store will open at 8 a. m. instead of 7. a. m.
J. R. HECKMAN & CO. Service |
Olive Oil—Flesh Builder
One of the beat known and most reliable
tissue builders,
Olive Oil
Emulsion
__, „ jpaphoMvhite*
is both a flesh builder and nerve tonic.
Pleasant to take. Easy to digest.
Ketchikan Drug Oo.
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HEY THERE! THANKSGIVING
MASKQUE HALL GIVEN BY KET
CHIKAN F. O. E.. Adv. tf.
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GREAT SALE ON HATS
Big reduction on all kinds of
hats at Mrs. Washburns, adv.
-s— -
FOR SALE
A house and lot on the Hill. Ap
ply at this office, or to Mrs. George
Chesney. Mv. tf.
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For a delicious cup of coffee, try
A. & K. blend. . For sale by
THE fl. R. THOMPSON STORE
A BOWLING PRIZE
An eight pound turkey for the
best score up to Thanksgiving eve.
At the GRAND
TONIGHT
“The Mystery of Wickham’s Hall”
FEATURING CLEO MADISON, THE CLEVER EMOTIONAL
STAR OF THE TREY ’0 HEARTS
“The Gambler”
A SINGLE REEL DRAMA
“Grand Daddy’s Grand Daughter”
A COMEDY DRAMA
PROGRAM CHANGES WEDNESDAY NIGHT '
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GANNON’S BAKERY &GR0GERY .
14 lbs. cane sugar $1.00
Com .15
Ail milk 3 cans .25
8 oz. can Bakers cocoa .25
Amocat Coffee .40
Reliance Coffee .40
Gold Shield coffee .40
Canned Pineapple .15 & .20
String beans, .20c. two for .35
Sweet potatoes, 20c. 2 for .36
Krout, 20c. 2 for .35
E. J. Peas, 20c. 2 for .35
Golden Wax beans ,20c. 2 for .35
Pumpkin, 20c. 2 for .35
Hominy, 20c. 2 for .35
Solid Pack, Amocat and Reliance
Tomatoes, .16 ;
Ranch Eggs per doz. .35
Lend fhrerer cocoannt per lb. .20
Baking powder, per lb. .16
Your money back if not satisfied.
Bread, Rolls, Pies, Cakes and Layer
Cakes, Angel Food, White Oake, Jel
ly Roll, Lemon Roll, Onp Oakes, Gin
ger Bread, Cocoannt Kieses, Maca
roons, Honey Jumbles, Frosted Oreams,
Lemon, Sugar, Ourrant, Spiee and Co
coanut Cookies, DoughnutB and Toast.
Our Big Closing Out Sale
I I IS ON AND ALREADY A GREAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE AVAILED
THEMSELVES OF THE WONDERFULLY
LOW PRICES
WE ARE MAKING ON EVERY ARTICLE IN OUR LARGE STOCK OF
JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, '.WATCHES, AND
CDT CLASS
THE LINES ARE AS YET UNBROKEN, AND YOU WILL DO WELL
TO CALL AND MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS EARLY. FOR A
DEPOSIT DOWN
WE WILL HOLD ANY ARTICLE SELECTED, TO BE CALLED FOR
LATER
THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL NEVER AGAIN PRESENT ITSELF
TO THE PEOPLE OF KETCHIKAN, SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT
NOW.
Ryus Drug: Company
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