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QUANTITY
SELLERS
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SEATTLE
PACKERS
QUALITY
BROKERS
SERVICE
ALASKA—WASHINGTON—CALIFORNIA
SAILING FROM KETCHIKAN
Northbound Southbound
City of Seattle, Feb. 20 City of Seattle Feb.25
City of Seattle Mar.4 Adm. Farragut Mar .5
Farragut Mar. 14 City of Seattle Mar.7
Regular Sailings Seattle to California
For further information call at office or
Telephone 77 V. A. Peterson, Agettt
Princess Mary
[CANADIAN! SOUTHBOUND
^PACIFIC/ March 11—21 April 1—11—21 and
railway# May 2—12—23
for
PRINCE RUPERT. VANCOUVER. SEATTLE &
Particulars from F. E. Ryus. Agent Ketchikan
Alaska Steam hip
Company
COMFORT AND SERVICE
All sailings subject to change without notice
Tickets to Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria and Van
couver. B. C.—Rail tickets to the East
SS. Alaska Northbound Jan. 28, Feb. 7 and 27
Returning Southbound 8 days Later
SS. Alameda, Northbound February 17th.
Returning Southbound 10 days Later
C. M. TAYLOR, Agent TELEPHONE 64
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ROSS & CO. TRANSFER
Coal Hauled rrom All Docks
Goods of All Kinds Stored
At Reasonable Rates
FRANK W. ROSS COMPANY
-PHONE 64
Office Phone 76 Res. 121
ALASKA TRANSFER
GENERAL TRANSFER
All Orders Promptly Attended
To
PHONE 222 DAY OR NIGHT
BAGGAGE DELIVERED DAY
OR NIGHT
GEO. F. FORREST, JR.
KE rCHIKAN WHARF CO.
C. M. TAYLOR
Ph. :e 64 Agent
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MAI " A NOTE OF
Otm NOTICE
that ' - are making inmmar dalTVer
les c ->al now for next winte’s nee.
Tell f id husband he should take ad
vent; ;;i of summer prices and order
the t ’ now Better be prepared
for r imergency and the saving is
not t e despised. Phone us how
•'ll--'’ v i what sind. We’ll start the
■ t. a.ng a; once
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ALASKA RESTAURANT
F. C. HAGIWARA. Prop.
NOODLES AND CHOP SUE^
Special From 4 P. M. to 2 A. M.
BOX SEATS FOR LADIES
End of Mission Street
AT THE POODLE DOG
GRILL
IN A LITTLE C08EY CORNER
of this restaurant you will find &vte
little tables just big enough for two.
Bring her here and delight her with
one of our delightful dinners or
suppers. It may give her a lesson In
the art of cookery that will set her
to studying.
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AVALANCHE KILLS
DISCHARGED SOLDIER
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ANCHORAGE, (By Mail)—Buried '
fifty feet beneath a slide of snow on
the trail between Portage and Mile
63 on the government railroad Is the
body of Ralph K. Pulver, 28 years
: old. an honorably discharged soldier
! who lost his life while on his way to
Anchorage to take a position in the
stores department of the Alaskan En-1
. qineering Commission. The body can-'
| not be recovered until warm weather
i in the soring or early summer re
j moves the snow now on top of Itl;
The young man leaves a widow In
Anchorage.
Mr. Pulvei. resigned form the stores1
department of the commission last
year to enter the army. Immediately
after hi* enlistment he was detailed
to Fort Liscum at Valder for train
ing. Subseouently he was assigned
to the United Staes Guards on duty;
in Alaska. After several months hi;
this branch of the service and follow,
in? a great deal of correspondence,
I he obteained an order transferring;
him to Clamp Lewis, Washington,1
where he was to report to a military
contingent for overseas service. Atj
! the time of the issuance of this order J
early In November, he was a corporal]
in tha detachment of United States
Guards stationed at Anchorage. He
left for Camp Lewis at once, but had;
gone only as far ae Seward, where hej
was waiting for a steamship for 8*-:
attle, when the armistice waa signed1
and he was directed by telegraph to;
; return to Anchorage barracks.
With the war at an end, Mr. Pulv-I
er was anxious to be discharged from,
the army. He arranged with the
Alaakan Engineering Commission to;
resume his position with It and the^
wa3 granted leave by his command-:
ing officer at Anchorage to go to Fort
Liscum to obtain from the comman
dant there honorable dismissal from
; the service.
The young man, after having ae
i complished his mittien at Fort Lls
cum, wt] so eager te return to An*
chorage that he did not wait at Val
dez for the tardy arrival of an ocean
: steamship bound for Seward. He and
a companion, Joseph Robbins, took
passage in a gasoline launch to Por
tage Bay. From there they Started
over the trail for Mile 63 on the rail
road, planning ^to follow the rail
route from Mile 63 to Anchorage.
They had travelled but four miles on
the trail from Portage Bay, when an
1 avalanche of snow down a hillside
j caught and entombed Mr. PulvSr.
' His companion, who escaped the slide
made futile effort to recover the
buri-ed man and then hastily return
ed to Portage Bay, and from there a
few days later in a luneh to Valdez.
A squad of soldiers, with Mr. Rob
bins as guide, went from Fort Lis
cum to the scene of the slide. They
soon realized, that any effort to find
the body would be useless. It might
have been carried fifty or five hund
red feet from the place where Mr.
Puiver was last seen alive and the
snow was packed so tight that it was
almost as solid as ice.
CAVE WOMAN 18 HEROINE
LENOX, Mass.—Miss Beatrice Bi
shop, the "cave woman of the Berk
shires,” who explored the hills and
caves with her father, figured in a
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runaway of her father’s team of Alaa-j
kan malamutee.
Misa Bishop, with Postmaster John
son, of Lenox, was on route to Lenox!
station to sscure the mail and haul it.
back to the postoffice when the sledge
on which they were riding tipped over.
The dogs made a dash for freedom,'
and the two passengers were dragged
over the hard crust for some distance.:
Postmaster Johnson was badly bruis
ed and cut. Miss Bishop escaped with
bumps, and managed to recapture the
dog team and proceed on her way to
the station to get the mail. ;
Mr. Bishop bought the dogs in
Alaska and brought them to Lenox
this Fall for the purpose of guarantee
ing regular mall delivery to the mil
lionaires who spend the Winter sea
son here. This was their first trip
for the mail.—Boston News.
AUTHORITIES TELL
WHY BUILDING
IS SLACK
What is holdinq back building and
construction work?
More than five hundred opinions
on this question have been received
In the last two weeks by the Infor
mation and Education Service of the
U. S. Department of Labor. Many
building authorities blame Congress,
others charge the financial interests
of the country with responsibility. In
the centra! west, freight rates' are
said to be exerting an injurious in
fluence. In the main, high costs of
are held to be the chief
obstacle.
“Don’t exocct private capital to
build merely for the sake of furnish
ing iobs for workmen," writes a well
known architect from Buffalo. "That
is the obligation of the government,
be it local, state or national. Let
public works be started at once for
the benefit of the public. The cost
will be high and the public will have
*o pay the price, but the public will
reap the benefit In the reduction of
unemployment, the absorption of the
products of many industries and the
use of many works of which there is.
treat need.”
From Passaic, N. Js comes the fol-;
lowing statement: "I an greatly hind
ered in progress of thle work by not
being able to procure loans by way
of mortage. In large amounts, say,
in the neighborhood of $150,000. The
banking institutions and mortgage
companies are making only small
loans around here and, even where
there Is ample security, will not con
sider investing a large amount of
money in one place."
Labor conditions and demands are
held to be unfavorable to immediate
building operations by many of the.
authorities writing to the Information
and education service Lack of cooper
atlon on the part of financial interests
s»ems to be-the outstanding obstacle
'n many states,
The Department of Labor points out
that building, being a basic industry,
will stimulate general business and is.
therefore very vital to continued
financial prosperity The national eco
nomic, Jqas resulting from Idleness of
thousands of men cannot be permitted
and Its Injurious effects escaped Pre
sent building costs are not so high
'hat they equal in the aggregate' the
wealth of the dountcy losses through
the idleness following In the wake of
building stagnation Homes are need
John Davis & Son
Pioneer Boat Builders
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Designers and Builders of Seine
and Twilling Boats. All work Guar
anteed. Let us figure with you for
your new boat.
Plact# your order earlytp£i£&,
Can make quick delivery on new or repair work
John Davis $,£$8^
* Metis katlav Alaska
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RWAY
i Cans
d Gorr
With a
ocdan
ed, business quarters are needed, pu
blic works are needed 1 The United
States is the wealthiest country In the
world! The most reliable authorities
in the country assert that unjirecedent
ed prosperity is ahead! ^Why longer
delay the-mivat of boNdiing?* s ' I
havs
dian _
meres, e?tperljnrt^*S
view to e*tr*teH»* u
water, by
been successful and two salt factories
near future, by the name of De Nor
ske Saltvertkdr; One is’to be In
western and -the j other in northern
Norway, as thesff “dlstTlcta, on nc-j
count of the fisheries, are the best
home markets. ach factory is cal
culated to produce 50 000 tons of salt
per year for a start, but they will be
so built that the production can be
brought up to double the quantity, if;
necessary. Besides the salt, different
by-products will be made. The capi
tal for the two factories Is calculat
ed at 20.000,000 crowns ($5,360,000).
Each of them will take about 6,500
hoisepower for the normal production.
During the war it has been difficult
to get salt from abroad and some
times it has been Impossible to suit
down the fish. The new salt works
should greatly improve the situation.
Private Abe Botway. formerly with
the U. S. Signal Corps In this city
is now located at Petersburg, Alaska.
—Valdei Miner.
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Notice Is hereby given that the
Common Council of the city of Ket
chikan hereby invitee bide for a con
tract for the construction of a con
crete walk on the east side of Front
street from D ock Street to j
Grant street according to apeelfica
ions in the hands of the city derit.
All bide to specify the length of time
the work te guaranteed and to be In
the hands of tho city dork on or be
fore March 5th, 1919.
S. A. Flumley,
City Clerir.
Masquerade Prizes j
Now on Display!
The prize to be awarded for the best
costumes “Made in Ketchikan” at the
Eag]es Masquerade March 17. St.
Patrick's night are now on display;
in the windows of the various stores j
about town.
At Berthelsen. & Eruell are two prizes
to be awarded for the prize waltz. At
Walker Drug is theprize for the best
dressed lady. The prize for the best
sustained lady character Is at the
Tongess Trading Co., also for the most
comical lady character. At Finite! &
Finzel is the prize for host sustained;
man character, and the prizo for the;
most comical man I« at the Ketchi
kan Meat Market, adr.
Jewelry Shop
~ IiTWatches, Diamonds Jewel
£y, Spectacles, Cut Glass, Silver-j
Ware, Clocks and Curios,
REPAIRING a SPECIALTY
Chas. J. Engstrom
Thirty-five years Experience.
Jeweler
ABLE OF DISTANCES
FROM KETCHIKAN
£ This table Is compiled la nautical
piles which are 6080 feet The larg
est part of this list was complled4for
the Post Office by the Captain of the
Qedney a ad Is aumentlc.
Three Tree Point 46 Stewart B. C. 160
Prince Rupert 66
Seattle 660 Wrangell
vtersburg 116 Juneau
okagway 304 Sitka
Dotoml
16
30
m
31
n
98
103
126
Sbakan via Chacon
Bell Island 60 Unnk River
Alarv island 28 Hadley
UpdetaH*
Metlakatle
Nfblack
Khsaan
Klam
fe» Bay
Sniffer
Waterfall
Klawock
Choaley
HWITs
iMlgg
Cape ChhooD
Hewkan
Craig
Karheen
66
223
292
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30*
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n
in
160
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70
28
90
JEWELERS
W atch Repairing anti Engraving Diamonds &
Nugget Jewelry ar.d Indian Curios in ail Designs l
MAIL ORDERS A SPECIALTY
Ketchikan - ... Alaska
J. H. Davies
Jno. R. Beegle
Jno. R. Beegle tEL Co.
ACCIDENT, FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS
CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS
BONDS OF ALL KINDS
CUSTOMS HOUSE LIABILITY
NOTARIES
Office Next Door to Customs Houso Phone 143. Night 25
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THE ENGINE/REFINEMENT
For. iFb
finest boats t/?atfYeat
Ask about the 12-15 H. P. Heavy Duty Price
-H. R.THOMPSON, Agent.
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G ROUND ICE
FOR HALIBUT BOATS
The Alaska Coast Fish Co., has established an ioing station on
Chicagof Island at a point two miles West of
POINT ADOLBHUS
ICY STRAITS
~ ~ W? are iiow prepared to deliver ground ice In any quantity
AT OUR ICING STATION
ALASKA COAST FISH COMPANY
Restaurant For Sale/—Address, M.
L., P. O. B. 742/—adv.
WANTED—Girl at the Liberty
Lunch/—adv.
TOR SALE:—12 h. p. 2 cylinder 4
cycle' med., duty engine. 8 skate of
halibut gear, anchors and buoys, one
dory. H. C. Hankins, first house
south of Heath’s store, adv. Imp.
MRS. J. A. RUMMER, late of Se
attle, will do plain and fancy dress
aking. Phone 222.—adv. Imp.
For Sale—36 ft fishing Boat—16
H. P. Heavy duty Engino. Apply at
Inman’s Boat House.—adv. 6tp
HOWARD BUYS*!
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REGISTRATION
The Registration Books afe HOW
open at the Council Chamber from
1 o’clock.p. m. to 5 o’clock p. U. for
the registration of legal votctfl of
the City of Ketchikan.
Registration closes March 23th,
191f), at 4 o’clock p. m. Datod F!el>
ruary 19th, 1919.
S. A. Plumley,
Registration officer.
INDEPENDENT
DRAYINO CO.
Coal j& Frsight Hauled
From all Doclts
Office Phone 64 Res. G 121
CHRIS SORENSEN,Prop.
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