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ALASKA—WASHINGTON—CALIFORNIA
SaII ING FROM KETCHIKAN
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Add. Watson April 3 City of Seattle April 1
City of Seattle April $ Add Farragut April 3
r' :j* ”,i! April 10 City f Seattle April 13
Add Fvear.5 April 17 Add Watson April 20
R. eSailings Seattle to California
For further information call at office or
fciephon? 7 7 V. A. Peterson. Agent
Sailin'. dates subject to change without notice
Princess Mary
ICANAOiANl sovthbocxd
^PACIFIC/ March 11—21 April 1—11—21 and
May 2—12—23
FOR
PRINCE RUPERT. VANCOUVER. SEATTLE &
Particulars from F. E. Ryus. Agent Ketchikan
-.*i!in . - subject to change without notice. Tick
t~ to Seattle. Tacoma. Victoria. Vancouver B. C.
Jefferson Northbound March 30. April 11—23
aid return southbound 4 days later.
S>. Alaska Northbound March- 29. April IS re
turning 10 days later
'i~ Alameda. Northbound April 3. Returning
i > days later
•Northwestern Northbound April 10. May 3 Re
turning S days later
C. M. TAYLOR, Agent TELEPHONE 64
ALASKA DELIVERY
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ROSS & CO. TRANSFER
Coal Hauled Trom All Docks
Goods of All Kinds Stored
At Reasonable Rates
ROSS & McKAY Props.
-PHONE 64
Office Phone "6 Res. 121
ALL DOCKS
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Ketchikan -<•
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ALASKA TRANSFER
GENERAL TRANSFER
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AH Orders Promptly Attended
To
PHONE 222 DAT OR NIGHT
BAGGAGE DELIVERED DAY
OR NIGHT
GEO. F. FORREST. JR.
KETCHIKAN WHARF CO.
C. M. TAYLOR
Phone 64
Agent
MAKE A NOTE OF
OUR NOTICE
:hat *e are rnasing summer deliver
ies of eoa. no* for next -rintea use
Tel; friend h stand he should laite vd
* antage ot • u-.rer - and order
the coat no's Belter ^ prepared
for a ay emergency and the saving is
not to be despised. Phone us ho*
moch and what aind We’ll start the
delivering at • once.
bowling Aliy
And Pool Hall
Everything New
an*d Up*to=Date
K. 7AKATA ana J. K. TATSUDA
PROPRIETORS
INDEPENDENT
DRAY I NO CO.
Coai & Frsight Hauled
From all Docies
Office Phone 64 Res. G 121
CHRIS SOREXSEN.Prop.
aIa'ska restaurant
F. C. HAGIWARA, Prop.
NOODLES AND CHOP SUE’i
Special From 4 P. M. to 2 A. >1.
BOX SEATS FOR LADIES
End of Mission Street
AT THE POODLE DOG
GRILL
Riw
5TAURAHJ.
AFTER AN AbTO RiDE
cr a waik or the theatre whtn you
f«: iieke eating something nice and
ait/ step m tins restaurant ana
yc-i a? sure to get what you want.
You’li find our service prompt and
dtft aad cur food cooked to perfection
to eat r>gre once is to oeciae on
making it a habit.
WICKERSH AM LETTER
TO SECRETARY LANE
^Continued from yesterday)
Extortionate Freight Rates
Since April ?. 1SH, the White Pass
Co. in conjunct i n with the Alaska SS.
Co., has had undisputed control over
fr :ght rates on the Yukon ar.d Tanana
Riv >rs. while the Alaska SS. Co. has ex
brted an equally undisputed control ov
er coastwise rates from Seattle to
S ward and Anchorage, the Pacific
Coast terminals of the Government
Railrou i These two interests are so
Intimately associated in the control of
rates as to be practically one concern.
The joint and several rates established
and maintained by them on Alaska bus
iness. and in effect there ever since
the Government Railroad was organiz
ed in March. 1914. are the most extor
tionate which afflict American trade,
and bear particularly heavy on the pea
pie of Alaska.
The American Railway Express Co.’s
rates are also made on Alaskan busi
- -s in connection with those two
transportation interests, and reflect
their extortionate policy in transporta
tion rates. Just a single instance will
exhibit how the Government Railroad
is used and controlled by those com
bined interests:—The American Rail
way Express Co. charges a rate- of 25
cents per pound. $25 per bunlred. for
shipping express matter over the Gov
ernment Railroad from Seward to An
c!. rage, Alaska, a distance of only
115 miles.—a rate of $500 per ton.
The Government Railroad carries that
xpr-" for the American Railway Ex
press Co. for $2.40 per hundred, or
$4S per ton, thus giving the Express
Company a profit of $22.60 per hun
dred. or $452.00 p. r ton. for receiping
f-t rwarding and delipering at Anchor
r. ge Why do you assist the Erpress
Company in imposing>sjich extortion
: - rate burdens on- the shippers a
Icr g the People's Railroad. If it is ac
t ■ worth $25 per hundred to trans
port such express matter, why does the
Government do the actual work of
- a. -porting for $2.40, and give the ex
c-.ss profit of $22.6 ' to the Express
Company.
Then, too, the charge of$2.4u per
jndn-d imposed by the Government
Railroad is itself highly excessive, no:
to mention the heroic size of the Ex- ■
pr. ss Company's rate, for it costs but
$1.54 p- r hundred to ship the same
character of express matter from!
Washington, D. C. to Now York City
—a distance of 22S miles—twice the
distance from Seward to Anchorage.;
At in, Alaska rate p-r mile it ought
'. c :-t $4.S4 from Washington to New
York. which shows that even the Gov
ernme-nt rate of $2.40 per hundred ov
r the People's Railroad in Alaska is
more than 200 per cent greater per
mile than the Washington-New York)
rate ver the Pennsylvania Railroad, j
But. when you permit the Express
Company to pile ou a $25 per hundred
rate, it becomes a crime against the
development of Alaska.—it is more
than 16 times as nuiCh as the Washing
ton-Xew York rate. Then, too, if the
Government Railroad, under your
management, i- determined to go into
profiteering on the shippers in Alas
ka. why do you give nine-tenths of the
loot to the Express Company.
While the excessive rates imposed
upon the public on the Yukon and Tan
ana Rivers, at Xenana terminal of the
Government Railroad are not fixed by
you. they have your approval. and are
just as harmful to the success of that
railroad which you administer. In
1914. the minimum of flat rate to Fair
banks over the steamboat lines on these
rivers was less than $40 per ton. In s
x-• 1T. it had increased without your ob
jection to $50 per ton, and in 191S, in
view of your failure to build over the
Bread Pass it was advanced to $62 per
ton. And. mind you. this was the
minimum or base rate; the actual
rates paid by the shippers ran up to
$S2. $110. $124, and even to $1S5 per
on exceptional commodities. and
new stand at those heights.
In 1916. horses feed sold for $160
p. r ton at Fairbanks, teamsters killed
their horse3 and walked out of thecoun
try. broke and disheartened. The Gov
ernment Railroad needed every hors
and every man. but you made n • ef
fort to assist them, as you might
have done with your powerful influ
riiCi as Administrator of the Govern
ment Railroad, to secure just and rea
sonable rates so they could exist in
•he Tauana county, In your Estimate
1920, page T62, you estimate for the
Fairbanks Division for “Horse feed.
500 tons at $S0 per ton," while those
teamsters had to kill their horses and .
abandon th, country because they
could sot pay $160 per ton for the
same feed at the same wharf wher
yours is landed. And so it is with the
food supplies, mining materials, etc.,
for the miner and homeseeker in tha?
wide and fertile valley.
In the tariff rules promulgated by
you for the- Government Railroad it is
Provided that the Railroad will ad
vanc- to Ocean and Inland Water Car
riers (which means the Alaska Steam-j.
ship Company at Seward and Anchor- ■
age. :id the White Pass Company at j
Xenana) their unpaid transportation!!
charges on through freight and will |
idd those charges to the local way bill
and colect from the consignee at the!
?oint of delivery on the Railroad, j
Phis joiner in rates with these ear
ners at bot'.i Railroad terminals gives
he public to understand that the •’
Railroad is a participant in their ex- j •:
ortionate rates. And when the ship- •!
pors discover that the Railroad rates
over the Government line are more ex
cessive than those of the connecting
water carriers, the impression of the
unfairness on the part of the Govern
ment line is accentuated.
(Continued Tomorrow)
FOR SALE.— Kimball Organ cheap.
Phone 205 —Adv. tf.
FOl XD—Four keys on string; Own
er may have same by applying this
office and paying for adv,
\\ ANTED—Room and board with
Private family. Apply Bookkeeper
Western Meat £- Fish Co, 2tp,
FOR SALE—Two-chair barber out
fit and cigar case to be sold below
cost. Enquire this office. Adv 6t.
MRS. J. A. RUMMER, late of Se
attle. will do plain and fancy dross
aking. Phone 222.—adr. Imp.
FOR SALE:—12 h. p. 2 cylinder 4
cycle medium duty. Apply H. C. Hen
kins, first house south of Heath’s
store. —Adv. Imp
FOR uHAR) ER: A 40 ft. boat suit
able fcr fish b- or general utility.
New Standard rr,3'.--. Addresh Box
547 Ketrhikan. Adv.Imp.
FOR SALE.—Gas Boat 25 feet long
ia good condition, with 8 li. p. Palm
er engine. 4 cycle, in good working
order, for $550, at the Mather Iron
Works. —Adv. 1 mo. p
FOR SALE — A homestead two
miles from Haines on Government
road and Chilkat river. Convenient
to saltry. cannery and good school.
See Mrs Steve Ragan. —Adv, 6t.
FOR SALE Trolling boat 26-foot
double bunk New shipmate stove,
p.ew 7 h. p. four cycle engine, 40-gal.
fuel tank Electric lighted. Cuto
sparker tender Some fishing gear.
Price $750.
One 24-foot Cape Cod Dory with 35
h. p. E. M. F. Engine. $250 cash,
One 22-foot Gill Net Skiff $25.00. ;
Enquire Looker's Camp, Mud Bay.
—3tp. Adv.
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE OF HANS PETER
LARSEN, Deceased:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, by the:
undersigned Joseph Ulmer, Adminis-j
trator of the estate of Hans Peter Lar
sen, deceased, to the creditors and alii
nersons having claims against the said
deceased to present them with the pro
per vouchers within six months from
t e date of this notice to Joseph Ulmer
administrator of said estate at Ketchi
kaa, Alaska.
Dated this 14th day of March, 191*
First publication March 14, 1‘19
Last publication April 11, 1919
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> CHAS. H. COSGROVE -3
Attorney at Law -3
GENERAL PRACTICE -3
Ketchikan, Alaaka 4
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There are more than 3,000,000 Ford ears in daily oueration in
the United States. This is a little better than one-half of all the
motor cars used in America. The Ford car is every man's neces
sity. No matter what his business may be, it solves the problem
of cheapesttransportation. We solicit your order now, because
production is limited, and we must make it the rule to supply
iirst orders first. Touring Car, $525, Runabout, $500; Coupe
$650; Sedan, $775, Truck Chassis, $550. These prices f. o. b.
Detroit. ,
MARSHALL, NEWMAN & COMPANY
Juneau- Alaska. Authorized Ford Dealers
We also carry a full line of Ford parts
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Jno. R. Beetle
J. H. Davies
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Jno. R. Beegie (Si Co.
ACCIDENT. FIRE ANI) MARINE INSURANCE
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS
CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS
BONDS OF ALL KINDS
CUSTOMS HOUSE LIABILITY
NOTARIES
OfRt-e Next Door to Customs House Rhone 140. Nisjht 25
““Engines of Quality—
For the finest boats that f* >at
For Sale by
H. ft THOMPSON ’ Lo.
John Davis & Son
Pioneer Boat Builders
Designers and Builders of Seine
and Trolling Boats. All work Guar
anteed. Let us figure with you for
your new boat.
Place your order early lo avoid rush
( an make quiek delivery on new or repair work
John Davis & Son
Metlakatla, Alaska
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FOR SALE SCOW ELLIOTT
1. 75 by 20 feet— 43 Tons.
Home on Scow ....18 by 62
Suitable for Saltery
All in good condition Inquire of W.
A. Bryant, at Heckman Co.
KETCHIKAN CLEANING
& PRESSING WORKS
Suits Sponged and pressed, Dry or
Steam Cleaned. All kinds of La
dies Garments. Gloves, snoes
spats, wool t>nirts & sweaters
All Work Guaranteed; Phone 222
BROWN & KUMER, Props.
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S. A. PLUMLEY
Attorney and Counselor-at-Law
OfTice—Town Council Chambers
* Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Expert grinding and saw-fltting at
Sully s ' arpenter Shop.—adv tf.
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Stedman HotelOffice V,
Jewelry Shop
in Watches, Diamonds~Jewel
rv, Sp- Ancles, Cut Glass, Silver
ware, Clocks and Cu’ios._
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Jeweler
Thirty-five years Experience.
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