BUYERS
QUANTITY
SELLERS
RELIABILITY
SAN FRANCISCO
wire—G. W. Hume Company
CANNED SALMON
SEATTLE
W rite
PACKERS
QUALITY
BROKERS
SERVICE
ALASKA—WASHINGTON—CALIFORNIA
-Southeastern Alaska Route
CITY OF SEATTLE
North Feb. 7th. South Feb. 12th.
-Southwestern Alaska Route—
ADMIRAL WATSON South January 13
Two Sailings per week Seatle to California
For information of sailing and arrival dates, call at lo
j cal office or Phone.
[ Telephone 77 V. A. Peterson, Agent
Princess Mary
SOUTHBOUND
Jan. 3-17-31. Feb. 14-28
FOR
PRINtE RUPERT, VANCOUVER. SEATTLE &
Particulars from F. E. Ryus. Agent Ketchikan
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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 Uth.
Returning Southbound 10 days Later
C. M. TAYLOR. Agent TELEPHONE 64
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ALASKA DELIVERY
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Walter (»rai Prop +
COAL HELIVKKEU FROM <•
ALL DOCKS *
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phones 5\ -77 Ketchikan *!•
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OSS & CO. TRANSFER
Coal Hauled from AH Docks
Goods of All Kinds Stored
At Reasonable Rates
'"RANK W. ROSS COMPANY
-PHONE 64
!ice Phone 76 Res. 121
XUS KATR AN SFER
GENERAL TRANSFER
II Orders Promptly Attended
To
. Phone 7 or 136
Nisrht Phone 45
\GGAGE DELIVERED DAY
OR NIGHT
JiEO. F. FORREST, JR.
ETCHIKAN WHARF CO.
C. M. TAYLOR
lone 64
Agent
a'ke A NOTE 01
OUR NOTICE
at we are making summer dellver
k of coal now for next winte’s use.
ill friend husband he should take ad
ntage of summer prices and order
e coal now'. Better be prepared
" any emergency and the saving is
t to be despised. Phone us how
tch. and what kind. We’ll start the
ijveriif at. once.
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* 8. A. PLUMLEY
Attorney and Cownselor-at-Law <•
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v Ketchikan, Alaska. *
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ALASKA RESTAURANT
F. C. HAGJWARA, Prop.
NOODLES AND CHOP SUEY
Special Frons 4 P. M. to 2 A. M.
BOX SEATS FOR LADIES
End of Mission Street
AT THE POODLE DOG
GRILL
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IN A LITTLE COSEY CORNER
of this restaurant you will find cute
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 j
the art of cookery that will set her
to studying.
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*:• CHAS. H. COSGROVE *
❖ Attorney at Law
•:* GENERAL PRACTICE *
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* HARRY R. RACE
+ Optician
+ With Ryus Drug Co.
+ • .EXAMINATIONS FRET
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WAGE SCALE FOR SHIP
BUILDING WORKERS
The full text of the uniform national
wage scale for shipbuilding workers
in all parts of the country, as award
; ed by the Shipbuilding Wage Adjust
ment Board on October 24, 1918, is
published in the December number of
the Monthly Labor Review just issu
ed by the Department of Labor.
For wage-adjustment purposes the
shipyards were placed in two divisions
one including those of the Atlantic
coast, Gulf, and Great Lakes dis
tricts, and the other including those
on the Pacific coast. The new scale
provides a substantial increase over
existing wages, the basic crafts be
ing granted a rate of 80 cents an hour
as compared with an existing rate of
65 5-8 cents on the Pacific coast and
70 cents on the Atlantic coast.
The award affecting Pacific coast
shipyards is retroactive to August 1,
1918; the other award is effective as
of October 1, 1917
The rates are based on cost of living
figures supplied by the United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics, which in
dicate an average increase of 20 per
cent on the Pacific coast from Oct
ober, 1917, to October, 1918, and Of
15 per cent in the other shipbuilding
centers from December, 1917, to Au
gust ,1918 The 80 cent rate however
does not apply to laborers or to every
class of skilled mechanic.
In each district the board increas
ed the rates for laborers and heloers
"upon whom the burden of rising
costs of living falls most heavily as
much or more than is required by a
strict anplicatinn of increase in cost
of living reported by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics.” In the case of cer
tain skilled trades, also.the board did
not deem it “necessary or wise to
aooly this entire increas- in the cost
of living to occupations already above
the base rate of the scale for the skill
ed trades”
Important features of the awards
are provisions for (1) semiannual
(Apr. 1 and Oct. 1) readiustment o*
wages on the basis of changes in the
cost of living as determined for the
boa-d bvthn Bureau of Labor Statis
tics- (2) o-oan'ration of shoo com
mittees. representing settle yard grie
vances: and f3'guaranties of the con
tinuation of ooenshop conditions
where now prevailing and of the right
Expert grinding and saw-fitting ai !
Sail;.- s r arpenter Shop.—adv tf.
FOR SALE—40 H.P. 3cycle Frisco
Standard Marine Engine. Can be
installed in first class condition for
less than $2000.00. Engine was run
to Alaska last spring. In running
condition but needs overhauling. See
or correspond with Ed. H. Miller,
Baranof, Alaska.—adv. 6tp.
PHONE 203
Frank Nishimura Prop.
Cars for Hire by Hour day or
contract—Odd jobs solicited by
!tunr or day.
SERVICE
KETCHIKAN
Draying Company
All Orders will be promptly and
carefully executed.
Baggage Delivered Day and
Night
ED. NEWMAN
Office Phone 60 Residence Phone 157
i'OR SALE:— Schooner 60 ft. long
:7 it. beam,6 1.2 ft. draft, 3 1.2 depth
Df hold, capacity .inder deck 18,000
silver salmon, on deck 2,000 25 h. p.
Heavy duty 2 c/lindeis Union engine,'
Horns 3 gallons lot Mate p-t hour.,
-»o0 gallons fuel • ank. S S.aeed S
Mid haif per hour. Pr o - $4,000 Apply
to S. L. Johnson. West Seattle Boat
House Seattle, Wash
RELIABLE CARPENTER
Hther house or bc.ru Work
Estimates Cheerfully
Given For Any Job.
Addrees P. 0. Box 565
NU BONE CORSETS j
Just received a shipment of White, |
’’ink. cud BrocaJed Nu Bone Corsets.1
;• ail .-!zes. and prices just the same.'
no higiei. Prices $s.00 to $12.00 A1 ,
S'.i Brassieres and Confmers. Tele- ,
phone 122.
MRS. T. R NEEDHAM
. •- vi -—h TirrrrTtY ftfit rr r«*Yir r n>
: of workmen to join unions without
_j company interference or discrimina
j tion.
The awards made were first submit
ted to, and approved by, the confer
ence of national labor adjusting agen
j cies. The award applying to the At
: latic coast, Gulf, and Great Lakes
shipyards, and that affecting the Pa
| cific coast shipyardsare substantially
| the same.
The principal characteristic of the
decision is that they establish uniform !
national wage rates for practically all
I of the skilled trades. The board]
adopted these uniform national rates
vecause experience has convinced
them that by this means only can ;
they put a stop to that shifting of;
employees from yard to yard and dis- I
trict to district which continues to
be a chief obstacle to efficient ship
produatioif and which causes enor
mous losses, both to the workers and
the Government. This decision is in
compete accord with the urgent re
quests of representatives of both em-;
poyees and employers.
Added arguments for uniform na
tions] rates are that citizens work
ing for the Government—and work
on ships is now essentially Govern
ment work—feel that they should all
be treated alike; that there are no
longer any marked differences in the’
cost of Jiving between different sec-1
tions; and that the Federal Employ
ment Service, rather than divergent
wage rates with their unsettling ten
dencies, should be relied upon to ef
fect whatever shifting of wage earn
ers is necessary to the carrying out i
of the war program.
From the evidence submitted to the
board by the Bureau of Labor Statis
tics in reference to the increase in the:
cost of ilving in the five Pacific coast •
shipbuilding centers and in 16 Atlan
tic coast, Gu]f, and Great Lakes ship-,
building centers they concluded as
follows:
(a) The average increase in the
cost of living on the Pacific coast
from October 1917, to October, 1913, |
was 20 per cent.
(b) Applying this average increase!
to the basic daily wage of $5.25, es-1
tablished by our previous decision.]
the new batfc wage for the $5.25 j
crafts would be $6.30, or 78 3-4 cents j
an hour.
(c) The average increase in the;
cost of living in the shipbuilding Cent-!
ers of the Atlantic coast, Gulf, and
Great Lakes for the eight months:
from December, 1917, to August, 1918
was 15 per cent. In the absence of.
statistics for the precise period, Feb- i
ruary to October, since our first dec':- i
s<on for these Eastern shipyards was
rendered, we assume that the increase
for these eight months was th same
as for the overlapping eight months
covered by the bureau’s investigation :
that is, 15 per cent.
(d) Adding 15 per cent to the bas
ic hourly rate of 70 cents would make
the new rate 80 1-2 cents.
(e) In the interest of uniformity
and to comply with the unaa'mous
request of the international and local
representatives of labor who appear
ed before us for a national wage
sca]e, we have made the basic hourlv I
for delivery
AT KETCHIKAN
WANTED, to buy a worthy gas
boat 25 to 30 feet long and 8 to 10
foot beam, Columbia River style pre
ferred. Must be in good condition,
engine and hull. In answering give
Ihe dimension, if equipped with mast
and sail, horsepower and make of
engine: age of boat and engine, and
cash price. Post office Box 1287,
Tacoma, Wash.—adv.
NOTICE OF MEETING
Alaska Labor Union Number Five
will meet at eight p. m. Wednesday
at Deep Sea Fisherman’s Hall.—advtf i
LOYAu uKOER OF MOOSE
LOCAL 224, Regular meetinM Wed
nesday 8 P. M„ Visiting brothers cor
dially invited. Hall for re„t every
night.
NOTICfc.
igloo No. 16, Pioneers o: Alaska
meets on evety Thursday evening
at 8 o'clock p m until further notice
A. E. Austin, President
U. SMITH HARRIS Secretaiy.
Attest:
AURORA (iliAPTER O. E? b. NO.'S
The Aurora Chapter, Order of East
ern Stars, hold reular meetlir-’3 on the
2nd aud 4th Tuesdays of ea h month
at 8 o’clock at Masonic Hall
KETCHIKAN CAMP N 22. A. 8.
Meets every Monday evening at r
];. Visiting brothers welco:_T—1 .
•Morrison, A. C , D Smith Harris, A
(Call for rent, apply to .1. O Rounr
fell.) ,j
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wage rate for the principal skille
crafts 80 cents.
To Sell War Supplies
The Chemical Warfare Service o
the United States Army has million
of dollars worth of material and equi|
ment accumulated in anticipation o
the war continuing well into this yea
for stale, and the material dispositioi
Section has been formed with head
quarters at 19. West Forty-fourth St,
from which the disposal cf supplie;
will be directed.
The offerings comprise a newly coi
structed steel building, with its equi|
ment, located In Astoria, besides m;
terial from several large plants it
Long Island City, formerly employe<
in making gas masks, gas and othe
products for the chemical arm of th<
military service.
Among the oflerings are all sort o
grinding material, leather belting, sh;
fts, locomotive cranes, cloth cuttinc
machines, cloth presses, rubber testing
machines, laboratory apparatus ant
chemicals^ lathes, milling and sew
ing machines, platen cutting and creai
ing presses, piping and fittings, rub
berized fabrics suitable for raincoat:
ponchos, rubber boots and rubber spe
cialties. and all classes of office fui
niture and accessories.
In addition about forty carloads o
gas masks, besides their parts are
scheduled to be sold to the highest
bidders. Many valuable products art
being sent to government arsenals.
A Pennsylvania draftee writes tc
his mother that he has got so fat
since he joined the army he has tc
wear his wrist watch on his thumb
In spite of the new price schedule
in the barber shops we maintain thal
the 25-cent shave is no excuse fot
raising whiskers.
When the war is over there will be
an unprecedented call for sweetness
and light fbr which the place in the
sun will not answer.
Turkey is reported as starving and
arobably has fewer sympathizers than
any other nation in the world that
night bp in a similar plight.
Sore Throat, Colds
Quickly Relieved By Hamlin's
Wizard Oil
Hamlin’s Wizard Oil is a simple
and effective treatment for sore
throat and chest colds Used as a
gargle for sore throat it brings quick
relief. Rubbed on the chest it will
often loosen up a hard, deep seated
cold in one night.
How often sprains, bruises, cuts
and burns occur in every family, as
well as little troubles like earache,
toothache, cold sores, canker sores,
stiff neck, and tired aching feet
Soothing, healing Wizard Oil will al
ways bring quick relief.
Get it from druggists for 30 cents.
If not satisfied return the bottle and
get your money back.
Ever constipated or have sick
headache? Just try Wizard Liver
Whips, pleasant little pink pills, 30
cents. Guaranteed.
CABIE OF DISTANCES
FROM KETCHIKAN
This table is compiled in nautical
tiles which are 6080 feet. The larg
st part of this list was compiled „for
:ie Post Office by the Captain of the
edney and is aumentic.
liree Tree Point 45 Stewart B. C. 160
rince Rupert 95
eattle 660 Wrangell 89
etershurg 115 Juneau 223
kagway 304 Sitka 292
letlakatla 15 Dolomi 27%
tiblack 30 Chomley 30%
asaan 29% Hollis 39
Mara 32 Loring 23
’ns Bay '39 Cape Chacon 48
uizer 92 Howkan 73
Waterfall 103 Craig 121
Mawock 126 Karheen 150
hakan via Chacon 182
tell Island 50 Unuk River 70
Iary Island 23 Iladley 28
tvdaburg 90
Jewelry Shop
In \VatcHes7T5iamonds Jewel
y, Spectacles, Cut Glass, Silver
vare. Clocks and Curio.-,._
REPAIRING a SPECIALTY
-lias. J. Engstrom
Jeweler
v-five years Experience.
ilext to Taxi Office, Front Sfc.
i i ^
n & Pruell
JEWELERS
W atch Repairing and Engraving Diamonds &
Nugget Jewelry and Indian Curios in all Designs
MAIL ORDERS A SPECIALTY
Ketchikan - * . Alaska
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' 1 Jno. H. Bcegle
J. H. Davies
Reegle 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 House Phone 143. Night 25
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THE ENGINE^'REFINEMENT 1
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ftnest boats tAtat jffoat
Ask about the 12-15 H. P. Heavy Duty Price
-*H. R.THOMPSON, Agent
G ROUND ICE
FOR HALIBUT BOATS
The Alaska Coact Fish Co., has established an icing station on
Chicagof Island at a point two miles West of
POINT ADOLBHUS
ICY StRAITS
We are now prepared to deliver ground ice in any quantity
AT OUR ICING STATION
ALASKA COAST FISH COMPANY
Q B u'o a 110 cju-hvtl£t
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