THE PROGRESSIVE-MINER
Eentered at the Post Office at Ketchikan, Alaska as
second class matter October 21, 1914, under the act of
March S, 1879.
J. E. RIVARD ..Editor and Publisher
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Alaska In particular and the Territory in general.
Ketchikan. Alaska. Friday March 7, 1919
PAYING THE INCOME TAX
The maxim that ignorance or the law excuses
no one is applicable to payment of the federal
income tax, notwithstanding delay by congress j
in enacting the law. It is part of the necessary |
duty of the American citizen to inform himself
as to the terms of new laws and then to comply
with them.
The basic tax this year is (5 per cent and every |
single person whose annual income is more than
$1000 and every married person receiving more
than $2000 is required to file a return, accQmpa- j
nied by part payment, with his internal revenue
collector before March 15. There are penalties
both for merely failing to file the return and for
“Wilfully failing” to file it.. The latter is espe
cially severe. Citizens of Ketchikan and vici
nity have no time to lose.
WE SIMPLY SHUDDER
It looks very much like if the administration
was in for a grilling over the destructive Repu
blican fire. According to reports a campaign
has been started headed by the leading republi
can statesmen and politicians, presumably in an j
attempt to tell the people what is what and who
is who. The leaders of the campaign appeal
to be bitterly opposed to a League of Nations
with our country taking part. Their reasons j
for their opposition are many and more or less |
sound . Rut, we imagine that while this oppo
sition to the league with our country a party. I
may be the keynote with which to open the
campaign, it is by no means all there is to it, j
and before the end many startling revelations
may come to light for an airing. The airing!
may not help conditions much; but it will prove
interesting coming from men who are supposed
to know whereof they speak. And we shudderj
as with the chill of the graveyard for that
Democratic “bunch,"
THE CHANCES ALL AGAINST
A copy of the recently enacted tax bill has
been received, and a glance over makes us won- j
der what inducement is there to do business for
the payment of taxes and wages? From thai
measure jjf taxation,-never was courage in-jt-e!
necessary and never was there a more discour
aging tax bill made into law.. We all know that
all business is speculation in a good sense. Spe
culators of that sort calculate closely the chan
ces of their undertakings. When wages and
taxes take nearly all few will venture, and those
V. no desperately venture unaer uuen conumuns
will take a better chance, of makingcor.ditions
worse by their failure than of bettering con'
ditions of both capital and labor by their suc
cess . It is a good thing that congress has ad
journed. It will give the makers of that bill
a chance to study its defects, although it took
them many months to do such bad job. Ana to
think that the administration wanted to create
prosperity.
“Doc” Ben, as everybody knows, is a nice man
and everything, and everybody likes him some
how. But he talks so foolish at times. Frins
tance; he told us we were not getting enough
diversion and that he was getting too much of
the same kind. That he would like a change,
and advised us to go to church for diversion and
that he would stay at home for a change. In
return we advised him to stay with the church,
that he needed spiritual help if he wanted to
secure a safe harbor in the hereafter. What?
ENCOURAGING THRIFT
The school authorities of the country were
urged to join in the government campaign to
make thrift a happy national habit, in a tele
pram sent by Secretary Glass of the Treasury
Department to the National Educational Asso
ciation in convention at Chicago. Sscretary
(Bass asked that the teaching of thrift be made
a part of the school curiculum during 1919.
The telegram follows:
“To the members of the National Educatio
nal Association assembled at Chicago, I wish to
extend the sincere appreciation of the Treasury
Department for the assistance rendered by the
members of the teaching profession in the Lib
or tv loan and War Savings campaigns during
the past year.
“Besides being of immediate value in meeting
the financial needs of the government, those
camnaSerns have been of permanent value to the
o a .try in encouraging habits of wise spending,
intelligent saving and investment. These ha
bits of saving and patriotism, encouraged and
stimulated by the necessities of the war, will
have a great permanent value to the country if
apnHed to its development in time of peace.
“The teachers of the country by their daily
contact with the children who are to be its
future citizens can do much to influence them
in teaming good citizenship and thrift. It is
thereforemy earnest request that the school au
thorities throughout the country incorporate
the teaching of thrift in the school curiculum
for the year 1919. Carter Glass”
—From the Committee on public information.
“There will be perfect equality in the world
only when nobody knows how to read and write”
a speaker at a meeting of a Russian soviet is
reported to have said. This is the ideal of so
cialism. Only when the people of the world are
reduced to that degree will there be any real
ermality; but at that time they will be wearing
the skins of animals and making fires by rubb
ing stones together. There may be real equality
among the natives of Borneo, but we doubt even
that.—Mining Journal.
LOST: $60. in bills between Spar
hawk store and Charcoal Point,
Finder please return to this office
and receive $25 reward. Adv.tf.
FOR SALE:—-1-2 burner Perfection
and 1-3 burner Comet oil stove. Phone
R-102.—adv. atp
SERIAL 016S4
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office^ Juneau, Alaska,
February 12, 1919
NOTICE IS HEREBY given that Paul
Nordstrom of Hadley, Alaska, has
filed in this office notice of liis in
tention to submit final five year proof
in support of his homestead applica
tion for the following described tract,
situated in Lat. 55° 32.5 N., Long
132° 18’ W., on the east coast of
Prince of Wales Island, Lyman Anc
horage and west shore of small hight
known as Hole-in the* Wall, describ
ed as U. S. Forest Survey 43 and as
follows:
“Beginning at Cor. No. 1, M. C.,
on line of ordinary high tide said
bight, whence U.S.L.M. No. 5, bears
S. 9° 54’ 51” E. 77.94 cbs., thence N.
50° 59’ W. 10.03 chs., to Cor. No. 2,
thence N. 39° 21’ E. 15.91 chs.. to
Cor. No. S^hence S. 89° 07’ E. 6.95
chs., to Cor. No. 4, M.C. on said line
of ordinary high tide, thence mean
dering said line (1) S. 1° 45' E. 4.10
chs., (2) N. 84° 15’ E. 2.30 chs., (3)
S. 15° W. 10.00 chs. (4) S. 88° 15’ i
W. 4.70 chs. (5) N. 62° 45’ W. 1.60
chs., (6) S. 7° 45’ W. 2.80 chs., (7)
S. 29° 45’ E. 1.70 chs., (8) S. 49° 15’
W. 1.30 chs., (9) N. 49° 45’ W. 2.50:
Chs., (10) N. 33° 15’ E. 1.00 chs.,!
(11) N. 55° 15’ W. 1.00 chs. (12) S.i
39° 2’ W. 2.81 chs. to Cor. No. 1, the)
place of beginning, containing an!
area of 20.57 acresf Mag Var. 28°
17’ E.
Said proof will be submitted be
fore the Register and Receiver on
June 5, 1919, toy said Nordstrom!
claimant and by the following wit
nesses, Erica Spray and Lafe Spray,!
both of Juneau, Alaska.
C. B. Walker, \
Register.1
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
LOCAL 224, Regular meetings Wed
nesday 8 P. M., Visiting brothers cor
dially invited. Hall for rent every!
night 1
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: KE1GHIKAN
KETCHIKAN. ALASKA
RESOURCES OVER $750,000
No better time. than . now to save for the.
home you are going to build
WE SOLICIT YOUR ACCOUNT
.
IMITATION
is the slncerest form of flattery, that
is why it pleases u& to hear that other
laundries claim to do work Just like
ours. It is a tribute to the excellence !
or our muaenn:; which we fully ap
predate But why not have the origl.
nal? Send us your wasnantes ano
you won't nave to say tn^y are as
perfect as ours. The work will be
ours and the real thing.
KETCHIKAN STEAM LAUNDRY
1 KETCHIKAN CHOP I
i HOUSE
►t.
OPEN TODAY
¥ Short Orders a Specialty
j; Noodles and Chop Suey
| P* K. UCHIHASHI
f Opposite H. R. Thompson’s
f
KETCHIKAN CAMP N. 20. A. B.
.Meets every Monday evening at p. j
a). Visiting brothers welcomer-Geo. ]
Morrison, A. C, D. Smith Harris, A. R.-j
(Hall for rent, apply to J. D. Rounse- ;
tell.)
NOTICE.
Igioo No. 16, Pioneers of Alaska i
meets on every Thursday evening j
t 8‘o'clock p. m. until .rurther notice j
E. C. AUSTIN. 'President
p. SMITH HARRIS Secretary,
kttes.t; I
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4 Having been repeatedly re- 4
* requested to take Music Pupils, I +
j 4 am at liberty to teach a limited 4
i 4 number. 4
|+ Terms: . +j
4 2 hours a week $10 a mon<.n +
4 1 hour or two half hours a week 4 i
4 $5.0U a month. 4!
* No lessons given unless pupil 4
4 lias practiced at least, on an aver- 4
4 age one hour a day. 4
4 Mrs. Alexander'A. Brlndle 4
4 ( P. O. Box 523. 4
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A U RORA CHAPTER O. & 8. NO. S
The Aurora Chapter, Order of East
ern Stars, hold reular meetings on the
2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month
at 8 o’clock at Masonic Hall.
KETCHIKAN
Draying Company
All. Orders will be promptly and
carefully executed.
Baggage Delivered Day and
Night
ED. NEWMAN, Prop.
Office Phene 60 Reshlencb Phene 167
The Eagle Lodge
That on March 17, St Patrick's
Night, they will give at the MOOSE
HALL thdr big annual
Masquerade Ball
The six promised prizes will be on display in
the different store windows within a few days.
These will be awarded to home-made costumes
only.
Dancing will commence promptly at 9:30. A
prize will also be given for the best walfzers
who will contest in the prize waltz.
Dancers must be in costume and have full
masks on.
Geueral admission 50 cents. This will be
exacted from children as well as from adults.
The Committee in Charge
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KODAKS AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH THEM
BOOKS. VIEWS, FANCY STATIONERY, SMALL
FISHING TACKLE. ETC., ETC.
Developing and Printing; Picture Framing done at
F. J. HUNT’S
KODAK STORE
Front Street *(Stchlk«n
KETCHIKAN MEAT COMPANY
PHONE 120
We make a specialty of Camp and
• Cannery Trade
Carstens Packing Co. Owners
NIGHT PHONE G120
Save
Food, Time,
Fuel & Labor
A Complete Stock of all
Standard Makes For Sale
CITIZENS LIGHT, POWER & WATER CO.
Stedman Hotel
HEADQUARTERS FOR COMMERCIAL, CAN
NERY AND MINING MEN
First Class Cafe and Buffet in Connection
SPECIAL WINTER RATES FOR PERMANENT GUESTS IN GOOD
CLEAN ROOMS STEAM HEATED, AND WITH ALL THE SERVICE
AND ACCOMMODATIONS OF A FIRCT CLASS HOTEL—RATE8
UPON APPLICATION.
KETCHIKA
«»jASKA • p
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We Manufacture and Keep in Stock att Kinds of
SPRUCE AND CEDAR LUMBER
Can fill any order either stock
or cut to specifications': . . . . .
BARGE BLANCHE
For Charter for Freight Purposed
KETCHIKAN POWER COMPANY
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Entirely New
THE BRUNSWICK PHONOGRAPH
Diccards Old Standard
A revolution has taken place in the phonogr^
aph world. Yesterday’s ideas are obselete. A new .,
leader is ahosen. The New Brunswick method of
reproduction is surprising all. It brings those na
tural tones hitherto lackink.lt does away entirely
with old phonographic crudities.
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mmfr
The Ultona is part of the new Bru
nswick Method of Reproduction. Now
all records are played according to
their exact requirements. Come In and
see this remarkable feature. It I* not
ah ataehment. Yuu cannot afford to
even thihk of buying a phonograph
until you have heard the new Bruns
wick, made by the Brunswick-Balko
Collender Co.
Prices $32:50 to $1,500
it. brower,
Another Special
Mep.’ij Plush Wool Underwear
Shirt and Drawers per suit $4.50
Worth $6.00 per suit
See our Window Display
We pay the highest price for Furs
P. J, Gilmore, -Thechthut"
NORTHERN MACHINE WORKS
Standard Gas Engines General Machine and
Oxy-Acetylene Welding Blacksmith Work
Deep Sea Diving Outfit
Marine Railway, at Charcoal Point j
I
WESTERN MEAT & FISH COMPANY
BRANCH OF FRYE BRUHN CO.
PACKERS AND JOBBERS OF
Fresh Meat, Provisions and Fish
We make a specialty of
SHIP AND CAMP TRADE
KETCHIKAN. -.ALASKA
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i
Closing
Out
Sale
To make space
for our en
larged GENTS’ FURNISH
INGS and HARDWARE DE
PA RTMENTS — We are
Closing Out our Entire.
DRY GOOODS DEPARTMENT at prices
Ranging from
25 to GO per Cent. Uelow Regular
On many lines we w 1 sacrific at away
below cost in order to move this stock
quickly. Remember, eve thing in this de
partment is at closing on >rice—
LINENS, RIBBON1, NOTIONS,
SHEETINGS, C- VlBRigS,
SIJLKS, CORSETS, I DERWEAR,
RAINCOATS, SUITS TRIMMINGS,
Etc. all included. Get ia darly while the
picking is good.
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