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ALASKA—WASHINGTON—CALIFORNIA
-Southeastern Alaska Route
CITY OF SEATTLE
North_ South Jan 8
_Southwestern Alaska Route—
ADMIRAL WATSON South January 13
Two Sailings p-r week Seatle to California
For information if sailing and arrival dates, call at lo
cal office or Phone.
Telephone 77
V. A. Peterson, Agent
Princess Mary
SOUTHBOUND
Jan. 3-17-31. Feb. 14-2S
FOR
PRINCE RUPERT, VANCOUVER. SEATTLE &
Particulars from F. E. Ryus. Agent Ketchikan
COMFORT AND SERVICE
Ail 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. 2S, Feb. 7 and 27
Returning Southbound 8 days Later
SS. Alameda Northbound Jan. 28 and Feb. 27
Returning Southbound 10 days Later
C. M. TAYLOR. Agent TELEPHONE 6t
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A ALASKA DELIVERY *
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a W alter Gray. Prop, ■>
A COAL DELIVERED PROM v
a ALL DOCKS
Phenes 5‘. -77 Ketchikan
A a A ... A A ,£ A A ^ A . A.
ROSS & CO. TRANSFER
Coal Hauled "rom All Docks
Goods of All Kinds Stored -
At Reasonable Rates
FRANK W. ROSS COMPANY
-PHONE 61
Office Phone 76 Res. 121
ALASKA TRANSFER
GENERAL TRANSFER
All Orders Promptly Attended
To
Phone 7 or 136
Nieht Phone 43
BAGGAGE DELIVERED DAY
OR NIGHT
GEO. F. FORREST. JR.
KETCHIKAN WHARF CO.
C. M. TAYLOR
Phone 64
Agent
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MAKE A NOTE OF
OUR NOTICE
that we are making summer deliver
ies of coal now for next win teg use.
Tel! friend husband he should take ad
vantage of summer prices and order
the coal now. Better be prepared
for any emergency and the saving is
not to be despised. Phone us bow
much and' what kind. Well start the
delivering a* oas»
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•!• S. A. PLUMLEY
* Attorney and CojnseJor-at-Law •«•
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Office—Town Council Chambers •>
v Ketchikan, Alaska. v
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ALASKA RESTAURANT
F. C. HAG! WAR A, Prop.
NOODLES AND CHOP SUE^i
Special rrom i P. M. to 2 A. >1.
BOX SEATS FOR LADIES
End of Mission Street
AT THE POODLE DOG
GRILL
+ 4
a si
IN A LITTLE COSEY CORNER
of this restaurant you will find cut«
little tables just big enough for two
Bring her here and delight her with
one of our delightful dinners 01
suppers. It may give her a lesson ir
the art of cookery that will set hei
to studying.
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* CHAS. H. C08GR0VE -5
v Attorney at Law 4
GENERAL PRACTICE ■i
-> Ketchikan. Alaska 4
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♦ 4
HARRY R. RACE H
+ Optician 4
+ With Ryus Drug Co. 4
4- EXAMINATIONS FRET 4
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POSSIBILITIES OF THE
ALASKA HERRING
INDUSTRY
A recent report from the American
consul at Stavanger, Norway, on the
spring herring fishery of Norway
shows that in the past four seasons,
including 1918. the catch had an aver
age annual valu£ of about $6,700,000.
About SO per cent of the yield was
salted and most of the remainder
was sold locally or exported as fresh
fish, a very small quantity being can
ned or kippered.
The United S‘ates Bureau of Fish
eries in its bulletin for July says that
the importance aid value of this fish
ery is qn indication of what may be
done by adeauate government encour
agement and assistance in the United
States particuarlyin Alaska. The
herring resources of Alaska are pre
bab'y rat inferior to those of Norway
and. considering the greater extent
of the coast line, are possibly much
superior, yet the averag. annual val
ue of the catch in that territory for
the four years end:ng December 31.
1917. was but $232,000. The bulletin
continues.
Tho eyes of Alaska fishermen have
been so focused on the extraordinary
'almon and rich halibut fisheries that
the possibilities of sea herring have
been largely overlooked. To no
small extent, owing to the act;on Of
the Bureau of Fisheries, in placing
exoerts in the territory to give assis
tance to fishermen in improving their
methods of curing herring, and in call
ing the attention of distributors t-c
the availability of the suDoiy. the
value of the output in 1917 rose tc
'587.777.nearly double that of the ore
ceding year and about eight t me!
that of 1914.
The nrom;sjnq feature of this com
carls'on is not the value of the pack
of 1917. which was tut 8 per cent o<
that of Norway in the same year, bu!
th» rapid increase in the cast four
Expr;t grinding and saw-fitting ai
Sully e ' arpcnter Shop—adv tf.
FOR SALE.—40 H.P. 3cycle Friscc
Standard Marine Engine. Can be
installed in first class condition foi
less than $2000.00. Engine was rur
to Alaska last spring. In running
condition but needs overhauling. See
or correspond with Ed. H. Miller
Baranof, Alaska.—adv. 6tp.
Frank Nishimura Prop.
Cars for Hire by Hour day or
contract—Odd jobs solicited by
hour or day.
SERVICE
PHONE 203
KETCHIKAN
Graying Company
All Orders will be promptly and
carefully executed.
Baggage Delivered Day and
Night
ED. NEWMAN
Office Phone 60 Residence Phone 157
cOR SALE:— Schooner 60 ft. long
17 ft, beam.6 1.2 ft. draft. •; 1.2 depth
of hold, capacity .inder drck 18,000
silver salmon, on deck 2,000 25 h. p
Heavy duty 2 c/iin-le.s Univi engine,
Hums 3 gallons 2 Millate p-: hour
bOO gallons fuel • ank. S Sneed S
end half per hour. Pr . $4,000 Apply
to S. L. Johnson. West Seatt.e Host
House Seattle, Wash
RELIABLE CARPENTER
r:Hior House or boat Wor?<
’"s imates Cheerfully
Given For Any Job.
Addrees P, 0. Box 565
NU BONF CORSETS
Just rerelved a shipment c* Wc
T ' .1: ^od Broca I»d Nil Rone Corsets
all r'res and prices just the same
no higher. Prices $4.00 to $12.00 Al
so Brassieres and Confiners. Tele
phone 122.
MRS T. R NEEDHAM
SWEDISH MASSAGE
Mechano-Therupy Swedish
Massage and Gymnastics
OSKAR S. S. GOHRANSON
Mrs. Gohranson will give facial mas
i i :*», scalp treatment and shampoo bj
japjr In'.ment.*—Phone R. 179.
years. It lends strength to the hope
that the enterprise of the people of
Alaska will result in giving the herr
ingfishery its proper place in the econ
omy of the territory, second only to
the great salmon fisheries.
The imports of cured herring into
the United States in normal times
are heavy. By reason of war condi
tions these imports are now greatly
curtailed and from some sources are
entirely cut off, and there is present
ed a wonderful opportunity for Alas
ka to permanently acquire a large
part of this trade if an effort be
made to meet the demand and proper
care be exercised to insure high qual
ity in the pack. Each careless or dis
honest packer will be a menace to
the industrial progress of the terri
tory. The herring packed under the
bureau’s instruction and supervision
last year was the best received in
New York, and the standard so estab
lished should be scrupulously main
tained. The Bureau of Fisheries be
lieves in the future of the herring in
dustry. and has again sent experts to
Alaska to assist and instruct packers
and to furnish information concern
ing marketing. It is regretted that
efforts to obtain a large staff for this
work were unavailing.
BUILDING IS VITAL
Roccnstruet:on plans of the Depart
ment of Labor provide for America
perhaps the greatest development of
public works and houa'ng ever pro
jected.
A greater and better America is the
object of this vast campaign. The
building program contemplated by the
department will mean a trans:tion
from war to a peace basis; it will fur
nish employment for large numbers of
the men to b» demobilized from the
Army and the war industries: and it
will stand after the readjustment is
completed, as a monument to Ameri
can labor and enterprise. It will mean
a tremendous addition to the material
wealth of the country and to its pub
lic resources.
States and cities are being encour
aged to put full steam ahead on their
plans for betterment, held up nearly
two years as a result of the war. Pri
vate builders are urged to begin their
work at once. The average working
man. who has been steadily employed
during the war probably has more
money than ever before, and now is
the time for him to begin an invest
ment in a home.
Building in short, is an important
part of the Government’s plan for
peace. Stopped during the war, this
industry is far behind its normal con
dition.
Nearly every town and city in the
country needs new buildings: nearly
every city in the country needs new
houses. The people of America have
been living in close quarters. They
must have more air, more sunlight,
j ™o-e green fields, more natural free
dom.
Plans are under way to create de
mands for homes, to start work on
public buildings, and to encourage pri
vate building on a large scale.
Everyone can cooperate in this
E(1R DELIVERY
AT KETCHIKAN
WANT6C. 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
the dimension, if equipped with mast
and sail, horsepower and make of
»ngine: age of boat and engine, and
cash price. Post office Box 1287,
Tacoma, Wash.—adv.
NOTICE OF MEETING
1 Alaska Labor Union Number Five
will meet at eight p m. Wednesday
at Deep Sea Fisherman’s Ha i.—advtf
LOYAu ORDER OF MOOSE
LOCAL 224, Regular meetings Wed
nesday 8 P. M., Visiting brokers cor
dially invited. Hall for rent every
night.
NOTICfc.
Igioo No. 16, Pioneers o.’ Alaska
meets on eveiy Thursday evening
■ 8 o’clock p m until further notice
A. E. Austin, President
* D. SMITH HARRIS Secretary.
Attest:
AURORA CHAPTER O. E. 3." NOT ’S
The Aurora Chapter, Order of East
-rn Stars, hold reuiar meetings oa the
2nd and tth Tuesdays Of .e: .3 month
; a- 8 o’clock at Masonic Hal'
;-.—-*- —^
A ETCH! K A N CAMP N. 2 A. 8.
Meets every Monday eve:.:ng n' r
j Visiting brothers tveicomr
•. ii/iTlison. A. C . D. Smith Harris, *».. .
■ (Mall for rent, apply to J. D P-ouhbb
>11.)
great task. It is a job for the business
man, the workers, everybody in the
community.
Reconstruction must be made lit
eral, the Department of Labor be
lieves. There must be reconstruction
of that which is antiquated and ob
solete, and new construction to supply
the Nation’s need of new homes.
War time labor requirement made
new buildin, except upon Government
work, out of the question, and as a
result America's population is living
in too close quarters. Moreover, the
cessation of building has caused in
creases in rents until they have be
come in many places absolutely ex
orbitant. j
For the national good, this retarda- i
tion in the normal housing program
must be more than made up. In mak
ing it up, there will be created a need
for labor that will assure employment
to the men who have been fighting so
bravely to make the world safe for
democracy.
More than a resumption of building
ooerations is sought. An extension of
the program so inclusive that it will
include the erection of every building
that is needed everywhere the prose
cution of n"b)ic work, the erection of
public buildings, and the constructs
above all, of homes.
Unity is as essential in this cam
paign as it was in winning the war.
The Nation must be united in support
of a program that will supply its
greatest need and at the same time
minimize the difficulties of transition
from war times to the normal organi
zation of the country.
“Keep industry humming” is the
aim of tht. Government. If every man
takes a hand in the building cam
paign, the Department of Labor be
lieves his aim will be made good. ^
WILL CONSOLIDATE
CANNERY OPERATIONS
Owing to the uncertainty of condi-;
tions affecting the 1919 season, it has
been the judgment of the Booth Fish
eries company that certain of its
Southeastern Alaska canneries should ,
consolidate their operations for this
year, and with th's in view it has
been decider) to consolidate the work
of the Santa Ana and Shakan plants
at Kasaan, and the Hunters Bay and
Roe Point plants at Quadra, while
the fish that would otherwise go to
the Seldovia cannery will be canned \
at Kenai.
This is regarded as oniy a tempo
rary arrangement, and if conditions
warrant the canneries thus consoli
dated for 1919 will be operated again
in 1920.
Similar action is known to be con
operating in Southeastern Alaska,
and there has been talk of consolida
ting the pack of some of the Heren
deen Bay canneries. At the latter
noint such action would probably be
of considerable advantage, as the fish
taken there du-ir.g the last two sea
sons could havP been handled easily
by one cannery.—Pacific Fisherman.
TABLE OF DISTANCES
FROIV! KETCHIKAN
This table is compiled in nautical
miles which are 6080 feet. The larg
est. part of this list was compiled „for
•ho Post Office by the Captain of the
f,t dney and is aumentic.
Three Tree Point 45 Stewart B. C. 150
Prince Rupert 95
Seattle 660 ‘Wrangell
vtersburg 115 Juneau
Shagway 304 Sitka
Dolomi
I
Metlakatla
\‘i black
ifasaan
'{lam
Ves Bay
Snlzer
Waterfall
Klawock
15
30
291/6
32
39
92
103
126
Shakan via Chacon
Bell Island 50 Unuk River
Mary Island 23 Hadley
Hy da burg
Chomley
Hollis
Loring
Cape Chacon
Howkan
Craig
Karheen
89
223
292
27%
30%
39
21
48
73
121
150
182
70
28
90
Jeweiry Shop
In Watches, Diamonds Jewel
ry, Spectacles. Cut Glass, Silver-.
ware. Clocks and Curios.
REPAIRING a SPECIALTY
Chas. J. Engstrom
Jeweler
' ;rty-five years Experience.
to Taxi Office, Front St. j
Bertftelsen & Pruell
JEWELERS
W atch Repairin'? and Engraving Diamonds &
Nugget Jewelry and Indian Curios in all Designs
MAIL ORDERS A SPECIALTY
Ketchikan
Alaska
.Ino. R. Bee'gle
J. II. Davies
Jno.
Beegle 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
IM ENGINE^REFINEMENT
j~or. €/?e
fine&£ 6oafs /ufo&.t
Ask about the 12-15 H. P. Heavy Duty Price
•H.R.THOMPSON, Agent.
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GROUM) ICE
” FOR HALIBUT BOATS
The Alaska Co3st Fish Co., hrs 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
“cbr f$ht»hrri dSjipjtrr. is a reliable and accurateMarket
Report and price list, issued at every change in the Fur Market.
It is something more than merely “something to re ad.” It is the advis
rov. friend and sign poet to the right road to reliable market information
and accurate market quotations. “Si r IMnihrrt ia received by
h jndreds of thousands of trappcr3 : .1 Fur shipped all over North
America. Never was a serioua mis ’aliments of facto published in
’ cije S’httbrrf £>ijifiprr” and this character of accuracy and reliability
has demonstrated that such information is absolutely ebsential to the
o :'•Cf -.-ful trapper and Fur shipper. You should read “Glbr &i}ubrri
C'::ppx —we want your name cn our mailing list.
fill in the .Above Coupon NOW—and Mail it—AT ONCE
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15-17 W. AUSTIN AVE.
CHICAGO. U.S.A.
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Sale! Sale! Sale!
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