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What They Grow At Howkan, Alaska Evidently, the campaign started by the Progressive some months ago for the purpose of advertising our im mense resources has awakenec gardeners and others if we can judge rightly by the cumber of ex hibits sent us and letters received from divers parties hereabout. Every thing that was sent us we have ex hibited as we agreed, and among those exhibits were vegetables that astonished many. In some Instances. no exhibits were sent but letters were received telling about their pn ducts from Alaska soil. Among the letters thus received, we reproduce the following and at the writer’s request, we withhold her name. The letter follows. Howkan. Alaska. October. 16. 1$J5 Mr. Editor: Have you space in your paper fo* a word from “deserted worcout Howkan ? Seme one was telling u? of the fine agricultural produce from, our neighboring town. Sulier. Howkan produced besides bushel; of fine potatoes and turnips—twc excelling the ethers—one of which weighed eleven pounds and four ounces, and the other two ounces less- These did not grow in our garden. Our largest weighed only seven pounds and three fourths, and the other seven pounds and one half. Nor did they grow in a night like the well known mythical turnip, but they did grow with little cuhivatior for this farmer was a fisherman, who came and planted his seed then west away, returning once to culti vate them again, and this week to harvest them. So much for west oast soil. Cabbages and carrots were not behind in their yield either. Sever al hundreds of pounds were sold to the store and canneries. I think the largest cabbage weighed 14 or 16 pounds. Las; spring a lady gave her little giri a potato probably one pound in weight. The giri wnh her father's help cut and planted this spud and It harvested 14 pounds. Now while speaking of Howkan. let me tell you of our apple tree which grew from a seed planted sev eral years ago by the missionary's sob. There were a dear glasses of jelly besides jars of marmalade made from its fruit. A WEST COAST RESIDENT. Field will close oat some odds ani ends thus week a; astonishingly low prices. Ad. v — ADVERTISED LETTER LIST OF THE KETCHIKAN ALASKA POST OFFICE For the week ending Otseltr S. !fli. Parties riaising letters frost the a fctree iirt mast pay a fee of one eent for each' loner clamed. Bnrtcn, Mr* Lety Deiiijs, Mrs. Lira* C. G. F'nriy, A Jt WilUana. Mrs. Etfxabeth All letters aaelai*er by Oetober 23 1915, aill he seat t« tie DEAD LET TE8 office, WtskiEptss. D. C. ‘m. EL SWI.VriXjBD, Postmaster. CLEANING AND PRESSING NEATLY DONE In Rear of Jack Close's Barber Shop. f r *^ Strits cleaned and pressed %\~A Suits presed l.W Saits dry clearei E L,»0 m Clothes called for and deBrered in any part of the city free of charge. Phone 15 J. C HEIM Prys. CRAIG NEWS ITEMS The United States Geodetic Sur vey ship Gedney, left for Seattle. Hie Gedney. with three smaller munches have worked the whole sea son in this vicinity. The main chan nel between Point Baker and Cape Chacon has been surveyed. But we have numerous hays and inlets that have not been touched yet. The Gedney, however, has covered a big stretch of o*»r waters this summer. The Sadies of Craig gave a charm -ag dance last Saturday evening in she Moose Hail, that was well atten ded. Ed. Evans, a photographer of some epute, is touring tie west coast and aking picture views of alt the in eresting points, from Point Baker down. He is also doing well among he residents. Capt. Moore and Chief Olin < ame >ver after the purse seine boa: Bruce. They are taking It to Roe Point for its annual overhauling. Mr. Ii. Dahl cause up on the De patch from Seattle with salt and gillnets. He intends to salt herring .his winter for the market. Mr. Dahl always gets a good price foi ■sis herring in the states. Jack Spatt and George Birch came ip from Sulier on a prospecting trip or Mr. Suiter. Mr. Eiswin and Ernest Johnson were among the passengers coming from Seattle last Monday on the Despatch. Fred Horen is building a resi dence in Socialist Cove, near Craig. -4— FOR SALE—One Rip Saw Table. One Counter Shaft, 16—1 1-2 Steel Shafting Ami numerous pulleys. BULLY'S CARPENTER SHOP. -4 POSITION WANTED BY A YOUNG APANESY WILLING TO I*’1 ANY a.ND OF WORK- IS A GOOD OOS. Addreas, George >i Oils, P. Ol Sox 452. Air. t.f NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Notice is hereby given, that at the vtore of the Alaska Lumber and Box Company, at Hadley. Alaska. >n Saturday, the 30 th of October, IP15, at the hoar of two o'clock p.m. fee undersigned will offer for sale usd seR at public auction to the ligfeest bidder the following prr-v trty constituting part of the estate if the Alaska Lumber and Bex Ccra aany, bankrupt, towit: 1. a. All lumber belonging to the said estate at Hadley and amount ing to approximately 1400/FDO feet board measurements. b. Stock of genera! merenaadise in Alaska Lumber and Box Com pany’s store a: Hadley. c. Savings consisting of spruce, hemlock, cedar in sawmill boom at Hadley. 57 boom chains 13 lumber tracks 1 Lumber wagon. d. MIR supplies e. The household goods belong ing to the estate at Hadley. f. The cooking utensils. g. Typewriter. fa- Donkey Engine L All box shook amounting to ap proximately 5,000 boxes. 2. Gasoline launch “Fheyea.” The sales will take place in the order gives.. Sealed bids will be re ceived for each of said classes of property above mentioned, which seal ed bids win be opened in public at the conclusion of the oral bids. The sealed bids must be enclosed in envelopes upon which Is clearly indi cated what property the bid is inten ded for. lot. C. W. SWANK, Trustee in Bankruptcy. PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION The regular monthly P. T. A. meet ing will be held at the school house tomorrow evening at eight o’clock. After a short program, the business of the evening, including el ection of officers, will be under tak i en. This will be followed by the ; feature of the evening, a social hour, [during which coffee will be served. There is no investment of time or effort, that yields more promisingly, that that small amount that will [ make them more interested in their [ school. The aim of the meeting is \ to emphasise cordial relatione that ; will be fcenificial. *N OUiSIDER SEES AN OPPORTUNITY | Good News For Fishermen And Ail Other Boat Owners Mr. John Clark, of Centralia, ■ Washington, who was in Ketchikan ; a few months ago looking the place ! ‘'ver as a location for a shipyard ind marine railway, has just advised . the local Commercial Chib that he '-as fully decided to locate in Ket j .-hifcan and now expects to move here ^ with his family the first of March. Mr. Clark’s plans, when here, con \ templated the putting in of a plant S capable of handling boats up to 120 j fees in length. Such a plant would j be a great addition to Ketchikan and j :t is to be hoped that he will carry j out his plans as outlined. -« HEY THERE! THANKSGIVING MA5KQUE BALL GIVEN BY KET CHIKAN E. O. E_ Adv. tf. -o NOTICE TO GaS BOAT MEN— Copies of notices to mariners, lighh sr.d buoy Eists issued by the Bureau of Lighthouses can be obtained free of charge on application to the Divis ion of Publication of Commerce, Washington, D. C. If You Are Nervous and are losing weight, we recommend that voa sake SXZSL ft rpviwir* for a short time. A prescription which we gladly endorse. Ketchikan Drug Co. Phone 13 Ketchikan Messenger Service Call tiers up for all kir„i« of right delivery, window cleaning, messenger service and odd Jobs. Office with Jack Close. Remember Phone Number 13 JACK CORDSLI*. Propietor. I PERSONAL MENTION Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Figgins entertained a few friends informally at cards. RETURNED FROM JUNEAU Stanley Oaksmith and Dr. Kennedy returned from Juneau yesterday on :he S. S. Humboldt. -♦ Supt. J. C. Barber of the G. L. P. A W. Go. returned front a busin ess trip to Prince Rupert last even ing on the Princess Sophia. RETURNED FROM CONVENTION Mis.H. W. Michener and little laughter were passengers on the Princess Sophia last evening retum : ng from Seattle where Mrs. Mich ener was attending the W. C. T. U. Convention as one of the Alaska delegates. CIVIC CLUB TONIGHT The Civic Club will hold their regular meeting tonight at 7:30 in the City Council Chambr. Come out. -* THANKS AWFULLY! The Copeland-Jenkins hunting party who went after ducks last : Monday morning returned yesterday | with the goods and lots of them, and i ‘'■ere busy all afternoon potlatching j them to their friends among whom > he Progressive-Miner was fortunate ly numbered -J---* MISSION LECTURE ENDED The interesting series of Mission j Lectures at the Catholic Church j closed Sunday night, and Father P. : 8. Donnelly departed for the south I !ast night on the Humboldt, leaving j a host of new friends and well wish | ers in Ketchikan. Father Donnelly j goes from here to Roslin. B. C.. i where he is to lecture next Satur i lay night. -' - Field the Specialist, goes south on the next trip of the Spokane with the goods that are not sold in the mean time. Adv. -« Household goods, Rugs, Tables etc. etc., for sale. See Field the Special ! ist. Adv. -♦ White sewing machine for sale a* Field’s. Adv. -«. Mrs. Washburn has just received a full line of trimmed hats. Cal! and see them. They are the very latest. Adr. 4t. -« For a delicious cup of coffee, try A. & K. blend. . For sale by THE H. R. THOMPSON STORE Only 6 more selling days and Field the Specialist will be through. -a The P: gress:re iisoe.' 75c. per mo. You Can Enjoy Life ■ht what you want and not be troubled with indigestion if you will take a tessSi D®a before and after each meal. Sold only by us—25c a box. Ketchikan Drug Co. AT THE HOTELS j AT THE STEDMAN Bertha Jackson, Josie Wallace; J. T. Roe; Paul Schnable. St. Paul. Minnesota. AT ' o 'LLA Stanley 0-»ks Hadlev; Thos. Poster, Juneau; H. Thomas, City; Theo. Wolfe, Seattu. -« AT THE CTSTOM HOI SE Entered ISth Tyee, halibut boat from Seattle, ; Liberty, from Seattle, and Princess j Sophia from Prince Rupert. Idaho , from Prince Rupert. 19th Santa Anna and the halibut boat ; Seattle from Seattle. Cleared 19 th Liberty for Prince Rupert, and I Seattle. Humboldt. Tyee, and Seattle, I wo halibut boats, for Seattle. -* j PREMIER ASQUITH TAKES TO HIS BED EXHAUSTED LONDON. Oct. 19—Premier j \souith. nearly exhausted from his | arduous duties, took to his bed *oday. I Advices from his physicians com-J j polled the premier to teit indefin itely . Thus far no successor t> S:r Ed I rd Career has been chosen and | white In- ry names have been mer. j i«»red. rope are taken tj be accept ai-le at the present time GI NS BECAME TOO HOT TO HANDLE WITH BARE HANDS German Correspondent Makes Report Of Fight He Witnessed. BERLIN, Oct. 18—The correspon dent of the Tageblatt, a morning newspaper of wide circulation says in his report that the fighting on Monday in the vicinity of Loos and Souchei, was most hitter. An in tense bombardment preceded the French attack, it was directed » gainst the hill near Vimy’ as well as against the German position furth er north between Loos and Givenchy The particular object of the French attack was the advantage held by the Germans on an eleva tion west of Vimy that commands the flat land of Lens. The artillery fire was such that the guns could not be handled without gloves. The enemy penetrated the German lines in only one small section where the defendants’ guns were buried by the French artillery fire. Every where else, Bavarians repulsed the French using knives and hand gren ades. -«-. Field’s sale ends next Tuesday night at 6 o’clock. Adv. --- PUBLIC NOTICE Wm. Angel, who hns been away from town most of the summer with tin- Geological Survey party, announc es that he has returned an8 that the gas boat “Harry” of which he is the owner, shall be for hire as usual. TESLA CLAIMS WONDERS IN WIRELESS DEVICE Thousands Will Talk and See One Another at The Same Time , Nikola Tesla, the scientist, has an nounced that he has received a pat ent on an invention which will not only eliminate static interference, the present bugaboo of wireless tel ephony, but will enable thousands of persons to talk at once between wireless stations and make it pos sible for those talking to see one another by wireless, reardless of the distance separating them. Tesla said also that with his wire less station now being built he hop ed to make New York a central ex change in a world system of wire less telephony. Following the announcement that the United States navy was perfecting a system of coast defense in which the microphone-guided torpedo was an important factor, additional details of the "ear” which guides the underwater messenger of death were learned. Not only are the approach ing war vessels located by sea micro phones, but the microphonic torpedo is guided straight to its mark by vibrations in the water caused by the revolution of the enemy's propellors. Battleships as well as submarines will fire microphone torpedoes at long range. For Sale—Number 7, Standard Visible Oliver Typewriter, practically new for $40. Apply at this office. -• Subscribe for the Progressive-Miner “THE GRAND” Monday and Tuesday Oct. 18 and 19 George Bronson Howard the well known novelist and plav-wright presents “OBLIETTE” A story when dungeons with secret passages and deep pits were deemed necessary, and bold Sir Knights ruled the land. Featuring Pauline Bush and Murdock McQuarrie Ethel Grandin and Alexander Gaden “LOVE’S VICTORY” Buying a home on the installment plan is easy w hen some one leaves you the money “Universal ike Hakes a Monkey of Himself” is the comedy ~ JESSE L. LASKY | presents THE FAVORITE COMEDIAN H I EDWARD ABELES I la “THE MAKING « {OF BOBBY IS BURNIT” | FOUR BIG REELS V? ■ By the Author of “BREWSTER’S MILLIONS” g IPATHE DAILY NEWS, Very good | TONIGHT at the DREAM I jj Monday and Tuesday 1 Coming, “THE PURSUIT OF PHANTOM" 3| » - - ^ - AaaA Aaa* <UIU<dlA%#AA«MM fX DRESS GOODS AND SILKS 1! 4 1 :! ► --—-_ _ } ' r 44 in. Serge at . . . . 85c. 1 .' , This is a genuine Storm Serge. Sponged and shrunk and all ready for the needle. Extra heavy weight and washable. Especially suited for children’s dresses. Colors, Black, Blue and Car dinal. Worth $1.25 $1.25 Silks at ... . $1.00 j; AH our 27 in. plaids and striped silk, formerly S! priced at $1.25 will be closed out at $1.00 to make room for a new line of 36 in silks. $j | All our Silk Poplin, yd. . $1.00 |: jjj New arrivals in Men’s dress shirts from $1.00 to $4.00 ,jji I Bungalow aprons, regular 75c. (while they last), each 45c. :jj ■ We have a strong line of house dresses at $1.00 2 _, _ '!\ Stock J. R. HECKMAN & CO. Service I ’ ; i!