The daily progressive-miner. [volume], December 31, 1915, Page 4, Image 4

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“MAMMY” REPLACES
FRENCH CHEFS
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> Without desiring to start any
international complications tlie pro
prietors of southern hotels have be
gun to banish French chefs. An
ancient tradition and an ancient
friendship are thus destroyed. The
pates and glaces and other French
delicacies with acute accents and
with a tendency to give acute in
digestion are to be no more.
And for whom are these culin
ary chieftains being ,if one may
put it so ungracefully, fired? In
the fair far Southland there is no
predjudice. What is wanted is
good food, by whatever hand pre
pared. Those of us dwelling in the
painful north who can afford to
south go there with an appetite
made keen for beaten biscuit, for
chicken just so, for caned yams
or sugared sweets. Thereis record
ed the case of a man who travelled
200 miles that he might eat of the
omelet souffle as it was practiced
by one who bore the sweet name of
Lavina Nobleton, and who prayed
over each omelet. To cater to such
appitites, Southern propietors tried
to import French chefs. They have
failed. On Broad street, yes. Be
low the Potomac, no. The “mam
my” has stepped from the mansion
kitchen to the great hotel.
FOR MIDWINTER VISIT
M. M. Reese, Superintendent of
I the Dunton Gold' Mine, at Hollis,
acompanied by his wife, sailed on
the Humboldt this afternoon for
the states. They expect to visit as
far south as Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, and will return to Ketchi
kan about February.
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ZEPPELINS SMASH WINDOWS
FREAKISHLY
LONDON, Dec. 30—Why do win
dow panes broken by a Zeppelin
bomb explosion fall outward? This
t uosticn is causing a di ".ussit n here.
,A Chester schoolmaster says the
explosion causes a wave of con
densed air to strike the window
and force it inwards a little. This
suddenly compresses the air in con
tact with the inner surface of the
glass and the reaction of this In
creased pressure supports the glass
like a cusion. The air condensation
travels as a wave to the opposite
wall of the room, where it is re
flected and sent back to the win
dow, thus pushing it outwards. By
this time, however, the wave of
rarified air which follows the orig
inal condensation due to the ex
plosion has arrived. So the com
bined extra pressure inside and de
creased pressure outside sends the
glass into the street.
THIS IS THE
4th Episode
Entitled
“An Old Grudge”
mi
THE GRAND
Tonight
See THE
BLACK BOX Episodes |
Tha Photoplay Serial One 8
Supreme week
SNOWBALL PARTY
The Rounsefell residence was the
scene last night of a very pretty
party, giv6n in honor of the Met-’
lakahtla visitors by Miss Kathleen
Rounsefell and Mr, Jack Rounsefell.
The house was beautiful'?' decorat
ed for the occassion with festoons
jf greens and snowballs, while the
guests were requested to wear
something in the way cf Christmas
tree ornamente, thus the scene was
a pretty and a merry one. About
thirty guests were entertained and
had a delightful time until a late
hour, when delicious refreshments
brought the festive occasion to u
close.
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WOMEN BLAME AMERICA FOR
. : ;THE LONG WAR
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We Will Never Forgive the Work
Of the United States
BERLIN, Dec. 24—“'life Ger
man mothers will never forgive
America.” <
The woman who spoke had be
fore her upon the -table a large
portofilo filed with the photographs
of her two sons, ninteen and twen
ty-one, both of whom were at that
very moment in the trenches on
the French front. The photographs
showed them to be handsome fel
lows. They might have been Eng
lish or American as far as their
appearance went—six feet and over,
the older one; more slender and
not so tall, the second.
Around the tea-table, with its
silver service, its heavy embroid
ered linen, its dainty sandwiches
of warbread, sat the three sisters
and the father, a physician of prom
inence.
“They are under American fire,"
he said. The acusation struck at
me while he smiled to lessen it.
. .The youngest daughter watched
for the moment when the mother
should close the portfolio to take
it from her.
"It has made a man of him,” said
the mother holding up two pictures,
one taken the day before he left for
the front, one a year later. The
first was the picture of a dreamer,
auniversity student not yet decided
on his career—thei e seemed to be
a veil over the picture. The sec
ond photograph was full of alert
ness—iinstead of the head being
bent slightly forward, it was held
erect, the eyes were piercing, the
mouth firm.
"But I like the way he used to
wear his hair,” said the youngest
sister. “I don’t like the military
cut.”
The mother showed us the snap
shots, one of her youngest boy in
his military overcoat against a
cannon—behind him , » ,
. ^ me trees almost to the
ground, immense wind-filled clouds
filled the sky.
The mother shruddered.
"I dread this winter for them,”
she said. “If America had not sent
over the ammunition to France and
Russia there would have been peace
before now.”—Charlotte Te’er.
RETURNS TO HIS HOME
Dr. J. J. Pittenger who has been
visiting his home folks here for
the past couple of w'eeks, boarded
the iHuihbbldt ' today homeward
bound.
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R. L. PETTY IN TOWN
R. L. Petty who is in charge of
the Hadley Lumber Yard, is a local
visitor. He reports that the lumber
business is very good with him,
considering the season of the year.
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KING SALMON RUNNING WELL
Geo. A. Brown, local fish buyer,
reports that the king salmon run
sill continues in Kasaan Bay, though
it. is not yet known what effect if
any the present snow storm will
have on them.
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WILL SEE THE OLD YEAR OUT
Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Pruell will be
the hosts this evening at an in
formal watch party, at which a
wake will be held over 1915 and
1916 christened.
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NEW YEAR’S EVE BALL
The arrangements are all com
pleted for the Red Men’s annual
New' Year’s ball at their hall this
evening. The Emanon Orchestra will
furnish the music, and every one
w’ho wishes to see th eOld Year on
its way and to welcome the new,
should be there. A jolly good time
is assured to all.
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SOME VERY QUEER JOBS
WARSHIPS HAVE DONE
Not all the tasks warships are
called on to undertake have to do
with war and the destruction of
human life and property.
A couple of French warships were
sent out into the Mediterranean
some years ago to wage war aginst
a school of porpoises which were
doing an immense amount of dam
age t- of He fishing industry in those
waters. After three days’ hostil
ities, during which quick firing
guns W'ere used with considerable
effect, the vessels returned to port
triumphant,' having practically an
nihilated the enemy.
A year or two ago a warship of
Great Britain’s Australian fleet
was given the strange job of cap
turing of destroying a mysterious
sea monstbr which had been re
ported off the Falkland Islands, the
scent of the recent German naval
defeat.
It is pretty safe to say that the
officers, if not the crew, entertain
ed grave doubts of the actual ex
istence of- the frightful creature
which had been described; it was too
terrifying, hideous, gigantic and
ferocious.
But shortly after the shin nrWv
_j . .... «oiers where the monster
was supposed to lie in wait for ves
sels, the officer of the w'atch de
scribed a strange-looking beast
making towards his ship, and it
vas immediately guessed that this
must be the substance of all the
alarming tales. And a pretty good
substance it proved, too.
An attack was made upon it, and
| after some hours’ fighting with har
poons and quick-firers, the mys
terious monster, which proved to
be a sea-elephant between thirteen
and fourteen yards long, was
slaughtered and taken aboard.
Some years ago the Norwerian
government sent out a powerful
little fleet of warships, armed with
mines, torpedoes and quick-firing
guns, to exterminate a vast horde
of seals which was denuding the
sea on the northwest coast of all
fish life.
But the government had recoken
ed upon tens of thousands of seals,
whereas there were millions. So
unending was their number that
the fleet had eventually to admit it
self defeated, with the loss of one
man and two slightly wounded,
owing to an accident, and to “re
tire in order',” having exhausted its
entire supply of ammunition.
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SHORT OF TIMBER FOR
ARTIFICIAL LEGS
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30—The manu
facture of artificial legs for ship
ment to the European belligerents
has been delayed by the scarcity
of willow wood. Harry Dawson, a
local manufacturer said today that
he could not get any more season
ed willow wood for several weeks,
and that for this reason he had de
layed accepting a contract for 150
artificial legs a month.
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If you are looking for handsome
Christmas gifts, see display at
Mrs. Washburn’s Millinery store, ad
THE FATHER OF FRESH AIR
There died at Saranac lake re
cently a man whose «ame even pro
bably was unknown to the thous
ands of men and. women whose ben
efactor h ewas. So general has be
come the spread the fresh air
treatment for tuberculosis and so
matter of course is it now consid
ered that most people will be sur
prised to learn that until this week
the physician who first tried it was
still living, an example of the ef
ficacy of the method ho inaugura
ted and which he saw adopted for
the relief of suffering throughout
the land. In 1872 Dr. Edward Liv
ingston Trudeau was forced to give
up his practice in New York be
cause of tuberculosis. He went to
the Adriondacks to try out on him
self his theory of a cure for the
complaint from which he suffered.
He had lived there ever since.
He founded the sanitarium there
for the treatment of incipient tub
erculosis in working men and wom
en and the Saranac research lab
oratory for the study of tuberculo
sis, each of the first of its kind in
the country, and had been in
charge of them since the beginning.
Both by his writings and hy his ac
tivites in the national association
to fight tuberculosis he did a great
deal to extend the knowledge that
prevention as well as cure of the
disease which claimed so many vic
tims was within easy reach of the
afflicted.
CANNON’S BAKERY!
AND GROCERY
Butter, 35 cents per lb.
EGGS 35 cents a Doze/A
The fact that I a. H
shipping in Six hundre^
dozen a week, should*
recommend the egg*
But if you are in dou.l
as tothe quality, stol
in and I will break I
few for you. V
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Send in your furs and gel the M
lest market price for them
from P. J. Gilmore, ad\
THANKS M
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\ We wish to thunk the people of Ketchikan for their valued
patronage during the past year, and we are glad to announce M
^ that our holiday business this year far exceeded our expecta- JH
lions. This only goes further to prove that our customers are * j
» our friends, and we take this opportunity to wish them all a V
\ Bright and Prosperous New Year
| R YUS SA YS 11
j That good teeth is the key to good health, and he recommends ;m
[ Peredixo Tooth Paste J|
* 25c THE TUBE I
Our Selection of New Years Cards is Complete
[ SPECIAL THIS WEEK M
EXTRA 10 1>ER CENT OFF Oil every tiling in our ,/cwt-lry
’ Department except Diamonds. This in addition to our spec
ial sale prices fl
I RYUS DRUG”COMPANY JH
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I GREAT “CLEANUP” SALE 1
One=half Price===FOR 30 DAYS — One-half Price I
_ Every piece of Torchon and Valenciennes lace and inserting, in the stock, is thrown into rj 1
LaCCb this sale, some new and pretty patterns. None reserved. All offered at Yt Marked Price 2!
Every piece of Embroidery, embroidery-inserting, flouncing, and all over (widths varying r ’
from one-half to twelve inches) Including corset cover embroidery, will be cleaned out at &;
Y Marked Price rf
This line comprises the balance of new, and up-to-the-minute, collar sets, Joboas, Gimps, ■
LciClJ^g I* etc,> received Dec. ist. Hot sellers at regular price. None reserved; all offered at Y pgj
_ ■ .■>« ' marked price ^
m* • j | • About one-half dozen trimmed hats to choose from. Must be closed out at Y Price. A
millinery few Earlier creations you can have at your own price '^111
IOne=half Price REMNANTS One=half Price ; j
After the year’s business we find an accumulation of short ends and remnants of Silks, Dress Goods, Percales, Ginghams, Flannelettes, Ribbons, etc., etc., lengths
ranging from one half to 10 yards, which we are going to close out at One-half Marked Price. r ’
This is positively your one best chance to lay in a supply of dry goods needed for spring, and to stock up in Fancy Goods at a reduction of 50 per cent. rs ^
These prices hold good for charge accounts submitted Feby. 1st, but we cannot give discount tickets on the above; nor can we guarantee satisfactory service in filling jjp§
* phone orders. & ™
ii stock j. r. Heckman & co. SERVICE IA