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VOLUME NO. VI.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA,
DECEMBER 31, 1931
NO. 24
Decline Shown In Silver Fox
Prices At Seattle Auction
The Seattle Fur Exchange’s
regular monthly auction was
held Tuesday, the feature item
again being fresh Silver Fox,
which showed a decline of from
1C to 20 per cent, depending on
qualities and colors. The collec
tion as a whole was outstanding,
and only about 40 per cent sold
at an average of $33.75.
The Mink collection consisted
cf late caught, pale, springy
skins, and a considerable quan
tity of fresh ranch raised Mink
ci good quality and color. About
50 per cent cf the offering sold
at an average of S4.38.
The Red Fox offering was
small and mostly carry-over
skins, about 50 per cent of which
were sold at an average of $11.
White Fox offering was of fair
quality, and sold at an average
of $21.65. Practically the entire
collection was taken.
All of the fresh Muskrats of
fered were sold at an average of
54 cents, the collection being free
Pulpmil! import Tax
Urged in Northwest
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A special dispatch to The Ta
coma Ledger from Washington,
D. C., says Congressman Ralph
A Horr called a meeting of the
congressional delegations from
Washington and Oregon to con
sider means of saving the pulp
industry in the Pacific North
west from selling chaos caused
by variations in foreign ex
change.
Ralph Shaffer, Tacoma pulp
manufacturer, called on Horr
and pointed out that Sweden,
through the existing exchange,
can deliver pulp in the United j
States at a price greatly under
cost of manufature here. Shaffer ■
says this will soon force pulp
mills to close and throw more
than 2,500 men out of work.
Horr has prepared a bill which
world subject all imports
whether on the dutiable list or
not to a charge which would be
determined by the rate of ex
change of date of shipment. This
would not take pulp off the free
list, and would only apply when
foreign money is cheaper than
American.
It would also gain support
from Eastern industries also
suffering from foreign devalor
ization. Foreign nations have
already taken such action, Horr
said.
Open Commercial 1
Fishing Sought
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Riverside Commercial Club,
Everett, has begun a drive for ail
open season on commercial river
fishing during January and Feb
ruary. The club also hopes to
form an association of 3500 river
fishermen from the Canadian
border to the Columbia river
west of the Cascades. Petitions
are being circulated for pre
sentation to Charles R. May
bury, state supervisor of fish
eries.
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Find Rare Old Fossil
In Montana
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A rare fossil, ostracoderms, s
creature which was alive soni'
380 million years ago, was un
covered in the fossil beds neai
Red Lodge, Mont., by Pro. R. T
Chambelin of Princeton Univer
sity. The creature resembled £
cross between a crab and i
.flounder.
j of Kitts and badly damaged.
Marten sold at open market
prices with practically the en
tire collection moving at an
average of $13.
Beaver offering was very
! small, and they were mostly
withdrawn.
A large quantity of fresh
Northwestern Wolf was offered,
and those sold brought on a
basis of $6 for ones and twos. A
few Montana Wolf sold on a
basis of $8.50 to $9 for selected
ones and twos. Average for the
skins sold was $4.90.
Cross Fox were in good de
mand, selling at an average of
$38.50. with the two specimen
skins bringing $63 each.
Large quantities of fresh
Northwestern Canadian and
Alaskan skins are arriving daily,
and the next sale; January 20,
will include large offerings of
selected original collections
from these sections.
mu Cut Gut
Alaska Stations
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The Budget Bureau has slash- J
eri all appropriations for the
maintenance and operation of,
the farm experimental stations'
in Alaska. This means that this (
department will cease to func
tion and further that all the
government’s property would be ,
sold or transferred—including I
equipment and stock. Mr. Flory,
commissioner, declared it his be
lief that in event the govern
ment took this procedure, the
Territory would be offered the
various plants in the territory.
However, with a bank balance
of less than $200,000, with out
standing warrants being refused;
honor by the Treasurer, it ap
pears doubtful that the Terri
tory can think of taking the
plants over even as a gift for
they will lack operating funds.
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REPUBLICANS UP
AND COMING
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The Republicans of Anchorage
recently held a convention at
which time they adopted a
platform and organized with the
purpose of preparing for the
next primary election.
Robber Holds Up Seattle
P. 0. Before Christmas
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The day before Christmas, a
Tone robber held up the Seattle
postoffiee and tool: $20,000 and
made a safe-getaway. The man
was familiar with the postoffice
and procedure of the cashier’s
office. He entered by a secret
side door barred to the public,
held up the clerks counting re
ceipts, swept the currency into
a brief case and walked out of j
the building and faded away.
Postmaster Perkins is held
liable for $18,000.
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COURT CONVENES IN
KETCHIKAN
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Judge Harding, of the District
Court has ordered convening of
the court in Ketchikan on the
12th of January. James Allen,
Mrs. Charles Anderson, Cyrus
Catt, John Kohlstrand, John G.
Olson, Hans Preuschoff, Ernest
Sarf, William Stedman, R. G.
‘ Smith and Andrew Wikan of
Petersburg were names drawn on
■ the jury venire.
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■ .. The Northwestern will bring
^ in late Christmas mail.
Grigsby Makes
Rash Promises
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George B. Grigsby, democratic
candidate tor delegate to con
gress, recently declared: “If I
am elected Delegate from Alas
ka, I shall augurate a cam
paign to end bureaucratic gov
ernment in Alaska.” George is
convinced that he has more
than a chance to be nominated
in the April primaries for A H.
Ziegler of /Ketchikan, according
to the political grapevine tele
graph, is to be crucified by the
Juneau Democrats in order to
make certain the nomination cf
Senator Tony Dimond. It is fur
ther reported that Mr. Grigsby
has been sort of lead into the af
fray by some of his Juneau
friends just to cut Ziegler’s sup
port in the First Division where
by Dimond’s leads in the other
three Divisions will make cer
tain his nominaton. And it is
further reported that Grgsby is
not so dead as some of his alleg -
ed friends in Juneau believe and
he has a possible chance of being
named the next Democratic can
didate for delegate to Congress
if he plays his cards right—in
which respect George has never
been called a fool.
Grigsby while he likes the
platform adopted by the recen:
Democratic convention in Pe
tersburg, shies at any support of
the party convention to be held
in the Westward next month.
Like Ziegler he believes that he
will pick up more votes without
the Troy-Pegues machine in Ju
neau than with their support.
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TUG ROOSEVELT REPORTED
LOST
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The steam tug Roosevelt,
hooked on to the sailor Commo
dore off Vancouver Island
Christmas eve with all men on
board was reported as wiring
‘ For God’s Sake Hurry” and it is
believed that she was lost in the
storm as cutters patroling in the
southern end of Vancouver Is
land had not located her. The
tug had previously reported be
ing flooded and out of control.
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Alaska Bills Introduced
. In Congress
Two bills were introduced in'
the House: One to require own
ers of canneries in Alaska to re -
port prior to canning operations, j
tlieir location for the season;]
the other bill would prohibit
salmon caught unlawfully from
being brought into the United (
States. These are said to be
Bureau bills.
Bills introduced by Delegate ]
Wickersham are: To authorize
the town of Petersburg to issue
bonds not to exceed $100,000 to
enlarge the city light, water and
sewer systems; other bills are to
revise boundaries of the Mc
Kinley National Park; to reim
burse Judge Frank A. Boyle for
injuries received v/hile in the
service of the government as U.
S. Commissioner at Juneau; to
give 69 acres of land on the east
shore of Monti Bay to the Yaku
tat & Southern Railroad upon
relinquishment of its 60-aree
terminal also located on Monti
Bay.
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Hold-up at Fairbanks
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Even Fairbanks is getting
civilized. The day before Christ
mas an unmasked robber enter
ed a grug store there, held up
Frank M. Dunham, one of the
proprietors and robbed him of
a diamond stickpin and ring
valued at $1500 and $40 in cur
rency, Robber unapprehended.
Happy Landings
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1932
Lisle Davis Dies
Of Knife Wound
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Herman Carlisle Davis, opera
tor of salmon traps and owner of
the Rhoeclda, died in the St.
Ann Hospital, Juneau on the
afternoon of December 27 th
from knife wounds inflicted
upon him on Dec. 22nd by Wal
ter Gamble, member of the ship’s
crew on the Rhcedda.
Following an altercation on
the ship, off Chichagof, Gamble
stabbed Davis, who was im
mediately rushed to the hospital
at Juneau. Dr. J. W. Council
operated and expressed hope for
recovery but on the morning of
the 27th Davis’ heart collapsed
and he went into a coma from
which he never revived.
He is survived by his widow
Mrs Winnie Davis, Juneau, his
father and n other Mr. and Mrs.
Raleigh E. Davis, Coidova, two
sisters, Mrs. Louis Lemieux of
Petersburg and Ruth Davis who
was married several years ago
and moved to the states.
Gamble was placed under ar
rest and a charge of murder in
the first degree has been pre
pared by the district attorney’s
ofQce. He has been held in ti e
fe leral jail since infliction of
the mortal wound. Gamble ac
knowledges that he stabbed
Davis. It was reported that
Gamble had retained Grover C.
Winn as defense attorney.
Delegate on Important
Committees
Delegate James Wickersham
was designated by the Republi
cans in Congress for member
ship on the Merchant Marine
and Fisheries, Public Lands, In
dian Affairs, Territories and
Mines and Mining Committees
These Committees all have
considerable to do with Alaska
territorial affairs and Delegate
V/ickersham being placed or
those committees places him ir
a strategic position to prevem
bad or to secure beneficial legis
| Litton.
|Choir Presents
j Xmas Cantata
The Presbyterian Choir pre-,
sented the Christmas Cantata
“The Everlasting Light” Wed-1
resday evening in the Enge
j Theatre, under direction of Mr
Eli Katanook, with Miss Christ-!
ensen accompanying at the
piano. Tiie program was sche
jduied for one evening last week
| but Mrs. Ann Dunkelberger who
had the piano end of the pro
^ gram had to take passage on the
Northwestern to make Christ
mas connections with her family
in Wrangell. Miss Christensen
kindly consented to take her
! place and was largely instrumen
tal in making the offering a
j success.
The program was in two parts:
The first part being hymnal of
ferings; “Onward Christian Sol
diers,” “All Hail The Power,” in
strumental selection by Mac
Fena’s String Orchestra; Vocal
solo, “The Way of Peace,” by Eli
Katanook and two violin solos
‘ Angel’s Serenade” by Braga,
and** “Serenade d’Armour” by
Von Blow, by Eli Katanook.
The second part of the pro
gram was the Cantata; as fol
lows: “Break Forth Into Joy,”
jBass solo and Chorus; “He Shall
'Feed His Flock,” Quartet: Mrs.
'Alice Verney, soprano, Mrs.
fvachel Peratrovich, alto, Mr.
Louis F Paul, tenor and Mr.
David Phillips, bass. “The Peo
ple that Walk in Darkness,”
Women’s quartet: Mrs. Alice
Verney, soprano, Mrs. Rachel
Peratrovich, second soprano, Mrs.
Louis F. Paul, alto, Mrs. Amy
Hallingstad, contralto. “Thy
Light Is Come,” Chorus; “Beth
jlehem,” Soprano solo, Mrs. Alice
j Varney and Chorus; “And There
jV/ere Sheperds,” Tenor solo,
|Louis F. Paul; “Hail to the Lcrd’s
^Annointed,” Chorus; “The Vir
g:n’s Lullaby,” Contralto solo,
Mrs. Amy Hallingstad and
Chorus; “Room in My Heart for
Thee,” duet, Mrs. Rachel Pera
.trovich contralto and Mr. Eli
j Katanook, baritone; “Alleluia”
] final chorus.
Urge Hiring Local
Labor By Corners
In an effort to secure employ -
ment for local labor, the Alaska
Chamber of Commerce, compil
ing dates as to number of work
ers required and the labor mar
iket which can be relied upon to
[stay employed. In this the All
Alaska Chamber is following the
plea of the Alaskan and Alaska
i Fisherman which has urged fot
Jthe past several years that the
. canners employ all the available
local help instead of importing
cheap contract labor which is
paid off in the states.
The All Alaska Chamber will
take this matter up with the sev
eral Chambers in Alaska for
| their individual action and with
[the request that they make a
(survey in the respective com
imunities and report to the pa
I rent corporation the available
! workers. This information will be
sent to the canners for the co
operation.
Once again is the policy of the
Brotherhood publications—The
Alaskan and Alaska Fisherman
\ indicated. Regardless of wheth
er the publications are popular
with resident business in Alaska,
the stand of these papers has
been conistently for the benefit
of local business as against the
outside corporations which alone
benefited from the unfair prac
tice of hiring non-resident labor
| to the exclusion of available lo
jcal labor. This same Chamber of
Commerce which now is working
[along the lines advocated by
this publication, in the past
worked in opposition to every
proposed plan of the publication.
Their reversal on the question is
an out and ouf vindication of
the A. N. B. Publishing Company
—an admission that we were
always right in the matter.
Ketchikan Broadcasting
Station Destroyed, Fire
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Last Friday some one threw
kerosene into the operating
room of the Ketchikan KBGU
broadcasting station and set it
afire during the absence of the
manager The station is on the
Tongass Highway and the flames
were not discovered until the
manager returned to the station
early Saturday morning. The
loss is said to total $8,000 with no
insurance.
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Booth Official Suicides
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Knowlton L. Ames, Sr., official
of the Booth Fisheries Company, j
shot himself Christmas Eve.
Chicago and died soon after be
ing rushed to a hospital. Ill
health and financial worries are
attributed to the act.
Chichagof Mine In Pay
Hirst-Chichagoff Mining Co.
had received today a shipment
cf $10,800 in gold bullion and
concentrates, bringing the yeai’s
total to $122,000, according to
Frank J. Speckert, member ox
Seattle curb exchange. Principal
owners of the mine, located in
Alaska, live in Seattle. Thirty
five miners are working the lode.
The choir spent several weeks
preparing this program and did
exceptionally well considering
the limited amount of vocal ma -
terial they had to draw from
They plan a musical offering
later on in the new year. The
support given by local people to
j the presentation was much ap
I predated as many were very
generous of their praise for the
efforts of the choir to give a
good presentation.
Pacific Yukon
Surveys Completed
During the summer of this
year, Donald Mac Donald, locat
ing engineer of the Alaska Roard
Commission, completed a recon
naissance of various possible
routes for the Alaska section of
the proposed Paciflc-Yukon
Highway, intended to connect
Alaska with Yukon Territory.
British Columbia and the States,
it was made known recently by
a statement issued from head
ouarters of the Comission.
The reconnaissance covered
the general area through which
roads from Fairbanks to Dawson
and Whitehorse are considered
practicable. The report will be
referred to Commissioners ap
pointed by President Hoover to
study the international project
in co-operation with representa
tives of the Dominion of Canada.
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Easterners After
Bear Reserves
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Eastern wild life conserva
tionists are again buzzing a
round urging establishment of
brown bear reserves on Chicha
gof and Admiralty Islands. Tha
American Society of Mammalo
gists and New York Zoological
Society are backing the move
ment Which is being directed by
the Committee known as the Na
tional Committtee for the Pro
tection and Preservation of Alas
ka Brown Bear and Grizzly
Bears.
John M. Holzworth is chair -
man of the committee, published
a book on grizzly bear which a
prominent Alaska guide declared
to be a lot of hooey.
Several Alaskans are urging
the establishment of a grizzly
bear range in the New York and
Pennsylvania hills. If it is found
successful they will agree to
have the establishment of spe
cial reserves on Chichagof and
Admiralty Islands.
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Col. Greeley Urged
As Lumber Czar
Ncthwest lumbermen recently
had before them the proposal of
Gov. Roland H. Hartley that Col.
W. B. Greeley, manager of the
West Coast Lumbermen’s Asso
ciation, be named dictator of the
lumber industry, to control mill
production and prices.
At the annual banquet of the
Tacoma Lumbermen’s Club,Gov
ernor Hartley coupled the pro
posal with the statement that he
had assurances from Washing
ton, D. C., that the Sherman an
ti-trust law would not be invok
ed to handicap the efforts of the
lumber industry to get on its
feet.
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Cy Howell of Ketchikan, form
er resident of Petersburg, came
north during the week to spend
the holiday season with hi?
nephew Dan Sutphen and family.
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Alaska Big Game
To Enter Movies
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Plans are being made by mo
jtion pictures interests, Gus
Gelles, a prominent guide, said
recently, to take sound pictures
of Alaskan wild life. Gelles is
business manager of the organ
ized Alaskan guides.
He said that the advance de
mand for guides for the big
game hunting next season has
exceeded any previous year, with
bookings from such separated
points as New York and China.
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A Happy New Year to All!