VOL. 4.
PE 3RSBURG, ALASKA, AUGUST 30, 1929
NO. 7
Packer’s Paper
Gives Warning
The Pacific Fisherman has
this to say about the fisheries
situation in Southeast Alaska:
‘‘The pink pack is still uncer
tain, but the poor showing so
far in Southeast Alaska indi
cates that the shortage may be
serious * *
The pack of the first run of
salmon this year was at the ex
pense of seed fish which never
reached spawning grounds. The
real run o fsalmon is now on—
since phe close season reports in
dicate an overstocking of most
of the streams in all of the dis
trict. Which condition will be
a detriment rather than benefit
to the industry.
“Are Said To Have” (!)
“Traps have made rather poor
returns, (Icy Straits) but some
93 seiners fishing in Icy Strait
are said to have made large
catches.”
Any boat now making a catch
of 400 or 500 hundred salmon
said to be making large catches.
When the report of the “large
catches” first came out, we in
vestigated them and found them
to be without foundation of
fact and only for purposes of
propoganda.
DIRIGIBLE TO COME HERE ’30
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The giant dirigible Graf Zep
pelin which is now making its
first round the world cruise, will
come to Alaska in April of 1930
and will make its base at Fair
banksbanks. Information is giv
en out by the Governor’s Office.
OFFICIOUS WATCHMAN
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Seth Williams of Kake, fishing
on the Peasant was travelling
a mile offshore, headed north
abreast of Little Port Walter,
which by the way is a closed bay.
He was met by a fish warden on
the Valkyrie who boarded them,
saw a couple hundred salmon in
the hold, and ordered them to
go tp Tyee, sell their fish and
consider themselves under ar
rest. Williams and crew did as
ordered and despite their pro
tests of innocence. After 'two
or three days had passed, Mr.
O’Connor came around to inves
tigate and then found that the
crew had not been any closer to
Little Port Walter than a mile
from that port.
BOY BUMPS TAXI
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Frank Mason’s oldest boy was
slightly bruised by Dahl’s Taxi
driven by Henry Adsero. Adse
ro had started out with some
fare when the cries of a child
impelled him to stop, believing
he had run over some one. No
one saw the youngster when the
car started, nor do they know
how he got there, tho a number
of people were on both sides of
the car. A bunch of bruises as
a penalty for hanging on to cars
as they start on trips.
^ 'When the Queen came into
port, the parents of the boy went
aboard the boat, leaving him in
the care of Doctor Rude with
out making necessary arrange
ments so to do. A little tele
phoning and the marshal escort
ed the parents back to care foi
their youngster.
More Big Pulp Mills
For Alaska? Shsh!
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The recently formed Olympic
Forests Products Company is to
begin construction at Port An
geles next month of a pulp mill,
of 500 tons daily capacity of
nearly 1,000,000 board feet of
lumber, interests back of the
project divulged recently.
The first unit of the pulpmill(
is to have a dail capacity of 150
tons of bleached sulphite pulp.
Other units are to follow later,
and the completed mill is to con
tain ten or a dozen digesters. It
was reported that sale of a large
portion of the pulp is being ar
ranged with paper manufactur
ing interests of the East.
The Zellerbach Paper Com
pany, which for the past several
years, has been contemplating
the building of a pulp mill in
Alaska, is said to be interested
in the Angeles proposition.
PULP MILL FOR RAYMOND
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Because Alaskans are inter
ested in pulpmill developments,
we publish the following:
Early construction of the Wil
lapa Pulp and Paper Company’s
plant on the site between Ray
mond and South Bend, Wash.,
is looked for by officials as the
result of a permit for sale of
stock in the State of Washing
ton according to recent reports.
Some -preliminary -construc
tion work in the way of pile*
driving has been done. Ar-j
rangements hav been made with
city officials of Raymond for aj
water supply of 3,000,000 gallons
a day. The city will bond it
self for $60,000 to obtain funds
for pipe line construction. The*
company agreed to purchase
$25,000 of this bond issue. j
Contract is expected to be.
awarded by the Crown Willam
ette Company this month for
construction of the beach plant
as the first major step in a $4,
000,000 expansion program in
which preliminary operations
were started in July.
The work of the pulp interests
n Alaska have been making
‘preliminary surveys” for sever-1
al years but it has all been pa
per talk with no initial work to
5how that the interests mean
business.
PORT ALTHORP BIG PACK
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Port Althorp cannery demon
strates each year the upper and
lower stream fishing theory. It
matters not whether the season
*s good, bad or indifferent—Port
Althorp gets its tins packed each
year. The pack this year reach
ed 127,000 cases.
The salmon are secured most
ly from Cross Sound, Inian Pass
and Icy Straits—the gateways to
inland fishing.
The pack this year is short of
the pack for 1928 but 30,000 cas
es more than 1927.
RACCOONS FOR ALASKA
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“Said to be the first raccoon
over to invade Western Alaska,
several pairs of the agile ani
mals arrived in Kodiak recently
from Wisconsin for the Alaska
Fur Corpoation.
Kodiak is a bit slow in claim
ing first ’coon honors. Mayor
Cy Katt of West Petersburg had
these animals some time back
had ’em and got rid of ’em, too.
Sheldon Jackson School
Opens Sept* 12th
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The Sheldon Jackson School
at Sitka will open for the year
1929-30 on September 12th. It is
urged that all students be on
hands at the opening so that
there will be no delay in class
work.
The coming year promises to
be one of the best in the history
of that institution. All vacan
cies in the teaching staff are
now filled. Miss Stevenson, prin
cipal, after a year of study at
Columbia University will be back
in charge of the academic work.
The teaching force compares
with that of any similar school
in the West. All members of the
staff are trained experts in their
respective lines.
A notable addition to the
school is the new Sage Industrial
Building now in process of con
struction. This building will dis
place the old Elliot F. Shepard
building which is a distinguish
ed landmark in the educational
development of the Indians of
Alaska. A complete new outfit
of machines and other manual
t r a i n in g equipment together
with a new power power plant.
A fine opportunity will be af
forded young men for practical
trade learning.
A trained home economics de
partment teacher has been se
cured to give the young women
traininging in the art of home
making.
The chief goal and effort of
the school will be to develop
sturdy Christian character. It
holds a big place in the political
and economic development ofthe
territory and will continue so to
hold its position so long as its
fine leadership continues.
Guilty First Degree
MtiduSays Tury
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Charles Frank, tried for the
Frank-Sparrow murder case was
tried before Judge Lomen of
Nome and found guilty by the
jury and no clemency recom
mended.
Sparrow was killed at Nome
last winter by Sparrow, who was
immediately arrested. The kill
ing came after Sparrow had
warned Frank to keep away
from the woman Frank had mar
ried in Fairbanks in 1927.
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REPORTER MAKES SCOOP
’Twas in the town of Peters
burg and the last week of Aug
ust that news was somewhat
scare. So, when the whir of the
engine of an airplane was heard,
the spar reporter of a nosey pub
lication of Petersburg rushed
out of the shop and down to the
docks. Pencil and pad in hand,
looking skyward and jotting
affluveous notes, Jacky stepped
off the dock and into the drink,
coming up and blowing like six
schools of whales sporting about
with each other. The notes got
wet and spirits somewhat damp
ened and got himself into dry
b.v.d’s none the worse for the
experience and perhaps a little
wiser.
The troller Olympus of Seat
tle was seized by Canadiar
authories and taken into custo
dy. The vessel and owners arc
awaiting orders from the De
partment of Fisheries.
City Manager Plan
To Be Issue
The city of Cleveland, Ohio
was to hold an election this
week to decide whether or not
the voters of that city wished a
city manager form of govern
ment.
Omaha is another city that is
seriously considering getting
rid of the old political kind of
city government, substituting
a city manager for the old coun
cil system. Managing a city is
a business above petty politics.
Marye Burns Concert
At Mac Gregor Monday
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Miss Marye Burns, Alaskan
singer will give a concert next
Monday evening at - the Mac
Gregor Theatre. Miss Burns is
a singer of considerable repute
and has pleased audiences
wherever she sang. Her recent
concert at Juneau was before
a packed house in the Coliseum
Theatre.
The following is the program
which she will present:
1. Polonaise (from Mignon)
Thornes
Tes Yeux Raby
The Russian Nightingale Arr.
By Liebling
2. Prayer Perfect Stensen
The Longest and Shortest Day
Turner-Malley
Wintah Summer Loth
| The Blue Danube Arr. By
Liebling
i 3. Solveig’s Song Grieg
Jeg Elster Dig Grieg
Norwegian Echo Song .Thrane
(All these songs sung in Nor
wegian).
4. Alone (from the White
Eagle) Frimi
Silver Moon (My Maryland)
Romberg
5. All For You Martin
The Heart Call Vanderpool
Summer and You Corby
COULDN’T GET AWAY
Thursday afternoon the kiddies
of the town accumulated empty
cans of all sorts and descriptions
and went looking for Chris Dahl
Miss Nina Weers) but the couple
made a get-away from the noisy
gang and remained under cover.
The kiddies were insistently per
sistent and kept their cans and
noise going until close on to ten
o’clock when the groom came
out of hiding and greased the
palm of the kiddies with some of
Uncle Sam’s new green. The
happy couple were immediately
left to enjoy their newly found
connubial bliss.
James Brennan, W. W. Ken
Jess Ames left for Juneau or
the steamer Queen for Juneau
Sunday.
James returned on the Queer
this morning and says that the
trip up to the capital city was
not bad a-tall.
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I The Forestry Department docl
at Citizen”s wharf has beer
completed and is a fine additioi
for the government boats.
Forest Ranger Archbold has :
new Johnston fire pump whicl
he hopes he will not have to usi
jin putting out forest fires.
Trolling Season Is
Extended 20 Days
The “infallible Criseo Henry’
playing with Alaska fishermen
as a cat plays with a rat before
killing it, has issued a new
ukase—giving the fishermen a
brief extension of fishing opera
tions and cutting off the bal
ance of the year.
According to new regulation:
promulgated by Henry O’Maboy
trolling will be permitted both
hand and power—until the 20th
of September, six o’clock post
meridian after which time all
trolling—hand and power wh
be prohibited for the balance of
the year and probably until n
April, except on east cojsi ot
Baranof, Point Armstrong pa
Cape Omaney and to ext ana
outer point of Whale Bay, which
fishing will be permitted up to
six o’clock p. m. of the 30th ot
September.
This regulation gives the fish
erman who made nothing dur
ing the season opportunity to
earn a few dollars for winter’s
grubstake.
Ray Wheeler, Wilfred Stump,
Charles Power, and Wilfred
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Gartley came over from W Tan
ged last Saturday to take in the
dance put cn by the San Su
Strutters.
Mrs. William Tamaree return
ed to Petersburg after an ab
sence of two months. She too!:
a surgical operation in Seatt e
then returned and visited will:
relatives in Ketchikan anc
Wrangell.
Local Packers
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Do Nothing
The Louise S., herring fisher
man, operating for the Alaske
Glacier Fish Company, returnee
to port after being out packing
herring for the past two month;
and a half. They had packec
just 38 half-barrels of herring
ten of which averaged 400 fis)
to the barrel and the balanc*;
averaged over that.
Since going out in June th<
Louise covered all of the knowi
herring areas with the above re
sult.
The fish which they packet
I were from the vicinity of Keki
’ Straits. The Louise is again go
jing to leave for another cruis<
in quest of the fish that ‘:coui<
never be depleted.”
; Eric Ness and Sig Mattison
who have been out to pack her
ring, put up a pack which wa
even smaller than that packe<
. by the Louise.
- DING! DING! DING!
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Wedding bells rang Wednes
i day for a maiden fair of Kaki
and brought her a husband bu
l it rang the end of *a promising
j basketball career,
j Miss Isoble Wilson and Har
^ lan Skeek, both of Kake wen
t united in marriage by U. S. Com
jmissioner C. Clausen, Wednes
day afternoon. Aubrey Sha
fquanie was best man for th
i groom. The happy couple wi!
? return to Kake where they wi]
make their home.
Herring Pack Is
Big Failure
From Pacific Fisherman
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| Herring curing in Alaska to
j August 1 was almost a complete
failure, with production running
only about ID or 12 per cent of
that for the corresponding peri
od in 1928. With ALL OF THE
OLDER DISTRICTS VOID OF
CURING FISH, some attention
turned to the Aleutian area
early in July and by the middle
of the month operations there
were begun.
One estimate of Southeast
Alaska cured herring produc
tions to the end of July was
TOGO half barrels, and the qual -
ity was indicerent. While her
fing of any sort have been
scarce, prime fish have been al
most entirely wanting, catches
being confined to small, lean
fish. Some improvement was
noted during the last days of
July and early August, herring
being materially more abund
ant and, though the fish were
t oo small to be choice, they were
quite fat.
■ The situation in South
east Alaska is so severe as to
give rise to serious misgivings.
While there is ample time for
production of a substantial pack,
if the herring-strike in with in
creased volume and greatly im
jproved quality, distinct uneasi
ness is' manifest over the out
look for the season. A number
of reasons are advanced to ac
count for the scarcity and poor
ness of the .fish and it appears
certain that the inclement
weather has had the effect of
substantially reducing catches.
Fishermen have repoited the
fish abundant oc-shore, altho
it is not clear whether such fish
are of desireable quality.
A survey of reports from the
principle packers of herring
in Southeat Alaska fails to show
a single instance in which pro
duction runs more t han a
SMALL FRACTION of that for
the corresponding period of last
year. Some large plants had
not packed a single barrel to
August 1. One operator, whose
1923 pack ranked among the
largest in the district, on July 25
; had only 38 barrels, where a
| year before his pack ran well ov
er 2,000 barrels. Most of the
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leases are not so marked, but
there are a few instances where
^ the pack to the end of July was
! more than 10 per cent of that to
1; the same date in 1928.
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SHOOTS SELF ACCIDENTLY
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Paul Wadelich was brought in
_ from Keku Pass yesterday even
s!ing having accidently shot him
j self with a rifle when pulling it
out of the boat. The bullet en
tered the wrist cutting through
to the elbow. It was necessary
to put a double turniquote on
his arm to stop the flow of blood
- and his arm was considerably
swollen when he arrived in town.
The accident occurred about
5 noon and quick time was made
getting to port with him.
^ A CARD OF THANKS
-1 We wish to express to the
-1 friends of Petersburg, our ap
s preciation of the kindly sympa
1; thy and aid in our hour of be
1' reavement.
i Mr and Mrs. MAGNUS HE'MNUS