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PETERSBURG, ALASKA, JUNE 20, 1930
No. 49
War Ended Nov.
Uth, 1918
The Supreme Court of Wash
ington State has rendered an
opinion that the World War end
ed as of November, 1918. The de
cision was given in the case of
Allen Peter of Seattle who sought
a position on the police force de -
partment. Peter had served in
the army but not during hostil
ities. He passed the civil service
examination for a police postion
and would have obtained a posi
tion had his name not been re
moved from the preference lis!
to make room for war veterans.
Contending that the war di.
not end until the peace treat'
was signed—which would make
him a war veteran—he broughi
a mandamus actum.
Quoting Woodrow Wilson’s
speech of November 1, 1918, the
Supreme Court decided the war
ended when the armistice was
signed.
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Monte Blue at the
Coliseum
A big city’s underworld, with
its sinister, ruthless and treach
erous rival gangs ready to kill
at the least provocation—dark
ened streets with death lurking
in every shadow—painted molls
hanging on the arms of their fa
\oiite gunman—watchful detec-'
tives silently watching—the air:
intense—with anything liable to
happen at any time—is the high
ly dramatic setting of “Skin
Peep,” Warner Bros., all-talking
picture starring Monte Blue and I
coming to The Coliseum Sunday
and Monday.
“Skin Deep” presents the hu
man side of the underworld of!
a great metropolis and it pictures
the lives of several people
thrown into the maelstrom of
lawlessness.
The scarred and repulsive gang
leader whose hideous face has
compelled him to be a crook, the
woman whose fiendish desire for
gold is hidden by a beautiful
lace on the one side is met by a
rival gang whose dapper leader
never once bespeaks his callous
inner self.
..Monte Blue and John David
son portray the rival gangsters
in this play while Betty Comp
son plays the woman. The sup
porting cast includes Davey Lee
Mice Day. John Bowers, Georgie
Stone, Tully Marshall, Robert
Perry and others.
Saturday night ‘Shootin’ Irons’
and “The Drag Net” make up
the features of a double bill at
The Coliseum.
Offered $5,000 a month if he
would leave them alone, the girl
he is in love with wanting him
to join with the underworld
crooks, his desire for wealth
and the love he desired more
than anything else is the story
which features George Bancroft
as detective Lieut. Two-Gun No
lan with a decision to make in,
“The Drag Net, a Paramount
picture at the Coliseum. ,
Jack Luden in “Shootin’ Irons
is a gripping, high speed story
that grips you and clicks from
the start. Jack Luden, a new
Western Star has the lead in this
gripping Western which is cram
med with thrills.
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‘RUBY’
GETS U.
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S. CONTRACT
The U. S. Bureau of Education
has accepted the bid of Capt.
Louis Knaflack to deliver Bureau
supplies to Kodiak and other
ports in the Behring Sea, at $20
per ton. He will use his motor
vessel to make delivery.
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Fishing Season Has
Opened in North
On June 16th, the 1930 salmon
Ashing season for all forms 01
gear opened in the Icy Strait
section. There is virtually no
change, or limitation on take oi
salmon. The season in the Iej
Straits section lasts just one
month, closing in Outer Icj
Strait areas on the 3rd of Aug
ust and three days later in the
inner sections of the straits.
In Western districts traps ant
seines Ash until the 10th o
August. South of the 53th para
Lell there will be fall Ashing un
il the 15th of October and be
gins on the 1st of that month.
The Eastern district is oper
between June 25 and August 10
The fall season also is open be
ginning October 1 and ending or
the 15th of October.
West Coast of Prince of Wale
Island the season opens July 1(
and closes August 20 with a fal
-eason of 15 days beginning oi
the 1st day of October.
Southern Prince pf Wales dis
trict opens July 15 and closes or
August 24 with 15 days Ashing
beginning on the 1st of Octobei
Southern Ketchikan district
season opens Juiy 5 and closes
August 16 with a 15-day fall
season beginnig October 1st.
Trolling closes on August 25 i
and opens again on September '
30. except two areas on the i
southern end of Baranof Island,!'
from Cape Ommaney to the f
south end of Whale Bay and (
north from Cape Ommaney to ;
Armstrong Point. ]
Funds for School at!
Wrangell *
The estimates of the Bureau '
of Education provides for the e
sum of $175,200 for new buildings 1
at Wrangell as first units of the j
proposed industrial school. The ,
budget provides for buildings as f
follows: School building, $48,000
Dining room and kitchen, $23,
D00; Domestic science building 1
56,900; Industrial shop, $9,000; 1
Boys’ dormitory, $27,000; Girls’ c
dormitory, $27,000; Staff quar
ters, $18,900; Infirmary, $10,800;
Total, $171,100. ;
The $71,000 which is proposed :
to be made available during the |t
fiscal year 1931, would be used;!
Lor clearing land, preparing t
plans, erecting the main school ,
and administration building, and
the dormitory buildings, insofar
as the amount of the appropria- 1
.ion wifi be sufficient to cover t
these projects. ^
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ALASKANS UP IN ARMS ,
Associated Press reports from (
the convention of the Federation
of Women’s Clubs, in session in I,
Denver aroused men and women ,
of the Territory. A resolution, ac- j
cording to the reports, had been
adopted requesting President 1
Hocver“ to study the problem of j,
delinquent women and girls in I
Alaska.” > j
Alaskan women do not need as ;
much defense as do women of the :
states where there is a problem \
of delinquency among women
and girls.
Investigation adduced the fact
that the resolution requested the (
president to investigate the need ,
of a home for delinquent women
and girls.
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Henry O’Malley, U. S. Com
missioner of Fisheries is due to
arrive in Alaska the latter part
of this month. It is believed he
will spend some time in the First
Division and will possibly pay his
respects to Petersburg and its
citizens. >
“Shall Aid in the Development
Of the Fur Industry
An Editorial
In 1927, the Territorial Legis
ature passed a measure pro
dding for the employment by
he Governor of a veterinarian
riie law specified that his duties
hould be to visit the fur farms
if the Territory, study the prob
ems incident to the commercial
aising of fur and to advise the
ur farmers in matters pertain
ng to the breeding and care of
ur bearing animals and the pre
ention and cure of diseases
hereof. An appropriation of
15,000 was made at that time
1927) to cover the expense oi
mploying this expert, with the
iroviso that $500 of ttfe appro
bation should be available for
urnishing printed matter to the
ur farmers on the subject of
liseases of fur bearing animals,
f any such printed matter has
•een prepared, we have not seen
.ny of it.
In 1929, the Legislature made
. further appropriation of $17,
00 for maintaining the work of
he veterinarian (making a to
al of $32,500 which has been
aken from the Territorial treas
ury.)
Now, just what have we gotten
or our money. The fur farmers
hemselves, have been paying a
ery costly tuition in the uni
ersity of experience. Through
;ut the eight or ten years that
nost of the fox farmers have
>een in the game, they have paid
learly in time, in wasted effort,
md in livestock, for their ignor
tnce. In the beginning they
mew next to nothing of the na
ure and habits of the animals
hey were trying to produce,
rhey 'knew very little of diseas
‘S, parasites, pelting, or market
ng, and nothing whatever of
eeding methods and care of the
mirnals before, during and after
he breeding season or the pro
BUREAU SCHOOLS
The Bureau of Education has
extended the school term from
iight to nine months in the fol
owing schools in the First Divi
sion:
. .Angoon, Douglas, Hoonah, Hy
laburg, Juneau, Kake, Klawock,
Klukwan, Metlakatla, Petersburg,
3axman and Sitka. This is a
policy in line with the request of
the Alaska Native Brotherhood
that all Bureau schools shall be
put on par with Territorial
schools as to length of term and
standards of education.
per care of the young pups,
As a direct result of their ignor
ance, it is quite safe to say that
fully one-half of the fox pups
[born on the islands during the
'past ten years have been lost.
| And on those that were saved,
they have not realized what they
should, partly because of matted
pelts and partly because of oth
er troubles which, theoretically,
they should be able to control. In
ether words, their experience has
taught them what the questions
are that they need and want an
swered. There are many points
on which they are in need of ac
curate, dependable information.
Some individuals have done,
more or less experimenting butj
have remained in doubt of their
findings because they cannot be
sure of all the factors that have
contributed to the results that
have been achieved. As indi
viduals they cannot afford to ex
periment—neither can they af
ford not to. In view of the num
ber of people engaged and the
amount of money invested it
seemed the logical thing for the
Territory to encourage the indus
try in the same way as farming
and stock raising are encouraged
j!n the agricultural states for fur
farming can be made to mean to
this Territory just what any oth
er live stock industry would
mean.
So when the Territory provid
ed an expert to solve these pi-ob
lems, he (the expert Dr. Graves)
was hailed as a Moses who would
lead the fur farmers out of their,
bondage of ignorance. They
were ready to listen to any man
who knew more than they did.
But they were soon disalusioned.
Our money ($32,500) is gone.
Three more years have slipped
into the irredeemable past and
Continued on Page Two
j SELLS HALIBUT BOAT VESTA
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I Capt. Morrison of the halibut
er “Vesta” this week closed a
; deal whereby Captain Harold Lee
I becomes owner of the vessel. Mr.
i Lee has been engaged in hali
ibut fishing here for many years
'as captain-owner of the “Rival”
which is now being offered for
sale. The Vesta is 54 feet over
all, powered with a 35 Imperial
gas engine.
Outline of Canadian
Fish Legislation
The British Columbia Govern
ment’s long awaited fisheries
legislation, following its victory
in its dispute with the Dominon
uver the right to control canner
ies, has now been approved, after
being placed before the Legisla
ture at its last sitting by Hon. S
L. Howe, Commissioner of Fish
eries.
As foreshadowed, after the
united protests of fishermen anc
independent canners at the long
series of hearings by the Housi.
Fisheries Committee, the bin
makes no attempt to control
fishermen either in respect to
districts or of gear. It confine.,
itself entirely 10 the licensing
and control of canneries, dog
fish, pilchard and whale reduc
uon plants, and herring and sal
mon dry salteries.
An important safeguard con
cerning the fishermen, however,
is provided by the provision foi
the establishment of an arbitra
tion board in cases of dispute
over prices paid for fish oy ca,.
neries. The board will consis
of one government appointee
one nominated by the fishermen
and one by cannery interests
The board’s decision will appL
not only to the price of fish, but
to the period in which the prict
will continue.
The bill makes no mention o,
the amount of the license fee U
be collected from canners, leav
ing that to the discretion of the
government. Licenses will ex
pire annually on March 31 o
each year and may be revoked
by the government. Provisior.
is made for a hearing by tht
Fisheries Commissioner if ar.
operator objects to cancellatioi
of his license. License holder
will be required to keep records
cf their operations in regard to
catch and output.
Registration of fish buyers i'
also to be established. Persons
buying fresh fish from fishermen
must obtain certificates from tn
Fisheries Department.—Canadi
Fisherman.
Piar. a Real Live
4th of July
The committee in charge o
plans for the Independence Daj
Celebration, is making a com
mendable effort to give Peters
burg an exceptionally busy anc
enjoyable celebration this year
A program of sports, races and
contests has been arranged, in
cluding boat races, horseshoe
pitching, log rolling and a day
and night display of fireworks
at the ball grounds. Three hun
dred dollars worth of fireworks
have been received and are now
on hand awaiting the big day.
The following speed boat races
have been announced:
Free for all, prizes, $40, $25 $10
Speed boats under 10 h. p., priz
es, $25, $15, $10; Round bottom
boats under 10 h. p., prizes $15,
$10; $5. .
“CURLY”PLEADS GUILTY
W. W. Kerr, better known as
“Curley the Barber,” who was
taken into federal custody last
week charged under the Nation
al Prohibition Act with posses
sion of intoxicating liquor, was
rrraigned before Commissioner
Clausen Saturday morning and
formally charged on three
counts. Later in the day, after
consultation with his attorney.
Henry Roden and Assisttant Dis
trict Attorney George W. Folta.
the charge was changed to the
Alaska Bone Dry Law whereupon
Mr. Kerr decided to 'change
his pleading to enter a plea of
“guilty.” He was given a fine of
$500 and sentenced to serve 8
months in the federal jail.
Native Born Are
Not So Good
The native born Americans
who have damned the foreigner
or adopted American for the
congested condition of our jails
and courts, should never undress ;
in glass houses. In Detroit re
cently statistics show that of '
1.355 prisoners brought into the <
Recorder’s Court on charges of 1
felony during the first three 1
months of this year, 78 per cent
were native born. The impres- :
•ion that a majority of crimes 1
-ommiUed were the work of for
eigners caused compilation o; 1
he statistics. The impression
that foreigners predominate in
crime was due to the foreign
lames of those arrested but in
vestigation disclosed the fact
he suspects usually repre^en’
he second or third generation of
the foreign born.
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It’s a Real Bear
Story
Harold Dawes and H. F. Irwir
ire the champion bear hunters
or this week. Returning from a
prospecting jaunt into the hills
Iowa the Narrows, Sunday af- ,
ternoon, they came suddenly up
on two yearling cubs in a tree j
below them on the steep moun-j(
aim ide. The mother bear broke;1
'rom cover in the brush near by j1
and immediately gave chase to ■
rrwiu’s dog. The dog soon decide^
hat it was no disgrace to run,-!
^o it came full speed toward its :
master. Passing within a few
"eet from the men it kept going.
The men were unarmed save for
sidearms which Mr. Dawes had
ieposing safely in his pack. The
bear chased the dog away from
he cubs then turned its atten
ion to the men and it was look
ng for trouble. This maneuver <
gave Mr. Dawes time to unpac1
and unlimber his gun and get i:
nto action. When the bear wac
dropped by a couple of well-plac
d shots it was close—too close
o the men to be enjoyable ,say.c
Mr. Irwin.
ALASKA GAME LAW BUMPS
SNAG IN HOUSE
The proposed Alaska gam'
law before congress was under
consideration before that bod1.
;he 2nd of June and after a brief
discussion of some of .its feature?
it was carried over without pre ;
j ad ice. It is believed that the
bill will not be given any further
consideration this session. ,
The feature of this bill thal
Alaskans object to is the para- 1
graph which would permit em
ployees of the Game Commis
sion to search any boat or resi
dence without search warrant.
The wardens on occasion have '
made themselves promiscuously !
obnoxious by their illegal entry
and search of camps, boats and/
residences and this bill would :
have legalized their highhanded
holdups. ... 1
“A Variety Sale” will be put
on by members of the Band of | ‘
Tove in the Salvation Armv Bar- j
racks, on Saturday the 21st at
3 o’clock in the afternoon. The
articles that will be sold are the
work of the boys and girls of the
Band, besides a few other things
donated to the organization. All
the parents and friends are in
vited to come and see what the
Band of Love members have
been doing, and to help with this
work by purchasing some of the
work. The proceeds will be used
in buying more material for the
boys and girls to work with in
their weekly class.
Canners to te Given
Hearing on Treaty
Senator Jones of Washington
ias requested that ratification oi
■he salmon treaty with Canada
>e deferred pending conference
aid consultation with the sal
non packers. Henry O'Ma i ley
Mil meet with Senator Jones and
manners in SenttiC on Septem -
-•er 4 when the packers will be
ieard.
.Tlie halibut treaty which is al
io before the Senate, will be ga
in consideration by Senator
tones, Mr. O'Malley and operat
ors interested.
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Sawyer to Make
Investigation
Ernest Walker Sawyer, has or
dered a sweeping invstigation of
illeged irregularities in tire
landling of Eskimo reindeer
lerds by the Lomen Reindeer
?orporation.
His assignment follows protest;
igainst any investigation that
Tight be made by Governor Geo.
Parks, who is a close and inti
mate friend of the Lomens.
The charges of irregularities
Dy the Lomens was made by C.
L Andrews, veteran employee of
,he Bureau and he was upport
id jn his charges by the Eskimo;
vho filed protests wilh Delegate
Sutherland and petitions for re
ief. .
The Eskimos demand a com
Dlete separation of their herds
Tom the Lomen stock.
The Lomens categoric !ly de e,
:he charges.
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CUTTER BEAR IN MOVIES
Oakland’s, (Calif.,) Navy,” the
ild revenue cutter ‘ Be r” will be
ised in the filming of'Jack Lon
don's “Sea Wolf.” Under the
ierms of the contract drawn up
py the City of Oakland and the
novie picture magnates, the old
’utter will be placed at the dis
posal of the movie company in
return for which the vessel will
receive a complete overhauling
pf boilers and engines, provide a
rrew and insure the vessel. Capt
L. Laur will supervise the re
pairs and command the vessel
n filming the expedition.
This staunch old vessel served
longer in Alaska waters than
my other vessels that plied un
der command of any skipper.
She held her own against the
dements of the north carrying
elief, guarding the seal rook
?ries. dispensing justice until she
vas replaced by the Northland a
louple of years ago.
FAMOUS SPORTSMAN KILLED
Major Henry Segrave’s speed
ioat “Miss England” hurtling ov
ir the water of Lake Windemem.
England, at more than 100 miles
in hour for a new world sp^ed
•ecord, suddenly dived like a bill
et, hurling her crew of three in
,n the water, injuring Segrave
tetally.
In two tests prior to the acci
dent, Segrave had set a new
,vorld motor boat record with an
average speed of 98.76 miles an
dour. He established a record of
231 miles an hour in Florida for
lutomobiles.
ALASKA FUR BUYER LEAVES
LARGE FORTUNE
J. C. Lowe, fur buyer of Nusha
gak died on the 10th of June on
board the steamer North King
onroute to Seattle. Probate of
his estate now reveals that he
leaves a fortune o^ $150,000.