VOLUME NO. 5.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, OCTOBER 31, 1930
No. 15
Fraser Socksye
Prediction
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Sockeye salmon stretched in
great schools for more than 100
miles along the Thompson River
to day promised for 1934 one of
the greatest commercial fishing
season in history.
That was the word brought
back by Charles R. Maybury,
on his return from an in
spection trip to the Fraser River
watershed in British Columbia.
The state, cooperating with
the Fisheries Department of
British Columbia, this year clos
ed the season for more than a
month to allow7 w^hat many de
clared the greatest run of sock
eye salmon in memory to escape
from the Georgian Straits of I
Puget Sound to their spawning!
grounds up the Fraser.
Expectations Exceeded
“Our best expectations were
exceeded by the escapement,”
Maybury said.
“Tremendous schools of sock
eyes still are to be found in the
Fraser, although the majority
are already in the Thompson
River system, which drains the
Shuswap Lake area east of Kam
loops.
“At no point on the Thompson.!
v.'hich runs eastward for about!
100 miles from the Fraser before
entering the Shuswap Lake sys
tem. was there an absence of
sockeyes. At the spawning
reaches on the Little and Adams
Rivers the stream beds were cov
ered with dense schools of fine
mature fish.”
The coming winter, to a consi- 1
derable extent, will control the;
returns of fish in 1934, Maybury j
said, but at present the prq^- j
poet for a record return could
not be better.
Late Run Increase^
“This late run has made not
able increases in the past few
years,” Maybury continued. “The
early runs of sockeyes, which
frequent the northern lake area
further up the Fraser, has not
made such encouraging in
creases.”
In 1929 the early run was en
couraging, he said, but during
the past season the escapement;
of early fish to the spawning1
grounds was small.
riSTOL-TOTING HUSBAND
FREED TO LEAVE TOWN
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Floyd Morten, arrested in
Seattle several days ago when
his wife complained to detec
tives that he followed her from
Fairbanks, Alaska, with the in
tention of killing her was given
a thirty-day suspended sen
tence recently by Justice of the
Peace John B. Gordon on a^
charge of petty larceny.
Morton was accused of steal-'
ing a pistol with which he. was:
armed when arrested at the;
corner of Third Avenue and!
Cherry Street October 14, near'
his wife’s hotel.
Admitting he took the weapon
from the grocery store of C. M.
Boswell, 600 W. 85th St., Morton
testified lie was not certain
just why he did it.
“I didn’t realize just what I
was doing,” he said. “I had fami
ly troubles and didn’t mean to
lake it.”
Boswell said he did not care
to prosecute Morton further.
John F. Walthew, attorney, ap
peared as a character witness
and pointed out he has known
Morton for several years as a
^‘law-abiding citizen.”
Morton promised Judge Gor
don he would g° Abeideen
where he was promised a job
as cook. Mrs. Morton did not ap
pear in court.
Do your duty and vote on the
4th of November
i Veterans Compensation
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• Payment by the government oi
about $2,000,000,000 in cash tc
| World War veterans on their ad
justed service compensation cer
tificates was advocated last week
! by Representative Patman, Dem
ocrat of Texas.
This action would place that
i much money in circulation and
go far toward restoring national
prosperity, he stated. Serving
notice that he would file such
j a bill in Congress, Patman said
it would call for payment up to
80 per cent of face value of the
certificates.
Republican Rallies
me xtepuuucan political may
held at Ketchikan Thursday of
!ast week was well spoken of by
the Ketchikan Tribune, a new
publication of Ketchikan. This
paper, speaking of the address
made by William L. Paul, said:
“William L. Paul made the best
speech of his political career
when he addressed the capacity
house at the Coliseum Theatre
here on Thursday night.
He announced that he would
prove the Democratic Party does
not and never did believe in a
democratic form of government
and had never and was not now
interested in protecting the
trollers or fishermen of the Ter
ritory.
He mentioned that the Demo
cratic party never had any
knowledge of the fishing indus
try in the past, and that if they
had any knowledge of the in
dustry at this time it was ac
quired by reading The Alaska
Fishermen.
The Democratic party in the
year 1930 has come out for home
rule but their activities in the
past according to the published
records of the house and senate
of the territory show that they
have never been for it previous
ly. The desire for home rule is
evidently a new one with the
Democrats.
Paul showed by the records;
that many of the claims of Gaf- j
fney were not upheld by the re- j
cords.
He advocated many construc
tive measures for the fishing in
dustry in Alaska and changes in
the economic laws which would
really give Alaskan women a
community property law which
had no loop holes in it.
He absolutely opposed each
and every act of commissioner
O’Malley of the Bureau of Fish
eries, and advocated the passing
of a real law taxing the non-re
sident and making the provision
for carrying out that law when
passed.
Reports from Juneau indicate
a very fine reception accorded
the Republican candidates.
Judge Wickersham gave a
masterly presentation of the is
ues of this campaign, Mr. Gard
ner, Winn and Scott also justi
fied their positions to the sat
isfaction of the audience.
There is every indication of a
Republican landslide in Juneau
and also at Ketchikan. Hyder
will also go Republican.
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Mrs A. O. Elstad and Mrs.
Adolph Mathiesen entertained
a large group of friends at the
home of Mrs Elstad Thursday
evening. The evening was pleas
antly spent in playing bridge,
five tables being in play. Mrs. C.
i E. Swanson, Mrs. Klabo and Mrs.
'Andrew Johnson captured the
prizes.
1 One of the newly organized
'groups of Campfire Girls met
+his week with Francis Parks.
This group, consisting of girls of
the 7th 8th and 9th grades, is in
{charge of Mrs. Wm Stedman.
Grigsby Refuses to Meet
Challenge; Evades Issue
George B. Grigsby, so-called
heaa of the Democratic ticket
was the chief attraction at the
Democratic political meeting at
The MacGregor Theatre, Wed
nesday night-. Along with him
were Mr. Boyle, Mr. Sampson and
Mr. Shattuck.
Mr. Boyle introduced the tick
et by saying'“You ah know Mr.
Tom Gaffney—but you didn’t
| know him until Mr. Paul spoke
' here last week. Gaffney is fa
ther of the eight-hour-law. Mr. :
Paul has nothing to his credit
that will equal that law.” He
made no further statement as to
Gaffney’s record.
Mr. Karnes not being present, <
his qualifications were said to be ,
member of the American Legion 1
and service in Germany, and ]
present superintendecy of the <
Ketchikan schools. <
Mr. Ziegler and Mr. Judson l
were not present. i
Mr. Sampson who was present i
spent several minutes in flowery 1
nothings. His silence would i
have been golden. He lost more i
votes by talking than if he had i
let George do the talking.
Mr. Sampson, referring to the 1
proposed graduated tax on trap t
caught fish said, “I would do so i
only as an alternative to state- ;
hood.” t
Mr. Boyle attacked Mr. Gard- r
ner and Mr. Scott. His attack >
being merely a repetition of the i
Juneau Empire. His attack on I
the native vote was not as direct
as made by his Juneau political f
mentors, but it was the attack of s
one crying “sour grapes” while s
wishing in his heart he could c
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get those “sour grapes” or votes.
Mr. Shattuck in his talk
'-imply reiterated the pledges
outlined in the Democratic plat
form; attacked the Republicans
lor the plank which pledged
support to the national adminis
tration and tried to make it ap
pear that this pledge was a sur
render to the policy of adminis
tration of fisheries as set forth
oy Henry O’Malley. In national
politics he claimed to be a
Democrat but in territorial poli
ces he was without a brand as
le wanted the votes of both Re
publicans and Democrats.
Mr. Grigsby was then intro
luced and he took the balance
)f the evening in trying to cover
ha platform or in dodging issues,
le harped on the leasehold bill
md again charged Judge Wick
;rsham and William L. Paul with
>etrayal of the trust involving
ncral turpitude by their con
nection with the trap leasehold
>ill, proposed two years ago. His
eply to the challenge of The
ALASKAN to take the bill by
paragraph to show wherein it
yas a betrayal of trust was as
ollows: “I am not going to let
he editor of this paper (The
ilaskan in his hand) make my
peach for me. It (the bill) pro
ides for leases for four years,
enewable for periods of four
ears—that is what’s wrong with
t. I can not understand how
'aul can say he fa /ors abolition
f fish traps and then lease them j
or four years.” Reading Wicker- ,
ham’s letter published in ^
ame issue of The ALASKAN he j
harged that “everything is a|
pretext for passing this good
bill except that he got eight
thousand, dollars.”
! He declared that all of the
power of the Bureau of Fisheries
should be transferred to youi
own legislature. He alleged that
he advocated a bill to Congress
n 1920, 1924 and 1923 the turn
ing of this power over to the le
gislature. “I wrote that plank but
when I went to Congress and
! tried to get my bill through they
said “why your own people up
< here did not endorse your
stand.” (Ed. note:—Mr. Grigsby
i held certificate of election from
the Democratic political high
binders in Juneau from 1918 to
11920 ONLY.)
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Takes up the proposed land
suit of the Indians against the
Government and alleged that
Wickersham and Paul were col
lecting money and being financ
ed to carry out a fantastr. suit;
Mr. Parks representing the Alas
kan, interrupted and challenged
that statement. Giigsby declared
he had evidence of it Parks ex
plained that one person, out of
an excess of enthusiasm started
making collections on his own
initiative but was ordered to de
sist and return the money-col
lected. No money was turned
over to either Mr. Wickersham
or Mr. Paul. Grigsby then closed
the controversy by saying “My
word is as good as yours.” Later
in the evening in Brennan’s,
Grigsby alleged that David
Charles of Hoonah had paid in
$10 to Wickersham and Paul.
(Continued on page three)
Wet Your Whistles
All other lines may he feeling (
the business depression, but beer t
production continues in Canada \
at a high level. Official figures t
on the 1929 production of the (
seventy-eight breweries in Cana- t
da were announced last week by j t
the federal government. r
Total output for the year wasi
62,087,170 gallons, consisting of j c
beer, ale and porter. The pro- | j
duction of bottled beer has f
steadily increased since 1918, c
when it totaled 12,111,976 gallons, j t
to 1929 when the total was 44,- j £
016,892 gallons. The barreled'
output totaled 17,445,401 gallons. ^
This was exceeded in 1921, when j
19,272,847 gallons were produced
in barrels. |<
Canada’s beer exports to the j
United States in 1929 amounted t
to 2,0788,281 gallons. This was ,
the lowest in seven years and ]
compares with the 1926 peak of <
4,239,085 gallons. With the Do- ,
minion now refusing clearance i
of beer to the United States more (
recent figures are certain to -
show further losses. ]
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ONE ON THE KISSER <
Walter Jewell, in his foolish
| forties purchased a badge which
he was told would entitle him
to kiss any comely looking, bux
om young woman. He approach
ed a pretty young woman (she
must have been young to be
! pretty) and asked her for a
sentimental osculation. She
'refused so he, remembering his
! authority represented in the
badge he had purchased, swiped
one. She got angry and had him
arrested for larceny of one kiss
and he was fined $26.45, which
unable to pay he was sitting out
in durance vile. All in Baltimore
town, Maryland.
Legion Masquerade Dance, Nov.
110th. j
Blames Firs Dept.
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Charging that inefficiency on
he part of the fire department
vas responsible for the destruc
tion of her home by fire, Mrs.
Dtto Lehmann appeared before
he city councij with a request
hat the municipal government
ebuild the residence
Mrs. Lehmann made the blunt
charge, “You have no fire de
Dartment.” She asserted the
ire would have been easy to
jontral at first if firemen had
;aken her advice and used water
as well as chemicals,
After throwing a pitcher of
water on the blaze, Mrs. Leh
mann said she hurried to have
an alarm turned in. When the
iepartmeffi arrived, Mrs. Leh
mann declared “‘firemen lost
their heads When an attempt
was made to secure water, the
hydrant to which the hose was
connected was found to be dis
connected from the mam and !t
was 15 minutes before water was
obtained. By that time watei
was not reeded.”—Fairbanks
News-Miner
t LARENCE J. BERRY, WHO
FOUND RICHES IN
KLONDIKE, DIES
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Funeral arrangements were
made for Clarence J. Berry, mil
lionaire Calfornia oil operator,
who died at a Los Angeles hos
pital after an emergency opera
tion for appendicits.
Berry, who made a fortune in
the Klondike gold rush of 1898,
at one time was associated with
Herbert Fleischacker, San Fran
cisco banker, and was prominent
'n the development of the pe
troleum industry near Bakers
field.
Berry is survived by his widow.
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Vote for principles and for the
men of principle—never for per
sonalities.
Trailers Protest
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Fishermen who man the big
fleet of salmon trollers operating
from Puget Sound, held a mass
meeting at Eagles Hall last week
to protest the recent seizure and
confiscation of the trollers Tillie
M., Sunrise, Queen City and May
by the Canadian government.
Funds will raised at the meeting
for a legal battle for release of
the four American fishing ves
sels. It is planned to carry the
cases to the higher courts at
Ottawa.
The owners of the Tillie M.,
the Sunrise and the Queen City
say they had entered Canadian
waters to seek shelter in the lea
of Graham Island. The owners
of the May say the vessel was
outside the three-mile limit
when she was seized. The State
Department at Washington, D.
C., will be appealed to for relief
the fishermen said. The salmon
trollers seized range in value
from $5,000 to $20,000 each.
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' KILLER GETS 24 YEARS
Arthur McKenna of Cordova,
pleading guilty to the second
degree murder of A1 Mattson at
the Jumbo mine two years ago,
,was sentenced to serve twenty
I four years at McNeil Island Fed
eral penitentiary. During the
November term of court at An
chorage Karl Armstrong will be
tried for the second time for the
murder of Eric Dahlberg at
Kodiak.
William Hale Thomson, Re
publican mayor of Chicago, ad
mitted he had sent circulars to
i negro voters urging them to vote
1 for James Hamilton Lewis, Dem
j ocratic candidate for United
States senator.
i By this "action, the mayor dis
closed his opposition to the can
didacy of Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mc
iCormick, Republican candidate
for the senate.
Legion Elects Officers
i Petersburg Post No. 14 of the
American Legion held its elec
tion of officers at the Legion hall
Tuesday evening. The following
Legionaires were chosen to serve
the post during the coming year:
Commander Henry J. Hasbrouck,
Vice Commander Charles A.
Greenaa, Finance Officer Fred
erick Nelson, Adjutant Harold
F. Dawes, Sgt.-at-Arms John C.
Johnston, Chaplain Dr. J. O.
Rude, Historian Frederick Nel
son, Service Officer John G., Ol
son, Dept. Exec. Com. Alden B.
Holt, Past Executive Committee
men, Two years, Chas. G Ander
son and Axel Pearson.
Plans are already under way to
make the American Legion Con
vention, which is to be held in
Petersburg next summer, the
greatest in the history of the or
ganization in Alaska.
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li ly Years of Service
Mrs. Kate Loulin Brewer after
almost half a century of service
in the Chemawa, Oregon, Indian
School, left for her home in Ta
coma, Washington. Mrs. Brewer
was one of the first pupils to
enter the Indian School at Forest
Grove, Oregon which was later
! transferred to Chemawa. She
hails from Sitka. The Chemawa
American in giving notice of her
leaving that school says:
“Mrs Kate Loulin Brewer de
parted for Tacoma, Wash., last
Monday to make her home. She
has retired from service after a
period of half a century—prac
tically the entire life of Chema
wa, and all of these years have
been filled with conscientious
and most faithful service.
Throughout the country may be
found thousands of her former
Chemawa students who know
Mrs. Brewer and her work and
who will join all who are at the
school today in wishing her the
peace, joy and happiness due
her for many years to come.
During chapel last Sunday
evening, Supt. Lipps made a
most able and touching an
nouncement of Mrs. Brewer’s re
tirement. It was evident that all
shared his sentiment in regard
to the recognition due this
splendid woman for her life work
—one of the real builders of
Chemawa.”
The many friends of Mrs.
Brewer throughout the entire
Territory of Alaska will note with
i egret that she has retired from
active service in Chemawa but
they too will join with her Chem
awa friends in wishing her many
| many years of peace and com
| fort in her home in Tacoma.
NORWEGIAN CABINET MUST
STAND ALONE
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Johan Nowinckel probably
will continue as Norwegian
prime minister when the new
Storting opens its sessions early
in the new year. His entire pre
sent radical cabinet was given
a new lease on life by Monday’s
parliamentary elections, which
| returned thirty-four radicals to
the Storting. One of the planks
of the radical election platform
was anti-labor legislation, so the
cabinet must stand on its own
feet without labor in the coali
tion. The Conservative party was
gi eatly strengthened in the elec
tion. No radical reform legisla
tion is expected. The new Stort
j :ng will have 47 Laborites, 44
Conservatives, 25 Peasant Party
;and 34 Radicals.
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Mrs. Sam Gauffin will be leav
ing on the southbound trip of
the Queen this week for an ex
j tended visit in the states. Mr.
! Gauffin expects to join her in
I Seattle about the first of Dec
J ember.
; Waiting for Their
Pay
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Men of the steamer Santa Ana
are sailing the seven seas; two
of them have stowed away their
ditty bags and togs and signed
on in the old sailors’ home at
Snug Harbor, New York. But the
storms which buffeted that old
vessel when she was plying be
tween Seattle and Tampico last
December are still raging around
this old pioneer of the north,
i During the gold rush days, the
Santa Ana played its part in
bringing hordes of prospectors
to Alaska and taking rich cargoes
out. In later years she plied the
waters of Southeast Alaska and
her last runs were to the west
ward. She was sold and with a
cargo of canned salmon and
j other miscellaneous commodities
she left Seattle when she en
countered terrific storms in the
Caribbean. A British ship an
swered her S. O. S. and towed
her into Georgetown, Grand
Cayman from which port she
was taken in tow by a tug to
Tampa. Claims were filed total
ing $40,000 but the cargo brought
little or nothing when sold at a
marshal’s sale. Capt. Charles
Dickson got the ship for $1950
and she is now being refitted for
service again. The British Com
pany took settlement in the sum
of $1,000 in lieu of $25,000 sal
vage they had demanded. The
Tampa Marine Co., got $900 for
taking care of the ship at Tampa
and is a part of a claim for their
services.
The men have not received a
dollar on their claim of $7,500
which is only a small part of the
claims outstanding against the
old craft. The court has only $4,
736 with which to settle all
claims.
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NEW MOONEY CASE EVIDENCE
Additional photographs and
affidavits serving the claim that
Thomas Mooney and Warren K.
Billings are innocent of the 191G
preparedness day parade explo
sion were filed with the state
supreme court justices last week
by Attorney Edwin V. McKenzie.
Among them are three pic
tures which show the clock on
the Ferry Building and the one
opposite the Eilers Building on
Market Street, the so-called “ali
bi clock,” in exact time. They
were snapped by Gabriel Moulin,
professional photographer from
the roof of the Hale Building
immediately above the Eilers
Building at 2:53, 3:00 and 3:01
p. m. on July 22, 1916, the day of
the bomb outrage. Mooney and
his wife are seen on the roof be
low.
The pictures, declared Mc
Kenzie, furnish “demonstrative
proof of any disputed fact as to
the correctness of the clock on
the north side of Market Street,
whose dial is seen in the Wade
Hamilton pictures.”
McKenzie also filed “shadow”
photographs. These were taken
to prove by the “sun dial theory”
the exact time of the Hamilton
pictures. The photographer,
Theodore Kytka, snapped them
one year later to the minute
from the roof of the Eilers Build
ing with the Wade Hamilton
camera.
Mrs. Knute Stenslid was taken
suddenly ill yesterday. Her con
dition is reported serious. Mr.
Stenslid has asked Fred Patten
to take charge of the hotel tem
porarily in order that he may re
main at the bedside.
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Ellery Carlson, the burly man
of brawn, sole representative of
John Law on the police force is
a victim of tonsilitis. R. A. Han
'son has been decorated with the
officer’s star.