VOL. I
PETERSBURG, ALASKA SEPTEMBER 24 1926
NO.11
“FIGHTING MARINE" WORLD’S CHAMP
LOCAL PLOPLE RESPOND
LO NEEDS STRICKEN KAKE
The people of Petersburg re
sponded most, generously to the
needs of those made homeless and
destitute by the fire of last week.
In cooperation with Bert Cornelius,
a committee composed of Mrs. Wil
liam Worth, Mrs. Cornelius, Mrs. R.
Holt and Dick Hanson, two big
truck loads of serviceable clothing
and supplies were gathered and sent
ever on Paul Owens’ boat the Tas
mania Thursday morning. The com
mittee systematically canvassed the
different sections of the town and
found the people most generous as
well as sympathetic for those in dis
tress in Kake. Mayor Locken gave
considerable of his time in giving
publicity to the program, assisting
the committee in its work
contributions. Commissioner Clau
sen also gave the work his personal
attention. Thus was the response
made spontaneously successful.
Some of the stores sent * supplies
in bulk as their contribution.
We have been in Alaska for a
matter of forty years and we have
found it ever thus—the Alaskan
spirit knowing no color or creed and
responding kindly, generously and
sympathetically in the hour of dis
tress and need. The real Alaskan
j spirit for the nonce overwhelming
the intelerant spirit of those adopt
I ing the land for its opportunities on
I'y.
The people of Kake and their
I friends will long remember the
I kindly generosity and sympathy of
| the friends in Petersburg and other
! tow ns.
. .The First City in Alaska is now
ready to prove her right to the title
l»y going on the air with a 500-watt
broadcasting station having a range
of 1,000 miles. .With a speech am
plifier, .ten times more .powerful
than any other broadcasting station
in the north, she will be able to pick
up programs as far south as Holly
wood and east to the principal cities
of the Atlantic coast.
‘KGBU will have a daily schedule,
broadcasting .fish quotations, .con
certs, political speeches and inform
ation of special interest to Alasans.
It will serve as an advertising medi
um to disseminate the truth about
the Northland. .It is owned by the*
Alaska Radio & Service Co.f Inc., of
Ketchikan.—Chronicle.
An investigation of the State de
partment under “Ma” and “Pa”
Fergusons was orderen this week by
a special session of the lower house
of the Texas legislature in special
session. The resolution calling for
investigation passed by a vote of
104 ti 22. (Thus endeth the admin
istration elected through intoler
ance.
A very unusual case came to light
this week when it was discovered
that the young son of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Severson was suffering from a
broken collar bone. The parents
had noticed that the baby, who is
only about a year and a half old.
had a very sore shoulder which had
hurt persistently for about a month.
They finally took him to Dr. Stand
ard for attention but the bones had
begen to knit cnevenly. They took
the baby to Dr. Clark at Wrangell
fer an Xray which confirmed the
doctors diagnosis. Altho the bone
had to be rebroken and set correctly
the child is recovering rapidly, and
the doctor hopes that the arm will
soon be normal again.
CITY DABS MEFT
The city dad’s met in the city hall
Monday evening to go into regular
session. The matter of providing a
da nursery in the old hospital, for
children was considered. The officers
The officers of the local corp of the
of the lo^al corp of the Salvation
Army offered their services in the
caring f the children. The need for
such an institution being so appar
ent. the Council gave it favorable
action, pending the position of the
school board and Principal Bowman
of the Public Schools as the building
might be used for a school building.
The action of the School Board
i:nd Principal has been favorable to
the idea of turning the building in
to the use for which it was asked.
The offiicers have been conditioning
the rooms for the little ones and
that welfare problem stttled.
In view of the warning from the
recent fire at Kake the council gave
thought to the need of more ade
quate fire protection. It was de
cided that on account of the lack of
proper entrance to the back build
ings on the water front owned by
Sing Lee, it would be a wise thing
to build an alley way from the
Citizens’ Dock to said buildings,
whereby at least the chemical wag
ons could be gotten to the scene of
a fire on short notice.
Other routine matters were con
sidered and ordered approved.
The schooner Commonwealth, own
ed by the Booth Fisheries Company
rammed the gas boat Annie, owned
by Capt. H. Danielson of Point Col
poys last week and sunk her in Sum
ner Straits. The Annie was 11 tons
the Commonwealth is 60 tons net
engaged in Ashing halibut. .She is
a “down caster” and .constructed
with ice breawer bows. ...
. .The claim is made mat the An
nie was lying to while repairing the
engne, but had no riding lights up.
... The claim is made that the An
nie was lying die reparng their en
gne but had no lights burnng.
Try John Fanning for Arch Sa
ver Shoes for men, women and chil
dren. First class hosery on hand.
SNOW IN ALBERTA
Ten to twelve inches of snow is
reported as having fallen in Alberta
to date. The farmers of this dis
trict will have heavy crop losses as
tl'ey were unable to complete har
\esting.
(With the report of snow fall in
Calgary last week, the rather heavy
migration of migratory game birds
in this section at this time, old
timers in Petersburg are predicting
'a heavy winter in Alaska this year.
Might help the coal and wood busi
ness anyhow.
BROADCASTING BIG FIGHT
If receiving conditions are right,
local radio fans should be able to
pick their favorite stations and get
lirst hand dope on the Dempsey
Tuney fight in Philadelphia. It is re
ported that 20 stations will broad
cast the fight by rounds. KGO of
San Francisco being the big station
on the coast to spell the defeat of a
champion and the making of the
new king of the “leather-pushers.”
Completing negotiations that
have been under way for some time,
Union Oil Company of California to
day announced that it has opened
four marketing stations in Alaska.
'rhe new stations are located at
Ketchikan Craig, Petersburg and
Wrangell. While these depots are
all located in the southern portion
of Alaska, it is believed that their
establishment marks the opening of
a vigorous sales campaign in Alaska
b^ the Union Oil Company of Cali
1 fornia.
In the past, this California oil
corporation has supplied its Alaskan
trade through the medium of a
sales agency. Even with the limit
ed marketing facilities afforded un
der this arrangement, it is reported
that the sales have increased tre
mendously in recent months, and it
was to meet this increased demand
that the stations were established.
The new stations will dispense gas
oiine, distillate, kerosene and dies
e< in bulk; lubricating oils and
greases in packages. The principal
market will be the fishing and min
ing industries which at present are
the major consumers of petrleum
products in Alaska.
The refined oil products distri
buted through these new depots will
be supplied by the Union Oil refiner
is in California and will be trans
ported in the company’s own tank
ers.
Simultaneously it was announced
by Union Oil sales officials that the
Union Oil Company of Canada Ltd.,
a subsidiary corporation, has opened
for business, eleven marketing sta
tions in British Columbia. At Prince
Rupert, terminal of the Canadian
i National Railways, and one of the
leading fishing markets in northern
I'.ritish Columbia, construction of
a sales station is nearing comple
tion..
These stations have been estab
lished to meet the requirements of
fishing fleets which operate on the
coast of Alaska and on the coast
and rivers of British Columbia.
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Dr. Dan E. Standard is moving
to his former quarters above the
Wheeler Drug Store.
A terrific tornado swept through
southern Florida this week killing
more than 400 outright and injur
ing more than 4,000. The injured
are being cared for in hospitals.
The first communication was se
cured on Tuesday night in thirty
hours from the time of the catastro
phe and that came by way of Pensa
cola. The water and light systems
in many towns were completely de
stroyed or put out of commission;
sewage systems in some places were
also reported as having been put out
of commision.
The Red Cross organization has
minutes after taking to the air due
the sick and injured in the devas
tated area. Three quarters of a
million dollars had been subscribed
In a very short time for the strick
en people. The donations were com
ing in, in contributions of $5. to
' 55,000.
Heavy rains causing floods in '
Iowa are reported as having caused
five deaths and fifteen injuries to
date.. The rivers are receding now .
but not before considerable property
damage had been done.
FIRE ON JORGENSON’S HOME
On Tuesday evening the roof of
Pete Jorgenson’s home took fire
causing slight damage to the roof.
The prompt response of the fire lad
dies put out what could have re
sulted in a very bad fire. The fire
was caused by sparks lodgng on a
cry roof.
Final conferences between the Di
lector of the Budget and Depart
mental heads to cut 1928 expendi
tures to the figure set by President
Coolidge will begin about the first of
October, is an announcmnt from
Washington recently.
Governmental expenditures for
1928 were set by President Coolidge
at $3,270,000,000 as a maximum.
Preliminary requests for appropria
tions by the Departments and other
Government agencies, exclusive of
the Postal system, were consider
ably in excess of the amount set by
the director of the Budget.
According to General Lord, the
work of deciding definitely the ap
propriations to be allotted to the
independent establishments of the
the government will have been de
rided by October 1, at which time
tie larger departments will be given
a hearing.
FIRE NEAR MILL
Last Saturday night the debris
about the incinerator at the mill
piled up so highly that it caught
afire and transferred the blaze to
the waste conveyor. If it had not
been for the timely appearance of
some pedestrians, the whole mill
might have been destroyed by the
fire. The city council discussed the
matter in their Monday night meet
ing and decided that such a condi
tion was a menace to their neigh
borhood and requested that the mill
owners engage a watchman.
Subscribe for THE ALASKAN.
KAKE10 REBUILD
The people of Kake are all going
to stop their fishing operations at
the end of this week and will return
to their home town to begin the
task of rebuilding the town. Final
report of the fire shows a total loss
of thirty buildings—27 homes and
three stores.
The Kake sawmill is being condi
tioned at this time. A deisel en
gine will replace the old gas engine
that was used to power the mill. It
is the plan to get out lumber for the
street and then to rush orders for
the homes.
The Town Council in considering
the damage done by the recent fire
and have decided to require greater
d stance between each residence.
Buildings and lots will be standard
ized and they already talk of hav
ing the most modern of any Native
village.
The people have taken their loss
with a smile, laughing over the fun
ny things that occurred during the
fire. The loss of buildings can be
replaced, the loss of clothing is but
a minor matter when the loss of
heirlooms with histories going back
into generations is consdered. The
men and women of today know
nothng of the art of making many
of those curios which were burned.
The sentiment attached to many of
those old relics is just as strong as
the coats-of-arms to the Scottish
clans. They are gone and as the
people of Kake know—never to be
replaced.
To purify gold it is put through
fire. Chicaga became a better city
when the famous cow kicked the
lamp over; San Francisco with the
help f its earthquake and fire of
1906 had the worst of its dross
burned out. The same will be true
of the little village of Kake. The
will to live and to improve is there
as is the civic pride and working in
such unity and harmony as will in
sure their plan to make a bigger and
better village.
Word has been received from Se
attle that Mrs. Willie Johnson of
Petersburg, who underwent a sur
gical iperation in the Providence
Hospital last week, is reported iim
p roving rapidly and will return
home within the month. Dr. Sam
C. Standard, brother of Dr. Dan E.
Standard of this city, performed the
operation.
GOVERNOR IN KETCHIKAN
Governor George A. Parks and R.
J Sommers, of the bureau of roads
are reported as being in Ketchikan
this week enroute to Hyder. Upon
their return to Ketchikan they ex
pect to remain there for several
| days.
Tunney Declared Champ
End of Arena Classic
In the championship fight be
tween Dempsey and Gene Tunney,
the “Fighting Marine”, the betting
odds at ring side were three to one
in faver of the champion. Very lit
tle Tunney money being in sight.
The weights announced by the ath
letic commission give Dempsey 194
and Tunney 18514 pounds. Tn the
Commissioners office Tunney said:
‘f am fit to fight for a kings ransom
and in the greatest shape of my
career. I am not afraid of Demp
sey and will he in there fighting
from bell to bell. This is my op
portunity and I intend to make the
most of it. Believe me there will be
a new champion tonight. Dempsey
on the other hand when asked how
he expected to fare in the defence
of his crown retorted: ‘If I can end
the bout in the first round I will do
so. I will fight my usual aggres
t.'ve battle and expect to win inside
of five rounds.”
For a time it looked as if the fight
wmuld not be held because B. C. Cle
ments, Chicago boxing promoter
who claimed he had prior contract
Continued on page four
The French trans-Atlantic plane
which has been preparing for some
lime past to make the stretch across
the water made its hopoff this week
but met with disaster within three
minutes after atking to the air due
probably to an overload of fuel and
supplies.. The fusilage gave way
and the plane took a dive for terra
firma killing wireless operator and
engineer. The oil tanks took fire
blasting the hopes of this plane
making the trip across. There were
five men in the plane making the
flight.
The Wall Street Journal says tliat
the Royal Bank of Canada’s esti
mate of $1,300,000,000 may be in
vested in water power development
Eastern Canada, during the next 30
years is entirely too conservative.
The Journal quotes a Canadian
tanker as saying:
“Power deveolpments are under
way in uebec alooe which are mak
ieg Niagra look like small potatoes.”
The local Camp Fire organization
sponsored byMiss Caroline MsKeck
nie, is planning an overnight trip to
Scow Bay where they will initiate
some Scow Bay girls, Miss Daisy
Ouja, and Mildred Heimdahl. Mil
dred, Runstad, and June Allen of
Petersburg. The girls are to take
their blankets and cups and are con
templating a most enjoyable outing.
Mr. John Otness has been suffer
ing with tonsilitis the past few days.
His wife was ill with the same mal
ady last week but has completely
recovered now. Mrs. Chris Gronseth
has also been confined to her home
this week with tonsilitis.