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VOLUME NO. 5.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, JULY 3, 1931.
NUMBER 50
Alaska Reindeer
Council To Meet
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Governor Parks is en route t:
Nome for the purpose of holding
a meeting in connection with tin
organization of the deer counci
which will supervise the rein
deer industry in Alaska. C. W
Hawkeswcrth, superintendent oi
Indian affairs, with headquart
ers at Juneau, also will attend
this meeting. The council, wit a
the p'v rnor as chairman, will
be compos 1 of Mr. Hawkcs
worth, B. B. Mczee, superintend
ent of tne reindeer field service,
■wo Eskimo owners of deer, and
a representative of the Lemon
Reindeer Corporation. Neither
tne Eskimo nor the Lomen in
terests have designated their
representatives
The council was created by the
interior department upon the
recommendation of an advisorv
committee composed of Senator
John B. Kendrick, Congressman
Scott Leavitt and Assistant At
torney General Sisson which
; eld extensive hearings in Wash
ington last winter and spring.
It recommended certain steps to
be taken, including a general
roundup to clear up ownership
i i unbranded animals and set
tlement of range disputes be
tween white and Eskimo owners.
Steps toward carrying out
• here recommendations will hr
t;n:en by the council at its Nome
meeting. It will also issue rules
and regulations for administra
tion of the industry and lay the
groundwork for closer coopera
tion between the various owners
and government agencies.
Anchorage Time'-.
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Pulp Mills Not Yet
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Returning from his recent of
Pcial visit tn Washington, D. C.
Charles H. Florv territorial com
missioner for the U. S. Depart -
ment of Agriculture, went by
way of San Francisco where he
conferred w.th the Zellerbach,
about tneir plans lor AiasKa de
velopment. George T. Camer
on, interested in Alaska pulp
^nd paper development, was i:i
Europe and Mr. Fiory did not
get to see Aim.
Delay in launching pulp con
struction programs is inevitable,
it is explained by Mr. Fiory. Thi;
i* caused by world-wide depres
sion and by unfavorable conch -
rions in the newsprint manu
facturing industry and its mar
ket.
At this time the newsprint
makers are operating at 40 per
cent of capacity. Newsprint
prices are abnormally low he
said and most of the manu
facturers are operating at a loss.
Until there is a trend toward
improvement, little or no activ
ity can be ^xn^cted here.
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COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON
RUN FAILING
Following reports at the end
of May that the spring salmon
run for that month in the Col
umbia River was the poorest in
fifty years, later dispatches state
that fish catches on the river
are still at a low level and that;
nil classes of gear report a very
email take.
Gillnetters are reported to be
catching only from 25 to 75
pounds per night, with many
c^ats getting the customary
“skunk.”
Bakers Bay traps are doing
practically nothing to speak ot,
some of the outsiders turning in
?00 and 400 pound lifts, but the
majority are catching closer tc
the 100 pound mark
Reports from the seinimj
grounds are the same. No fisli
Legion Convention
I Programme Forms
J The American Legion, Depart
II ment of Alaska, is no hold ih
: nnual convention at Petersburg
m August 26-28, at which time
' one of the subjects to be consid
ered will be the contract for the
(are of the Insane of Alaska,
'now held by the Morningside
j Sanitarium at Portland, Oregon.
I The Legion favors the ccnstruo
! 'ion of an institution in Alaska
! r.o care for these unfortunates.
| Inquiry has been made of Delo
jeote Wickersham as to the
jp-tsent status of the situation,
j In January. 1981, the Interlo"
Department entered into a new
contract with the Morningc:id3
p: ople for the care of Alaska in -
sane for 5 yjars, with the stipu
• ation that an officer of the U.
IS. Health Service be stationed
h’.: Morningside to see that pio
I per treatment and medical aid
| was rendered the Alaska unfor
j tunates. The cost was reduced
Ifrr.m $640 per patient per year
! to $576. There are about 2^51
Ij.utients, with nearly 50 commit-:
tod annually and forty odd dis-!
charged. In 1926 an ivestiga -l
Lon was made under an Act of
Congress as to the advisabiliia
of establishing an institution
‘or the insane within the Terri
tory of Alaska or the United
states. The concensus of opinion
w as against construction in Al
aska and nothing further wosj
done in the matter. The Depart
ment reports that conditions
Tow seem satisfactory and that
there are comparatively no com
[plaints.
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PETERSBURG TO CELEBRATE
An excellent program of pa
triotic exercises, races, water
ports, music, fireworks, etc., T as j
been arranged by the Committee;
jin Charge of the Fourth of July,
c debration in Petersburg. The!
Hon. Henry Roden, prominent
attorney of Juneau and Peters ;
burg, will be the speaker of the
day. Music will be furnished by
ihe school band.
Beginning with the buggy pa-i
rade at 10:00 a.m., every minute!
. 1 the day will be filled. Chii •
dren’s races. Marathon rac<‘,i
horseshoe pitching contest, bi
cycle races, sreed boat races, tub
race and many other sports. Pa
triotic exercises at the bandj
stand have been timed for 11:30;
a. m. Fireworks will be display-J
ed from across the Narrows at
10:00 p. m. The day will close!
ith a grand free dance at the
Sons of Norway Hal] and every
one is most cordially invited t
come and celebrate the Nation :-,
birthday with us in Petersburg
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GEORGE GRIGSBY SLIGHTLY
INJURED IN MINE
George B. Grigsby, prominent
politician and lawyer of Ketchi
kan, one of officials of the Wag
ner Alaska Companv’s mine on
Salmon Creek sustained pain
ful but not serious injuries a
bout the face and arms as a re
sult of a fall while on a sampl
ing excursion to the mine. He
5 lipped in a raise in the mine
snd severely bruised his face
and arms nut no bones were
Lroken.
Thirty samples were taken and
will be shipped to Eastern inter
e-ts negotiating with the owners
for the purchase of the properly
frown as the John Wagner pro
perty, near Juneau.
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Mr. Ole Husvik underwent an
operation for appendicitis at the
Petersburg Hospital and is re
ported to be recovering nicely
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Deputy Fish Warden William
Garster arrived in Petersburg
yesterday. He was formerly a
r eputy U. S. Marshal at Juneau
Ji ickersham
Protests Alaska
Came Regulatios
Delegate James Wickersham
has asked to have set aside t' e
new prohibitive regulations of
the Alaska Game Commission
limiting the trapping of mint
and land otter to 60 days. He
stated that the old regulations
of 105 days should be used as
the new restrictions will drive
the trappers from the held.
The Fur Farmers’ Association
of Anchorage protested the new
regulations tnd their action was
endorsed by the American Le
gion and Veteran of Foreign War
Posts, also of Anchorage.
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Work Started New
Presbyterian Church
George Bottler, Spokane con
tractor now building the new
Wrangell school house was low
bidder Tuesday on general con •
struction of the new Presby
terian church.
Bottler’s bid was for $12,4 Yt
without heating or plumbing. A
B. Anderson of Wrangell an 1
Bert Lige of Ketchikan entered
a bid of $17,350 including heal
ing and plumbing.
H. A. Arnold of Spokane was
low bidder at $2,675 for heating
and plumbing. The Davis Manu
facturing Co. of Ketchikan en
tered a bid ot $3,467.50. T. J. Mc
Bride, proprietor of the Wran
gell Radio and Electric Shop bid
"r r the electric work at $731.
Mr. Bottler began excavating
Wednesday morning and con
struction will be carried on as
ouickly as possible.
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Body of Talbot
Is Found
Intensive search for J. A. Tal
bot, Senior, of Ketchikan, miss
ing since June 13, ended with the
finding of the body on the beach
near Herring Cove by a fishing
party last Sunday morning. The
party had intended to take a
t: ail through the woods to a
; rout stream but missed the trail
r nd came out on a rocky beach
which is rarely visited. The body
was discovered lying face down
partly under a log one end of
whihc was resting on a rock. It
was about five feet above high
tide. The clothing was dry and
there was no indication that he
i ad met death by drowning, c
theory that led to the dragging
nr the waters near the Talbot Zz
Spaulding dock and a search by
on expert diver.
Mr. Talbot had been a resident
01 Ketchikan for a number of
y^ar^, where his sons Jack and
George are engaged in busines-'.
He leaves al o a daughter, Mrs.
H. H. Townsend of Seattle, and
six grand children tc mourn h's
'OSS.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at two o’clock Tuesday afte~
noon by Rev. George Beck from
Dyer’s Chapel. Interment at
American Legion plot, Ketchikan
cemetery.
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The halib uter Lenor is on the
ways at Anderson Bros, for over
hauling and, paint.
Wrangell Firm Bid
Gets Shoemaker Bay
Libe, Anderson & Hatton, of
Wrangell and Ketchikan, have)
been awarded the contract forj
the construction of the two and j
a half story school building, first!
unit of the Industrial School!
I plant at Shoemaker Bay by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, ac-,
cording to the announcement of i
N. L. Troast. Architect. The local'
company was low bidder at $33,- j
250. The Concrete Construction I
Co. of Seattle were second low at
$35,333. George Bottler of Spo -
kone was next low v/ith a bid of
$38,781. Sixteen bins were re
ceived on the building and two!
on the electrical work separate-j
ly. Bids on the building ranged]
f'Om $33,250 to $55,960. The ,
contract for the electrical wor ; ,
was let to Jack McPride of the ,
Wrangell Radio and Electrical
Company for $970, the bid . cf |
George Bottler of Spokane being ,
in t he same amount The build -.
’>g, two and a half stories high,
of frame and stucco is the first
unit of five large buildings
Vo be constructed on the Wran-j.
roll site. j
I iSH PRICES
Capt. E. H Frederickson, v'.re
president of the Alaska Trollers
Pnion, reported through the Tr«-1
hune of Ketchikan that patrc.i
boats in the Sitka district above
C npe Ed ware? and south was ab
s< lutely barren of power trollerv
The Columbia running southi!
f-am Sitka through Peril Straits
to Chatham Straits, thru Rocky
l ass and down Clarence Straits
to Ketchikan made a similar re
port.. Several hundred boats,
roe usually busy in the Chatha' l]
•ind Sitka districts by this time.!
The report that the non-unicn
fishermen were going out for 10
.5-3, was denied by the Union of
ficials also. The leaders of the
Union refused to call a meeting,
to vote on the ground price of-j
lered by Karl Hanson, which o/-,
irr was later withdrawn.
Halibut prices in Juneau t’e.l
a second time to the low level of
6-3 again this week with the Ju
neau Cold Storage as the onl,’
buyer in the market. E. Eng
strom, representing a Chicagj
firm received orders from his
company to discontinue buying
three weeks ago.
King salmon sold here at 1 -
6-3.
at Ketchikan, Rupeil, Alexan
der, Sitka and Craig with no
promise of relief unhl there :r
;n improvement in the qualty
c:. the saunon. Tlv' buyers as
sert that 75 per c.'ufi of the 10 1
mild-cu’e has n k re-packed
an account of being poor qualiry
of fish as against 26 : cr cent jf
farmer seasons A»i trollers ad
mit the fis i are poor (not fat
this year.
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RED SALMON SHOWING
UP AT KODIAK ISLAND
Red salmon are beginning a
good run in the vicinity, of Kar
luk and the Kodiak cannery ha;
packed more cases than it had
at this time last year. Individ
ual fishermen report better
catches than last year. H. H
Hungerford, fish warden, says
the run at Karluk is always n
r.ii! e indication of what the r.io
will be around the whole Kodiak -
Afognak group. There are 14
canneries operating this year in
that region.—Empire.
Sitka Agricultural
Station Continues
Correcting an ern neous im
pression that has gone out
through the territory, Charity
id Flory, Commissioner for the
J. S. Department of Agriculture
who recently returned to Ju
neau from a two months visit
to the national capital, state:
that the experiment station at
Sitka will be continued and the
work there carried on just as in
the past.
For several months the trans
fere of agricultural experiment
station headquarters from Sitka
ro Juneau has been in doubt.
The decision was finally made
i fter Mr, Flory reached Wash •
i.vigton. Owing to the fact chat,
'rom now until fall is the busy
season for that bureau, th°
thransfer will ndt take place un
t!l in the fall, Mr. Flory said. At
that time, Chief Agronomist A!
t ert Eiler Hanson, and the cler
ical staff whl be meved to Ju
neau and o-hces in the capitol
have been assigned to them.
The station at Kod:ak has been
•'crmanently closed. The live
stock handled by it on a rang:4
nid breeding experiment will be
neved to the station at Mata -
• uska where the experiment will
ie continued. Of the sever. 1
juildings at Kodiak station, one
las been turned over to the bu
reau of fisheries, another to the
Yaska game commission, ana
:thers to the United States sUj -l
al corps for its wireless station.
The station at Fairbanks has
een turned over to the Alask i
* gricultural College and Sein e.
)f Mines. The Matanueka s-a
,:on will be maintained and it*
pork made more extensive.
Mr. Flory made a special trie
:rcm Washington to Saratoga
Springs, N. Y.. where the depart
ment has an experimental fur
arm. He studied the work be
ng done by it to determine its
'daptability to Alaska. “Sooner
:r later the department pro
bably will establish a similar
[arm here,’ he said.
World Flyers
Reach Edmonton
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Pushing their way through
the air around the world in an
attempt to break all previous
records, Wiley Post and Harold
Gatty left the Siberian Coast at
Rhakarovsk at 1:00 a.m., June
23, Local Time on the 2300-m;le
hop to Nome Alaska. They were
reported as arriving at Edmon
ton July 1 with one more hop to
New York to complete the circle.
They were ahead of their sched
ule.
From Harbor Grace, N. F., to
Berlin, Germany, the two airmen
made 136 miles an hour, pushing
on for Moscow after a brief rest.
Their reported speed from Siber
ia to Edmonton was said to be
160 miles an hour. Their route
i nd the distance of each hop was
planned as fellows: New York tc
Harbor Grace, 1200 miles; Har
Berlin-Moscow 925 miles; Moo
cow-Irkutsk 2600 miles; Irkutek
Kharborovsk or Yakutsk, 110:.
Nome Edmonton, 1900; Edmon
monton-New York (probably via
Cleveland) 2.000 miles.
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The Petersbur g Commercial
Club is in receipt of an appeal
f: om the Anchorage Chamber of
Commerce end the Anchorage
Fire Department, stating that
Anchorage has an excellent tp
sortunitv to secure next year’c
convention of the fire chiefs of
the Pacific Coast, bringing three
to four hundred delegates tc
Alaska. v
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A rainy Fourth seems to be
the order of the Weather Man.
j Ellen Reep Concert
This Evening
Of interest to all music lovers
in Petersburg is the concert to
be given tonight at the Sons of,
Norway Hall by Miss Ellen Reep.1
contralto.
Miss Reep is visiting here with
her sister, Mrs. Gene Torkelson
and at the request of many
friends who have heard her in
song and dia'ect readings over
Stations KOMO and KJR, she
has consented to give the fans'
in Petersburg this one oppor-!
tunity to see and hear her at'
f rst hand.
She is a pupil of August Worn j
er, Norway’s foremost baritone,;
who has presented and assisted
her in concerts at Everett, S3
attle and elsewhere
A wide range of selections, in
eluding m \**y beautiful and
well-known numbers irom t e'
Scandinavian are on the pro
gram.
She will be assisted at the pi
ano by Mrs. Tork* Ison, who
needs no introduction in Peters
burg.
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YACHTSMAN CHARGED WITH
VIOLATING GAME LAW
Charging him with shipping
ft "-cli OIV11IO
the necessary shipping permit,
a warrant has been telegraphed '
to Seattle for the a: rest of W. T.
Sachs said to be a San Francisco
lesident who has been tourim;
Southeast Alaska, in a yacht, the
Star Dust. He is supposed to be !
be on that vessel enroute to 1
Seattle and is expected to arrive;'
there today.
Sachs is reported to have ship -
ped out seven brown, bear skins.'
Records of the Alaska Game
Commission here do not show
any non-resident or any other
kind of hunting license being
applied for by or issued to him
However, no charge was filed of i
i legal hunting. The skins were
shipped from Baranof and have
been seized at Seattle by United
States Customs where they are
being held pending. develop
ments.—Juneau Empire.
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HALIBl:T SITUATION
The Rupert fishermen are re
ported as outfitting their vessels
and going out again on account
of the slightly improved market
conditions. The most of the Ca
nadian fleet has been tied up.
Ketchikan prices for June 30 re
ported here were 10:30-5.00 to 0.
10-4.00 with 94,000 sold.
No halibut is being bought inj
Petersburg except by Earl Ohmeri
who is paying 5-3 for freezing,!
with Mundy handling for him.
Marlyn is no.; in the market.
Cope Mundv is paying 10-6-3 for
kings of goo ? quality but a large1
percentage of. the catch are be -j
irg condemned for mildcure pur
\ oses, the fish being too skinny, j
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The little daughter of Mr an 1
Mrs, Marshal Pointer has beei
I quite ill this week. j
Capone Guilty
Chicago
A1 Capone of Chicago and
Miami, notorious outlaw am!
loader of outlaws, boss of Chica
go’s underworld, has pleaded
guilty. Charged with some fi e
thousand inlractions of the pro
hibition laws, conspiracy, and
evasion of the income tax, Ca
pone decided to throw himself
on the mercy of the court rather
'han fight the indictments re
turned by a federal grand jury.
personally said “guilty” to
each of three indictments in a
Chicago federal court. Sentence
nad not passed at last report-,
bat it is said the maximum
penalty would be 34 years in
prison and a fine of $90,000. En
couraged by their success in
Chicago, federal agents indicated
that they looked toward New
-fork as their next major objec
tive in their drive against the
higher-ups m crime.
Has Trouble in Florida
Circuit Judge W. L. Freeland
has dissolved a temporary ir.
tynction resuming Dade Coun
ty officers removing furnishings
Com A1 Capone’s Palm Island
.’evidence here in connection
cehh a $50,000 suit filed against
Capone by Vincent C. Gibson,
ms former counsel in Miami. At
torneys said Capone’s wfre would
ipply to the state Supreme Court;
tor a restraining order.
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Ketchikan Joins
All-Alaska Chamber
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Theh Ketchikvn Gmimber of
Commerce is the latest and last
of the commercin’, bodies of the
obncipal cities of the territory
‘o affiliate w!th the 411-Alaska
Chamber of Comir.rrt. June’a,
?itka, Wrangell Pe^e "burg, Cor
;iova, Seward, Michr- age, Fair
banks and Non? had previously
i.ssociatecl themselves with the
territorial oivenizatu n.
When the recent legislature
made its anprepriation for the
Ul-Alaska Chamber a condition
tfas attached providing that the
ict would not become effective
.nless and until the territorial
•rganization should be assure!
he effective support and ap
jroval of community chambers
■epresenting total memberships
f at least 500 persons.
Mr. M. S. Whittier of the Ter
•itorial Chamber now states:
“The affiliation of Ketchikan
nore than fulfills the conditions
mposed by fhe Legislative ea -
ictment. The Alaska Chamber
s now an establishea organiza
tion, entitled to the use of the
mud appropriated by the law
makers.”
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A lot of fishermen went to
Ketchikan to celebrate the natal
day of America.
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Banjou, Japanese contributed
p lot of Fourth of July beer to
he government as the result of
a raid my marshals Wick and
Brown Thursday night.
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UNCLE SAM SETS
EXAMPLE IN FRANKNESS
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Secretary of State Simpson
has laid before the world com
plete records of the military
strength of *he U. S. government
and suggested that all other
powers give similar public in
formation concerning the
strength of their armaments
The state department not only
made the data public at Wash
ington but asked the League of
Nations to whom the full report
was submitted to gwe full and
immediate distribution and pub
licity as to the condition of th’
United States land, sea and air
forces.