VOL. 4.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, MAY 23, 1930
NO. 48
Rev. Vanderpol Dies
in Spokane
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Father John Baptiste Vander
pol, Jesuit missionary and priest
died in a hospital in Spokane,
Washington, aged 68 years.
Father Vanderpol was born in
Holland and came to the United
States in 1885 to study. In 1900
he went to Nome then was trans
ferred in 1913 to become Treas
urer of Gonzaga University. Two
years later he again was sent to
Alaska, being stationed at Cor
dova, Valdez, Seward, Douglas
and Ketchikan. In 1925 he went
to Lewiston, Idaho and since
1927 he has been priest-in-charge
at St. Patrick’s Church at Iiill
yard.
. .While in Alaska, Father Van
derpol endeared himself in the
hearts of all with whom he
came in contact by his broad
minded outlook upon life. He
was above all, a missioner seek
ing the higher spiritual devel
opment of men. Race, color or
nationality had no place in his
work. His passing will be re
gretted by Alaskans from the ex
treme north to the extreme
South. Has passed away an
understanding friend and the
loss to the Territory is greater
than many will ever know.
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Fitzwater is Pleased
With the Territory
E. E. Fitzwater, President of
the Guardian Building and Loan
Association, of Portland, Oregon,
was in Petersburg in connection
with his company’s business and
was well pleased with his recep
tion in Petersburg in particular
and Alaska in general.
Speaking of the business of his
company, he said: “Being a re
serve company under the Ore
gon charter, we do guarantee and
pay six per cent interest, com
pounded semi-annually, with 100
per cent safety. The reserve
fund of the association has been
fully paid in, cash, which togeth
er with the surplus fund, makes
the above guarantee possible.”
PRESIDENT SIGNS ALASKA
HIGHWAY BILL
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President Hoover, last Friday,
signed the bill providing for a
study of the proposed extension j
of the Pacific Highway to Fair- I
banks, Alaska. This project is]
known as the International j
Highway which will link the
South and Far North, through |
British Columbia and the Yukon'
Territory, with Fairbanks, Alas
ka. With tributary roads from
coastal towns of Ketchikan, Ju
neau, Wrangell and Skagway,
this will be one of the greatest
road construction undertakings
in many years. Its ultimate ef
fect upon the development of the
Territories will be of vast im
port.
WRANGELL
Everthing seems to taken on a
new lease of life. Businessmen
more optomistic., gillnetters and
trollers catching mbore salmon.
The run of salmon has slacken
ed a bit and the fishermen are
cinching up their belts for the
next spasm.
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May 24th is Poppy Day.
Total Democratic Vote
Leis than 300
| If the fi .ii es set forth by the
(Juneau Eifi i e are true, then
j there are : • j 257 simon-pure
Democrats in Alaska—four of
whom are citizens of Petersburg,
which for this town was about
a fifty per cent increase over
the previous primaries.
The only contest was for office
of Territorial Highway Engineer
between Robert Sommers and
William Hesse, of Juneau and
Ketchikan, respectively.
Hesse won out in the First Di
vision for nomination for office
of Highway Engineer. He had
112 votes against 110 for Som
mers, incumbent’s 110.
George B. Grigsby, candidate
for delegate to Congress wa. s high
man cn the ticket and he had a
total of 230 votes.
In the November elections, op
posing candidates will be:
Hon. James Wickersham, Re
publican. George B. Grigsby,
Democrat.
Cash Cole, Republican, and
Thomas Gaffney, Democrat, for
Auditor; Walstein G. Smith, Re-!
publican and R. E. Hardcastle,
Democrat, for Treasurer; Com
missioner of Education, W. K.
Keller, Rep., and A. E. Karnes,
Dem.; For Senators, Tom Gard
ner, Rep., and Allen Shattuck,
Dem.; For Representatives: A. H.
Ziegler, Thomas B. Judson, Frank
Boyle, E. L. Sampson, Demo., will
be opposed by Grover Winn, J. E.
Johnson, Walter Scott and Wil
liam L. Paul. Republican.
Independents who have filed
are P. C. McCormick, of Wran
gell for Representative and D.
Johnson of Juneau for Highway!
Engineer.
The name of Delegate Dan |
Sutherland was written in on one
ballot for Road Commissioner. A
Democrat caustically comment
ed that “if we had more Dan!
Sutherland’s on cur ticket wej
would command the respect of j
more than a corporal’s guard at I
primary elections.”
Cannery Building Fails
Before Completion
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Last Friday night the new
building being constructed for
the Wranglel Narrows Packing
Company at Scow Bay settled
with a crash about ten o’clock.
No one was in the building at
the time as most of the crew
were in Petersburg.
Mr Haugen took the loss with
a smile and announced plans for
the immediate reconstruction of
the building. The building was
nearly finished when the crash
came, aside from bracing that
was to have been started Satur
day. The work is being rushed
and it is not improbable that the
cannery will be ready in time to
pack the first run of summer sal
mon. w
A new tennis court has been
built back of the First National
Bank building.
.The delegation of Ketchikan
business men sent to confer with
the Zellerback interests arried
in San Francisco on the 19th.
I William Robertson, irayman
I accidently cut himself with a
1. *ge* butcher knife while deliv
eiing meat to ■ ne of the shops
He was immediately taken t'
the hospital for medical atten
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Saturday, May 24th You Will Be
Called Upon to Wear the Poppy
The annual Poppy Sale will b<
be held tomorrow by the Auxili
ary to the American Legion Posi
of Petersburg.
Concerning the Poppy Sale foi
this year, Mrs. Paul M. Akin, Na
tional Poppy Director, says:
“When the people of America
go to the cemeteries on Memor
ial Day this year, they will find
more than 25,000 soldiers’ graves
which were not there the year
before. For the last year, World
War Veterans have been dying
at the rate of 50 a day, a large
of them from the results of their
war service. These men are just
as truly victims of the war as
those who were killed in battle
and the poppies which we wear
on Poppy Day will honor them
as well as all other Americans
who sacrificed their lives for
their country.
“It is estimated that 75 per
cent of the veterans who have
died in the last year left families,
averaging two children to the
family. This means that nearly
40,000 dependent children have
been added in the last year to
the thousands whose welfare
must be provided by the Legion
and Auxiliary. In addition to
the children of the dead, there
are the children of the disabled.
An average of 5,900 veterans en
Salmon River Flood
Control Bill Discussed
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Delegate Dan Sutherland ap
peared before the House Flood
Control Comiltee urging approv
al of work to effectively control
the Salmop River area near Hy
der, Alaska. He stated that lo
cal interests had spent large
sums of money in an effort to
make effective control but had
reached their limit.. The War
Department, according to the
recent report, believes the work
can be done but the Board of En
gineers refuses to make any re
commendations until after a
complete sr-’—ey has been made.
The cost cf the flood control is
estimated to be about $100,000.
PLENTY OF FLYING THESE
DAYS
Airmail companies are now fly
ing 51,844 scheduled miles a day,
of which one-fifth is on the New
York-Chicago - San • Franciscc
route, according to a recent an
nouncement of the Boeing Sys
tem of Seattle. During 1929, aii
mail operators flew 92 per cent
cf their scheduled mileage.
Litter Cans Placed At
Convenient Places
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During the week at strategic
places along Main Street wen
placed receptacle for waste pa
per and other rubbish that na
turally is thrown about the
streets. Already their utility
has been demonstrated by the
improved neatness of the streets
The Business Women’s Clul
of Petersburg are to be com
mended for their civic interes
and effort to make the towi
.more 'attractive.
R. K. Stewart, predatory ani
mal hunter has returned South.
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May 24th Is Poppy Day.
tered the government hospitals
each month during 1929, very
many of them leaving depend
ent families at home.
“As every Auxiliary member
knows, the funds from the pop
py sale are the principal means
of support for our vast program
of relief and rehabilitation work.
Without the dimes, quarters and
dollars which come to us through
the poppy sale, we would be
forced to watch helplessly the
distress of the disabled veterans,
the struggles and privations of
thje families of the dead and dis
abled, and the sufferings of lit
tle children deprived of their
father’s support by the war.
“The primary purpose of the
poppy sale, of course, is to pay
tribute to the World War dead.
The wearing of the poppy is a
beautiful custom. There is no
finer way of showing that the
people of America still remember
arid honor the service and sacri
fices of the men who gave their
lives for their country* We want
every person possible to have
this little red symbol of sacrifice
on his coat on Poppy Day, and if
our poppy sale accomplished
notliing else, this touching trib
ute to the dead would be worth
the fullest efforts of every Aux
iliary member.”
Changes that Mean
JVo Good to Fishermen.
Supplementary regulations by
the Bureau of Fisheries make a
small reduction in the fish trap
area on the south side of Fan
ihaw Bay which does not ma
terially affect the district—or the
conservation of salmon.
The real prohibition in the
supplementary regulation has a
sting that hits the gillnetters.
It reads: “No gill net shall in
clude any webbing other than a
single sheet hung between cork
and lead lines. (2). The use of
any trammel net, diver net or
so-called combination net is pro
hibited. (3). No gill net shall be
used in any form of seining op
erations.”
LOCAL PEOPLE ARRIVE IN
DENVER
Mrs. Andrew Johnson and Mrs.
Edward Locken, both of Peters
burg, arrived in Denver, Colora
do, last Saturday, where they
will be Alaska’s delegates to the
thirty-fourth annual convention
of the National Congress of the
Parent-Teacher Association.
CHISHOLM APPOINTED JUDGE
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L. B. Chisholm, City Clerk for
, the town of Wrangell has been
, named by Judge Justin W. Hard
ing as United States Commis
sioner, temporarily to fill the va
, cancy made by the recent death
r of William G. Thomas. Mr.
t Chisholm is familiar with the
duties of Commissioner, having
acted in that capacity on various
5 occasions while Thomas was ab
sent on vacations or called away
k on business.
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EDITOR’S HOME ROBBED
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The Home of Editor Morrissey
of the Ketchikan Chronicle was
entered and robbed of $2,000 ir
jewelry.
Big Fur Farms Hit
! Hard by Kitten Losses
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The Yukon Fur Farms reports
considerable loss of young kits
on their big mink farm across
the Narrows. The extent of the
loss and its cause are only mat
ters of conjecture at this time
but it is thought that an insect
icide used in the nesting boxes
proved too strong for the new
born kits. Although this is on
ly a surmise, some strength is
given the theory by the fact that
on the ranch of Williams and
McKee, who also use the same
insecticide, some losses are sus
pected while on other ranches
where none was used, no losses
have been recorded to date.
Needless to say every effort
is being made to prove the cause
of the trouble and prevent fur
ther loss.
This is more than an argu
ment in favor of an experiment
al fur farm in the Division to
aid in quickly determining the
cause of such losses or even to*
render such costly experiment
ing unnecessary to the individu
al rancher.
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Ed. Mathews Dies In
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In Juneau Hospital
Ed Mathews, born in Juneau
about 35 years ago, died in the
St. Ann Hospital, Juneau on the
15th of this month, after an ill
ness of several weeks.
Mathews enlisted in the Cana
dian Army in February 1917 and
was gassed three months later in
action. Later he was in the lines
when he was wounded in the
thigh; in February of 1919 he
was given an honorable dis
charge.
He is survived by his widow,
his mother and four brothers.
He was buried in the American j
Legion plot of Evergren Ceine-|
tery with Father Menager offici
ating. The Legion was repre
sents with its guard and taps
were blown and a salute fired ov
er the grave.
Bribery and Perjury is
Charged in Pautzke Case
Miss Marjorie Pope who was
a witness in the inquest held in
the case of the death of William
Pautzke, Washington state high
way patrolmen, frankly admit
t having perjured herself at the
hearings. Her statement was
made before Deputy Prosecutor
Everett Ellis and Capt. Owen
McGill and other members of
the highway patrol.
Miss Pope is understood to
have told Ellis she was ap
proached by a man, whose name
she does not know, at the scene
of the accident and offered her
money if she would testify that
Pautzke was driving his motor
cycle at a terrific speed when he
'crashed into a truck on First
I Avenue South, last week, and
was killed.
It was disclosed that brother
patrolmen were not satisfied
with the verdict of the coroner’s
jury and began investigations of
their own.
. The . Senat« . confirmed .. the
nomination of Owen J. Roberts
as associate justice .of .the .Su
i preme Court filling the acancy
coused by the death of Justice
1 Sanborn.
Passing of North
land Character
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Here and there, these day-:.
Dobs up names or characters fa
mous in their time in tin hoot"
days of the Northland country;
when the coin of the re ;im was
the yellow dust from the poke;
when men played the game of
chance against life and cashed
in their chips with a smile, win
or lose. Each year marks the
passing of landmarks and men
till their memory seems but the
idle dreams of fanciful writers.
The latest to go over the Great
Divide is the “Paleface Kid,” of
Rex Beach’s “Silver Horde,” who
died and was buried in Seattle
last week. His death occurred
forty minutes after admission to
the City Hospital and "funeral
services were conducted by Rev.
W. A. Major.
When Rex Beach arrived in
Nome, in its early day, Harry F.
Leland had established the re
putation of being a fastidious,
polite, square-shooting gambler
obout whom clung a halo of ro
mantic mystery.
Beach, it is said, first knew Le
land in Dawson where the latter
was operating a gambling house
To his intimates, Leland was
sometimes known as “The Pale
face Kid,” but more frequently
as “The Paler” for the reason
that the latter was “shorter.”
In his address, Rev. Major said
of him: “He was lovable, staunch
and true, and would never de
sert a friend. He never came to
my church, but I met him and
shook hands with him on the
street and I knew I was greeting
a squareshooter.”
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PREPARING TO REVIVE
AMAZONS
Norway is preparing to revive
the Amazon of ancient days.
A bill was recently introduced
in the Norwegian parliament
permitting woman not only to
enter upon a military career but
to become officers. At the same
time, this bill provides that wo
men may also become diplomats
and ministers of the gospel.
A storm of protest has come
from military and diplomatic
circles over the proposed law,
and and the debate during the
next few weeks will be followed
with interest all over the world.
REVIEW OF DIGEST POLL
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Two more states gave an out
right majority for repeal of the
Eighteenth Amendment in the
semi-final returns of the Liter
ary Digest nation-wide prohibi
tion, according to tabulated re
turns which appear in the cur
rent issue of that magazine.
Louisiana and Nevada joined
Connecticut, New Jersey and
Rhode Island with a more than
50 per cent vote for repeal and
a substantial sentiment for mid
ification. North Carolina, Ar
kansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Tennessee are registered as fa
voring strict enforceemnt of the
present law.
Of the total of 4,562,761 votes
tabulated in this ninth report
on the poll, 1,386,216 are for
enforcement; 1,340,441 for modi
fication and 1,836,104 for repeal.
Twenty-one states showed a
plurality for enforcement and
twenty-five gave pluralities for
repeal.
May 24th Is Poppy Day.
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