GUARANTEED CIRCULATION
COVERING
SOUTHEAST ALASKA
P
NEWS OF INTEREST
FROM NORTH, EAST & WEST
FOR ALL ALASKANS
VOLUME NO. VII.
NO. 6
PETERSBURG, ALASKA,
AUGUST 26, 1932
Subscription Price $4 per yeal
Graduate Nurse *
For Ketchikan
An added feature for the gov
ernment school for natives in
Ketehikan with the opening oi
school September 6 will be a
graduate nurse to be added tn
the teaching staff. Also altera
tions are being made to the
school to include three shower
baths in the basement.
Miss Ethel Klemm, principal,
has received word that Miss
Garnet Strong of Kalispel, Mon
tana, will be stationed there as
a nurse. An office for her is be
ing fitted up in the school. Mrs.
Margaret Ridley and Miss Dol
ores Burnette will continue as
members of the teaching staff.
Miss Burnette is visiting her
home but will arrive before
school opens, and Miss Strong,
the nurse, will also leave for
Ketchikan before the school
opens.
The entire basement of the
school is being remodeled by
Libe who has the contract with
M. H. Smith & Son doing the
plumbing work. In addition to
the shower baths, rooms are be
ing provided in the basement for
manual training and domestic
science. When completed the
school will be one of the best
maintained by the government
in Alaska, according to report.
The hiring of a nurse for
Ketchikan is considered an ad
vance step, having been urged
by many local people.— Chron
icle.
TOTATOES TOO CHEAP;
NEEDY GET BIG CROP
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Because of low prices, Jason D.
Penrod believed it would not pay
to harvest his potato crop of 900
bushels.
He plowed out the crop, and to
the needy issued an invitation
to “come and get ’em.”
More than 500 persons an
swered the invitation in In
diana.
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Public Forest Policy
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A study of foreign public
forest policies, made by the Unit
ed States forest service, shows
that while public control in the
United States has been almost
wholly confined to requirements
for protection against fire, other
countries, as a rule, have gone
considerably further, particul
arly with respect to forests that
serve to prevent soil erosion cr
to regulate stream flow, or that
serve other public interests.
Most of these countries are at
the same time gradually extend
ing the area of public forests.
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Herb Coleman, owner of a*
clothing store in Juneau and
Ketchikan was a recent visitor
in Hoonah.
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Miles Murphy of Juneau will
swing gloves with Dick Gordon
of Bellingham on Labor Day
under the auspices of the Juneau
pest of the American Legion. A
fine card is promised at that
smoker.
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George Jones, U. S. Deputy
Marshal at Hoonah recently
made a trip to Juneau on busi
ness.
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George Kilroy, editor of the
Alaska Weekly, Seattle, is on his
way to the Kuskokwim to olok
into some mining Interests there.
Birth Rate Hits
New Low Record
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The birth rate in the United
i States declined last year to 17.3
: births per 1,000 population, the
lowest rate since the birth re
1 gistration area was established
in 1915, according to a census
statement issued by the Depart
ment of Commerce. The 1930
rate was 19.8.
The infant mortality rate fell
from 64.7 per 1,000 live births to
61.7, it was pointed out. Totals
o: 2,084,443 births, 128,645 deaths
of infants under one year of age
and 80,248 stillbirths were re
ported last year.
New Mexico had the highest
birth rate and the highest infant
mortality rate last year, altho
the greatest number of births j
and infants deaths occur, of
course, in the populous States of
New York. Pennsylvania, Illinois
and Ohio, it was stated. Nevada
ha dthe fewest number of births
and the lowest birth rate, while
Iowa reported the lowest infant
mortality rate.
Baseball Hit Brings
Fame to Boy
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Johnny Babala, 15 years old.;
of Detroit, went to sleep quite
suddenly when' struck on the \
head by a batted baseball and1
woke up in a receiving hospital,
a celebrity.
Physicians had discovered that
his heart is on the right instead'
of the left side and pronounced |
him, statistically speaking, one \
person in 100,000. Johnny is j:
normal except for his misplaced
Injun-newity of Men;
Salvages Craft
Four young Unimak natives
recently journeyed to Kanaga i
Harbor, where the 65-foot gas-!
boat Unmak Native went on \
the beach, and patching up the!
holes in the hull, took her ma- 1
chinery all out and cleaned and j
overhauled it, and ran under!
their own power to Unmak, 400 !
miles distant. The vessel had '
been abandoned and had pound- 1
ed upon the rocky beach all win-j
ter, making many big holes inj
her hull. The natives secured a
crew, salt and gear, and left for
the westward herring grounds to
put up enough fish to run them
through the winter.
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Alfred Dishaw, Juneau con
tractor secured contract to build
three over-head crossings for
the Thane section. His bid was
$6,858 and he promises a mini
mum wage of $4 per day.
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Clyde Bell of Kake was dis-i
! charged from the St. Ann’s Hos-|
J pital Juneau and returned to his I
home.
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James H. Wheeler was last
week reported as being on the
sick list in the states. The hot
climate of the south do not a
gree with Petersburg’ genial
druggist.
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Mrs. J. T .Petrich, of Juneau
left for the Puget Sound points
where she will visit until call of
the American Legion Convention
in Portland, Oregon. She will re
turn sometime in September.
1st Division G.O.P.’s
Offer Their Platform
The Republican Party in Alas
Ka has nominated its candidate
'at the primary election held ii
this Territory on April 27tl:
1932. No Territorial platforn
having been promulgated by an;
party convention or other bod;
of Republicans authorized to d<
so, the party organization feel
that it is proper to state thi
principles upon which the part:
appeals to the people for sup
port at the general election t;
be held in the Territory or
November 8th, 1932. Having con
sulted the various candidate:
the following platform is issuec
as representing the genera:
principles upon which the Re
publican Party asks support this
Fall:
.1. We will support and abide by
the principles enumerated by
the Republican Party in the Na
tional Platform adopted at its
National Convention in Chicago
on June 15, 1932, and in this our
Territorial Platform adopted
thi? year.
2. We will work with and sup
port President Hoover and his
administration in friendly co
operation in all matters for the
welfare of Alaska and its peo
ple, for a more perfect form of
Territorial Government, for the
better development of the Ter
ritory’s Natural Resources to the
end that Alaska and her people
may secure a larger share of its
resources in aid of her people
find resident business interests.
?. We approve and will give
earnest support to that plank
n the Republican National Plat
form adopted by the Republican
Slational Convention at Chicago
rune 15, 1932 which reads as
follows:
“Alaska”
We favor the policy of giving
to the people of Alaska the wid
est possible territorial govern
ment and the selection as far as
possible, of bona fide residents
for positions in that Territory,
and the placing of its citizens
on an equality with those in the
several states.”
4. We approve and will give
earnest support to that plank in
the Republican National Plat
form adopted by the Republican
National Convention at Chicago
June 15, 1932, which reads as
follows:
“Indians”
We favor the fullest protec
tion to the property rights of the
American Indians and provision
for their adequate education and
health facilities,” and especially
those resident in Alaska.
5. We will support the con
struction of the International
Facific-Yukon-Alaska Highway
from Seattle and Vancouver to
Fairbanks, Alaska, and the con
nection of the main line of that
Highway in British Columbia
down one or more branch lines
tG the coastal towns in Alaska
with a free zone or highway for
the unobstructed flow of trade
and the free passage of airplanes
and automobiles as nearly with
er approved nor disputed it.
- out restrictive regulations as
s possible.
i 6. We approve and will support
a responsible Alaska Primary
1 Election Law.
7 7. We approve the enactment
7 Alaska Legislature control over
) the Alaska Fisheries, Game and
3 Fur Bearing Animals, and such
i laws as will give resident Alaska
rjfishermen preference opportuni
■ ty for employment in the Alas
> ka fisheries at living wages, and
i we will oppose in every way pos
■ sible the further introduction
i into these fisheries of imported
1 non-resident fishermen and
workers from Washington, Ore
gon and California, and espe
cially those Asiatics, known as
cf laws by Congress to give the
the “Oriental Crews.”
- 9. We approve and will suppor
Ithe enactment of laws giving
women in Alaska equal property
rights with men, and just pro
perty rights upon the death cf
the husband.
| 10. We favor the repeal of all
laws which reserve and prevent
public coal lands in Alaska from
location and purchase by her
people.
I 11. We favor the enactment of a
law permitting those who served
in the United States military or
! naval reserve during the war to
secure public lands in Alaska on
the most favorable terms and
with the least expense to them
selves; our country is honored
when it bestows relief on those
who have faithfully served its
Flag and we pledge our Alaskan
veterans every aid necessary.
12. We approve the immediate
construction of public buildings
at Ketchikan and Anchorage, a
bridge across the channel be
tween Douglas and Juneau and
an asylum for insane people tc
be erected in Alaska.
13. We favor the enactment of
laws to prevent the importation
of non-resident laborers into
Alaska and the employment of
non-citizens in the construction
cf roads and other public works
cf every kind, and to give pre- j
ference employment to resident !
Alaskans in all such work; and I:
we strongly favor laws requir
ing the purchase of supplies,
lumber and other materials for
the construction of public roads,
buildings and all other public
construction, in Alaska, of
Alaska manufacture and from
Alaska merchants and produc
ers.
14. We favor continued appro
priations for the Alaska Rail
road, and will oppose all efforts
to limit or destroy its usefulness
to our people, increased appro
priations for the Alaska Roadj
Commission for the construction
of roads, trails and bridges, and
for the construction of rivers
and harbor projects and other
aids to navigation in Alaska. |
15. We believe in the party sys
tem obtainingv in the United
States, and advocate the placing
of all matters of patronage in
the hands of the party organi
zation.
The Ellson Packing Compony
of Douglas closed their season
with a pack of 20,000 cases.
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Mr. and Mrs. Cash Cole and
sons returned from Anyox, B. C.,
where they spent several days
visiting with relatives.
Senator A. J. Dimcnd, Demo
cratic nominee for Delegate to
Congress plans to be in Juneau
about the first of October an.1
he will remain in the Division
until after the election—when
he will return to Fairbanks.
j Million of Frogs
Invade Vancouver
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Unheralded and the reason
for the strange and unpreced
ented migration shrouded in
mystery, millions of tiny frogs
invaded Vancouver, Wash., re
cently.
Highways and streets within
the city and to the east were
swarming with the little crea
tures and motorists on the
Evergreen Highway said the
frogs were so thick over some
sections as to give the appear
ance that the highway was in
motion.
Thousands of the frogs left
the river and headed for Van
couver Barracks, where they
covered lawns, walks and roads.
Some of the streets in the down
town section were reached and
the migration extended as far
as two miles east. The frogs were
not spread out evenly over a
wide area but traveled in waves
cr “herds.” The only explana
tion for their appearance is that
river and water conditions this
season were exceptionally fav
orable for spawning.
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Dry Ultimatum is
Given Sen. Jones
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While the national Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union
was adopting its platform a
F^ainst any repeal or modifica
tion of the Eighteenth Amend
ment, Washington State W. C.
I1. U. members were preparing
for an aggressive campaign a
gainst repeal of the state bone
:'ry law and for the election of
iry candidates for state and na
tional offices.
An example of how determin
ed some of the dry leaders are
was the statement of F. A. Hazel
me of South Bend, former fed
eral prohibition supervisor and
hng active in Anti-Saloon Lea
gues circles.
Notice Is Served on Senator
Emerging from the W. C. T. Q
convention, where he had been
presented to the delegates from
the platform by Mrs. Ella A.
Boole, national president, Mr.
Bazeltine said:
“I served notice on United
States Senator Wesley L. Jones
that if he wavers one iota from
his prohibition attitude to date
£ would not- support him. I will
support Beeler (former Supreme
Court Justice Adam Beeler, who
Is Senator Jones’ primary op
ponent)’ if Jones makes any wet
concessions.”
Beeler is a “wringing wet” Re
publican.
This assertion followed a
charge by Bishop James Cannon,
Jr., in Geneva yesterday that
President Hoover had surrend
sred “to the speakeasies, boot
leggers and nullifiers of the Con
stitution” in his acceptance
speech.
Former Congressman J. W.
Byran of Kitsap County, who
was presented with Mr. Hazeltine
and others to the W. C. T. U.
convention, listened to the South
Bend man’s statement but nith
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Senator ‘Puddler Jim’ Davis is
under indictment on a charge of
operating a lottery in connection
with the Eagles and Moose fra
ternal organizations. It is said
that the charges are technical.
Mr. and Mrs. George V. Beck
returned from Oregon where
they spent the summer.
Investigator Ready
To Make Report
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M. K. Sniffen who has been
i
making a survey of conditions
* among the Native people of the
First Division completed the
'swing beginning at Petersburg,
| through Wrangell, Ketchikan,
Metlakatla and around the West
i Coast of Prince of Wales Island.
(Passing through Petersburg
northbound last Friday they
stopped at Kake and were sche
duled to make Sitka, Angoon,
Hood Bay, Hoonah, and Juneau.
Mr. Sniffen planned there to get
joff the boat to visit with federal
(officials before returning to
Philadelphia. Accompanying him
,were Mr. and Mrs. William L.
Paul. It was planned that Frank
G. Johnson, Grand President of
!the Alaska Native Brotherhood
should join the party at Kake.
Mr. Sniffen received some very
positive ideas from the white
citizens as well as Natives as to
the conditions and their cause
in Alaska. Upon his return to
Philadelphia he will complete
his reports and place them in
written form for submission to
the Indian Rights Association
and to the Committees on Indian
Affairs in the Senate and House
of Representatives.
There is a general satisfac
tion among the people whose
condition he is investigating
that the present intolerable
conditions will be alleviated in
a large measure. At least official
recognizance will be taken and
first steps towards securing
changes will be officially under
taken.
Walker Decision
To Go Over
There is a possibility that Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s decision
on the ouster charges against
Mayor James J. Walker, of New
jYork City, will be delayed until
after the November elections.
Gov. Roosevelt announced he
jwill withhold action until after
the question of his powers of
removal has been decided by the
Supreme Court.
| George Donnelly, Secretary cf
the Bronx Chamber of Com
merce, demanded that the Su
preme Court determine Gov.
Roosevelt’s right to remove May
or Walker.
Mayor Walker denied, at the
Executive hearing, that he in
fluenced the granting of a fran
chise to a bus company in whicn
his friend, State Senator Hast
ings, was interested. Mayor Walk
er made all answers to questions
asked by Gov. Roosevelt delib
erately and in a low voice.
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The Northern Transportation
motorship Norco, after being
completely overhauled, returned
to her Alaska run last week. •
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Mr. Edward Keithahn, prin
ciple of the Kake school arrived
in Petersburg this morning fol
lowing a run of three hours in
his speed boat.
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Miss Ruth Snowden of Kake
arrived in Petersburg this morn
ing from the states. She is re
turning to her home on Kupre
anof Island.
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The Fidalgo Island Packing
Co., Pillar Bay, Carl Sutter man
ager is said to have purchased
two loads of salmon from fisher
men this year.