BASE HITS FROM FOUL LINE
P. B. Wright and G. R. Gal
letly were Seattle visitors about
town.
H. Saito and J. G. Smith are
visitors from Wrangell.
The Valiant brown Charley
left for Idaho with a boy com
mitted to the reformatory.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Preuschoff
are visitors from Lung Island. 1
Julius Heinemann of Sum
Dum was a visitor about town
during the week.
Dell E. Sheriff, Alaska’s piano
Tuner is in Town ready to get
real harmony into pianos.
Albert Brown, travelling sales
man of Juneau is visiting the
trade.
Father Monroe of the Catholic
Church arrived during the past
week and has been holding ser
vices for his pastorate.
K. L. Steberg of Ketchikan, a
former resident of Petersburg
was a business visitor here dur
ing the past week.
Ed Ramstead from Point Ag
gassiz was a business visitor in
town aiiu .1;> ui^osed
of some of his dairy products.
Ernest Kirberger arrived in
from the Kake Village yester
day.
Ed Lynch of Wrangell came
over to take in the basketball
games between Ketchikan and
Petersburg High Schools. Inci
dentally he was umpire in the
games.
The halibut schooner Mitkoff,
Capt. Svere Johanson, will be
one of the first boats ready to
go out to the halibut banks for
a trip next week. The season
opens as of the lGth and most of
the fleet is busy getting ready
for the heavy drive on the flat
fish. *
Mr. Stewart of Cordova pass
ed through this port on the
Northwestern. He gave inform
ation which will help consider -
l ably in lining up games to the
j Westward, in event the local
| high school wins the champion
ship of the First Division.
The followin arrived from
Ketchikan and were members of
the Normana Chorus:Mr.s L. A.
Berglund, E. S. Sande, Thora W.
G. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Nel
rs
I Hill
SPECIAL
FUR AUCTION
SALES
Every 10 Days Or 2 Weeks
Due to the keen demand for Fine
burs, the prevailing high prices and
good outlook, The Seattle Fur Ex
change has arranged to hold special
auction sales every 10 days or two
weeks (in addition to the regular
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monthly auction sales), providing
piesent levels maintain.
Sales Dates Will Be Planned
For Best Results
Without Advance Schedule
ALL FURS IN EXCELLENT DEMAND
You Should Worry!
When you have a binful of Nanaimo coal,
why should you worry when the cold weaih=
er hits the Narrows?
Call ’Phone 15 and place your or
der lor coal to bring that cheer.
Chris Tveten, Dealer
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son, Mr. and Mrs. Stamnes, Mr.
and Mrs. O. Field, Mr, and Mrs.
Thom, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Brin
gle, Mr. and Mrs. John A. John
son, J. M. Adskim. Ben Olesen,
Charles Homan and wife.
B. B. Green, Dell E. Sheriff,
Albert Brown, O. C. Snethen, P.
Ness, Tony Steel, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Preuschoff, Ernest Kirberger,
H. L. Reed, Walter Gaffney, Ed
Ramstead, Ed Lynch, N. Johen
sen and son, Fred W. Tiedt, A.
Anderson, Jack Wag, Karl Hat
lin, Olaf Peterson, Richard
Wakelin, Father Monroe, Albert
Will, H. B. Carbray, Julius Hein
emann, P. B. Wright, G. R. Gal
letly, R. H. Chasbrick, were re
gistered at the hotel this week.
Julien Hurley, who was recently
named for the office of District At
torney for the Fourth Division, re
ceived Senate confirmation this
week.
Information is requested of
the whereabouts of Casimer
Naudts. He is known to have
been in Fairbanks in 1925. At
that time he left for the Chick
aloon district to work in the
coal fields. Any information re
garding him should be sent to
the Governor’s office at Juneau.
Sunday morning at the Lu
theran Church the chorus
sang two beautiful anthems in
a very pleasing manner. This
was enjoyed by all who were
i fortunate enough to be able to
! attend the service.
j Incidentally we make note of
the fact that this service saw a
number of faces seldom seen
| inside of the church.
; Louis Lemieux who came down
from Juneau to take charge of
| the remodeling of the Variety
Theatre, returned to Juneau on
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i the Northwestern.
J. P. Morgan, head of the Pig- 1
gly Wiggly Alaska Company’s
chain of stores took passage on
the Northwestern for Valdez.
Pete Sommer, Petersburg Pio
neer is taking a trip to the
States on the Northwestern.
Dame Rumor hath it that Ju
neau has 7,000 barrels of frozen
bait. Great whales and little
fishes. That’s a whopper of a
fish story.
Passengers for Petersburg on
the Alameda due Sunday in
clude Mrs. H. H. Surber, Mrs. C.
R. Poehetts, Miss M. Wilson, Mrs
Stromdahl, Laef Stromdahl, P.
Live and Wife and Eric Ness.
Mrs. G. D. MacDonald and
sons, Junior and Neil, left on
the Northwestern to visit with
relatives in Sound Cities.
The city hall is being ripped
up and being made ready to
cover the coming new fire truck.
“Dad” Heintzlewood after a
very serious illness is up and
once more seen about town. He
is not out of the sick woods yet
by any means. His friends,
however, are glad of any im
provement in his health.
The ALASKAN has made ar
rangements with the Mercer
| Studios to take the photograph
jof all members of the Alaska
I Native Brotherhood and Sister
hood. All local and visiting
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members may get details by in
quiring at this office.
Charley Greenaa left for the
town of Ketchikan of notorious
fame. He will attend court dur
ing his stay there.
How do you like our new
easy to read type?
Jess Ames and Prof. Warfield
accompanied the local high
school Five to Ketchikan.
“Skipper” Dick Hansen went
along with the Five to Ketchi-.
kan as Whistle Punk.
The high school team went
to Ketchikan on the Northwest
ern this week where they will
meet the Ketchikan team on the
First City team’s floor.
Three of the boys on the two
teams—Ketchikan and Peters
burg—were former students of
the Chemawa Indian School in
Oregon. They were Smith and
Northrop of Ketchikan and
Kahklen of Petersburg. Smith
is a Klawock boy while North
rop hails from Wrangell.
Handy who played a mighty
fine game for Ketchikan was a
former resident of Petersburg.
Oaksmith is not a stranger al
together to Petersburg. Anoth
er Oaksmith was in Petersburg
last winter—he organized the
United Sons of Alaska.
Lewis MacDonald substitut
ed for Gordon in the last quar
ter of the second game. He
started by being called twice on
fouls. This checked up on his
play a little.
The Petersburg boys averaged
a little heavier in weight but at
that were faster in moving on
the floor..
Television picture of the new
and up-to-date fire truck now
enroute for Hose Co., No. 1, Pe
tersburg Fire Department.
C. Johnson, Mrs. Inga Sam
uelson and Marian Strand and
Maurice Strand received invita
tions to sit as jurors during the
coming term of court at Ketch
ikan set by Judge Harding to
begin the 18th of this month.
THE “BILLS” ARE COMING
—
| . Whooray, Whooray.. “I love
| my wife and all her kids, I’m
glad she’s goin’ away.” .
The “Bills are coming, whoop
ee, whoopee and everybody in
town is going to have a big
Hi Jinx the Elks are putting on
Saturday night in the S. of N.
Hall.
They guarantee that you will
forget your troubles, banish
your blues and put a smile on
your face that will stay there
all season. The boys know
how. No foolin’.
A couple of the boys were
whooping it up at the Howling
Dog Moon Parlor. Sssh ! The
Valiant one departed for a busi
ness visit to Idaho, his home
country.
NO ACTION ON JONES BILL
Delegate Sutherland has indi
cated that it does not look as if
there would be any hearings on
the proposed amendment to the
Jones shipping Act until another
session of Congress has conven
ed. The proposed amendment
will eliminate the exceptibn to
Alaska in coast wise trade by
foreign bottoms. The amend
The Odin is out on a hunt for
fresh bait.
Oscar Wikstrom is dolled up
with butcher’s apron gracing the
inside of the counters of the
Sanitary Market.
. Rev David Waggoner,, of Ju
neau, arrived in port from Kake
where he has been supervising
the construction of the new
Presbyterian church. This new
structure is to replace the one
destroyed by fire a couple of
years ago.
Rev. Waggoner left Thursday
noon for Wrangell and southern
districts on matters of the
church.
The Kake church will be com
pleted under direction of Haines
DeWitt of Kake and will be
ready in time for the spring
meeting of the Presbytery.
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