VOL. I
PETERSBURG, ALASKA JULY 15, 1927
NO. 53
Paper Hills for Alaska
At Port Townsend, Wash*
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The Zellerbach Paper Company
plans to construct a $700,000 Kraft
paper mill in Port Townsend as soon
as title to the property on which
the plant is to built has been ob
tained. This information was con
tained in a telegram received in
i Port Townsend from the Zellerbach
offlca in San Francisco.
Instructions have been given the
chief engineer of the company, the
* telegram announced, to start driv
ing piles for the first 150 ton unit
as soon as title, which has been
put in escrow, is obtained.
The Zellerbach company has an
nounced that 300 men willj be em
ployed in construction of the mill,
which may be completed by May 1.
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1928. Upon opening of the fira*
unit 400 men will be employed.
The annuncement said the com
pany agrees to pay $200,000 in
advance as thirty years rental of
the city lake, and eight miles of
pipe line to the city limits.—Ketchi
kan Chronicle.
(Who said pulp mills for Alaska9
The Alaskan is still from Missouri.
When those paper mills come to
this little old Territory, then see
ing is believing.
Alaska as usual produces the
wealth of resources and the Sound
Cities skim off the cream leaving
naught but skim and soured milk
for those who pay taxes. That is
what the press of Alaska wants
Looks like they will get it.
Marshall Albert White
United States Marshal, Albert
White, of Juneau arrived in port
on the Alameda. He will return to
Juneau with several prisoners from
Wrangell and Petersburg, on the
Admiral Watson. While here he
inspected the federal jail which has
been in the course of considerable
improvement under the direction of
Deputy Marshal Charles Brown.
Mr. White expressed himself as
being generally pleased with the ef
forts of his deputies in the First
Division, in a very unassuming way,
giving al lthe credit to his deputies.
However, the excellent results are
due to the well chosen men and to
the support given them by his of
fice.
It will be recalled that only this
spring Mr. White received the com
mendation of the Attorney Qeneral’s
office. ,
Crab Cannery to Move
to First City
The crab cannery operated by the
Isom Brothers, It is reported, will
be moved to Ketchikan in the near
future where they hope to widen
out their field and markets.
The Isoms have operated their
cannery in Petersburg for a number
of years quite successfully but now
find crab fishing not so good as
several years ago while at Ketchi
kan the crab fishing grounds are
practically untouched and the great
er population will allow a greater
local of their product along with
the market they have worked up in
the States their operations will nat
urally broaden out. ,
MINING IN ALASKA OUTRANKED
BY OTHER INDUSTRIES
Despite the fact that Alaska's loss
in gold production has bee*i partly
made up by increased production of
other metals and mineral substanc
es, other industries, notably fisher
ies have displaced the mineral in
dustry as the principal source of
wealth in the Territory, according
to a statement issued by tee Geo
logical Survey recently.
The survey views this change in
relative rank of the mining indus
try as evidence of the growing im
portance of Alaska and certainty
of its commercial future, sayin, “a
diversity of commercial interests
argues for growth and stability ol
population.
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ANCHORAGE TALKS OF “BIG
KING SALMON —BUT—
One of the largest if not the
“daddy” of all king salmon was
brought in yesterday from one of
Joe Magill’s TRAPS down the in
let. The big salmon weighed 65
pounds and was admired by hun
dreds.—Anchorage Daily Times.
A paper in the First Division re
hashed the story but made it read
that the salmon weighed 168
pounds—which was a “whopper.”
The writer in 1919 caught a
salmon at Noyes Island which
when dressed weighed 77 pounds.
The New England Fish Company
purchased this black fellow. NexM
.DISCUSSES “BUYING ON TIME”.
With merchants everywhere in
many lines of business expanding
their trade by installment selling,
the statement of a well-known busi
ness statistician that the practice
is unhealthy was combatted by C.
U. Williams, of Bloomingingon, IL
linois, president of the largest oil
burner factory, in a discussion with
Chicago merchandise authorities
who also have found that the “Pay
as you use” plan is a stimulant to
to business.
“Retail selling in a great many
communities throughout the coun
try has been speeded up by the in
troduction of installment selling,"
said Mr Williams. “Merchants
have been enabled to get additional
volume but most important is the
families that never before have en
joyed certain comforts, now find
them within reach.
“If a dealer sells on paymenis
any products that contribute to the
material, or the aesthetic, or the
health advancement of the custom
er, who can say that the custom is
j unsound? Vacuum cleaners, al
[most always sold on payments, op
brooms, the manufacture of which
dropped 17 per cent from 1923 to
As long ago as sixty-five years the
sewing machine industry wa3 es
tablished on time payments. In
the oil burner business labor has
been saved, health improved and
property protected by making this
decade’s new heating method easilj
available to all classes.
“Time selling, for instances, op
ened up nearly 2,000,000 prospectf
among persons with annual in
comes of $3000 to $5000. who prob
ably never would think of buying i
burner excepting on part paymen
plan. Installment selling give
Mrs. Harry Kolp went south oi
■ the Alameda this week for a shdi
. visit In the States.
erate 'better and faster than
comfort that is en
wealthier families.
Haines Man Murdered
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Albert Chisel, taxi and transfer
man of Haines, was shot and killed
• by Bert Taylor in a squabble over
missioner McLean wa3 held svl
a dog. The report of coroners jury
was to the effect that Chisel met
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his death by a shot from a 38
Smith and Wesson revolver in the
| hands of Bert Taylor,
j Commissioner at Haine3 to watgeh
Talor was taken to Skagway for
I charged with second degree murder
and bound over to the Grand Jury
for the August term of the court.
Earl French was charged with
assault with dangerous weapon and
Lee Donnely with perjury. Don
nely is out on a bond of $3,000.
Taylor is a fox rancher with
headquarters near Haine3.
“Conservationist”
In Northland
Henry O’Malley, U. S. Commis
sioner of Fisheries is enroute to the
Westward section of Alaska He
was in Wrangell last week arriving
there on the “Brant” and passed
on to Juneau. On board with him
to study the fisheries question in
Alaska, are Representatives T. D. j
McKeown of Oklahoma and F.
Lanham of Ft. Worth, Texas and
their wives.
Mr. O’Malley reported that the
salmon run outlook for southeast
ern Alaska as not being very prom
ising for this season while the run
in the Bristol Bay section is about
60 per cent of last years pack.
O’Malley’s reports of the pack
last year led Secretary Hoover to
declare an “amazing increase” of
salmon due to the conservation
measures instituted by the Depart
ment of Commerce in 1924. Such
being the case, as there were even
stricter regulatory measures against
seines, the ‘amazing inrrease’ should
follow this year. The run of sal
mon to date is a failure. A few
fish are being brought in to the lo
cal canneries but not in sufficient
quantities to bring smiles to the
faces of the “buzzards.”
Perhaps O’Malley will have an
“amazing” reason for the lack of
continued good run which should
follow the cycle of 1925—per the
Bureau of Fisheries.
Cannery Offal
A report received from the Bris
tol Bay section states that Joseph
Morales was arrested for a mur
der committed last April.
Oscar Jvyanaer wa3 also arresiea
from the same section for stabbing
with intent to kill.
Advices from Craig are to the ef
fect that a Filipino stabbed an In
dian at a dance held there during
the past week. The Filipino was
Another Filipino was arrested
for stabbing Joe Manila, another
Filipino of Ketchikan, last week.
Ed. note. We are juBt inquisi
tive enough to ask “Who is a malli
cious- liar?” and Who defames and
prostitutes the good name and clut
ters up the courts of Alaska?
, Peter Valenzuela arrested during
the Fourth of July celebration, ac
cused of having stabbed Joe Major
across the hand, was bound over to
the grand jury. ,
“Legs of young woman found,
1 wrapped paper” says a prefss head
t ing. That’s nothing, lots may be
found wrapped In less.
Notes Halibut Depletion
J. P. Babcock. Chairman of the
, International Halibut Commission
! reported that the North Pacific
.halibut has been seriously deplet
ed and that “statistical data indi
cates clearly that depletion has
taken place everywhere. The de
gree of this depletion far exceeds
anything which could possibly be
confused by minor errors, such as
difference in gear used. The most
striking decline has been shown on
the southern banks.”
Hecate Straits unit, stated Mr.
Babcock, showed a 3teady decline.
A fair warning to those most in
terested. ,
“Hang Out The
Moonshine”
“HANG OUT THE MOONSHINE”
Grace Richards, late resident of
“Paulsbo” was sentenced to pay a
fine of $250. and given a suspended
90 day sentence. She elected to de
part Petersburg climes and to far
mer shakes its dust from her shoes.
Her neighbor Bernice Reynolds re-|
ceived a “jolt” of four months on
the charge of possession and ped
j dling liquor.
Emma Paul was detained on sen
tence of 1 day in jail on a disorder
ly charge.
Charley Schuck elected to pay a
fine of $5.00 for obscenity on the
streets.
Eleven others were detained in
in the City bastile to recuperate
from imbibing too much celebration
spirits.
Bernice Reynolds, sentenced to
four months in the federal jail, and:
Katherine Kelley, sentenced to the
same instithtion. also on a liquor
charge, will be taken north by Mar
shal White with Mrs. White as ma
tron.
Chapter Eastern Star
For Wrangell
Mrs. Emma Chadwick, wife of
Judge Chadwick of the State Su
preme Court of Washington will
institute a chapter of the Order of
the Eastern Star of the United
States, at Wrangell, says the Sen
tinel. Mrs Chadwich is Most Worthy
Matron of the Eastern Star of the
United States. In the party now
in the Northland, is Mr. J. E.
Teare, Most Worthy Grand Patron
take, place the 12th of August. A
large delegation from the Ketchikan
Chapter is expected to be present
; for the ceremonies.
Large Shipment
Fex Goes East
The Monte Carlo Fox and Fur
Company brought to Petersburg 140
blue foxes which they are sending
to their distributing ranch at Kalis
pell, Montana.
Last year thi3 same concern ship
ped over two hundred foxes to the
same point in Montana without los
ing a single fox in transit.
Jacob Hadland, president of the
company is very optomistic of the
future of the fox industry in gen
eral and his concern in particular
Such large shipments mean much
to the country producing them. It
naturally is to be hoped that this
shipment will reach destination with
i as little loss as did previous ship
ments last year.
Glacier Bugs vs Stikine Nine
At Wrangell Last Sunday
The Petersburg Glacier Bugs
journeyed over to Wrangell Satur
day night and after a strenuous
time at a dance given in their hon
or * gathered in the Wrangell scalps
on the ball field by a score of 6-2.
The game was played on a rather
sloppy field with the weather over
head fair. The main feature of the
game was a long foul laught by
Engstrom, Wrangell left fielder.
It was one of the best catches ever
| witnessed on any local field and
' he deserves a bouquet for hes work,
deserves a bouquet for his work,
j The pitching was a pretty even
: duel, with Miller getting the better
The line Up was as follows:
Wrangell
Stump
Muki
Wolf
Nolan
Scribner
McBride
Bennett
Bowman
C
P
lb
2b
8b
rf
cf
If
Petersburg
Wasvick
Miller
Hersfelt
Johnson
Standard
Hasbrouck
Shields
Campbell
Bailey
The bunch is coming over in force
Saturday night (weather permit
ting) to regain their laurels lost
last Sunday.
It would be well for all the pes
simists who say that Wrangell al
ways beats us at every game, to
toke note ofthis game and be on
hand for the next one.
Preceding the game which will
be called promptly at one p. m.
Sunday, the Petersburg Band will
play a few selections in the Band
Stand and then will head the pa
rade, consisting of both the visiting
and the local teams. The line of
March will be up Front Street to
the Trading Union and then on to
the ball park.
Arrangements have been made
3o that the visitors will be able to
see the matinee at THE SHOW
following the game before they de
part for home. A large crowd Is
expected to accompany the team
and the committee is making ev
ery effort to show thm a good time.
LOCAL NOTES
Harry Gill, former partner of
Gordon McDonald in logging opera
tions. arrived in Petersburg Mon
day and returned to Wrangell later
in tbe week. Although Wrangell
is very quiet now, Gill says, he can
sleep better in Petersburg.
We are not all dead ones in Pe
tersburg. Nick Beloslutseff went
to Wrangell for a pleasure trip and
enveigled the Wrangellites into buy
ing more than two hundred pounds
of smoked salmon. More power 10
Nick.
George Pabricius, Wrangell coacu,
was in port for a day and will re
turn with the Wrangell tear’
i abricius is a former athlete of tbe
University of Idaho. At present he
“conserving salmon" by watchtn?
i'_ie crnek in Kasheets Bay.
Mr H. D. Grant, of Vancouver,
B. C., inventor of the drilling equip
ment in use dredging the Narrows,
is in town to look over the operation
of rock drilling in the Narrows.
Burns Poe. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the State of Washing
ton and Alaska is a passenger on
the steamer Queen enroute from
Juneau to Tacoma.
Chris and Mrs. Tveten and family
returned Wednesday from the Monte
Mario Fo« Ranch where they have
been spending part of their vaca
tion.
Herman Severson, the five-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Se
everson, is recovering nicely from
a badly infected finger that threat
ened blood poisoning
Kin Chong, the young son of Mr.
and Mrs. Oyama, accidently got
some foreign matter into his ear
this week and has been suffering
from a torn ear drum and lacerat
ed tissues.
Mr. Byerly is making a trip to
Port Alexander and vicinity this
week along with James M. Smith,
agent for the Utah Woolen Mills
Company.
Ernest Schoenwald, manager ol
the Petersburg Packing Company
arrived in Petersburg Monday from
Seattle via Wrangell last Monday.
,
Ai Horafeldt has been suffering
. this week from a severe attack ol
tonsilltis.
James E. Truitt and family have
taken a lease on the residence oc
cupied by Manual and Mrs. Isom
and will move in the latter part of
the month.
The local lodge of Elks is putting
on a “Purple Bubble” Dance on the
30th of July ,
The Hogue and Tveten Company
is putting an outside entrance to
their second floor which is being
completely renovated for a new line
of goods which the firm will begin
to handle very shortly
J. B. Edmmister, connected with
The Independent, of Tennin. Wash,
stopped in the office of Ye Alaskan
to get a whiff of printers’ ink.
The People’s Drug Store is hav
ing new plae glass windos put in
its front by Ed Ramstead.
Mrs. C. O. Parks has been con
fined to her bed this week with a
very painful attack of intercostal
| neuralgia.
H. D. Campbell, U. S. Deputy
Marshal in Wrangell, arrived in Pe
tersburg with prisoners to be trans
ferred to the federal jail in Juneau.
Marshal White, in charge of the
He returned to his home on the
Alameda.
The Earl Ohmer family has mov
ed down to “Bum’s Retreat,” their
summer home in the Narrows,
where they will spend the rest of
the holidays.
WHALE OF A STORY
. .The trap tender .for the Point
The trap tender for the Point
Colpoysetrap came to port Thursday
and reported that a large whale
had gotten into the trap and was do
ing considerable damage to the gear.
About fity shot had been sent in
to the big brute without more than
ickling its palate. The tender and
crew returned to the trap with the
intenion of killing and removing the
whale.
(Guess the whale thot the trap
needed watching.
SHORT TERM DISTRICT COURT
, The District Court met on the
12th of this month for a short term
only. There will be no session of
the grand jury. Further work in
this session of the court will be
’ curtailed ouing to the fact that a
’ successor to Mr. Folta. former
reforter has not been named.