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VOLUME NO. 5.
-PETERSBURG, ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 5, 1930
NO. 7
American Legion
Be at Anchorage
The Annual Department Con
vention of the American Legion
is to be held this year at An
chorage on September 15-10-17
Elaborate plans have been made
ior the entertainment of the
delegates from all parts of the
Territory. Most of the dele
gates from Southeast Alaska
will lake passage on the S. S.
Alaska, leaving Ketchikan north
bound September 8th. The Le
gion Post at Fairbanks has is
sued an invitation to the boys to
visit the inland metropols and
if a sufficient number respond
a special excursion car will be
run to Fairbanks for their ac
commodation.
Frederick Nelson and Andrew
Johnson have been chosen as
delegates to represent Peters
burg Post No. 14 and Edward
Locken and A B. Holt have been
designated as alternates. These
delegates have been instructed
to invite the Legionaires to Pe
tersburg for the Department
convention in 1931. Former
conventions have been held in
most of the other Alaskan towns
Heretofore Petersburg Post has
net had a suitable Legion Hall
o. its own suitable for the ac-j
eommodation of the convention j
bm with the acquisition of the;
piesent quarters Petersburg will]
take pleasure in extending its;
sincerest hospitality to the or-'
gamzation.
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CFRTIS AIDS DAVIS
FIGIIT FOR SENATE
Vice President Curtis will ac
tively aid Secretary of Labor*
James J. Davis in his campaign!
for the senate, it was announced!
today.
The vice president will open
the campaign of the Republican,
senatorial nominee by making
a speech at Sharon, Penn..
Davis’ home town.
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PETERSBURG SCHOOLS
OPENED TUESDAY
Petersburg schools opened on
Tuesday morning, September 2.
There are forty-three students i
enrolled in the high school to
date and there are others who
will perhaps enroll later on
The faculty line-up is pretty
much the same as last year ex
cept that in the grade school
Miss Cornelia Christianson will
have charge of the third grade
:n place of Miss Carnes who is
uevoting her attention just now
to a school of one pupil—pro
bably domestic science. Miss
Hanson will conduct the fourth
grade in place of Miss Mary
Peep who has forsaken Peters
nurg for for Cordova. Mr. A. R.
Poyer will preside over the
eighth grade classes. Several
new subjects are being offered
in the high school, including
biology, Spanish and public
speaking, classes in which will
1 e under the tutelage of Miss
Dorothy Ruth Scott.
The school auditorium is new
!v refinished and new lighting
fixtures have been installed, al
so some new playground equip
ment has been added this yeat
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NEW AIR SERVICE
Establishment of a through
air transport service from Ala -
ka to California was announce^
in San Francisco last week by S
A. Stimpson, traffic manager of
the Boeing Air Transport, Inc.
Through service, it was ex
plained, has been effected by
connections in Seattle vith the
Alaska-Washington Airways now
operating in the Territory.
An effort to ’enlist the aid of
intelligent amateurs in the pre
servation of the fast disappear
prehistoric Indian remain.,
in the United States has been
launched by the National Re
he 1 eli Council, through its
! commit ee on state archeologi
j cai surveys.
The great majority of Indian
remains have already been des
troyed. partly due to plowing,
road building and city develop
1 >ne«t. Tiie greatest destruction,
however, has been wrought by;
cu:io hunters wlio iiave dug in
to Indi ni moun ts in search of
relies without realizing that
i^ey were destroying valuable
historical material.
Savings Ass'ns
Consolidated1'
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Negotiations were virtually
completed yesterday for the
formation of the seventh largest
nn tneial institution in Oregon
through the consolidation of the
federal Union and Union Pru
dential group of savings and
loan associations. The new com
pany v.ni centralize assets 01
more thai under one
management.
embers or tne new group
wiH be tiie Federal Union, Union
an I Prudential 'ravings & Loan
associations oi Portland, the
General Savings and Loan as
sociation of Eugene, and the
Prudential Bancorporation of
Portland.
Grant Phegley, president of
both the Federal Union and
associations and a member of
county board of commissioners,
is expected to be prominently
identified with the new organi
sation. Carl H. Johnston is pres
ident of the Prudential group.
Tire consolidation will place
the new group among the first
seven of the 33 banks, trust com
panies and savings and loan as
sociations in Portland, and with
a similar ranking in the state at
large. ,
Branch offices now are main- ,
Trod at Vancouver, B. C ,and ,
Eugene, and it is planned to -
open others at Salem, Medford i
and Klamath Falls. ,
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FISHERMEN FORM i
ASSOCIATION
Announcement is made that j <
the “Associated Fishermen of :
Alaska” is the name of a new i
operating company conceived i
and promoted by Mr. Bailey,
former superintendent of the
Alaska Consolidated Canneries
plant at Chomley and more re
cently superintendent of the
Santa Fiavia floating cannery
operating in Bristol Bay: Mr.
Bradf' :d. formerly vice presi
dent of the Shumagin Packing
Como • y, and resident fisher
men. Enough fishermen have
subscribed to stock in the com
pany to assure its operation next
year.
i The Santa Fiavia met with a
considerable amount of opposi- j
tion from U. S. Bureau of Fish- .
I erics representatives this year, j
| Effort was made to drive these i
! small operators out of the red J
salmon areas. B\it Bailey had
competent legal advise and re-!
fused to be scai'ed by the bull- j
dozers for the Packers.
The new combination now as
sures residents in that district a
cannery which will mean con
siderable change in fish prices |
in another year through opera- j
tion of a cannery without thei
control of the Packing Trust.
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“If You Can’t Lick ’Em, Jine ’Em, So Juneau
G. 0. P. Nominees Combine on Fall Unity
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From the Juneau Empire
Under the leadership of W. L.
Paul; Indian leader 01 Ketchi
kan, the .Republican candidates
'of the First Division will this
year make a campaign under the
t '^.an of “Vote the Party Ticket
Straight.”
The dove of peace has des
cended on these champions of
the longtime warring factions
cf the G. O. P. in this Division
and harmony prevails among
them.
Alliance Is Formed
Prejudices such as that
against mass voting of the or
ganized Indian element, held up
to April 28 last by some of the
nominees, and bitter denunci
ation of everything for which
the anti-Indian primary candi
dates stood have been cast aside.
And the pipe of peace has been
smoked by the nominees.
The breech between the can
didates is closed. It may be it is
not wholly healed, only time can
reveal if it was quieted by a gen
uine specific or merely lulled in
to in activity by the dope
makers.
Whatever it eventually proves,
to be, cure or otherwise, it was
decided upon at a conference,
or series of discussions, a sort of
political clinic, held here early
his month. Participating in this
were Judge James Wickersham,
nominee for Delegate to Con
gress; Cash Cole, nominee for
Auditor; W. G. Smith, nominee
ior Treasurer; C. T. Gardner,
Walter P. Scott, Grover C. Winn
md W. L. Paul, all legislative
candidates. The only Territoria11
candidates not present were i
Joe Ulmer, Highway Engineer j
candidate and W K. Keller, can-!
lidate for Commissioner of Ed
ucation; and J. E. Johnson, Ket
thikan nominee for the House
was the only Divisional office
ieekefr not attending.
Promoted by Foster
There is no secret about the
/act that Frank H. Foster, veter
an Third Division politician
and legislator, during a recent
visit -cue boosted along the har
mony program. In race, his visit
seemed to have been largely
politically evangelistic in its
tenor He took his text from the
handbook of p'cctical politics
and expounded mightily on
*.arty fealty anci not without
result.
After convincing his congre
gation here that the only true
road to political heaven was in
supporting the Republican can-'
didates from head cf tiie tick-,
et right down through the en
tire list, he carried his stirring
message to the Ketchikan Gar
cia. His hopeful words brought
Mr. Paul hotfoot to Juneau and
Harmony was a fact accom-'
plished.
Enmities Are Forgotten
And now everything is loveTy. i
Behind the banner of the Grand.
Old Party march Paul, Wicker-j
sham, Gardner, and the other j
candidates, shoulder to should-1
er, sounding their political bat
tle cries alike to the white and S
Indian phanlanxes to “be up and }
at ‘em”—the “’em-’ being their j
Democratic opponents—in the
coming campaign and in Alas
ka’s next battle of ballots in
November.
From the candidates view
point this probably locks like
very practical politi s. Mr. Paul
bas and can deliver a thousand
er more Indian voter to the can
didates he favors. Mr. Gardes'"
and Mr. Scott, both of whom
ivere vehemently opposed by the
Indian faction in the April pri
mary campaign, and who just
as vigorously attacked tiiat ele
ment, polled a very heavy white
vote. Gardner received one of
I he biggest primary votes e ver
given any party candidate for
Senator in the First Division,
Assured of the Indian vote, he
and Scott should be certain of
eel ion if they can hold intact
their primary white vote. And
Paul, also, can view the situation
hopefully if Messrs. Gardner and
Scott can turn their own
strength to him.
Paul was defeated in the elec
tion of 19113, and without the
combination as proposed, un
doubtedly weak! have bden in
a. doubtful position in this year's
( mpaign. Gardner’s advisers
l ive been fearful that the In
dian vote would go to John W.
Fu-me. who is running indepen
dent for the Senate and that it
might be sufficient to elect him
in a close race between him and
the Democratc candidate, Allen
Pknttuck. No one, nt any time,
has any idea that the Dcmo
cratic nominee would get any
rndian votes.
Believes. Will Win
Thus the G. O. P. strategists
have intended to solve two prob
lems in their new alignment of
force-. They believe they can as
sure the election of Paul and. al
so that of Gardner.
They also are confident it will
go a long way toward bringing
victory to the entire ticket. The
First Division has the biggest
vote of any in the Territory. The
ticket that carries it by a heavy
majority can afford to lose all
l be rest of Alaska by small mar
r"4ns and still win. Therefore,
harmony in this Division seemed
to be mod desirable to those
seeking office. ^
Borah Given Fall
Support in Ida
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Senator William E. Borah was
nominated as Republican candi
iate for reelection at the state
convention last week in Idaho,
rhe nomination failed of accla
nation by the vote of one
county.
The nomination of the veteran
Jnited States senator assures
lis reelection in November, since
he Democrats, meeting in state
convention at St. Anthony,
oorth of here, earlier in the day,
lecided not to nominate a can
didate to oppose him.
ill? MAIL PILOT’S
PAY $550 MONTHLY
The average monthly salary
if air mail and passenger pilots
is $550, according to survey re
ported today by Asistant Secre
tary of Commerce Young. The
average monthly base pay is
$189, which is brought up to the
$550 .figure by mileage allow
ance.
The General Electric Corpora
tion is putting on the market
within the next few days a su
per-radio receiver on which it
is said they have spent manv
millions of dollars to perfect, a
machine superior to any on the
market. The Petersburg Tele
phone Exchange, Mr. L. T.
Swanson is the local representa
tive for the new receiver and
they will have it dn display at an
early date.
Carl Jacobson returned from
Wrangell where he spent a
couple of w'eeks vacation.
New Power Unit for
Wrange!!
The motorship Northland un
loaded a 200 h. p. Diesel engine
at the saw mill dock for the
Wrangell Light and Power Com
pany. A 250 k. w. Westinghouse
generator is on the way.
Plans for a new power plant to
be erected at the harbor end of
Front street near the approach
to the Diamond K floating can
nery, are being drawn up and
gravel for the concrete work
will be on the ground this week.
A building 35x40 is contemplated
| and the new plant is expected to
be in service inside of three
weeks.
! The owner of the properties
! mentioned above objected to
, construction of the contemplat
' ed building on nis property and
has filed his objections with
the U. S., War Department at
. Juneau. When seen, members of
!the Power Company stated that
they would go into the bay pro
perties and build on the Grant
Darwell properties or on city
l property.
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It has been reported in Pe
tersburg that the halibut
j schooner “Orient” while running
jin a dense fog near Cape Mudge
| bound for Seattle with her catch
' of 30,000 pounds of halibut col
lided with another vessel the
name of which we have beer
j unable to escertain. The force
j of the impact cost the lives ol
ten members of the crew of the
, Orient, who were in the fo’c’s’l
|The vessel was a five dory sch
ooner with a crew of thirteer
men, only three of whom escap
ed with their lives.
Wrangell Ed. Goes
James H. Pritchett, editor of
The Wrangell Sentinel left on
the Admiral Rogers for Seattle
where he will enter the J. Tate
Mason Clinic for medical care
and observation. Mr. Pritchett
has not been in good health
for the past two or three
years and it is hoped that the
medical fraternity of Seattle will
restore him to his usual good
health and vigor. Mrs. Pritchett
is planning to leave for Seattle
just as soon as she is able to get
a mechanic to look after the
shop interests. Meanwhile ‘Dick’
Suratt is weilding the reportor
ial and editorial pencil.
-The following named per
sons left Petersburg, Sunday, as
passengers on the Northland:
For Seattle, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Hadland, John Hadland, Jr., and
Miss Katherine Hadland; An
drew Grebstad, C. Samuelson,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Selford.
For Ketchikan, J. B. Hottel; for
Wrangell, Mrs. C. Mundy, G. L
Rich, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Car
ligan, and Mrs. Sam Nakamo
to;~ Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Barnes.
The halibut schooner “Ithona
returning from Prince Rupert
by way of Old Metlakatla cut-off (
near Prince Rupert, B. C., ran
aground at high tide and at
last reports had not been float
ed. The boat was not seriously
damaged and will probably be
floated on the next high tides.
Meanwhile the vessel is report
ed as being in an exposed lo
cation and will undoubted be
| damaged considerably should a
Southeaster break.
Takes His Voting
Real Seriously
Just because he was on a
vacation trip in Minocqua, Wis.,
was no reason why Mayor Vic
tor Miller of St Louis should
miss an opportunity of voting
The mayor was on his vaca
tion. The time for voting' came.
So he hopped into an American
Airways plane at Chicago after
taking the train from Minocqua,
and flew to St Louis, arriving
'S ■ere at 3:30 ir the afternoon,
in time to vote and then catch
ihe 4:30 plane back to Chicago.
He was back enjoying his va
cation again early the next
morning.
Fishermen Plead
Their Own Case
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A large number of fishermen
and ^ackers attended the meet
ings held here today by the le
gislative interim fish committee,
appointed to compose differ
ences between sport and com
mercal fishermen and to make
recommendation to the next le
gislature regarding fish legisla
tion.
Discussion of the meetings
covered all phases of the indus
try. Fred Frederickson, president
of the Columbia River Fisher
men's Protective union, said
'here was too much gear on the
liver for all the fishermen to
make a living. He suggested the
federal practice in effect in
Alaska of barring seines, traps
and fixed gear at the mouths of
rivets be adopted for the Colum
bia river.
H. J. Barbey, of the Barbey
Packing company, and W. L
Thompson, president of the Co
lumbia River Packers associa
tion, protested such action, say
ing fixed gear is needed to in
sure production at times when
gillnet fishing is bad on account
.'£ river conditions.
State Senator Gus Moser,
Portland, said it was impossible
for the legislature to act when
there was dissension within the
fishing industry.
Many recommendatons were
advanced for the regulation of
trolling. Tillamook fishermen's
nlea for a change of seasons was
•aoied with the request the case
be presented in writing.
Members of the committee at
tending the meeting were
Charles Child, Albany; E. W.
Snell, Arlington; Homer Angel
and Gus Moser, Portland; A. C.
Marsters, Roseburg, and Frith
iof Kankkonen, Astoria.
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Judge Justin W. Harding, his
wife and son will return on next
Tuesday from a visit to Findlay,
Ohio, where they went about ten
weeks ago. Their daughter, who
accompanied them east, will not
ieturn, but will continue her
studies in Los Angeles.
Clerk John H. Dunn who, with
his family was back in the state
of maine fort he summer, will
also return on Tuesday’s boat.
The Hardings and Dunns both
drove east in their automobiles,
but Mrs. Harding came west by
train, the judge and children
coming by auto.
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An investigation to ascertain
the nationality of . owners of
commercial fishing vessels and
of the catch of fish and othe
marine products in Alaska will
be started immediately by J. E.
McBride, Collector of Customs at
Juneau. The study is being un
dertaken at the request of the
United States Senate.
Large Class Goes
To Sitka
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The mission boat Princeton
left Petersburg early Wednesday
morning with thirty-two stu
dents on board for Sheldon
Jackson School at Sitka, includ
ing seven from Ketchikan, elev
en from Hydaburg, five from
Klawock, five from Craig and
four from Petersburg. The
Princeton, in charge of Rev.
David Waggoner, will stop at
Kake on the way to pick up
several additional students. C.
James is also making the trip
to Sitka, taking another con
tingent from Kake, also anoth
er gasboat is taking students
from Klawock. Petersburg will
be well represented in the Sit
ka School this winter, the con
tingent from this port included
Freddie Morgan, David Wayha,
Finest and Harvey Williams
passengers on the Princeton
and Frankie Gordon, William
Jackson and Robert Paul, pass
engers on the Admiral Rogers.
CATHERINE D. TAKES
CREW AND PACK
The P. A. F. steamer Catherine
D, left Petersburg at eleven
o'clock last night with a ship
ment of 45,000 cases of canned
salmon from the local cannery
She also reduced Petersburg po
pd'hon by fifty-four first-class
and fhirfv steerage passengers,
representing the officers and
crew of the cannery and can
nerv tenders. John Grebstad
and Joseph Hudson remain in
Petersburg as watchmen as in
former years.
1 fie entire pack of 100.000
cases has been shipped to Seat
tle except perhaps four thou
jsand cases whv h must await
a later boat.
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RAILROAD INVESTIGATION
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The investigating committee
from the U. S. Senate looking
into the management and af
fairs of the Alaska Railroad has
been able to get a considerable
amount of evidence that all has
not been right on that road.
John Durand and J. W. Murphy
representing the group of small
ler mine operators in the Chata
Inika district, appeared and show
jed that the road had been used
by the big mine operators to get
their machinery and equipment
and heavy freight delivered at
small or no cost at all and then
they used their influence to
junk the road before the small
er operators could get any ben
efit. They charge that there was
a conspiracy to kill the road,
squeeze out the small fellows
and gobble up their claims. Al
so, that the road runs through
ground that a big company de
sires to use and that rails and
ties are to be taken out. The
men filed written statements to
support their testimony and al
so copy of a telegram to the Se -
c’et.ary of the Inferior protest
ing against destruction of the
road
It is being emphasized that
continued government aid is
necessary to permit development
of rich mining areas in the rail
road belt. The development and
growth of the railroad will be in
proportion to the development
of the mineral resources of that
section. And the overflow from
a prosperous First Division will
supply the man power which
will go into the railroad belt to
develop its resources.
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Will someone politely inquire
of the Petersburg P.ess the val
ue of fifteen pounds of gold?