Juno-m. Alaska
Turrjtutiitl Musuo.
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VOL. 3.
PETERSBURG. ALASKA, MARCH. 1. 1929
NO. 33
Paul Censured
By Court
William L. Paul, attorney for
Maxfield Dalton of Klawock in a
petition requested the court to
review the case of Dalton who
pleaded guilty to illegal fishing
last fall, before the commission
er at Craig. He was fined $400.
at the time.
Judge Harding was District at
torney at the time of Dalton's
trial and stated that his office
had nothing to do with the com
missioner’s court case which was
handled in the usual manner.
On direct examination District
Attorney Stabler brought out a
seeming denial of the petition
but on direct examination Max
said he had read and understood
the petition and believed it to be
n ue.
When asked by Harding if he
hr.d any statement to make Paul
said he meant no d 'respect „
*he court, but if tl\e court eon
o.ders that the lang *age of the
petition is disrespectfcl, he was
willing to apologize,
willing to apologize and request
ed permission to file an amend
ed petition. This was granted.
In the meantime court circles,
are wondering what procedure
Mr. Paul will take.
ALEUTIAN ON AND OFF
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The Alaska Steamship Liner
Aleutian started on her first trip
north this year and hit Maude
Island, Seymour Narrows. She
returned to Seattle under her
own power, Tuesday morning.
Cable message from Mr. Baker
manager of the company, to Mr.
West, local agent, stated thatj
the Alameda was taken the passj
engers, mail and freight from
the Aleutian.
City Politics Dormant
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The Caucus which was held
for nomination of city mayor,
councilmen and school directors
Monday evening was a rather
slim meeting and indifferently
attended. Mr. Swanson was re
nominated for mayor to suc
ceed himself; Pete Lund and
Jack Hanseth, one year, one to
be elected; Charles Greenaa,
Tom Elsemore, Knute Stenslid,
Bob Allen, two-year term, and
three to be elected. For the
school board, Andrew Wikan and
Andrew Heimdahl were nomi
nated. Mr. Heimdahl nominat
ed to succeed himself.
Fish Bill Passed
By Congress
An amendment to the fish
lav/s of 1906 was passed this
week by Congress. It was pro
posed by Delegate Sutherland.
The text follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of
America in Congress assembled,
That section 7 of the Act of
June 26, 19T16, entitled “An Act
for the protection of the fisher
ies of Alaska, and for other pur
poses,” is amended so that it
will read as follows:
“Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful
to preserve for sale as food for
human consumption any salmon
unless it shall have been canned,
salted, iced, frozen, smoked, or
dried within 48 hours after be
ing killed.”
Quebec government announc
es that the sum of one million
dollars is to be taken from the
profits of the Quebec liquor
commission and turned over to
the charities bureau.
Wrangell Miner Held
Charge Felonious Assault
Jack Anderson and Carl Thy
gerson, trappers in Bradfield
Canal, were brought to town
during the week by H. D. Camp
bell, U. S. Deputy Marshal of
Wrangell. They were charged
by Frank DuFresne, game ward
en, with assault with a revolver.
(This alleged assault happened
six or more weeks ago).
DuFresne and Arthur Nelson,
early in January, left their boat
three miles below Harding River,
the camp of Anderson and Thy
gerson; got into row boat with a
kicker and went to the camp of
Anderson and Thygerson. There
without showing any credentials
insisted on seing the fur catch of
the two trappers. DuFresne, be
ing very officious, also became
insultingly profane. This was
resented by the trappers who or
der the B. S. Department repre
sentatives to get out of their
camp. Anderson had his hand
under his overall bib, holding—
DuFresne says a revolver. It
might have a been a gun, alright,
but according to both men no
weapon was drawn. The brave
representatives of the law back
ed down the beach with the
trappers following and Thyger
son waving his hands skyward.
DuFresne said “Don’t shoot, we
won’t do anything to you, our
guns are in the boat unloaded.”
They left immediately.
At the hearing DuFresne ad
mits no gun was pulled nor did
he see one. He ONLY thought
Anderson had a gun. Nelson
alleged he saw a part of the bar
rel and handle of the revolver.
Anderson was held to appear in
the district court while Thyger
son was turned loose. Senator
Benjamin of Wrangell went bail
a thousand dollars for Anderson
who was released yesterday af
ternoon.
Both Men Well Known
Anderson and Thygerson are
men weli Known in Wrangell.
Bor ten years they have been
crapping and prospecting in the
Bradfield section. Their deal
ings with other trappers and
fishermen who have visited their
camp has always been fair and
generous. They took care of
‘Big Headed” Tom, a native,
when it was almost impossible
tor Tom to pull through sickness
and was in destitute circum
stances. Their general charac
ter belies any charge of being
the dangerous criminals the B.
S. representatives would have
the public believe.
DuFresne, has a reputation of
being officious, intolerant, un
fair and criminally indifferent tc
the public. He is said to have
refused to tow a couple of na
tives a few miles in the direction
he was going. Even though thej
j were virtually without food and
; had no way of getting any help
WHAT AILS ALASKA?
[ Trekke to luneau
The politicians, near politi
| clans, ne'er do wells are congre
! gating at Juneau awaiting the
j assembly of the Territorial Le
gislature. From the Southern
| end of the Territory goes Peter
McCormack. A. H. Ziegler, Chas.
Benjamin and Allen Shattuck to
represent the people. Senator
Will Steel being the hold-over
Senator who will line up with
the Republicans. Ziegler, Shat
tuck are aligned with the mor
phodyte political party that was
“independent” two years ago,
Republican this year but elect
ed as Democrats. Not much
hope, is the general opinion, that
the people at large will get any
benefit from legislation propos
ed by the reactionaries. But it
is generally believed that in spite
of their control of the House
that they will.be checkmated or
stalemated by the Senate. A
lot of political bills are expect
ed to be presented. The West
ward has several axes to grind
j and expect the First Division tc
! do the grinding.
Three More Drown
From Fleet
The first deaths in the halibul
fleet by drowning were reported
: from the Vansie and the Port
lock. A few days after the op
ening of the season heavy storm}
were encountered by the fleet
i While running from the storn
! a wave smashed over the Van
1 t
i scie sweeping two men over
board along with all halibu
gear; the same was true of th<
Portlock. The vessels came int(
port to report and to get nev
outfits.
Way was paved for promp
passage of the bill providini
five years in prison and tei
thousand maximum penalty fo
violation of dry law when dry
lover strenuous objection of wet
! forced through a special rul
jcalling for a vote Thursday.
Control of Metro-jGoldwyn
Mayer studios, one of the larg
est picture production compan
ies on the coast by the Fox Filn
. Corporation is a report from Lo
| Angeles.
j Accidentally Kills
Self With Gun
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Charley Durkee well known
young Indian from Yakutat, ac
cidentally shot himself Wednes
day evening at eight o’clock at
Cr.vig. He died of the wound.
Durkee is well known here as
he lived here for several months
two years ago. He is also well
known in Juneau where he
worked in the mines. His fath
er is a pioneer of Cordova where
he has been interested in min
ing, prospecting and for several
years carried the mail contracts
in that section.
Charles Durkee is survived by
his widow and a little child, now
at Craig. He is a cousin of Mrs.
Maggie Adams of this town.
DROWNED AT WRANGELL r
John Henry, Indian of Wran
gell was drowned in Wrangell
harbor Sunday night. How the
i aeident happened is not known.
It was known, that he was going
aboard a boat but when friends
looked for him they found his
boat tied up to the float with
him nowhere in sight or on the
gasboat. The following morn
, searching parties found his body
out near the breakwater.
Autopsy by Dr. Edwards of
Wrangell indicated that he met
; death due to affects of drinking
denatured alcohol. It is suppos
L ed that he fell overboard while
. drunk from the alcohol and was
. suffocated.
Want Fur Farm
The matter of securing appro
priation for a demonstration fur
farm was brought up and dis
k cussed at considerable length.
* It was generally agreed that a
1 farm should be established in
r Southeastern Alaska and anoth
31 er in Southwestern Alaska. Mr.
5 Graves, now st.uding fur bearing
5 animals and their raising in the
Territory is highly in favor of
the idea and is recommending
- in his report to the governor that
-1 such a farm be established as
-1 more practical good can be se
i' cured in this manner than by
s the present happenstance meth
od of work.
Petersburg Hi Wins Games;
Series Hard and Dirty
Lindbergh In Accident
With Fiancee
Col. Charles Lindberg had his
first bad acident this week when
his plane overturned in landing.
His fiancee Miss Ann Morrow.
He took to the air again with
Miss Morrow, yesterday at noon.
The crash of the day before was
due to the loss of a landing
wheel. Realizing what had hap
pened, Col. Lindberg packed
cushions around Miss Morrow
end took the machine to and fro
over the field until the gasoline
was exhausted, thereby prevent -
ing danger of fife during the in
evitable crash bound to occur
due to the defective landing
eear. This was Lindbergh’s first
acident since his early barn
storming days.
Representation Bill Is
Defeated in Senate
The bill to reapportion repre
sentation was virtually defeat
ed yesterday by Senate filabus
ter. The Senate remained in
session late into the night but
when it became evident that the
filibuster would hold up other
legislation sponsor of the bill
agreed not to press its passage.
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The first half of the deciding
game in the championship series
at Juneau ended .with a score
of one to nothing—the goose
egg for the Capital City team.
Airtight, roughhcfuse tactics re
sorted to with the hope of wear
ing out the Petersburg boys who
came back with championshio
play. The third quarter ended
seven to five with Juneau hang
ing on to the hind tit. The last
quarter was almost a knock’ em
down and* drag ’em out but the
iueal boys held the Hell-ers down
to their five points and copped
five more for themselves. Th°
s'ore ended with Petersburg
f itting pretty right on top of Ju
reau’s head.
Names Sec War
New Cabinet
James W. Good of Iowa has
been designated as the next se
cretary of war in President
Elect Hoover’s cabinet. William
Mitchel, Democrat, will be at
torney general. Confirmation
of appointment and aceptance
were made known. Colonel Wil
liam Donovan was again offered
position as governor general of
Philippines and again refused.
He will resign as assistant attor
ney general.
Chamber of Commerce Hold
Meeting of Plenty Interest
The Chamber of Commerce
met Wednesday evening in the'
City Hall, Earl Ohmer prosiding
officer in the chair. The meet- i
ing was a good representative !
meeting of the membership.
A letter was read from Gov- j
ernor Parks in appreciation of !
effort of the local Club to inter- ■
est the federal government in1
predatory animal control.
Mr. Bowman, principal of the
local schools handed his report
ing basketball scores to attend)
to the secretary. This was with ;
reference to the school appropri- j
ations. He stated that under the j
new law Valdez secured 83 per
cent; Cordova, 84 per cent;
Nome, 79 per cent; Juneau 60,
Ketchikan, 61; Wrangell, 62;
Seward, 71; Petersburg, 44.92.
Under present law the school
with increasing school popula
tion was penalized while the dis
trict standing still receives full
benefit under the law.
Petersburg disbursed $34,142.
13 of which $18,804. was from the
city treasury and $15,337 appro
priated by the Territory.
The matter will be taken up
through Senator Benjamin and
Representative McCormack to
have the funds distributed in
a more equitable manner. Oth
er towns will be urged to take
the matter up, also.
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JUNEAU CLUB RAZZED
The Juneau Chamber of Com
merce was given a large razz
bury by various members of the
local Club when the matter of
basketball boys’ trip to Fair
banks was mentioned. The Ju
neau Club had been requested
by Petersburg to help arrange
| a championship basketball series
that would be absolutely fair to
all concerned. Only thru a
newspaper did the local Club
earn that Juneau had referred
die matter back to Supt. Hell-er,
whose negotiations had not had
m iota of clean sportsmanship
lis negotiations. “In everything
we try to do,” said one mem
ber, “Juneau is always pussy
tooting and sidestepping, asking
that we wait until more money is
appropriated for more investiga
tions and doing nothing positive
for the good of the territory.
They are a cheap outfit.” A lot
more could be repeated but we
we being gentlemen will not re
peat because we know Juneau
will understand , anyhow.
U. S. RADIO A NUISANCE
A lot of air was fanned in the
discussion brought up relative to
interference of radio reception
by the local wireless station.
Out of rarified air full of consid
erable static, is a letter forth
coming to the head officer in
the signal corp asking if the sta
tion cannot be so fixed that un
necessary interference could be
obviated.
NARROWS BE RESURVEYED
It was brought out that the
officers who recently inspected
the Narrows had given forth the
impression that further surveys
of the Narrows^would be made
this summer in preparation for
the straightening of some of the
bad turns and for the removal of
the north entrance beacon, said
to be a nuisance in the Narrows.
CLAM HOLE RUMOR
During the general conversa
tion some one mentioned that
he had heard a clam hole
rumor, squirts in evidence but
no clams, that the road from
Mountain Point to Blind Slough
would be surveyed this summer.