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VOLUME NO. 5.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA; JUNE 19, 1931.
NUMBER 48
Columbia Salmon Run
Poorest in Fifty Years
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Reports from the lower Col
ombia River canneiies and fish
ermen indicate that the salmon
run during the month of May
was the poorest in fifty years [
At no time dining the month of.
May have the inshore traps in
Rakers Bay made a good hauls.:
A few fair catches have been
made at different fimes but the!
month in general was very un-'i
satisfactory. It is possible that
the outside rows of traps may do !
netter but their season has not ]
vat commenced. i
Upriver points enjoyed some <
rood catches during the opening
week of the season but tfie fish
that had reached these upriver
points during the closed month
of April were soon caught. On
Hie lower river the inshore traps
>eeome imbedded with green
noss during July and August
'bus hindering their chances for
etching fish should any be
iround at that time. Nic Han
on, of Chinook, ex-hatchery
superintendent stated that this
tfay was the poorest he had wit
lessed in his FI years on the
Columbia. 1
HUSKY FRESHMEN WIN ;
AT POUGHKEEPSIE
The freshmen crew from the
University of Washington, Seat
tle, swept up the Hudson River
un Tuesday of this week in the
first race of the annual regatta
to victory over the freshmen
crews of the old universities of
Cornell, Navy, Columbia, M. I. T.
and Pennsylvania, winning by a
^ngth. The last quarter mile !
was a grilling duel between
Washington and Cornell with
the Washington shell increasing
its lead by every sweep of the
oars as the Huskies finished.
The Varsity race was won by
Navy with Cornell second and
Washington third.
Syracuse won the Junior race
although Syracuse had “suicide
lane.” California was second, a
length over Cornell, with Col
umbia, Navy and Pennsylvania
next in order.
Washington Wins At Marietta
Husky crews swept the first
regatta ever to be held in the1,
state of Ohio.
Washington Freshmen won!
their race of a mile and a half
in the record time of six minutes
i nd four fifths seconds, two
lengths ahead of the Marietta
frosh. In the varsity race the|
Marietta team led by one length1
for the full two miles but in the1
last 75 yards the Husky varsity!
opened up and won by a scant,
ten feet in a thrilling sprint, i
Coach A1 Ulbriekson said it was
a great race but a close one.1
The finish had the thrill of a
Poughkeepsie regatta and the'1
enthusiasm of the Marrietta1
rooters was turned into frenzy, j
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ALASKA INDIAN MAIDEN
CHOSEN 4 MISS MODERN”
Miss Marlita Davis, member
of the Tsimpsean Tribe of Met
lakatla, Alaska was chosen Miss
Modern Indian of 1931 in a con
test at Seattle last Saturday
night in which 31 maidens rep
resenting 18 tribes of the Pacific
Northwest and Alaska compet
ed. The contest was sponsored
by the North westerners, a young
Indian organization Miss Davis
is living in Seattle at present.
She is a daughter of Roderick
Davis the well known boat
builder of Metlakatla, who is a
Petersburg visitor this week.
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HVBBEL & WALLER GET
WEST COAST ROAD JOBS
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H. H. Waller of the Hubbel &
Waller company contractors on
the West Petersburg Road was
notified this week that his com
} any was low bidder on bureau
road work at Klawock and Craig.
These are both native villages
and the work consists of taking
up old plaking, grading and re
building the street through the
trwn. The work at Klawock
will cost about $14,000 and the
praig job $8,000.
HYPABITRG I A Y-WORKER, ,
IN AUTOMOPILF ACCIDENT ,
The Presbyterian mission boat
Princeton passed through Pet
ersburg Wednesday morning en
route to Ketchikan where Rev.
'/erne Swanson in charge of the
.'at is to meet Mr. John Brown,
«.y-worker of Hvdaburg and re
turn him to hi, home. Br. Brown
s suffering from injuries receiv- 1
d in an automobile accident
iear Sidney, Nebraska. In com-!
,any with the Rev. and Mrs. I
David Waggoner, Mr. Brown left 1
Alaska about May 1st following r
,he Presbytery at Sitka expect- r
mg to attend a denominational t
onvert.ion sessions of women’s (
missionary convention and a ]
dass reunion at Park Seminary. :
'It Seattle a car was purchased i
Dut the anticipated pleasure r
U'ip across country proved a dis- \
ippointment, two automobile \
Accidents conspiring to defeat i
Imost the entire program. Al- c
hough Rev. Waggoner has na-yr
/igated the Princeton through r
he worst storms in Alaska the.r
oast seven years, he had pro-jj
ceded but a few' miles from i
Seattle when the car was over- r
urned Mrs. Waggoner sustain- •;
mg a broken colar bone and an- ]
other passenger three broken i
Libs. The slight damage to the <
oar was repaired and the partv ]
proceeded as far as Sidney, Ne- i
braska, where hard luck again ;
overtook them Details of the £
second accident are lacking ex- <
cept that Mr. Brown is in a criti- i
cal condition owing to a lacera-j
tion of the spi..0’ cord. He was|
taken to Has+ings, Nebraska,;
whete am operation wras pe.-j
formed which save his life but
which will almost certainly
leave him paralyzed. Rev. Wag
goner was also injured but not
seriously. Mrs Waggoner was
injured internally but is able to
eave the hospital. Future plans
of the Waggoners who are on a
years vacation are not known,
but they will in all probability
go on to Park University at
Parkville, Missouri where their
wo sons, Ralph and Robert, are
attending school.
WOULD LEGALIZE ROULETTE
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Two hundred Casino manag-1
ers throughout the Republic of
France are demanding of the
government that roulette be
permitted to be played in the1
| French casinos in order to win
back the waning interest in
gambling. j
i No one attempts to disguise
the fact that gambling is in a
bad way in France The casinos
;truggled through an unfavor
able season last year and some
unable to survive the winter,
have closed down On the Rivi
era it is common talk that the
casinos are faced with bank
ruptcy and the governent is ac
cused of killing the goose that
has provided t^e annual golden
egg for the French treasury.
Harding Memo
rial Dedicated
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The memorial to Ex-President
Harding at Marion. Ohio, erect
ed largely through contribution
r,f school children and costing
together with the rark grounds
$777,183 was dedicated on Tues-,
:*ay of this week.
President Hoover dedicated
the memorial and ex-President
Coolidge accepted the memorial
on behalf of the Hording Mem
orial Association. President
hoover described Harding’s
loath as hastened by disillusion
ncnts and scored the betrayal of
larding by a “few men he
.rusted” Rising his voice he
?ronounced condemnation on
hose who “betrayed not alone
he friendship and trust of their
taunch and loyal friend, but
vho betrayed their country. That
s the tragedy of Harding.” The
uesident went on to relate the
tory of the trials and convic
ions of men who were brought •
nto official life by Harding but
lid not mention their names, i
500 PIECE BAND BE HEARD
OVER KOMO 5
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The largest number of instru- 1
nents ever assembled into a ■
ausical organization for broad- *
ast is promised in a program to '
»e released by National Broae 1
:asting Co., July 7 1:00 to 1:30
\ M. (Seattle time'' in which a *
nassed band of fifteen hundred 1
nstrumentalists will partici- 1
>ate. This unusual broadcast
i-ill originate in Seattle and will 1
ie the high light of the coming
lational convention of the Ben- 1
volent and Protective Order of
^ks. At least 35 bands are ex- 1
lected to attend the convention 1
anging in size from 30 to 100 !
‘ieces. On July 7 all bands will :
orm in the Civic Auditorium
ield for a ma.sed band concert |
/hich will be picked up by
COMO for release to the Na
ional Broadcasting Company’s!
oast to coast network. This’
argest musical aggregation in
he history of broadcasting will
)e directed by Edward J. Carey,
i leader of wide erperience and
ormer musical instructor at the
Jniversity of Idaho.
O’MALLEY IS COMING
Commissioner Henry O’Malley
■xpected to arrive in Seattle!
!rom Washington D. C. on
Phursday, Jun- 18, according to
word sent to J. R Russell, Coast
Piled Superintendent for the U.
S. Bureau of Fisheries. Ten
t’ays will be spent on Puget
Sound by the fisheries chief. He
will be joined there by United
States Senators Walcott, Nor
beck and Robinson and Paul G.
Redington, chief of the Bureau
cf Biological Survey, for a trip
to Alaska, according to an As
sociated Press dispatch from
New York City. We haven’t
forgotten that Mr. O’Malley
promised to hold a meeting with
the Alaska fishermen, • probably
m Ketchikan, we think he said,
and confer with them regarding
fisheries regulations for 1931.
Of course, it is only a few
months too late now. He pro
bably just overlooked that.
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JUDGE HARDING EXECUTES
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Judge Justin W. Harding of
ihe Federal Di trlct C ourt and
! Prosecutor Folto returned to Ju
i r.eau last week from Whiting
River where sentence of death
was passed on three more bean
I making a half score they have
; accounted for so far this season
.This time they got one Grizzlj
and two blacks
Trailers Demand
Price Increase
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The Trollers Association at
Ketchikan held a meeting Sat
urday night in Pioneer Hall at
nhich all trollers in port were
asked to be present. The gath
mrng which filled every seat
and scores more standing along
the walls, voted to stand by the
other groups which are striking
in protest against a reduction
in prices of king salmon which
they claim precludes any pos
sibility of their being able to
meet operating expenses. Trol
lers at Ketchikan. Port Alexand
er and Sitka are asking a price
of 12-6-3 on the grounds with
in additional provision that at
Ketchikan there be added the
packer’s charge from Cape Om
mey.
Other action taken at the
Ketchikan meeting was to the
ffect that trollers would resume
’ishing 48 hours after agree
nent with buyers on prices, also
hat cohoes be bought heie
'fter by the pound at a price to
ye determined later.
The power trollers were prac
mally unanimous in their a- :
meement that the hand trollers ■
'e informed that they should do 1
ust as they desired; but that 1
heir continuing to fish would ’
lot be held against them by the ;
lower trollers 1
The chairman appointed a
•ommittee to advise the buyers ,
'f the demands of the fisher
nen but up to Thursday there
vere no signs of weakening on
he part of the buyers.
A wire from Prince Rupert .
)oat owners was posted in Pet
•rsburg today •dating that the
leet there had decided to tie up
mtil prices improve, and re
juesting American ooats to keep
iway.
It is stated that 200 trolling
Doats by count are lying idle at
Ketchikan.
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CAIL FOR BIDS
Hubbell & Waller Eng. Corp.
will receive bids up to 5 P. M.
on June 24th for the furnish
ing of all labor and material on
a trestle 610 ft. long across a
tidal slough at the north end
of Wrangell Narrows opposite
Petersburg There is approx
imately 35 thousand board ft.
of lumber and nine hundred
?eet of piling in the bridge.
Plans and specifications will
be furnished apon request by
Mr. Waller at the Arctic Hotel.
—Adv.
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NEW COMPANY ORGANIZED
SKOWL ARM CANNERY
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F. G. Heckman, Superintend
ent, F. W. Kirkland, foreman;
Dave Dackins machinist fore
man and Frank Capp of Ketchi
kan, secretary of the newly or
ganized United Salmon Packers,
Inc. left Ketchikan last week
an the Sunwing for Skowl Arm
where they will operate a one
and one-half line cannery this
season. A crew of mechanics
i nd laborers are rushing the job
cf getting the machinery in ord
er before the opening of the
canning season
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OPENS FISHING YUKON
RIVER
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| Through new regulations re
cently issued by the secretary
j of commerce some of the wat
ers on the Yukon River between
Cape North and Cape Douglas
have been opened to commercial
| fishing. Some of the small in
dividual canners w’ll be able tc
1 ] again put up their packs of Yu
| kon River fish. The limitations
however, will practically exclude
tlie larger operators. \
Lindbergh May
Fly Via Alaska
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Col Charles A. Lindbergh and
wife, who are planning to fly
across the Pac'fic to Asia this
dimmer, have been asked by
Delegate James Wickersham to
make this contemnlated trip via
Alaska. He presented them with
a man showin" the route from.
New York to Hazelton, B. C.,1
Fairbanks and Nome, Alaska, j
with one over water jump ofj
only 56 miles at Bering Strait
'•‘he delegate told them he
thought this would be the fu
ture airway to Asia. This route
would take the Lindberghs over!
•-he proposed route of the Paci-j
fic-Yukon Highway and inci-j
Mentally give considerable pub
licity to the highway plan. It
is understood that other possi-j
t>le routes are being considered
oy the Lindberghs and definite
elans will be announced later.
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WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE
JOURNAI SUSPENDS
The Women’s Sufferage Jnc
oal founded fifty years ago by 1
Lucy Stone an-> Henry Blah -[/
veil to lead thA ^ht *or wo-"
nen’s suffrage will suspend
mblication whh the June isau. 1
rhis publication fought a vah '
int fight. Tt knew what it :
vanted and finally got it. 11
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COLUMBIA TRAP OWNER
WINS IN U. S. COURT 1
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A permanent ini unction has
eeen granted to Stuart Davis, a'
3acific County Washington fish
rap owner, restraining the
Columbia River Packers Asso
ciation of Astoria Oregon from
hirt.her operation of a fish trap
■•ear the upper end of Sand
island near the mouth of the
Columbia River Judge Cush
uan of the Federal court held
that the Oregon companv’s tran
was in Washington. June 22
was fixed as the time for hear
ng plaintiff’s claim for damages.,
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FOUR HITNDRFD DROWN AS
EXCURSION STEAMER SINKS
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Capsizing in a hurricane off
the coast of France the excur
sion steamer St. Philibert last
Sunday carried more than four
hundred men women and chil
dren to their death. The St. j
Philibert, a flimsy 100-ft. wood-;
en river steamer put out from^
Nantes with a picnic excursion'
:un by a labor organization,!
down the rive'. St. Nazaire and
out across the Bay of Biscay to;
the island of Noir Moutier. On
the return trip a storm broke
with sudden fury. The passeng-1
ers stampeded to the lee side!
and the vessel overturned. The
o:dinarily calm waters of the bay
became a maelstrom of struggl
ing human bodies. Of the more
than four hundred passengers
on board eight were rescued.
Sixty bodies, mostly women, had
been recovered at last reports.
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OPEN NEW “SMART SHOP"
“Smith’s Smart Shop” is the
i designation of a new mercantile
establishment i n the Enge
Euilding recently vacated by
Chris Lang. Mrs. Carl Smith
who will remain here in charge
is an old time Alaskan and is
well acquainted up and down
the territory. Her husband was
formerly in charge of the right
of-way of the Alaska railroad
from Fairbanks to the coast.
The building is being refinish
ed and fitted uo for the opening
1 tomorrow morning (Saturday.)
1 See announcement elsewhere ir
his issue.
Patriotic Exercises And
Sports For The Fourth
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A tentative program of races, 1
water sports, patriotic exercises,
music, fireworks eic. has been 1
-utlined by the program com- ]
mittee for the celebration of the i
Fourth of July in Petersburg
"'he Hon. Henrv Roden, promin- 1
ent attorney of Juneau and Pet- .
ersburg will be the speaker of I
he day. Music will be furnish- •
ed by the school band. The day J
will close with a grand free c
■lance at the Son? of Norway 3
hall and everybody is cordiallyj I
invited to come and enjoy the!f
fourth with us in Petersburg.
Although a few other items
vuy possibly be added later, the
•rogram will be substantially as
ollows:
Baby Buggy parade, 10:00;
)oll Buggy parade, Marathon
ace, 11:00; Patriotic Exercises;
^usic by School Band; Address
iy Hon. Henry Roden of Juneau,
Iports—Boys and girls, 1:00 to
:30; Tub race Speed boat race,
:30 to 5:30; Fireworks, 10:00
M. across the Narrows; Big
ree dance 11 00 P. M.
SEEKS TO RE-OPEN CASE
AGAINST TROI.LERS
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attorney General John C
Rustgard in an ii lerview puu
lisned in the Ketchikan Tribune
states that h* v.i.l ie- pen the
2aoc against outside trolle<--,!
ashing in Alaskan waters at the
lext term of the District Court
r Jureau .‘if his present plan
materialize.’ ’“The conclusion
if this case ha, i. consider
ably delayed ” said Mr. Rust
rard, “because after receiving
he mandate of the Superior
^ourt, the term of the district
•ourt then in session had been
’djourned before I had time to
mter my answer.”
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“I shall endeavor to re-open
he case at the July term of
'ourt in Juneau The case was '
ried in the Superior court on
ny demurrer, and now I am ask
ng that it be tried on its merits.
“The court held that in en
uring a demurrer one admits
ill of the allegations of the op
Dosition, whereas I hold that in
aw only those allegations
vhich are relevant are admitted.
[f the court does not dismiss
:he care, I feel that I can prove
hat the tax h not prohibitive;
out if the case is dismissed, I
must take other steps to get a
rehearing and a definite settle
ment of this case strictly as ie
gards the law involved and the
merits of the case.”
“In case of dismissal I shall j
4 hen be forced to make another j
arrest of an outside troller and,
make another test case of the
platter.”
“It will be a strictly friendly
< ase,” he said, “with the under
standing that it is only a test
of the law involved. I shall take
the matter up with the Trolli ’g
Vessel Owners Association in
Seattle and ask them to choose \
i he man with whom to make(
the test ,if thgy so desire.
“I am very anxious to see this(
definitely settled T advised the
legislature against the passage
of the law in the first place, but
I do feel that the law as incor
porated is constitutional and
should be upheld,” said- the At*
orney General.
According to our recollection
of this case the Seattle Trollers
Association went into the court
to establish the unconstitution
ality, of the non-resident trol
i pvp t.n v
“Judge Harding ruled that the
jaw was constitutional so the
association carried it to the
court of appeals. The higher
| < ourt reversed the decision of
Judge Harding.
Upon his return to Alaska, At
I torney General John Rustgard
declared in a lengthy statement
i published in the Empire, that he
was carrying the case into the
Supreme Court of the United
States. The February issue of
the Pacific Fisherman in an ar
ticle on this case says: “Seed
ing to re-open the Alaska trol
ling license fee case, in whkl'
the period for appeal had long
since elapsed John Rustgard
territorial attorney general, ha:
BENEFIT FOOD SALE
BE HELD SATURDAY
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Sponsored jointly by the Wo
nr-n’s Community League, The
Daughters of Norway, and the
American Legion Auxiliary
;here will be held tomorrow in
he space recently vacated by
be Men’s Shop in the Bank
3uilding a luncheon and food
ule for the benefit of the Pet
rsburg Hospital.
Mr. H. B. Crewson, Schillings
’^presentative has been spend
ing the week in town and Mrs.
Crewson, Schillings demonstra
te and home economic expert,
vho is here with him, will con
flict a practical demonstration
jf Schillings products. Cakes,
•offee and biscuits for the
uncheon will be prepared and
[arnished by Mrs. Crewson and
'natrons will be welcome to as
nuch as they can eat for only
'wenty-five cents.
The Bank of Petersburg is
donating the use of the building
For the day, The Trading Union
is furnishing a Flamo gas range
and the Standard Oil Company
donates the Flamo gas. Thus
he luncheon will be also a
oractical demonstration of this
“conomical convenient and de
pendable gas for homes and
boats
All proceeds of the luncheon
and general food sale are for
the benefit of the local hospital
and all of us cake-eaters will be
there.
At the same time there will
be held in all of the grocerv
stores a special sale of Schillings
coffee. Each purchaser of Schil
.ings coffee during the day will
begiven as a gratuitous gift
other Schillings merchandise
which should go far to pop
ularize this already popular
brand of coffee tea, extracts
rnd spices.
filed with the United States
Supreme Court a petition for a
,vrit of certiorari, asking that
die supreme court require of the
San Francisco cireuit court of
anpeals a transcript of all pro
i eedings in the case, assume
jurisdiction and determine the
ease.”
The Supreme Court, however,
[ruled that it would not review
*he case. Inquiry at Commis
| "ioner Clausen’s office in Pet
ersburg reveals that no real ef
fort is being made this season
to collect the hcerse tax. Tr*
tax collector said he had ben
instructed to advise any non
'resident troller that came to his
rotice that failure to pay the
j tax might entail prosecution
1‘ater. but that he had not notic
ed any.
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SHORT CROP CANNING
PEACHES
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The California crop of can
ning peaches is estimated to be
between 25,000 and 30,000 tons
’ tons short according to the re
’ port of a crop survey committee
! lust completed.