VOL. 2
PETERSBURG, ALASKA OCTOBER 28, 1927
NO. 16
Local Club Urges Drastic
Regulations For Herring Fisheries
This week’s meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce was marked by an
exceptionally good attendance. Af
ter the regular routine business, the
committee reports were taken up.
.... HERRING FISHERIES ....I
The Committee appointed to frame I
resolutions with recommendations |
to other Commercial Clubs of South
eastern Alaska in relation to the
herring situation submitted its re
port. These resolutions take a dras
tic stand which the Club believes
is necessary to preserve the herring
fisheries for future years and to pre
vent the loss of thousands of dol
lars which the halibut, tieet of fish
ermen' endured this year on account
of the shortage of bait. While the
the resolutions do not ask for the
complete prohibition of the taking
of herring for oil and fertilizer, they
do ask that all fishing for other than
food purposes be restricted to out
side of the three-mile limit offshore.
/ ALASKA GAME LAWE /
The Committee relative, to the
game laws submitted its resolu
tions. These were adopted by the
Club and will be submitted to the
Alaska Game Commission when it
meeets early in 192S. The resolu
tions call for a license fee of $1.
for all residents of Alaska who hunt.
This license must be in their pos
session and on their persons at any
and all times while hunting. Non
residents license fee is to remain
the same. By the collection of this
nominal resident fee of $1. it is hop
ed that sufficient funds will be cre
ated which will make it possible to
have additional game wardens ap
pointed to protect the game of Alas
ka. It is hoped, also, to exclude
ANOTHER SHIPMENT OUT
The M. S. Bellingham came into
port about four this morning and
tied up at the Cold Storage land
ing. During the day she took on
boad. two carloads of frozen fish
from the Marlyn Fish Co., and be
tween 600 and 700 boxes from the
New England Cold Storage plant.
The Bellingham is due to sail south
Friday afternoon.
No Herring Cook Inlet
Speaking of the herring run in
Cook Inlet district, The Anchor
age Times says: “The season thus
far has been almost a complete
failure and the extension of the sea
son, it is hoped, will enable the fish
ermen to recoup their losses on late
runs of fish.
“No herring have been caught in
Cook Inlet waters since August 25.
(Probably too many earth quakes
and under water upheavals lately.
No, the fertilizer plants did not do
it. Couldn’t exterminate the her
ring. Too many billions of ’em.
But they have just as the health of
ficers and medical corps have clean
ed out mosquitos from certain sec
tions. Man can clean out anything,
when he starts to do so.)
HO!! FOR ANOTHER STAMPEDE
There is a report out that a riel
gold strike has been made on Squav
Creek, lying in British Columbn
Territory, some miles back o:
Haines and near the old Daltoi
Post. It seems that the find wai
made by an Indian who brough
several ounces in with him a fe\>
days ago. Numerous claims hav<
already been staked.
many hunters who claim to be resi
dents when approached, but who
will be unable to secure resident
license. This will force them to de
sist from hunting or pay the large
fee for non-residents.
It was further recommended that
the deer season be advanced 15 days
earlier and closed 15 days earlier
than the present system. It was
the unanimous opinion that this ac
tion was necessary as all bucks shot
later than the first of November are
not edible. ^
Y' NATIONAL CHAMBER
Te local club voted to affirm the
three resolutions recommended by
the National Chamber of Commerce,
which will be presented to Congress
at the coming session. The first of
these is that the National Chamber
favors the reduction of Federal
taxes; second, that the Corporation
taxes be reduced to 10%; and third,
that the Joint Congressional Com
mittee be authorized to bear the
proposals from the National Cham
bers of Commerce on Tax Reduc
tion.
RESURRECTING A DEAD ONE
The matter of a cemetery location
was discussed and a resolution was
adopted that the Club urge the
City Council to proceed at once to
secure a desirable location on the
Scow Bay Road.
EXPRESSION OF THANKS
The Secretary was instructed to
write the Bureau of Public Roads
and the Forestry Department ex
pressing the appreciation and
thanks for their work already done
on the much need road from Pe
tersburg to Blind Slough and also
for the surveying now being done
for its further extension.
The McGregor
. . So tluit’s the name of Neil Me*
Gregor’s movie show house. It
has been so declared by ballot and
majority vote. Of the five names
left after the elimination process,
viz: Majestic, Liberty, Green Lan
tern, Granada and McGregor, to
vote on, 41 ballots were cast for
McGregor, 30 for Granada, 21 for
Green Lantern, 18 for Majestic and
1 (5 for Liberty.
To Postmaster Otness and Ole
Lien, who submitted “McGregor”
as their choice in names, goes the
$50. prize—to be split between
them. According to an announce
ment after the show Saturday even
ing, by Mayor Swanson, who made
the presentation speech, 175 tick
ets were sold for the entertainment,
-but only 126 of the ticket holders
voted. Ed Locken, by wire chuck
ed his vote for Granada and when
so doing stated that any one voting
for any other name was foolish.
Right among the voters, by this
ukase, there must be 96 “foolish”
ballot casters. If this isn’t a bad
guess a whole lot of us are due for
Morningside P. D. Q.
HECTIC HOLYWOOD
L. T. Ware is near death, in Holy
wood, with four bullet punctures in
his neck. His wife is in jail under
charge of assault pending the out
come of Ware’s wounds. The claim
is made that Ware was shot while
lying in bed.
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LAST LANDING
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The big lumber carrier Coos Bay
is pounding to pieces on the rocks
just outside of Golden Gate. Offic
ers and crew of 35 safely ashore.
Native Sisterhood Put
On Costume Dance
On Saturday, November 5th, the
Petersburg Camp of the Alaska Na
tive Sisterhood is putting on a real
old time Indian Costume dance.
Costumes which were used for years
before the advent of the Russians
are being dug out of boxes and
trunks both at Wrangell and Kake.
Chillcat blankets that the modern
generation cannot duplicate with
its cheap wool and diamond dyes;
blankets which cannot be duplicated
because of the art which is now
lost to but the few that can be
counted on the fiingers of one’s
land.
The old wierd dance songs will
be song by old and young and the
/outh-like agility of some of the
'eal ‘old girls’ is amazing. To those
vho will see this dance for the first
ime, the dance will appear but the
nad contortions without meaning
ro the initiated it means great pliys
cal effort and control. And aside
Tom the old, the younger genera
:ion knews more about the Black
Bottom and Charleston than the
Chief’s Dance and the Spirit Dance.
The girls, old and young, are giv
ng considerable of their time prac
icing song and dances and they
iromise a rare treat to those who
•ome to see them in the last stand
)f the old civilization.
Sweet Hour of Prayer
At the special meeting of the
City Council called on Monday ev
ening it was decided that the mill*,
if Scow^ Bay and also the one in
Petersburg might operate on city
power from 12 p. m. until 6 a. m..
jach being allowed 3 nights a week.
In forty years of milling, Mr. Sa
ther says “he never yet was asked
by any mill to work three days a
week, and he was not asking his
men to work part time only. Looks
like breakers ahead. Before the
City is entangled in any money wast
ing affair to the benefit of courts,
lawyers and others, we might sug
gest that the city get legal advice
from the Attorney General. It
would seem that such questions
might Come within the powers of
the Attorney General to answer and
it might save a lot of unnecessary
grief and also help hold down the
ever increasing taxes.
DEAD IN SEATTLE
Chester Cheatham, 4 4, died re
cently in a Seattle hospital follow
ing an operation for abdominal
trouble. Mr. Cheatham resided for
^ome time in Juneau and while there
was one of the engineers in the Bu
reau of Public Roads.
KODIAK COLD STORAGE
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Word comes from Seward that a
dam for the Erskine cold storage
plant is under way. This marks
the beginning of cold storage to the
Westward country—where the flat
fish are.
OVER THE BOUNDING BILLOWS
The Department of the Navy an
nounces that if radio reports are
correct, the attempted trans-Atlant
ic flight of Miss Ruth Elder and
George W. Halderman in the “Am
erican Girl” is the longest “over
water” flight yet made. The direct
“overwater” distance covered was
2,278 knots.
Otto Fellers of Wrangell was in
Port a few days this week visiting
with old friends.
Thanks To The U. S S.
Cedar
Tlie U. S. S. Cedar docked at the
Citizen’s'- wharf ' Wenesday evening
and left out southward early the
following morning.
When inbound and off Cape Fan
sliaw she picked up the disabled
gas boat Cun and towed the helpless
vessel in to Petersburg. On board
the Lun were Filer Wikan, the lit
tle boat's operator, uhd Hoad Engin
eer Wilson of the U. S. Road Com
mission. Wikan and Wilson had
been over to Point Agassiz on road
matters there and left on the re
turn trip to town on October 24,
diul when barely out in Frederic
Sound, the boat’s engine balked and
quit. They drifted here and there,
but tile general trend was down
the Sound. There were no means
of having lire on board, nor was
there anything to eat. As time
wore on and the Lun failed to show
up there was considerable uneasiness
felt and the motorboat Harder was
engaged to run over Point Agassiz
way and endeavor to learn the
cause of the delay. When the Har
der returned she found that the
Lun had not shown up. In the
meantime Andrew Wikan sought the
service's of the U. S. M. S. High
way. This ship promptly took up
the search and wrhen down near
Cape Straits light met the Cedar
coming in with the Lun in tow.
When coming in to the wharf the i
i
Cedar slowed down and the Lun's !
momentum carried her under the
counter of the towing boat’s stern
This slackened the tow lines and
one of them fouled on the Lun's
wheelhouse, and when the Cedar
kicked ahead toward the wharf
the Lun was nearly capsized as the
lines tightened. But there was no
one injured nor any damage done
and both Wikan and Wilson got
ashore none the worse for their 24
or more hours at sea in disagree
able weather. Of course both of
them were hungry and cold.
Friday-Hoodoo Day For
Flora
This morning about 9 o’clock, the
gasboat Flora, in commission as a
crab iisher, while tied up at the
Standard Oil wharf, broke into
flames and is, now, practically a to
tal loss. For some time the fire on
board was between dcks around the
engine and didn’t seem to burn so
fiercely, but later it blazed up to a
scorching flame and there was dan
ger that the oil dock would go up in
smoke too. The fire department re
sponded promptly and hose carts
were drawn by motor trucks out to
the end of the wTharf. However,
the burnine craft was finally cut
loose and the U. S. M. S. Highway
got a line fast to her and towed her
out to the middle of The Narrows.
There was a light wind blowing
off the opposite shore and 300n the
Flora was moving slowly back to
the dock again. The Highway hook
ed on a second time and the fire
craft was towed well and clear of
the city water front. At 10 o’clock
she was stranded and burning on
the point south of Petersburg Creek.
With Cliff Bukr, who was skip
per of the Flora at the time were
two others, one of whom G. Lun
berg, was slightly burned about the
face. Origin of fire isn’t known.
Hallowe’en parties were in or
der today in the different grades.
From the sounds of things outside
of the schoolbuildings, the kiddies
ha a grand old time echa3ing the
ghosts.
The Earth Did A Shimmy .
And Many Get Out Of Houses
FRANK ALDRICH OUT FOR
NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN
Frank Aldrich is reported as an
nouncing hiscandidacy as Republi
sail national committeeman for Ales
ka. He is a former resident of
Nome and one of the organizers of
the Alaska Pioneers. He bases his
candidacy on his record as Senator
in the Legislature and his long re
sidence in the Territory.
Another rumor going the rounds
it this time, and seemingly gain
ing considerable headway, is the
candidacy of Doc. Caswell of Sit
ka. .lust how much of this is “gos
sip” we do not venture to say jas
political rumors are aflying around
rs thick and fast as the “cross-the
ccean” aviators.
Along The Waterfront
The Admiral Rogers arrived in,
\Tor hbound, October 22nd with, con
siderable Petersburg freight. There
were four passengers for this port.
Ralph Treffers and A. Wiebe were
ml going passengers for Juneau.
The S. S. Lakina arrived in Oe
:ober 25th, with 75 tons of coal. .
rwenty-five tons were unloaded at
he Public* Dock and 75 tons at the
Citizen’s Dock.
The halibut schooner ^Mitkojff .
landed at the Cold storage whajrf j
iii'^Ocidber 26. She came in from
Seattle and unloaded frozen herring.
The Steaship Star, mail packet
iut of Seward for the Westward and
i nd Bering Sea, passed down The
Marrow's with a large halibut boat
in tow.
The U. S. Road Commission mot
or-ship Highway arrived in October
25 from Eudicott River and points
near Skagway, and berthed at For
estry Department Float.
The motorship Tasmania docked
at the Citizen’s float last Wednes
day with mail from Wrangell. This
is the first of a “makc-and-break”
mail schedule gotten up to pull out
of the delays occasioned by the pass
ing up of Petersburg of the big
steamers, and will continue until
the condition of The Narrows is
i
such that regular traffic may be
carried on.
Work on the new warehouse for
the dock of the Standard Oil Com
pany got under wray on the 20 th.
There was considerable labor in
clearing away the wreckage of the
big blow, and in cleaning the deck
of tlie wharf of heavy oils that had
been liberally spread when the form
er warehouse tumbled.
The Alaska Steamship’s Com
pany’s steamer Yukon came into
port on forenoon of October 26.
Slie wras bound South and had a
large passenger list from points
Westward. Departing on her from
Petersburg were: Dahl Fundenburg
er, Norman Olsen, F. E. Kitsman.
Mrs. Mary McGee and Mrs. John
Mjurod for Seattle and M. F. Mer
rit, head of the Forestry Depart
ment, H. E. Carbray and Carl Wold
for Ketchikan. The Yukon loaded
on 27 boxes of shrimp meat, 12
boxes of crab meat and tierced sal
mon for Seattle and left out about
noon.
Hungerford Brothers and Rosich
completed the driveway repair work
to the Citizen’s wharf last Wednes
day and moved their outfit in back
•of the Harold Dawes Building,
where they are now engaged in put
ing down piling for the Dawes
water front extension.
At 7:15 last Monday morning Pe
tersburg and vicinity experienced
the spasms of a nice little seismic
offering that shook houses violently,
broke windows, cracked plaster and
disturbed things generally. There
were severe shocks for a full three
minutes and following, for another
two minutes, were lesser shocks
xml tremors.
With this earth shuddering the
•un of salmon for 1928 is knocked
into a cocked hat if what the Bu
I’eau of Fisheries (Hank O’Malluey)
mid in excuse of the 1927 run i3
rue. It will be remembered the
Bureau of Fisheries officials ascrib
jf the humpy fizzle of the last sum
mer to violent earth shocks and
deep sea quakes, albeit the run of
’ohoes and late dog3 was large be
yond the ordinary. Evidently what
>vas “pizen” for sokois and hump
es was plum puddin’ with raisins
or silvers and dogs.
Anyhow, these shimmy stunts
lon't need to come back if they
don’t want to. Once in a long, liv
id ’coon’s age is a big plenty.
Body Found Lost Again
Pete Peterson while rowing along
he shores of Blake Channel saw a
mman body just out of water on the
shores of Wrangell Island. He re
ported the matter to Deputy MarshiJ
:I. D. Campbell. On account of the
leavv weather,searching party could
lot be lent out until the next day
When the boat got to a point near
i lie Narrows Peterson indicated
ivhere he had seen the body but up
>n thorough search nothing was to
le seen of it.
From the d. r.'ption of the body
It would appear 10 be that of Sarah
Lott, native girl who disappeared
last summer and has never been ac
counted for. Five boats later went
to the scene and searched for a
couple of days without success.
Marked Salmon
There was a report sometime
back that the trollers off the Co
lumbia River were hooking a con
siderable number of big salmon
bearing the Klamath River, Oregon,
hatchery marks. On investigation
of tiie reports it now turns out that
the fish in question weren’t caught
off the Columbia, but along the
Oregon Coast, near the stream of
origin.
LONG RANGE SWIMMING
..Early this spring a number of
king—or Chinook — salmon, caught
off the coast of S. E. Alaska, were
tagged and turned loose. Up to the
first of September eleven of these
tagged salmon were caught by trol
lers off the Columbia River bar.
Fifty salmon, bearing tags placed
on them on the British Columbia
Coast also hooked themselves to
spoons of Columbia River trollers.
Shooting The Quake
SHOOTING THE QUAKE
Dick Suratt, of Wrangell, got a
radiogram the other day from a
large film corporation in New York,
requesting him to photograph and
rush east the pictures of the recent
I earthquake in Wrangell. Dick Is
some shooter with the camera, but
it s going a whole lot to get a "close
up’ on a healthy earth tremor, es
pecially when the shaky things
don’t stay longer thaji the last one
we had.