VOLUME NO. 5.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, DECEMBER 2G, 1930
NUMBER 23
Alaskan Boy Scouts
Are Honored
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Phillip Lydick, Lew Cochrai
and Jerry Cochran, all member;
of Boy Scout Troop 621 of Cordo
va, have been voted the mud
prized medal for heroism, high
est award in Scouting, by the na
tional court of honor in Nev
York according to word received
from Daniel Carter Beard, na
tional scout commissioner. The
feat which won the this medal
was the rescuing from drowning
of two girls, Marie Laurie and
Eleanor Phillips, after their
boat had capsized in icy waters
lust outside Cordova. Tire weath
er was below zero. A native at
tempting to save the girls in his
canoe also capsized but clung to
his canoe.
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Canucks Ask Removal of
Embargo on Sockeye
When deputy Minister of Fish
eries W. A .Found returns to
Ottawa in the near future he
will carry with him a recom
mendation of the Fraser River
fishermen asking removal of
the embargo prohibiting export
of freshly caught sockeye to the
United States.
The embargo is effective when
the current price paid by United
States canneries is more than 15
cents greater than the Canadian
price or when Canadian canner
ies refuse to accept sockeye.
In a conference held with the
deputy minister and Maj. J. A.
Motherwell, chief inspector of
fisheries, this week the Fraser
River fishermen claimed that
the embargo caused much hard
ship in the season just closed in
as much as they could have ob
tained from $1 to $1.25 a fish
on the other side of the bound
ary line when Canadian can
neries offered much less and for
a time a time refused to accept
sockeyes.
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WANT TO BAN—
OREGON CLAMS
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Legislation to bar Oregon
clams from Washington markets
during the state’s closed season
is suggested by Charles R. Pol
lock, supervisor of fisheries for
the state of Washington. The le
gislation if enacted would de
prive Oregon clam dealers of a
market. This is a proposed re
medy for “bootlegged” Washing
ton clams during the closed
season by representing them to
be imported from Oregon.
The clam dealers of Alaska j
should watch this bit of legis
lation and see to it that the
Alaska product is not barred by
this same legislation. It will do
no little hurt to the Alaska pro
duct if allowed to pass unquali
fied.
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INDIAN WILL LEAD
GRID SQUAD
Carl Fred, a full-blood Indian J
has been elected for the 1931 j
season of the Ukiah High School
football team. Fred, a junior in
high school played left tackle
and was outstanding player on
the team since his freshman
year.
The above is a sports-news
note copied from the Seattle
press; Where Ukiah is, is an
other matter but of little con
cern to us.
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“NORTHLAND” HOST
While the M. S. Northland was
in port Sunday afternoon all
the children were invited aboard
to attend a Christmas tree and
Santa Claus was generous as per
usual.
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NEW YEARS EVE DANCE A1
SONS OP NORWAY HALL.
Arguments Heard For
Exclusion of Filipinos
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> Arguments for and against
; applying the Reed emergency
■ two-year immigration exclusion
i resolution to Filipinos , were
heard recently by the state se
nate Immigration Committee in
r the opening hearings on the
proposal. A corresponding House
Committee has agreed to report
a similar resolution.
Senator Bingham. Republican,
Connecticut declared the Filipi
no exclusion proposal to be ex
tremely unfortunate,” and would
be regarded by the Filipinos as
an “insult.” Senator Johnson,
Republican of California declar
ed the matter “was not a ques
tion of offense to our wards but I
one of self defnse in a great eco
nomic problem.”
The Filipino believe that the
proper solution to this problem
is their own independence and
those congressman who oppose!
the idea have not given anvj
good reason for refusing to grant
that independence. It has been i
charged that the American
Sugar Trust is back of the movn
to oppose the independence of!
these people who while they are'
wards of the Federal Govern -
ment, and while the American ;
flag flies over those islands, theyj
are declared not to be citizens. \
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Old Puyallup Student
Is Under Fire
Henry Cicade, one of the earli
est students in the old Puyallup
Indian School, Tacoma, Wash.,
is under fire with a number of
other men, all trustees of the j
Puyallup Indian Tribe, for alleg -!
ed gross mismanagement of tri-s
bal funds. A suit has been filed:
in the Superior Court, Tacoma1
by Frank Wrolson and ten other J
members of the tribe, acting for j
:nemselves and in behalf of the!
bribe, against the eight Indian ,
trustees who handle the tribe'll
affairs and funds. The complaint j
demands a full and complete ac
counts from the trustees. A
mong other things, the com
plaint charges that the trustees
sold the tribes band instruments
which cost $4,000 for $2,000 and
failed to account for the money.
Henry Cicade who is recog- j
nized as one of the leaders of the I
tribe is reputedly a wealthy citi- j
zen of Tacoma. He draws most j
of the fire of the complaint in j
detailed charges of payments to
his two sons and others for work
which the complaint alleges was
never done. (
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The festivities of Christmas
eve in Petersburg were rudely
interrupted by the raucous and!
inharmonious notes of the fire
siren just on the tap of midnight.
A Christmas tree in Campbell’s
store had caught on fire pre
sumably from a short in the
wiring. Many persons noted the
time and failed to respond, mis- j
taking the alarm for a part of
the Christmas celebration. The
fire was soon controlled but not
before some damage had been
done by fire and smoke. The
greatest damage, however, was
I the breaking of the plate glass
(windows in the front of the
j store. All insurance on building
and stock had been allowed to
expire just a short time ago.
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School was dismissed Tuesday
afternoon for a two-weeks
Christmas vacation. The High
school and the 8th grade had
separate Christmas programs
and there were parties and
Christmas trees in all the rooms.
;The school bell will not ring a
jgain until January 5, 1931.
Trap Site Titles Involved In
Case Before Judge Harding
Representative Ziegler Holds That His
i Client has Interest in Trap Sites
i
On Navigable Waters
I
i Camouflaged by asking eva
sive questions, the Ketchikan
Chronicle reports a csrse pend
ing in the District Court for the
First Division of Alaska, involv
ing trap site location. The case
is entitled the Houston Fish
Company, plaintiff, vs. Laura
Houston and Nakat Packing Cor
poration, defendant. The Nakat
Company is named because it
leases the trap site which is in
controversy, and paid money to
the defendant for the lease.
The Houston Fish Company—
E. K. Houston and L. R. Ellson, in
1927 formed a corporation to
operate and own fish traps, all
shares being equal save a few
being divided between the two
men. They took uo, and operat
ed a trap at Point Higgins near
Ketchikan Then bv order of the
Department of Commerce this
area was closed to fishing where
after Houston died end his wi
dow became the owner of his
share of stock. Early in 1929
Laura Houston took steps tr
have the site restored to entry
but in her own rather than in
the name of “the Houston Fish
Companw” the owner of said
fishing rights, represented an
protended to Commissioner H
O'Malley, commissioner of fish
eries of Alaska, who had sole
power to close and reopen fishing
locations in the waters of Alas
ka, that she, Laura Houston,
unce the decease of her husband,
was the sole owner of SAID FISH
TRAP LOCATION; Coat said
commissioner of fisheries for
Alaska, acting upon said repre
sentations and believing them to
be true, issued an order on April
6, 1929. reopening and restoring
said location to entry for fish
ing purposes; that defendant
Laura Houston possessed the in
formation that said location
would be restored to entry before
said date, and withheld such in
formation from the plaintiff, its
officers and stockholders; that
she thereupon with the intent to
defraud plaintiff of its rights in
said location and of its right to
apply for and receive a Terri
torial license and war depart
ment permit to fish said location
arranged in advance of April 6,
1929, to have application on file
at the office in Juneau.
Attorneys in both instance ex
plain that it has been the“ex
press policy of the Bureau of
fisheries.” with an understand
ing with the United States War
Department which issues licens
es that in all cases where fish
trap locations have been closed
to give prior owner the pre
ference to acquire the right.
“Both Democratic representative
elect Ziegler and Mr. Gore be
’ieve and are quoted as stating
;t their belief “that prior rights
:o fish traps should govern.”
“Mr. Ziegler contended that
unro 77^.e a number of new
and peculiar elements in the
case which ought to be carefully
r-on-idered. Mr. Ziegler frankly
admitted that he did not know
of any specific cases of law
bearing upon all of the present
case. but was certain that a
stockholder of a corporation
should not be allowed to retain
title to the trap site through
misrenresentation.” (Question of
right to title of water areas here
involved and declared not a
right of stockholder to hold.)
Bureau School Program
Given Wednesday Eve
Tile following program was i
rendered jointly by the children
of the Bureau School and thej
Presbyterian Church choir at the ,
Presbyterian Church on Christ
mas eve:
1. Song.. Joy to the World ..
Audience; 2. Prayer. .Mrs Tam
aree: Scripture Reading.. David
Phillips; ' Song.. Choir; Recita
tion. .Welcome. .Bessie Jackson;
Quotations. .Bureau School pu
pils; Recitation. .A Christmas
Carol.. Julia Joe; Recitation..
Why do Bells for Christmas
Ring?. .Eliza Jackson; Song. .If
Old Santa was Our Pa.. Bureau
School Pupils; Recitation. .San
ta’s Whiskers. .Henry Adams;
Recitation. .Christmas Bells ..
Clara Johnson; Song. .Away in
Judea..3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
and 8th grades; Recitation. .I’ll
take what Santa Brings..John
Berkeley; Recitation .. Holly
Berries. .Marian Paul; Song..
Choir; Play. .For the Christmas
Pudding.. Ten Bureau School
Pupils; Recitation. .Just Like Pa
I. .Ruth Hansen; Recitation..
,Christmas. .Marian Janet Paul;
Song. .Christmas Bells are Ring
ing.. Bureau School Pupils; Ex
j ercise.. Merry, Merry Christmas
j.. Ernest Hansen and Freeman
;McGilton; Recitation.. Santa’s
iHelper. .Walter Moreno; Recita
jtion.. The First Christmas..
!Sally Wilson; Song..Star of the
,East..Julia Joe, Clara Johnson
j Sally Wilson, Bessie Dugaqua
j Katie Dugaqua and Joyce Wil
lson; Recitation.. An Impatieni
j Waiter.. Joseph Jackson; Son*
SEATTLE TEACHERS LOSE
UNION FIGHT
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The teachers of Seattle have
tried for a long time to organize
themselves into a union. The
'tate supreme court recently rul
ed that they must not be mem
bers of any union and the Seat
tle School Board has the powei
to dismiss any teacher who joins
any union or to bar union mem
ber teachers.
This is another instance of
“the yellow dog contracts” which
has held the attention of the
orogressive senators in Congress
and which will no doubt be ta
ken care of them before many;
more years go by. It was the
“yellow dog contract” which!
shunted Judge Parker away
from confirmation by the senate
of his appointment as a Justice
of the United States Supreme
Court. These “yellow dog” con
tracts have a way of popping up
at most inconvient times.
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The comunitv Christmas tree
was an unqualified success in
spite of the weather. An excel
lent program which had been
arranged by the public school
was enthusaistically received.
Santa Claus arrived on time de
spite the lack of snow and lived
up to his ancient reputation for
generosity made possible by
contributions from the various
commercial and fraternal or
ganization. With such co-opera
tion Petersburg can accomplish
almost anything.
’ .Choir; Play.. Behind th<
Scenes In Santa Land.. nine Bu
;jreau School Pupils; Song. .Choii
P Arrival of Santa Claus.
Local Lad Seriously
Burned By Fire, Calif.
Kenneth Stedman. former Pe
■ tersburg school student and boy
| scout, barely escaped with his
j life in a $20,000 blaze aboard
the steamship YUBA while ly
ing at her dock in Sacramento
California early in December.
The vessel, under charter to the
J California Packing Company,
was loaded with a cargo of can
jned goods, rice and baled sacks
ready to sail for England by way
I of San Francisco when smoke
was seen pouring from the hold
of the vessel just above the en
gine room. Stedman, who was
j assistant engineer, together
with chief engineer Johansen,
immediately went below to start
I the pumps. Johansen emerged
j safely but Stedman was trapped
! by the flames and feared for a
[time that he could not get to
| safety. He finally emerged half
j smothered through a hatchwa'5’
i around which the flames were
greedily licking. His hands wrere
severely burned but he was able
to go home after treatment at
the emergency hospital.
Kenneth is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Stedman, a brother
of William Stedman in the em
ploy of the Standard Oil Com
pany and is well known here.
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Nine or More Plants
Will be Closed
From Ketchikan comes re
port that probably nine can
neries in Southeastern Alaska
will be closed during the 1931
season. Others may close owin''
to the financial distress now
facing them and for the poo>
market for this year’s products
It is being reported in Ket.chi
kan that the Northwestern Fish
eries Company will close down
three of its plants in this Divi
sion; the Libby. McNeil and Lib-j
ny company will close three of
its plants and the Alaska Pacific
Salmon Corporation (Skinner
Company) wifi close down three j
of its plants in the First Di
vision. To operate these can
neries with the market glutted
with salmon would be most fool
hardy and really invitation for
■urther financial distress than
has been evident this year a
mong the canners.
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KLAWOCK AND CRAIG ARE
INCLUDED IN ROAD WORK
In the allottment made the
voad service for road work, the
coming year, work at Klawock
and Craig are included alone
with an extension of the Ton
gass Highway a mile beyond the
New England power plant at
Georges Inlet, south of Ketchi
kan and for work on the other
end of the highway toward Lor
ing.
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C. C. Mundy’s crew will begin
packing about January 1st on a
shipment of two hundred thou
sand pounds of frozen fish from
Petersburg Cold Storage. So far
this year the fish has been mov
ing rather slowly. The plant
should be storing up ice now
but all available space is taken
up with fish which in ordinary
seasons would have been moved
by this time.
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Wednesday afternoon Mana
ger Cawthon put on a free show
and Christmas party at the
! Coliseum for old and young. Be
I tween pictures the audience
I sang Christmas Carols and Mr
>C. and Bobby and Jimmy enter
tained with special songs.
FOUND:— Flat bottom skiff
gray, about 10 feet, with spruce
oars. Inquire Alaskan office.
G- N. R. R. Will Noi
Curtail Operaliom
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“The Great Northern Railway
does not expect to make any
further reductions in forces
r.his winter, Pres. Ralph Budd,
stated recently, in answer to a
query from the Pioneer Pres;
Dispatch, which is conducting a
survey of payrolls.
The railway will continue to
keep its property in the highest
'.ate of /iaintenance, Mr. Budd
said. There are about 25,000 em
ployees at the present time, the
number employed in St. Paul is
3500.
The policy adopted several
•ears ago of doing car and loco
motive work in the railway’s
shops during the winter to pro
vide maximum employment foi
diop employees will be continued
this winter, Mr. Budd announced
During the last five-year pe
iod, the Great Northern Rail
way had expended a total of
nearly $15,000,000 for shop work
and up to September 30 this
year, the Great Northern’s ex
lenditures for equipment built
n company shops was $2,000,000.
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IATALLA COMPANY IS
SINKING NEW WELLS
W. B. Sprague, purchasing a
*ent of the Alaska Steamship
ompany, who is interested in
die Chiikat Oil company, oper-'
iting in the Kaialia region,
nade arrangements while there
ecently for father drilling, says
stroller’s Weekly.
The Chilkat company is the
one organized by the late George
Tazeiett. It has 16 producing
>vells at the present time, and
ias driven 24 altogether, the
•tliers being “dry.” The average
lepth of the wells is 1,000 feet.
The oil is on a paraffine base
and seepage is found in many
places. The object of drilling
wells was to catch as much of
the seepage as possible.
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LUMBER FROM SAWDUST
Down in New Orleans recent
ly, synthetic lumber process was
explained before the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers
by Robert H. Boehm of Laurel,
Miss. It consists of “shooting
sawdust and chipped wood from
guns.”
Waste material is packed into
mnnonlike cylinders about 20
inches in diameter and 5 feet in
length. A steam pressure of
about 1,000 pounds per square
inch is applied for a few seconds.
The hydraulic valves are opened,
causing a violent explosion
which shoots from the mouth of
the gun a mass of long fibers.
The fibers are compressed into
synthetic lumber and insulation
boards.
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The net proceeds for the bene
fit of the P. T. A. gymnasium
fund from the local talent play
“The Beauty Shoppe” given un
der the auspices of the B. P. O. E.
amounted to more than a hun
dred dollars.
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FISH AND CRABS
YIELD $334,000
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Aberdeen note says,— Grays
Harbor fishermen have derived
| $334,000 from fish and crabs
'handled over the new fishing
; fleet dock at Westport during
the first eleven months of the
year, according to Port Manage]
W. J. Murphy.
Catches of Salmon totaling
1,086 tons resulted in a revenue
of $284,369, while crab flshermer
netted an additional $49,840.
The amount of fish and crab;
s handled this year is larger thai
' for any previous twelve-month.
1 Illness Fatal to Rev.
B Ove Hagoes, Tacoma
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The Rev. Ova Hagoes, 66 years
old, one of the best known Nor
wegian Lutheran ministers in
the Northwest and a resident of
Tacoma for seventeen years,
died Thursday, December 4th, at
his home after an illness of
about a year. He was a native of
Norway, coming to America fifty
years ago.
Mr. Hagoes was in charge of
the South Tacoma Norwegian
Church and of Emmanuel Mis
sion, Tacoma, during his later
years.
He leaves his wife, Hannah
Dahl Hagoes; a son, Victor H.,
Portland; a daughter, Miss Laj
la M., Seattle.
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Deportation War to be
Waged on Criminal Aliens
Secretary Doaks has the im
migration authorities scrutiniz
ing the history and records Oi
some of the country’s notorious
gangsters in an effort to see if
they could be deported. He de
clared that criminals in Chica
go, New York and other large
cities were under close scrutiny.
He further added that if there
were any change in the policy
toward deporting alien.s while he
was secretary would be enforc
ing present laws more rigidly.
He figured that about 1,000 were
being sent out of the country
each month.
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COURT UPHOLDS HOOVER
ON OIL
President Hoover’s oil conser
vation policy was upheld recent
ly by the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals.
The court sustained the order
of Secretary Wilbur in March of
last year, that pending applica
tions for permits to prospect for
oil on government lands be re
jected.
Wilbur’s orders was issued the
day after President Hoover e
nunciated his conservation poli
cy in a brief statement to news
paper men saying there would
ibe “complete conservation of
(government oil in this adminis
, tration.”
In a dissenting opinion Jus
tice Josiah Van Orsdel held
Hoover’s policy could only be
put into actual effect by issu
ance of a formal proclamation.
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Mrs Ann Dunkelberger and
children left on the shrimper
Americ to spend Christmas with
relatives and friends in Wran
gell.
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The Misses Nea and Anna
Mathiesen are leaving for a
visit in Ketchikan on the return
of the Alameda.
Andrew Heimdahl is still un
able to tend store. He was laid
jup last week with a strained
^ back.
C. C. Mundy packed two hun
dred boxes of cold storage coho
salmon to be shipped on the
Norco.
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Mrs. Clifford Roundtree is re
j ported recovering nicely from an
i appendix operation which she
underwent at Petersburg Hos
. pital a week ago.
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A shipment of fir tjmber ar
; rived on the Norco this morning
■ for Anderson Brothers shipyard
i construction work.
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s C. C. Mundy left with Ander
i son brothers to spend Christmas
at their home in Wrangell.