VOL. 3.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, MAY, 24, 1929
NO. 45.
Westminster Sing
ers Coming Soon
xiic vYesuuuiid'ifCj.' Gite dingers
composed 01 picked voices irom
cue leading oatnedral Chons 01
Great huicain will De here eariy
in June ana win give a concert
at tne MacGregor Theatre. mis
organization is zu years old ana
has tourea every part tu tne
English spccumig wond. xheii
recent visit to Oanuua orougnt
iorin some iu concerto
their previous tuur wnicn cover
ed Australia, r\ew' Zealand, In
dia and Ceylon, extending over
two years, they gave ouu per
formances, including in zyd
ney.
These singers specialize in
lolk songs, madrigals, gies, voca*
dances, solos with accompani
ment, together with a series Oi
sailor shantys and comedy qaa;
tets, whilst each programme al
so contains representative Ca- ■
thedral anthem and Christmas
Carol.
Among the male singers are
musicians of note. It is expect
ed that this will be a musical
treat which comes to Alaskan
towns only on rare occasion.
Freeze-Out Game
The salmo.i treaty recently
signed between the United
States and Canada will place the
salmon industry under the “des
potic rule of mi international
commission” and put the inde
pendent salmon canners of Pu
get Sound out of business, is the
statement made b.> Frank
Wright, pioneer Sound canner
recently. “The independent will
be squeezed out the same as
they were in Alaska, he further
declared .
O’MALLEY EXPLAINS ABOUT
MARINE WAYS
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Henry O’Malley writing to the
Commercial Club relative to the
reported proposed marine ways
and hatchery in Seattle, advises
that construction of a marine
ways is not contemplated at this
time. That any work necessary
on boats will be spread out be
tween the different yards, except
major repairs wrich will be tak
en care of in Seattle. There is
no foundation for the report of
fish hatchery, he stated. How
ever certain laboratory work
will be maintained at the Uni
versity of Washington.
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATIN
COMING TO ALASKA
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Hon. William Cooper, Com
missioner of Education, plans on
visiting Alaska this summer, ac
cording to a letter received by
the Commercial Club from Mr.
Jonathan H. Wagner, Chief of
the Alaska Division of the U. S.
Bureau of Education. When Mr.
Cooper comes up here he will
give serious consideration to the
proposed site for an industrial
school at the south end of the
Narrows.
CLEAN UP WEEK
. .The City Council has set aside
next week, beginning May 27th
as clean-up week. They requesl
all property owners and others
to make special effort to clear
up unsightly, unsanitary spots
about town. Those places which
are not cleaned up will be done
so under direction of the Citj
and costs assessed against the
property owners.
Starts Damage
Suit 'Gainst City
Service was made Wednesday
on Mayor Earl Ohmer, and mem
bers of the city council in an ac -
tion by James H. Wheeler for
destruction of work and piling
done several weeks ago. The
complaint sets forth that tne
plaintiff Las suffered loss of la
bor and material, and has oeen
delayed in completion of his
i ’ans arid further has been
.ade to sutler pe; tonal abuse
aid fin\i:c:al loss because of the
a< tion of city authorities ii
jecting him from the dispute 1
oroportios which he purchase \
from t’r * Petersburg Packing
Company
The m> Ament fohowed wnen
Mayor Swanson and the past
council ,r>. cured a permit fra-.a
the War i apartment to build a
city hah t ud fire station on the
disputed lots which the civ
claims by right of occupancy
the Band Stand being on part of
the disputed area.
Damage.-; -n the sum of $2G.oro
are being asked in the complain
set forci> The city will have
30 days in which to file answer
before the matter gr c any head
way in tile court and it is not
expected that the controversy
will end in snort rounds but wifi
be contested on boh< sides rigni
merrily
Heller: nal and Hc-llenthal :t
Juneau ?• present p a intiff an 1
Bel t Faulkner of Juneau repre
sents the ci<y. Whether or no'
ANOTHER DOLLAR FOR THE
FISHERMEN
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The Intern? tional Fisheries j
Commission has tagged a thou
sand halibut with metal tags in j
the cheeks of the halibut. The
fish were liberated in the vi
cinity of Shumagin Islands. Or e '1
dollar will be paid for each 1*
halibut bearing the tag, the re -!(
cords of which will give the ex- (
act spot where the fish was lib- 1
erated. This is for the purpose J
of determining the migrations J
of halibut. The Dorothy under (
command of Capt. Hvaatom has
completed her last cruise this (
year under charter to the Inter- '
national Fishries Commission.
ATTACKED BY DOGS
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Mrs. Frank Iverson of Mc
Carthy was recently attacked by
a pack of malamutes and had to
be taken to the hospital at Ken
necott for medical aid. Over1
two hundred stitches had to be j
made in different parts of her
body to close up deep gashes.
The lead dog attacked her,
throwing her to the ground and j
the balance of the pack jump
ed her. They were driven off by
another woman who used a dog
whip to advantage.
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AUTO LICENSES
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The much cussed and discuss
ed ordinance calling for automo
bile licenses within the city was
, ddiscussed seriously even tho at
jawed on from soup to nuts. It I
was ordered that the City Mar
, shal pick up a car some time to
test the validity of the ordinance
, which provides that all cars
L driving over city streets shall
, pay a license. The matter was
, discussed seriously even thou at
; times members of the council
became facetious.
Fair Support Given
* Variety Theatre
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A benelt show, sponsored by
i lie Commercial Club was staged
by Mr. Enge in the Variety The -
atre last week to help defray de -
ficits incurred by the basketball
team’s trip to Fairbanks. The
turn out was not as good as ex
pected as other attractions call
ed the crowd. However, Mr. En
ge turned over to the Club $40.
which was 75 per cent of the
gross receipts.
The Club appreciates the sup
port given by Mr. Enge in this
matter and so expressed them
selves in their last meeting.
Mr. Enge we- disappointed in
the returns from the picture as
he had hoped for a better turn
out. However, he says that as
soon as another suitable pictur
is secured, he will advise the
Club and put it on.
Condemn Closed Season
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Members of the Commercial
Ciub discussed the new regula
tion closing king salmon fishing
for commercial purposes begin
ning August 24th and ending
the 30th of September. It was
[expressed that the regulation
' was more drastic than necessary
! and without sufficient reason
j shown for its promulgation.
The Club decided to wait un
til a reply from Henry O’Malley
had been received to a letter
written by Mr. Ohmer and also a
reply from the Alaska Trollers’
Association relative to the sub
ject. Other Clubs oppose the
regulation and it is hoped that
with the united front of all of
the Clubs, fishermen’s organiza
tions and fishermen, this regu
lation will be changed.
EXPOSE POWER TRUST PRO
Turning aside temporarily from
its investigations of power in
terests’ buying into newspapers,
the federal trade commission re
cently turned the spotlight
again on the endeavors of the
so-called power trust to spread
propoganda against public own
ership of utilities.
Samuel 3. Dyer, a consulting
engineer of Columbus, Ohio,
testmed he was employed by the
National Electric Light Associ
ation to make a survey of the
Ontario power situation, but
that the association declined to
accept his work “because it was
not sufficiently strong against
government ownership.”
In Ontario, the utilities and
hydro-clectric plants are pub
licly owned.
CHATTEL MORTGAGES HAVI
PRIOR RIGHT
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Labor liens on certain equip
ment under chattel mortgage
involving conditional bill of sal(
are not paramount according t(
recent decision handed down bj
the Circuit Court of Appeals a
San Francisco. The case orig
inated in Ketchikan and the at
torney was A. H. Ziegler.
The Salt Chuck Mine pur
chased Fairbanks-Morse engine;
and later went into the hands o
a reciver and labor liens wen
filed against the engines. Fair
banks-Morse held chattel mort
gage and conditional bill of sal
on them and contested action.
Judge Reed ruled against tlr
Company in 1928 and it appeal
ed. The Appellate Court re
cently reversed Reed’s decisioi
and the engines have been turn
ed over to the company.
Air Mappers Be
Here Anytime
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Word has been received by the
Commercial Club that two of the
air mapping planes will arrive
4n Petersburg the latter part of
this week. The craft were due .
in Juneau about Wednesday i
from which port they would
come here.
Lieut. Comdr. A. W. Radford;
will be in command of the ex- i
pedition with Lt. E. F. Burkett, i
executive officer; Lt. R. F.'
WTiitehead, photographic officer,
Lt. C. K. Greber, engineering of
ficer and radio officer; Lt. L. P.
Ptwlikowski, assistant in opera
tions and flight officer; Lt.
Comd. A. C. Smith, medical offi
cer, and Lt. E. F. Carr, supply
officer.
The expedition is composed of
about 30 men of the aviation and
photographic branches. The
steam tug Gannet which is com
ing north will be the mother
ship for the flying craft.
Lari Ohmer has had a land
place fixed up across the
bay in readiness for the planes
when they get here. This work
hvas done by the crews on the
j shrimp fleet during the recent
closed season.
Tiie work of airmapping will
take but a few days, weather
permitting and may last a con- j
siderable length of time if the I
weather is inclement.
KETCHIKAN SUPPORTS AIR
MAIL IDEA
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! The Ketchikan Commercial
Club has endorsed the proposal
to have regular airmail service
between Alaska ports and Seat
tle. They sent to the local Club
a copy of their petition relative
to the matter.
It was brought out in the Club
meeting that Hon. Clyde Kelly,
Republican representative from
Pennsylvania, had introduced a
bill in Congress amending postal
laws so that airmail service may
be contracted for. This meas
ure was given local support, copy
of the action to go forward to
|Delegate Sutherland to present
' to the Hon. Mr. Kelly and to any
; other officials properly interest
ed.
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ANOTHER ALIBI
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i Only a few companies are
| preparing for herring operations
! off the Alaska coast becauses of
heavy losses sugered last year.”
Last winter the Pacilc Fish
erman reported that herring
operations would be centered in
the Westward districts as the
; runs in Chatham Straits were a
failure. Evidently from the
above report those who did op
erate in Chatham last year had
to run and pay so much for
' the raw material for “Crisco”
i | reduction that they are unable
t to operate this year. Even the
: they blame the tariff and Scotch
■ cured herring for their difficul
- ties and not depletion of the
fisheries.
51 PICK OUT PICNIC GROUNDS
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j Forest Ranger Archbold has
. advised the City that he has
. picked out suitable picnic
; grounds for the city along the
Scow Bay Road just below Scot*
; Bay. And that the city should
. make application for the re
. serving of that area and a bil
i of ground at Falls Creek fo]
. such tim as when a road may be
constructed down there.
Ruby Destroyed by
Fire
lhe business district of Ruby
was practically wiped wiped out
by fire recently wnen 22 build •
ings in the business section went
up in smoke in about two hours.
The fire was stopt at the radio
station where after burning the
S.gnal Corps warehouse and
part of the station equipment, ic
was finally brought under con
trol. About two and one-half
blocks on Front Street were
nothing but charred remains of
the business section of Ruby.
MODERATOR ELECTED
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The Rev. William R. Dobyns,
pastor of the South Highlands,
Presbyterian Church, Birming
ham, Ala., was elected moderat
or of the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church in the :
United States. The election was
by unanimous vote at the open- i
ing of the first day of the sixty- ;
ninth assembly. The clerk an
nounced- that it was the first
time in seventeen years that a
moderator had been elected uni
animously and without opposi
tion.
Agitate Traps for B. C,
Discounting the fishermen’s ?
pleas for conservation of sal- s
mon, Ai Hager, representing the r
Canadian Fisheries, Ltd., told i
Judge J. N. Ellis during tiie clj.;
ing session yesterday of the in- 3
vestigation regarding salmon
traps that the logical thing is >0
allow salmon traps on Canadi
an shores as long as traps ex- \
ist in Alaska waters. t
Hager said that if Alaskan (
traps were removed runs would (
quickly increase but said it was \
hopeless to expect that the Alas- ]
kan traps ever will be abolished. f
Therefore, he said, the only fair <
| thing to the Canadian canners is j
to grant them equal privileges £
Avitli those enjoyed by American r
: interests. <
i Judge Ellis will present the
result of the inquiry to the Ca
nadian government.
CELLES WANTS BEAR
FOR HUNTERS
Gus Gelles who wranted the
electors to send him to the Re
publican national convention at
Kansas City last summer speak
ing before the last legislature
told of plans for b;g game
I hunting in the westward sec
tions where he is a member of
; the Alaska Guides, Incorporat
ed and said that “if the Alas
j ka legislature will leave the
1 brown bear alone, the Alaska j
Guides will take care of the ex- j
termination of the beasts.”
The idea is a mighty good;
one for the Alaska Guiies Inc., J
but not so good for th* people
of this section wrho, in some j
districts, dare not go out of 1
sight of the canneries for fear
of being bumped off by the pets
of the biological survey.
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NEW BUILDING FOR SCHOOL
The Warrack Construction Co.
! is to begin construction of a new
unit of the Sheldon Jackson
School in the near future. The
estimated cost of the building is
$ 50,000. The building will be
•: used as a seminary for the pre
; paration of workers for the field
• wrork of the Presbyterian Church
■ The building is to be completed
by the first of August.
Allan Named As
Official Timer
A letter to the Commercial
Club from the Seattle Yacht
Club advises that Robert Allen
has been appointed by the offi
cials of the Club to act as offi
cial timer here in Petersburg.
He will advise the captains of
the yachts arriving here the
time of their departure and in
every other way represent the
Yacht Club.
The rules this year make this
port the official stopping place
where the vessels may stop and
take out the allotted rest periods
in one lump if they do not
choose to do so enroute. Prac
tically speaking, the race will
have been won at this port in
stead of at Juneau.
Another change made in the
rules this year is that all boats
are to leave on the scratch line
together. The handicaps are
worked out so that handicap
time can be worked out here.
Territorial Auditor Cash Cole’s
yacht the Jazz of Juneau went
south recently to enter the
race. His family followed on a
i steamer but will return with
him. Governor George A. Parks
who recently went to Seattle has
indicated that he will return
with Auditor Cole as chief bo’s’n
so that between them they
should have sufficient “puli’ to
get over the line with the front
rank.
PACKARD COMPANY PRODUC
NEW TYPE ENGINE
The Packard Motor Company
has designed and installed a new
type of motor for flying ma
chi hcinwes iwhrlvlev bgkcmfw
chines. The engine which is of
the Diesel type placed in a plane
recently covered a distance of
seven hundred miles at a cost of
$4.58 bringing the cost of fuel
for the trip down to consider
ably less than one cent a mile.
The trip was made in six hours
and fifty minutes.
FOIt CIVIC IMPROVEMENT
Some of the property owners
have requested permission to
extend fences and other im
provements to edge of present
streets. The fences to be re
moved at any time the city may
so order or if the rights of way
are needed to widen streets.
The request came from the
desire to add to the value of the
properties and to beautify the
town.
Removal of any improvements
will be made at the expense of
the property owners.
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CEMETERY IMPROVEMENT IS
DISCUSSED
A general discussion followed
I mention of the new cemetery.
Mr. Hanseth was instructed to
| secure estimates of the cost of
! clearing one acre of land and
; digging of draining trenches
which are muchly needed. It
was shown that at the present
time, it is almost like sink
ing a coffin in a pool under cer
tain conditions. When cleared
off ,some sense of order may be
followed in laying out graves in
the future.
MEMORIAL EXERCISES
The American Legion and the
Legion Auxiliary are holding a
program in the Legion Dugout
on Memorial in commemoration
of those who paid the supreme
sacrifice in the World War.