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SOUTHEAST ALASKA
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FROM NORTH, EAST & WEST
FOR ALL ALASKANS
VOLUME NO. VII. NO. 10
PETERSBURG, ALASKA,
SEPTEMBER 23, 1932
Subscription Price $4 per yeai
Wrangell Institute To Be
Opened October 2nd
Word has been sent out by
Dr. Paul Gordon, director ‘of
Education in the Indian Bureau
work for Alaska, that the Wran
gell Institute will be open for
enrollment and entrance of
children by the 1st of October
and classes will begin by the 4th.
Grades from the sixth
through the twelfth will be
taught. Complete courses will be
given in the tenth, eleventh and
twelfth for general high school
work. But if any pupil desires to
t: ke any specialty course for
collegiate work, there will not be
the equipment to handle such
courses.
Two high school pupils have
been accepted from Petersburg
and several from the grades. A
selective system has been adopt
ed with strict academic, physical
and moral conduct requirements
with the view of securing the j
best possible material to work j
on.
For the time being it is not
expected that the enrollment
will be large—limited at the pre
sent time to 80 pupils but later
on, as economic conditions war
rant the capacity and facilities
of the school will be enlarged to
meet the demands of the several
towns in the First Division.
Mr. Leroy Jackson has been
named as Director of the school
The faculty arrived last week on
the Admiral Evans so that when
the pupils arrive the school will
be ready to make its initial
start. The pupils will receive
board and tuition but are to
furnish their own clothing. A
system will be instituted where
in each pupil will be given a
certain amount of work with
pay. This will be deducted from
the charges of each pupil and
credited to his account so that
they will feel that they are
working their way through
school.
The school will fill a long felt
want and as time passes it will
be seen that there will have to
be accommodations for around
four hundred or more pupils.
120 Jailed For
Plot on Stalin’s Life
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The Central News Agency re -
ported from Warsaw that 120
persons, including officers of the
Soviet Army, had been arrested
in Moscow for plotting the as
sassination of Josef Stalin, Red
dictator.
General Voroshiloff, war com
missar, was said by the agency
to be implicated in the plot, the
discovery of which brought Stal
in hurrying to Moscow from his
country retreat. Voroshiloff has
recently been mentioned as
Stalin’s probable successor.
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President Expedites
Work on Building
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President Hoover has instruct
ed the various branches of the
government to increase immedi
ately their public construction
activities. This speeding up of
the public works program, it is
disclosed, involves the expendi
ture of almost $200,000,000. The
purpose of this increase in build
ing activities is to reduce unem
ployment.
Secretary of the Treasury Mills
states that the $200,000,000 need
cd to speed the program in the
manner indicated by the presi
dent, is available and can be
drawn upon at once.
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Young Hunters
Play William Tell
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Emory Hessler and Leonard
Harter, 16 and 15 respectively,
of Delaware, O., visited the
town’s cemetery the other day
to shoot sparrows with a .22 rifle.
There were no sparrows, so the
boys shot at cans. They tired oi
that, then decided to play “Wil
liam Tell.” Hessler was “Tell.”
Hessler placed a can on his head
for target, Harter aimed. But his
aim erred. The first shot killed
Hessler.
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Guy Roundtree, while out foi
woodlogs, was taken down witl:
lumbago. He had to lay uo or
the boat for about a week before
lie was able to get out to do anj
work.
| Hunter Treed When
| Rifle Fails
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| Frank Cunningham, George
| Grottle and Red McGee, who re
turned to Cordova recently from
!a six weeks prospecting trip to
Middleton Island, bringing some
i placer gold back with them, re -
i ported that the “monotony” of
their trip was broken at Martin
river, on Montague island, when
the were waiting for weather to
make the crossing. “They ran
| into a big brown bear and two
jdibs at this point,” says the
Cordova Times, “and Frank went
'after them only to find that his
[gun was useless, the ammunition
| being wet, and the bear treed
Frank, getting his hat and pan
of his trousers before Frank
could reach safety. For three
hours the bear tried to chew
the tree down while Frank’s com
panions watched helpless from
the other side of the river, hav
jing only a twenty-two calibre
rifle with them. Finally the bear
left in disgust and Frank came
down. The three were out of grub
when they returned and had to
live off the country for the last
week.”
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! Oregon Cannery Pays
2 Cents lb. for Fish
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Mr. A. L. Gile, president and
general manager of the Chinook
packing company, stated that
1 his cannery would buy fish the
opening of the fall fishing sea
'son. The price to be paid will be
2 cents a pound for silversides,
steelhead and bright salmon,
i There will be no sale for tules.
Gus Strand, Aberdeen packer,
will handle the fish bought by
the Chinook cannery.—Chinook
Observer.
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Man Has $8 Bill
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I An C3 bill, issued by the United
i States treasury in 1778, and
signed by George Washington
is in the possession of Roberl
Archamboult, Clare, Mich. Nota
’ tions inform the bearer thal
’ eight Spanish dollars can be ob
jtained with bill.
i Twenty Year Record
Of Maine Vote
Here is the way the Demo
cratic • and Republican Parties
have divided the support of the
electorate in presidential year
state elections in Maine from
1912 to 1932.
Year
1932
1928
1924
1920
1916
1914
1912
Repub.
.117,402
• 148,055
• 145,281
.135,383
. 81,760
. 58,887
. 70,931
Demo.
118,789
65,573
108,626
70,047
67,930
62,076
67,702
Mjty.
1,387
82,482
36,655
65,246
13,839
3,189
3,229
Severe Quake Cause
Alarm, Anchorage
What is declared by many to
have been the most severe earth
quake ever recorded in the An
chorage district rocked the city
rather violently last week, jolting
many citizens from their slum
bers and causing many others to
vacate buildings in alarm. The
disturbance was preceded by a
rumbling noise and by a slight
movement which speedily dev
eloped into a real tremblor
which caused buildings to sway
and creak to such an extent that
articles were tumbled from
shelves and stands, pictures were
put askew and clocks stopped.
The quake appeared to have a
north-south movement.
Little if any damage resulted
in the residential section of the
city but several business con
cerns suffered some loss in brok -
en bottles and damaged goods
which were rocked from shelves.
The most severe damage pro
bably was that which occurred
at the Loussac drug store, where
a large plate glass showcase
collapsed. A large quantity of
canned cream which had been
pyramided above the shelving at
the Piggly Wiggly store, fell over,
scattering cans about the place
and causing minor damage to
some of the cans and to other
articles.
Reports from along the rail
road, south of Anchorage, indi
cate that the disturbance was
even more severe out of town.
Rocks were dislodged and rolled
down upon the tracks, and at
cne place a depression of the
roadbed occurred, causing one of
the rails to break.
One did not have to be in an
upper story to realize that the
quake was a severe one, for the
swaying motion was sufficient to
cause a feeling of nassau in some
cases where persons were on the
(street.
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Horr Loses Despite
Support of Corners
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Congressman Ralph Horr was
guest of honor at a luncheon
joi the Pacific Canned Salmon
j Brokers’ association, recently, in
the Washington Athletic club.
After adressing the association
on his work in congress for the
salmon industry and on bills he
drafted to correct the benefits
going to foreign industries thru
depreciation of foreign exchange
the salmon producers unanimous
lv endorsed Horr for re-election
to congress.
Horr was defeated.
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Bill Sedman and Ted Hunger
ford both celebrated their
birthday together in the home
of the Stedmans. How old are
[they You ask them?
Juneau Man Chewed
By Brown Bear
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The ferocity of the brown bear
was evident on the Taku River
last week, despite the beautiful
pictures of their harmlessness by
Stewart Edward White. Ray E.
Deardorff does not want to see
. a second time how harmless such
i bear are.
Laying on his bed in the Ju
r'.eal hospital, with the greater
| part of his scalp gone, Deardorff
■told the following story:
“I had gone up the Taku riv
er to hunt. I killed a moose up
1 there and in order to pack some
of the carcass back to camp I
(left my gun behind. I was mak
ing my way along the trail with
I the load on my back when sud
! denly, out of the brush, leaped a
j brown bear. It knocked me down
j and sent the moose carcass
! hurtling to the side of the trail.
The bear sure could bite! It bit
[me in the shoulder and again in
[the hip, forearm and hand.
“I heard that a bear would
leave you alone if you lay stiff,
iso I did, but it was mighty hard
work, with that bruin mauling
me around. I could hear him
snorting and feel his hot breath
Ion me and it was no cinch,
i Finally the bear left -and I
! thought I was safe but he came
iback again and even though I
| lay still, he took a chunk out of
I my scalp and then gave me up
jfor dead and left for good.”
Deardorff crawled back to. camp
clinging to a piece of his scalp
which the bear’s claws had re
moved. He was rushed to Juneau
by plane and is now said to be
out of danger.
Cordova Vandals
Break Into Boats
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One of the most serious lar
ceny and destruction of proper
ty cases reported in Cordova in
many years was reported to the
U. S. Marshal’s office recently by
King and Crooker, who own a
shipyard down near the slough
and who found that seven boats
of the Glacier Packing company,
which had been put up on the
ways for the winter, had been
broken into. The marauders
smashed down the heavy oak
doors of the pilot house and
broke the plate glass windows
and then stripped the engines
and boats of any thing remov
able or of value, including tim
bers, carburetors and other gear,
jin all it is estimated that one
thousand dollars damage was
done. The company is offering
a reward of fifty dollars for any
one giving information leading
to the arrest and conviction of
the tiheves and the hope is ex
pressed by the Cordova Times
“that any public spirited resi
dent who can aid in the search
will do so in order to stamp out
this kind of thievery in Cor
dova.”
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Woman Hiker Passes
Telegraph, B. C.
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Miss Thea Frances "of New
York, hiking to Alaska, passed
Telegraph Creek recently, fol
lowing the telegraph line to
Atlin and Skagway. From there
she will go to Juneau.
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H. B. Crewson, representative
for Schillings products, is visit
ing the trade in town this week.
A. N. B. Convention Set
For November 14 to 19
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A recent meeting of the Exe
cutive Committee of the Alaska
Native Brotherhood, ordered the
next convention be held in
Juneau for the week of Novem
ber 13th. The convention was
first planned to be held prior to
the political campaigns but on
after thought, it was deemed
test that the convention be held
after election. It was feared by
some of the committee that some
of the politicians might become
contaminated through associa
tion with the various delegates
from the different towns and to
save those politicians from cor
ruptness they will remove the
temptation.
It is not expected that there
will be a large convention this
year. Smaller delegations will be
sent from every town—but dele
gations there will be.
Programs for the convention
have not been outlined by tin
Executive Committee as yet but
it is expected that the subjects
of education, industry and poli
tics will again hold promineru
place on the program. The fish
eries program never grows old—
and the Brotherhood never felt
more encouraged and never have
| there been such strong signs of
the breaking down of the O’Mal
ley forces than this year. Even
O’Malley expects there will be a
change in the management of
'the fisheries—and sooner than
Alaskans expect it. However, the
fact that the Bureau of Fish
| eries and its head is being push -
ed up against the wall, does not
|lessen the fight of the organiza
tion against the maladministra
jtion of the fisheries by this fed
eral bureau.
I The various Camps of the
Brotherhood and Sisterhood are
already making plans to send
their delegations to Juneau. The
convention itself, will be an
education to those people of Ju
neau who can see no education
or mental ability in any people
save themselves.
Ketchikan Chamber
Investigate Labor
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The Ketchikan Chamber of
Commerce has decided to get
the facts on the cannery em
ployment situation, so that
figures may be available for fu
ture reference. The matter was
brought up at a recent meeting
of the organization and a com
mittee named to find out to what
extent the packing plants in that
district resort to importation of
workers.
It is of interest to know ,in
that connection that the ten
operating canneries in and near
Ketchikan put up 800,000 cases
this season, which is 100,000
cases more than last year. Can
nesies within the limits of Ket
chikan packed almost 300,000
cases. Twelve canneries were
operated in the district last
year as against ten this year.
The majority of the canneries
operated this year with many
new economies but without ma
terial change in the wage scale.
A lower price was paid for raw
fish, however.
It is not stated that the cham
ber will make any effort to as
certain what percentage of the
fish were supplied by traps.
Hunter Kills Bear
With Hunting Knife
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In a hand-to-hand encounter
with a bear, Frank Le Forgue, a
well known trapper of Nineteen
Mile, B. C., although badly maul
ed, killed the animal with his
hunting knife.
While walking along the
Princeton trail, Le Forgue, who
is well past middle age, stepped
i ever a log onto the bear. The
|bruin jumped throwing the trap
jper. Then the bear attacked Le
; Forgue, grabbing him by the left
forearm.
j The trapper had lost his rifle
! ir the scramble but managed to
[draw his knife and, after a wild
rough and tumble, killed the
bear.
The P. T. A. Gymnasium Bene
At Show is dated for the 24th.
25th and 26th of this month.
Don’t forget the date.
Two Are Saved
From Bad Shipwreck
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Tom F. Johnson, 72 and grand
son, of Ketchikan were saved
from their improvised' raft in
heavy seas near Glover Pass last
week having been wrecked on the
7th of the month near Tatoosh
Islands. The anchors were of not
much use and the boat was
dashed up on the rocks. Mrs.
Johnson urged that the young
sters be taken ashore so Johnson
did get the son ashore and upon
his return found the boat smash
ed up and wife missing. He kept
the son alivp by keeping alive
circulation. He found a bit of
food in the wreckage which sus
tained them while they impro
vised the raft and then struck
off. They were in an extremely
weak condition when saved.
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American Legion Aux.
Card Party
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The first public card party of
the season will be held on Satur
day evening, Sept. 24, at the
; Legion Hall. Hostesses for the
■evening will be Agnes Beck, Sy
bil Locken and Edna Nelson.
I Bridge will be the game of the
(evening, prizes will be awarded
to the lady and gentleman with
high scores and refreshments
will be served. A small fee of
50 cents will be charged.
At the end of a series of three
parties, grand prizes will be a
warded to the highest scores.
The Public is cordially invited
to attend these parties.
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Indian Tams Down
“Cards” Offer
Jay Hunter, captain of the -
University of Wichita football
team was offered a contract with
the Cincinnati “Reds” for 1933
but turned down the offer pre
ferring to chase the illusive pig
skin on the gridiron for nothing.
Hunter is a halfback and a mem
ber of the Winnebago tribe.
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, Sam Gauffin has set himself
up a fine new radio pole and
| with his new long and short
I wave set is logging many sta
tions.