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The halibuter “Hazel H.” is on
the ways for overhauling and
paint.
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William Jennings (“Bill”) Bry
an is now piloting a truck for
‘Adam’s Transfer instead of for
the Reliable Transfer Co.
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The Misses Mildred Johanson
and Mildred Runstad made the
trip to Prince Rupert on the
Mitkoff, returning Wednesday.
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Mrs. Bob Robinson of Turna
bout Island and Mrs. R. Barclay
of Hound Island, returned on the
Northwestern last Friday.
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Altho this is the busy season
for fox farmers, we have seen
quite a number from the island
ranches in town this week,
among them Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Zimmerman from Brothers Is
lands, Peter Jorgenson from Reid
Island, R. H. Campbell of Castle,
Islands, Mr. and Mrs. Andy An
derson from Whitney Island,
Bert Buchanan from Level Is
land, and Bill Abbes from Storm
Island. Most of the ranchers re
port excellent prospects for a
good increase this season. While
the spring has been cool and
backward for green things, there
have been no long continued wet
spells and the foxes have fared
very well so far.
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Ole Dahl was taken into fed
eral custody as a result of a
fighting jag and Commissioner
Clausen dealt him four months
in the hoosegow.
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Passengers for Petersburg on
the Northwestern included Mrs.
R. Barclay, Nels Grodal, John
Kinn, Mrs. A. D. Miller. Mrs. Bob
Robinson, Leon • D. Ensch, D.
Sather and Gust Peterson.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Harvey of
Woedwoodski Island spent some
time in town this week. Their
daughter Katherine who former
ly attended school in Petersburg,
now Mrs. Donald Cameron of
! San Francisco, Calif., has pre
I sented them a grandson, the
: first.
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j John Wallace, one of the or
•! iginal discoverers and partner in
j the Admiral Group of galena
| claims in the Farragut Bay dis
! trict, is in town.. Considerable
prospecting and staking has
been done along Glory Creek
and it seems assured now the
holders have unearthed a very
considerable body of valuable
ore.
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Mr. O. Hove, one of the work
men employed on construction
work for the Wrangell Narrows
Packing Company at Scow Bay,
was injured by a fall. He is
hobbling about on crutches.
Oscar Sather, millman of
Scow Bay has his arm in a sling
—torn ligament as the result of
a fall from a scaffolding.
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Del E. Sheriff, Alaska’s pianner
tuner” is tuning ’em up in Pe
tersburg.
W. W. Kerr, otherwise known
as “Curley the Barber,” was tak
en into custody this week by
Deputy Marshal Hans Wick,
charged with violation of the
Alaska Bone Dry Law, with pos
session of intoxicating liquor.
Bail was fixed at $3,000, which
up to Thursday noon, had not
been posted.
.. On the same date of the ar
rest, the water was turned off
in town so that it could be liter
ally said that Petersburg was a
dry town.
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The “Malco” newly built camp
tender and towboat for the Mac- j
Donald Logging Company, call
ed in Petersburg, Monday on her!
maiden trip. The new boat is '
powered with a 65-horsepower j
jKermath engine In company j
Clth the big Deisel tug “Inver
ess,” of Ketchikan, the Malco
was on the way to Thomas Bay ].
for a boom of some 300,000 feet i
of logs
kan.
to be towed to Ketclii-! i
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Capt. Don Brown of the tug j
Inverness says that we were all i
wrong in reporting last week ]
ure of Capt. French Pete” Beau- i
dreaux, in Ketchikan. Captain •
Brown says Pete was lively as per' ^
usual when the Inverness left ■,
Ketchikan Sunday. Speak up,
Pete in your own behalf. You,1
are evidently being slandered.
hereabouts.
A welded smokestack for the.
Wrangell Narrows Packing Co.,;
of Scow Bay, is being bui’t in the I
Fryer Machine Shop.
If you think the new litter!
cans are not accomplishing their
purpose,'just take a peek at the
accumulation and imagine that
litter scattered over the street.
Let us keep our streets clean—
that’s what those cans are for.
The Trading Union, local
agents for Johnson Motors have
sold six new motors already this
spring, as against about thirty
during all last year. The most
recent sales were to Hans Preu
schoff, a 4-liorse motor, and to
Wayne Walther, New England i
Fish Company’s buyer, a 10
horse motor.
Early this week, H. Van Fleet
left the employ of Piggly Wiggly
Company and accepted employ- !
ment with Adam’s Transfer!
thereby precipitating an impos- ,
ing list of changes in the person
nel in local mercantile establish- !
ments. Albert Hanson transfer
red from Trading Union Meat
Market to Piggly Wiggly; Claude
Roundtree from Sanitary Groc
ery to Trading Union; Henry Ad
sero from Model Grocery to San
itary Market. Clifford Round
tree, who until the close of the
school year has been transport
ing school children from Scow
Bay to Petersburg, will fill the
vacancy at Model Grocery.
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It is reported in Petersburg
that Dr. E. F. Graves, veterinari
an and fox ranch expert for the
Territory, has resigned. It has
not been reported who his suc
cessor will be.
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Leo Haider, who has been
quietly but persistently working !
his gold mine on Woewoodski Is- ‘
land, was a Petersburg visitor.
Wednesday. Leo isn’t making any
noise about his operations. He
works early and late and ships
real gold.
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Those whose names are not in
the Alaskan’s columns this week
will please be patient—you’ll be
there yet.
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Verne Hoban, local cable op
erator who has been in St. Ann’s
Hospital, Juneau for an opera- l
tion on his knee, is expected to
return on the Admiral Rogers.
He will be on crutches for Some
time.
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H. B. Crewson, -Alaska repre- j
sentative for Shilling’s products,
spent the greater part of last
week among the local merchants I
and on Saturday staged a special
sale in all the stores of Schill
ing’s tea. A special prize of an j
elegant tea pot was given with i
each purchase. Every merchant \
in town made special window \
displays of Schilling’s products 5
and featured Schilling’s tea in ]
their advertising. The sale was, l
an unqualified success. Mrs. j
Crewson was also in town a part <
of the week and on Saturday j
gave a demonstration of Schill- )
ing’s tea and coffee at the Wo- \
men’s Community League Food j
Sale at Campbells’ Store. The
Crewsons have made many \
friends both for themselves and \
for Schilling’s products in Pe- {
tersburg.
.John Sales and crew have Un
shed the pile drive rwork on the
lew cannery for Wrangell Nar
ows Packing Company.
Jacob Otness, our very efficient
lostmaster, is on an extended
racatio nvisit among friends and
•elatives at Centralia, Washing
ton and among the Otness Clan
n Idaho. He expects to be back
lie latter pat of this month. In
lis absence the genial smile of
Vliss Gertie Otness, assistant
greets all comrs. In all respect
to Jack we think the business at
the postoffice should be picking
up. ....
The Northwestern arrived in
port today—the first of the
vessels coming in a bunch.
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Petersburg Lutheran, Rev. W. J.
Maakestad, Pastor
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
I Morning worship at 11.
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