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PETERSBURG, ALASKA, JULY, 12, 1929
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Fur Farmers of Third Division
Up In Arms Over Governor'
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Fur farmers of Alaska, who
were instrumental in obtaining
an appropriation at the last ses
sion of the territorial legislature
for the employment of a veter
inarian to make a study of fur
farm problems, may protest
against the assignment of the
veterinarian to other work, but
there is no way to compel the
governor to provide them with
the service which the legislature
intended them to have. That in
substance is the ruling of Attor
ney General Rustgard.
Anchorage fur farmers sent 2
protest to the attorney general
and in reply received the follow
ing letter from Mr. Rustgard:
“Uupon investigation I find that
Dr. Graves has been engaged *0
work part of the time under
Chapter 53 of the Laws of 1927
and part of the time as a veter
inarian examining cattle. I do
not find anything illegal in that
system, for the governor is giv
en authority to employ veterin
arians for such times or periods
as he finds their services neces
sary/’
William L. Paul, Ketchikan at
torney and former merber of the
legislature, to whom the matter
was also referred for an opinion,
expressed the belief that the fur
farmers liare right about the il
legality of Dr. Graves’ employ
ment on cattle inspection if pur
porting to be under Chapter 53
Session Laws of 1927.” He ad
mits, however, after having been
advised by Secretary Watson,
that Dr. Graves was employed
under the 1927 law and assigned j
to cattle inspection under the j
1919 law, that there is nothing
the fur farmers can do “except
to pass a resolution of thanks
that the governor permits them
to live in Alaska.” He suggests
also that the fur farmers “might
try abolishing the Third division
and joining up with the Alaska
College.”
J. N. McCain, president of the
Western Alaska Fur Breeders As
sociation, who acted as spokes
man for the fur farmers of the
1929 session of the legislature,
contends that there was no ex
cuse for the assignment of Dr.
Graves to the work of inspecting
cattle inasmuch as ample funds
were provided by the legislature
to employ veterinarians to per
form the services separately, the
sum of $5,000 having been appro
priated for livestock inspection
and the sum of $117,500 for the
employment of a veterinarian
for fur farm work, under provi
sions of session laws of 1927.—
Anchorage Times.
It lias been suggested that the
governor is chastising the Third
Division for its temerity in op
posing the idea of making the
position occupied by Dr. Graves
an adjunct of the political col
lege at Fairbanks. The Third Di
vision representatives who fath
ered the fox experimental farm
bill wanted the station at An
chorage. President Bunnel of
the Fairbanks College and Gov.
Parks decreed that it should be
at the College. The Third Divi
sion representatives voted to
kill the bill rather than permit
it to be a political plaything
for the federal brigade.
“Contempt” Case Will
Be Heard in September
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In a lenghty documents, Hon.
James Wickersham, represent
ing William L. Paul, declares
that the court had no jurisdic
tion to try the case for contempt
of court charged against Paul
last winter. That in the lining
of Paul $175., conviction was
without due process of law in
that no accusation was prefer
red against him, that he was de
nied the assistance of counsel in
his defense and that the court
was disqualified. In the feud be
tween judge and attorney, the
Court of Appeals in San Francis
co will decide if Paul has right
of appeal and if affirmative de
cision is rendered, consider the
evidence and hand down finding.
Just where this case will wind
up and how is a question that
has bothered not a few and puz
zled some. It is the little events
that have made turning points
in history.
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LAUNCH NEW BOAT SOON
The W. B. Foshay steel motor
ship under construction at the
Lake Washington Shipyards, Se
attle,, will be launched the 20th
of this month. She will be op
erated on the Seattle-SouthEast
Alaska route.
The “W. B. Foshay” as it is
called is 168 feet in length and
is equipped with two 550-hp
eight-ciynder Diesels. She will
have a cargo carrying capacity
for 1,000 tons including 32,000
feet o frefrigerator space. Her
passenger accommodations will
take care of 60 passengers.
r ACCEPTING DRINK NOT
ILLEGAL
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One who takes a drink at the
invitation of a friend is not
guilty of illegal possession or
transportation of liquor. The
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
has so ruled in an insurance
case at Ashville, N. C. S. P.
Fiickinger ,his fiancee and the
wife of his host died of cocktails
in which there was wood alco
hol. The insurance company
objected to paying a policy on
his life on the ground that he
had been negligent by violat
ing the prohibition law.
Five Million Feet of
Lumber in Building
In the construction of a busi
ness block being built in Chica
go by the Marshal Field Estate,
more than five million feet of
lumber will be required. The
building will cover two full
blocks and will cost about $32,
000,000. Wood sash will be em
ployed.
Oak required in the building
totals 100,000 feet; mahogany,
425,000; about 1,500,000 feet of
southern pine caisson lagging
was used in the foundation;
another million and a half feet
of 2x10, 16-foot planks will be
I used for construction of scaf
folding and concrete forms re
quire another 1,350,000 feet of
one-inch and two inch lum
ber. Timbers will take 275,000
feet of Gx8s.
First real summer weather was
had this week.
A Sop to Fishermen
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Commissioner Henry O’Malley
has granted a two-week exten
, ,‘ion to troll fishing between
| Whale Bay and Point Armstrong
;on Baranof Island.
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The closing date has been
changed from August 24 to Sep
tember 5, in that area.
Alaska Pulp Wood
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Southeastern Alaska, the long
narrow “panhandle” stretching
southeast from the main body of
the territory, gives every promise
of becoming one of the great re
sources of pulp timber for the
manufacture of paper, particu
larly newsprint. Of the total
area of this region, about 23,
000,000 acres more than 70 per
cent is in the national forest sys
tem administered by the United
States Forest Service. The for
ests are principally of Western
hemlock and Sitka spruce which
make good pulp, with some cedar
which has other uses. The For- j
est Service estimates that under j
proper management this area !
can perpetually supply 1,500 000 i
cords of pulp wood annually,
which will make about 1.000,000
tons of newsprint, or more than
one-quarter of the present con
sumption in the United States.
The policy of the Forest Ser
vice is to limit development of
wood-using plants dependent on
timber from the national forests
to a total capacity that will not
be greater than the annual
growth of timber in the forests.'
Under this policy there will be
an incentive to develop sawmills
and pulp and paper mills which
will operate permanently on the
timber in their immediate vicin
ity.—New York Times.
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Gambles Life and Loses
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E. F. McGuire, army radio op
era tor staked his life against
chance last winter when the
steamer Starr was wrecked, and
won.
At Cordova the forepart of the
month, he again gambled with
fate and lost. While out riding
in a speedboat with a number of
children on Eyak Lake, the craft
took a nose-dive due to overload
ing the craft forward. McGuire
caught two little tots and held
them aloft until rescue boats
were near. With safety just out
of reach he collapsed and sank.
Pulled out of the water and
rushed to the Cordova hospital,
artificial respiration failed after
a two-hour effort to revive him.
All of the children were saved
by an Indian boatman who
rushed to their aid in a skiff.
McGuire is survived by a wife
and baby.
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ANOTHER FIFTEEN-YEAR TER
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William Meyers, convicted of
having killed “Gold Tooth Mur
phy this spring ,was sentenced
to a term of fifteen years at Mc
Neil’s Island. This is virtually a
life sentence as Murphy is an old
man and his expectation of life
does not reach the end of his
sentence.
Myers killed Murphy in cold
blood according to testimony
and not when drunk from mani
ac liquor. Myers went from his
cabin armed with a rifle to the
camp of Murphy. Without warn
ing he opened fire, drawing clos
1 er after each shot. Three or
four shots were fired the last one
of which had the mortal sting
for Murphy. Myers made no ef
fort to defend himself and there
was no opportunity of escape.
FOSHAY BUYS COLD STORAGE
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The Foshay interests of Min
neapolis, through their repre
sentative, Mr. John Van Orsdell,
purchased the local cold storage
plant and properties last week.
A meeting of the stockholders
of the Cold Storage Company
was held last Saturday evening
evening at which time the stock
holders passed a resolution auth
orizing the sale of the plant. The
price offered being $110,000.
The vote of the directors was
overwhelmingly in favor of the
sale which was consummated in
short order with only minor ad
justment in working out the
detail of the transaction.
This is the third year that the
plant has been operated. Since
it first started in business it has
paid dividends and reduced some
of the outstanding bonds. The
Foshay Company is fortunate in
acquiring this going business ev
en at the price quoted.
Mr. Van Orsdell stated some
time ago that his company did
not contemplate going into the
buying end of the storage busi
ness but would make special ef
fort to get more buyers in the
field so that there might be more
real competition.
Wedding Bells Heard at
Kake Village
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Alice Wilson and Willie Duga
gua, both of Kake, were married
on the third of July in Kake and
is the first wedding ceremony
performed in that village. Capt.
Charts Newton of the Salvation
Army, officiating.
Miss Isabel Wilson, cousin of
the bride was bride’s maid and i
Frank Gordon, (“Lightning”)
was best man.
After the ceremony the happy
couple was escorted to the Na
tive Brotherhood Hall by the
Kake Band. Amid a shower of
rice and old shoes the couple en
tered the hall where a wedding
dinner awaited the couple and
their many friends. Almost the
whole of Kake village was pre
sent, so popular the couple in the
village.
Bureau of Fisheries Are
Real Optomists
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Lewis Radclike, acting federal
commissioner of fisheries recent
ly said: “Though salmon pack
ing in Pacific Alaska waters is
stil the most conspicuous single
element of fish output, the New
England Haddock fisheries prob
ably made the greatest advance
in the industry in recent years.
The Western salmon fishing sea
son in Alaska turned over five
million eases last year.
“Henry O’Malley head of the
government fish cultural estab
lishments expects to stay on the
fishing grounds in Alaska all
summer. O’Malley believes the
Alaska catch will be stabilized
around four million five hundred
thousand cases yearly. The fish
eries bureau is responsible for
* '-'fcs Uiwuiug oauuun v^ci filing ctllU
we are hopeful the measures
taken to conserve the stock in
the past years will justify them
selves by maintaining, if not in
creasing the yearly runs. It is
impossible to tell in advance
how large the catch will be.”
. .The motorship Sierra is south
bound with a large shipment of
wool from the Kashega Island on
the Aleutian peninsula. The
shipment being made by West
ern Pacific Livestock Company.
| COURT TERM AT KETCHIKAN
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Judge Justin W. Harding left
recently for Ketchikan where he
will hold a short term of court.
The term is primarily to settle
mitions brought up in pleadings
and to hear any equity cases
that may be ready for trial.
Yacht Anchor Port
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What is considered to be the
finest equipped and most up-to
the-minute yacht on the Pacific
Coast spent a day in port the
fore part of the week. The “Hil
da” is its name and is owned by
Mr. Charles Boldt, retired cap
italist of Santa Barbara, Calif
ornia. Mr. Boldt purchased the
craft for the purpose of pleasure
cruising. The Hilda left New
York last December, cruised the
West Indies Islands, through the
Panama Canal, up the Pacific
Coast and through Alaska waters
to Skagway. She is now return
ing to Santa Barbara. Besides
Mr. and Mrs. Boldt there are five
guests on board enjoying the
trip.
The Hilda is a craft 171 feet
over all, twenty-seven feet beam
and has a draught of thirteen
feet. She has plenty of power and
is well equipped with life boats.
There is every convenience on
board possible for the comfort of
the passengers. She has one of
the latest Victor Radiola-Elec- ;
trola with automatic record
changer with loud speaker in ev
ery stateroom.
The yacht has a complement ]
of twenty-seven and is said to
have cost more than a half mil
lion dollars.
Kake Held Smoker
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On the evening of July 3rd a £
smoker was staged at Kake with t
fisticuf fans cheering their fa
vorites to win. 4
The first event was a go be-,
tween Julius William of Kake
and Bill Powell, better known as
the “Battling Jew” of the S. P.
P. Co. Powell’s seconds threw in
the sponge in the second round,
so terriffic the punishment he
was getting.
The second stanza of the ev
ening was a round between Ern
est. Williams of Kake and Roy
Roach of the cannery. Roach
had the best of the argument..
Third stanza, David Friday of
Kake and Harry Luato of the
cannery went honors even.
The big event of the evening
was between William James of
Kake and Irvine Martinsen of
the cannery, weights, both 135
pounds. The much touted can
jnery champion lasted just thirty
seconds when he went into the
|land of dreams and complete ob
Jlivion for five minutes,
j William James, main eventer
jin this smoker was sent to a Ne
vada sanitarium for tuberculars
from Cliemawa some time back.
He staged a comeback in his
fight with the white plague.
His opponent is said to be the
best Sunny Point Packing Co.
could produce.
GETS FIFTEEN YEARS
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Karl Armstrong, former U. S.
Deputy Marshal for the Third
Division, recently convicted of
manslaughter for the killing of
Eric Dahlberg at Kodiak last fall
was given a sentence of fifteen
years at McNeil Island.
Armstrong is said to have shot
Dahlberg because of the latter’s
I attentions to Mrs. Armstrong
| from whom Armstrong was es
i tranged.
Local Girl Dies
In Hospital
At Tacoma
Bessie Hanson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. McGiltin, died in
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tacoma,
Washington, July 10th, at 7:30
o'clock a. m., after but a brief
illness of tuberculosis.
Bessie was born at Douglas on
tlie 27th day of February 1912
She grew up in Wrangell and Pe
tersburg where she attended the
public schools until a short time
before her illness.
Her illness wras the direct re
sult of a severe attack of the flu
last August from which she nev
sr fully recovered. In late Oc
tober she had a first attack of
hemorrhage. Dr. Thomas Rhone
vho was in attendance urged
'■hat she be sent to a tubercular
sanitarium in Seattle so friends
nade it possible for her to leave
;he fore part of November. At
imes word was received that all
vas not as well as it might be;
-hat her care was not of the best
md the treatments promised
lid not materialize. Through
riends effort was being made to
ret real facts established but be
ore this was accomplished word
vas received that she was very
ow and had been removed from
he sanitarium to the hospital
vith death expected any mo
nent.. The next day relatives
eceived word that Bessies had
;one on to the Great Unknown.
Bessie was beloved by all who
-new her, and many knew her.
Ter kindly personality will be
nissed from the community as
veil as by her relatives to whom
ire extended heart felt sympa
thies.
The American Legion and Le
ion Auxiliary will have direc
tion of the burial of the body in
the Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Ta
coma after the funeral services
which will be held in the St.
Leo’s Church.
Mrs. McGilton, mother and
Henry Hanson, Ketchikan, An
drew R. Hanson, Albert Hanson
and Fred Hanson, of Petersburg,
survive her.
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Census Enumeration Be
Held in October
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Enumeration of Alaska census
will be made this year during the
month of October. Census mak
ers for incorporated towns will
be appointed while the enum • -
tion outside of incorporated
areas will probably be taken care
of by teachers under the U. S.
Bureau of Education.
Provision will be made for per
manent residents departing for
the outside prior to October to
register for the census by a sys
tem of blanks furnished to the
enumerators.
Delegate Sutherland in a tele
gram to the press of thte Terri
tory states that endeavor should
be made to get full census re
turns on all permanent residents
and suggests all publicity to the
fact that such residents visiting
the States can arrange to be
counted while absent by filing
with the enumerator before leav
ing.
PRINCE WALES ON RUN
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The motorship Prince of Wales
wrecked on West Coast last fall
leaves Ketchikan today in place
of the Estebeth wrecked last
week near Union Bay.