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COVERING
SOUTHEAST ALASKA
NEWS OF INTEREST
FROM NORTH, EAST & WEST
FOR ALL ALASKANS
VOLUME NO. VI.
NO. 52
PETERSBURG, ALASKA.
JULY 15, 1932
Subscription Price $4 per yeaf
Alaska Has Too
Much Government
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Delegate James Wickersham,
ci Alaska, arrived last week en
roll te to Juneau, where he will
spend the next several months
campaigning for re-election to
that post.
Delegate Wickersham said to
newspaper interviewers that the
crying need of Alaska was in
dependence, local government
and local control of its natural
resources. Given those rights, he
declared, Alaska will make itself.
At present, the Alaska dele
gate said, “Alaska has more gov
ernment per capita and has suf
fered under more harmful Con
gressional limitations than any
other American territory and
has been almost wholly neglect
ed by its national guardians and
like Topsy ‘just growed up.’
“Until Alaska is granted local
independence from government
bureaus,” Wickersham continued,
‘ Alaska is just marking time
and nobody seems to care a
damn what may become of it
although they know that in spite
of all handicaps it is propor
tionately the most valuable as
set that the United States owns.”
Delegate Wickersham said
that the reindeer herds in Alas
ka had become so numerous that
they were now eating up the
ranges and that lack markets 1
and capital make it impossible
to ship deer out of the territory
while lack of patronage will
make it impossible to keep them
there much longer, “all of which
is just one more problem facing
Alaska, and Alaskans are the
only ones equipped by personal
knowledge and experience to
solve these problems.”
Delegate Wickersham does'not
consider that Alaska was unfair- ,
ly treated in the recent congres- 1;
sional appropriations, consider
ing the general slashing of all
budgets, but said that Alaska
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Alaska College Student
Drowns in River
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Harold Bentley, 24, son cf
Harry Bentley, Fairbanks dairy
man, drowned in the Chenn
River when he was thrown from
a motor boat. He was a student
at Alaska Agriculture College.
He is survived by his father and
elder brother, both in Fairbanks,
and by his mother, sister, and
another brother in California.
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ALASKAN CONVICTED
OF ARSON CHARGE
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Horace Caldwell, former Aleu
tian Island teacher under the
Bureau of Education, was re
cently convicted of second de
gree arson by a Superior Court
jury, Seattle Washington.
A “plant’' of matches in the
basement of the Caldwell home
after the fire last April was dis
covered by Fire Department in
spectors. The house and furni
ture was insured in the sum of
$8,000. Caldwell declared that he
was at a loss to explain how in
flammable material got in the
basement.
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REPEAL OF CHECK
TAX ASKED IN BILL
Repeal of the tax oh checks,
drafts and money orders in the
Revenue Act was asked in a bill
introduced by Representative
Collins, Democrat, Mississippi.
G. O. P. TO OPEN
HEADQUARTERS
IN CHICAG(
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The national campaign head
quarters of the Republican Part:
was opened in Chicago.
Everett Sanders, chairman o
the Republican national com
mittee, and former secretary t(
President Coolidge, was silent or
the outlook for Hoover’s re
flection. He was likewise silenl
on the speaking program Presi
dent Hoover will follow.
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German Debts Cut
To Cent on Dollar
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The Lausanne war debts and
reparations conference officially
closed on the 9th of July after
the principle Powers had agreed
to scale down Germany’s origin
al bill from sixty-four billion
dollars to approximately $712.
500,000. Last June President
Hoover expressed h i s disap
proval of further cancellation of
the American war debt but in
dicated that further adjust
ments were necessary. The move
in Europe indicates the expect
ancy of the United States can
celling the debts.
This government has made no
promises to revise or cancel but
In recent months officials have
indicated a willingness to grant
a rehearing to European debtors
individually after they agree
among themselves to settle re
parations.
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Garner to Carry
Cal. Say Demos
William G. McAdoo, after talk
ing with Speaker Garner, indi
cated that the Texan will make
i campaign tour of California.
YIcAdoo predicts that Garner
rill carry the state, taking from
President Hoover his own terri
tory. In Texas many of the ‘Long
Horns’ do not know that Roose
velt is running for the presiden
cy. They believe the ticket ii>
‘Garner and Garner.”
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A. Legion Sponsors
Wrestling Match
The Petersburg Post of the
American Legion is sponsoring a
wrestling match on the 28th of
July in the Sons ot Norway Hall.
The match will be between Roy
Anderson and Jack Ryan. An
derson wrestled Mulherin and
Demos in Petersburg on the
Fourth of July in a very good
exhibition. Jack Ryan is Irish
Champion and is rated as one of
the 25 foremost wrestlers in
America. Last year he took a
first fall out of Ed “Strangler”
lewis which not so many men
have been able to do.
The Legion is sponsoring this
match a part of the proceeds
from which they will put away
in their exchequer for use next
winter in civic matters that will
be of benefit.
Tickets are on sale in the vari
ous business houses. Preliminary
matches will be held between
local future champions and
hopefuls.
John Hughes Curtis, charged
v/ith interfering and preventing
recovery of Charles Lindbergh
Jr., son of Col. Lindbergh, wa'
j sentenced to serve one year in
prison and to pay a fine of $1000.
Nat’l President
A.L. Auxiliary
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The election of Mrs. Louise W.
'Williams to the national presi
dency of the American Legion
Auxiliary by the Auxiliary’s
Eleventh National Convention
in Detroit came after years of
service to the organization in
important local, state and na
tional offices. At the time of her
election she was chairman of the
National Child Welfare Commit
tee and was directing the Auxili
ary’s nation-wide activities for
the benefit of the dependent
children of World War veterans.
Her organizing and executive
ability, forcefully demonstrated
in this work, resulted in her
elevation to the organization’s
highest office.
Mrs. Williams is the wife of
Captain Frederick C. Williams,
a veteran of both the Spanish
and World wars. While her hus
band was overseas during the
World War, she devoted the bulk
of her time to women’s war ac
tivities in New York City, her
home. As New York state presi
dent of the United Spanish War
Veteran’s Auxiliary in 1917-1918,
she raised funds for the pur
chase of an ambulance which
was shipped to France early in I
1918.
At the time the American Le
gion Auxiliary was organized in
1920-1921, Mrs. Williams was
serving as National President of
the United Spanish War Veter
ans’ Auxiliary, but she acted in
an advisory capacity in the or
ganization of the New York De
partment of the American Le
gion Auxiliary. She also organ
ized the Noble Callahan Unit of
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Glacier Priest In Juneau
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Father Bernard Hubbard, S. J.
of the University of Santa Clara,
Calif., is in Juneau where he
plans to remain for several days.
He went north this spring, to
study the glaciers of Mt. St.
Elias range, Malaspina Glacier
and while in the Aniakchak
volcano he made some important
discoveries which he has con
tributed to science. While in Ju
neau he plans, with his party, to
visit the various glaciers In that
i vicinity.
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Self-Wound Kills
Stanford Graduate
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Norman B. Sawyer, twenty
one, graduate of Stanford Uni
versity, son of Ernest Walker
Sawyer, executive assistant to
the secretary of the interior,
died at Georgia Receiving Hospi
jtal.Los Angeles, of a self-in
flicted bullet wound.
Sawyer did not give any mo
;tive for his suicide.
Non-Partizans Not
So Dead in N.Dak.
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Senator Gerald P. Nye won an
overwhelming victory for the
Republican renomination for
senator in North Dakota’s pri
mary election.
Senator Nye, backed by the
Nonpartisan League faction of
the Republican Party, ran up a
2 to 1 margin over his opponent
Gov. George F. Shafer. With
more than two-thirds of the re -
turns in, Nye had 100,005 votes
and Shafer 49,737.
Along with Nye, the entire
Republican ticket indorsed by
the Nonpartisan League won
nominations. The leaguers oust
ed every “regular” Republican
official and held a decisive up
per hand in the nominees for
the state legislature.
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Seattle Progressives
Swing to Demos
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The deflection of Republicans
from Hoover to Roosevelt start
ed in Seattle recently.
It was announced that the
Progressive Republican party, a '
state organization formed sev- j
eral months ago with units in !
each county, will hold a con
vention in Seattle this summer!
to endorse the Democratic presi-!
dential nominee. For other of-j
flees the organization will sup-1
port Democrats.
Of the executive committee of
this organization are John E.
Ballaine, Herbert Love of Taco
ma, John Binns of Tacoma, W.
W. Drake of Yakima, J. D. Ross,
Seattle Drake is head of the in -
surance department of the state'
grange.
Several of these Republicans
are “done dry,” but support
Roosevelt on economic issues.
Columbia River Fish
Reported as Fain
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General improvement in low
er Columbia river salmon catches
has been noted, a survey of can
neries in this district indicated.
With the price still holding at 6
cents, catches during the month
of June are designated as “very
fair” by local cannerymen and
the quality as remaining high.
Gillnet catches, particularly in
the vicinity of Altoona, Wash.,
show improvement. Ilwaco gill
netters report hauls as half a
ton to the boat.
Trap catches also are showing
a tendency to increase, but only
minor hauls are reported from
the seining grounds. A 36-man
seining crew has been put to
v/ork on Peacock spit by the Co
lumbia River Packers’ associa
tion.
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Asks Investigation Of
Treasury Department
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Speaker John N. Garner is
pushing a move for a Congress
ional investigation of federal j
money activities in the Treasury j
Department. He has ordered
that a resolution to investigate
the Treasury activities shall be
made an order of business and
it is a foregone conclusion that
it will be passed.
KENNECOTT COPPER
HAS GREAT ASSETS
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Kennecott Copper offers those
I who buy its stock at the present
price of from $6.50 to $7, a pro
| rata share in $52,000,000 working
i capital as of last December 31,
,of unsold copper be inventoried
j at 6 cents, equal to $5.50 a share,
!of which $2.75 was in cash and
; Government securities. Thus
i buyers pay about $1.25 for a
.share in mines, plants and fab
1 ricating subsidiaries, comments
the Wall Street Journal.
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Northland Charters
Big Freighter
For a voyage to Southeastern
Alaska and return, the b i g
freighter Buffalo Bridge of the
Charles Nelson Company, a ves
sel with capacity for 5,500 tons
of cargo, was chartered by the
Northland Transportation Com
pany. The Buffalo Bridge will go
cn berth July 11 and will load
cannery supplies for Southeast
ern Alaska, including Port Al
thorp. Her cargo will be lifted
at the American Can Company’s
Dock and at Pier 5, Seattle.
The Buffalo Bridge is posted to
sail July 12. She will bring a full
cargo of 150,000 cases of canned
salmon to Seattle from canneries
in Southeastern Alaska, accord
ing to William Semar, vice presi
dent and manager of the North
land Transportation Company,
Buffalo Bridge is now in San
who, negotiated the charter.
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Hoover Vetos
Prevailing Wage Bill
President Hoover wielded his
veto power, sending back to thej
Senate without approval a mea
sure expanding upon an existing
law requiring that wages paid to
laborers and mechanics on pub
lic building projects be equal to
the prevailing wages in that sec
tion.
The chief executive returned
the bill almost without comment
his veto message consisting of
only fifty-five words. He did at
tach to it, however, a lengthy
memorandum by Secretary Doak
of the Labor Department stating
his objections to it.
Secretary Doak contended the
measure would place upon the ;
Department of Labor a burden j
that would require large addi-!
tional expenditures to settle
needless disputes.
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Seven III, Death As
Result Eating Mussels
Mussel poisoning made its an
nual visit to the San Francisco
Bay area, taking one life, mak
ing a strong bid for another,
and sending seven persons to
doctors.
E. S. Blazer brought the mus
sels from Bodega Bay fifty miles
north of San Francisco, and
gave some to his friends, among
them C. H. Springer, who died
after eating them. Blazer was
critically ill. j
Malvern Dunkelberger was
brought over from Wrangell for
treatment from A. O. Albery.
Chiropractic. “Dunk” wrenched
his spine while helping to pull
a boat into a shop with the re
sult that he was partially para
lyzed. He has improved consid
erably during the past few days. 4
Canner Urges
Season Change
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J. R. Heckman, Ketchikan
business man and former can
nery operator, and at one time
Senator in the Territorial Legis
lature recently discussed the
[fishery situation. With William
L. Paul also of Ketchikan, Mr.
Heckman discussed the situation
and declared that more “leeway”
should be given the seiners in
the fishing regulations. The two
men who have measured swords
on the fisheries question on
more than one occasion in the
past were agreed in the main
points of the plan which would
allow necessary escapement of
salmon while giving the “seiners
more of an even break.”
“Traps,” said Mr. Heckman,
“should be closed at least two
weeks before the season closes
for seiners. It is generally known
that seiners cannot catch fish in
paying numbers until they begin
i.o school near streams. Whole
bays, in some instances, are clos
ed, which would afford fishing
to seiners. It does not matter
where the fish are caught, either
by trap or seine, if the proper
escapement is allowed and pro
viding fishing is not allowed in
the mouth of streams in fresh
water.”
Trap-caught fish are now be
ing canned in Ketchikan. The
pink salmon are running 14 to
the case; chums 7—with the run
approximating fifty-fifty. The
average of pinks last year was
12 v2 to the case which was above
normal. v
The Ketchikan Packing Com
pany, one day last week, ran
through 5,000 fish; the Ward
Cove Packing Company ran
through 1,200 which was the
second delivery—the first being
r>,ooo.
The Beegle Packing Company
3nd the Independent Cannery
are also operating in Ketchikan.
No prices has yet been set for
seine-caught fish but it is ex
pected that the prevailing price
will be around iy2 and 2 cents
for pinks and the only offering
so far is 10 cents for sockeyes.
The Canadians are paying SO
cents for sockeye and the fisher
men are said to be striking for
40 cents.
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S. of N. Group Picks
Organization Heads
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Seattle residents were honored
by election to the two highest of -
flees in District No. 2, Sons and
Daughters of Norway, at the
closing business session of the
annual convention in Seattle.
Charles K. Anderson and Mrs.
Forde Frodesen were named
grand lodge presidents. Hoquiam
was chosen for the next conven
tion, to be held in 1934.
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STARVATION FAILS
IN LIQUOR PLEA
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A plea they made whiskey in
small quantities only to keep
their families from starving fail
ed to win liberty for Olin Moore
and Glover Bradford, Rockdale
County, Ga., farmers. They were
bound over in United State’s
commissioner’s court on $500
bonds after admitting operation
of a small still near their homes.
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Commissioner O’Malley, after
receiving the ecomiums of the
Juneau sychophants, left on the
Brant for the Westward section.