VOL. I
PETERSBURG, ALASKA SEPTEMBER 3 1926
NO. 8
During the past month a tract of
gold-bearing land extending from
Rock Creek to the east of Nome and
as far west as Jess Creek, has been
staked by numerous parties and the
claims have since become the pro
perty of the Allen Mining Company
of Bluff, where they have their in
itial investment and plant. The
company intends to work the coast
in the same manner as they are do
ing at Bluff.
The company employs a drag line
bucket which operates on a line at
tached to a dolphin at sea some dis
tanct drom shore and is brought
in and dumped into a hopper and
run through boxes, much the same
as sluice boxes. The water for
washing the gold from the sand3
has to be pumped from a pond dug
a short distance from the beach.
ADDITIONAL FISH REGULATIONS
COOK INLET AREA
Salmon Fishery: The heart walls
and the bottom strip of wire of the
pots of all hand traps shall be re
moved during the closed period for
commercial salmon fishing from 6
o’clock postmeridian August 10 th
to 6 o’clock a ntemeridian August
25 th of each calendar year.
J. WALTER DRAKE,
Acting Secretary of Commerce.
OLD TIMER DIES
Fiank Bennet, pioneer barber of
Juneau and a resident of that town
for about forty years, died on the
loth of August at the Pioneers’
Home in Sitka and was buried in
the cemetery there. He was 85
years old at the time of his death.
SENATOR NEAR DEATH
The condition of the health of
the health of Senator McKinley is
said to be very crieical. He has
teen confind in a sanitarium sof
fering with neuritus an sciatica.
JUDGE WINN DEAD
. .Judge John R. Winn for a quar
ter century resident of Alaska died
at Venice, Cal., on .the .31st .of
A ugust.
fflCANCELS ALASKA TRIP
Senator Key Pittman who had
planned on a trip to Alaska, at the
last moment cancelled his trip and
returned to the East.
NEW SCHOOL KETCHIKAN
With increased enrollments of
tht Ketchikan schools causing a
\ery congested condition and also
the rapid building of the - district
north of town, plans are under way
for a school of two rooms t o be
built to acommodate sixty children
of that district.
NEW WHALING PLANT NORTH
. .The North Pacific Sea Products
Company, with a whaling station
at Port Hobron on Sitkalidak is re
ported as handling five whales a
day at its plant. .These mammals
ar© converted Into after the oil has
been extracted. —.—... .
_This company started operations
this year to rthe firset time and em
ploy sixty men.
Gene Tunney has announced that
he will win his fight with Dempsey.
He will ^ Dempsey is unable to put
on the Marathon.
John Panning has them-Arch savei
* shoes.
The Tahn, Capt. B. R. Aikens, ar
rived from Harding Creek Tuesday,
having aboard two notable engi
neer C. R. Breck and R. R. Day of
rhe internationally known engi
neering firm of J. G. White Com
pany.
Just who the J. G. White Com
pany is representing in its Alaskan
investigations i3 not being made
public, but if it is not the Interna
tional Paper Company it is very
likely some other large paper man
ufacturing corporation, since the en
gineers are looking over the water
power resources of this section and
collecting data as would show the
value of these water powers as
sources of power for pulp and paper
plants.
The timber resources of this re
gion have already been thoroughly
investigated by several paper man
ufacturing corporations. It is there
fore encouraging to note that they
are now directing their investiga
tions to the water power resources
of this region, since power supply
at a low unit cost is one of the
prime essentials in the sucessful es
tablishment and operation of the
pulp and paper industry. -Wrangell
Sentinel.
David Thomson, manager for the
big Prince Rupert exhibition which
is to be held there September 14 to
18, is in town making arrangements
for a special excursion from Ketch
ikan on the Prince Charles of the
Canadian National Steamship Co.,
line with a round trip fair of ouly
$20. ffl
Some wonderful exhibits of farm
and dairy products will be shown
at the exposition. That vegetables
of all kinds can be raised in the
north equal in size and flavor to any
in the States will be shown by the
exhibit that will include every vari
ety of agricultural product, and will
he of great educational value.
—Ketchikan Chronicle.
Juneau, Anchorage and Wrangell
boosting for fairs just when the
most money is in circulation; Ru
pert comes along and follows suit;
Ketchikan has the Teachers’ Insti
tute and the district court. What
is Petersburg going to do to bring
outside money into circulation so
that all mght benefit thereby?
MONUMENT TO SOLDIERS
A gigantic monument, which will
be a massive central arch of stone,
flanked by two smaller arches, to be
placed at the entrance of Camp
Lewis, is being planned by practic
ally the entire Pacific Coast and
Rocky Mountain States in honor of
the heroes of the 91st Wild West
Division who fell in France and Bel
gium.
Lester D. Henderson, Superin
tendent of Territorial schools is in
Ketchikan attending the teaches’ in
stitute. He is still under the care
of the doctors as he has not entire
y recovered from a recent attack of
pneumonia.
It has been announse that Com
mander Nobile will make anoehtr
attempt to reach the north pole. A
diiigible l« being constructed that
is lorger than the Norge.
Orange Crush and Lemon Crush
served lev eold at the Totem Pole.
PULP Kim
In an address before a Seattle
audience recently, Senator Key Pitt
man of Nevada, said:
“There is enough wood pulp in
Alaska to furnish the newspapers of
the country with all the news print
for a hundred years, but it requires
an initial investment of $3,000,000
or $4,000,000 to establish a paper
mill in the Territory and investors
will not go into the country under
the present conditions.
“Our national policies are form
ulated by a group of New England
Republicans for the interest of
New England manufacturers and
the east is attempting to make a
playground out of the West.”
He further stated that eastern
statesmen were better acquainted
with Bohemia than with Alaska
and that the West was of no value
and never will be.
So long as we continue to have
free” advertising of Alaska by
V
California solons and condemnation j
of our railroad and other resources
by men who know less about Alas
ka than a rabbit knows about a
flying machine we will have opposi
tion to the proper development of
the Territory.
NOTICE TO MARINERS
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Sumner Strait, Helm Rock gas
and whistling bouy, 2, reported ex
tinguished August 26, will be re
lighted as soon as practicable!
By direction of the Commissioner
of Lighthouses.
W. C. Dibrell, Supt.
CAN’T HIDE FOREIGN FLEETS
It would be impossible for forign
fleets to hide amongst the islands
of Alaska was the declaration of
Congressman John F. Miller of Se
attle and member of the Commit
tee on Naval Affairs. He further
declared that Puget Sound was
safe from sea attacks so long as the
Hawaiian Islands remained a part of
the United States.
A foreign fleet would have a
hard time dodging the Alaska troll
ing fleet and get into any of the bays
without word reaching proper chan
nels. ffl
THE AZORES
It is reported that an earthquake
on the island of Fayal, one of the^
Azores group killed in the neighbor
hood of eight hundred people and
many were injured. Flamengoes was
destroyed but being a labor district
most of the people weer in the fields
and escaped death.
A vessel was commandeered by
the government and aid sent to the
islands. A corp of ngineers and
three war vessels are following.
The suffering of the victims is
said to be a terrible sight to be
hold and defied description.
Lt. Governor C. C. Young is re
ported as being a favorite in the
California primaries over Governor
Richardson. Young is supported
by Senator Hira mJohnson while
Governor Richardson is a Coolidge
Republican. , ffl
Hire’s Root Beer on Ice at the
Totem Pole.
SHIPPING REIN
DEER MEAT
L. J. Palmer, In charge of the
work of the U. S. Biological Survey,
in the Nome district, reports that
the shippers of reindeer meat are up
against a hard problem in the mat
ter of transportation of meat in
the Nome district. The cold storage
in Nome is well stocked with meat
awaiting shipment and considerable
more would be brought in were
more shipping space available.lt is
thought that it would be necessary
for the herd owners to charter a
boat to get their product to the
market. Every boat leaving Nome
has been carrying capacity loads of
r'indeer meat but there have not
been enough boats to handle the
shipments.
BUYING NEW MACHINE
Clarence and Kelmar LeMaater of
Sitka, editors and owners of the Sit
ka Progress are in Seattle on a busi
ness trip. They are purchasing
additional equipment, including a
linotype machine fo their plant.
The LeMaster’s were in Peters
burg last year and were connected
with the now defunct Herald. They
made effort to buy but the induce
ments offered them were not suffi
cient to get them to take over the
plant. From the general appear
ance of their paper we would say
they prospered by the change to
trie Sitka field. We wish them
all the success possible in their
BUM JOKE
.Upon his arrival in Cordova re
cently, Bishop Peter T. Rowe, the
“Mushing Parson” of Alaska, head
of the Episcopal Church work in
Alaska, declared that the Govern
ment hospital ship on the Yukon
rjiver to he a joke. .“The boat lias
been given much publicity,” .he
said, “but is unsuitable for the pur
pose and there might just as well
be no boat. . Sick natives do not re
spond when the doctor goes ashore.
It is a five cent affair when it ought
to be a $500. affair. .He further
declared that a government docter
stationed at Tanana is badly needed.
We have had other poor jokes in
the medical and educaitonal system
under the supervision of the Bureau
of Education. That has been the
reason for and demand for Equal
Educational Opportunity so highly
condemned by political junkers in
the Territory. Perhaps if said
junkers had to educate their child
ren, under a system without stand
ard carriculae of its own and us
ing books as might be picked up at
the average Bureau school more
consideration would be given the
cry for education that is being made
by potential citizens of the Terri
tory. A poor medical service where
needed, a poor educational system
as that which the Natives attempt
to secure their education only keeps
out a better service. There is much
weight to the side of the Alaskan
Native that has never been broad
casted by certain alleged Americans
in this division.
Motion for a new trial in the
Gains case will be brought up for
argument before the Superior
Court is an announcement made by
Prosecutor Colvin. Justice will be
cheated yet.
Lime Crush and Lemonade at tb
Totem Pole.
0MIE< GEES
William Timson, president of the
Alaska Packers’ Association upon
returning to the States after a tour
of inspection of their Alaska can
neries, praised Henry O’Malley, U.
S. Commissioner of Fisheries, for
his leadership in the work of perpet
uating the Alaska fisheries. He de
clared that the Commissioner has a
thorough knowedge of the various
angles of the industry, and that on
ly through such able leadership in
making regulations can successful
perpetuaton of the industry be ex
peted.
“Well done thou good and faith
ful servant. Thou hast been faith
ful in little things, I will make thee
ruler over many.”
auience recently, Senator Key Pitt
an intitial investment of $3,000,000
ulated by a grup of New Englander
and that the West was of uo value
fliSo long as we continue to have
tion t othe prope rdevelopment of
It woud be impossible for foreign
William Timon, president of the
neriea, praised Henry O’Malley. U.
The Episcopate of the Catholic
Church has announced that until
the religious laws have been amend
ded or repealed there will not be a
resumption of religious services in
the Republic of Mexico by the Cath
olic Church. This will be regard
less of whether it takes years or
months to take such action.
ORIGIN OF ESKIMOS
It has been reported from Nome
that Dr. Alex Hrdlicka, represent
ing the Smithsonian Institnte, found
valuable data which will probably
determine the origin of the Eskimo.
From the data he has secured, the
Institute will make a complete re
port of the findings. Valuable speci
mens were picked up by Dr. Hrdlic
ka along the Yukon and the sea
coast along the Alaska Peninsula
and the Arctic Coast from Kotzebue
to Point Barrow. Valuable evi
dence available a few years back
wag destroyed by storms.
On the afternoon of August 27th
an explosion at the mine of the
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Com
pany caused the death of over fifty
miners and entombed as many
more. Three teams of rescuers were
at work bringing up the dead and
recovering bodies. A hundred and
fifty children are left fatherless by
this one of the greatest mine catas
trophies in the coal mining regions.
Federal and State investigations
were started to ascertain the cause
of the explosion.
LIKES FLYING IN NORTH
Former Governor William Sulzer,
of New York, after flying from
Fairbanks to Betties, thence to the
Chandelar mines and on to Wise
man in the same day said of his ex
perience:
“It was the greatest adventure
and most delightful experience in
my life. I would not have missed it
for th eworld. The trip was made
without any mishap.
Large new line of Dennison goods
Just arrived at the Totem Pole.
AGRONOMIST
Dr. Tugo Alberts Is now in and
around Fairbanks studying the
work at the Government Experi
mental farm familiarizing himself
with conditions in Alaska. Dr. Al
berts has been appointed to succeed
Prof. Georgeson for many years in
charge of the agricultural experi
mental work of the Government in
Alaska. Prof. Georgeson who has
benn in charge of this work for al
most thitry years will retire in a
year.
Dr. Alberts is a graduate of Wis
consin University.
AWARDED DAMAGES
The government has just paid to
Capt. John Worth, northern navi
gator five thousand dollars in pay
ment of damages for the illegal
seizing of his schooner the La Nim
fa, in the Behring Sea some forty
years ago.
Capt. Worth is uncle of Billie
Worth, popular young businessman
of Petersburg and Republican can
didate for the Territorial legislature.
Capt. Worth is a pioneer skipper in
the Northern Waters and is connect
ed with one of the northern trans
portation companies. At present he
is not in the best of health and 13
confined in the Riverton Sanitarium,
Seattle.
TRIAL ALLEGED
O. P. Gausted, receiver for the de
funct bank of Fairbanks, will be
tried for the alleged shortage in
his accounts, states M. A. Thoraetz,
special agent of the department of
Justice, who returned to Seattle
recently.
It was declared that a shortage of
$28,000. was found in the accounts
of the receiver whereupon he was
discharged by Judge Cecil Clegg,
who had appointed him. He was
later arrested and let out on bonds
in the sum of $20,000. The trial
is scheduled for the January term of
Court in Fairbanks,
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5 POINTS NEEDED FOR PEACE
Settling 6 points as the basis for
the development of the “American
International system,” Dr. Leo. S.
Roe, director general of the Pan
American Union, declared that the
creation of that system “furnishes
the only permanent foundation for
real international cooperation and
helpfulness. ”
This system he declared was
' within sight and within reach of
what must be its greatest goal-the
elimination of causes of conflict and
the substitution of the spirit of co
and rivalry.”
The five point set forth, are:
1. the avoidance of a "balance of
power” system.
2. elimination of aggression.
3. eliminaton of territorial con
quest.
4. the principle of equality of
states. «
5. conciliation and arbitration of
all disputes of whatever nature.
(Why not try the Golden Rule.
It would cover all five points and
save a little breath at that.)
Let’s try a Rainbow Special at
the Totem Pole.
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