VOL. 4.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, AUGUST 2, 1929
NO 3
Governor J. F* A. Stron
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J. F. A. Strong, governor of
/ . ska from 1913 to 1918, died in
Seattle recently from heart at
tack. He was 69 years old.
Former Governor Strong was
a very intimate friend of the
htte Secretary of Interior Frank
lin K. Lane. While serving as
governor of Alaska he endeared
him elf to Alaskans, probably
mote than any governor, aside
from John G. Brady.
Governor Strong was interest- ;
od in newspapers. Started the
Juneau Empire and later on a
deal, which was virtually a gift
to John W. Troy, sold the Em
pire to his political associate and
friend.
Came the political deal when
the Territorial Election Board
was to decide as to whether Hon.
James Wickersliam or George
Grigsby was delegate. Sulzer
had died, defeated by vote in
the election by Wickersham.
A special election wes ordered
by the federal political high
binders and their henchmen.
It was this election in which J.
A. F. Strong refused to sell his
soul to Troy and Troy’s crooked
satelites that Troy’s real char
acter was brought. Troy wrote
a story attacking his sponsor
and friend. Not only did he at
tack Strong with a dastardly
story of half truths, worded es
pecially by attorneys to avoid
libel proceedings, but as only a
coward nn attacked Mrs. Strong
who had naught to do with the
political affair: of the Territory
and was a woman of respect and
honor. Strong was superceded
by “Windy” Tommy Riggs and
the Strongs, for many years re
sidents of the territory left for
the outside. They had been liv
ing in California and Washing
ton since leaving the Territory.
Governor Strong will be re
membered for two things as gov
ernor of Alaska—his whole in
terest in all of Alaska and all its
people and by his crucifixion by
his friend and beneficiary—
John W. Troy.
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Wrangell Girl Suicides
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Mrs. Florence Sumption, wife
of Joe Sumption, Wrangell
in lysol. She had been in very
poor health for a long time
which is believed to be the reas
on for her self destruction,
shrimp operator killed herself
at Wrangell yesterday by drink
ing lysol. She is survived by
her husband and three small
small children.
The Diamond K. cannery of
Wrangell is reported as having
packed seven thousand cases of
salmon the fore part of the
week.
HIGH POWER SODA POP
A Miss Kathryn Newell of Con
norsville, Ind., gave a pet bear
a bottle of soda pop. After get
ting on the outside of the bev
erage Mr. Bruin gave a snort and
leaped at her, throwing her to
the ground and biting her leg
before three men drove it away
by hurling some of Petersburg’s
famous captive red bats at it.
The soda pop must have been
ral Alaska high power moun
tain dew.
The Admiral Evans was in and
out of port southbound today.
Bromley Crashes When
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lie starts tiiglii
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The cards stacked against Lt.
Bromley, trans-Pacific aviator.
IBs ship made a loop when but
a short distance from the ground
and broke the right wing. Brom
ley who was slightly hurt was
rushed to the hospital where his
injuries were reported as not
being serious.
A new plane will be ready for
him in 30 days when he will try
to make the flight again.
Some $ $ $ Patriots
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. . Judgements totaling $3000000
were awarded the United States *
government last week in the
District of Columbia Supreme \
Court in cases arising out oi'
sales of surplus lumber from
Army contonments. The heav
iest judgment was against John
L. Phillips, of Thomasville, Ga.,
former Republican state com
mitteeman. He had to dig up
$1,381,447, with interest from,
June of 1927. I
Phillips and some of his patri
otic associates were indicted for !
conspiracy in connection with ;
the sale of the lumber but were |
acquitted. The government then I
brought civil action with above
result.
It Must Be Rotten
When liquor is so bad that the
Canadian dealers refuses to
handle it for their customers—
when it becomes so bad that
the refuse to send across the
line into Washington and Ket
chikan—it must be rotten.
But such was the case recent
ly when a certain brand of li
quor—2500 cases of it—may have
to be dumped into the sewers.
Under the excise law only li
quor store commissioners may
buy the liquor. They refuse to
do so. With the liquor on its
hands, the customs department
must offer it for sale. If the li
quor boards refuse to buy—the
imported stuff—into the sewers
it will go.
ENDURANCE FLIERS STOP
FLIGHT ON ORDER
Dale Jackson and Forrest Ob
rine, endurance flight record
seekers were ordered to get
back to earth by their sponsors
after they had been in the air
for 411 hours. They made no
response to the demand. The
flight was over St. Louis and is
sponsored by the Curtis-Robin
son Airplane Manufacturing Co.
OFFICIAL RECALLED SOUTH
First Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, Ernest Lee Jahncke,
and party, acompanied by Ad
miral Henry J. Ziegemeir, com
mondant of the 13th Naval Dis
trict left Ketchikan Sunday for
Seattle, on board the destroyer
Moody. His contemplated trip
to Juneau by airplane was call
ed as he was recalled to Wash
j ington.
j Abe Brackney laid a new walk
| from the Arctic hotel to S.mi
jtary market. “If I had time”
'says Abe, “I would go and fix up
all the streets. So help me
' faun.”
Mexico Bars U. $.
Workers
Mexican immigration officers
posted at the international
gate at Calexica ,Calif.,, were in
t' acted to begin enforcing the
Mexican federal government or
der that all citizens of the Unit
ed States working in Mexico
must live in that country.
Mexico in spite of revolutions,
counter, revolutions, Amercan
; maoism and oily plutocracy,
realize that they cannot build
■ip a- permanent citizenry by
having workers in Mexican in
dustry living any place but in
Mexico.
Oregon and Washington insist
that Alaskans can not fish in
waters of those states unless
they have maintained residence
there for twelve months. Their
mouthpieces elected to the Alas
ka legislature, Shattuck, Ziegler
and others of that tribe of
bunco platform makers, refused
to put up the same bars. They
prefer Alaska residents being
pauperous slaves of the system
which continues its prostitution
of Alaska’s greatest resource.
Indians Cede Land
Away up on the shores of
Trout Lake, in the district of Pa
tricia, Northern Canada, 129,32G
square miles of territory has
passed into the hands of the
Canadian Government. This
last portion of Indian territory
was ceded to the province by the
native tribes in consideration of
a gratuity of $4 per capita and
annuity of $4 must be paid to j
quote the terms of Indian treaty, j
"as long as grass grows and riv- j
ers flow.”
In the final settlement certain !
areas were held back for the es- j
tablishment of reservations for j
the Indians, the division being |
one square mile of land to every !
family of five or to every five I
persons.
WISCONSIN GETS FUNNY
Wisconsin evidently does not
like chain stores. The legisla
ture of that state is devising a
scheme whereby it can curtail
operations of such systems. The
plan being a graduated tax—
small for single stores and the
tax rate increasing until the
tax would amount to $1000 for
each store over 20 in a chain.
The bill is up for third read
ing in the Assembly having
passed the senate. Attorney
General Reynolds of that state
holds the measure unconstitu
tional. It seems certain that the
bill will go to the governor for
his signature and then to the
courts for final test on the con
stitutional test.
I . . SITKA GETS CLEANED UP. .
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! Deputy Marshal Schnabel of
Sitka took a number of prison
ers from the Old Capital to the
New. Mostly liquor cases.
NEW CUSTOMS STATION
J. C. McBride, U. S. Customs
Collector at Juneau has an
nounced the opening of a Cus
toms station at the mouth of
the Taku to expedite travel and
(transportation to the Taku riv
| er strike. T. J. Allen of Juneau
I will be in charge of the station.
—
Mr. Scheffauer and daughter
were returning passengers to
j the states on the Alameda.
A REAL OLD PAPER
j Sweden’s oldest newspaper
| the “Post och Inrikes Tidningar,
is now in its 249th year. Pub
lished, it contains chiefly legai
notices and bulletins about the
the royal family.
The first Swedish paper was
started during the Thirty Years
War in which Sweden took an
important part. Since many na
tionalities served under the
Swedish colors in Germany, the
paper was published in German
at Leipzig, as a sort of forerun
ner of the Stars and Stripes, the
daily newspaper of the A E. F.
m France.
Fays For Bed In jail
Daniel Ledford, arrested in
Seattle recently for violation of
die national prohibition act, de
clared that he paid officials of
he county jail $5 for the privi
lege of having a bunk with
dankcts—a consideration to
which he was entitled without a
‘fee” of any sort.
When arrested he was ill, led
o a cell with a bare bunk. He
called for bunk and blankets and
vas informed that the usual
•harge for bed and blankets was
2. Prisoner consented to with
Tawal of $5 from his funds in
be police property room. The
police forgot to bring back his
Tiange with the result that he
omplained about the matter.
Those officers mixed up in the
leal were dismissed.
Most men have to pay and.
a ay plenty to get out—Ledford
had to pay to stay in.
HIS GUN LIFTED
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Charles Lindstrom made his
first visit to Petersburg last week
and was misfortunate enough to
have a 22-special rifle stolen
from his boat during his ab
sence. Nothing else was missing
from the boat.
Airways Co. Expands
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The Alaska-Washingotn Air
ways Company has purchased
a Fairchild’s amphibian plane
to be added to its fleet and it
will be placed in Alaska service
at a nearly date.
Expansion of the passenger:
service to Ketchikan and Ju-!
neau is contemplated by the
company and a fifth plane, a
Lockheed-Vega amphibian, is al
so scheduled for early delivery.
A party headed by James
Hennessey recently made a1
complete survey of the Canadi
an coast with the view of secur
ing a shorter route to Ketchi
kan.
BOSTONIANS TOUR . ALASKA
.BY PLANE.
A tour of Alaska which wiU
include visits to Skagway an 1
Lake Alpin, ordinarily requir
ing three weeks by steamer, will
be made in an airplane by a
party of nine Boston men.
Arrangements for details c:
this trip have been made by offl -
cials of the Alaska-Washington
Airways Company. Officials o'
the company anticipate a con •
siderable business making such
trips with tourists in Alaska i i
the future. Such a plan has
some mighty attractive features.
Hank Roselle, captain of the
Elsinore was in port this week
with his ship which carries a
timber survey crew.
Beginning August 10th the
Alaska S. S. Co.’s steamers will
jgo back to their old schedules.
Congressmen On Tour That Is
ted By
ViL 1UU A di. Ciicit \ >.it it L.O VV
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Former representative to Con
gress irom Wisconsin, Victor n.
merger is reported as being in
very critical piiysicai condition
as the resuitof being run over by
an automobile in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, recently.
During the late war days, Mr.
Berger was elected to Congress
out was refused his seat. Re
turning to his home state, he
ran again in the next election
and was overwhelmingly reelect
ed.
High Price rang Salmon
The run of king salmon, ex
cept for a run out of Sitka, hat
oeen a complete failure. Troli
ers are already feeling around
work for next winter.
A load of 18,000 pounds of sal
mon from Port Alexander, brot
in by Captain A1 Kramer of the
Sea Bird totaled 1.500 pounds
king salmon. The balance o.
the load being cohoes.
The prices of king salmon is
the highest during this stage oi
the season, it ever has been.
Guranteed delivery prices to
independent buyers at Ketchi
kan yesterday are 261/2 tor the
large reds; 13, for the small; 7
cents and 70 cents for cohoes.
Prices on the grounds would
he about 22-11 -G and 50.
Announce Pack Figures
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The official report for the
dilmen pack of Bristol Bay sec
tion is announced as being 1,003
270 cases of which 972.891 cases
are red.
The Alaska Peninsula pack is
329.446. The western pack wil'
not be any larger than the 1921
pack which was a poor year in
that section.
FIGHTS DEVILFISH
Capt. Webb Monstacl of the
Los Angeles, Calif., fishing fleet
was recently attacked by a large
octopus in a kelp bed off the
coast between Redondo and
Point Fermin, but was saved by
a companion.
Monstal fell overboard while
searching for fishing grounds. A
tentacle wrapped around his arm
which his companion hacked off
one at a time. Monstad fainted
when lifted into the boat.
STAGE EXTRA PROGRAM AT
Mac GREGOR’S
On the 6th and 7th of this
month at the MacGregor will be
seen a black-face comedy and
fzzie Izzie the Jew with a cross
fire of bits and skits and funny
turns. They will feature a thrill
ing exhibition the famous fire
eaters All this and a big pic
ture at the regular prices.
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. . The nurses v/ho have been
appointed to take charge of the
City Hospital—Miss Emma Hel
lekson of Galesville, Wis., and
Miss Vivian Swensn, of Sisseton,
South Dakota, both graduate
nurses, are coming here from the
Chicago Lutheran Deaconess
Hospital, on the Northwestern
this week.
Work on repairs and refitting
of the hospital are being rush
ed in order that it may be occu
pied at an early date.
TAHOE HERE WITH PARTY
! The U. S. S. Coast Guard Cu
Ter Tahoe arrived in put ye
: terday afternoon with ti e sut
[committee on agricultural aprc
ipriations of the Nation:.. 1 Houi
[of Representatives on heard.
The party of congressmen i
ihe party comprises John V.
Summers of Washington, L. L
Dickinson of Iowa, Edward T
Wason of New Hampshire am
John N. Sandlin of Louisiana.
R. Y. Stuart, chief of the Unit
eel States Forestry Service, aiu
C. H. Flory. Forestry agent sta
tioned in Alaska are accompany
ing the party.
The party stopped at Ketch'
kan and Wrangell before touch
ing this port. They will call a
Juneau and Sitka before con
tinuing to the Westward.
Mr. Flory, Alaska representa
tive of the Forestry Department
joined the party at Ketchikar
and is steering them along the
oaths of friendly bureaucrats
When told of difficulties under
which Alaskans secure home
steads; how the smoll logger is
driven from that industry; how
the big pulp interests are fav
ored; how homesteads have been
refused applicants for no rea
son; how the fisheries were be
ing depleted ,thcy were aston
ished. They were lead to believe
[that the Bureaucrats are doing
[everything to develope the ter
ritory. Said one of the con
gressmen: ‘I will tell the rest of
the party and you may rest as
sured we will arrange to give
everyone opportunity to tell of
the conditions in the country.”
Many of the citizens met the
oarty and conversed with them.
Mayor Earl N. Ohmer conduct
ed them through the town and
fhey had opportunity to see
what the town looked like.
Headed for Ft. Barrow
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Rev. Dr. Henry Greise and Mrs.
Greise and son David were re
cent passenger to Cape Nome
from which port they took pass
ive on the Coast Glia’d Cutter
o Point Pan-..v. Accompany hi g
'hem was Mis- Pailey who will
have supervision of the G-eise
home in or.h that Mrs. G.eise
may devote hi! her energy to ° -
uervision of th« hospital wj \
Miss Flossie George recent grad
uate of the Sheldon Jackson
School was v .tli the par / re
turning to h*-r home. She ha**
received co "mission from the
Bureau of Edu.ation as assist
ant teacher at the Barron sta
tion.
Miss George m»rries to Point
Barrow the Brotherhood and Sis
terhood idea and hopes hi t. e
course of time to get such or
ganizations started. She holds
membership in the Grand Camp
and is one of a very limited
number holding such member
ship.
■ The stewed one was vainly try
ing to find the keyhole; for an
hour he .had been poking .and
couidn t find it.. A passerby see
ing his predicament, said: “Say,
old chap, you .can’t .open .the
door with that; it’s a cigar.”
.The pickled one looked at the
object in his hand and stammer
jed: “Hully ge, musht shmoked
my latchkey!”