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PETERSBURG, ALASKA JUNE 17, 1927
NO. 49
Salmon Tagging
Began June 15
Fred G. Morton has been appoint
ed Fish Warden of Southeastern
Alaska to have charge of the sal
mon tagging operations. He was
formerly connected with the Bu
reau of Fisheries in the Alaska Pen
insula and Kodiak Island areas.
The Bureau has carried on tag
ging work for the past three years
and an effort will be made this year
to fill the gaps in information ac
quired in the preceding years, ac
cording to Mr. Morton. It is plan
ned to carry on the work in prac
tically every section.
.. Tagging Areas Designated
The tagging areas designated are:
Icy Straits around July 10 to 14;
in Chatham Strait, around Parker
Point, in late June or early July:
around Douglas Island, early in
July; on Chatham Strait near Pt.
Gardner, any time; on Frederick
Sound near Pt. Kingsbury, Cape
Bendel, or Pybus Bay in late June
or early July tnd in late July or
early August; in lower part of
Stephens Passage at any. time; at
Ruins Point in late June and about
August 10; at Pt. Colpoys in late
June and after July 20; on Clarence
Strait near Ernest Sound at any
time; at Cape Muzon or Cape Cha
con in June or July; on Gravina
Island in late June and late July
or early August; and in Dixon’s En
trance around Cape Fox, etc., be
tween July 16 and 20.
The usual reward of 50 cents for
the return of tags taken from fish
will be paid this season, provided
they are accompanied by informa
tion as to when, where and how the
fish were taken. Cannery nuperin
tendents and fish buyers have been
rquested by the Bureau to aid them
in this work by receiving the tags
and information and paying fisher
men, money so advanced to be re
covered when the tags are presented
to the Bureau of Fisheris.
Ketchikan Paul Wins
Honorable mention in the Ameri
can Chemical Society’s annual es
say contest among school children
has been awarded to William L.
Paul, Jr., of Ketchikan, It was made
known yesterday in a letter receiv
ed by Gordon C. Mitchell from the
organization’s committee on prize
essays.
The letter in part says:^
“We are again pleased to in
form you that the essay submitted
by one of your pupils has been se
lected for a prize in our contest.
Mr. William L. Paul, Jr., has been
awarded honorable mention by the
committee of awards for his essay
on ‘The Relation of Chemistry to
Health and Disease.* We are today
sending Mr. Paul a certificate of
honorable mention and an auto
graphed set of ‘Chemistry in Indus
try.* We are also writing Mr. Paul
of his success transmitting there
with a congratulatory letter from
Francis P. Garvin, he donor of the
prizes ofr this contest.’’—Chronicle^
(William Paul, Jr. is the grand
son of Mrs. William Tamaree, Pres
byterian Lay worker in Petersburg
and the son of Hon. William L. Paul
of Ketchikan. Billie has every
reason for being proud of this hon
or for he is not yet sixteen years
of age and has already won his se
cond prize for essays on chemistry.
Two more Presbyterian excursions
are coming north this year.
New Treasury
Bonds Sold
Cash subscriptions to the recent
issue of Treasury bonds of 1943-47
have exceeded $610,000,000, ac
cording to the latest reports reach-'
ing the Department of Treasury
from the Federal Reserve Banks.
The Treasury called for $200,000,
000, or thereabouts, so that the
figures show subscriptions in excess
of three to one of the Treasury re
quirements. The books on subscrip
tions to the cash issue were closed
June 2.
In a statement Issued by the Se
cretary ofthe Treasury,Andrew W.
Mellon, attention was called to the
department’s decision to leave the
books open at least until June 15
on subscriptions to that part of the
issue for which Second Liberty 4
per cent bonds or Second Liberty
4per cent converted bonds may
be exchanged. No limitation has
been placed on the amount of ex
changes which will be accepted, in
asmuch as the department has call
ed the Second Liberty bonds for re
tirement as of November 15.
Fishery Regulations
. . The regulations for the protection
of the fisheries of Alaska publish. «1
in Department of Commerce Circu
sued under date of December 22,
1926, together with subsequent re- .
gulations, are hereby amended by ,
the following regulations
KODIAK AREA
Herring Fisher.—Regulation No.
4 is amended so as to permit com
mercial fishing for herring from 6
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o’clock postmeridian of Saturday
of each week until 6 o’clock ante
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meridian of the Monday folowing.
COOK INLET AREA
Herring Fishery.—Regulation No.
6 is amended so as to permit com- ]
mercial fishing for herring from 6
o’clock postmeridian of Saturday
of each week until 6 o’clock ante
meridian of the Monday following, j
STEPHEN A. DAVIS,
Acting Secretary of Commerce. 1
Will Raffle Bedspread
The American Legion Auxiliary
is going to raffle a beautiful linen
bedspread, hand hemstitched, with
an intricate crocheted design of a
peacock in the center. The spread
is on display in the window of
Hogue and Tveten’s Store this week.
Chances are being sold for $.25
each and the drawing will be made
at the Fourth of July Dance. Mrs.
J. A. Mendenhall is in charge of
the raffle and tickets may be ob
tained also from Mrs. L. B. Cornel
ius, Mrs. Harry Kinnear, and Dr.
Susie Standard. A number of chil
dren will also assist in the disposal
of the chances.
FIRST SALMON PACKED
The first salmon of the season
was packed in Seldovia May 30, the
Malcolm and Cook Inlet canneries
each turning out about 100 cases of
kings. Seward Gateway.
COURT IN SESSION AT
KETCHIKAN THIS WEEK
. . Sessions of the district court, ac
cording to reports from the F'i'St
City were duej to begin yesterday.
The session will be a short one
so neither grand nor petit jury will
be called.
A large number of naturalization
cases will be run through, as well as
other equity matters.
Steamboat Service
To Petersburg
The matter of transportation ser
vice to Petersburg during the sea
son during which dredging opera
tions will continue up to September
has compelled various businessmen
to get together to better that ser
vice. Not all have been working
harmoniously in this matter. In
other instances men have been go
ing at the matter in a quiet way.
That there is little hope for change
is evidenced in the following let
ter:
took up the matter of more
frequent service for Petersburg
with Mr. John H. Bunch, General
Traffic Manager of the Alaska
Steamship Company, and showed
him your lettrs. He was much in
terested, and stated would look fur
ther into the matter and if he could
possibly see his way clear would
improve our service for Petersburg,
it is not a matter of a little more
Dil as you noted in your letter.”
RECIPROCITY
Going ino the matter Mr. Bunch
says:
‘‘We have been greatly concern
3d with the question of trying to
;ive Petersburg service while the
Marrows are closed, but as we ad
rised our Mr.-and advised our
VIr. West, with all of our figuring
md desire to do as much as p03S
ble, we have not been able to do
nore than figure the Alameda to
:all southbound only and the North
western not at all.
It isn’t a question of the cost ot
i ittle additional oil, as you put it
n your letter to Mr. -., though
m that point we very much doubt
hat the gross revenue that s-team-J
>rs get by calling at Petersburg ^
would equal the cost of the addi
tional oil that would be consumed
in running the additional extra
miles necessary to make the call. It
is a question of maintaining the
season’s schedule at all other points
on the route by omitting Peters
burg, as against trying to include
calls at Petersburg and competely
disrupting the schedule and being
always late sailing from Seattle and
at all other points and giving un
satisfactory service to 95 % or
more of the patrons of the Alameda
and Northwestern in order to give
service to 5% or less at Petersburg.
We wish very much that the steam
ers had reserve speed so that they
could make the Petersburg call and
still maintain the schedule but we
feel assured that it is impossible
with the Northwestern and some
what uncertain with the, Alameda
making only one call per round
trip.
It would also seem really unne
cessary for our Southeastern Alas
ka Route steamers to call north
bound inasmuch as the Admirai
Line Seward steamers are to call
at Petersburg northbound and they
are scheduled to sail from Seattle
10 o’clock every Wednesday morn
ing, only 13 hours later than our
Southeastern Alaska steamers sail.
It really would seem a waste of
efiort (and oil) for us to send the 1
Alamedq, and Northwestern into
Petersburg northbound only 13
hours behind the Admiral Line’s
Seward steamers and it would seem
that their steamers sailing every '
Wednesday morning and calling at
Petersburg northbound can amply
take care of all northbound busi
ness into and out of Petersburg.
Lutheran Missions Come
Reverend Malmin and Reverend
roso, missioners under the Luther
tn Church will be in Petersburg the
atter part of the week and will con
luct services in the local church on
Sunday.
Reverend Malmin was here two
rears ago next November and gave
i very interesting talk on his ex
periences in the northern section of
Alaska. Many are hoping for more
3f his experiences and anticipate hi3
arrival with pleasure.
Salmon Prices in East
Mild cured salmon while not a
popular fish on the Pacific Coast, is
a tidbit relished by easterners to the
extent of paying as high as 50 to GO
cents a pound.
The top market price for the fish
stored and salted in 825-pound
casks, is 35 cents a pound in Seat
tle. Fishermen who supply the
firm with its fish from the Neah
Bay and British Columbia fishing
grounds, receive 18 cents a pound
for their catch.
The public knows very little about
mild cured salmon.
♦♦Only extra large, red-fleshed
salmon are used. Smal sized reds
and any sized white salmon are used
for the Jfcesh fish market.
♦♦The pack last year exceeded
14,000,000 pounds.
The Road Commission tender
Highway was on the gridirons oi
the Petersburg Marine Ways this
week for annual painting and over
hauling.
Murderer Released
Big Alec, head man among the
nomad tribes of the Liard and a
principal in the witchcraft mur
ders which occured in 1924 near
Liard Post, passed through Wran
gell this week on the way back to
his people after serving three of his
five-year sentence.
The Liard witchcraft business cre
ated considerable stir at the time
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
arrested Big Alec and three other
Indians who were said to be impli
cated in the murder of Moccasin, an
Indian youth charged by his fellow
/tribesmen with being a witch. Even
t.
the mighty Brisbane condescended
ton otice the affair, by firing a
broadside at the public, reminding
them that some of our own ances
tors, legatees of centuries of cul
ture, were so credulous as to be
lieve in this phenomenon and tor
tured persons who were suspected
of practicing the art.—Sentinel.
ASKS DISMISSAL OF CASE
Judge James Wickersham this
week filed motion for dismissal of
suit started by him against the secre
tary, treasurer and others from re
ceiving certain moneys appropriated
j by the legislature. No reason was
j given for the procedure.
According to statement made by
Secretary Karl Thiele, the money
which was held up by the suit will
now be available for the pay of der
ide hire and others in the offices
of the Governor and Secretary.
This ends for the time being the
fight by the Progressive Wing of
’ Republicans for the eection of cer
tain officers in the Territory.
New Salmon
Company Forms
A short time ago when ‘mass”
meetings were being held to protect
the infant canning industry of Alas
ka, a prominent canneryman de
clared that the canning interests
were all going broke, that none of
the companies were making money
and that one could buy several can
neries in this district for a song.
Skinner and Eddy seemingly are
fools for buying several canneries;
the Bank of California is such a
philantropic institution that it lends
money to canners just for the honor
and pleasure of lending its money
to these poor little canning com
panies in Alaska.
P. E. Harris, president of P. E.
Harris Co. after many years in the
canning game along with R. E.
Douglas and W. L. Brown of Ju
neau, have incorporated the Pre
mier Canning Company with head
quarters at Cordova and offices in
Seattle. The Premier Salmon Co.,
is capitalized at $100,000 and its
authorized capital stock issue is to
consist of 1,000 shares with a nomi
nal value of $100.
The Alaskan wonders just why it
is these companies are formed and
why others so heavily in debt and
losing their milions just keep on
in the losing game. Perhaps it is
just to help the poor ignorant Alas
kans to make laws for the benefit
of the residents of Oregon, Washing
ton and California.
Chamber of Commerce
At its last meeting, the local
Chamber of Commerce voted to join
the U. S. Chamber of Commerce,
and the Secretary was instructed
to send in the names of the mem
bers of the Club, together with the
national dues.
The Mississippi Relief Fund Com
mittee reported the total collection
of $173.50, which amount will be
sent in to the National Committee.
DISCUSS BOAT SERVICE
The matter of several days mail
carried north and past Petersburg
by the Alameda, was taken up and
discussed. It was decided that a
formal protest be lodged with the
Postal Department in Seattle and re
quest that mail be sent only on
boats making the local stop or some
direct connection.
REQUEST NEW BUREAU SCHOOL
In view of the delapidated condi
tion of the Bureau School Building,
the Club urged the Bureau of Edu
cation to provide a suitable school
building for the Native population.
The present building was built ov
ver twenty years ago and is not a,
fit building for the housing of any
children.
DATA ON NEW FLOAT
The Float Committee which has
been ‘cruising’ for a suitable loca
tion for a new city float, was in
structed to have soundings made
for the location of the new city float
and after obtaining the estimated
cost from the Captain of the Dredge,
they were to preesnt their informa
tion to the City Council.
PUBLIC READING ROOM
After not inconsiderable discus
sion regarding a public reading
room, resulted in a decision to ask
the City Council to arrange a room
in the City Hall that might be de
voted to such a worthy and need
ful purpose. (Just take the pad
locks off, the room Is there).
Lutherans An
nual Convention
The Fourth Internationa Conven
tion of the Young People’s Leaguo
and the choral Union are going to
meet for a five days convention in
Seattle beginning June 25th. Sev
en special trains are bringing more
than a thousand people from the
Northwestern States, many of whom
are coming West for the first time
in their lives. Sunday is the Big
Day of the Convention, for in addi
tion to the choral Union concert
in the evening, in which more than
1,000 voices will take part under
Melius Christianson of St. Olaf
choir fame, accompaanied by the
sixty-piece Luther College Band
from Decorah, Iowa. Many speak
ers of natidna prominence will ap
pear on the day’s program.
Monday evening at 8:15 the St.
Olaf Choir is going to give a concert
to hear. What this choir does is
beautiful in the fullest meaning of
the word. Here is what Glen Wil
lard in the Chicago Herald Exam
iner says: “The season’s greatest
choral moment was provided in
Orchestra Hall by the St. Olaf Lu
theran Choir under F. Melius Christ
ianson. Their version of Bach’n
“Sing Ye to the Lord” was not only
the finest technical achievement I
have ever heard in America, but
one of the most beautiful example
of ecclesiastical song in my experi
ence. Its descriptive tumult of
praise was indescribably uplifting.
America has too little of it and
Europe not much more.”
Anyone who has opportunity to
attend this convention should do
so. It is the first of its kind ever
held in Seattle by ot church.
S. SYDNESS
Lutheran Pastor.
Salesman Freed of
- Theft Charge
Bobert Bryant, young married Se
attle salesman, stood a free man Fri
day, completely exhonorated by the
state supreme court.
Bryant was convicted and sen
tenced to the Munroe reformatory
by a King County superior court
jury for the alleged theft of a dia
mond ring from Mrs. Dorothy
Cleary of Seattle, who since then
has become entangled in a divorce
action and indirectly in a $50,000
alienation afiection suit.
Prosecutor Colvin and his chief
criminal deputy, Robert M. Burgun
der, both acted in behalf of young
Bryant before the supreme court,
sitting en banc. It was the first
time in the history of the King
County prosecutor’s office that the
supreme court was asked to reverse
its own affirmation of a lower
court conviction.
Order of reversal was entered
Thursday afternoon by Chief Jus
tice Mackintosh. —Seattle Star.
Mrs. Dorothy Cleary, in this case
is the wife of Grover Cleary, fox
rancher operating on Strait Island
with Petersburg a sort of headquar
ters.
“SANITRY” BROWN DEAD
IN CALIFORNIA
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. .Word was received in Wrangell
late Monday night that O. A. Brown
president of the Alaska Sanitary
Packing Company of Wrangei! had
suffered a relapse and was not ex
pected to live. This telegram was
soon followed by another which an
nounced his death at the heme of
Mrs. Brown’s sister, Mrs. F. C. iiol
tham, Pasedena, California.
May he rest in peace.