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PETERSBURG, ALASKA, NOV. 8 1929.
No. 20
American Legion to Present
"Gappy Ricks" At MacGregor's
It requires three ladies and
six men, to properly present the
celebrated comedy “Cappy Ricks’
which will be witnessed at the
MacGregor Theatre, Thursday
and Friday of next week
\\ liile some of the roles are long
er than others, each part is ex
tremely important in its partic
ular relation to the comedy as a
whole, and ail of the various
characters will be effectively im
personated by the different play
ers to whom they are assigned.
Ellen Murray has formerly
been a show girl in the front row
of a chorus but she is now “Al
den Ricks’ ” private secretary in
Jove with “Cecil Bernard.” The
part requires a pleasing person
ality, vivacity, spirit and intelli
gence, all of which are amply
supplied by Sybil Locken, who
will appear in this role.
“John Skinner” is the general
manager of the shipping office,
and as such he must take the
blame for all the mistakes while
his superior “Cappy Ricks” ac
cepts all the credit for the suc
cesses. As he himself says, he
“knows which side of his bread is
buttered on” and as he is paid
ten thousand dollars a year, he
can afford to be the ‘goat’ occa
sionally.
Guy T. Skyman will play this
part and will prove an excellent
foil for the irasciole “Cappy.”
Alden P. Ricks, better known
as “Cappy” is the stormy petrel
that causes all the troubles for
everyone in the play. He is a
wonderful business executive,
however and the manner in
which he dictates letters and
gives everybody orders will prove
a liberal education for the busi
ness men of the community. Ev
en if his schemes most always do
go wrong, they hand all who at
tend the show a great many
laughs, and that’s what the
character is intended for.
The director of the play, San
ford Dodge, will act this role.
Mary Keep will appear as “Flo
rence Ricks,” the only child and
heiress of her millionaire fath
er. She has much of her father’s
spirit and temper, however, as
oil who come in contact with her
soon discover. She is the type
of modern girl who knows the
L'ind of a man she wants to mar
ry and when she meets him, she
doesn’t intend to lose him.
The true love trail is always
beset with difficulties, however,
but eventually they are over
come, and all ends as it should.
Miss Reep’s characterization of
‘ Florence Ricks” will aid materi
ally in making the entire play a
real success.
“Gappy” does not think much
of lawyers as shown by his or
der to lock the safe as he hides
his pocketbook when “Edward
Singleton” is announced. Har
old Dawes will do the part jus
tice.
C ecil Pericles Bernard is the son
of a New York millionaire who
has fallen in love with a show
girl so his father sent him to
San Francisco to learn the ship
ping business from his friend
“Cappy.” Trygvie Strom will
play this part which will furnish
many of the laughs of the show.
Like all heroes “Captain Matt
Peasley” beats all his enemies,
and gets everything he wants,
including plenty of money, and
also the girl. “Cappy Ricks”
sends him to Africa to fight him
he makes a fortune on some
deals Ricks expected to profit by
and overcomes obstacles and op
position that no one but a hero
could accomplish.
William A. Dunkelberger will
appear as “Captain Matt Peas
ley and may be relied upon to
do the role full justice.
“Aunt Lucy Ricks” a bit old
fashioned is a shock absorber for
her neice Florence and her
brother “Cappy.” Loyla Ohmer
vill appear in this character and
Lhe role could not be in better
; hands.
' Charles A. Greenaa will be
iseen as “Brookfield” the cliauf
'feur. His line of talk causes
Ricks to lose his temper, and it
requires agility for him to duck
: the missels “Cappy” throws at
' him.
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All these players are working
conscientiously to master their
roles and the result will be worth
attending.
KETTLE CALLS POT BLACK
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The United States Senate wasj
thrown into a turmoil of debate
last Friday over political re
sponsibility for the recent stock
market crash.
Republicans blamed Demo
crats and Democrats blamed Re
publicans.
The fireworks was started by
Senator Robinson, Rep., of Indi
ana who declared that state
ments and example of John J.
Raskob, Democratic National
Committee Chairman, had caus
ed thousands of small investors
to plunge into stocks.
This was in reply to Demo
crat Robinson of Arkansas who
placed responsibility for the
speculation orgy at the Coolidge
Koover door because of the per
sistently rosy statements eman
ating from Washington concern
ing the nation’s prosperity.
Russ Flyers in N. Y.
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The Russian flyers who passed
through the Territory on theii
way from Russia to New York,
arrived at their destination on
(he first of the month and re
ceived a tumultous reception.
The wheels of their big mono
plane no sooner touched ground
than a crowd of almost 10,000
broke through the police lines
and swarmed over the field.
Details of motorcycle police
and patrolmen with drawn clubs
v ere rushed into the fray. Sev
eral free-for-all fights werestag
ed and police and mechanics had
to fight almost an hour to get in
side the hanger.
T. W. Benson, M. D., and Mrs
Benson arrived on the North
western from Seattle. Doctor
Benson will locate his offices in
''the Wikan Building.
Foshay Company
Is Bankrupt
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The W. B. Foshay Company of
Minneapolis, built up by Wilbur
| B Foshay, holder of public util
ity, industrial banking and real
estate properties went to the wall
because of a too ambitious ex
pansion program and lack of
market for the company’s stocks.
Collapse of the paret company
carried with it subsidiaries in
thirty states thruout the nation,
and in Alaska, Canada and Cen
tral America.
The W. B. Foshay Building
Corporation which recently com
PiOted the Foshay Tower in Min
neapolis and the Public Utilities
Corporation, a utility operating
subsidiary of the concern are in
volved.
Joseph Chapman, Minneapolis
tanker and merchant, was nam
ed receiver of all the interests
of the big concern by Federal
Judge John B. Sanborn in cham
bers. Foshay filed only a brief
agreeing to the receivership. He
declined to comment afterward
Assets of over $20,000,000* are
reported with liabilities of $12
000,000. Recent report from Se
attle is to the effect that the
company will not be able to
stage a comeback as it is too
heavily overloaded.
Develop Motor Road to
Alaska
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Trips to the “Land of the Mid
night Sun” by automobile will be
made possible in the next few
years, according to S. E. Tolmie,
Provincial Premier of Canada.
This new Alaska road will form
a continuation of the British Co
jlumbia road system which al
ready has been pushed as far
j north as Hazeiton on the main
' tine of the Canadian National
j Railways. From there the new
highway will follow the old Tele-'
graph Creek trail northward and
each a point on the Alaska
boundary from which the United
States can carry it as far into
hie interior as it wishes.
“I was tremendously impress
ed with the development of the
tourist traffic”, said Mr. Tolmie,
following a visit to Washington
and Oregon. “The Pacific High
way, extending from Tia Juana,
Mexico, to the 49th parallel, has
svoven to be a tremendous asset
o the Pacific Coast States.
“I have been wondering how we
could take advantage of this im
mense traffic to a greater extent
m British Columbia and I think
the solution lies in the extension
of our roads in the north thru
the most suitable valleys to the
Alaska boundary.
“The Congress of the United
States has granted to Alaska
this year $6,000,000 for the devel
c pment of a road program. If our
1 roads in northern British Colum
bia were connected with the
Alaska boundary at a suitable
point, this would not only open
j c.p a vast area to settlement in
oar country, but would greatly
, increase our tourist traffic thru
British Columbia.
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Mayor Walker of New York
wins election over LaGuardia.
(Contempt Bill Is
Before Congress
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Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg of
Michigan has introduced into
the United States Senate the bill
to restrict the power of Federal
judges dealing with cases of in
direct contempt, similar to re
cent cases involving newspaper
men, whose purpose he describ
ed in the September issue of The
American Press.
The bill, which would amend
Section 168 of the United States
Judicial Code, was referred to
the Committee on Judiciary.
r! hough this bill affects only Fed
eral courts, it would create a
powerful precedent for other
courts.
The bill, No. 1726, reads as fol
lows :
“The defendant in any pro
ceeding for contempt of court is
authorized to file with the court
a demand for the retirement of
the judge sitting in the proceed
ing, if the contempt arises from
an attack upon the charactere
or conduct of such judge and if
the attack occurred otherwise
an attack upon the character
than in open court. Upon the
filing of any such demand the
judge shall thereupon proceed
no further, but another judge
shall be designated in the same
manner as provided in case of
me approval of an affidavit of
personal bias or prejudice under
Section 21 of the Judicial Code.
Ihe demand shall be filed prior
io the hearing in the contempt
proceeding.”
“It is a service to the courts
as well as to the press and peo
ple,” said Senator Vandenberg
introducing his bill. “We must
have no recrudescence oi' exe
creted ‘Jeffreyism.’ Here jus
tice ends and tyranny begins.”—
The American Press.
PUGET SOUND SALMON TAKE
INCREASED THIS YEAR
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Combined takes in the Puget
Sound, Columbia River, Grays
Harbor and Willapa Harbor Dis
tricts between April 1 and the
close of the 1929 season, were re
ported at 36,261.800 Chinook
eggs, 10,227,350 of pink, 4,216,
000 of steelhad, 710,700 of chum
and 651,000 of silver salmon.
The fall canning operations
ran to about 25,446 cases of pinks
durnig September in contrast
with 67 299 cases in the corres
ponding period in 1928, the to
tal pa^k for the year was ap
proximately 721,156 to the e*ii
of September as against a total
cf 570,394 cases to September 30,
1929.
“As an extra attraction we
could advertise this as a trip to
tne “Land of the Midnight Sun,”
where they have nearly 20 hours
of daylight during the tourist
season. This advantage is not
offered on any other tourist
route on the whole continent and
would be a special feature that
would prove extremely attractive
to our neighbors.—Americar
iAuto News.
Virginia returns to Democrats
in last election.
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Warrior Returns to Political Arena; Be
Opposed for Delegateship By Rustgard
Delegate Dan Sutherland, for
the past five terms delegate from
Alaska to Congress announced
on the fifth of this month that
he will not file for re-election to
that office.
Hon. James Wickersham, who
was formerly a judge of the U. S.
District Court at Nome and af
terwards delegate from Alaska
to Congress, has announced that
at the request of many friends
throughout the Territory, he will
Le a candidate before the Re
publican primary in April for
I that nomination.
J He will issue statements giv
! ing his stand on constructive le
gislation needed in Alaska, at a
later date.
This anouncement is not a
surprise to those friends of close
association to these men. Dele
gate Sutherland has combatted
considerable illness during the
past two years and recently ad
vised friends privately that he
would not be a candidate to suc
ceed himself. When this became
known his friends turned to
Judge James Wickersham as the
cnly man capable of carrying
tlie Republican political banner
to victory through the promary
and final election in November.
! John Rustgard, immediately
[after Delegate Sutherland’s an
nouncement was made public,
announced his candidacy for the
office. This was not unexpected
i for to the politically wise, his ev
ery move for thepast two years
vyas toward this office. When
in Petersburg this fall he was
asked if he would be a candidate
whereupon he gave an emphat
ic “no.” Further declaring that
he realized it would be political
suicide to make that move. His
advice from a prominent canner
in Ketchikan was not to file as
he would not make the political
grade but he was, at that time,
confident of splitting enough of
the vote to be nominated.
In the Democratic ranks the
party leaders are said to be flirt
ing with Senator “Tony” Dimond
and R. H. Ziegler. It is doubtful
that Ziegler will offer himself as
a sheep for the slaughter while
Senator Dimond will have noth
ing to lose by being a candidate.
Mr. Dimond has been attorney
for the Alaska Packers’ Associa
tion and other corporations in
vne Westward. Politically he
has been a tory and has well re
presented his clients in the ter
i itorial legislature.
The legislative ticket is round
ing into shape so that by filing
lime a strong Republican ticket
will be in the field supporting a
constructive plan of legislation
Bail Question Bothers
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Cold storage men are a bit
worried over the bait situation at
virtually all northern Pacific
Coast points. Only limited quan
tities of frozen herring have been
available and fresh herring for
j bait is an uncertainty.
At present time almost every
cold storage from Prince Rupert
North is cleaned out of bait
jfor that finny tribe is being
'depleted by the herring fertiliz
er plants. . The cold storage
men are up against the problem
i or securing sufficient herring for
the 1930 season.
The shortage of herring will
mostly be felt locally by the hali
butmen and trollers.
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SPAWNED FISH FOR FEED
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Charles R. Maybury, director
of the Washington department
of fisheries and game, states that
canning machinery has been in
stalled at the Kalama, Auburn
and Samish food fish hatcheries
which were to be operated 24
hours of the during the fall and
winter salmon runs. The fish it
Is said, was to be packed in gal
lon tins, and distributed among
the salmon hatcheries at vari
ous points in the state.
Last spring a series of feedl.g
experiments were conducted at
Auburn to determine relative
food values of foods for fish It
was found that canned salmon at
the hatcheries, when fed to the
young fry, produced the maxi
mum of growth with a minimum
of recorded deaths.
Jack Hanseth has untertaken
the job of filling in the cubby of
the city water dam. The wings
have been raised a foot to keep
1 the water from overbowing on
that section of the dam.
Shipping Man Gets
Promotion
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E. G. M’Micken, passenger
traffic agent for the Admiral
Line has been called as vice pres
ident of the United States Lines,
a trans-Atlantic steamship com
pany. The appointment was
made by J. E. Sheedy, pres
cient of the United States Lines
himself a former Seattle ship
ping man.
McMicken has been head of
che passenger traffic deportment
of the Pacific Steamship Com
pany for the past nine years. His
nse from the ranks of ordinary
employees has been marked, one
promotion following another
during his service with various
railway and steamship compan
ies.
His appointment to the United
States Lines becomes effective as
of December 1. He will be suc
ceeded as passenger traffic agent
of the Admiral Line by H. K.
Britan of San Francisco, now
general passenger agent.
Salmon Prices Good
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Last week king salmon prices
in Petersburg reached its highest
level when Frank Capp, Atlantic
and Pacific Co., fish buyer paid
39 cents a pound for 1200 pounds
Vvhile at Ketchikan during the
past week salmon prices ranged
from 37-17-8 to 38-17 1-4 and
10 cents per pound.
The price for two pounds of
king salmon paid last week would
have paid for an entire salmon
of any mildcure size a few years
back.
The prices in Wrangell at the
same time was 39 1-4, 20 and 10
cents.