VOL. I
PETERSBURG, ALASKA FEBRUARY 25 1927
NO. 33
Teh world pack of canned salmon
in 1926 amounted to 10,501,730
cases, or 604,083,,000 pounds of
canned salmon, which is an increase
of over 2,000,000 cases, or 26 per
cent, as compared with the pack
of the previous year, according to
final official figures compiled by the
Bureau of Fisheries, and recently
issued by the Department of Com
merce.
The bulk of this increase may be|
traced to 100 percent increase in
the pink salmon of Alaska. Of the
total pack, 6,662,882 cases were
produced in Alaska and 835,738
cases in the Pacilc Coast States,
making the total share of the Unit
ed States 7,446,820 cases, or 71 per
cent of the world pack. British Co
lumbia followed, with a production
of 2,064,922 cases, or 20 percent,
and Siberia with 948,188 cases, or
9 percent.
The total value of the product
was $46,080,004, which, however
is less than the 1918 value, which
was on the war basis value.
The number of canneries operated
in 1926 was 132, of which 61 were
in southeastern Alaska, 43 in cen
tral, and 28 in western Alaska.
ANTLERS PUT
n TWELVE
The members of the Juneau Elks’
Lodge and the Alaskans who attend
ed the initiation of twelve intiates
from Petersburg, returned home on
the Admiral Watson last Saturday.
The twelve initiated were D. E.
Thompson, Ralph Loken, J. E. Isom,
Russell York, H. B. Kinner, C. H.'
Holm, T. V. Holm, G. D. McDonald,
W. R. Stedman, N. C. McGreggor,
Karl Hatlin and G, Sather.
The initiation ceremony took
place last Friday night. The Elks
were host to the kiddies at the Va
riety Theatre the same evening, to
th- great delight and appreciation
of the kiddies. Saturday night was
staged the Railroad Dance which
was attended by a crowd that filled
the big hall and was proclaimed by
all to be the best that was ever
held in Petersburg.
Harry Sperling, Exalted Ruler of
the Juneau Elks Lodge wished to
extend thanks on behalf of both the
Juneau and Petersburg Lodges,
their appreciation to the Admiral
Line for the courtesy extended by
Oapt. C. C. Graham in'holding the
vessel from Saturday noon until
Sunday morning to permit the Elks’
to carry out their program.
House Bill No. 6793 introduced in
the House by Delegate Sutherland
which would authorize the prelim
inary survey of Petersburg Harbor.
Get busy yo uorganizations and
boosters and back this bill up. On
ly by united urging and cooperation
can Petersburg get those thing it
sets its heatr on.
The Helmar, U. S. Marshal’s boat,
in charge of Deputy Marshal F. D.
Price arrived from Ketchikan via
Wrangell yesterday enroute to Ju
neau. Owing to the high winds of
last night and today, Mr. Price thot
it beat not to leave port.
One of the most pleasing weddings
that Hydaburg has witnessed for a
long time was solemnized Monday
afternoon, Feb. 14th at the Pres
byterian Church, when Miss Flo
ience Lee, daughter of Mrs. Pater
son Edenshaw, and Hebert Morri
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul D.
Morrison, were united in marriage.
The Rev. David Wagner of Juneau
officiated, using the ring cere
mony,.
The bridal pair marched to the
a tar to the strains of the Loheri
gren Wedding March played by Miss
Esther Morrison. The attendants
were Miss Helen Brown, Miss Ber
tha George,Mr. Cecil Mix, Mr. Fran
cis Johns, Miss Louise Morrison,
ns page and Miss Dorothy Wallace
as ring bearer.
The Church was decorated with
fems and greens. The marriage was
performed under a large white bexi,
suspended from an arch of greens
and flowers. The bride’s dress was
white flat crepe. The veil was white
chiffon and orange blossoms.
After the wedding, a bridal feast
was celebrated at the Town Hall,
which was given by Mr. and Mrs.
Paul D. Morrison. The bridal table
in the center was decorated with
ilowers and as center piece had a
huge wedding cake, made by Mr.
and Mrs. William Peela. Mr. J.S.
Brown was toast-master. After
Mr. Morrison introduced his new
daughter to the guests, short talks
were made by Luke Frank, William
Hamilton,C, R, Smith, David Wagner
David Morse, Geo. Vandall, John
Bennett and Mark Frank.
After the feast a dance followed
and presentation of wedding gifts
of which the bride and groom re
ceived an abundance.
The bride attended the Hyaburg
Goverment School. She attended
school in Seattle last winter. The
groom after graduating from the
Hydaburg Goverment School attend
ed Broadway High School at Seattle.
At present Mr. Morrison is the store
keeper for the Hydaburg Trading
Company. He is a mepiber of the
Alaska Native Brotherhood at Hyda
burg Camp Number 6.
The halibut schooner Scandia,
was lost in the storm that raged on
the westward coast last week. Cap.
Hvatum and crew of 17 were saved
was the report received in Peters
burg this week. The Scandia had
just returned to Juneau on the 18th
with the halibut Commission which
had made intensive study of halibut
from various angles during the win
ter. She took on supplies and head
ed for the banks when the storm
bit her with full force. The Alas
ka reported the little vessel as beat
ing in to Yakutat. Other than that
♦ he crew was saved no further de
ail had been received by the Alas
kan. _
Bakery Changes Hands
Mrs Jessie Eyon of Petersburg
bought the Wrangell Bakery during
the past week from George Yoko
yama. The deal included the build
ing, bakery equipment and room
furnishings. Mrs. Eyon’s husband
will be associated with her in the
business. The family will move
here soon. Of the four children
two will enter school. —Wrangell
Sentinel
ion«
SHOE
Sevoogna, St. Lawrence Island,
Swept from Little Max bay, Siberia
in a skin canoe by an Arctic storm,
six starving survivors of eight wal
rus hunters, reach the Eskimo of
Gambell were theUnited States bu
reau of education maintains an
Eskimo school on the northern part
of the island.
The story reach here from that
place. The arms and legs of the
were frozen, their swollen shut and
tlieir clothes in tatters.
Approaching starvation forced
them to leave Little Max Bay to
hunt walrus near the shore. They
ventured out and then were caught
by the full force of the gale. They
pulled their canoe on the ice the
fourth night. The next day the
floe carried them to St. Lawrence
Island, although they did not know
it as such.
Two of their party lost them
selves in a blindin sonwg storm
and were never seen aftrwards. The
five survivors staggered into Gam
bell, and the sirth was found nearly
dead, following a search made by
Samuel P. Troutman, the govern
ment teacher.—Chronicle.
FISHERY LICENSE
Under the territorial laws, all
fishermen engaged in taking fish
for commercial purposes in Alas
kan waters must secure a license,
and fishermen are reminded that
licenses obtained last year are now
x
invalid. C. V. Brown is collector
for Petersburg.
The law covering the licensing
of fishermen is as folows;
“It shall be unlawful for any
person to engage in fishing in the
Territory of Alaska without first
having obtained a license.
“The license fee shall be as fol
lows;
“(a) For resident .fishermen of
all classes, $1.00
“(b) For non-resident fishermen
who use any fishing appliances ex
cept seines, $10.00.
“(c) For non-resident fishermen
v.'ho use seines, $25.00.
“The term fishing means the
catching of fish, whether by hook,
net or seine.
“The term ‘resident’ fishermen
means one who at the time of ap
plying for a. license shall be a bona
fide resident of the Territory of
Alaska, and shall have been such
resident continuously for at least
six months immediately preceding
the signing of such application.
“The term ‘non-resident 'fisher
man means one who is not a ‘reei
■luly licensed.
“No license shall be valid be
yond the calendar year in which
it was issued and shall expire on
the 31st day of December next af
ter the date on which it was is
sued.” .
MAJOR OLIVER RELIEVED
Maj. Lunsford E. Oliver, Corps of
Engineer, with the Alaska )Road
Commission and for the past three
years as Engineering Officer, with
beadpuarters at" Juneau, has been
relieved as member of the Board of
Road Commissioners, effective June
1, to be succeeded by Maj. Douglas
H. Gillette, member of the Board,
Maj. James G. Steese assuming the
duties of Engineer Officer. Maj.
Gillette will also serve as Assistant
Engineer Officer.
CH
CLUB KEELS
Mr. Alfred Howe, manager of
j the Tongass Trading Company at
Ketchikan, who was a former resi
dent of Petersburg, was one of the
guests of the Club at its dinner
Wednesday evening. He brought
greetings from the Chamber of Com
merce of Ketchikan of which he is
an active member. He assured the
local Club of the hearty support and
cooperation of the Ketchikan Club
in any matter that from time to
time the Petersburg Chambjer
should preesnt them.
He told the Club that their let
ter relative to securing a veterin
ary expert in fox f arming to be
stationed in Alaska woud receive
the urgent support of the Ketchi
kan Club.
He further spoke of having at
tended a recent meeting of the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce in
which reference was made to the
different Alaskan towns and he
said Petersburg came in for the
lions share of praise and belief in
its growth and development. He
mentioned that a number of people
had a larger proportion of good
residences for the size of the town
than any other Alaskan town. He
also spoke of the new business
houses and the marked improve
ments in the old ones on main
Main street as being very notice
able and commendable.
Condemns Waste of Herring
Mr. Ernest Kirberger of Kake
was also a guest of the Club and
made an interesting talk stressing
the need of consrvation of the her
ring throughout the waters of
southeastern Alaska. He condemn
ed the taking of herring for ferti
lizer and oil and agreed with the
expressed opinion of the large pro
portion of the members of the lo
cal Club that the taking of herring
for other than bait or food pur
poses was surely cutting short the
supply of king salmon and halibut
in these waters.
Expresses Appreciation of Kake
He conveyed the thanks and
appreciation of the people of Kake
'Jo those of Petersburg for their
succor at the time of the disasterous
Kake fire. He also expressed his
Continued on page 3
UNKNOWN SOLDIER
A WREATH FOR
Fifty thousand paper poppies will
be contained in a wreath which the
women of the American Legion
Auxiliary will place on the shrine
of the Unknown Soldier at Wash
ington on Memorial Day, it was
announced at national headquarters
of the Auxiliary here to-day. Re
quests for poppies for the huge
wreath have gone out to all depart
ments of the organization.
Each of the 52 States and Terri
torial departments will furnish 500
poppies for the wreath, Mrs. Lucy
Boyd , national secretary, stated
The balance will be supplied by the
women of the District ofColumbia
department, who will make the
wreath and place it on the tomb.
The wreath will also be placed on
the tomb on Mother’s day.
SCOTLAND HERRING
The exports of cured herring
from Scotland during the month
of October amounted to 53,953
barrels as compared with 187,010
barrels in September of this year.
Total exports of cured herring for
the ten months ending October 31,
*926, amounted to 866,908 barrels
as against 681,590 barrels in the
| same period last year.
Last week marked the most
rifle storms on the Alaska coast as
has been witnessed by seagoing m< a
in many years. The Venus, rant.
W. E. Miller, narrowly escaped sink
ing off Kodiak when the storm strip
ped the vessel of its cabin and vir
tually all of its equipment before
limping into Kodiak badly crippled.
The heavy seas and gale pounded
the boat, breaking a number of
ribs and its pilota house was wash
ed. overboard. Practically all‘deck
planking was srtipped by the sever
winds. All gear,cable and anchor
were cut in order to run for a port
c f safety.
The Alameda reported one of the
bigest storms along the Alaska
Coast. Heavy seas, high winds and
extreme cold soon iced the ship
down making heavy going. All fish
ermen report it as one of the big
gest and mose severest storm that
they eve rencountered. It will no ■
b surprising to har of the loss
the halibut fleet.
Clarence Edwards, charged v,n
having participate in fhe .wcu.,:;'
McCall fish piracy case, was
yesterday aquitted of the charge u.v
a jury after less than a two-hour
deliberation.
The jury was charged by Jiuige
'Hiemas M. Reed at 11:30, during
the forenoon session. Upon re
turning from lunch they again re
sumed discussion, reaching their
verdict at 3:15 p. mi,
Testimony in the case was coni
rleted Monday night. Court op li
ed yesterday with closing argu
ments to the jury by Arthur
Shoup, district attorney, and h
assistant, H. D. Stabler, counsel f;
the defense.
The latter’s plea to the jury for;
acquittal was said to be one of [
the most colorful and competent
e' er presented in this rtgion.
J. C. Saurs, one of the crew
;ndicted on the same charge, and
who last week pleaded guilty, served
as a government witness against
Edwards. —Chronicle.
WILL SURVEY LAND
GRANT COLLEGES
Preliminary plans for a complete
survey of 52 White and 17 Negro
land grant colleges of the United
States by the Bureau of Education
to be undertaken within the next
few weeks in response- to requests
of these instituions were announced
at the Department of the Interior
early this month. The 52 White
land-grant colleges are located in
each of the States, except in Massa
chusetts which has two such insti
tutions, and one'each iu Porto Rico,
Hawaii and Alaska, whjle all of tli
17 negro land-grant colleges aiu
located in the southern states.
DISCOVERS NEW CRAB
A crab which haunts the beache
by night and hides in the day time
is among the interesting specimen
obtained by Dr. Waldo L. Schmit
of the Smithsonian Institution, on
an expedition in South America.
(If Dr. Schmitt would come to
Petersburg he would find a few of
the same specimen of crab and there
is nothing unique about ’em.)
’’a> regular meeting of the City
Council was called to order by the
I: or on the 21st of the month.
1 members of the council were
p . : nt. After the reading of the
mi ul.os of the previous meeting,
i ud btenslid reported for the Com
m i ' t • a suitable place for a dump
ground, stating that they had
mind a place on the Scow Bay road
that could be used, but that it
itate building a wall
to k y it from being washed into
the Narrows by the extreme high
tides.
. iXh T COMMITTEE REPORTS
ir. Stenslid also reported for
the City Float Committee recom
mending the space between the
space between the two docks as the
i< . i suitable pl^ce for a float but
suggested that the matter rest un
11 .he Council could ascertain the
lg out part of the tide
A communication was read
the Commercial Club stating
. . their committee had recom
; . the same as above.
-EXT OF RECEIPTS RE AH
i:. at of receipts and dis
r. for the calendar year
• > re; d by the Mayor.
ON HYDRO PLANT
1. i. cknie, City Electrician
i he had been called to
..k; Siough Snuday tomake some
rmnor repairs and while there had
i;; e ei tnc new buckets and found
goad condition as when
0 -.ah rad that action on the old
i*u« eis had ceased.
iKNDS EXTRA UNIT
3 that the Council
co der the installing of an extra
ir.it at Blind Slough to eliminate
n . ssity of an extended shut
(]j n for repairs to the present unit.
He !>. h ed it could be installed for
about $15,000 which would be
aril cheaper than putting in
ij el -engines at the City Plant ac
prices he had received
cn Dei ;1 engines.
1 I- IN BAD SHAPE
' . ick reported that the
Hogue Alley was in
r 1 shape and no longer fit
<oi h H y traffic,
s
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1 A VO LIABLE REPORT ON
CITIZENSHIP BILL
Tt was voted by the House Com
mittee on Insular Affairs on the
Sth of the month, to report favor
ably on House Bill No. 16996, which
would confer citizenship upon cer
tain -inhabitants of the Virgin Is
lands and would extend the natur
alisation laws of those Islands.
Under the provisions of the bill
citizenship would be conferred up
on former Danish citizens who re
sided in the Virgin Islands on Jan
uary 17, 1917, and who now reside
1 in the • Islands or in the United
States or Porto Rico, but who did
not make* declaration to retain
Danish citizenship; to all natives of
the Virgin Islands who resided
there or in the United States or Por
io Rico, and who are not citizens
or subjects of any foreign country;
md all persons born in the Virgin
x ds on or after January 17, 1917
and subject to the jurisdiction of
the United States.
The District Court of the Virgin
islands is given jurisdiction for
i valuation purposes, under the
isions of the bill.
i t Prince of Wales, Capt. Bert
Fowler, reports the roughest trip of
the season encountered this trip on
the Ketchikan-Chatham Straits run.
The Model _ Grocery has a new
truck for its delivery service.