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VOL. 4.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA,JANUARY 24, 1930
No. 31
Packers Form
New Association
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The Northwest Salmon Can
V
ners Association was formed by
about twenty-five hi&ependent
Alaska and Puget Sound Packers
The total of their packs is ap
proximated at 1,500,000 with a
\alue of $9,000,000.
Other members are expected
with an annual pack of 500,000
cases. This will represent an as
sociation of interests which con
trol one-third of the pack of
salmon.
A. W. Wittig of the Shephard
Point Packing Company of Se
attle is president of the new as
sociation. He declared that the
purpose of the association was to
“foster closer cooperation in pro
duction and correct certain
trade abuses in marketing.” and
that “plans of the association do
not mean departure from past
methods of selling, individual
packers continuing to handle
their packs through regular
channels.”
J. O. Morris of the Fisher
men’s Packing Corporation at
Everett is vice-president of the
organization, while A. P. Wolf
of the Hood Bay Canning Co.,j
Seattle, is secretary-treasurer.
SEPPALA LOSES DOG RACE
Leonard Seppala’s dog team
was defeated at Lake Placid
New York by Walter Channing!
and his team of dogs.
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W. F. Coulson, former resident |
of Petersburg arrived today on
the tender Mary Ellen of the Far
West Fisheries Co.
Gub Elects Officers
And Hears Report
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The Commercial Club in its
meeting Wednesday evening at
the Town Hall, elected the fol
lowing officers for the ensuing
jear:
I resident.E. N. Ohmer
Executive Committee: T. S. Else
more, Robert Allen. Fred Nelson,
N. C. MacGregor.
Report of the President is
published on another column.
A number of requests for pub
licity material from magazines
and writers was heard.
The next meeting of the Club
will be held at Tate’s, Wednes
day at 6 o’clock, p. m. Every
member is urged to bring anoth
er member or prospective mem
ber. Secretary Dawes should be
notified before Tuesday noon for
dinner reservations.
Gentlemen:
I hereby present the story
criefly of the Club’s activities
during 1929 in the order in which
the different events were noted
by the Club Secretary on the
minute book:
The year started out with the
usual protest against a fisheries
Regulation,” herring regulation
Mo. 5. In this we had the sup
port of neighboring clubs and
was successful in having the
regulation modified.
The Club in persuance of its
policy, declined to endorse the
subscription of stock in a pro
posed Alaska Air Service.
Protested the attempt of the
Ketchikan Club to have a duty
imposed on American caught
fish sold in Canada.
Voted in favor of the proposi
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Coliseum to Open Shortly With
Modern Sound Equipment
Hal E.. Cawthon, manager of
the new Coliseum, formerly the
Variety Theatre, arrived in Pe
tersburg this week and is busy
with a crew of mechanics and
workmen, making alterations
on the building and installing:
equipment. Mr. Cawthon stated;
to a representative pf The Alas-i
kan that he is installing the!
‘'last word” in sound equipment,
taking Vitaphone, Movietone and
R. C. A. Photophone recordings,
including comedieis, news reels,
and singing and talking features
He reports that he is very
agreeably surprised to find a
building so suitable for the re
production of sound pictures
and will guarantee th% people of
Petersburg as good sound repro
duction as can be heard in any
theatre in the country. It is
planned to run either three or
four changes per week of all
sound programs.
Only very sligh changes in the
plans and arrangements of the
building were found to be neces
sary with the exception of light
ing arrangements, tho a great
deal of new wiring is necessary
as the whole building becomes
practically a big radio.
A new feature in show service
for Petersburg is to be inauger
ated in that late comers will see
a complete performance after
nine o’clock. This is made pos
sible by running the news reels
and fillers both before and after
the feature.
Very little changes, if any,
are contemplated in the prices
□f admissiion.
At a special meeting of the
Council, called for the purpose
last night, arrangements were
made for certain innovations in
street lighting in the vicinty of
the Coliseum to include a string
of lights from the theatre to the
corner near Wheeler Drug Store.
One lighting feature which is
being much talked of in Peters
burg this week and which is
arousing a great deal of curios
ity, is the Neon gas tube light,
thirty feet long to be placed ov
er the roof of the building. This
consists of tubing filled with Ne
on gas thru which runs electric
current at very high voltage.
This produces a high frequency
light radiation which has the
peculiar property of penetrating
fog and mist, casting a ruddy
glow on the sky and may be seen
for many miles. The creation of
this beacon coincides nicely with
our city’s plan for the contsruc
tion of an airport here early in
the spring.
Mr. Cawthon has leased the
building for a term of years and
expects to bring his family here
about the 1st of March.
No definite announcement is
jmade as yet of the date for the
grand opening but it is expect
ed that the wiring and installa
tion of equippment will be com
pleted near the end of next
week.
Stringent Rule to
Govern Dances
The City Council, with the
view to putting local dances on
a better plane has adopted the
following ordinance:
“It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation to
operate or conduct any public
dance in the Town of Petersburg
without having first obtained
permission so to do from the
Chief of Police, and such per
mission shall be so granted' if
the Chief of Police is satisfied
that such dance will be operated
or conducted in an orderly and
moral manner.
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If any person, firm or corpor
ation shall conduct any public
dance in a disorderly or immoral
manner or shall permit any per
son under the influence of intox
ication within the hall or build
ing which such dance is con
ductedf the Chief shall have the
power to immediately revoke
the permit given for. such dance
and to close the building or hall
in which such dance is being
conducted.
3
It shall be unlawful to operate
or conduct any dance later than
the hour of 1:00 o’clock a. m.
and the person or persons in
charge of said dance shall be re
sponsible for the closing of the
dance at that hour.
4
It shall be unlawful for any
child or children under 16 year*
of age to attend anypublic danc
es unless accompanied by their i
parents or guardians; and such
parent or guardian shall be di
rectly responsible for a violation
of this section.
5
This ordinance shall not apply
to private dances conducted in
private homes provided the same
are not conducted for monetary
gain directly or indirectly, or
where any monetary gain may
be received on account of the
said dance, and provided further I
that this section shall not apply
the room or building wherein
the dance is conducted.
6
Any person, firm or corpora
tion who shall violate any of the
provisions cf this ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and!
upon conviction thereof before
the Municipal Magistrate shall
be punished by a fine of not less i
than $25.00 nor more than $100.
or by imprisonment in the mu
nicipal jail for a term of not to
exceed thirty days or by both
such fine and imprisonment at
tlie discretion of the Municipal
Magistrate.
This ordinance shall take ef
fect and be in force from and
after its passage and approval. '
GAME BIRD LIMIT REDUCED
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At a recent meeting of the
Migratory Bird Act Advisory
Board in Washington, D. C., a
resolution was passed to reduce
! the bag limit on ducks and
] geese. Thereupon, Secretary of
Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde an
nounced that upon his recom
mendation the duck-bag will be
reduced from 25 to 15 per day;
the geese-bag, from 8 to 4. The
possession limit will be 30 ducks
8 geese.
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The shrimpers are picking up
3 tons per day.
Territory Produced
$70,000,000, 1929
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Alaska commodities including
gold and silver, but not includ
ing certain fur shipments dur
ing 1929, aggregated $67,500,000
according to Unofficial estimates
I based on month to month cus
| tom reports. This in addition to
mail shipments of furs and the
Pribilof Islands seal take should
bring the total for the year to
about $70,000,000. This figure
has been exceeded four times
in the history of the territory—
1917, 1918, 1926 and 1928. The
average for the past ten years
is approximately $56,000,000, the j
high mark being set in 19171
which ran to about seventy-six j
and a half millions.
The products of the fisheries!
ranked first with commodities at!
about $46,500,000 or $6,500,000 >
less han in 1928. the loss being
due^primarily, to the shrinkage
in tke'salmon pack. This drop
ped rfrom $45,548,683 in 1928 to;
$38,300,000 last year.
Tliere were 14,000,000 pounds
of halibut shipped during the
year valued at about $1,900,000.
The increase in quantity from
1928 was about 1.000.000 pounds
and in value about $225,000.
Cured herring dropped from
$1,674,244 to about $940,000.
Fish meal jumped to 11,900
tons, worth $825,000. This is an
increase of 3,000 tons over 1928.
The production of fish oil in
creased to 840,000 gallons, worth
approximately $1,380,000.
The * estimated total for all
minerals for the year was $16,
450,000, details of which have
previously been published.
The final figures on the ex
portation of furs will not be
available for some time, but it
is expected that a decline will be
shown, partly accounted for by
the. fact that beaver were pro
tected. the exportation of that
particular fur dropping from
$759,822 to about $25,000.
Reindeer meat increased from
$42,500 to $140,000. One item in
the list which may be a surprise
to some was 89,000 pounds of
wool, valued at $47,000.
Kake Band to Tour
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The Kake Army Band will be
at the MacGregor Theatre on
February 14th. The band is en
route to Vancouver and Seattle
where they will attend an Army
Congress and also will give con
certs.
Bandsmen from Klawock, An - i
goon and Metlakatla will join
with Kake forming an organiza
tion of some 40 members.
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JUNEAU S. O. DOCK CAVES IN|
The Standard Oil Co., dock at
Juneau catapulted into the bay
on the 15th when the bottom
of the bay shifted. Loss estimat
ed at $60,000.
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COURT GRANTS SLAYER
STAY OF EXECUTION
The Ohio Supreme Court has
granted one month’s reprieve to
James Snook, slayer of Theora
Hix, to raise questions of a con
stitutional nature.
Snook, a professor in the Uni
versity of Ohio and a married
man, had illicit relations with
Theora Hix, medical student and
killed her, he declared, when she
threatened bodily harm to his
family.
Sutherland Exposes Special
Privileges Given By Bureau
On January 7th, Hon. D*n A.
Sutherland, Delegate to Con
gress from the Territory of Alas
ka, brought down the national
House of Representatives in a
lengthy speech in which he de
manded relief from the burden
of bureaucracy and monopoly
which has been foisted onto the
Territory of Alaska since 1924 by
the Bureau of Fisheries under
the guise of “conservation” of
the territory’s food fish resourc
es.
Showing conclusively how im
possible it is for any visiting
member of Congress to make a
fair and impartial investigation
of the true condition of affairs
on account of their tours being
invariably “conducted” by the
Bureau of Fisheries (being tak
en to selected places by the boats
of the Bureau: being escorted
from banquet to banquet where
they meet only hand picked as
semblages; carefully guarded
ciay and night lest they see o:
hear more than it is desired they
should see or hear), Mr. Suther
land passed on to show the fun
damental and inevitable fail
ure of government by bureaus
especially in Alaska where the:
are “far away and beyond th;
eye of Congress and public opin
ion;” the constant shrinkage
at the rate of 1,000 or more a
year over a long period of years
in the white population of th
territory; that the native race l
are destitute largely on accoun
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Ketchikan Team
Wins 1 Loses I
The Ketchikan Town team,
after cleaning up the Gastineuu
Channel basketball teams re
turned to meet defeat at the
hands of the local High School
team and to win from the Pe
tersburg Town Team.
Shaquanie for Petersburg aad
H. Peterson for Ketchikan were
high point men—each scoring
four baskets.
The game started by the visit
ers getting the jump on the Hi
squad. They held their lead by
a seemingly safe margin until
the last quarter when the Hi
Hoopsters came from behind
V'ith a determination that could |
not be swerved and with but a
minute left to play, William
Jackson shot the basket which
put the Hi boys on the long end
of he 22-21 score.
TOWN LOSES
The Town Team met Ketchi-J
kan Town Team and took the|
long end of a 28-23 score. The
local team was somewhat reor
ganized with Clifford Waha re
placing Rollo Shaquanie who re
turned to Kake during the week.
The local team played well to
gether but showed a decided lack
cf training. However, both the
Town and Ki teams gave plenty
of thrills to the spectators.
Joe Isom will arrive on next
Rogers from Cordova to make
plans and preparations for 1930.
The Alameda took out 46 box
es of shrimp; Queen, 15; and the
Northwestern will take out 55.
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of the loss of their ancient fish
ing, hunting and trapping
grounds; that the years of bu
reaucratic control have only
served to aggravate and make
more and more intolerable the
situation through irregularities
and inconsistencies in the ap
plication of the laws, towit: (1)
the prohibition of he hook-off;
(2) traps allowed 36 hours in
which to be emptied of fish af
ter the weekly closing hours
while seines must be empty of
fish on the dot of the closing
hour). That the earnings of
601 natives operating for 12 can
neries (selected by the Bureau)
n 1929 earned an average of
$265 per man, while the average
for all the Territory was not
more than $150 per man on
which to support his family and
clothe and educate his children.
That although all the regu
ations by the bureau have been
made in the name of “CONSER
VATION,’ the number of fish
killed during the years 1924-29
Ss almost equal to the catch for
he same number of years dur
ing the war when the demand
was great and fishing was most
intensive; and that while there
has been no lessening in the to
tal catch there has been a de
cided lessening in the percentage
of seine-caught fish with a con
stant increase in the percentage
cf trap-caught fish ranging
; rom 57 per cent in 1924 to 71
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Political Pot Simmers
With Candidates Filing
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Will A. Steel, Senator from the
First IMrUion. hae filed for the
same efitoe.. He Witt so before
the Republicans in the primaries
far their endorsement.
Senator Steel is a man tho
roughly familiar with the ftob
lems of the Territory having rtA ^
sided in the different .sections,
and as a newspaper editor, was
in close touch with every di
fcton.
Senator Steel WAS president of
the Senate of the lab| Legisla
ture and was a very .aUt .tftd
fair .leader.. Receiving .praise
and commendation .from .those
who were opposed to him polit
ically.
FILES FOR TRRASVJtRR
Frank L. Knight, cen&feCtor on
the Alaska Railroad and a mem
ber of the Trainmen’s Brother
hood has wired his filing .from
Los Angeles, for the offidi W
Territorial Treasurer, It
president of the First National
Bank of Anchorage and is re
ported as having the support of
the Anchorage Republicans, Cor
dova Republicans and the men
of the Alaska Railroad.
COMMISSIONER EDUCATION
.. Leo Breuer has filed as candle
date before the Republican pri
maries to succeed himself as
Commissioner of Education. Mr.
[Breuer has been in office only
; since the last session of the
! Legislature but has adapted
himself to the office and is get
ting good results.
| Mr. Keller, principal of the Ju
neau Schools has announced he
j will file on an independent
ticket for the same office. This
does not have to be voted upon
until the November elections.