VOL. 2
PETERSBURG, ALASKA SEPTEMBER 23, 1927
NO. !\
Commercial Club
Shows Interest
In Its Work
The local Commercial Club held
its regular weekly dinner meeting
in the private dining room of the
Grand Cafe on Wednesday, Septem
ber 21st at C p. m. Music during
the meal was furnished by Mrs. Wm.
Uunkleberger.
After the regular routine business
the club took up the matter of sell- J
ing copies of tlie Cordova Daily
Times, Annual Alaska Issue. As
there well be an article on Peters
burg as well as all the other Alas
kan towns and industries, a motioi
was carried to buy 100 copies which
will be sold at 25£ apiece.
The Committee on Harbor Dredg
ing reported that the City Council
had secured the services of an en
gineer who with the lhelp of oth
ers, would make soundings and
compile detailed data which will be
presented before the U. S. Congres
sional Committee on Harbors at
their meeting in December. The
Committee also reported that the
City Council had complied with the
request of the Club and appropriat
ed $300 towards the expenses of a
representative who is to carry this
data in person to the Committee in
Washington, D. C. They also re
ported that a number of signatures
had already been obtained on the
prepared petitions and that a very
manifest interest had been shown
by captains of ships and the public
in general relative to the matter.
The Club authorized the Com
mittee to ascertain who of the mem
bers would be willing to make the
trip to Washington and present the
name or names of such a person at
the next meeting of the Club at
which time a representative will be
elected.
The Committee on advertising re
ported progress made and that they
hoped to present the subject mat
ter of the copy in detail at an early
meeting.
Fifty Per Cent Escape
ment
When two years ago Secretary
Hoover’s scheme to deliver the salm
on fisheries of Alaska over to the
big packing companies by his reser
vation system was frustrated and
Congress enacted a fishery law that
in its phraseology guarantees to
all fishermen equal rights in the
pursuit of their calling, we believed
that those rights would be protect
ed and felt that it was the intent of
Congress that the burden of conser
vation of the fish supply should be
borne equally by all who took fish
from Alaskan waters. It was in
tended that Mr. Hoover, in formuj
lating restrictive regulations should
have them apply proportionately to
large and small operators of fishing
appliances. It was surely the in
tent of Congress when it enacted
the provision for a 50 per cent es
capement of salmon to the spawn
ing grounds that the individual or
corporation operating a trap capable
of taking one million salmon dur
ing a fishing season should permit
an escapement in the same ratio as
the individual whose portable ap
pliane is capable of taking only fifty
thousand salmon in a season, or
one twentieth as much as the sta
tionery appliance. The outstanding
feature of Mr. Hoover’s regulations
for this season is that almost the
entire escapement of fish is to be
Wilkins Sells
Stinson Plane
At Fairbanks
Biplane Used Last Winter In Arctic
Exploration Work To Be Placed
In Commercial Service.
The Detroit News No. 2, the
Stinson Detroiter biplane that was
used , last winter by Captain George
Hubert Wilkins in the Arctic, was
sold recently to Gene Miller and
Noel and Ralph Wien of Fairbanks.
Captain Wilkins’ disposal of the
plane is taken to mean that he
has abandoned plans for making
further flights over the polar re
gions next winter. With the sale
of the Detroit News No. 2 the ex
plorer has disposed of all his fly
ing equipment, with the possible
exception of the Fokker monoplane
Alaskan, which was crated and
shipped to the States last spring.
The Detroit News No. 1, “the flying
gas tank,’’ was abandoned on the
Arctic ocean when Wilkins and
Lieutenant Ben Eilson were forced
down on the ice while returning to
Point Barrow.—News-Miner.
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taken from the small fishermen. A11
through the ages this eternal con
flict of might against right has
been waged. There is no possible
justification for the discrimination in
favor of the strong and against the
weak in the administration of fish
ery law's, but there has never been
a time in the world’s history when
the strong wrere more ruthless in
exercising their political power t:>
destroy the rights of the weak and
to appropriate those rights to them
selves than at the present time in
America. We can remember the
time when the 3trong and powerful
would pretend justification of their
exploitation of the w*eak, but to
day there is no necessity for doing
so. It is enough to say that big
business must not be hampered in
its onward rush towrard complete
and uncontrolled monopoly, and the
individuals who may have the tem
erity to suggest that certain human
rights should be recognized are.
bound to be crushed by the “big
business” juggernaut.
Mr. Hoover stands today the
prophet, the deification of big bus
iness, of arrogant, overbearing, un
scrupulous big business, and a pray
er to him for equitable adjustment
of fishery laws; so that the power
ful might bear their just share of
conservation would have the same
effect if it were addressed to a
cement image.
The many petitions sent to Mr.
Hoover by Alaskan fishermen who
have been despoiled of their rights
under the regulations prepared in
the interest of the trap monoply
have been of no avail.
The escapement provision of the
White bill must not in any way af
fect monopoly nor interfere with the
pack of the big canners. The small
canners and fishermen are poor, and
if what little they have is taken
away from them in order that big
business may continue to flourish,
it is only in keeping with the theory
of the survival of the fittest by
government arrangement, which is
evidently the present policy of the
Department of Commerce.
We of the fishery class must let |
the salmon pass through the waters
where we have been accustomed to
take them even though our children
suffer from hunger. The dividends
on trap investments must not be
lessened. Such is the will of Mr.
Hoover in providing for the pre
scribed escapement.—Alaskan Fish
man.
Fighting Marine Retains
Title on Decision
Jack Dempsey Fails Like Every Other
Champion To Make His Come Back
Tex Richard, promoter of champ
ionship prize fights announced that
the Dempsey-Tunney fight was at
tended by 150,000 fans with gate
receipts of $2,800,000.
Shortly after 9:50 p. m. Dempsey
shouldered his way into the ring
followed by Leo Flenn. Dempsey
was covered with a white bathing
robe and white sweater. He looked
very grim as lie danced about the
ring. He was given a tremendous
reception by the crowd. Shortly lif
ter ten Tunney entered the ring.
Dempsey ran across and grasped the
hands of the champion. After pre
liminary introductions the men
turned to their own corners and
Dave Barry was announced as re
feree for the main event. Follow
ing which he gave them their in
structions.
ROUND ONE
Dempsey was first to lead but!
missed a left to head, clinch, Demp
sey lands two lefts to the head as,
they clinch. Tunney was boxing j
cooly and backed away from Jack’s!
rushes. Jack followed Tunney
around the ring. Jack lands left to •
chin and they clinch. Jack lands j
left to stomach and Tunney crosses
a hard right to jaw. Tunney misses
left and right to head clinch. Jade'
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continually follows Tunney around
the ring. Tunney lands left amt
right to Jacks head Tunney took
the aggressive and lands two solid
lefts to Jack’s jaw, Dempsey lands
left to jaw at bell. Gene’s round.
Jack did not land a solid blow dur-*;
ing the first round.
SECOND ROUND
Dempsey lands a loft to chin,
they spar in center of ring, Dempsey
gets in close and lands several light
lefts to stomach, Tunney lands hard'
right hook to jaw, they dance in I lie!
center of ring, Jack lands left to
jaw staggering Tunney they clinch;
and the referee parts them. Tunney
misses a left and right to head,,
clinch, Dempsey continually fights j
to the body, Gene lands right to jaw,
clinch, they spar around tlie ring.
Tunney misses a left hook and they
spar in center of ring. Tunney miss-!
es a left hook and they spar in con-!
ter of ring. Tunney ties up Demp-1
sey on the ropes and lands two lefts j
to the jaw. Dempsey tries a left to!
the wind as the round ends. Tunney’ j
round. ,
ROUND THREE
.Dempsey came out flatfooted and
tried to get in close, now takes the I
aggressive and rushes Tunney into;
the ropes but Tunney held him!
cleverly, Tunney lands two left jabs1
to jaw without a return, Tunney
lands left to jaw and crowds Jack,
into the ropes, Jack lands two right
hooks to stomach, Tunney takes ag
gressive and lands right hook to tin '
ear, Tunney lands another right to
the ear and Dempsey pounds back
of Tunney’s head in a clinch. Tun
ney lands left to chin, Dempsey
lands two lefts and rights to head
as they fall into clinch. They were
in a clinch at the bell. This was
Dempsey’s round by a slight marg
in.
FOURTH ROUND
Dempsey chases Tunney around
the ring landing left to jaw. Tunney
lands two straight lefts to chin as
Dempsey comes in Tunney lands
left and right to head. Tn a wild ex
change Tunney crowds Dempsey to
the ropes. Gene lands keft and right
to head. As they clinch Gene lands
left and right to head. As they
clinch Gene lands left and right to
head. Tunney rushes ilempsey to
the ropes and lands left and right
to head. Tunney ts all over Jack
like a live cat. Jack looks worried
as Gene continued to crowd him
and landed at will to the head. Tun
ney staggers Jack with left and
right, Gene almost floored Jack with
a left and right at the bell. Bell
saved Jack. It was Tunney’s round.
FIFTH ROUND
Tunney went right after Dempsey
rushing him to the ropes landing
left and right to head. Dempsey is
desperate and with set teeth wades
into Tunney. Tunney lands hard
right to jaw and is trying for knock
out. Has Dempsey staggering around
the ring, Gene crowds Dempsey to
the ropes landing the one two to his
head. Dempsey is still dangerous
and lands right uppercut to chin
rocking Tunney. Gene tries another
hard left Ik ok and Jack wades in
to Tunney. Dempsey seems to have
come to life again and is holding
his own as they muss in the center
of the ring. As the bell rangTunney
landed left and right to Jack’s face.
It was Tunney’s round.
SIXTH ROUND
The two men glaring at each other
In the center of the ring there was
n’t ;i blow for fifteen seconds then
Dempsey ripped a hard right to body
as he took a left to jaw. Tunney
lands left and right to jaw and
crowds Jack to ropes in a clinch.
Jack ducks a right swing and falls
into clinch, Tunney hacks away
from Jack and Jack leads left and
rigly-Jo stomach, Gene dances away
as Jack lands left and right tj
stomach, Gene misses another right
to the wind. Jack lands left and
right to Tunney’3 head. Jack is
crowding Tunney around the ring
Tunney lands light left to jaw at,
the bell.
ROUND SEVEN
They meet in the center of ring.
Tunney misses again with left and
right, Jack knocks Tunney down forj
the count of nine with a left to the
jaw. Gene comes up and backs
around the ring as Jack crowds him
around the ring. Tunney continues
runnng away from Jack, the crowd
him, Jack lands hard left and right
to head at bell. It was Dempsey's
round.
EIGHTH ROUND
They were working on Tunney
desperately in his corner. At the
opening of the eighth Dempsey!
chases Tunney around the ring. Jack
lands left to body and they clinch.
Dempsey set himself for a hard
swing but seems unable to catch up
with the champion. Tunney keeps
hacking away from Jack, Tunney
lands left and right to head, Demp
sey lands left and right to head,|
clinch, Dempsey slips to floor, Tun
ney lands left and right to head
as they fell into the ropes Dempsey
misses left to head, clinch. Tunney
now seems to have regained his
Strength and is holding his own
with Jack. End of round.
NINTH ROUND
Jack rushes after Tunney landing
left and right to head. Jack chases
Gene around ring and they fell in
to clinch. Gene complains to re
feree about Jack using the rabbit
punch. Tunney tied Jack up in the
center of the ring. Dempsey rushed
Gene hut missed and Tunney sent a
right to Jack’s body. Jack bleeding
badly from the right eye, Tunney
lands left and right to jaw, Tunney
staggers Dempsey with two hard
rights to jaw, Tunney lands left
and right to head and Dempsey
seems to be very tired.
Tunney’s round.
TENTH ROUND
They shake hands, Dempsey knocks
Gene down with a left to jaw, Gene
jumps up without a count and
backs away from Jack. Jack lands
left and right to jaw, in a clinch
Jack lands heavily to body and
(Continued on Page Four)
Petersburg Athletic
Association Works
for Gym. Location
The Petersburg Athletic Associ
ation met on Tuesday evening in the
City Hall to consider matters rela
tive to the athletic hall which they
are planning to build.
The Committee on Location re
ported having canvassed the mat
ter as to suitable location very thor
oughly last spring. They had de
cided upon a place which would ne
ceasitate the securing of a permit
to drive piling on the water front,!
but this had been rendered impos-i
sible because an adjoining property
holder had filed protest. Therefore
the piling which had been purchased
was resold.
The Committee was instructed
to proceed at once in the selection
of one or more locations and ascer
tain the price for which they could
be purchased. They will present
this information at the next meet
ing on Monday September 26th at
which time the final selection will
be made.
All members of the Association
are urgently requested to be present
at file City Hall for this meeting.
As it is now definitely known that
basketball practices cannot be held
in the Sons of Norway Hall, it be
comes imperative that some place
be provided. The Association hopes
that the different organizations of
the town and the general public
v.Ill get back of this proposition to
put up a gymnasium as it will be an
added asset to the town. ,
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Oldtimer Urges Action
To Halt Fish Slaughter
Assorts Annual Waste of Herring
and Halibut is Menace.
“If the needless slaughter of her-j
ring and halibut in Cook inlet is not
halted soon, the time will come
when the scarcity of these fish in
Alaska waters will take on the pro
portions of a national calamity,” ac
cording to Bert Johnson, oldtime
Alaskan, who has spent several sea
sons along the inlet, engaged in
fishing, and who should he in a
position to know what lie is talk
ing about. He arrived in Anchorage
several days ago from Kenai, in
which locality he spent the sum
mer.
There is a tremendous waste of
herring every season, he declares,
all fisli being dumped which do not
measure up to a certain size.
Many of the herring packers make
no attempt to utilize the smaller
fish for any purpose whatever, with
the result that hundreds of tons of
perfectly good herring are absolute
ly wasted every year, menacing the
herring industry and depriving the
American people of the chance to
safeguard the future of an import
ant item of food. “We may not
feel the drain,” Johnson explained,
“but our children may live to see
the day when this wastage will
work an actual hardship on them.”
There is needless waste of hali
but also, the oldtimer declares, thru
operation of the salmon traps. If
he had his way, he would abolish
all traps in Alaska waters, thus
putting a stop to the ruthless
slaughter of halibut which find
their way into the traps only to
be cast aside by the.salmon cannery
operators. This wastage goes on
every year, he says, with apparent
ly no effort to curb it.
Canneries Doing Well
Much Business
Transacted By
City Council
CITY COUNCIL HOLDS SESSION
The regular session of the City
Council was held on Monday even
ing with all members present ex
cept Councilman Gauffin.
.SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The School Committee reported
the work on the school building aa
progressing very rapidly and that
the Oil-O-Matic burner was install
ed by the Fryer Machine Works an 1
working satisfactorily.
ON ROADS
Ilans Wick, City Marshal, report
ed that the road to the garbage
dump had been resurfaced and was
now in good shape.
J. S. MacKecknie, City Electrician
reported that he had taken the
balance of lumber necessary for
building the new power house and
next week would have carpenters on
the job to construct the same.
A petition signed by Jacob John
son and Chester Johnson asking for
the construction of a street between
F and G streets on Fifth was read
but after consideration it was the
opinion that assessment according
to ordinance would not be legal un
less agreed to by Forest Service.
The petition of the Commercial
Club for an appropriation of $300
to assist the Club in sending a dele
gate to Washington, D. C. in the
interest of the local harbor improve
ment was granted.
Mr. R. A. Treft’ers, lately employ
ed by the Puget Sound Bridge and
Dredging Co. and the Engineers of
fice, was employed to assist the
marshal in the work of sounding
the harbor.
The canneries along the inlet
had a fairly good season, according
to Johnson. The Libby, McNeil &
Libby cannery at Kenai put up
about 41,000 cases of salmon, while
the Northwestern cannery, nearby,
was a close second with about 32,
000 cases. The Kenai River Pack
ing Company, a new concern, can
ned in the neighborhood of 6,000
casses, which was about the same
as the Armstrong cannery.
The Estes cannery at Seldovia
finished with a total of 25,000 cases
and the Markham cannery packed
something like 20,000 with the re
sult that nearly all of the fisher
men along the inlet cleaned up a
fair stake for the season, Johnson
estimated that the average earning
approximated $1,000 for each fish
erman operating.
—Anchorage Times.
LOCAL ELKS TO PUT ON DANCE
At the recent meeting of the
“Bills’ Club” (Elks) it wras decided
that the club to give one of those
ever popular dance on Halloween, in
the Sons of Norwray hall. The com
mittee appointed for this entertain
ment composed of Ernest Lottsfeld*.
Harold Davis and Chester Holms.
Thi3 is to be a “Country Dance” and
promises to be the best ever.
The Elks are always noted for
their good entertainments, and they
are now working for something
that has never been staged here be
fore. Watch for further announce
ment.
Many things may be preserved in
alcohol, but law and order are not
on the list.
Silence may be golden, but a good
deal of speech is brazen.