VOL. 3.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, DECEMBER 22 1928
NO. 23 *
Dan Corrects Paper
In Seatde
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Washington, l>. C.
Dec. 10th, 192S
Editor THE ALASKA WEEKLY,
Seattle, Washington.
My dear Sir: —
In your issue of November 16th,
1928, in an article headed FIFTH
TIME SUTHERLAND IS DELE
GATE, you quote “friends” of mine
as saying that this will be my last
term in Congress, that I intended
to return to the working of placer
ground in the Ruby section, that I
have mining property there of
“commercial importance,” and that
through the death of a relative I,
have come into Twenty-five, or thir
ty thousand dollars.
I wish you would be good enough
to say, in your columns, to those
“friends” and to the people of Alas
ka:—
1st: That when I have decided to
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retire from Congress the announce
ment of that retirement will come
from me and will not be issued
through “friends.”
2nd. That I have no mining pro
perty of “commercial importance”
in the Ruby district, and for that
reason I am not planning to mine
in that section.
3rd. That I have received no le
gacy of .$25,000.00 or $30,000.00
through the death of a relative.
I feel that with my “friends” who
are arranging my retirement from
Congress the wish is father to the
thought, but just w'hy they arrange
for my business occupation after
retirement and conjure up this le
gacy is beyond my comprehension,
sion.
Sincerely yours,
DAN SUTHERLAND
Delegate to Congress.
Forestry Protection Is
Extended!
The Forestry cooperation now in
effect is carried on under the
Clarke-McNary law of 192 4, which
provided for Federal, State and pri
vate cooperation in the protection of
State and private timberlands from
fire, in the distribution of forest
planting stock, and in educationl
work in farm woodland manage
ment. Practically all of the States
which contain timber in any con
siderable quantity are now cooper
atin with the Federal Government
in one or more of these activities.
Law Against T. B.
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The Swiss government recently
passed federal laws for the preven
tion of tuberculosis. Compulsory
leports of contagious diseases by
physicians, medical supervision of
all children and teachers in schools,
establishment of health centers, va
cation camps for children predispos
ed to tuberculosis and other mea
sures were passed.
The local Lutheran Church will
bold its annual Christmas festival
on the 26th.
Scientists Bring Back
Lire
Is the startling heading of a story
published in a Seattle paper of re
cent date. The article is a feature
-Tom the pen of Coralie Van Paassen.
According to this writer, Profes
sors Koulabliov and Andrelef of the
staff of the Polyteclinieul Institute
of Moscow succeeded in restoring to
life for a few mintues an individ
ual who had been dead in the Mos
cow city morgue for twenty-nine
hours.
Report of this miracle was pub
-isiied in the weekly news bulletin
of tile Soviet Embassy in Paris, con
firmed and authenticated further
by a report in The Berliner Tage
bk'tt under the name of Dr. iimgene
ivlotz, German scientist who was
present during the Moscow experi
ment.
French scientific circles were much
interested in the report of the ex
periments and have invited the Rus
sian scientists to l'bpoat their ex
criments in Paris at the chemical
society of the University. The in
vitation was accepted and the ex
periment continued on the lltli of
January. Many educators, and dis
tinguished Russian and German
savants will bo present at the experi*
ment.
it was stated that unremitting ex
periments have been under way at
the Polytechnic Laboratories of
Moscqw for three years. Professor
Kravkov, chief of the bio-chemical
department of the institution first
succeeded in bringing back to life
t lie ear of a rabbit the same being
kept alive for several months in salt.
The experiments were carried on
leading the scientists to see if they
could not get a rabbit’s heart t
respond to the same treatment. The
heart was removed and egpeiimei.
ed upon after it had ceased func
tioning for several hours and to al
intents and purposes dead.
The hearts of dogs and rabbits
were brot hack to normal activity
and even the heart of a child re
sponded to the treatment after
death of the child for two hours.
The child lived for ten days and then
died to the disappointment of the
doctors and they were unable to get
any further response from the cnild.
The success of Professor Ivoulab
kov’s work heartened his associates
so they decided to experiment furthe
on human beings. They secured
some remarkable results. A dog
which had been killed of a shock
on the streets was taken in hand
and revived so that it recovered the
use ot its limbs and voice completely
alter a week’s treatment.
A Professor Anderlev then con
tinued the experiments and secured
wonderful results. He began by
working with dead animals by inject
ing chemical solutions into the body
of the dog and was able to get the
pulse to beat again and breath once
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The Department of the Interior
will receive $285,000,000 for its
many and varied activities next year
according to a bill passed by the
House of Representatives.
Radio Bugs Organize
The radio fans of Anchorage re
cently organized themselves into a
Listeners Club. Ketchikan last week
followed suit. The Ketchikan power
company officers ottered the use of
its main floor display room for the
first meeting of the club.
The purpose of which clubs is to
eliminate as much as possible all
i oises and disturbances, except of
course the natural static and wire
less.
Local radio fans are much dis
gusted with reception conditions
this winter. Motors, fans, leakes
wires, transformer leaks, poor wir
ing and what not all contributing
.o creating such disturbances that it
is virtually impossible in some sec
tions of the city to get any recep
i.'on at all. Some light poles are
leported as being #“so hot that you
can’t touch them.”
With right conditions, silver thaw,
'ion liobbed boots and kiddy leau
■ng up against the pole, the city
will have a fine damage suit on its
hands and life irreplaceable.
The organization of a radio club
m Petersburg will no doubt eradi
cate much of the trouble and inter
ference.
Steamer on Rocks
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The steamer Starr, carrying mail
in the Westward districts, struck
rocks off Dark Island and was re
ported totally disabled. The gas
hciat Olive of Kodiak stood by and
took off the passengers while offic
ers and crew remained aboard.
The Alameda’s arrival in this port
was delayed by the fact that she was
(.ailed to the aid of the Starr, tow
ing her to Seward.
To Decide on Canadian
Entry
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The Supreme Court of the United
States has just been petitioned to
reconsider its refusal to review the
judgment of a lower court holding
that Canadian citizens crossing the
international border for business
purposes are not immigrants and
therefore not required to possess
visas.
A, N, B, Organize Here
Camp No. 17 of the Alaska Na
tive Brotherhood was organized in
Petersburg, Monday evening. Sev
enteen charter members were sworn
into membership by Louis F. Paul
Fast Grand President and member
of the Grand Executive Committee.
The chain of camps now links
every town in the First Division with
i couple of small exceptions.
Officers of the local Camp elected
vere as follows: president, David
Phillips; Vice President, Joseph
Kahklen; Secretary, Aubrey Shau
quanie; Treasurer, John Hanson;
qargeant at arms, Clifford Wayha.
Charles Elliott was a passenger to
J Juneau on the Northwestern.
Gete Shoe on Other
Foot
“Bandit in Overalls holds up 24
gas stations in 10 days’’ is heading
of a story from Los Angeles. An
“overall” baridit, who specializes in
gasoline filling stations hold-ups,
chalked up his twenty-fourth de
predation in Los Angeles recently
when he held up and robbed a down
town station of $40. Poliue have
sought the “overall” bandit in vain.
All his robberies were performed in
ten days.” An average of 2.4 per
day. And that is only a thousandth
>f one per cent of what the gasoline
hold-up stations average in a day.
HOLDINGS IN COLD SPOILAGE OF
FROZEN FISH FOUND TO IiE
HIGHER THAN IN OCTOBER
1927
Cold storage holdings of frozen
fish in the United States totaled 73,
319, 9 75 pounds compared with
<55.360,05 4 pounds on the same date
a year ago and the five-year average
of 64,853,000 pounds for October,
according to the Bureau of Fish
eries, Deparfment of Commerce. The
quantity of fish frozen during the
month ended October 15, amounted
to 9.277,058 pounds. The state
ment made public November 3,
follows in fall text:
Comparison with the five-year
average of the more important spe
cies for October shows that those of
cod, haddock, hake, etc., were 9 7
per cent, flounders, 38 per cent;
sablefish, 20 per cent; scup, 58 per
cent; shellfish, 71 per cent; squid,
169 per cent; sturgent and spoon
bill cdt, 20 per cent; weakfish, 53
per cent; and whiting, IS per cent
above normal, while those of butter
fish were 6 per cent; cisco tullibee,
176 per cent croaker) 35 per cent;
halibut, 2 per cent; sea herring, 23
per cent; pike (including pickerel,
jacks and yellow jack) 64 per cent,
shad and shad roe, 3 per cent; and
whitefish, 50 per cent below normal.
Stocks of cured herring in cold
storage on October 15, 192S, amount
ed to 19,108,110 pounds, compared
with 19,113,319 pounds for the same
date a year ago, and represents a
decrease of less than 1 per cent.
Stocks of mild cured salmon amount,
ed to 6,876,587 pounds, compared
with 10,669,992 pounds for the
same date a year ago and represents
a decrease of 36 per cent.
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Asks Date For Trial
Atlee Pomerene, special U. S.
counsel in the famous or infamous
oil lease scandals, has asked the
Supreme Court to set for trial on
January 14th, the bribery charges
against Albert B. Fall, former Se
cretary of the Interior.
Fall is reputed to have “borrow
ed” $100,000 from Edward L. Do
heney to whom the Elk Hills naval
oil reserves were* leased. Fall
along with Doheney was tried and
| adquitted on the charge of conspir
acy to defraud the United States in
connection with the oil leases.
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“Gentlemen Prefer
! Blondes"
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United States Deputy Marshal
; Charles Valiant Brown of Peters
burg aroused no end of talk in the
First Division by his nocturnal visits
to the restricted rodlight districts
of Petersburg. It was generally be
i lieved that the oderiferous notoriety
which he secured at that time was
sufficient notice to him to discon
tinue said visits but according to re
cent observations with reliable wit
nesses, it was not.
One night the forepart of this
week said Brown passiered up the
Creek to the houses of Gommorrah.
He knocked at the door of one Edna
and was kept standing out on the
porch some ten minutes in the cold
before he was let in. In fact, he was
permitted to enter only because of
nis insistence. The following con
versation was heard:
3rown: “I heard your Victrola
running so I came in. I know every
one that is coming here 1 told you
to make Peggy get out of here.”
Edna: “Peggy is in bed sick.”
Brown: “1 don't give a (blank
ety-blank ?!***!*) whether she
is sick or nr*. She lias got to get
cut.”
Edna: “Mr. Brown, you have
always picked on me. The past
summer you cost me over $1,500 and
no reason for it. I pay taxes in this
town. You lot this line run wide
open during the past summer but
as soon as 1 come here you pick on \
me.”
Brown: “They (the other girls) j
owr their own places.”
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Edna: “You arc a blankety-1
blank liar. You know they don’t'
own them.”
Brown: “I have told you that
Peggy can’t stay here, and she
won’t.”
A lot of language not permitted
in publication by the postal depart
ment was bandied back and forth
oetween the representative of the
Department of Justice and the ma
dam of the house in which the De
partment seemed most prolific and
loudest. Edna then told Brown he
could close her place and abate it.
He left very shortly hereafter.
At no time during that evening
was the Victrola in use as can be
attested by men who heard the
j whole performance and observed the
| movements of the United States
i Deputy Marshal.
The madam of the house when
seen said that about all she can do
is close up her house, pay her bills
and leave the country. Peggy, the
hone of contention and object of
the hatred of the Department of
lustice representative, got aboard
the gasboat Excel and left for Ket
chikan and other parts unknown.
She got up cut of her sick bed and
left town because the Deputy Mar
shal did not want her in Peters
burg.
DAM BILL PASSED BL SENATE
The Boulder- Dam bill sponsored
by Swing-Johnson, was passed by
the United States senate during the
past week.
Gets Big Trailer
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j Probably the largest, fastest and
1 most powerful trolling vessel in the
Pacific salmon fleet—certainly the
largest ever built on the Columbia
i River—is the 54-footer “Gloria H.”
built by the Astoria Shipbuilding
Company for Fred Hyman of
; Eureka, California,
i The boat is notable in many par
liculars in addition to her excep
tional size and power, the latter be
ing supplied by a 75 h.p. Fairbanks
, Morse Diesel engine. The design is
J distinctive: with a length of 54 ft.
I she has a 14-ft beam, yet is Jean on
the water line, with lines laid out
for speed. The bows have a wide
reverse flare, giving her the aspect
i of a destroyer and making for un
usual dryness on deck. On her trials
s-be logged 12 knots in still water.
Need of Special Session
Representative Tilson, Republican
of New Haven, Conn., majority lead
er in the House of Representatives
announced recently that he believes
a special session of the Congress
is inevitable following the adjourn
ment of the present Congress on
March 4, 1929. His statement made
just after he had conferred with
President Coolidge at the executive
offices, also included an outline of
< Congressional action which, Mr.
Tilson said, the President1 favors
for the forthcoming short session of
the present Congress.
West Coast Girl Dies
From Accident
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Word has been received here of
che death of Marian, Demmert, of
Kalwock, the early part of last
week. She was daughaer of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Demmert of that
town. Mr. Demmert owns and op
erates the Demmert cannery.
It is reported here that Marian
who was teaching school under the
Bureau of Education in Klawock,
fell as she was leaving the school
nuilding. Detail of the accident had
not been received. Aside from the
fact that she lived for 35 hours af
ter the accident, no further inform
ation can be given at this time.
Several years ago her sister died
from burns received on the mailboat
fCarmen just when she arrived at
Craig on her return from school In
the States. Marian was severely
burned at the same time but man
aged to pull through.
She was a bright and dear girl to
all who knew her. She will be
1 mourned by many friends besides
, her father^nd mother, uncle, sever
al brothers and her grandparents.
Author Leaves Estate
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Dr. Frank C*ane, noted writer and
I philosopher who died recently left
; an estate of $200,000 to his widow
according to petition to probate the
, will filed in Los Angeles. Dr. Crane
died early in November in Nice,
France.