VDL. 3
PETERSBURG, ALASKA AUGUST 3, 1928
NO. 3
Official Business
On iho recent southbound trip o?
the Alameda, C. V. Brown, U. S. De
puty Marshal in Petersburg from
Tdilio. pass-nl through on official
bnainess enroute to Ketchikan.
\\ bile the vessel lay in port a pecu
liar incident transpired, the whys
ar.u wherefores of which had not
been solved up to the present time.
A young man, of Petersburg, very
much under the influence of exub
erant spirits,—bonded, moonshine
or home brew, more or less, decid
ed to visit that section of Peters
burg where flash the white lighi.s
and red curtains and where reside
the unfortunate daughters of Baby
lon. Knocking at the door, the in
mates saw him in a more or less in
ebriated condition whereupon they
refused him admission. More or less
stubborn because of his condition
he would not accept the cold turn
shoulder but hammered insistently
vpen the door until there was dan
ger that he would become a public
nuisance and disturb the peace anJ
dignity of the community. Where
upon the strong arm of the law,
in the form of Mr. Brown stepped
out of the house and met the young
man with the business end of a “bil
ly ’’ The moral persuader backed
up by the shining star representing
the Department of justice cooled the
ardor and all desire for entrance,
it is said that two bottles of beei
wore confiscated, but we don’t know
tb it they were. We do know that
the young fellow nursed a pretty
sore head for a day or so because
of having knocked the business en i
of the billy with it.
What business called the United
States Marshal to the “dead line’
when lie was passing through on
government business has not been
stated. Nor is it understood how
Brooklyn Laid Up
The shrimp trawler Brooklyn of j
the Ohmer shrimp fleet has been i
laid up this week on account o,
“busted” cylinders. New ones are
ordered and will be put in as soon
as possible. In the meantime the
Winnie B. of Wrangell will be com
missioned in her place.
The Charles W. of the shrimp
fleet is going into commission after
a .ong tie-up at the docks. Just as
soon as a new beam can be swung
into place with webbing she will go
and drag for the “bugs which are
making Petersburg famous.”
The market for crab and shrimp
meat is picking up in the States ne
cessitating the operation of the
shrimp cannery at almost full capac
ity and the crab canneries at Cordo
va and locally with full crews.
The herring are reported as hold
ing up well at Surprise Harbor so
that the crew on the Louise S. are
kept busy putting up a fine grade
of herring for the Glacier Sea Food
Company.
TO CUT OFF THE SOURCE
Plans to shut off Canadian liquor
shipments to the United States were
put into effect by the treasury de
partment this week. A drastic in
spection of freight cars passing
from Canada to American points will
be conducted according to Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Lowrnan,
head of the prohibition enforcement
bi reau.
POPULATING CANADA
The British government is plar£
ning to send 16,500 persons to Can
ada from the British mining dis
tricts at a cost of $3,000,000. The
purpose is to relieve the unemploy
ment situation iqj Engalnd
or where any marshal is given auth
ority to take the law into his own
hands and mete punishment for any
infraction of the law. It. is a cer
tainty that the young man was dis
turbing the peace more or less and
had in possession contrabrand spir
its No reports made to the Com
missioner’s office to date.
OATH OF OFFIC E
“I, <’. V. Brown, .do .solemnly
swear (of affirm that I will faith
fully execute all lawful precepts di
reefed to the marshall of the District
of Alaska, under authority of the
United States, and true returns
make, and in all things well and
truly, and without malice or partial
itv, perform the duties of the of
fice of marshal (or marshal's de
puty), of the district of Alaska dur
ing my continuance in said office
and take only my lawful fees. Si
help me God.”
We take it, since the marshal of
Petersburg has not filed complaint
or made arrest of contracting party
to i he nocturnal visit to “Paulsbo”
tnat said incident is not covered
by said oath above copied. And that
any visit by said marshal is in th-;
line of duty without fear or favor.
However, we persume to know no
thing of such nocturnal visits by the
marshal or anyone else and only
picture that which has happened as
reported above.
A club on the head, confiscation o'
two bottles of beer is pretty much in
keeping with the braveness of this
representative of the department of
justice who clubbed others nigh to
death in Juneau on previous occa
sions. Some men are just naturally
born brave others acquire it while
others just cannot eradicate the
streak generally despised by every
self-respecting man.
< HK AGO MAYOR* PLANS
TO RESIGN, IS RUMOR
A.n afternoon paper today publish
es, a rumor that Mayor William Hale
Thompson is likely to resign. It is
staled the information comes from
a man high in politics who is gener
ally credited with having reliable
information of secret plans of both
parties. The reason given is thai
the Mayor is discouraged over some
po’itical reverses in recent months
The Baltic picked up a two mast
halibut schooner offshore during the
past week and towed it to Juneau
The vessel had been drifting around
a considerable distance offshore with
a broken tail shaft and the crew
was on the poin|L of deserting the
craft when the Baltic came along
and pick her up.
Modern Equipment
Installed
Dr.s Dan E. and Susie V. Stand
ard received from the south last Sat
urday a new Super Diathermy Ma
chine, which they have installed
and in operation in their offices
Similar machines are installed in
the large hospitals, and in all of
the Government hospitals for veter
ans.. It far surpasses any and all
known treatment for sprains, frac
tured bones, torn ligaments, lumba
go. neuritus, etc., and is extensively
used by doctors. Particularly in
pneumonia, its use has cut down the
death rate very materially. This
machine saves hospitalization in
many troubles that require radical
surgery of the old procedures.
Mr. A. R. Brown of San Francis
co., representing the Merganthalei
Linotype Company arrived in Peters
burg on the Alameda this afternoon
and will spend several days here.
Colored Photography
Undetailed annuncement that
Thomas A. Edison and a select group
of American scientists as guests next
week of George Eastman, chairman
of the board of the Eastman Kodak
Company will witness a denionstra*
in n of what has been described as
the most revolutionary development
in modern photography, is hailed in
rtochestor as the advent of color
photography in amateur motion
1 'etures.
A Traveler Observes
Petersburg trade territory is serv
ed by the motor ship Margnita.
Capt. Peterson, in addition to the
.Juneau-Sitka mail route. This Is
G’o longest and hardest run made
by any of the smaller craft in the
Territory.
Leaving Warm Springs Bay she
calls in at Tyee lower Admiralty Is
land where the Sebastian-Stuart Cc
operates a cannery. Crossing Fred
erick Sound she next calls at I£a’:e
wnere is one of the older Indian
eommunities-self governed and with
out United States Commissioner or
r.’arshal. The Bureau of Education
maintain a school and hospital here.
The Presbyterian Church and the
Salvation Army—with Native Lav
workers only, maintain the work
of their respective denominations.
Pour stores and the Sunny Point
Cannery are here. Industry of the
community is largely fishing and
trapping. A decrease in king sal
mon, largely due to lack of herring
has hurt the earning power of tin's
progressive community to a largo
extent. At this season this village
is muchly deserted as the popula
tion is largely scattered—at work in
tlie different canneries. The local
plant employing quite a few.
We next called at Petersburg—
known as the “Port of Prosperity."
You may well he proud of your in
dustries which in the main is fish
ing, halibut, trout, salmon, salmon
packing by the Petersburg Packing
Company, and the Petersburg Cold
Storage Company along with the
fresh fish buyers this phase of the
industry seems well taken care of.
Tim Alaska Glacier Sea Food Co ,
we learn produces shrimp meat an 1
furnishes a sizeable payroll the year
(Continued on page two)
I
Budget Commission For
Seattle
The City Council of Seattle is lay
ing the foundation for a permanent
budget commission. It is to be of
that the work may be carried on to
non political membership in order
the best advantage of the city.
Such a commission could well be
copied by Alaska cities.
r he Fern of Wrangell, Mr. Rieh
f; 'd owner of the WrangMl Ma
i.ine Works was in port during the
wet,'*. On board with Mr. Riebbeid
were “Busto”’ Grant and Miss P;w
ell “Bustei is the new American
cypress Company’s agent at Wran-j
gell
Mr. John Chamberlain, veterbn
j\night of ti:Q Grip, came over fr >m
Wrangell on the gasboat Fern.
Will Investigate
William Mitchel, solicitor general,
left Washington, D. C. on the 2nd
for Alaska. It is his purpose to in
vestigate into the matter of feder
al judgeship and the Marshal’s of
fire.
SEATTLE FISH EXPERTS TO
MEET IN SEATTLE
On August 29 to 31 will meet in
Sent lie the American Fisheries so
ciety in conjunction with other af
filiated bodies. Preliminary arrange
ments are being made by Charles R.
Pollock, Washington State superin
tendent of fisheries Among the
speakers will be Henry O’Malley, V.
H. Elfendahl, president of the Pa
cific Fisheries, F. P. Kendall of the
Oregon Fish Commission, Dr. W. A.
Clemens of the Canadian Biological
station at Nanaimo. Dr. R. E. Fos
ter fish culturist in B. C., John F.
Cobh, College of Fisheries, Univer
sity of Washington, William F.
Thompson, director of the Interna
tional ional Halibut Commission and
others.
N. P. Man Heads R.R
Oito F. Ohlson, new head of the
a1 a ska Railroad, was superinten
ent of the Lake Superior Division of
it he Northern Pacific Railroad. He
was an employee of that system for
2 7 years. He was born at Sper
lingsholm, Sweden in 1870. In Jan
uary 1918 he joined the engineer
ing corps of th United States army
as captain and became superinten;
dent of terminals in France; in No
vember of the same year he became
l’vision superintendent in Franc i
I with the rank of major; in Febru
ary, 1919, he was appointed gener
al supeintendent and given the
rank of lieutenant-colonel, which
rank he still holds in the reserve
corps.
He returned to the N. P. system
upon his discharge from the army
and was mae assistant to the gen
eral superintendent and after a very
short time promoted to the superin
tondency of the Lake Superior divi
sion.
Heavy Run Salmon Is
Reported
High boat reported at Tyee by the
2nd of this month had $75. per
share out of which comes first the
crew expenses then the expense of
the seiner and the family gets the
balance with which they will go to
shows, pay their bills and have a
few thousand dollars left over to!
spend on a trip to California next
winter. The businessmen of Alas
ka need not worry about the bills
o" the fishermen—there are lots of
salmon for the traps.
The Takait\ of Petersburg deliver
ered 4,000 salmon to the Laddie at
Mole Harbor this week. A trap was
brailed and trap salmon put on top
of the seine fish. The superintend
ent refused to accept the fish for
canning, paid for them and sold
them to the reduction plant for
fishmeal. And many wonder why
it I ecomes harder each year to put
up packs. The Laddie should have j
put on the trap fish and then load- J
ed the seine fish—common sense !
only necessary. If some poor fish-!
email had been guilty of destroy
ing said salmon, they would have
been arrested under the law. Fun
ny fish laws we have.
Tn the Olympic Meet, Percy Wi!
Hams, 19-year-old athlete of Victor
ia took first place in the one ond
two hundred meter races. Douglas
Lowe, British entrant won first
place in the 800 meter race. Hahn
the American champion was sixth
in the race and collapsed in the
1500-meter race. Edward Mann
broke the World’s broad jump re
cord.
Oene Tunney in a statement tn
the press announced that he would
retire from all further pugilistic
encounters. |
Channel Beacon Nearly
Completed
..The channel light of Point Pro-;
l'Mvy will be completed now within)
the next few days if all conditions!
remain favorable. The concrete1
work on the base is now up four o’ j
fi‘ e f«et above the rise and fall of(
the tides. The balance of the work |
will progress much more rapidly. J
Considerable trouble was met at I
the beginning of the operations by
Hie strong tides pushing the frame
work out just as often as it was pur
put in place by the divers. Howev
er. in spite of the odds ,the work is
being carried to a successful conclu
sion.
1510 RUN SALMON REPORTER
Captain Anderson of the Steamer
Northland which called in at Ket
chikan yesterday reported one of
the biggest runs of salmon he ever
sa’"- south of Ketchikan. The fisn
are reported off Cape Fox covering
soaoe as large as Seattle. Seiners
are reported in large numbers down
there.
Virtually all the Ketchikan trap
men are wondering when this big
run will hit into their traps.
Henry O’Malley, United States
Commissioner of Fisheries who was
in Ketchikan on Tuesday was dined
by the Commercial Club at which
meeting he expressed himself as be
ing highly pleased with the run.
Oaxaca Is Floated
The steamer Oaxaca which was
wrecked in the South Narrows'near
Beech’s Pass was floated by the tug
Salvage King about a half hour he
fore high water on the night of the
1st of August. With only a small
pump working to keep leakage out
the Salvage King put a line on the
vessel and started towng her south
where she will he put in repair
again.
Mr. Phillip Morgan came into town
Wednesday for mail and supplies;
left again for the wrecked vessel
and will continue south with her.
Cant. J. Allen Hancock, owner and
master of the vessel left last week
n > Wrangell for California.
During the short enforced visit of
the party which included several
ladies, the people of Petersburg ap
preciated the visit of Capt. and Mrs.
Hancock, Mr. Morgan and the rest of
the party. While everyone sympath
ized with them because of the
wrecking of their vessel and the in
conveniences which they had to put
up with, still all were glad to have
them stop and visit in Petersburg
find hope that they will make an
other visit in the future.
Political Rally at K.C
national rally of Republicans at
the notification exercises for Senat
or Charles Curtis of Topeka, Kan
sas, on August 18, is being planned.
Preisdential nominee Herbert Hoov
er will probably be there.
Senator Curtis who is in Wash
ington planned to leave for his home
this week and will await there for
tV. ceremony and will then give his
keynote speech of the campaign. He
will follow this speech by others as
it is expected that he will carry the
burden of the campaign.
OPENING DATE DELAYED
Delay in the opening of the To
tem Pole Ice Cream Parlors has
been found necessary by the man
agement on account of incompleted
altering and renovating. Joe Stand
ard. the new proprietor, stated that
he hoped to have the place going In
good shape by next week.
Kake Fishermen On
Strike
Too much fish in the Skinner and
Eddy traps so Supt. Maynard put
his native fishermen on a limit of
3,000 salmon per crew. The men
were just beginning to get the fiMi
when they were cut down to 3,000
every day. The men operating six
to the crew could not make expens
es so they held a meeting with Mr.
Skinner and Mr. Maynard and advis
tnem that expenses could not be
made at those figures. The limit
was lifted but the fishermen in
structed that their deliveries would
not. be accepted after ten p. m. Any
delivery after that hour would be
rejected and that they would not be
paid for. After much confabbing,
Maynard took off the 10 o’clock
time limit but insisted that delivery
would have to be made immediately
for at least a 2 4 hour elivery but
after caught. The fishermen begged
Maynard refused saying that he did
not want any old fish when his
traps were full of fish.
I-rior to the run of salmon, Kake
reports, Maynard was putting up
fish four and five days old and was
glad to get them at that,
reasonable terms the fishermen
for fair treatmentsTw
The fishermen are standing firm
in their request for fair treatment
so that if Maynard refuses to accede
form his unreasonable terms, it will
to no fault of these people.
New Journalist Arrives
On July the ISth in the St. Jo
soph Hospital, Bellingham, Wash .
was born Ronald Wright Appleton.
A seven and one-half pound ho^.
to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Appleton.
Vii\ Appleton is now manager of
the Northwest Viking, student pub
lication of the Bellingham Norm ti
which he has been attending the
[last two years. When in Petersburg
two years ago he purchased the de
funct Petersburg Herald and was
just getting a good start when he
was forced to let go of his invest
ment. Returning to Bellingham he
entered Bellingham Normal to cou
L’nue his education which he left off
when he came here from the Uni
re’, sity of Washington. He surpris
ed his friends by joining the Beni
diets.. Recent mails bring an
nouncement of the bouncing baby
boy. His friends rejoice with him
in his new found joy.
Wedding Bells to Ring
Jt is announced that the wedding
nf Mr. Bert Elstad to Miss Ruby
Rayner is to take place tonight. Mr.
Elstad is manager of the Citizen’s
are standing firm in their request
Steam Laundry which he and Mr.
F. R. Havens of the Customs De
partment recently acquired. The
bride is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Rayner who have been,
connected with the Star Bakery of
this city.
Following the cerempny the
couple will spend a short honey
moon down the Narrow's.
---a
May Call Legislature
The Ketchikan Bar Association
in a recent meeting seriously con
sidered requesting Governor Parks
t call a special session of the Legis
lature to provide for a system ot
Territorial courts. This step was
given consideration owing ‘to tho
fact that all legal matters have
been held up by the non-appoint
ment of a judge for this Division
The Watson last night, Alameda
today anji Rogers tomorrow.