VOL. 4
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 27, 1929
NO. 11
Statistics Alaska
Salmon Packs
The pack of canned salmon in
Alaska from 1878 in Alaska is
herewith presented inasfar as we
have been able to secure the da
ta:
Year.Pack.
1878
1879
1880
1861
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
2
2
1
1
3
6
7
6
9
10
16
37
35
30
15
22
21
23
29
29
30
32
42
55
64
60
55
47
47
48
50
45
52
64
87
79
86
86
100
113
134
133
143
. . . .Total
8,159
12,530
6,539
8,977
21,745
48,337
64,886
83,415
142,065
206,677
412,115
719,196
682,519
801,400
417,717
643,654
686,440
626,530
966,707
909,078
965,097
1,078,146
1,548,139
2,016,804
2,536,824
2,246,210
1,953,756
1,894,516
2,219,044
2,169,873
2,606,973
2,385,477
2,413,054
2,823,817
4,054,641
3,746,493
4,489,311
4,489,341
4,919,589
5,922,320
6,677,569
4,592,201
4,395,937
A total of 79,257,411 cases for
the entire territory from incep
tion of the industry up to and
including 1920. We have been
unable up to the present to get
the record of the pack of t he
industry from 1921 until the pre
sent year. However, it is the
purpose of this publication to
secure this information and
publish it. From these records
students of the fisheries indus
try will be able to deduce facts
which should be more generally
understood.
Next week it is our purpose to
publish the record of the total
packs of southeastern Alaska for
the above period
The U. S. Cable ship Delwood,
which has had the care of the
Alaska cable, left last week for
London where it will take on
300 miles of gutta percha cover
ed cable, whence it will depart
to lay the cable in the Philip
pine archipelago.
The Dellwood is wellknown in
Alaska waters as it was guard
ian of 2,700 miles of cable,
stretching from Seattle north.
Hospital Opening Day
.. Formal opening of the Peters
burg General Hospital .will be
held Sunday, next.. The hospital
will be open to all .visitors be
tween the hours of 1 and 4 p. m.
. .This will give an opportunity
to every one to get acquainted
with the work being done thru
this community venture
.. Donations of food and supplies
will be appreciated .as .it will
lighten the load now upon the
City Council.
Parks Nominated
For Governor
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Governor George A. Parks of
Juneau, was .rtnominated .by
for the office of Governor today
l by President Hoover.. His name
has been sent to the Senate for
confirmation.
It is expected that consider
able opposition will be raised
! thru the senate against confirm
ation.
'
(iPolilical obligations to “Doc”
Holms of Texas may put a differ
ent complexion upon confirma
tion of Parks.
.A prominent businessman of
Petersburg upon .being told of
the nomination of Parks for gov
ernor, asked: What for?
Bristol Bay Pack Below
Normal
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Alexander H. Bradford, gener
al superintendent ox the Pacific
American Fisheries returned to
Seattle recently after having
spent the summer in south
western Alaska. The Bristol
Bay pack was about 400.00 cas
es short of normal or less than
last year and the Cook’s Inlet
and Kodiak Island areas were
both disappointments, BUT ON
THE WHOLE, ALTHOUGH LESS
THAN LAST YEAR’S PACK
generally speaking, the run was
below par this year in Western
Alaska.
Commercial Club Holds
Informal Meeting
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The local Chamber of Com
merce met in the city hall Wed
nesday and held a sort of in
formal chat over future doings
of the organization. A commit
tee was appointed to arrange
with Mrs. Tate for a Club lunch
to be served on meeting days.
Mr. Ohmer advised that he had
vvritten Secretary of the Interi
or Wilbur calling attention to
the fact that the divisional sup
erintendent, Mr. Hawkesworth,
bad advised members that he
bad recommended the Narrows
site for the proposed industrial
-chool and had asked the local
club as a favor to purchase the
•ite from the Mason family of
Wrangell. That the Club had
gone out of its way to do this
[■nd secured other information
and data requested by the Bu- ;
reau of Education; that at no
time had the Club been advised
to discontinue its efforts, nor
had it been given opportunity to
present such information in any
other manner than by letter
while the other site candidates i
were given every opportunity to j
?liow their best points. Such
action being highly unfair to
the local Club, which if it had
purchased said site would have
had property on its hands not
worth thirty cents to it.
WILL LOCK THE DOOH
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The fur farmers of Anchorage,
known as the Western Alaska
Fur Farmers’ Association, are
taking steps to prevent and dis
courage attacks on property of |
fur farmers within the jurisdic
tion of the association.
This action was the result of
federal authorities failure to ap
prehend the persons guilty of
robbing the pens of Eddie Mc
Mahill, recently on Government
Hill. *
Farmers of North Form
Cooperative
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A group of twenty Matanuska
Valley farmers, met Palmer
recently according to the An
chorage Times and organized
the Matanuska Land Clearing
Association and elected their
several officers with Professor H.
W, Alberts, U. S. Agronomist as
advisor.
The purpose of the organiza
tion is to clear land on a more
extensive scale, thru co-oper
ative effort, than is possible un
der conditions every homestead
er tries to clear land singlehand
ed. The association is composed
entirely of farmers who expect
to exchange labor with each
other and thereby reduce cost of
land clearing to a minimum.
A LITTLE BLOWJBACK
..The Federal .Government .isi
turning over to the Territory!
$20,628 of receipts from Nation- j
al Forests. A total of $1,600,000 |
accrues to all states from the i
government of which Alaska’s'
share is as above stated. i
BUTLER PROMOTED
Brig. Gen. Smealey D. Butler
of the. United States Marine
Corps was promoted to major
general when confirmed by the
United States Senate, this week.
General Butler was borrowed
oy the city of Philadelphia to
clean out booze and vice from
me City of Brotherly Love, but
was so ha'mpered by crooked
politicians and officials that he
was unable to clean up the mess.
AT THE VARIETY
..Sunday and .Monday .“The
Four Sons,” a story .which .will
big as the heart of humanity will
be seen. Youth and age bare
their hearts in this superb story.
A big hit of New York and thru
out the country. This picture is
ranked with the biggest and the
best.
Tuesday and Wednesday The
Golden Clown is a story of white
paint, red heart tearless sobbing
behind the laughter the song of
the clown. An absorbing story of
circus life.
What Women Did For Me,
with Charley Chase on the com
edy end.
Buzz Barton is shown in The
Boy Rider, a fine Western pic
ture. “Don’t Fire” with Bobby
Vernon is the funny end of the
program.
“Sally of the Scandals” is a
story of hot heels—hot lips—hot
love. A whole musical show on
the rampage in this photo play
of a chorus girl’s life, next Sat
urday night only.
DELEGOATES RETURN FROM
JUNEAU CONVENTION
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Delegates to the American Le-1
gion Convention held at Juneau
this week, returned today. The j
local delegates were Mrs. Andrew
Johnson, Legion Auxiliary, Fred
Nelson and Harold Dawes, Le
gionnaires.
Eleven Auxiliary members of
the Ketchikan Post and 12 Le
gion members from Ketchikan'
Post, Carl Drager, Post Com
mander, attended the conven
tion.
The Beryl E, Capt. Barton of
the Fern is taking the party to
their homes.
I Huge Plant Soon
Be Ready
A large and important indus
try will be added to the many
| on Coos Bay on October the first.
This is an announceemnt made
by C. McC. Johnson of the Sitka
Spruce Pulp and Paper Com
pany, who is completing the new
mill one mile west of Empire,
Oregon. The plant which has
been under construction for sev
eral months, will employ 200
men, it was announced in discus
sion of the opening.
| In connection with pulp mill
[there is a large sawmill, finish
ed and put into operation about
e month ago, preparing docks
lor the shipping and material for
the pulp making. Estimate of
the outlay in construction of the
two plants ran above $1,500,000.
About a dozen mills from the
above capacity to three times
its size have been in course of
construction and put into opera
tion in both Oregon and Wash
ington. All this development
taking place several years after
it was announced that pulp mills
would be built in Alaska. The
work in Alaska is still in the
preliminary stage of investigat
ing timber, manufacturing sites
and power sites. While this is in
progress the same interests put
up mills and get them in opera
tion in Oregon, Washington and
California. No wonder the Alas
kan looks askance at the promis
es of coming pulp concerns.
MUST SERVE TIME OUT
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Harry Sinclair convicted oil
magnate and his assistant, H.
Mason Day, have had their peti
tions for pardons refused by At
torney Generol Mitchell. They
must finish their sentences in
the Washington, D. C. district
i ail.
A memory for faces caused a
recognition of Sinclair recently,
tiding about in an automobile.
Publicity was given the matter
ind the jail officials explained
the rides as merely Sinclair rid
ing with a medical officer to as
sist that officer. The publicity
caused suspension of this privi
lege.
KILLED FOR WITCHERY
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From Lisbon, this week, comes
report that belief in witches
still exists in some parts of Por
tugal, and a poor woman just
brutally murdered in Portimao
because her neighbors attribut
ed to her such things as illness,
bad crops, and even the fact
that bread did not bake proper
ly. Three men were arrested in
connection with her murder.
WILL LEARN THE INDIAN
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Professor Robert McKennen of
Harvard University passed thru
Juneau recently enroute to the
Shushanna country where he
plans to spend a year among the
Tinneh Indians of that district.
He is seeking information rela
tive to the Tinneh or Athabas
kan Indians under least felt ci
vilization.
MAGILL CREMATED
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Joseph A. Magill, Anchorage
canneryman who killed himself
in a fit of despondency recently
in Seattle, was cremated at the
Home Undertaking Parlors, Se
attle last Friday, following
which funeral services were held.
Will Interest Juneau
Politicians
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Judge Lawrence D. Groner, in
U. S. District Court at Richmond
Virginia last June held the Vir
ginia primary law contrary to
the 14th and 15th amendments
to the federal constitution in
( that it “recognizes and enforces
the right of a political party
to prescribe qualifications for
bidden under the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution
of the United States.” The de
cision held that the state must
provide for equal right of suf
frage in the primary as well as
in the general election. If this
principle is maintained and
pressed, it is likely to result in
quite marked changes in other
states.
Klawock Incorporates
Under New Law
A city election was held in
Klawock on the 24th of Septem
ber to incorporate that town as
a city of first class. The pro
posal was carried by a large ma
jority.
A city council composed of the
following was elected: Frank
Peratrovitch, James Rowan, F.
Johnson, Charles Demmert, Geo.
Demmert, Frank Sookum, Fred
Williams.
After the election a big cele
bration was held to commemor
ate the success of the election
and the fact that it is the first
'ullage to incorporate as a citj
of the first class under the new
law.
On the Road to Ruin
^ Be Here Soon
. .The ’‘Road to Ruin” the most
sensational picture of the yeai
will be shown at the MacGregot
Theatre , Tuesday night.
It is an astounding revelatior
of the moral decay of moderr
j'outh, and every husband, every
wife, every male ,every female
over 16 should be compelled t<
see.
As an added attraction the
million dollar fight picture th(
Kings of the Ring” will be
shown. You will see all of the
famous fighters of recent yean
lose and win their titles. Mul
doon, New York Boxing Commis
sioner says: “My common sense
tells me Tunney lost his title in
the seventh round at Chicago.”
Judge for yourself when you sec
this picture.
MORE AUTOS-MORE DEATH
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America’s automobile deatl
rate has rocketed to such a high
rate that the department o
commerce is considerably alarm
ed over it.
Charts tracing the death rate
for this year as compared witb
last show the current line con
sistently above the old by a.'
much as 40 per cent save only
for four weeks last Fbruary.
FAILS TO FIND ANCIENTS
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Hoping to find evidences of
the first migration to the North
American continent in the north
Dr. Alex Hrdlicka covered over
5,000 miles along the Yukon riv
er, he returned south last week
a very disappointed man. All
skulls he found in that region
were not over 150 years old so
the Asiatic Migration theory re
ceives a severe set back.
Delegate Frank
H. Foster, D.R.
During the past several weeks
rumors of candidacies for the
office of delegate to Congress
from Alaska, have been floating
j around. The latest and first giv
en to the press is that of Frank
H. Foster, representative from
Cordova who believes himself
ihe political Moses delegated to
lead the federalists out of the
hands of the masses of Alaska.
In a recent interview given to
the Seattle press Mr. Foster
declares that Delegate Suther
land will have a hard fight to
secure reelection. Foster de
clares that he is ready to get in
j to the ring and has the support
of a formidable backing in the
First Division and his own sup
port in the Valdez Division.
Report emanating from Ju
neau and Ketchikan is to the ef
fect that Mr. John Rustgard is an
active candidate for the same
office. When here recently Mr.
Rustgard stated emphatically
to the query of a local business
man, that he was not a candi
date for the office. Report, how
ever, still persists that he is
building political fences with the
view to securing the nomination
ac the Republican primary in
April.
Reports of other filings for the
same office indicate that the Re
publicans will not have a dearth
of would be delegates to select
from.
Democratic choice will be a
limited one as there is complete
larmony in their machine. The
’eports indicate a choice be
ween Senator Dimond of the
Western division and Repre
:entative A. H. Ziegler of Ket
chikan.
The choice as to candidate for
his party will finally selected so
'hat not more than 300 votes
vill be necessary to nominate.
rhe balance of the Democratic
vill be thrown into the Repub
ican primary to eliminate the
candidate least desireable to the
ederal-demo-repub m a c h i ne.
I'he nominee will then be
hrown to the political bow
vows and a Democratic delegate
■ent to Congress. Thereby the
lominating minority party will
have complete control of the
political destinies of the Terri
tory.
Delegate Sutherland whose re
tirement was announced by the
Alaska Weekly after the last
election, advised that paper that
iny announcement of his retire
ment would come from himself
md not through “friends.” So
.ur Mr. Sutherland has made no
innouncement and being some
what early in the game his
supporters have not pressed him
to announce his plans.
At this time political prog
nosticators see but little hope in
my candidacy that does not
have the support of the laboring
masses of the Territory. This
class of voters, along with many
enlightened business men will
ixpress their preference on their
ballot for no representative of
the canning combine and its
oolitical ally—the federal bu
reaucrats.
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Speaking before the Commer
cial Club in San Francisco, Dr.
David P. Barrows, president em
eritus of the University of Calif
ornia, advocated regulation and
not exclusion of ' immigration
from the Philippines.