VOL. 2
PETERSBURG, ALASKA MARCH 2. 1928
NO. 32
A Gleeful Welcome
When the victorius Hi-Squad re
turned home last Sunday night they
ran into a warm welcome. They had
pulled oft the unexpected. No less
surprised was the team's opponents
—Ketchikan—and Juneau, whiccn
was lying back to play with the win
ner. The sporting fraternity, on
Tuesday eve- tendered a banquet
to the young knights of the hoop
at the Tate hotel.
There was a line chicken dinner.
James Wheeler ws toastmaster and
the aliair rolled merrily along along.
There were little specke3 of cheer
and advice and the possibilities of
Harold ltunstead was presented with
a diamond (dime and) pin. Harold
you know, is the captain of the lo
cal ball pushers and he took this
little joke with becomilng grace.
Wheeler called upon Bowman—
Conrad Bowman, principal of the
Petersburg schools—for a little
talk. He urged, among other things,
the play off with Juneau to be on
neutral ground. Juneau had al
ready wired Ketchikan think—and
feeling sure that Ketchikan had
walked off with the persimmons,
that she would stage the finals at
Petersburg or Wrangell. Later,
when the capitol aggregation was
wised to the Petersburg victory, it
didn’t care to travel and requested
that het deciding games be played
where it lived—at Juneau. Both
the local players and the fans firm
ly held to the play-off on neutral
territoiy. Boat schedules were very
favorable, going and coming, for
Juneau to come to Wrangell, which
she was willing enough to do until
she found out that Petersburg Hi
was the victor. As this is written
word comes that the capitol’s play
ers insist on the coming games at
Juneau. We rise to inquire what
kind of sports are these Juneauites?
Who has something, outside of Ju
neau, to say about this matter of
location? That we shall play on
neutral territory is fair and just
and as we were winners in the re
cent Petersburg-Ketchikan set-to, we
SOME SPRINTING
Looking over The Oregon Emer
ald, U. of O. daily, we found the fol
lowing:
***‘Standard, (Sigma Nu) and
Varsity quarter miler, led the field
all the way in the 440 (yards), and
finished easily, clipping one second
off 'the fornijer record., [He} fwjaa
closely pressed by Anderson Fiji i
who came in second, but drew away
to a comfortable lead on the la3t
lap. Pearson (Kappi Sig) was third
and Baker (A.B.C.) fourth. Time
.55 1-5". Less than one minute).
The above shows a cut in records
in the all-star meet at the Igloo,
University of Oregon, at the best in
tramural track of the year. Stand
ard, referred to above, is Joe J.
Standard, son of Doctore Susie V.
and Dan E. Standard of Petersburg,
and well known locally.
In a later issue of The Oregon
Emerald we learn that Joe Standard
was the winner in the 300 yard
varsity event. Standard’s time in
this bit of sprinting was 33 seconds.
That’3 getting over the turf, in a
900 foot run, at the rate of more
than 27 feet per second. Some go
ing.
ANOTHER WRECK
A report has come in that the hali
but fisher Alaska, in a storm off Ko
diak Island Coast, was wrecked and
iB a total loss. The ten men on her,
comprising the crew, were saved.
1 Some of Them Will
Run Again
Last Monday evening there was a
kind of a caucus held at the old
schoolhouse (Fishermen’s HallK
The outcome of thiB more or les3
political meeting, which wasn’t re
presentative, (only 13 present) was
the naming of those thought de
sirable for city mayor, the council
and school ‘ board
For Mayor—C. E. Swanson (to
succeed himself, Ed. Locken and
T. S. Elsemore. For the city coun
cil—Chris Gron3eth, Sam Gauffin,
Ed. Walwick, Paul Lund, Ed. Nil
sen, Rasmus Enge, Erick Ness, Chas.
Mann, Peter Jorgenson, Earl Ohm
er.
For the School Board:—Olaf Han
seth, Harold Davis, Peter Jorgenson
and Mrs. Mamie Tveten.
HOT SHOT FROM WHEELER
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of
Montana recently visited the coal
camps in western Pennsylvania. This
’3 what he said after the visit. 'T
have been familiar with indus
trial strife'R*r. 25 years. For 22 of
those years I have called mining
camps my home. Yet never, in all
my experience, fiaVe 1 seen anything
to approach the horror of the situ
ation in Pennsylvania. (Where the
coal miners, strike is, anh .has been
for some’* Time.) Everywhere I
found littlfs^effitdren suffering for
want of milk. ;~The American Le
\ gion helped them while the Red
Cross refused to move. In China, 1
last year, when 1 visited the slums
|of Canton and other cities, I thought
they were the best breeding grounds
for Bolshevism I ha4 ever seen.
Now I have changed my mind. The '
most fertile field for anarchy is out 1
ou the hills of Pennsylvania. An
drew W. Mellon could settle this
strike in 24 hours. It seems incon
ceivable to me that this Secretary
of the Treasury, with all his mil
linDs, should refuse to relieve the '
horrible misery and suffering which
I found so abundant right in his own
back yard."
Both Hon. John J. Casey, oi
Pennsylvania and the Hon. F. H La '
Guardia, of New York, congressmen,
laid the responsibility for the indus
trial war squarely on the doorstep
of Andrew W. Mellon’s corporation,
the Pittsburg Coal Company.
And this same Mellon would like
to be the next president of the Unit
ed States.
Congressman Casey also made
! mention of the Red Cross and said
j that “The Great Mother" had re
fused to do anything in the starva
tion region nor to lift a hand to aid
the sick children.
GOOD FUR CATCHING REPORTS
In from Rocky Pass country from
Saginaw and Security come the re
ports of better than ordinary catch
es of mink and otter. On one trap
line in Saginaw 60 mink and 7 jot
ter were trapped in 7 days:. This
catch, alone, represents a mo^iey
value of $800. Taking the length
of Rocky Pass as: one district the
value of furs taken this winter will
run better than $400Q, Security
Bay also turned in liberally. The
skins have all showed up as above
the average in quality and the pric
es held up very well. ; , ,
AND A SON
A son was born to Mrs. Andrew
Heimdahl on Sunday, February 26th
at Ketchikan. Reports from the
First City say that mother, and boy
are doing nicely and will be home
in Petersburg soon.
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WE GUESS SO.
WTH1S
V CLt\&
M'H a'
Gee! How I love you, Dearie. „
Games at Wrangell
I
The first game with Ketchikan
[li, Friday the 24th of February, |
started with Ketchikan grasping the
ead. The First City lads were for
unate in shots—a combination of
skill and luck. Petersburg Hi
played well and checked Ketchikan
ilosely, but the latter’s long, weil
placed, shots kept them in the lead.
U the very start Ketchikan appear
}d a bit rattled. This was notice
able when the locals went into a
jrief spell of excellent team work.
But at the end they had 15 to Pe
ersburg’s 9.
THE SECOND GAME
The game of the 25 th was differ
ing The local lads went into the
ray with pep and dash. The de
'eat of the night before didn't seem
0 be carried into this battle. The
jig idea was to play ball all thru—
irid to win. Wrangell rooting for
he Petersburg contingent. This
Helped. Exciting every minute of
he play. Fight hard and close. Pe
;ersburg Hi winning with score ot
18 to Ketchikan’s 13.
THE THIRD GAME
Sunday, the 26th, the game of
lecision. Determination written
plainly on the face of every localite.
rhe contest breezed warm from the
ueginning. Ketchikan’s close check
ing didn't greatly retard the tactics
jf the locals. The first half gave a
ti^ score. Victory had to be won—
ar: lost—in the next few minutes.
1 There was a shadow of a doubt
in the actions of the First City team
when the-last half started. So far
as the score stood they had an even
bieak, but it was evident that mis
givings had intervened. There was
speed and action enough and, seem
ingly, a firm desire to pull out a
victory. Game ended with Ketchi
kan tailing. Score, Ketchikan, 10
Petersburg 13. Coach Aimes was
present at the first game, hut was
obliged to leave afterward. Mr.
Fabriclous, Wrangell coached, step
ped into Aimes’ place.
(Details of game by Joe Kaklen. '
have the choice of field. If Juneau
hangs to this idea, what sort of
treatment may we expect should we
finally agree to go to «the city of
carpet-baggers? We wouldn’t
have a Chinaman’s chance. If they
are able to dominate in one way,
they will pfiH off the disagreeable
in another. And there Isn’t any
A BAD CUT
John Joseph was brought in to I
town Sunday mortfing^ by Charles j
Williams on the Sea Rose from .
Kake. Joseph, trapping down in j
the Point Barrie region, was split- j
ting fire wood at his trapping camp i
last Saturday. His- ax was sharp
and he was striking heavily. He
missed and the ax struck lengthwise
on the back of hi3 left hand and
all that held the thumb on was a
mite of skin on the palm. *Tt—the
thumb—was so nearly sev-ered that
there was some doubt about letting
it hang while the voyage was made
from Barrie to Pettersburg. Six
teen stiches were put in the cut by
Dr. Standard and Joseph is ♦walk
ing around feeling quite comfortable
considering the slash. Unless there
are complicatons, the wound will
heal rapidly and the thumb, which
came near being cast aside, will be
as useful as ever again. Accompany
ing Williams on the Sea : Rose, be
side Joseph, were—Tom No’skow
and Mr. Edwards.
INSPECTORS ADVISE 4
Last week a row boat wa3 rammed
by a power speed boat— a boat
propelled by gas engine. Mention
was made of the occurrence in„THE
ALASKAN. Asking the inspectors
the status of the hand pulled dingies
and gas craft we received the fol
lowing:
A. N. B. Publishing Company,
Petersburg, Alaska
This office is in receipt of your let
ter of February 25th. 1928, relative
to the status of boats propelled by
hand, row boats, in comparison to
gas boats.' .
You are advised that if such a
ca3e as you mentioned were brought
before this board we would rule
that the gas boat would have to ex
ercise due caution in navigating iu
the immediate vicinity of a row boat
as a row boat has the right-of-way.
The, operator of a gas boat is bound
to use all caution possible in an ef
fort to clear a row boat. •
George H. Whitney
John Newmarker .
U. S. Local Inspectors.
Department of Commerce
reason at a}l that we should knuckle;
down to Juneau as if she were
the king-pin in this. matter of lo
cation. „ . ,
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10 Days Extra Fishing?
, William L. Paul, Ketchikan at
torney, is “back east:” Accompan
ied by Senator Curtis a visit was
made to President Coolidge on the
iTfti of February. The Alaska sal
mon fishing industry came up and
tjhe President was asked to allow
fihe. salmon seiners a ten day exten
sion period after the close of all
fish ti^ps. Mr. Paul made out the
statement for the President giving
the detail of the proposition, and
while the matter wrasn’t settled at
the time of the visit .there is confi
dence felt that the request will be
granted. ?- - •
AMUSEMENTS
On Friday and Saturday, at The
MacGregor, there will be a Harry
Laiigdon contribution that discounts
anything yet under Langdon’s lead
—and that’s no joke even tho’ LONG
■PANTS is a tragedy told in smiles,
it is a satire on adolescent youth.
It grip3, but you’ll laugh at the grip-:
ping. Priscilla Bonner plays oppo
site Langdon and plays well. Still,
there are no less than five leading
ladles in Langdon’s LONG PANTS—
and that ought to fetch you if noth
ing else does.
On Sunday and Monday comes
Renee Adoree in another immense
war role in a new film. Outside of
The Big Parade—a spectacular war
picture—HEAVEN and EARTH
gives you an inside view of France
in the years 1914 to 1919 that you
donit want to miss. Conrad Nagel
appears opposite Renee and the oth •
er players are all of note.
And for just one day, and that
day; Tuesday, there will be screened
Jacques Jaccard’s sensation DFi
SERT GREED. This is Yakima
Canutt’s big film thriller. It il
lustrates the Texas Border Patrol
with smugglers and black jacks
It’s lively and it’s adventurous and
Yakima will 3tarlle you with his
clever mix-ups in the camps of the
high-binders.
The Anchorage School is credited
with an enrollment of 330 pupils at
the present time. October, 1926,
the enrollment was 275. Ketchikan
sehools lead in number enrolled of
573 .pupils, Juneau, second, with
646.
Commercial Club £j
Meeting of the 29 th
Meeting opened with, the uauai
attendance and good. eats.
The first considered was a letter
from the Olympia Chamber of Com
merce relative to an invitation from
the local body to the yachtsmen to
stop euroute Juneau in the June
yacht race—capitol to capitol—.
The invitation has beeii taken up
for consideration by the yacht peo
ple.
Communication from tile Wash
ington Transportation Company
a new transportation affair, ap
parently-taken up tor considera
tion. it appears tiiat tiie above
named company contemplates put
ting on a ship scheduled to ply be
tween Seattle, Petersburg and Wran
gell, 3 trips per month. Said that
the vessel is capable of carrying
HUG tons of cargo, 40 first class pass
engers and 20 second class passen
gers. Said, farther, that the ship
had full refrigeration and ample
storage capacity. No particular ac
tion taken by they Club eitiier in
favor or against at this time.
R. K. Stewart, predatory animal
hunter, had ’mailed in trapping mat
ter for distribution. This’1 referred
to the capture of wolves in particu
lar. Those who may be interested
can get these pamphlets of instruc
tion from Haroid Dawes Club Secre
tary. '
From the Bureau of. Fisheries
there came tables of. salmon, catch
ing and packing statistics. fpc..Cali
foruia, Oregon, Washington,..British
Columbia and Alaska.. .. This wa3
filed for reference and for public in
formation.
Report gone over from the. Col
lector of Customs, Juneau, that had
to do with export and import af
fairs of the Territory. It appeared
that there was no detail bearing on
in-corning and out-going shipping
of different towns by themselves.
1 he Secretary was requested to write
the customs division of shipping re
lative to export and import statis
tics in such detail and ascertain
if same couldn’t be given the Club.
The Secretary was instructed to
read all outgoing letters and com
munications of the Club to the as
sembled members each .. meeting
night. (Ed. note—An odd proceed
ing, this).
RECORDS NO MOHR
The Seattle Union Record—daily
has quit publication add drops out
ol the list of Seattle’s "daily' papers.
The last issue, ear iharked ::“flnnl
edition” was'final In fa1et'"ah:d 30.
the symbol of the end; It-'is too
bad. We had heard that the'Record
was having a lidavy * uj?-Klll pull,
but were in hope that :it ’could
weather its financial" stormirdnd puli
over the summit. '• It was deified a
certain amount of advertising be
cause, by the conservative, it was
considered radical. By the radical
the publication1 was thought to be
no more than luke warm in' labor’s
cause. The ground between wasn’t
able to support the paper and pay
$2500 per week payroll. ' It was es
tablished in 1900, was printed In
its own building- and employed
around 65 persons. Its editorial
I Pa§e was usually, brilliant; - com
manding and to the point. The last
issue was on Saturday, February the
18 th.
William Kottilman, 74, was found
ttozen to death on the trail between
Circle and Circle Hot Springs, the
other day. Apparently the man
had been dead for some time.