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COVERING
SOUTHEAST ALASKA
NEWS 0fF INTEREST
FROM NORTH, EAST & WEST
FOR ALL ALASKANS
VOLUME NO. VII.
NO. 3.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, AUGUST 5, 1932
Subscription Price $4 per yeai
NORTH STAR IN PORT
WEDNESDAY, BOUND NORTF
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The U. S. Indian Bureau mot
orship North Star, Capt. S. T. L
Whitlam in command, arrivec
in Petersburg about noon Wed
nesday and remained in porl
until 7 o’clock that evening. A
small shipment of freight for the
local Bureau School was lefi
here. Onboard were about 3C
passengers, new teachers, re
turning teachers and other field
workers and office force.
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Payoff “Alaskans”
In Seattle
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Reading the above heading of
a press dispatch sent out either
from Juneau of Seattle, the
reader would be apt to believe
that the Alaska laborers are be
ing treated right well by Libby,
McNeill & Libby in the Bristol
Bay country.
Fact of the matter is that this
corporation which does not pay
dividends on its stock because it
has too many high salaried
stockholders in office, is to pay
six of its crews in Seattle for
their operations in Alaska.
The money will be divided be
tween about 1,400 cannery work
ers who did not have any oppor
tunity to leave any of that mon
ey to help build up Alaska. The
company packed about 300,000
cases.
The Business Man of Alaska
is invited to figure up his profit
in this business venture.
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Trolling Season
Not to Close
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Friend of Alaska, Henry O’
Malley the Czar who sees to it
that Alaskans do not benefit by
his regulation of the fisheries,
recently got chicken hearted
endangering his own life
through enlargement of the
heart. He has declared that the
troll close season which runs
for 30 days beginning about the
20th of this month is not to be
Storms and poor runs of salmon
and poor earnings—mostly the
buyers have not gotten their
share of the swag—is the reason
set forth for setting aside the
closure.
The price on the Columbia
River for king salmon is now
down to 2 y2 cents on the river,
Alaska fishermen should be re
ceiving y2 cent per pound for
their fish. Report has not come
in indicating what prices are be
ing paid—but with the price of
oil raised one cent by federal
tax and two cents a gallon tax
raised by the oil companies to
pay their tax to the government,
the fishermen find it no easy
matter to buy enough oil to
operate—they don’t care to buy
the food and trolling supplies—
they can get along without that
so long as they buy the oil to
keep the poor oil companies
from starving.
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EMBARK ON
MATRIMONIAL BARK
Miss Marian Wells of Colorado
Springs and Dr. R. G. Smith of
Petersburg were united in mar
riage by Mayor Edward l ocken,
Saturday night last in the office
of the Mayor. Witnesses were
Miss Helen Wilkinson and T. W.
Benson. The doctor and his
bride left on the steamer North
western for points south where
they will spend their honey
moon.
Salvation Army
In Annual Drive
“The Army of the Helping
Hand” is a name given the Sal
vation Army throughout the
world in which it is working, ir
respective of color or creed.' In
order to continue to be such an
army there must be hands out
stretched with financial aid.
The work carried on in Alaska
in general and Petersburg in
particular needs no ecomiums
fiom the editor as the work
speaks for itself or for those
good officers who are carrying
on Under direction of Cap:.
Brierly and Lieut. Fulton there
is the Young People’s Legion,
the Guards for the ’teen age
girls and the Sunbeams, the little
tots all who receive many fund
amentals of character building
of inestimable worth to them
and the community.
The work among the adults is
not so encouraging but is none
the les snecessary. The “Home
League” is one that has the sup
port of every citizen of the town
The Army is carrying on this
work at a minimum of expense
as the allowance of the Army
Lassies i snot sufficient to meet
their needs or work and sti'l
they carry on. Every cent raised
in Petersburg is spent in Peters
burg and this year the Army
needs $450 to carry on the worx
and they are making an appeal
to every citizen to give every as
sistance possible in carrying on
this good work. In the past the
town has responded generously
md spontaneously to the call
md it is hoped that though the
year has not been such a pros
perous one still that the gener
ous hearts will once again res
pond.
Breed Late Fish;
Begets Late Fish
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By the 30th of July the run
cf pink salmon in the Prince
William Sound was on in full
blast. “Captain” O’Connors, fish
eries agent recommended the
extension of the fishing season
72 hours in order that the pack
ers might get up their packs. It
has been officially noted that the
run is one week later than in
1931.
The run in Icy Straits and
Cross Sound was said to have im
proved somewhat but the an
pearance of the salmon in that
district is at least three weeks
behind that of last year. By this,
time last year the Port Althrop
Cannery had something like a
hundred thousand cases of salm
on put up while by last Friday
they had about 30,000 cases put
up. The run into the interior
waters like Clarence Straits,
Behm Canal will appear just
about the time of closure so that
the fishermen and canners will
not benefit to any great extent
—if the salmon really get that
far.
* The run of red salmon In the
Bristol Bay section is normal.
The present season in South
eastern Alaska bears out the
statements of fishermen and
students of the fisheries that the
June, July and early August runs
in the “upstream” fishing dis
tricts have been depleted and
that these same fishing districts
are over-seeded with the later
runs of salmon.
JUNEAU MAN ARRESTED
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Feliz Erickson of Juneau wa^
i arrested last Saturday by Chiei
Getchell and deputy U. S. Mar
shal Tom Newcombe. Erickson
is charged with stabbing Felis
Carlson and Henry Goodwin
with a knife, the w’ounds ol
which wer ebeing treated by Dr,
W. J. Pigg.
The acair is said to have its
origin in a booze party in a
cabin owned by James Kestner.
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Soloist to Appear
In Concert Here
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Miss Ellen Reep well known
singer, now hailed as Seattle’s
foremost contralto, will appear
in concert in Petersburg on
Thursday evening August the
eleventh.
Miss Reep is a pupil of August
Werner, Norway’s foremost bari
tone and was recently presented
by the Music Department of the
University of Washington. She
i has been invited to be guest
artist for the concert next Fall
of the Norwegian Male Chorus of
Seattle.
Those who were privileged to
hear Miss Reep in Petersburg
last year, were highly pleased:
and those who have heard her
this year, know that there is a
rare treat in store for Peters
burg music lovers at this con
cert.
Miss Reep visits Alaska this
summer through the efforts of
the Martha Society of Juneau
where she was presented in
Concert Wednesday evening. Be
fore returning to the south, she
is giving this concert upon the
request of many friends who
have expressed the wish to hear
her again.
Concert will be given in the
auditorium of the Lutheran
Church and will begin at eight.
An admission of fifty cents will
be charged.
War Looms
Russia-Japan
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The Soviet Government is
said to be fortifying Valdivostok
Harbor to prepare against an
expected attack by Japan is a
report sent out by the press.
Troops are being sent daily and
disembarking nights. Russian
business houses are said to be
closing and owners returning to
Russia in the belief that Japan
intends to absorb Manchuria
completely. Armed trains, tanks,
airplanes and artillery units are
being massed. Indications point
to abandonment of the Chinese
Railway by the Russians.
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New Regulations Issued
For Duck Hunting
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Under new regulations put
forth by the Alaska Game Com
mission, possession of migratory
wild fowl will be limited to 30
ducks in possession or not more
than 15 a day. Eight geese, and
brant may be had in addition to
the ducks.
The season for ducks, except
wood ducks, ruddy ducks and
bufflehead ducks, geese, except
Ross and cackling, and brant—
September 1 to October 31. Not
more than .15 in the aggregate
daily maybe had in possession.
Geese—four. Ducks, 30.
There will be a wrestling exhibi
tion in the S. N. Hall tomorrow.
' Paul Files As
Independent
’ Following a conference witli
{ various leaders in Ketchikan and
„ Juneau, Wm. L. Paul, Ketchikan
attorney, announced that he
would run as an independent
candidate for Attorney General
; of Alaska in the election next
November. He filed his accept
ance of a petition filed in the
Office of the Auditor last April.
, James S. Truitt of Anchorage,
incumbent John Rustgard and
and Paul now make the scramble
1 for that office a three-cornered
agair. Mr. Truitt is the Demo
cratic nominee while Mr. Rust
gard is Republican.
A lot of political conjecturing
is being done by the politicians.
Truitt predicts that he will win
by a large majority as the re
turns in the April primary gave
him 3,723 votes against Rust-1
gard’s 2,940 with Frank Foster
drawing 1,430 votes or a total of
647 more votes than Truitt. The
Democrats believe that they will
be able to hold their entire vote j
while Rustgard and Paul will
split the Republican vote.
Foster drew votes from the
southeastern section that Rust
gard cannot hope to get. It is
believed in some quarters that
the votes of the Indian precincts
would have gone Democratic if
Paul had not filed which perhaps
is one reason why Rustgard was
willing that Paul should enter
the triangle. The Democratic
leaders scoff the idea that any
Indian votes would swing Demo
crat as they had voted solid Re
publican in the past.
If anybody believes that the
race is going to be a cut and |
dried affair with Paul entering
the race just to see his name
in print might disalusion him-!
self at an early date. Paul is j
new making plans for an active
campaign which will extend
throughout the territory. And no
campaign that he ever entered
into was without color or cam
paign issues.
Seward Has Third
Victim of Fire
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For the third time in six
months mysterious fires have
caused the deaths of lone settl
ers. and fishermen at Seward.
The latest victim was Alfred
Anderson, 50 years old, a fisher
man, who was trapped in his
cabin and burned to death re- i
cently.
Anderson was seen coming
home after a long day on the
fishing banks. At midnight his
cabin was discovered enveloped
in flames. Attempts by volunteer
firemen and others to save him
were unsuccessful.
Four small children in an
orphanage survive him.
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GIRL LEAVES HELL,
LANDS IN PARADISE
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From Hell to Paradise, via
| Devil’s Lake, is the route follow
| ed by Hilda Bang.
Miss Bang left Hell (which
means bright in Norwegian),!
.Norway, stopped to visit rela
tives at Devil’s Lake, N. D., and
finally joined her parents, who
live in Paradise Valley, Mount
Rainier National Park.
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There will be a wrestling exhibi
tion in the S. N. Hall tomorrow.
NURMI BARRED FROM
OLYMPIC GAMES
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Paavo Nurmi, the Phantom
Flier from Finland, has been de
clared ineligible to enter the
Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Disbarment is based on the
ground that he accepted excess
ive expense money on an Europ
ean barnstorming tour. Nurmi
denied all of the charges,
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City Council In
Quiet Session
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The City Council met in regu
lar session Monday evening last.
The matter of purchasing the
lot adjoining the auxiliary pow
er plant was discussed and
tabled indefinitely.
New Bookkeeping System
Erhling Johansen has been
employed to open up a new sys
tem of bookkeeping for the city.
City property will be appraised
and entered on a valuation
basis. The city accounts will be
entered in such a way as to
keep the officials informed at all
times as to the standing of the
accounts.
A petition was read praying
for extension of the city water
main to the residence near Carl
Larson’s residence. It was arder
ed that a 6-inch line be laid
from the Presbyterian Church
property to the Hanson property.
The City will undertake to re
imburse the Lutheran Church
salary of the two nurses in the
local hospital. The finances of
the Lutheran Church, as in all
ether churches is such that it
can no longer finance the salary
so the city is undertaking that
item.
The matter of immediate re
lief for Jim Wilson, indigent was
taken up and care for him pro
vided in the local hospital.
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Boms Army
Fired Upon
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Last week the U. S. Army was
called out to eject the Bonus
Expeditionary Forces from
Washington. One veteran of the
Foreign Wars was killed by
pistol shot from the hands of a
policeman and several others
were wounded. With tear gas the
Veterans of the Foreign Wars
were driven from their shacks
and hovels and blazing torches
set fire to the “homes” of the
Veterans.
The Bonus Army retreated to
Johnston, Penn., where effort
was being made to house the
several thousand tattered and
hungry veterans—the most re
cent monument to the War to
make the world safe for demo
cracy. The hills are said to be
full of men in ugly mood.
As if to mock the veterans of
the Foreign Wars, William Hus
ka of Chicago killed in Wash
ington during the ejectment
proceedings, was given a full(
military funeral—military escort
and firing squad. Casket had
been donated—donor not named.
U. S. Senator Black of Ala
bama and Representative Wright
Patman of Texas, both Demo
crats sharply criticised President
Hoover because of the use of
troops against the Bonus Army.
Said Senator Black: “It was only
after the President took charge
of the situation that trouble be
gan.” Patman declared that the
President should “use the Army
to drive the international bank
ing lobby from the Capital City/'
I Escaped Idado
Prisoner Caught
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* Mrs. Lydia Southard, convict
ed husband-poisoner, was ar
rested in Topeka, Kansas and is
being held for Idaho officials
who will retur nher tc the pri
son from which she escaped.
She was trapped when she
went to the postoffice to get a
letter from her sixth husband
whom she had married since she
escaped from prison. Four of her
! husbands died mysterious deaths
and she was living with the fifth
when arrested on a charge of
poisoning for fourth mate for
which she was convicted.
In her escape from the Idaho
prison she was assisted by David
Minton, a prison guard. He was
arrested in Denver on that
charge early in July.
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FIRBANKS GOLD
DISCOVERER DIES
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Thomas Larson, sixty, original
discoverer of gold at Fairbanks,
is dead, the result of a fall over
a cliff at his property in Kotsina
district.
Word of the death of Larson,
who lived to see his first small
claim at Fairbanks extended to
reach over a vest territory and
produce millions of dollars in
gold, was brought to Fairbanks
by F. H. Barton, his partner.
Death occurred July 21, Barton
said.
Larson at one time owned an
apple orchard at Wenatchee, and
is survived by a brother there.
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Modern Car for
White Pass R.R.
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For the first time in the his
tory of Alaska pneumatic rubber
tires will be used on a railroad,
I according to C. J. Rogers, comp
j trailer of the White Pass and Yu
kon Route, which will try out the
j innovation between Skagway and
I Whitehorse.
A specially built gas car, with
I the tires, was shipped north on
the liner Northwestern of the
1 Alaska steamship Company.
| Recently developed by Harvey
S. Firestone, pneumatic railroad
t.res have been successfully used
by him in Florida. The tires are
'similar to those used by automo
biles except that inside the in
ner tube there is placed a solid
| rubber core on which the car
can continue in case there is a
; blowout. Also the tires have a
[metal flange on which is a nar
row strip of rubber so that they
fit on regular railroad tracks.
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WRESTLING MATCH GOOD
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Wrestling fans were treated
to a real fast exhibition last
week in the match between Jack
Ryan of Chicago and Ray An
derson of Minneapolis. While
Ryan was handicapped with a
wrenched knee, he put on a
game fight with Anderson. Ry
an took the first fall in the se
jcond canto while Anderson got
! two falls in the following rounds.
1 The turn-out was not as good
as expected only a fair-sized
crowd being present.
Harry Berkeley was disquali
fied on a foul in his mix with
Henry Adams; Orrie Harris like
wise was disqualified in his set
to with Karl Johnson.
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There will be a wrestling exhibi
tion in the S. N. Hall tomorrow.