VOL. 2
PETERSBURG, ALASKA JUNE 15 1928
NO. 44
HOOVE RISNOMIN A T E D
Lathrop Not
Recognized
It is probable that Alaska will
remain another four years without
a duly recognized National Commit
teeman on account of the failure ot
the Canvassing Board to make ol
final tabulation of the returns of
the April primary. It is not likelv
that the National Committee will
meet for another four years. A Na
tional Committeeman is created on
ly when recognized by the Comil -
tee.
Lathrop’s friends are much clia
grilled as they see their hopes frus
trated and the now deplore the pre
cedent in the Frame case in which
they stole his office by and through
the connivance of Governor Scotr
C. Bone, the late Judge Thomas
M. Reed, “Lil” George Arthur
Snoup and the unholy Juneau com
bination of professional politicians
and federal trough swipers.
Their machinations like a boom
arang have come back at them af
ter four long years and defeated
the election of the only man they
were able to get on the Republi.
an slate at the April primaries.
Commission Propose
Halibut Nurseries
The International Fisheries Com
mission of the United States am.
Canada, headed by Dr. William F
Til' mpson, is planning to start two
deep-sea halibut “nurseries” in Can
ada and Southern Alaska, along,
with further limitations on the fish
ing season.
Effort will be made to prevent
further depletion of the north Paci
fic halibut fisheries which now re
presents but 40 per cent of the an
nual catch of twenty years ago
And this in spite of the more scien
tific methods and equipment of pas"
days. The industry represents at.
annual harvest of $7,000,000.
The closed season will be extend
ed two weeks, fixing the unlawful
fishing period from November 15 to
February 15th.
This is the result of studies made
by the Commission along the entire
halibut fishing banks, up to and in
cluding the Bering Strait. The com
mission has found that in spite of
the use of more gear .faster ana
larger boats and decreased catcher,
that the larger fish were disappear
ing and the supply of smaller fish
were being drawn on extensively.
The commission is given authority
to prohibit the use of small hook.?
to prevent the catching of baby or
chicken halibut. This will be one
of the first things done by the com
mission in its attempt to regulat.
deep sea fishing.
From a study of the habit of
fiat fish, the commission learned
that the fish do not leave the waters
or its immediate vicinity, in which
they were horn. Nor do halibut re
produce itself until it is well advanc
ed. These facts were obtained by
the tagging process which showed
a recovery of tagged fish reaching
as high as 33 per cent in certain of
the areas investigated.
I 'KTERSBURG AGAIN SNUBBED
The Alaska with a large party of
Seattle businessmen is due to ar
rive in Wrangell about one o doc.,
tonight, passing up the fine plans
of +he local commercial club.
Petersburg Club Offei
Help Killisnoo
At a special meeting of the local
Chamber of Commerce, the secre
t?rv of the Club, Mr. Harold Dawes,
was instructed to get in touch with
Postmaster Eli Katinook, Killisnoo,
and find out through him, if there
were anyway in which the Peters
burg Club could help those who
were made destitute by the recent
lire.
The reports of the tire received
here are quite meager, however it
is reported that tlie fire was put out
without loss or injury to life. Prae
icallv the entire village was wiped
out by f lie flames while the residents
we’-e fighting to protect the fertiliz
er nlant from the flames. Practical
ly all the fertilizer plant and out
buildings were saved the loss being
confined to the native buildings..
Report indicates that the big fir.
was started by a Japanese near his
cabin. The fire got beyond his con
trol and the high winds carried the
flames to near by buildings. The
alarm calling for help was sent out
b> the radio operator and immedi
ate response was received from the
officials at Juneau. Charles W.
Hawkesworth, Supt. of the U. S.
bureau of Education in this Divi
fk n and Dr. Harry C. DeVighne,
Territorial Health Officer, were tak
en to the stricken village on the P
S. H. C. boat Highway with food
and blankets.
It was reported by press that. 22t>
persons were without sufficient food
clothing and blankets, only 10 being
whites. The number stated is not
accurate according to our knowl
edge of that village unless it has
grown wonderfully in the past six
months. A half of that number
would be a large estimate. Howev |
or, it is possible that much may be
needed and 'the action of the Peters
burg Club is to be commended-.
Muscle Shoals "Shot"
President Coolidge subjected the
Norris Bill for government owner
ship and operation of Muscle Shoals
to a pocket vetoe.
Under the law, he has ten days
in which to approve or disapprove
tne measure, but the time expired
leaving it without his signature.
Senator Norris who sponsored
the bill challenges the validity oi
this form of veto. He claims that
under the Constitution, Article I.
section 7, Clause 2, that ‘‘if any bill
shall not be returned by the Presi
dent within ten days (Sundays ex
cept.ed) after it shall have been pre
sented to him, the same shall be in
law in like manner as ifh e had pre
sented it, unless the Congress by
their adjournment prevent its re
turn, in which case it shall not be
a law.”
Senator holds that Congress is
not adjourned in the sense of the
word as use by the Constitution. As
serting that inasmuch as Congress
will meet again next December with
i the same members and officers the
I Muscle Shoals bill became a law.
j A similar question is now pending
decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States which decision will
opply to the Muscle Shoals bill when
rondeder.
Tn event the Supreme Court rules
the pocket vetoe holds good, it is
the intention of Senator Norris to
submit another Muscle Shoals bill
to Congress.
Republican National
Convention In Full Swing
Preliminary skirmishes have been
made at the Republican National
Convention with the various forces
showing all strength.
Balloting for President began last
night with Hoover seeming favorite,
and Vice- President Hell’nMaria
for probable vice president. The
Republican National platform was
picsented yesterday. The effort of
the Farm Bloc to secure endorse
ment of equalization fee was lost.
The leaders ' of this faction were
L*.Collette, Senator from Wiscon
sin and Nicholas Murray Butler.
Senator George H. Moses of New
H i npshire was elected permanent
chairman of the convention.
Senator William Borah of Idaho
closed the debate with praise for
President Coolidge’s vetoe of the
MeNary-Haugen farm relief bill. He
asserted that no western friends
were lost thereby and further main
tained that the bill was unconstitu
tional and impractical
’('lie Agricultural Plank of the
Platform promises aid to the farm
ers without specifying details How
ev< r effort will be made to reorgan
ize the marketing system and the
creation of farmer owned corpora
tions to control surplus production.
ALASKA PLANK
The Alaska Plank endorses the
present Alaska policy and the con
tinuance of constructive develop
ment of the Territory.
-Judge Wickersham, delegate to
the convention from Alaska attempt
About Indian Tuition
School districts on Indian reser
vations may not be deprived of tui
tion revenues they have been re
ceiving from the government for ed
ucating Indian children.
A letter received by the Yakima
Chamber of Commerce from Con
gressman John W. Summers, said
the Comptroller General and the
Indian bureau have agreed to reopen
and reconsider the matter of tuition
revenues.
In a recent notice, officials of the
Indian department informed district
directors that tuition payments
would be discontinued, giving as the
reason that the constitution of the
<-'1a .e guaranteed each child of school
age a free education.
Would Disbar Lindsey
Attorney General William B. Boat
I wright filed a ten-page petition
with the Colorado Supreme Court,
ask:ng that Judge Ben B. Lindsey,
advocate of companionate marriage,
frrner judge and founder of the
Denver Juvenile Court,, be disbar
red from further practice in the Col
orado courts, disbarment to take
effect immediately after the hear
ing.
LEAVES FOR GRAND LODGE OF
MASONS
M. S. Dobbins, U. S. Customs Col
lector, Ketchikan is leaving for the
Grand Lodge of Masons where he
will take his 33rd degree—which is
an honorary degree in that fraterni
ty.
The Admiral Evans arrived in
Jport, early this morning.
ie dto secure the adoption of a plank
requiring that none but resident
Alaskans be appointed to Federal
positions.
Prohibition—National — again re
ceived a most vigorous endorsement
f^om the convention,
jr foreign Affairs, the platform pro
poses to maintain the Coolidge pol
icies.
Tax reduction is recommended as
the Treasury permits.
Any cancellation of foreign debts
is < pposed, so goes aglimmering the
hopes of foreign nations for the
cancellation of pre-and post war in
debtedness.
'1 he Party declares for American
built, American owned and Ameri
can operated Merchant Marine and
the sale of the present Merchant
Marine fleet to private owners.
The Navy must be maintained—
1 in all its classes—to the full
I
j strength and full ratio called for
| under the Washington Treaty.
The Indian Affairs comes under
the scrutiny of the Republican lead
ers for one of the Planks recom
mends the investigation of the ad
ministration of the Department of
Indian Affairs.
HOOVER BE NOMINATED
Indications at this time (Jun<
14th), are that Herbert Hoover will
be nominated with vice presidency
still undertermined, however it is
expected that Dawes will again be
named for that office.
Transfer Federal BTdg
Locally Opposed
'Hie Chamber of Commerce dis
ci ssed at some length the matter of
transfer of the federal jail by the
department of Justice to the Bureau
of Education. The objection to thv.
transfer it seems, is based on thi
fact, that its proximity to the resi
dential district was not one that
would be of benefit to the school 01
the district; that there was not suf
ficient room for playgrounds and in
gt aeral the location not a satisfacr
ory one.
It was hoped that pressure could
be brought to bear upon proper of
ficials to prevent the transfer and to
secure appropriation for the con
struction of a new building on lots
selected by the Club and the City.
Several expressed their views up ■
on the subject and it was discussed
pro and con until the president of
the Club appointed a committee 01
tfciee, Louis F. Paul, Carol Clausen
and Knute Thompson, to locate a loi
or lots that will be suitable for
school purposes.
General Motors Stock
Kites Downhill
Stock market quotations in New
York took a sudden drop yesterday
with General Motors the big loser
in the trading. It is estimated that
General Motors lost something in
the neighborhood of a half a billion
dollars. Trading on the 14th show
ed a material gain.
The new radio station at Point
Barrow was put into operation yes
terlay. This will be the most north
ern American station in operation.
To Locate Site Trade
School
Charles W. Hawkesworth, Supt.
of the U. S. Bureau of Education
operations in the First Division, leK
Juneau for Ketchikan from which
place he willl eave on one of the
Forestry Department boats on a
cruise for an industrial school site
for this Division. Mr. Flory and
Mr. Holbrook of the Forestry De
ment and William L. Paul, repre
senting the Alaska Native Brother
hood in particular and all the Na
tive people in general, will accom
pany Mr. Hawkesworth.
Two places in particular have
been recommended to the Bureau
and they have been urged to look
them over and take one of them—
Mason's Camp, south end of the Nar
rows or McHenry’s Inlet on Etoliu
Island. The party expects to be
away on this trip for a week or
more and no doubt will call in at
Petersburg.
ASKS INFORMATION ON MARKER
A letter was received by the lo
cal Chamber of Commerce from the
Lighthouse Service, Ketchikan ,re
la :ve to reef markers at Point Mit
chel. This was in response to a re
qrt-st by the Chamber made not long
since.
The matter was left to be obtain
ed from boatmen who use he chan
nel and are more familiar with it
than those present.
rihe reef extends out a long way.i
and there is but a narrow inside
channel between the reef and the
Mitchell rock. Those boats which
use the inside channel are hard put
oft times at night when taking oi
desirous of taking the short cut. To
eliminate any hazard at any stage
of the tide, it wras believed that the
reef and rock be marked but thai
if only one could be done, it should
be on the rock as it was mo-t
dangerous.
Native Arrested, Bad
Checks, Ketchikan
Dvid Kininook, Ketchikan readi
er the stage of civilization where
he learned how to write checks—
all well and good enough when and
if the funds were there but in this
case they were not.. He goes to
tr’al in the Ketchikan court today.
Kininook served time at McNiel
Island not long since for the same
propensities.
Gold Stampede Squaw
Creek, White Horse
Some Indians brought into White
Horse fifty-three ounces of gold in
cluding many nuggets from Squaw
Oeek. There was an immediate
stampede for the new discovery and
White Horse resembles other olu
mining towns with all population
gone except those who could not get,
away.
Stewart Not Guilty Says
Jury
Chairman Stewart, of the Stand
ard Oil Company in trial for con
tempt of the United States Senate,
was freed by jury this week. His
defense being that the Senateh
questions were not material.
Governor Lowden of Illinois, with
drew his name from nomination be
fore the casting of the first ballot
and Herbert Hoover was nominated
by over 850 votes. The Alaska de
legates voted for Hoover.
The Pennsylvania delegation is
tracking a movement to nominate
Senator Curtis for vice-president.
Bad Spill in 'Drink'
Nobody Hurt
It wa sa mystery that they were
not hurt. Jimmie Rhodes and Jane
Mjurod were out in the speedboat
Mystery and when going full tilt
abreast of ihe cannery, struck a
heavy timber or log throwing the
steering gear hard over and out of
commission. The sudden and short
turning of the craft at its high rate
of spee overthrew it dumping the
couple into the bay. Jane was a
little distance from the boat so Jim
nre swam to her and pulled her to
the overturned boat to which they
clung until help arrived. Pat Ver
me was the first to give help tho a
number of boats were on their way
to give help.
‘All’s well that ends well.
Paul Owenst is getting the re
duction plant in readiness for sum
mer operations. This will begin just
as soon as the big cannery com
mences its operations.
The Happy sold it sfare of hali
but at Rupert for 15-20 for firss.
Most of the halibut fleet has been
laing in harbor getting overhaul
ing while prices are bad.
Chris Vick says herring fishing
ii not much good with halibut jrices
so low that halibut fishermen are
not operating at full blast.
f -
Sugar Will Go Up
The Cuban National Sugar Com
mission after concluding a confer
enee with President Machuda receiv
ed his approval to withhold 300,000
tons of sugar from the United States
export quota, redeuiing Ca hih:
export quota, reducing it from 3,
500,000 tons. It is expected that
tlo’s will be sold to European coun
tries.
Ed. Note—Reminds us of dur
ing the Great War when the Cubans
offered a couple of tons of sugar at
a stated price and were refused to
the benefit of southern sugar grow
ers. The sugar was then offered to
England which country after pur
chasing it, raised the price a couple
of cents a pound and resold to the
United States. While we were using
sorgunr to sweeten our coffee and
praising Hoover for saving our sol
diers and ourselves from sugar. To
the benefit of the Wilson administra
tion.
Revision of Postal Rate
The postal bill (H.R. 12030).
providing for a reduction in rates
estimated at more than $16,000,
0:)0 annually, was signed on May
29th by the President.
The bill restores one-cent post
cards, provides for acceptance of
buisness reply cards and letters in
business reply cards and letters in
prepayment of postage, and for the
collection of 1 cent additional an
ounce on first-class matter when
ma led with deficient postage.
Lomski lost his battle with Lat
zo in the sixth round of their bout.