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PETERSBURG, ALASKA, OCTOBER 10, 1930
No. 12
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Anthony E. Karnes of Ketchi-1
kan. Democratic; candidate for
Commissioner ol Education for
me Territory first learned of
Alaska and acquired his first
desire to come to the Territory
through a cousin of his father.
In 1277 this relative came to
Alaska ; respecting for gold. He
was in the Cassiar region, on,
the Stikeen River, on Prince of
wales Island, and along the Yu-j
kon and its tributaries. After1
thirteen years of prospecting -
returned to his home in the! ■
stales and wrote a book entitled!
“Thirteen Years of Travel and is
Exploration in Alaska.” This
book was published in the early \
nineties. As a boy Mr. Karnes ;
read and re-read this book and 1
from then on had a desire to 1
come to Alaska.
He made effort for several
years to obtain school work in j
the Territory and kept in touch t
wiili Lester D. Henderson, form- 1
er commissioner of education, t
Finally in 1927 Henuerson wire a ^
him of the vacancy in tne Ket- t
ch fit an schools and he made ap
plication to the Ketcuncan t
board for the place. Shortly i
alter his eiecuon 10 that office
lie came to KetCiiikan where hejt
has remained since.
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Plenty Sockeye tioa)
Millions oi sockeye salmon
continue to lie in Boundary bay
and tlie Georgian Straits wiine
the fisning industry remains idie '■
is a statement issued by Chai ie •>
R. Maybury, director of R ieiie^ «
• n Washington state.
The hsh usually take 10 days
to pass thru the straits and to
their spawning beds up the,
Fraser River in Canada. This r
year they have been in the; r
straits oi Georgia for over a
month. t
Part of the record run is now ,c
40 miles or more up the river but
the jam in the straits had not jj
lessened. Except for two briei j
periods, commercial fishing in j
the United States and Canada, L
along the straits have been idle ,
since Septeber 5th, waiting for |
the fish to escape. j
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HAROLD LLOYD IN j
THE TALKIES
Alter an absence of nearly a|<
year and a half, Harold Lloyd;:
is returning to the screen, mak- j
ing the occasion an auspicious i j
one by presenting his first all-!
talking picture, “Welcome Dan-j
ger” at the Coliseum theatie, j
beginning Sunday. ;
Tire comedian spent many.
months mastering the new
screen technique, and in “Wel
come Danger” is said to have
developed what will prove the
fastest production shown since
the advent of talking pictures.
He has not deviated from the
oi l method of producing hisj
cc medies, maintaining all the
speed and action of his past
successes, but adding sound and
dialogue as good measure en
tertainment.
Many of the scenes of “ Wel
come Danger” are laid in San
Francisco’s underground China
town. and mystery with a whirl
wind series of laugh episodes.
‘ Welcome Danger” is hailed
as one of the greatest triumphs
of his long picture careei.
A new leading lady is present
by Lloyd, Barbara Kent, who is
a sure fire screen partner for
the bespectacled comedian. She
has an excellent voice and hei
performance in “Welcome Dan
ger” is said to stamp 11C1 ^01
picture progress.
Remember the Alaska Day
Dance to be given at the Sons
of Norway Hall next Friday
night Oct., 17th.
As Others See
Fish Treaty
From Bellingham Herald •
The hearing held at Seattle
on the proposed sockeye salmon
treaty between Canada and the
United States emphasizes tlu
need of international regula
tion of the Puget Sound and
British Columbia fishing indus
try as the oniy effective means
sf preventing it from going to
Davey Jones’ locker.
The treaty already has been
ratified by Canada but has been
rid up in the United States
senate on account of opposit on
rom certain United States boh-;
'ries interests.
In 1912 the sockeye salmon
tave to the Pacific Northwest;
;,uU0.000 cases of salmon, with a 1
'alue of $40,000,000, whereas
ast year the yield was 170,000!
ases. The belated run of sock- j
•yes this season prevented the
930 pack from being lower than
hat of 1929, but dispite the
ieavy take over a brief period,
he industry is still small as
empared with what it was a
ew years ago.
In any event, a sincere at-1
empt should be made to bull I;
ip the fisheries of the North- i
rest to a point approaching'
heir value in the heydey of the!
big runs.” The hope of the in - j
■v.i try lies in the fact that the!
■ hermen and packe-ts thcm-i
elves are agreed that only by |
trict regulation can this Impor
ant resource be rehabilitated,
"o permit the treaty to be de-[
[eleated would be equivalent to
xecuting the goose that lays the
olden spawn.
Ketchikan Got Wet j
Business was nearly at a
tan ds till in Ketchikan Friday,
s residents began the task of
leaning up debris and repairing
uildings and streets and pilings
fter heavy rainstorms had
pread damage. Four days of.
ain caused the worst flood the!
own ever experienced. Three j
louses were swept away, andj
esidents of a store in Indian
own were forced to vacate when
>iling under it was washed away.
Scores of basements were flu
id with water and business es
ablishements were flooded.
A large landslide blocked the
rongass highway north of the
own. No fatalities reported.
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SUTHERLAND IS TRAVELLING
Daa A. Sutherland, Delegate
o Congress from Alaska was a
Anchorage visitor the latter part
3f September. He left that same
week for Seward where he plan
ned to make boat connections
for Kodiak. He should be mean
dering down towards the First
Division very shortly.
Word just received is that Dan
will be in Petersburg about the
15th. He plans to remain here a
day or so and then make a trip
out to Kake.
A new hunting club has been
formed among the local nimrods.
lining Johanson, Carl Hatland
and Mr. Sarf of the Trading
Union force returned from the
North Arm of the Stikine last
Sunday, where they erected a
new cabin. T. S. Elsemore and
Jonas Olson are also members of
the club. Ye scribe had the
pleasure of shooting at ducks in
the North Arm for a day. We be
l eve the usual alibi when you
can’t hit them is to blame the
shotgun shells. Deer in this vi
cinity seem a little more plenti
ful than at the opening seasor
or else a better class of hunters
are in the field. Morris Erwin
aged ten, bagged three deei
rcently and Bob Ohmer agec
twelve, shot two deer up Peters
burg Creek the other day.
Girm Reaper Takes
Toli at Sitka
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i Tlie many friends and rela
tives of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
James of Sitka will be sorry to
learn that their daughter Annie
Lena James was taken beyond
the vale oft ears oil the 22nd day
of October at her home.
Annie was a fine girl and a
very good student, winning the
light to appear in the rhetorical
contest at the convention of the
Alaska Native Brotherhood last
year as the Sitka school con
testant. She took sick, however,
with the flu and was unable to
make the trip. Every effort was
made to bring her health back
to normal, being placed under
the care of the nurse in Sheldon
Jackson School. Nothing was
left undone and no expense
spared to have her regain health
and strength. But dropsy deve
loped and the weakened condi
tion made her an easy victim to
he ravages of tuberculosis.
Annie was beloved by all of
her teachers, and schoolmates.
Phe had a sunny disposition and
a clean Christian character.
When death approached, withj
lull realization of the end, she
had iio fear. She only prayed;
tor strength to stand the pain
and she passed away with a
prayer on her lips for Divine j
guidance and help for her fami- !
ly in their pain and sorrow.
The Bureau school honored
tier by flying the flag at half
mast and dismissing the child
ren so that they might attend
the funeral. The Sheldon Jack-;
:on School also dismissed classes
and permitted the children toj
pay their last respects to their j
beloved class and school mates.
Passes out of the life ox our
people a girl who also had a
brillant future and whose
strength of character and de
termination would have made
tier a leader of her age. The
Alaska Native Sisterhood and
the Alaska Native Brotherhood
in their various camps extend
the hand of fellowship and sym
pathy to the parents in their
hour of sorrow.
Travel to ihe Moon
Dr John Q. Stewart, Associ
ate Professor of Astronomy and
Physics of Princeton, believes
that within a dozen decades
hence, travel will be on to the
moon. He based his calculations
on the progress at rate of tra
vel during the past century in an
cddrcss before the Brooklyn In
stitute of Arts and Sciences. He
said a speed of 1.000 miles per
hour is possible by 1950 and 50,
000 miles an hour in the year
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WILLIAM PUAL’S
BOAT BURNED
Shortly after one o’clock to
day a gasboat belonging to Wil
liam L. Paul of Ketchikan lying
at. the float near the Citizens
.Wharf caught fire from the
.back-firing of the engine and
| the ' resulting blaze proved ex
ceedingly difficuJt to control
Fortunately, the gas ta^ks arc
at the stern of the boat farthest
from the flames and it was pos
sible to go aboard the burning
craft with some measure oi
safety. After chemical fire ex
tinguishers had failed to extin
guish the flames (although £
number of them were used) th<
vessel was swamped by chopping
through the planking. It is im
possible to estimate at this tim<
the amount of the damage bu
it is thought the damage to tin
hull will not be great. The boa
; is a cruiser, 40 feet over all
, powered with a 100 horse Pierc
1 Arrow. Ye Alaskan force turnei
1 firemen and we offer this as ai
■, excuse for going to press a bi
I late.
Will Give Aid
To Industry
C. T. Gardner, Republican
nominee for Senator in the Ter
ritorial legislator, while in Ket
chikan, made a statement which
is supported and meets with the
full accord of the balance of
the Republican ticket. They
will work in full accord on this
principle which he had incor
porated in the Republican plat
form and which has to do with
aiding the development of the
lumber industry which has been
hard hit in the States and es
pecially in Alaska.
As a result of poor markets
and drastic bureau regulations,
many legging camps in South
eastern Alaska have been forced
to suspend operations this year.
This condition is contributing
materially to the unemploy
ment in this district and it is
his hope that the legislature will
be able, in some measure, to al
leviate the difficulties faced by
the industry because these
tend to react indirectly on other
activities.
Mr. Gardner, in expressing his
views, is also expressing the un
animous opinion of the entire
Republican ticket. We quote his
statement.
“One of the chief reasons for
the falling off in lumber con
sumption is found in the de
crease of salmon box use. Can
ners in Southeastern Alaska
Pave been buying fiber boxes for
containers, as a substitute for
the wooden boxes that in the
past have kept more mills busy.
“The box sa&s' alone do not
account for the depression, but
it is well known that healthy
sales of wood salmon boxes en
ables mills to k ^ep up operation,
manufacturing high grade lum
ber which, put on competi
tive markets, means the ship
ment of much Alaska material
to the states. This of course re
acts favorably in all industries
making headquarters in Alaska.
The fact that the canneries have
withdrawn much of their sup
port means that many mills
must shut down, and for that
reason unable to manufacture
ether lumber products for pos
sible export.
“If I am elected,” declared Mr.
Gardner, “I will work for legis
lative aid in overcoming these
unsatisfactory conditions, and if;
it is possible I will help make it
more advantageous for the can
neries to make use of the wood
en boxes in the future.”
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C. C. Holds Session
The commercial Club held its
regular meeting and club dinner
Wednesday evening at the
Grand Cafe. It appearing that
secretary A. B. Holt had neglec
ted to turn over the records be
fore leaving on a business trip
to Seattle, no business was
transacted. Mr. E. M. Polley, re
: presentative of the Territorial
Treasurer’s office at Juneau
1 spoke before the club. He suggest
ed that invitations be sent out
; to other commercial clubs to
isend representatives here for a
meeting of the Territorial Cham
ber of Commerce at Petersburg
at the time of the American Le
gion Convention here next year.
, He pointed out that legion mem
!| bers attending the convention
; could be authorized to represent
• | their various communities. At
; the Legion Convention in An
t chorage this year representatives
; were present from commercial
t clubs in every town in Alaska
, with the exception of Nome.
1 “Dad” Mercer made a business
1 trip over to Wrangell during
t the week and was quite pleasec
jwith his reception over there.
The Petersburg Parent-Teach
ier Association held its first re
jgular meeting of the season at
the High School Auditorium
Wednesday evening. Mrs. Chas.
Anderson former vice president
succeeds William A. Dunkelbur
ger, deceased, as president of
tne association. Mrs Harold Lee
is the new vice-president.
Teachers Warfield and Boyer
rnd Mr. L. T. Swanson were ap
pointed as a committee to as
certain the cost of partially
enclosing the play shed on two
sides to keep cut the storms,
also to ascertain the cost of
some additional equipment for
the play shed.
Dr. Rude reported for the
school board that he had re
quested the city council to fin
ance a gymnasium for the use of
the school but had been advised
that the necessary funds are
not available at this time. The
council suggested however, that
the cost of a gymnasium be in
cluded in the school budget for
next year.
Mrs. Andrew Johnson and Mrs. .
Ed Locken presented a very in
teresting report of the National
?. T. A. Convention held in Den
ter Colorado last May. At the
suggestion of Mrs. Johnson a
tiew plan was adopted for secur- j'
ng P. T. A. membership enroll
ment copied after the system'1
low in use in Denver whereby 1
:he students of each grade will :
compete with other grades for
100% enrollment of their par- ,
mts. Mrs Locken was appointed j
hairman of a committee to se- ,
3ure the enrollment of members .
laving no children in school. It ,
was also directed that a framed ,
picture be purchased to encour
age attendance at P. T. A. meet
ings by competition as in form- ,
2r years. ,
Mesdames Johanson and ■
Johnson entertained the assem
bly with a very pleasing duet
and an excellent reading was
presented by Mrs. Lee.
Mrs. Stedman, Miss Scott and
Mrs. Johnson were named as a
program committee.
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Finds Poor Dredging
Capt “Hank” Grinrod of the
shrimper “Charles T” is con
vinced that a shrimp trawl
should never be used to dredge
up the ledges from the bottom
of the sea. He tried it this week
in Farragut Bay and as a result
the boat has been laid up sever-!,
al days while a new mast and
rigging is stepped in place. Hank
says that to the best of his
knowledge and belief the ledge
never moved. And further he be
lieved that it would not be pos
sible to put a very large part of
the reef on his good ship.
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REPUBLICAN ITINERARY
i IS CHANGED
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A recent letter from Hon.
■ James Wickersham, Republican
inominee for Delegate to Con
jgress from Alaska, indicates that
the group of Republican candi
dates for territorial offices will
jbe leaving Juneau for Skagway,
; Haines and Sitka tomorrow or
(Sunday. This should bring them
j to Petersburg about the lGth of
| this month. Definite announce
ments will be made later.
Clifford Roundtree, skipper of
the Modern Grocery delivery wa
gon, is suffering from a badly
lacerated hand. Clifford says he
fell and cut his hand on a bro
ken bottle but he refuses to say
whose bottle it was or where or
. how he came to fall with or on
lit.
Wrangell Girl is
Lost from Boat
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Miss Ruth Nellie Rinehart,, a
nurse, 21 ears old, a native of
Wrangell, Alaska, bound lor Se
attle, is believed to have been
washed overboard from the
Steamship Princess Louise which
has reached here.
Miss Rinehart graduated from
a Portland, Oregon, nursing
school and returned to Wrangell
two months ago. j'
Officers of the steamer said
she would not heed warnings
to go below when high seas were
encountered last Sunday right
on Queen Charlotte. The next
morning Miss Rinehart was
missing. She was in good health
and happy with $500 on her
1 erson. She planned to return .
to Portland to help a younger
sister thru school. Foul play is 1
feared.
Nefie visited in Petersburg '
last week and expressed herself h
as being especially happy over
teturning to her work in Fort- k
land and to the man with whom (
5he had planned to marry and *
Duiid a home. She had been 1
.vorking in the Wrangell hospital
luring the summer in place of
1
VIrs. Steven Grant who was ill. j
Sne is survived by her paients f
Mrs. Lloyd Rhinehart and ^
rhemas Nagel of Wrangell and! £
-lydaburg and by several young- j ^
r sisters and brothers. A young-]
ir sister Myrtle is in Portland t
Uso studying to be a nurse. : *
News of the death of Nellie isjl
» severe blow to her friends and 1
•elatives as she was a girl of
nuch promise and a fine future.
?he fought against the greatest
)f odds and in spite of environ
nent that pulled down rather
han built up decent womanhood x
md won her fight with the
greatest of credit. Her demise is
i severe loss to her people in c:
Mask a and sympathy is extended ; t
o her many friends and rela-;^
aves. |,
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Community House *
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Digs are oft made at the 5
‘community houses” of Alaska. 1
Down in a shack in the North (
Carolina, says the Associated 1
Press, is a family so large that '
it consumes fifty pounds of flour 1
at a meal. It includes a set of 1
triplets, nine sets of twins and :
numbers in all, almost eighty. i(
OUTBOARBER BEATS 50 MILES :
PER HOUR !
Fifty miles an hour—goal of,'
outboard motor racers—was ex-i.
ceeded for the first time in his- j
tory yesterday when Ray Pregen- .
7cr, Jr., of Antioch, 111., set a
new world record of 50.93 miles,
per hour in the mile trials for<
speed held by the National Out- j
noard Association a tFox Lake,;
111. The previous record of 49.72
miles per hour was established
by Pregenzer over the same
course in July.
LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER
Recently in Helsonfors occur
red a wedding wherein all par
ticipants were of the Finish
race.: When all was done it was
not only a Finnish wedding but
*he finish of the wedding.
The guests became intoxicat
ed after the ceremony and start
ed to quarrel. They smashed
the lights, drew knives and en
gaged each other in the pitch
darkness. When the fighters
got tired, more than a dozen
people lay wounded, including
the bride. Dressing the wound
ed required five hours. Eight
j guests were arrested.
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Kicking up Another
Oil Scandal
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Chairman Nye of the Senate
Lands Committee said last week
he thought Ralph S. Kelly, for
mer chief of the federal land of
fice at Denver, was “quite tho
roughly justified” in his charges
of maladministration of Colora
do oil shale lands.
The North Dakotan had con
ferred more than an hour with
Kelley.
He expressed hope that the
Department of Justice would
take full and speedy action.
The former official’s explana
tion convinced Nye, Secretary
Wilbur was not responsible for
the alleged improper handling
of the oil lands, he said, but
someone was responsible and he
should be questioned.
“Kelly’s charges do not go to
the door of Secretary Wi’bur,”
the senator said. “There is a
door to which his objection lead
and this door should be opened.”
Kelly resigned last week but
Secretary Wilbur refused to ac
cept the resignation and sus
pended him pending inquiry in
:o the charges.
The Denver man charged that
‘concession after conces-ion”
aad been made to large oil com
panies in the Colorado shale
lelds, billions of dollars of
vhich, he asserted, were the
subject of illegal attempts for
possession.
“I can’t help but be impressed
3y the spirit moving Kelly at
;his stage,” Nye said. “I think
ie is entitled to a thorough
rearing.”
At ike Coliseum
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The story of “Night Clubs,” the
‘Great Stars and Authors” talk
ing motion picture from Para
mount, follows the pattern of a
;hain, being a series of nearly
separate links, all of which fit
together to give color, atmos
phere, and irony of those mid
night to morning entertain
ment places which simmer in
the bright lights of Broadway.
Mrs. Grady is a maid in a
Broadway cabaret, and through
the door into the room comes a
continuous parade of Broadway
outterfiies, girls of all types,
while Mrs. Grady watches them
in the private moments when
they lay aside their masks. Out
side, one sees a steady parade
of entertainment, presenting the
most famous names of Broadway
as they do their specialties for
the night club crowd. Also out
side the door of this room is all
the gayety, music dancing, wise
cracking, love-making of the
jazz age.
These, in a few words, are
some of the highspots of the
story of “Night Club.” Filmed as
a talking picture, it brings to
the screen such realism as has
never before been seen or heard,
for the real Broadway enter
tainers depict Broadway night
life as they, themselves, see it
nightly. Realism emphasized, by
Paramount Quality Sound re
cording.
“Night Club” together with
“Pusher in the face,” another of
The same series will be seen and
heard at the Coliseum Saturday
night only.
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BUNG—BUNGER—BUNGEDL
Simon Longton, bartender of
Monee, 111., died last week of
blood poisoning which developed
after a bung popped out of a keg
! of beer and hit him on the nose.
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A fox rancher on one of the
Andreanof group of islands left
his place for supplies. When he
returned he found that a vol
cano had blown half of his is
(land plumb out of sight. Renew
ed activity of the volcano is ex
pected.
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