EDITORIAL RESEARCHERS
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Kansas editors are entirely too
accurate in their research work.
A Great Bend editor found a girl
weighed 126 pounds in her pa
jamas and 126 pounds and four
ounces when fully dressed We
know of no Missouri editors do
ing research work along this
line.—Jefferson City (Mo.) Post
Tribune.
Now, was that Kansas editor
a bewhiskered granddaddy or a
recent product of some school
of journalism?
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PROSPERITY AND BANKS
“Finis” was written over the
charters of 1,494 state and na
tional banks during 1929.
Of this number, 799 merged
with others and became part of
the immense system of chain
tanking, and 695 closed their
doors for “other reasons.”
The total number of banks is
now less than 25,000, a falling
oif of more than 6,000 since 1922.
Divisional Notes
HAINES
A. F. MacLean pioneer in this
section for the past thirty years
and United States Commission
er, died of apoplexy on the 26th
of April.
JUNEAU
U. S. Marshal Albert White
with two prisoners, left for the
States last week. He was ac
companied by Mrs. White and
her sister, Mrs. R. H. Williams of
Skagway. J. H Newman went
as guard over Marie Valoria who
will be confined in the Salem,
Oregon, prison for women and
Thomas Brown, under sentence
to McNeil’s Island Penitentiary.
The corner stone for the new
Federal Building was laid on the
afternoon of Tuesday. The ac
tual laying of the stone and the
ceremonies was under the aus
pices of the Masonic Lodge of
Juneau.
A tubercular annex will be
added to the Government Hos
pital if plans of the Department
of the Interior receive the sanc
tion of the Senate.
The building will be a two
story building and will cost $16,
200.
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WRANGELL
The Diamond C, recently sold
by Hary Coulter to Petersburg
parties was totally destroyed by
an explosion of the gas tanks
and fire.
Jess Neville .former .United
States Fish Warden and lately
otherwise occupied, was arrest
ed on a charge of illegal cohab
itation. Bonds set at $2,000 and
case set for grand jury.
The fishermen have been
picking up a few king salmon
j which is a godsend to the com
' munity.
Ernie Campbell of the firm of
Campbell Brothersleft on a
business trip to Juneau the fore
part of the week.
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JUNEAU
Republican National Commit
teeman Lathrop’s nominees for
federal appointments in Alaska
are meeting with the opposition
of Attorney General Mitchell
whose standards cannot be met
by Lathrop’s satellites.
A roadhouse at Salmon
Creek was raided by Marshals
(White and Feero. A Margaret
! Callahan was arrested for op
erating the place, possession of
liquor and maintaining a nui
sance.
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WHALE AND SEALIONS
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Reports from the little town
of Newport, Oregon indicate the
sealion migration from the south
to the feeding grounds north
was on by the 19th of this month
and that thousands of the black
moving objects were visible as
far south as the eye could see.
The larger lions were in the
'lead, the females with their
! young following the leaders. But
\ few lions have been reported go
ing north the past years
| Where this large number is
from no one can conjecture.
Many visitors at Newport watch
ed with keen interest this great
herd of sea lions leaping and
diving and racing along the
breakers, as if in an effort to
outrace each other.
R. C. Vanhine, United States
coast guard, said that some large
whales were maneuvering along
the shore just outside the break
ers in front of the coast guard
station.
.. The whales and sea lions are
enemies of each other and some
of the seafaring men say that
they never run together, but in
this migration they seemed to
have reached some sort of set
tlement of their feud and the
whales were acting as a convoy
to the sea lions north to the
fishing grounds of Alaska. This
might well be taken by the fish
ermen to be prepared for a heavy
attack on their gear and salmon.
The Canadians have had pa
trols out with machine guns ex
terminating this mammal and
have caused the migration of a
considerable number of them to
Alaska waters. They are under
the semi-protection of the Bu
reau of Fisheries.
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GAME SHOWS GAIN IN
McKinley park
Game animals of McKinliey
National Park have been receiv
ing the attention of the Forest
Department. A recent survey in
dicated but little loss, by preda
tory animals. Sheep were ob
served in the flats along the riv
ers, while if wolves were numer
ous they would be in the high
hills. Moose sign were plentiful
and many caribou were seen in
the Kantishna district and adja
cent areas in the park.
“The park is a paradise for
game,” says the ranger. “There
is very little snow and feed was
abundant.” The fur catch was
light in the country bordering
the park but it was better than
in some other sections.
CLOUDS IN WAY
On Monday last, 28th of April,
occurred an eclipse of the sun, ■
visible generally as a partial 1
eclipse throughout the North
American continent. An eclipse 1
of thesun occurrs when the moon
gets in line between the earth 1
and the sun. The sun is about
400 timse larger than the moon
but since it is 400 times farther
away, the two objects appear to 1
be about the same size in the '
sky. When the moon is nearer 1
than usual, its disk appears larg
er and a total eclipse will appear '
when the two bodies come ex- !
actly into line with the earth. :
When the moon is farther away 1
man usual, it will not be able to J
completely cover the sun and the
eclipse will be annular or ring- 1
like. .. 1
.. The eclipse of last Monday was 1
said to be something of a freak 1
because it was total, annular or 1
partial, according to the place
viewed from. The moon and the
sun are so nearly the same size
that the curvature of the earth
was a factor that decided which :
appeared the larger. The line
of totality was but three-quart- 1
ers of a mile wide and its dura
tion but a second and a half,
but it appeared as a partial
eclipse in some sections for as
much as two hours. At Juneau,
astronomers estimated that the
eclipse would be 52 per cent. The
eclipse began at 10 a. m. East
ern Standard time which was
about 6 a. m. for this section.
COLUMBIA SALMON PRICES
The prices reported for sal
mon on the Columbia River for
this year will be the same as the
prices paid last year,
j Opening prices for commercial
fishing beginning yesterday were
set by the packers and fishermen
on the lower Columbia River at
17 cents for steelheads, to June
20th and 17 cents for Chinook
and blueback salmon. The fish
ermen originally asked for 19
cents a pound for the salmon but
the packers showed that they
had only a small margin of profit
at 17 cents. The mild cure mark
et is said to be soft and it was
not expected that prices would
reach that paid for fish last
year.
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GETTING RELIGION
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We preach a gospel of econom
ic salvation. Of necessity we de
nounce the waste and destruc
tion of our great resources.
We denounce the Bureau of
Fisheries, Pharisees and hypo
crites who pretend to conserve
our salmon while permitting the
non-resident canneries and trap!
men to skim the milk, with the!
result that the salmon are being
destroyed and the population
with it.
.. More than two years ago, we
denounced the use of herring for
fertilizer. At that time, the fer
tilizer plants were only using
ONE million pounds of herring
per day for fertiizelr. We were
caled radicals, against capital,
and other names. But we per
sisted because we had the facts
before us. j
Over the name of Dan Alston
we carried the fight to the point
where the different Chambers!
ot Commerce and other citizens j
took up the battle against the |
destruction. They agreed with |
us. Th fact was that a little'
shortage of bait was holding up j
the halibut fleet and the coffers 1
of some of the businessmen was [1
being hurt. So they AGREED »
with US. 1
.. The Ketchikan Chronicle is in ■
agreedment with us. This paper 1
is the inspired mouthpiece of big 1
capital around Ketchikan. They i
vere aroused by revelations that <
vere made by Senator J. R.
Pleckman and be it known that
^hey have denounced the use of
nerring for fertilizer.
We reprint the editorial taken
from its issue of October 3rd,
md remark that we rejoice
vhen a sinner repenteth—even
f we doubt the repentance, and
Dredict that some day this same
Chronicle will denounce the
Ishtrap. If business depression
continues in the First City, Ed
Vlorrissey will be compelled to
io so.
.. Their editorial follows:.
Juneau and Herring Situation
Business men of Juneau who
Daid no attention to the fish
Dusiness for years, who permit
ted Ketchikan, Wrangell and Pe
tersburg to go ahead of them
is fisheries centers, now rise to
;peak for the Territory, to de
fend the wanton destruction of
lerring for fertilizer and meal.
\s their viewpoint of the past
regarding the fisheries was way
Dehind the foresight of the other
owns of Alaska, so now they are
ittempting to destroy, by aid
ng and abetting the fertilizer
Dackers not only the herring but
;he salmon industry.
The argument is put forward
that the meal is used for the
raising of chickens in California
md other states. Herring was
never the natural food of the
’hickens, but herring is the na
tural food of the salmon and j
halibut. It would seem more in j
nrder for Alaskans to attempt j
lo preserve and conserve feed for ‘
thir fisheries than to furnish i
fodder for California chickens. \
Other food can befound for the !
bird, but there is no substitute
for the salmon.
Of course, the chicken food
talk is a lot of camouflage. The
herring men are destroying the
fishreries. They know it and
everyone else knows it, but they
think only of today.
Capt. Jim Moore of the tender
Leonine was in from the Skin
ner and Eddy cannery, Kake on
Monday last.
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BIDS FOR HYDROPLANE PORT
Sealed bids for construction of
a hydroplane port at Petersburg,
Alaska will be received by the
Territorial Board of Road Com
missioners at the office of R. J.
Sommers, Territorial Highway |
Engine* r, Juneau, Alaska, until
l P. M., May 10' 1930, at which !
time they will be publicly open
id Plans and specifications and
proposals for bidding may be had
rom the City Clerk at Peters
mrg or at the office of the Terri
orial Highway Engineer at Ju
leau.
SIGNED) R. J. SOMMERS.
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NOTICE
. .The public is hereby notified
that I have disposed of all my
right, title and interest in and
to the Citizens’ Steam Laundry
in Petersburg, Alaska, to Russell
York as of the date of May 1,
1930.. All accounts accruing to
the said Citizens’ Steam Laundry
prior to May 1st are .due .and
payable to the undersigned and
I hereby deny responsibility for
accounts incurred by .the .said
Citizens’ Steam Laundry from
and after said date.
(Signed) Peder Lund.
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