VOL. 4.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, January 10, 1930
No. 29
Com. Club Holds A
Short Meeting
The local Commercial Club
met in the City Hall Wednesday
evening. Only a corporal’s guard
was present so the meeting was
postponed until next Wednesday
and all members of the Club are
urged to be present at that time.
The election of officers for the
ensuing year will be held and it
is very necessary that every
member be present. The selec
tion of officers to administer the
affairs of the Club during the
coming year is of utmost im
portance to each and every busi
ness man in town.
The purpose of the organiza
tion is to benefit the town by its
united cooperation through its
membership and as a unit. It
may bring about the success of
projects that cannot be accom
plished in any other way. It
should be encouraged.
Turn out and help boost!
Changes In Fish
Regulations
Commercial fishing for sal
mon is permitted in boats pro
pelled entirely by oars prior to
March 1.
Wrangell Narrows from Point
Alexander to Point Proiewy is
closed tocommercial fishing Pro
vided That this prohibition shall
Trofrappfy to trolling other than
by power boats.
No king salmon shall be caught
which when dressed will weigh
less than six pounds.
Gill nets shall not be longer
than 250 fathoms nor less than
125 fathoms.
Power trollers shall not use
more than four lines.
Use of side seine boats is pro
hibited.
Traps have 36 hours in which
to be brailed after closed season.
“Hammer-head” type of traps,
even the modified type is abso
lutely prohibited.
No trap shall have more than
two spillers.
All trap leads shall be operat
ed in a straight line.
Trolling boats shall not carry
• or operate any seine nor more
than one gill net.
The use of any trawl in com
mercial fishing is prohibited save
for the taking of shrimp.
Sue for Indian Lands
The Department of Justice has
instructed the Washington State)
district attorney to institute ac
tion against the Northern Pa
cific Railroad Company to de
termine title to about 23,000]
acres of land on the Yakima In
dian Reservation.
The land was patented by the
state to the railroad on the the
oi y that it was state school
property.. This theory as to title
was contested by the United
States and suit was begun to en
join the persons to whom sold
by the railroad from cutting
timber and otherwise trespass
ing. a
The Ketchikan Ball team left
for Juneau where they will play
a series of five games. They will
return to Petersburg next week
to met the Hi team on Saurday.
Local Bootlegger
Expands
“Sport,” alias “The Petersburg
Eootlegger,” returned from Ket
chikan on the Alameda Tuesday
morning after spending a few
l ours Sunday night and Monday,
having journeyed to the First
City on the Admiral Liner
Queen. “Sport” refused to make
any statement upon his return,
but it is the supposition of his
acquaintances that his mission
m Ketchikan was to acquaint
himself with some of his kind,
perhaps a “higher-up,” located
nearer the Canadian Border ana
jource of operations.
Heretofore, “Sport” has been
content to enjoy his “mountain
ilew” and bottles around Peters
burg where he was born and
where his most sophisticated ex
perience was a night of whoopee
in a local hotel. Just what hap
pened on the trip to Ketchikan
and what connections he was
able to make, will have to be
'.earned from his friends as
‘Sport” himself, will never tell.
Dfficers on the Alameda state
;hat he lived on chicken and
milk on the way up from Ket
chikan and travelled as befitted
dng bootleggers.
Fishermen Hold Big
Dinner
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The member's of the Seattle
Pishing Vessel Owners’ Associ-I
ttion held its annual banquet at •
:he Seattle Yacht Club on the*
ith of this month. Members of!
die association, their wives and
friends, numbering in all around
£00 were present.
Following the banquet was a
c’ance. The committee on ar
rangements consisted of Egilli
Erikson, Paul Pederson, William 1
3elset and O. O. Hvatum. j
.Treat for Music
Lovers
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The Normanna Male Chorus of
Ketchikan will be at the Variety
Theatre on Saturday night of
Ihis week, with a repertoire of
Norwegian and English songs,
more than 20 in all.
This company needs no intro
duction in Petersburg. The visit
here is in the nature of an an
nual good will tour and their
former performances will be well
remembered. The chorus consists
of 35 male voices including K. L.
Steberg, former Petersburg resi
dent, under direction of Mr.
Charles Homan.
President Withraws
Nomination
President Hoover withdrew the
nomination of Alf Oftedal to be
internal revenue collector at San
Francisco.
Senators Shortridge and John
con started a controversy as a
result of the nomination. Short
ridge for and Johnson against
the nomination. Johnson ob
jected on the ground that Ofte
c'al was not a resident of Calif
ornia and “consequently should
rot be appointed to a federal of
fice in that state.’*
Council Meets and
Disposes Business
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The council appropriated to
the hospital the sum of $200 to
take care of operating expenses
The hospital being in need of
hospital equipment, was in need
of funds to purchase.
The needs of the School Board
amounting to $2,500 was taken
rare of by action of the council.
The time for payment of ass
essments on account of E Street
improvements was extended to
the first of July. The cost of the
completed improvements comes
to $2.98 per foot which is charg
ed in part to the abutting prop
erty owners. Heretofore the cost
of new improvements has been
charged against the abutting
property and the cost of upkeep
ond replacements has been
charged to the general fund. In
this case the width of the street
v-as increased to fourteeen feet
with three-inch planking used,
the property owners being charg
ed with the additional cost.
Hereafter the city will discon
tinue the handling of electric
appliances, leaving this to the
local merchants.
Two signs in front of the U. S.
Post Office were ordered remov
ed. They were considered dan
gerous as obstructing the view of
pedestrians on F. Street.
Th following resolution was
passed regarding the proposed
construction of a new building
on the site of the present City
Hall:
“Be it resolved that plans be
made for the construction of a
new building on the site now oc
cupied by the Town Hall for the
purpose of housing the office of
he Town Clerk, Council Cham
bers, Fire Department quarters,
and supply rooms for the munic
ipal light and water works, said
building to be planned to take
care of the immediate needs of
the city and with a view to en
larging the same to cover the
3ite now in litigation over title
in the event said suit is settled
favorably to the City.” •
After a full discussion a mo
tion to adopt the resolution was
seconded and carried unani
mously.
Money for School
A bill passed the national
House of Representatives last
week, gives a notable increase in j
iunds appropriated for native
schools and for carrying on the
medical aid work of the govern
ment in Alaska. The appropria
tion is an increase of nearly half
a million dollars over that for the
last fiscal year.
The segregation of the appro
priations provide for a new in
dustrial school at Shoemaker
Bay near WrangeU for which a
000 of Chas.Naeed frtandA -E,m
total appropriation of $171,000
is made, $71,000 of which is made
immediately available for the
shcool and administration build
| ing while other units including a
, dormitory will be constructed
| later.
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Mrs. Albert Jorgenson was a
Seattle bound passenger on the
l Norco. She will combine the trip
. with medical aid and visiting
: with friends and relatives.
Ketchikan Loses
1, Winsl
The local high school team, re
arranged as to positions met the
basketshooters from the First
City and took them into camp by
the score of 21-17. As the score
indicates the game was hotly
contested from first toss-up un
til whisle called time at the end
of the second half. The first
jhalf saw the teams go to their
dressing rooms with the score
standing 11-10 in favor of the
visitors. The local boys came
back with greater determina
tion than ever to win and piled
t.p a lead for a win.
, Shaquanie at center gives the
local team a balance it did not
have before. Brown at forward
did mighty fine work and will
develop into a hard, fast player.
The whole team did well and
with the material at hand they
should be well up when the hi
series is played.
Gordon for Petersburg and Pe
terson for Ketchikan were high
score each man making four and
three goals respectively.
Murphy. F and H. Peterson,
Bailey and Hall represented Ket
chikan; Brown, Ness, Shaquanie,
Gordon and Jackson comprised
the local high school quintet.
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KETCHIKAN WINS GAME
A Town team composed of
Shaquanie, Runstad, Johnson,
Wasvick, Barnrider and Evans
met the Ketchikan team but did
not fare kindly as did the High
team. The visitors were out for
revenge and got it to the tune
of 28-18.
The visitors showed better
team work than they did in the
first game, their passing and
shooting was much snappier and
they were just too many for the
local boys.
The game was full of thrills
and the crowd, tho small, was
highly enthusiastic. The gate
receipts from both games were
rather disappointing and will
not give the local teams chance
to keep out of the red.
Endorse Narrows
Dredging
The local branch of the Hali
but Boat Owners’ Association, a
branch of the Fishing Vessel
Owners’ Association representing
practically every halibut boat in
this port, has gone on record as
endorsing the proposal for the
'dredging of Petersburg Harbor.
I The parent organization has
been requested to throw the en
ormous weight of its entire mem
bership squarely back of this
proposal. This should have
weight with the War Depart
ment for the Association repre
sents some 200 halibut boats and
a personnell of over two thou
sand with an investment of two
million dollars.
Charles Greenaa, local mer
chant and soup bone sawyer left
for the sunny south on the
steamer Queen. A little seagull
whispered that after a visit tc
the packing houses on the Sound
jhe expects to tour Washington
Oregon and California by auto
1 And that he might even bring
I home that which “Gentlemer
Prefer — ”
Ter, May Build
New Road
While Mr. Robert Sommers,
Territorial Road Engineer, was
in Petersburg this week, his at
tention was called to the crying
need of a roadway along the
waterfront for the benefit of the
residents of West Petersburg.
Mr. Sommers explained that j
heretofore the policy of the Road j
Commission had been to expend
no federal money on roads with
in a townsite elimination. How
ever, he agreed that this pro
position was indeed a worthy
one and gave assurance that he
would do all in his power to se
cure a change in this policy of
tne Commission in order that
this project might be put thru.
Since the West Petersburg com
munity is not within the corpor
al e limits of the Town of Peters
burg, it would not be feasible for
the city to build such a road and
the residents of this community
(annot even tax themselves for
such a purpose
Will Run on Inde
pendent Ticket
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Declining to run as a party
candidate because of his oppo
sition to making the Alaska
school system a partizan issue,
W. A. Keller, superintendent o
Juneau public schools yesterday
announced his intention of run
ning for territorial commission
er of education as an independ
ent.
As an independent candidate
it will not be necessary for Kell
er to enter the April primaries
or to start his campaign until
next summer.
Keller has been school super
intendent for seven years at Ju
neau and held the same position
for two years previously at Fair
banks. He holds a B. A. and a
M A. degree from Washington
State University and a doctor’s
degree from Columbia Univers
ity.
Famous Dog Reaches
End Of Trail
As told in the New York World
the end of the trail has come for
the great Siberian Huskie dog,
Togo, whose name is emblazoned
high among the list of famous
Alaska dogs. The great Togo,
who led Leonard Seppala’s dog
earn on the epic dash of 245
miles to carry diptheria serum
to stricken Nome four years ago,
will never hit the snowy trail
again.
Togo, after sixteen hard win
ters in the harness, has been de
clining rapidly. His last owner.
Mrs. E. P. Ricker, Jr., Poland
Spring, Me., has sent the great
leader to New Haven where he
will be humanely dispatched and
1 his pelt preserved in the Pea
body Museum of Yale University.
He will stand in the lead dog’s
harness on an artificial snow
, trail for the admiration of pos
: terity. Every lover of dogs will
[ feel a genuine pang cf regret at
i this prosaic passing of one of the
l truly great.
. . .Passengers arriving on the.Al
; ameda, northbound were Mrs. O.
i
i Arness, Thelma Arness, Reinert
• Rasmussen and Hans Woll.
Canada Backs
Int. Road
Mr. Jermane, Associate Editor
of the Seattle Times in a recent
| issue of that paper asserts that
i “The proposed international
! highway from Seattle to Fair
oanks, Alaska, is going to be con
structed . I believe I am amply
justified in making that state
ment. It is favored by the gov
ernment, commercial bodies and
cutomobilists of British Colum
bia, and by the Dominion Gov
ernment at Ottawa, which has
ust sent to the Washington gov
ernment an elaborate set of spe
cially prepared colored maps,
howing the three or four avail
ble routes north from Vancouv
er together with the natural re
ources of the great territory
he highway would open up."
Large Fund For
A. R. C.
The Department of Agriculture
n making the allotment of For
'ft Road Funds for the next fis
al year has set over to the Alas
ka Road Commsision the hand
ome sum of $451,384 as its share
\? the appropriation for the
juilding of roads in the forest
eserves in the Territory. This
noney will be made available on
Tuly 1st, the beginning of the
Sscal year.
The total appropriation for
; his purpose for the National
Forests of the United States is
i4,500,000. Under the Federal Aid
Road Act, it is required that this
money be apportioned to the
States and Territories having
national forests, according to
the percentage of national for
est area and the value of the na
ional forests combined.
In Alaska, the money is made
available through the United
States Forest Service and the
work is performed under the di
rection of the United States Bu
reau of Public Roads, usually
\inder cotract. Secretary Arthur
M. Hyde, of the Department of
Agriculture, has charge of the
fund.
THE VALUE OF YOUR DOLLAR
Retail food prices declined
one-half of one per cent from
October 15 to November 15, but
they were IV2 per cent higher
than in November, 1928. The
ncrease since 1913 is approxi
mately 52 per cent.
Mooney May Go Fae
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Tom Mooney is nearer a pard
on today than at any time since
bis imprisonment 13 years ago
following the Preparedness Day
tomb explosion in San Francis
co.
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j The State Pardon Board has
.Tom’s application under coneid
; oration and is studying the huge
mass cf documents bearing on
,the case. The Board has not
'intimated when it will render a
decision.
I Practically everyone connected
i with the trial of Mooney, includ
ing the judge and all the living
jurors, believes that he was con
victed on perjured evidence and
is backing the plea for his re
lease. ' • "3