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VOLUME NO. VI.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA;
APRIL 15, 1932
NO. 39
Grigsby, Veteran
Campaigner Sets
Forth Platform
George B. Grigsby, the Wil
liam Jennings Bryan of the
A’aska Democratic party, and at
present candidate for nomina
tion for delegate to congress,
has set forth his platform to the
voters. It is published in these
columns.
Mr. Grigsby served as district
attorney at Nome, later was at
torney general for the Territory.
Upon the death of Mr. Sulzer a
special election was called to
elect another in place of Sulzer
who claimed the election. Judge
Wickersham refused to permit
his name on the ballot as he
declared that he was the duly
elected delegate. Congress sub-1
sequently ruled Wickersham the j
delegate from Alaska. For aj
number of years Grigsby was i
more or less inactive but finally i
measured strength with Dan!
Sutherland. He lost out and has;
been a perrennual candidate for i
the office since. Many of his!
staunchest supporters of other j
days have forsaken his efforts
and are lining up with Mr,
Ziegler.
The following is Mr. Grigsby’s:
platform:
“I am in favor of the direct j
Primary law and absolutely op-!
posed to its repeal.
“I consider the future admin-'
istration of the Fisheries in
Alaska the big issue of the cam
paign. Am utterly opposed to,
the present bureaucratic control.1
“I am in favor of the aboli
tion of Fish Traps, and. as the
most effective means to this
end, will, if elected, work for the
transfer of all Federal conteol of
the Fisheries to the Alaska Ter
ritorial Legislature. I believe
this can be accomplished with
the advent of a Democratic ad
ministration, which now seems
assured.
“I will do my utmost to put
the Bureau of Fisheries out of
business in the Territory of!
Alaska, except for the purpose of j
scientific research.
“I am opposed to all forms of
Bureaucratic government. No
Federal Bureau should have any
power of legislation whatever.
“Ifc will be my endeavor, if
elected, to open the public do
main of Alaska to settlement
end development under the same
liberal laws under which other
Territories were developed. This
includes timber lands, oil and
coal lands. I am opposed to the
leasing system.
Denounces Pinchot Conservation
“I am opposed to the Pinchot
theory of conservation as ap
plied to Alaska, believing that
nature and economic conditions
present sufficient barriers to the
development of the Territory
without additional restrictions.
“T h e Alaska Legislature
should have complete control of
Game and Fur-bearing animals.
“The Democratic doctrine of
States’ Rights, advocated for the
past one hundred years, is par
ticularly applicable to this Ter
ritory. We should be accorded
Home Rule in the Territory, ex
cept on all subjects of legisla
tion purely Federal.
“I have not recently adopted
the above platform but have
campaigned on the same plat
form for three successive cam
paigns, each time gaining more
votes, and in the last election
was beaten by my Republican
opponent by only two hundred
and ninety-six votes. I believe
those who vote in the Demo
cratic Primary all desire to
nominate the candidate who has
the best chance of success at the
election this coming November.
I will not, in this message, or
elsewhere, reflect on the merits
of the opposing candidates Ra
the Democratic nomination.
However, the friends who have
urged me to again become a
candidate, and I, myself, believe,
that my past record in office,
as United States Attorney, as At
torney General, and Delegate to
Congress, the wide acquaintance
obtained by my successive cam
paigns, the increasing number of
votes gained in each of them, all
indicate that I am the logical
candidate and deserving of the
nomination in the April Pri
mary.”
Poison Gas Takes
Life Tay Bayers
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Capt. Harry G. (Tay) Bayers,
veteran gasboat man of Juneau
died last Friday morning of
carbon monoxide poisoning
while traveling on the power
boat Lu enroute to Juneau from
Funter Bay. He had lain down
near the exhaust of the engine
and was unaware of any leakage
which came from the engine.
In a short while he became
semi-comatose and when near
ing Juneau he was aroused with
difficulty and taken to the deck
by a member of the crew. He
anchored the vessel near his
home along Glacier Highway
entered a skiff to row ashore
but was too weak to handle the
skiff so he was assisted home by
the crew. A few minutes after
arriving home he passed away.
His remains were taken to the
waters off Taku Harbor where
they were lowered into the sea
in accordance with his express
ed wish. 1
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WANTED—Outboard motor boal
16 feet or over—state price—
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W. K. Keller, Commissioner o:
Education, returned to Juneai
today.
Fish Brokers In
New Agreement
E. B. McGovern, salmon broker
of Seattle has announced that
Pacific Canned Salmon Brokers’
Association has joined with the
Pacific Salmon Sales Corpora
tion in the formulation of a
code of ethics to abolish secret
rebates, commission splitting,
indiscriminate consignment of
shipments and other practices
declared hurtful "to the indus
try.
In plain terms, the completion
of a monopolistic trust has been
consummated.
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A May Day Dance will be given
by the American Legion Auxili
ary on April 30th. The commit
tee consisting of Mrs. Manuel
Isom, chairman; Mrs. Ann
Dunkleberger and Mrs. Andrew
Johnson are making extensive
plans for the occasion. Special
attractions for the evening will
be announced later.
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Prices for halibut generally
are picking up. There is more
optimism shown this week by
• the fishermen than any time
i since operations began this
spring.
Strong Fight
Shows Dimond
Weakness
The reactions to the cam
paign being waged by the Wo
men’s Primary Club and others
supporting candidacy of A. H.
Ziegler, has thrown such a scare
into the ranks of the Dimond
supporters that they are putting
all pressure possible on him to
have him come to campaign in
the First Division.
There is a movement on foot
in Juneau to organize a “Di
mond for Delegate Club” with
Troy-Connors-Federalist gang
midwifing the new baby. The
midwives and parents of the
new infant are waxing enthusi
astic over the new idea and hope
to midwife similar organizations
in other towns of the First Divi
sion.
Harry (Izzy Cohen) Morton of
Anchorage is one of the main
supporters of Dimond in An
chorage because it is reported
“Izzy” expects to be named
judge of the Third or Fourth
Division.
It is being stated that the
plumbs and gravy will be hand -
ed out as follows in event Di
mond wins and the national
elections swing to the Demo
crats:
John W. Troy for governor—
denied in a Seattle publication
that he had any such ambitions
or aspirations. Jack Hellenthal
("or is it Simon) for Judge of
the District Court, First Divi
sion; J. J. Connors, democratic
national committeeman for
Customs Collector and Mr. Mc
Clusky for United States Mar
shal.
Ketchikan politicians point
out that the Juneau crowd is
exceedingly generous—to them
selves—in the matter of hand
ing out political reward for ser
vices to the party.
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Presbytery Over,
Delegates Return
The Presbyterian motorship
Princeton passed through Pe
tersburg Wednesday night en
route to Juneau from Hydaburg
and Ketchikan. On board wers
Seward Kunz and Haynes De
Witt, lay-workers, Rev. Saund
ers, Juneau; Rev, Griffith, Skag
v/ay; Rev. Foley, Hoonah and
Rev. Swanson, master of th*
vessel. Mr. William L Paul oi
Ketchikan was also on the boat
bound for Juneau
Rev. Edward Marsden of Met
lakatla left the Presbyteria]
Sessions at Hydaburg before ad
journment on account of sick
ness. He was under medical care
before going there and enrout*
was thrown from h Is bunt
which complicated matters. Th(
Princeton had a very rough trip
going around Cape Chacon.
Albert' Brown of Hydabur?
was elected president of th<
Christian Endeavor Union, witl
Samuel Murchison as vice presi
dent, William Walton, rec. sec.
Rachel Peratrovich, treasurer
Eli Katanook, cor. secretary
There were 73 visitors and dele
gates at the convention.
Wrangell invited the Presby
tery to hold its sessions ther
next year. No invitation was ex
tended the C. E. Society. Ther
is a general feeling that th
convention next year should b
abandoned on account of th
financial depression which ha
made it so hard to get the dele
gates to attend the conventio
this year. The matter is left i
abeyment.
Deal Is
Made But
NoChild
A middle aged woman fled
from a bakery in Greenwich
, Conn., after a $20 note she of
fered was identified by the pro
prietress as one of the ransom
notes paid the kidnapers by Col.
Charles Lindbergh.
The woman, who came' to the
-store in a green sedan, driven
by a chauffeur, grabbed the note
and ran when the proprietress
exclaimed:
“Why, that’s one of the Lind
bergh bills!”
A newspaper list of the bills
paid the abductors by Col. Lind
bergh was pasted beside the
counter in the bakery.
The ransom money was paid
over to the abductors about the
first of the month. Radio re
ports Tuesday night state that
some of the bills paid over were
in circulation in London, Eng
land. Showing that there is evi
dently a well-organized interna
tional ring holding the child, i
The effort at recovery will now
perhaps reach into the interna -!
tional police circles because of
the leads which have now been
disclosed. Scotland Yard and the
French Prefecture will undoubt
edly be swinging into the case
along with the many agencies in
the United States.
Rustgard Declares
Conspiracy
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In a statement made this week
in Juneau, Attorney General
John Rustgard charges that he
! is a victim of the national ad
j ministration which seeks his
I defeat. In his outbreak, Mr
Rustgard declares: The public
seems imbued with idea that 1
am no longer a candidate for
the office of Attorney General
for the Territory. I am still a
candidate and hope that mji
I friends will not forget that fact
| My name is before the Senate
| but no confirmation is likely tc
occur before the Primary elec
| tion and if, in the meanwhile, i1
! I am defeated at the primary, 1
will probably not be confirmed
It is regrettable that, the ap
pointment was made ust before
I the primary. The vacancies a:
i Nome and Fairbanks have ex
| isted for nearly two years and tc
one who does not know the in
side workings, it would look a:
though they might have beer
held open another two weeks
■ Under the present condition'
they are certainly misleading £
large percentage of voters.
“My appointment happenec
i so nicely timed that news there
:1 of caught the last mail to Penin
i! eula points and other outlying
, precincts. The people there wil
I think that I am out of the race
' and I have no means of counter
’ acting the effect either by mai
' or telegraph. This is bound t;
ljlose me hundreds of votes. No
’j only is confirmation uncertah
1 but it will probably depend upo:
’ the results of the primary.
“At the beginning of the pre
sent session of Congress two bill
were introduced at the reques
- of the Department of Justice t
3 abolish the Second Judicial Di
- vision and the Department de
?, dines to express any opinion a
3, to the probable fate of the tw
e bills.
s| “If the present uncomfortabl
s, situation was created by design
- it is a masterpiece and I do:
1 my hat to whoever, if anybod;
1. is behind the responsibility.”
1 The effect of this statement
Appointment
Hawkesworth
Being Urged
Report comes from Washing
j ton that the administration is
considering the appointment of
1 Chief of the U. S. Indian Bu
reau, Alaska Department and
two names ^re before the ad
ministration—one it is natural
' ly presumed is Charles W.
Hawkesworth, Acting Chief of
the Department and the other
Dr. Anderson who appeared be
fore the last Legislature to make
a bitter attack against the ac
tivities of the Bureau of Educa
tion.
tteports irom every town
reached at present writing indi
cates a universal desire of the
I Indians most effected to have
Mr. Hawkesworth appointment,
i Telegrams to Delegate Wicker
j sham urging appointment of Mr.
i Hawkesworth point to a record
.of many years of kindly and
J sympathetic contact which can
'come only from understanding.
; Mr. Hawkesworth came to Alas
jka many years ago to work as
j teacher among the Eskimos at
| Barrow and was transferred to
, the First Division where he has
labored among the Thlingets,
Haidas and Tsimpsheans. With
short appropriations and men
over him unfamiliar with the
work, yet he has succeeded in a
manner which should bring him
1 merited reward as Chief of the
Department in Alaska.
It is pointed out by the In
dians of the various villiages
that Dr. Anderson’s usefulness
was worn out when he appeared
before the legislature and for
political reasons made his at
tack against the Bureau of Edu
cation and indirectly against
the directors of the work. How
ever it is not forgotten that Dr.
Anderson is a Stanford Univer
sity man as are President Hoov
er and Ray Lyman Wilbur, Sec
retary of the Interior who is
also president of Stanford Uni
versity.
C. C, Endorses
Fox Mens Petition
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At the meeting of the Com
mercial Club Wednesday even
ing in the Grand Cafe a petition
from the fox farmers was read
in which they ask that the open
season regulations be removed
from the regulations promulgat
ed by the Alaska Game Commis
sion. The petition was given en
dorsement by the Club.
W. K. Keller, Commissioner of
Education, was guest of the
Club and addressed them re
garding his observations cover
ing his tour of inspection of the
Territorial schools from Ketchi
kan to a point 250 miles above
Nome. He stated that the schools
are generally in very good shape
and very good educational pro
gress indicated.
It was his observation that
the Westward Divisions are not
feeling the present economic
depression as acutely as in the
First Division. This is due to
the fact that those Divisions
are in the gold belt where even
the small pannings are alleviat
ing the distress. In the First
Division he finds that the dis
tress is more acute owing to the
condition of the fisheries and
the timber resources.
is sensational at the very least
e in political circles and carries
i, serious implications with ver$
T uncreditable reflection upon
r, President Hoover who sent Mr
: Rustgard’s nomination to the
t Senate recently.
Mrs. E. S. Hungerford
Named President
Local P. T- A
Wednesday night the Parent
Teachers’ Association met in the
school auditorium in their regu
lar monthly meeting. Elections
of officers for the ensuing year
Were held and the final vote
stood 22 for Mrs. Hungerford
and 21 for Mrs. Harold Lee. Mrs.
Lee had previously served as
president of the organization.
There was no campaigning on
the part of either candidate
and they were so close, as being
tallied on the board that the
race belonged to either one
right up to the last vote.. By
unanimous ballot Mrs. Johansen
was elected vice president. The
office of secretary-treasurer was
somewhat like a stepchild—no
one wanted it despite the fact
that several were nominated.
Miss Josenhans was nominated
and elected.
Following the business meet
ing a piano duet was played by
Misses Christianson and Lero;
song by Mrs. Johnson; song by
Mrs. Anderson. General discus
sion about vocational subjects,
led by Mrs. Hungerford wbq,
called on the several lines re
presented including nursing,
medicine and surgery, commer
cial subjects, chemistry, maclyn
ist, domestic arts and journal
ism. The several speakers ex
tolled the merits of the several
subjects and pointed out the
preparation requisite for the
successful completion of such
courses.
Mr. W. K. Keller, Commission
er of Education being presented
was asked by outgoing president
Mrs. Charley Anderson to ad
dress the gathering. He told of
the magnitude of the work in
Alaska and the tremenduous
distances necessarily covered to
make a tour of inspection. Point
ing out that each locality had
its problems which must be
settled locally for there could
be no set rule to govern. Pointed
out the necssity of school ac
creditation. Informed the gath
ering that the depression was
now hitting Alaska and that
there will be necessity of re
trenchment but that the gov
erning officials in Juneau had
decided that they would follow
a policy which would be least
hurtful to the schools. Curtail
ment of expenditures would bo
undertaken in other depart
ments before it would be per
mitted to interfere with the
school activities. However, he
urged that every school board
make every effort possible lo
curtail any expense that is not
absolutely necessary.
His discussion was listened io
with considerable interest and
appreciation.
Dimond Concedes
Own Defeat
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Senator Anthony Dimond, De
mocratic candidate for delegate
to Congress will not campaign in
the First Division on account of
conceding his own defeat. Re
ports from the other Three Divi
sions indicate a heavy landslide
to A. H. Ziegler.
The Juneau Empire is report
ed as supporting the candidacy
of Frank Peratrovich of Kla
wock as against one of the men
nominated by the party in Ju
neau. Mr. Peratrovich will run
well but it is believed that Joe
Barnovich will carry more votes
when the final tallies have been
made. Mr. Peratrovich made a
statement of political principles
which was published in the
columns of The Alaskan last
week.
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INSTALLATION OF GUARDS
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Sunday morning under direc
tion of the local Staff officers of
the' Salvation Army, Capt. Brier
ly and Lieut. Fulton and Staff
Captain Joseph Acton. A nice
program has been arranged in
which the Guards take part,
prizes for perfection in work
will be presented by Mr. George
V. Beck, principal of the public
schools. Staff-Captain Acton will
inaugurate the Guards and Mr.
L. Paul will present the Guard
Flag.
An invitation is extended the
public to attend the meeting in
I the Army Barracks where the
Guard will demonstrate the
training they have undergone
In the evening biblical picture
will be shown by the Staff-Cap
tain. There will be no charger
for the three meetings to be he:d
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Dr. Tavlan of the Department
, of the Interior is in town taking
| care of the dental work of the
school children. She finds con
siderable work to do, this being
(the first time the Bureau has ur
certaken such work here.
Ziegler Reports
Fine Response
A. H. Ziegler, Democratic can
I didate for Delegate to Congress
! returned to Juneau this week
from the Third and Fourth Di -
visions where he has been cam
paigning for election. In Juneau
this week he declares: “The
j sentiment in every district T
visited is the most wholesome I
have ever encountered.”
Mr. Ziegler visited Seward,
Cordova, Anchorage and Fair
banks including a number of
smaller precincts along the
[Railroad. He says: I was given
j a very favorable reception and
| was promised some very strong
support. I am sure I shall get a
fine vote in both the Third and
Fourth Divisions. I met many
old friends and acquaintances
on the coast and interior, who
have assured me of their active
interest,” relative to his own
candidacy.
According to his observations
the Third Division will run
strong for Senator Dimond but
the Fourth will be divided with
J Grigsby taking a goodly portion
of the votes. There is sufficient
opposition to Senator Dimond,
however, in both divisions which
will react to the benefit of Mr.
Ziegler.
Mr. Ziegler left for Wrangell
where he will continue his cam
paign then he will come to Pe
tersburg before leaving for other
towns in the First Division.
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BANK OF HYDER CLOSES
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Yesterday the Bank of Hyder,
Hyder, Alaska, voluntarily closed
its doors. In some circles in Ju
neau and elsewhere in Alaska
the question is being asked
“What was the Bank Examiner
under Treasurer Smith doing
that the depositors were not
bankrupt. Mr. H. I .Lucas, can
didate for auditor to succeed
; Cash Cole, incumbent and also
i a candidate, is one of the terri
torial bank examiners.