VOL. I
PETERSBURG, ALASKA FEBRUARY 18 1927
NO. 32
JUNEAU ELKS
IN PETERSBURG
Old ones, young ones, fat ones,
1. an ones, black haired ones, grey
/ aired ones, musicians and other
wise, the herd of Elk arrived from
.i ineau on the Admiral Rogers and
will initiate a class of local candi
dates tonight.
A free show is promised the kid
dies of the town tonight while the
main Herd is putting the nltee 1 hll
main Herd is making class “ride the
goat.” Tomorrow night a Railroad
dance will be given at the Sons of
Norway Hall. With ocal musi
cians on the job and the musicians I
wno are members of the party, a J
ivyal time is promised all.
Members of the party is compris
ed of Harry Sperling, Exalted Ruler
of B. P. O. E. No. 420, empoyed in
Forest Service, accompanied by
Mis. Sperling . F. A. Mecalf, Civil
and Mining Engineer; J. L. (Dol
ly > Gray, proprietor of the Alaska
Soda Company and Chief of the Ju
iu-au Fire Department; Joseph
Slow, Pioneer, retired; Jack King
horn, U & I Restuarant; Jack Bur
ford of J. B. Bnrford and Co., office
supplies, member Alaskans Orches
tra; Jack Salem, Musician, saxa
I hone; Elmer Hagen, musician, vio
lin; H. R. Shepard, General Insur-!
once, City Clerk and Magistrate,,
Secretary of Tgloo No. 6 of the Pio-j
neers of Alaska.
The Citizens of the Town of Pe
tersburg welcome these visiting
Elk and wish them the most pleas
ant of time during their stay.
ALASKA FLOUR MILL OPERATES
Forty tons of Fairbanks-grown
wheat manufactured into flour at
ihe Tanana Valley Agricultural As
sociation’s mill, will be consumed
here within the next few months.
Milling of last summer’s 80,000-lb.
crop, begun last month, will be com
pleted early next week. The flour
will be distributed to local mer
chants and restaurants.
Tests made at the mill show that
the best wheat came from the Des
Jardin estate. It weighs 62.5 pounds
to the bushel and the quality is in
dicated by the fact that in the states
wheat going 60 pounds to the bush
el is considered first class. Known
as the Ruby variety, it is winning
increasing popularity in northern
countries. Originally a Canadian
development, it was brought to Fair
banks about three years ago. Near
ly all seed planted in this district
next summer will probably be of
this variety.—Fairbanks-News Min
er
COLD STORAGE FOR JUNEAU
A modern quarter-of-a-million
dollar cold storage and ice manu
facturing plant is assured Juneau,
acording to an announcement made
by Wallis S. George, Treasurer of
the Juneau Cold Storage Company,
who has devoted several months to
financing the Juneau Codl Storage
Company for the purpose of provid
ing it. The plant will be located on
property recently acquired from the
Alaska Steamship Company and
others, having a frontage of 210
feet on the lower end of the Admir
al Line Dock and 125 feet on Front
Street where the Enterprise Found
dry was formerly occupied, giving
a depth of approximately 275 feet.
The first unit will be constructed
this year, work beginning in April,
and will be designed to give this
port facilities for handling all the
fish thta may be brought here. As
business may demand it additions
w iir be buUt. ,
All fish buyers will be invited to
utilize the facilities as freely and
on the same terms as it may be used
by the Juneau Cold Storage Com
pany in its own operations.—Em
pire.
HALIBUTTER WRECKED
Cape Clear, Seattle fishing vessel
bound for Ketchikan struck a rock
off Langara Island, Saturday and
sank immediately. The crew escap
ing In a dory were picked up the
next day by the Seamaid and taken
lo Prince Rupert.
The Vessel was owned and cap
tained by Ben West. Oscar Holt,
Louis Wick, Adolph Anderson and
Adolph Wick comprised the crew
SPEAKS AGAINST TRAPS
% I
Roderick Davis, mayor of Metla-j
katla, appeared before the House j
Committee on Marine and Fisheries
and pointed out the detrimental ef
Itct that restrictions on fishing had
in Southeastern Alaska. He ad
vocated the release of all restric
tions, and the prohibiting the use
of traps so as to put the industry
on the plane it was before the Bu
reau of Fisheries closed so many |
s-i earns and other waters of this
section to fishing.
KODIAK TO HAVE
A COLD STORAGE
Residents of Kodiak are report-1
e 1 as being confident that a cold j
storage will be established during
the coming summer. The Erskine i
Co., which has been making ef
i
foit. to secure financial backing for
a plant, are reported as be- j
ing successful in their efforts. The j
.natter of title to certain lands de- j
sirable to the New England Fish
company has been cleared away so
that there is no obstacle to retard
development of the company’s
plans. No positive statements have
been made by either company as to .
the plans for the immediate future. (
WHERE IS MISS MARTHA JUDD?
A request has been received at
the Governor’s Office for informa
tion regarding the whereabouts of
Miss Martha Judd, about 50 years
of age, at one time in the hotel
business in Alaska. She was form
erly a resident of San Francisco.
Any data regarding her should be
sent to the Governor’s Office, Ju
neau.
A new school building consisting
of three classrooms 22 by 30 feet,
three lavatories, teachers office, hal
way 60 feet long, all finished in
brown oakwood stain, with plaster
ed walls and ceiling has been com
pleted by the contractor and turned
over to the Bureau of Education
foi occupancy.
The building was completed at a
tost of $10,000.
This building will house 45 chil
dren in eight grades wan two
teachers.
MISS FALLDINE RETURNS
. .Miss Marie Falldine, Red Cross
Nurse has returned to Juneau as
Public Health nurse. She announc
es that she will take up her work
where she left off. She plans to
make a general health survey of the
Pdblis schools.
Worth has it—Fine Furniture.
Three times in three days during
this month have Congressmen come
:o the manly art of self-defence.
On the 12th of the month, Repre
s.'.'tatives Tincher and Strong, Re
publicans of Kansas made passes at
one another but being a little wild
were unable to land a blow. Speak
r Longworth and Representative
; rudspeth of Texas as seconds threw
the towel in the ring for a technical
knockout.
The McNary-Haugen bill was the
bme of contention.
Democratic Senators Carter Glass
of Virginia and Burton K. Wheeler
of Montana came to olows on the
floor of the Senate on the 12th and
Icr-nresenta^ive Blanton of Texas
and Representative Sol Bloom of
N^w York after striking several
blows were separated in the House.
HABDDfG, HJliL NOMINATIONS
APPROVED BY COMMITTEE
J he Senate Judiciary Committee
has approved the nominations of
E. Coke Hill of San Francisco to be
Judge of the Third Judicial Divi
sion and Justin W. Hardin of
b ranklin, Ohio, to succeed George
Arthur Shoup as District Attorney
of the First Division..
E. Coke Hill who is to succeed
Judge Ritchie is a well-known Alas
kan and highly spoken of by those
who knew him in the north country.
He is held in high regard by those
who know him as a lawyer and a
man of highest character.
Mr. Harding, according to press
reports, was recommended for the
oiflce of District Attorney of the
First Division by Senators Willis
and Fess of Ohio. He is a gradu
ate of Phillips-Exeter Academy and
t'te University of Michigan. He serv
ed overseas as Captain of Infantry
and wa,s promoted to Major. He
is a former member of the Ohio
General Assembly. During the year
1919 he spent a large part of his
time in Alaska and Is somewhat
familiar with local conditions.
WILKINS IN NORTH
Capt. .George H. Wilkins .and
party were on the Alaska this week
enroute to Fairbanks^ They will
there prepare their three planles
fr*r the attempted flight to the North
Pole over the Brooks Range.
WRANGELL HI IN JUNEAU
Wrangell Hi hoopsters met de
feat at the hands of the Juneau
Five to the tune of 22 to 17; they
went over to Douglas the following
night and walloped^ the Islanders
25 to 8. Coming back the third
night they cleaned up the Juneau
Five 24 to 6. The were scheduled
to play the Firemen, an all-star col
lege bunch for their final game.
NUGGET8 IN CHICKENS
Joseph Fournier, proprietor of
the Summit Hotel, Dawson, killed a
s!>- months old rooster and found
a 75 cent nugget in the craw of the
bird. Last year Archie Matherson
purchased some chickens from Joe
Fournier and in two of them found
nuggets, one valued at 60 cents*
IT IS SENATOR ARTHUR FRAME
Arthur Frame of Anchorage, Re
publican candidate for the Territor
ial Senate was declared elected by
(he Territorial Canvassing Board
i at Juneau. The final count gave
Frame 1900 votes and Dimond
1821.
HAS FLOODS
The greatest storm that ever hit
the .Pacific Coast is raging in the
southern California section. Many
deaths have been reported and
scores more of injured. Rains are
falling in torrents unabated causing
washouts along the railroads. Parts
of Southern California are under
water and boats are being used in
rescue work. Water six feet in
depth are reported in the low lands
and telegraphic and telephonic com
munication destroyed. Persons in
some of the business sections of
Los Angeles are reported as being
unable to reach their homes.
LITERACY bill passes house
IN AMENDED FORM
The House of Representatives this
week passed the White Literacy Bill
for Alaskan voters. The bill as
written by Tony Dimond, attorney
for Booth Fisheries and the Alaska
Packers, and as presented to the
House by Rep. Wallace White of
Maine did not meet with the ap
proval of the House. The House
emending the law to protect old
voters.
FAIRBANKS GAME CLUB
IS AT WORK
Irving Reed was recently
elected head of the Tanana-Yukon
Game Protective and Propoganda
Association.
At a - recent meeting estimates
/
were read indicating that 50 Am
erican elk and 50 head of southeast
ern Alaska deer could be landed in
Fairbanks at a cost not to exceed
$r>0,000. The organization endorsed
a resolution asking the Territorial
Legislature to work for the passage
of such an appropriation.
Movement was also stared to
stock the Harding Lakes near Fair
banks with trout. This work to
bo purely local.
These local propositions have a
knack of growing in importance and
then there is the urge for territor
ial aid. Why not come down to
seme of these streams the Bureau
of Fisheries is trying to rid of trout
and have the Bureau show what it
can do in the line of propogating
fish. In other words let the Bureau
show it can play marbles before
making too many high sounding re
ports that mean nothing toward the
real development of fishing in
dustry in Alaska.
PIONEERS’ DANCE ENJOYED
The masquarade dance given by
the Pioneers in their hall on Sat
urday, the 12th, was a very success
full affair. There were a number
of very clever as well as funny
costumes. The next big dance on
tho social calendar will be the Rail
Mrs. Carol Clausen charmingly
entertained a few of her friends
at a Valentine Bridge Party in her
home Monday evening. The Valen
tine motiff was expressed in the
scoie cards, decorations and dainty
refreshments. The head prize was
awarded to Mrs. J. A. Mendenhall.
1
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A contract has been awarded E.
W. Harris of Sitka for the construc
tion of a school building 26 by 16
at Sitka Hot Springs, which is to be
completed by the 2nd of April. ,
i The enrollment of this school,
which is known as the Goddard
j School is ten pupils, all going to
PETERSBURG
GYM A COMING
The Petersburg Athletic Assoc,
tiun which is planning the con. . -
tion of a large gymnasium sul.n
for the needs and requirements ui
the town is progressing in its plans.
Committees are working, tentative
plans, drawn by Oscar Satker were
presented the Executive Committee
and adopted with a few minor al
terations.
Considerable difficulty attending
the securing of suitable upland lo
cation, the Location Committee re
ported and recommended the offer
inf.de by Mr. Bert Cornelius of tide
lands along the approach to the
Citizens dock, past the Hogue and
Tveten store.
. u: ■■ .cut tends have been pledg
. . id ou ured uy Uie Finance Corn
i iiluu to jiltufy Lae ordering ot
uiMi.:;g materials and piling,
ah last as citizens of the town
i> urn of and understand the plans
i tat At ..^elation, they express
inoniselves as being heartily in fa
> or of ido plan aud with hut oue or
t o e.vepaoab have expressed a will
to contribute to the plan.
Building operations will begin
just as soon as material can be
•t oiten on the ground and before
he spring work opens up, this es
pecially on account of the promise
of labor by men otherwise not in
petition to donate cash at this time.
ULL TO CLASSIFY
COMMISSIONERS
. .A .bill .was .introduced in the
House of .Representatives on tin
10th of this month which v, ould
classify the oflice of United SUi •
Commissioners in Alaska.' Commit
sionerg of the first clas to receive
a salary of $3,000 annually; second
class $2,500, third class $2,000 and
fourth class $1,500. Receipts of
offices to establish basis of classi
fication. Another good measure pre
sented by Delegate Sutherland.
Public schools.
HOME DRY LAW BEFORE COURT
. .The Supreme Court of the United
States is being asked by the Depart
ment of Justice to pass on the Alas
ka Bone Dry Law. The bone of
contention being whether or not the
Department of Justice has the right
to make search of private dwelling.
HANGS UP NEW RECORD
Early on the morning of the 12th
the Alaska Steamship Company’s
steamer Alaska landed at Ketchikan
just 40 hours and 28 minutes after
leaving Seattle. This is just 44
minutes faster than the time estab
lished by the Mariposa in 1915.
SENATOR JIM REED RIDES
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Senator “Jim” Reed, senator
from Missouri, being groomed by
certain factions in the Democratic
Party for Presidential nomination
made an attack on the general pol
icies of the Republican party from
the days of Alexander Hamilton
through to the present administra
.DEDICATES NEW INFIRMARY.
Rev. R. J. Diven, D. D. of Wrang
ell gave the principal address at
the dedicatory exercises of the new
infirmary for the Sheldon Jackson
School at Sitka. On account of
tbe presence of scarlet fever in the
town it was deemed best to hold
private exercises.
Associated Press dispatch of re
cent date states that in the last
open seasons 76,830 deer were legal
ly killed by hunters in the State of
Minnesota. This is the total of re
ports turned in to the State Game
and Fish Commission by licenses.
(And we thought Alaska a great
deer country. That many killed in
Alaska and the deer would be as
scarce as buffalo in the States.
A bill authorizing direct loans
to veterans was authorized in a bill
passed by the House. These loans
will be made to ex-service men on
their adujusted compensation certi
ficate.
Cl IS RETIKNS ON FOX PERTH
..Mr. Andy Anderson is in receipt
of returns from the sale of 118 blue
toy siv.aa Id ou the Seattle Fur
i i i»e pelts were shipped
hy lx; i msburg Blue Fox Com
pany iruin their ranch on Whitney
island.
Toe average per pelt sold was
iC >.70. 00 pelts bringing $70. each
00 bringing $66. and 18 bringing
<,'65.
Mr. Anderson states that his com
pany has snipped its furs to the Se
attle Jb ur Exchange and have been at
nl times been satisfied with treat
ment and prices received. Making
comparative prices with other mar
kets, Mr. Anderson shows where he
tins even bettered by dealing thru
,1m Exchange.
To help those wuo helps us is
mighty good policy whatever game
is being played. To develop a
s <v.ng market in Seattle in competi
tion to other markets might be the
solution to the problem of operating
the fox ranch at a profit rattier than
at a loss.
ll£PORT of attorney
GENERAL IS NOW OUT
l'he report and recommendations
; l Attorney General John Rustgard
has been pubiishd and is now being
hroughout the Territory. The
Amfikan has not had time to more
Iran give a cursory glance at the
•arious recommendations but the
report contains recommendations
ihat are worthy of serious thought
and consideration. It is to be hoped
that the Legislators will put some
of them in effect.
SURVEYOR COMING NORTH
The Geodetic steamer Surveyor
*s being conditioned preparatory
to leaving for the north. She will
.survey the waters between Seward
and Prince Wiliam Sound.
Commander P. R. Lukens will be
i 1 command of the Surveyor, replac
ing- Capt. A. M. Sobieralsky.
“RADIO TALK,,
As I was “listening in” to the ra
dio one evening, there came to me
a song, very sweet sung in pure
English. The announcer told us
that it was sung by an Indian. There
came the thought: How much bet
r off is this Indian who has be
come civiilzed, educated, with an
e irning-power equal to white men,
who will raise his family as true
American citizens, than the Indian,
uncivilized,, uneducated, a man of
the wild who is apt to go on the
wj.r-path to hunt and kill his fel
low man.—Ella N. Wood, in The
Christian Endeavor World.
The Prince of "Vyales was in port
this morning. i