Tyks Hin-kap
A. N. B. PUBLISHING COMPANY
Louis F. Paul. Editor and Manager
Application entered as Second-Class Matter July 16, 1926, at the Post
Office at Petersburg, Alaska, und er the Act of March 3, 1879.
Oar Little Bow.
Believing Petersburg to be a
field with a good future and seeing
the need for a paper and equip
ment such as we have, we went
to no little trouble and expense in
bringing a first class shop here. De
laying publication on account of
housing condition we now come to
the point when we feel Petersburg
should have a paper of some kind
at least. Still handicapped we are
doing our very best under the cir
cumstances to render a service to
the community.
Wo are here to give Petersburg
a publicity service. We are here to
stay. It would be folly to move
the heavy machinery and equip
ment of this office at every mere
whim. And the good Lord willing,
with the plans underfoot we will
remain.
Everything that we own is tied
up in the equipment with other Al
~eskans. Every dollar that we get
is turned over right in Petersburg
and not in Seattle, San Francisco
or sunnier climes. We have been,
we are and we will continue to be
a part of the economic structure of
Petersburg that attempts only the
greater development of our home
town.
The reason we have taken upon
ourselves the name THE ALASKAN
is because it indicates literally that
which we are. The plant and
equipment is owned by Alaskans.
The foreman of the job depart
ment and ye editor himself were
born of primitive Alaskan stock.
We owe no allegiance to another
state or country. Like the timber
of the bills which sprout from the
ground, die and return to the
ground which nurured it, we were
born of Alaskans, raised in Alaska
t nd will die and be buried in Alas
ka. All that we have is in Alaska
without divided interest whatever.
The big objective of the Alaskan
is to place before the reading public
the industrial opportunities that
are laying dormant right now at
our doors. Bring into the com
munity a spirit of civic pride and
energy that will work with unity
and harmony whereby every busi
ness will benefit. Carry on the
ideals inculcated by our forefathers
and set forth in their Declaration
of Independence and to aid in the
development of the highest type of
citizenship.
Now that political "smooth-on”
has probably been obtained after
intensive campaign from the gul
lible "interests” it is suppos
ed that the Assistant Secretary of
the sexless political organization
will have the wherewithall to sat
isfactorily explain to the public the
certain qualifications of Tom for
the posistion as delegate to Con
gress, set forth in a certain affidavit
filed with the Judicial Department
at Washington when Tom was can
didate for a judgeship in his own
division'
Poor Frank! He fools himself
into thinking that the electors are
also blind to that political deal en
tered into whereby he eliminated
Admas cf Ncme and now fades
away into oblivion in favor of Tom.
On another page is copy of con
tract entered into between the own
ers of the gas boat “Empress” and
the Warm Springs Bay Packing
Company. Those residents of Al
aska who are in entire sympathy
with the canning system of the
Territory and blind to their faults
are requested to make a thorough
study of this contract. It is a
complete answer to our question
Why does not the Territory Grow
and Who Pays the Taxes in Alas
ka. It is high time that the bus
inessmen and Chambers of Com
merce awakened to the fact that
their economic independence de
pends not upon the contract labor
and fishermen brought into the
country by the canning system but
upon resident fishermen who make
their homes in Alaska and defray
cost of government through pay
ment of taxes direct and indirect.
The Pyramid Packing Company
reports a Pack of about 8,000 cases
by the first of the week. This is
fifty percent better than the same
period of last season's canning
operations. j
Anent Primaries
There are newspapers and politi
cians seeking to bring about a re
turn of the convention system in
Aaska—the system which permitted
a handful of self-appointed, ma
chine politicians. to dictate the
I policies of the territory, to say
who should be and who should not
be candidates for office. Under
that system, it will be recalled,
John W. Corson was brought out
as a candidate for delegate to con
gress and newspapers were sub
sidized in an effort to force Alas
kans to vote for him. Such a man
could not be nominated in an open
primary election, and it is a fact
that the men who once functioned
as dictators lost their grip on ter
ritorial affairs when the voters
were given the privilege of ex
pressing their preference at the
polls. The primary may have its
imperfections but it is yet to be
demonstrated that it is not an im
piovement over the machine rule of
the old days.—Anchorage Weekly
Times.
Tom Marquam is the “Slush fund
candidate” for Delegate to Congress
now that Frank Boyle has allowed
himself to be the political puppet
and pawn of the Juneau Political
Chamber and Brigade.
Word comes drifting in through
various channels that feeing be
tween herring seiners and power
trollers around Pillar Bay is run
ning high. That the trollers have
reason to be peeved cannot be
denied when the facts are takon
into consideration.
About 200 trollers center their
operations around Pillar Bay and
vicinity following the run of her
ring where the salmon feed much
as the seagulls and eagles follow
the runs of herring for their own
feed. Some 47 power seiners are
operating around Pillar Bay. When
lutiy see a guuu nvuuui ui ueinuK
they set their nets around a trol
ier regardless of whether he has
60 or 150 pounds of lead to pull
up In order to clear the seine.
The seiners who are from the
Sound hare no regard whatever for
the rights of the troller and for
that reason the troller is justified
in his indignation.
A couple of weeks ago the
Washington, 65 foot herring seiner
came into the port and immediately
went on Holton’s marine ways to
have a bow stem replaced. Said
stem being knocked off when anoth
er seiner deliberately ran into her
and threatened to ram her amid
ship unless she kept out °* the
way. After repairing in the local
yards the Washington went to
Juneau where legal action was
started against the other vessel.
When the matter of the seiners’
lack of regard for the rights and
movements of the troller was
brought to the attention of Mr.
O’Malley he stated emphatically
that "no seiner has the right to
set his net within the prescribed
area protecting the operations of
another net or line.” If this is
correct then it would appear to us
that the herring fishermen will be
compelled to look for other fields
than the well known trolling
grounds around Pillar Bay and
other waters where herring are
taken for fertiliser and other pur
poses. There is still some hope
for the power troller.
The Deep Sea Canning Company
of Port Althiop reports over 30,000
cases of salmon by the first of this
week. With a heavy run of sal
mon in that section the company
expects to have their pack up in
good time.
BE'GH COMBINGS
By Ahn-Kutty.
Howdy Folks! Here’s wishing
you lots of good luck, excellent
health and just oodles of enjoy-:
ment.
In making our little bow, not ex
actly for the first time to the
world in general and to the good
people of Petersburg in particular
it is meet and proper to give an
inkling as to cur policy—our not
altogether restricted aim.
We believe in a fair shake all
around.
We go a whole lot more on abil
ity than we do on the color of the
hide.
We lean strongly to the side of
the workers the produce; s of all
there is, of all we have.
Wo haven’t a great deal of use
for the social, industrial nor pol
itic al parasite.
We know that the fishing in
dustry of Alaska is a big thing. We
think the all around management
of it is bum. We favor conserva
tion of timber, of fish, of fur, of
game of people, of everything in
fact, that is vital to Alaska and
Alaskans, but we want that con
servation properly balasted. We
don’t want it top heavy with fav
oritism.
We have an idea that the people
of Alaska are quite capable of gov
erning themselves. This King
George III system of exercising
control is 150 years and some
days, qiinutes and seconds out of
date.
We’ll steer clear, if we can, of
religious controversy and argu
ments that seem to emanate from
the hat instead of the head.
We’re going to dabble a little
bit in politics. We’re going to
boost for Petersburg. If we
tread on somebody’s pet corn, it
will be only because that particular
disease of the foot is in the road
of what we fancy is cleaner gov
ernment and the welfare of our
town. That’s that. And if you
Mke what is here, broadcasted, tell
the editor. If you are sore about
it, tell the policeman. We’ll not
only Beach Comb right around
here, locally, but in Alaska gen
erally. Also, we’ll meander around
the States a mite and across the
pond occasionally. Let s go!
Not so long ago—along in Feb
ruary—four convicted men were
electrocuted in an Arkansas prison
for the alleged shooting of one J.
M. Moore. There is something out
of balance in that old revengeful
slogan: “An eye for an eye, and
a tooth for a tooth” in this whole
sale killing. Who’s hilarious about
it?
It turns out now, in the Senate
slush fund entertainment at Wash
ington, that both Governor Pinchot
and Senator Pepper were woefully
stung. That is: the money they
sluiced into the slush fund went to
help Vare. In the questioning it
comes to light that: “Vare was the
only candidate to get his money’s
worth.” That’s rich—”his money’s
worth.”
There ig something seemingly
queer in this Aimee Semple Mc
Pherson kidnapping case. It hasn’t
rung true from the start off. There
are California officials who openly
declare the whole thing, now, a big
frame-up. Was it a grand stand
play for notoriety, a drive for
money, or a lime-light jazz
There have been days when we
really longed to be of the inner
circle of the privileged class. This,
iot so much for what social eleva
tion there might be, ag a member,
but for the position it would allow
to make public its nastiness.
The modern fish trap, floating or
driven, is the most destructive do
vice so far gotten out. It’s a killer
of fish that throws any other con
frivance in the dark and gloomy
shade. Not only does it slaughter
the fish that, for the time being
are wanted commercially, but it
destroys all marine things that
venture within its webbed walls. On
the Columbia River the trap for
salmon has been the death knell of
the white sturgeon and the shad.
On the Sound it was the same for
thousands of cans of food fish that
were handled only to be
tossed overboard for gull feed.
Here in Alaska, it has depleted sal
mon streams, reduced the supply in
some localities to more than the
danger point and it has cut out an
alarming swath in the swimming
ranks of other fish. It is odd, that
in this day of strenuous labor for
food supply, it should be counten
anced at all.
Petersburg has a waterfront
that needs some attention. At
low tide it looks bad and it smells
like something the cat dragged
home. Here’s a job for a com
mittee of some kind.
There is no finer, nor safer
harbor than lies before our door,
but clique, cast and small town
joalousiies won’t build the town
on it that the part deserves. Paste
that in your hat band.
Troy—eleven ounces of the Em
pire, has a voting bloc and illit
eracy complex. There's more
amusement in his peculiar rant
ings than there is disgust in his
belly crawling antics at the feet
of his masters.
THIS AGREEMENT, made and
entered into this 22nd day of Dec
ember, 1925, by and between the
WARM SPRINGS BAY PACKING
COMPANY, a corporation organiz
ed under the laws of the state of
Washington, party of the first part,
and PETE SKARPONIA and NICK
ROSSICH party of the second part,
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the party of the first
part is operating a herring saltery
and reduction plant at Warm
Springs Bay, Alaska, and the party
of the second part is a herring
fisher and owner of the gasoline
boat “Empress” size 65x16 beam,
deep 7 ft. 4 inches, 75 H. P. Diesel.
Bay, Alaska, and the party of the
second part is a herring fisher and
owner of the gasoline boat “Em
press” Size 65x16 beam, deep 7 ft.
4 inches, 75 H. P. Diesel.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in
consideration of the premises and
agreements made by each party to
the other herein, it is agreed that
the party of the first part pays to
the party of the second part the
amount of Dollars fifty ($50.00)
as binding4 to this contract, and
it is further agreed as follows:
1. The Party of the second part
agrees to fish herring for the party
of the first part exclusively during
the whole of the season of 1926,
and to use and employ his boat
above mentioned in so doing, and
to deliver said herring in good
order and condition for salting and
for uses at the plant of the party
of the first part. The party of
the second part agrees to seeure
and employ in such fishing, at his
own cost and expense, a crew of
from six to eight good fishermen
for his boat, and to make sure that
he contracts with such fishermen
as he may employ during such
fishing season, and to appear at
Warm Springs Bay, Alaska, with
such boat and crew sufficient time
before May 20, 1926, to prepare
the gear hereinafter mentioned
and start fishing on or about the
20th of May 1926. Fishing with
such boat and crew is to be con
tinued by the party of the second
part to September 15, 1926.
2. The party of the first part
agrees to furnish a herring seine
to be used by the party of the
second part and said crew during
such season. The party of the
second part agrees with his crew
to perform all labor of repairing
to perform all labkor of repairing
such seine, tarring or tanning it,
and hanging it, before the fishing
season starts; thereafter to keep it
in good condition and repair dur
ing the fishing season, to return it
in good condition to the party of
the first part after the fishing sea
son is over; to wash, dismantle and
hang it for drying after returning
it to the party of the first part.
The party of the first part agrees
to furnish all material for the re
pair and upkeep, tarring or tan
ning and bluestoning of the seine.
The party of the second part agreos
to be responsible for the damage
to the seine on account of negli
gence or lack of care while in his
possession, ordinary wear and tear
excepted.
3. The party of the first part
agrees to operate its plant at Warm
Springs Bay to its capacity and to
give the party of the second part
his turn at the elevator with other
boats furnishing fish.
4. The party of the first part
agrees to pay the party of the se
cond part for all herring delivered
at the rate of sixty cents (60c) per
barrel of thirty one and .a halt
(31%) U S. gallons measure and
thirty cents (30c) per barrel bonus,
payment to be made at the end of
the season, ON RETURN OF BOAT
TO SEATTLE.
5. The party of the first part
agrees, at its expense, to furnish
the party of the second part with
distillate or gasoline, and lubricat
ing oil, only for use of said boat
under this contract during the fish
ing season, and will furnish 04 to
operate boat to and from Alaska,
provided the party of the second1
part complies with all provisions
of this contract and continues fish
ing to the end of the Beason. The
party of the second part agrees, at
his expense, to furnish and to keep '■
the boat and equipment during the '
fishing season in good order and
condition, and to provide board and
keep for six or eight fishermen
above mentioned, and to take care
of all other expenses in connection
with the running of the boat, and
doing what he has under-taken
to do.
6. The party of the first part
shall not be responsible for any
damage to, or loss of, the boat or
its crew, or otherwise, while opera- ;
ating pursuant to this contract.
7. If either party to this con- 3
tract is prevented from carrying ]
out, or is delayed or hindered in 3
carrying out his obligations under
this contract, by reason of any of
the following acts or things, he
shall not* be responsible for loss
suffered by the other party hereto,
that is to say, by acts of God,
perils and accidents of the sea or
navigation, collision, stranding, jet- !
tison, fire from any cause or what
ever occurring, on board or on
shore, enemies, pirates, robbers, ar
rest or restraints, capture, seizure,
acts of rulers, governments, or
people or any power, epidemics,
sickness, wars riots, strikes, lock
outs, stoppage of labor, labor
troubles, explosions, breakage, ac
ery dams, flumes, or other equip
ment, action of the elements, or
other causes whatsoever beyond the
control of either party hereto.
8. In the event of the plant be
ing disabled by fire or mechanical
breakdown or any other causes be
yond the control of the party of
the first part, the party of the se
cond part agrees to hold the party
of the first part blameless for non
acceptance of fish during the period
of such breakdown. It is under
stood however, that the non-ac
ceptance of fish during th© period
of any shutdown does not in any
way release the party of the se
cond part from their contract to
continue fishing as soon as plant is
ready to accept fish and it is fur
ther understood and agreed, that,
in th© event the party of the se
cond part should for reasons above
stated Or any other reason what*
ever, refuse to fish when called up
on, that the sum of thirty cents
(30c) per barrel will be deducted
in settlement from all accounts of
fish previously turned in, to be
held as liquidated damages by the
party of the first part, on account
of such refusal to fish.
9. The party of the second paft
to this contract agrees to pay all
fishing licenses, school tax, or oth
er taxes levied by the United States
or the Territorial Government a
galnst individual fishermen or other
employees of the party of the se
cond part, and to be responsible
for such crew and to employ such
f.Bhermen as are eligible to fish in
Alaska waters.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have hereunto set
their hands and seals this 22nd day
of December, 1925.
WARM SPRINGS BAY PACKING
COMPANY
By Hanis Waxman,
(Signed) Pete Skarponi
(Signed) Nick Rossich
Witnesses: Mary D. Myce.
Lime Crush and Lemonade at the
Totem Pole.
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Sunday morning Service 11 a. m.
Sunday evening Salvation meet
ing at 7 o'clock
Tuesday evening and Friday
evening at 8 o’clock.
Captain Kenny and Lieutenant
McEachren, in charge.
Bright meetings, Everybody wel
come. Come and meet your friends.
LUTHERAN CHURCH |
English services Sunday morning
at 11:30.
Sunday evening service 8 o’clock.
REV. S. SYDNESS, Pastor.
Large new line of Dennison goods
Jo* arrived at the Totem Pole. '
DAN E. STANDARD, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Wc rth Block
SITKA HOT SPRING
HEALTH RESORT
Rate $3.00 per
day and up
Dr. Goddard, Pro.
ALASKA CAFE]
George Kim, Proprietor
Meals at all Hours
| Good Services, Fair Prices jj
| We Solicit Your Trade
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When in Town Stop at
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First Class Rooms
Reasonable Rates
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Try
Hudson's
Baths and Barber Shop
CLEANLINESS
BEST SERVICE
FAIR TREATMENT
We Solicit Your Patronage
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Sanitary Market
A Roast you’ll like
The Very Choicest Beef
Mutton and Pork
Vegetable in Season
Dr. Rae L. Carlson
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST
rill Examine Eyes
And Fit Glasses
X
July 17 to July 24
ARTIC NOTEL
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Home Service Mending
of Laundered Goods
We give full value for your
money.
H.OYAMA, PRO.
SKYMAN'S
Barber and Beauty Shoppe ii;
Busy all the time.
There's a reason why
Opposite Post Office
WANTED—Round bottom boat in
good condition. Must be 12 to 14
feet in length. Address P-111,
The Alaskan.