VOLUME NO. 5.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, MARCH 20, 1931
NO. 35
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Indian Bureau In
Alaska Now
Secretary Wilbur, Department
of the Interior has issued an or
der effective the 10th of this
month, transferring the Admin
istration of the Education and
Medical and Sanitary Relief of
Eskimos, A’euts and Indians in
Alaska from the office of the
Bureau of Education to the In
dian Bureau. This is the result
i f an action of the recent Con
gress in transferring the appro
priations made for the health
and education of Alaska Natives
from one bureau to another. The
appropriations include about
$800,000 for Alaska Native
Schools; $320,000 for health and
5100,000 for completion of the
industrial school at Shoemaker
Bay. Wrangell—a total of about
$1,200,000 for the entire program
This step is in accordance
with the present policy of the
Department of the Interior with
ielation to the proper function
of the Indian Service and the
office cf Education with the in
tent of the law which created
the office of Education—that
its primary purpose was re
search, that its business was to
t tudy educational problems. The
purpose of the present change
is to relieve it of functions chief
ly administrative and to place
those functions under the In
dian Bureau which it is declared
should have administered these
Hairs from the time of thr pur
chase of Alaska from the Russian
government. From the time
Russia took possession, and after
:he purchase of Alaska, up to
me education oi me In
dians of Alaska was sadly neg
lected. In 1884. Secretary of the
Interior Henry M. Teller assign
ed the work to the Commission
er of Education. The develop
ment of these schools had its
greatest growth under Dr. Shel
don Jackson who incurred the
enmity of the bureaucrats in
Alaska for his humane and pro
gressive methods. The work led
into the reindeer industry which
today is declared to be one of
the great potential industries of
Alaska. All the functions of the
Bureau of Education in Alaska,
health, education, reindeer will
be administered by the Indian
Department.
Last year 93 schools were op
erated for Indians with a scat
tering of white children in at
tendance; 95 teachers were em
ployed to instill knowledge in
the minds of 3.900 pupils, with
attendance of 3,300. The health
service of this department has
seven hospitals, nine doctors and
one nurse to cover the entire
work of the Bureau of Educa
tion.
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INCREASE IN CIGARETTE
SALES
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Nearly ten billion cigarettes
were manufactured in the Unit
ed States during the month of
January to meet the demands of
:he smpking public, according to
a recent survey.
The total shows an increase of
more than 690,000,000 over last
month's production, the survey
sets forth, and a decrease of
840,316,703 for the corresponding
period last year. Production of
cigars increased 21,216,818 as
over last month, but decreased
62,143,670 as compared with
January last year. Manufactured
tobacco also showed an increase
cf 5,297,131 pounds over last
month but declined 1,182,227 as
compared with the correspond
ing period last year.
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H. A. Dahl is helping out tem
porariy i ntbe Sanitary Markel
durig tnhe illenss of Chari e:
Greenaa.
New Dry Squad Men
To Make U. S. Arid
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Prohibition Director Amos W.
Woodcock announced last week
that a more active campaign
would be waged against violaters
cf the dry law by appointment
of 500 additional agents on the
lorce. He stated that a circular!
has been dispatched to all a-j
gents of the department detail- j
mg what he expects of them. In
the circular they are requested
‘n submit plans for future oper
ations in their territories.
Judgement Claim,
So Please Pay
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R. E. Robertson representing;
a group of creditors of the de
funct Wrangell Narrows Packing;
Ccmnany, Scow Bay, advised
them that he had secured a de
fault judgement against the
company and disposition of the
cannery was in their hands. They
could have it sold if they desired.
However, a little matter of $180
court costs, filing fees, marshal
"ees, et cetera, paid out of his
. wn pocket should receive the
immediate attention of his
•lients and if they would pro
■ate the account and send in the
imount, he would appreciate it
very much.
The company was forced into
involuntary bankruptcy in Se-j
attle last fall and its assets and
-.ffairs are in the hands of a,
■eferee appointed by the court!
■ n Seattle. Various papers have!
aeen filed bv attorneys in Alaska
relative to the affairs of the
-ompany which are in a very
muddled condition. However, it
will not be long when the credi
tors will begin to understand
iust what they will get out of the
company when its affairs are
wound up.
Governor Asks For
Bird Appropriation
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The governor has recommend
ed that the bounty on wolves be
.discontinued and with the same
stroke of the pen, almost, re-‘
commends an appropriation of1
$2,500 for carrier pigeons to be
used by pilots of airplanes in
event of their loss. It has been
suggested that the airplane com
oanies take care of this expense
if they wish to carry the pigeons
as these corporations are private
concerns and in no way behold
en to the Territory.
The wolf and eagle bounty—
that is something else and is
creating considerable interest
up and down the line. So far all'
are for it. If it is right, why not? j
It is also suggested that the le-'
gislature forget appropriating!
anything for the wolf operations'
cf the Biological Survey. The
cost of keeping up this federal
bureau is more than its services
to the territory is the argument
set forth.
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Judge James F. Shipman.
Moundsville W. Va., called Mike
Noval, witness in a trial said:
“Take the witness stand.” Noval
hoisted the witness stand to his
shoulders, made for the door.—
TIME.
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J 30UND OVER TO GRAND JURY
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I Ben Bailey and Lawrence
' Pickernal were arrested on a
charge of larceny from a dwell
ing this week and after a pre
liminary hearing were bound
over to the grand jury on a twc
thousand dollar bail each. H F
Irwin represented defendants al
■ the hearing and waived state
' ment by his clients. Mrs. Jear
Allen filed the complaint.
Postal Telegraph 1
Would Buy Cable'
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Officials of the War Depart
ment have stated to the press
that an inter-departmental com-1
mittee has been formed to study
coordination of government
communication services in Alas- ■
ka under recommendations made
by President Hoover. Under the}
recommedations the Naval radio.
stations at Kodiak and Sitka
have been closed and all their
’riffle directed through the War
Department stations. The sta
tion at Sitka has been dismantl
ed and its business handled by
the cable system. The Kodiak .
station is being dismantled and
its business taken over by the ,
cable system.
It is stated that the Bell sys- ,
tern, American Telephone and
Telegraph Company might be ,:
the purchasers of the system in
Alaska. Other reports are that' j
the Postal Telegraph Comoiny
was negotiating for the purchase
of the Alaska cable. ;
In event a private concern
purchases the system of cables
and stations, it will be required j
o continue the present service.
Disposal of the system as au- (
ihorized by the War Depart
ment will net be made until the
lext congress. A similar proposal
wrought before the last Congress
tailed of passage. f
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Liner Alaska Given
Complete Overhauling r
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The Alaska Steamship Com- r
many’s liner “Alaska” has been 1
completely overhauled and mod ■
crnized and is ready to sail for
Alaska ports after a five-month’s r
ay-up. Her reciprocating engines r
iaave been removed and electo- T
lurbine engines installed. Her <
peed will thereby be increased I (
'o sixteen knots. I
She was scheduled to leave f
Seattle for Alaska ports on the
16th of this month. f
The steamer Alameda call0!1.],
into port yesterday with mail!,
and one ton of freight. |t
The steamer Yukon passed
through the Narrows this week,
taking on 5y2 tons of s' rimp
meat from the Alaska Gxacier
Sea Food Co.
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Mrs. Clarence Lewis receiving :
a telegraphic message from1'
Port Townsend that her mother
was seriously ill, took passage on
the steamer Yukon for Seattle.
The captain of this big steamer
very kindly held up the steamer
a half hour down the Narows to
allow her to get on board.
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A. W. Willard is in town from
his fox ranch in Port Buclerc. He
reports the loss by fire of his
smoke house and work shop, to
gether with a considerable
quantity of smoked fish and
much valuable equipment, seines,
Tools, etc. i
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Mi. Tom Goodman, who has
’-een on the sick list for some
time, is reported improving. He
was able to be up out of bed a I
little this morning
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Wm. Abbes and family, vaca
tioning in the states, have been
enjoying (?) a seige of the flu.
They expect to return home next
week.
Word received in Petersburg
Mhis week from Louis Tenfjord.
! who left for Seattle a week ago
! suffering from a badly injured
S eye, indicates that his condition
i i 15 serious and there is little hope
| of saving the sight of the eye.
Bill to Establish
Fur Farm, North
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Robert S. Bragaw .of Anchor
age presented a bill for the
creation of a Territorial Com
mission of Fur-Farming, estab
lishment of one or more farms
and the appropriation of $50,000
to further a program to assist
and encourage fur-farmers in
the Territory.
Another measure introduced
!\y him, and a memorial, have as
their object the prosperity of
lie same industry.
Under Bragaw’s plan, the ter
ritory is to extend to the fur in
lustry assistance as advanced to
ne . agricultural interests and
carries a clause appropriating
4,000 for the biennium. His
Memorial addressed to the De
>artment of Commerce, Bureau
:f Fisheries prays for permis
icn to take salmon for food for
heir animals, notwithstanding
’overnment regulations which
>rohibit the taking of salmon
or fox food under the commer
ial fishing clause.
Sen. t rs Dunn and Lomen of
•Tome introduced a memorial re
uesting the Bureau of Fisheries
o change existing regulations
n the Yukon River and to per
ait commercial fishing by resi
dents of that district and can
iing of salmon at “community
anneries” in limited quantities,
’his follows a similar resolu
ion introduced in 1929.
Fur Commission
Under Senator Bragaw’s bill,
board of five members is to be
ppointed by the Governor, one
number to be named from each
division and the fifth member
o be n ve ternary expert who
hall he Che executive officer.
Tie salary of said officer to be
lot more than $1000 per annum
nth office expense not to exceed
2,000 each year Board members
o be non-salaried but when at
pnding meetings shall be paid
it the rate of $10 per day.
Establishment of experiment
al fur farms is authorized. The
irst station, however, shall be
‘stablished on the Alaska Rail
oad, location to be named by
he commission. Other sites, if
here be any, shall be also select
’d by the Commission.
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DID YOU GET YOUR SHARE
Inhabitants of Chicago con
umed at the rate of 25.000.000
Dints Qf beer a week during the
ast year. This means that an
iverage of 8 and 1-3 pints were
trunk each week per person of
ts 3,000,000 inhabitants.
It is pointed out in a recent
ssue of Collier’s Weekly, by Col. ]
R. I. Randolph, president of the
Association of Commerce and
head of the so-called “secret
six” crime investigation, that
$2,000,000 is paid weekly for the
“protection” by officials which
allows this vast quantity of beer
to rumble over the streets of the
Windy City. Randolph further
stated that the Commerce as
sociation had listed 20,000 “beer
joints” in Cook County, most of
which were served by A1 Capone,
king of bootleggers now lan
guishing in durance vile for con
tempt of court.
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GAS
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The Shell Oil Company drop
ped its tank wagon price for
gasoline in San Francisco to 11
cents a gallon which was twc
cents below Standard Oil Quota
cions there. Retail prices were
holding at 15 cents. Price tc
dealers 8y2 cents a gallon.
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Russel York is enclosing com
pletely the shed back of Citizen’!
Steam Laundry,
Interest Lags In
Municipal Elections
Up to the 12th of March only
150 had registered for city elec
tions in Juneau. Last year there
was a total of 900 registrants. In I
this respect the capital city has
nothing on Petersburg. Regis
tration is not only slow, but in
terest in placement on council
or other elective office lagged so
much that at a recent caucus
there was not a sufficient num
ber of voters to name a ticket or
place other names on the ballot.
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Seattle Opposes
Bureau Transfer
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The Seattle Chamber of Com- j
merce is on record as opposing1
he transfer of Bureau of Edu-'
cation affairs in Alaska to the j
'ndian Bureau under the Depart- j
ment of the Interior on the)
grounds that it was their opin-j
ion that such a change would be ■
detrimental to the Alaska In-' ]
dians. ;}
Commissioner Rhoads or As-' j
sistant Commissioner Scatter-1 j
rood, it has been announced will -
come to Alaska some time this .
summer for the purpose of se
curing first hand information in
~rder that they might adminis- 1
ter Alaska ^affairs intelligently If'
the present policy of allowing
tire Indian to develop through
proper educational methods and
contacts be continued, there will 1
be no quarrel with the Indian 1
Bureau. But if it insists upon ap- 1
nlying Indian Bureau methods
^o Alaska, there is no doubt but
hat there will be considerable !
disagreement between the Alas
ka Indians and the Department
of the Interior. The situation in
Alaska is foreign to the policy (
ef the Indian Department and
is creating a lot of congecturing
as to how the department will'
handle the situation.
Wrangell Wants Not
Imported Labor i
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In accordance with the action ■
taken by other towns in South- ;
east Alaska, Wrangell will p~o- ;
vide work for the unemployed
and act to prevent an influx of
superfluous labor this sprang.
Several protects are slated to
get under way soon, and the fact
that these projects have receiv
ed some publicity arouses the
fear that Wrangell will be con
sidered a mecca for job seekers.
The city council and Chamber of
Commerce are bending all efto: t
to take care of local labor be
fore using any foreign job-seek
ers.
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HALIBUT MARKET THROUGH
ORGANIZATION
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Erling Johanson, of the Trad
ing Union, is in receipt of a wire
from the officials of the Union
in Seattle advising that ifr had
sold a consignment of boxed fish
from the schooner Excel at Se
ward. The fish was offered on
exchange at the new grading.
They are also making no at
j tempt to persuade the few small
| boats operating with union crewi
i from selling on the new grading,
i All Association boats are still
'selling their fares on the old
gradings to the new buying
corporation.
| There is no change in the
strike situation but. develop
ments are expected next week.
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The Anderson Bros. Shipyards
is fast nearing completion. Work
• on the work shops have been
; completed and the workmen are
now laying the roof in place
Once Hailed As
Mighty Warrior
Jim Thorpe, >once acclaimed
the world’s greatest all-around
athlete of all time, is pictured
as being in Los Angeles with a
pick and shovel - digging out a
living for himself and family.
This star of the gridiron firma
ment, alone and single-handed,
cornered Olympic game honors
for the United States only to
lose the prized trophies because
he once played professional
baseball.
Jim is offered a forty weeks’
contract by the head of a
Fanchon and Marco theatrical
unit. The stage presentation
with which Thorpe will work, if
ae accepts the contract will be
milt about the impending Olym
pic games to be held in Los
Angeles, this year.
Thorpe was discovered reccnt
y working with a pick and shov
el at $4 per day with the crew
instructing the new General
Jospital. “Gotta eat,” was bis
aconic reply when asked vhy
ie was doing such work. “Looks
low like Mrs. Thorpe and the
'ids and I are going to eat plen
ty,” Thorpe declared after re
viving the offer from Fanchon
tnd Marco.
Pension Insurance Plan
Meets Solons’ Okey
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Representative Joe McDonald’s
)ill to create a commission tr
itudy the question of old age
nsurance and to formulate , a .
system of pensions on the 1n
urance system received the ap
u'oval of the House Committee
>n Territories. Its passage is be
ieved certain.
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CONGRESSMAN MUST
STAND TRIAI
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Justice Peyton Gordon denied
i motion for a directed verdict
)f acquittal for Edward E. Deni
son, former congressman from
Illinois, charged with possessmn
if liquor. The liquor was seized
iv customs officials when Deni
son landed on American soil,
rhe trunk which was seized, was
alleged to have considerable
iquor in it.
Defense attorneys claim that
he trunk was not Denison’s but
t is alleged the trunk was de
ivered to his office soon after he
[•eturned from the Canal Zone
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JUST AN APPETIZER
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James Edelman, Lost Nation,;
fa., consumed forty-five eggs^
and a half loaf of bread in sev^
•nteen minutes on a bet. He won.j
He offered to eat another dozen j
eggs within an hour, but this was
refused by purchasers of the
5ggs. He had his eggs boiled one
md one-half minutes. Lawsy if
he ate forty-five eggs just on a
bet what would he have eaten
had he been hungry?
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Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ames re
turned from Seattle last week.
Mr. Ames had been down there
for a considerable length of time
m the interest of the Yukon Fur
Farms. It is stated that he will
leave for the states again shortly
after the close of the mating
season on the farm and he will
take charge of the selling end in
the states and handle mink food
for the market, at the same
time.
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The Hungerford Bros. Logging
Comnany was forced to suspend
logging operations down at the
south end of the Narrows by the
winter spell which hit this vici
nity last week. Just as soon a*
the weather will permit they wil
(begin their operations again.
“Rebates” Now Is
Only Contention
Practically all of the differ
ences between the Deep Sea
Fishermen’s Union and the Fish
ing Vessel Owners’ Association
are such that they can easily be
'.'•oned out. A major issue still
-■eceiving consideration of both
sides is that of “rebates” paid
captains. Both organizations are
landing together against the
buyers on the new grading plan
< I 10 and 60 pounds for first
dass halibut.
In section three which was
amended by the union by chang
ing the words “market price” to
“purchase price” is now the ma
jor question. The amendment
lias been made in an effort to
prevent captains or owners of
boats from accepting “rebates”
from dealers on any “gross
-tock” which includes provisions,
equipment and oil sold to the
boat in which expense the fish
ermen share The contention of
the fishermen being that as co
partners in the expense of nur
•hasing supplies and equipment
and co-partners in consump
tion of supplies and their loss,
.hey are equally co-partner in
any profit accruing from the
anrchase and the rebates should
e eliminated or divided.
Those owners and captains
vho defend the system claim
that they are entitled to the re
fund because of their “added
responsibility” in being held
’iable for any unpaid bills and
because they establish credit
or securing the goods.
United on Grading Question
Most of the tonnage in halibut
'ares in Ketchikan is being sold
Hrectly to the new co-operative
buying company established by
the union and vessel owners at
°rince Rupert and Seattle. Up
o last week, Ketchikan had
handled more fish than either
Rupert or Seattle but the amount
is said to be very small in com
parison to that of other years
The officers of the co-operative
’'•vying concern are optimistic
'bout, the program and its out
look at the present time. How
ever, no little concern is being
felt by students of the halibut
markets as to just how much of
the market offerings the new
concern can handle. There is no
question, in the minds of these
men, both fishermen and vessel
0 wners, that the buying end of
1 he problem has its ramifications
that are beyond the comprehen
sion of the average producer of
ihe commodity from the ocean.
Along with the ramifications of
the buying problems come the
attitude of the buyers, whole
sale and retail in the markets,
and the danger of competition
from foreign fish. All of which
will no doubt be brought out in.
the course of time.
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At the regular social of the
Women’s Community League
held at the Lutheran Church
Tuesday evening, March 17th, all
honor was given to St. Patrick.
| A delightful luncheon was served
land the occasion was greatly
! enjoyed by the ladies present
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i The engine on the Americ is
being taken out and will be plac
ed in the Louise S.. The engine
of the Louise will be placed in
the Americ in order that more
efficient service might be given
by these two shrimp trawlers
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| The clam diggers are expected
to make a delivery at any time
from Shipley Bay.
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i Local delegates to the Chris
tian Endeavor Convention to be
held in Sitka early in April are
getting ready for the trip. The./ ,
will leave for the old' capital
i city before April fourth.