VOLUME NO. VI.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA,
FEBRUARY 5, 1932
NO. 29
New President In
Lutheran Church
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The official installation of
Kev. H. L. Foss as president of
the Pacific District takes place
during a Home Mission Meeting
to be held at Stanwood, Wash
ington, February 9th to 11th.
Rev. Foss was baptized at the
church in Stanwood, his father
being pastor of this congrega
tion at that time.
Officiating at the installation
will be Dr. J. A. Aasgaard Presi
dent of the Norwegian Lutheran
Church of America, and Dr. C.
S. B. Hoel, Executive Secretaiy
of the Home Mission Depart
ment.
On February 12th, the day
following the above mentioned
Home Mission Meeting, a con
vention of the Young People's
Luther League is scheduled to
take place. Speakers for this day
are Rev. N. M. Ylvisaker of
Minneapolis, Executive Secre
tary of the Young People’s Luth
er League; and Rev. A. M. Kraa
brl of Portland, Oregon, Presi
dent of the Young People’s
Luther League in the Pacific
D;Strict.
Large numbers of representa
tives from Lutheran Congrega
tions and local Luther Leagues
i nthe northern part of the Pa
cific District are expected to be
present,
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Dent. Commander Ralph Rees
er, of the Alaska Department
American Legion will speak over
KFQD, Friday February 5th, to
night, to ex-service men in Alas
ka. His topic will be “The A
merican Legion. Its Aims and
Objects.” The talk will be given
at Fairbanks between ten a id
eleven, Petersburg time.
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Little Jack Keano, son of Mr
and Mrs. John Keano, died
Sunday afternoon. Funeral ser
vices were held in the Presby
terian Church and interment
made in the West Petersburg
cemetery.
Henry Adams is going about
these days with a smile which
refuses to rub off—he says “A
girl came to my house to stav
awhile, Thursday afternoon. AT
i swell.” Depressions do not seem
to have much effect on marri
ages and births these days.
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“Doc” Johnson of Kake, grand
president of the Alaska Native
Brotherhood arrived in Peters
burg Tuesday afternoon and re
turned to his home again Thurs
day morning. It was his opinion
that things political were look
ing real rosy—for some of tire
several candidates before the
April primaries but he was not
yet ready to say which ones.
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Dr. R. G. Smith and Miss
I aura Boscher were married in
Seattle recently and are on their
way back to Petersburg. Mr.-:.
Smith formerly was a teacher in
the public schools of Petersburg
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Mr. and Mrs. Ludeman won
the prize for dancing the best
waltz at the Sales’ Inn dance
last Saturday night. It takes the
oldsters to show the youngsters
how to do a dance but it takes
the youngsters to show the old
sters how to wiggle the jazz.
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WEATHER
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Snow in Fairbanks; Rain in
Juneau and Ketchikan. Peters
burg—not so wet.
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The freighter Oduna is re
ported as being in Ketchikan
and should be in Petersburg to
day or tomorrow with King Coal.
A gang of men is removing the
snow from the roofs of the ware
house and other buildings on the
Citizens’ Wharf.
Earth Quake Rocks
Cuba Much Damage
An earth quake in Cuba did
much damage with ten million
estimated as being but a drop
in the bucket. The citizens of
Santiago were fleeing in terror
fearing a repetition of the catas
trophe which injured thousands
yesterday. Today another slight
shock was felt. Nine dead report
ed. This is said to be the great
est earthquake of the past four
hundred years.
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PROHIBITION ARRESTS
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Amos W. W. Woodcock, di
rector of prohibition has an
nounced that 38,013 arrests for
prohibition violations were made
in the last six months of 1931
as compared with 31,082 for the
same period in 1930. But he did
not announce whether the de
partment was more active in
enforcing the law during the
latter period of 1931. However,
with the beginning of the new
fiscal year, July 1, 1931, about
five hundred prohibition agents j
were added to the federal force, j
Cases on the docket were: j
32,737 for 1931, and 27,115 for j
1930, cases pending unfinished I
23,034 for 1931, and 22,574 for ,
1930. automobiles seized, 5,652 j
for 1931, and 3,839 for 1930; and ,
stills seized 11,383 for 1931 and
10,551 for 1930. If each still
average 20 feet of copper piping
there would be 438.680 feet of
piping used, and at a valuation
cf $100 each, the automobiles
seized represent a wealth ot
$949,100.
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DIKE TO HELP ALASKA
SHIPS ASKED OF U. S.
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Improvement of Salmon River.
Alaska as a harbor of refuge by
construction of a dike in the
vicinity of Hyder is recommend
ed to Congress in areport from
Major General Brown chief of
engineers, transmitted by the
secretary of war. The estimated
cost is $53,000, with $1,000 an
nually for maintenance.
It is recommended that local
interests contribute $7,000 of che
original cost and $200 yearly,
sustaining the views of the dis
trict engineer and overruling thc..
division officer, who had suggest
ed that local interests be re
quired to furnish $24,000.
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There is a coal famine in town
these days. The extreme cold
weather of the past week, snows
of this week and coal boats only
about every six weeks created
the shortage.
The Princeton, Capt. Swanson
arrived in Petersburg last week.
Rev. Swanson has been in town
since attending to matters re
lating to the Presbyterian
Church organization of Peters
burg. He leaves for Wrangell to
morrow.
Miss Weightman, U. S. Indian
Bureau nurse returned to Wran
gell after spending a couple of
weeks making a survey of healtn
I conditions in Petersburg. Room? !
! arc being fitted up in the fed- j
oral school building for her
living quarters and clinic. She |
| will return to Petersburg in a j
few weeks to continue her work.
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Pat Daly left for Ketchikan
last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jacobson j
left for Juneau last week. After '
operating a jewelery and music
store in Petersburg for several
jears, Carl decided that the
town of the big mine was a
better field so he shipped his
shop, lock, stock and barrel and
is busy setting up his business
in the Valentine Block, formerly
occupied by the Valentine Jew
elry and Curio Store.
Council Talks
Diesel Auxiliary
At its last regular meeting,
Monday evening, the City Coun
cil spent considerable of its
i ime talking of procuring a new
diesel power plant as an auxili
ary unit to the hydro-electric
city plant. Estimates were read
for two 260-horsepower diesels
swinging two 225 k. vk a. gen
erators, complete with switch
hoard and starting engine.
It was stated that while the
purchase of this equipment
would set the town back, finan
cially to about the same pos: •
tion of five years ago, still the
added revenue from the new
installation would take care of
this and pay its way in a short
time.
The fact was pointed out that
the needs of the town had
grown to such a point that it was
no longer practical to depend
entirely upon the hydro-electric
plant which suffers such heavy
repairs during the heavy snowy
and stormy weather. That with
development of any trouble,
whereby the load could not be
generated at the hydro plant,
the diesel unit could be swurg
on giving full service at ail
times to the City. The hydio
unit is now taking capacity load
end it is only a matter of time
when additional units must be
provided so it was believed that
an auxiliary unit located in the
city would be most practical.
Tne cost of which engines would
approximate $25,000.
It was believed that with au
thorization of sale of an ad
ditional $100,000 city bonds that
this unit could be financed or in
?vent this was not believed prac
tical, the equipment could be !
procured on issuance of city
varrants. Either way, the matter *
would be put up to an election j
md the decision rest with the
r.cople.
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C. C. Mundy returned to
IVrangell after spending several
lays in Petersburg.
Jack Chamberlain, dean of ■
he travelling salesmen was a ■
visitor in town for a few days
before going on his northern :
•ounds.
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Next Wednesday, February 10
the Parent-Teachers’ Associa
tion is putting on a Washington
Bi-Centennial Anniversary pro
gram. In all other schools the
P. T. A.’s are putting on similar
programs and in some instances
in conjunction with the Com
mercial Clubs.
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Paul Vernon, local deputy col
lector of customs, returned from
Seattle via Juneau. He was out
on a short vacation and is now
back in the harness ready to
start the halibut fleet out on its
ventures into the North Pacific
for the flat fish.
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Several interested in greater
revenue for the local hospital
are working around to have ar
rangements made whereby the
local hospital may take care of
cases other than emergency. As
it is, the chronic cases are sent
to Ketchikan or Juneau. It is
felt that if possible these cases |
should receive local hospitaliza
tion.
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Dan Sutherland, former Dele
gate to Congress from Alaska, is
in Ogontz Pennsylvania and
writes that he plans to make a
trip over his old stamping
grounds in Alaska sometime dur
ing the coming spring. During
the past summer he had a se
vere fall, breaking his shoulder
bone and this was followed with
a nervous breakdown. He is
much better, which his many
friends in the North will be glad
to learn.
Filings In Both
Parties Complete
Delegate to Congress:
James Wickersham
Attorney General:
John Rustgard
Frank H. Foster
Auditor:
Cash Cole
Harry Lucas
Percy G. Charles
National Committeeman:
E. A. Rasmusson
Jack White
Delegate to Republican
Convention:
Karl Thiele
Dr. Will H. Chase
J. Davies
E. S. Hungerford j
Alternate, Albert White
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DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
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Delegate to Congress:
A. H. Ziegler
George B. Grigsby
Anthony Dimond
Attorney General:
Mr. Truitt, Anchorage. j
Auditor:
Frank Boyle
National Committeeman:
R. E. Hardcastle, Ketchikan
J. J. Connors, Juneau
John Frame, Ketchikan
LEGISLATIVE TICKETS
Republican:
Senator j
J. E. Johnson, Ketchikan
House of Representatives:
L. H. Kubley, Ketchikan
H. P. Hanson, Ketchikan
Dr. Scrubv, Wrangell
Grover Winn, Juneau
[lemocratic:
Senate.
N. R. Walker, Ketchikan
'louse of Representatives
J. W. Kehoe, Ketchikan
F. J. Baranovich. Ketchikan !
Albert Wile, Juneau
Frank Peratrovich, Klawcck j
C. H. Helgesen. Juneau
Fred Sorri, Juneau
Thomas B. Judson, Juneau
Democratic delegates to con-;
mention: W. B. Kirk, John Wal- j
ner, John Troy, of Juneau; T. K.
Deal, Fairbanks; Harry Morton.
A.A. Shonbeck, Anchorage; al
ernates: Allen Shattuck, S. Hel
enthal, Juneau; C. J. Todd j
i/aldez and P. C. McMullen, i
Seward.
Bill Holt, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, was un
Jer the weather and unable to
attend the Wednesday night
meeting of the Club. The fires
went out, due to lack of powir,
and Frank Estrada warned the
diners that if they did not hurry
their dinners would get cold. The
members did not lose any time
Not having the records for the
meetings, the regular meeting
was disposed with and outside
of firing ordinary gasbombs,
there was nothing of special
mention brought up.
TWO ACTORS WIIO RACED
Two members of the cast of
'he Tiffany production of Har
old MacGrath’s thrilling novel,
1 The Drums of Jeopardy,” were
racers at one time in their pic -
turesque respective careers.
These two are Warner Oland
and Ernest Hilliard.
Oland, despite the fact that
he has translated Stringbergs'
plays from their original Swe
dish into English, was once a:
six-day bicycle racer and won
medals. Hilliard did his racing
on the back of thoroughbreds.
He was a gentleman jockey fof
such racehorse owners as Bald
win, Gerkin and Alfred Vander
bilt.
“The Drums of Jeopardy” is
the attraction Tuesday and
Wednesday at the Coliseum
Theatre.
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Bert Day left for Seattle.
G.O-P. Majority
In House
Yesterday Representative Per
cy Quinn of Mississippi and
Samuel Rutherford of Georgia,
Democrats, died of heart at
tacks; Representative Quinn had
been sick a month and Ruther
ford fell and died. This cuts the
party lines in Congress to 208
Democrats, Republicans, 213 and
Farmer-Labor 1. Representative
Quinn was chairman of the
Committee on Military Affairs.
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WILL ROGERS ON
CIIINO-JAP WAR
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It was reported that a Jap
anese destroyer was sunk dur
ing the week in the serio-comic
opera being staged in Shanghai
Japan holds Shanghai to stay
claims. The Chinese are on the
aggressive.
Will Rogers, America’s Indian
Humorist says that the disarm
ament congress laughingly re
sembles defense sheep attacked
by a police dog.
The United States and Great
Eritian are pretesting Japan us
ing the International Settlement
in Shanghai, as a base for op
erations. The American cruiser
Houston, carrying Admiral Tay
lor was saluted by the Japanese
firing seventeen guns and their
band playing the Star Spangled
Banner and displaying the Stars
and Stripes. The Americans re
turned the compliment with a
Filipino band playing the Jap
anese national anthym.
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ADMIRAL LINE REORGANIZES
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Marking the final step in its
reorganization. the Admiral
Line, Pacific Steamship Com
pany. Ltd., showing 250.000
shares which include 50,000 of
hundred per three classes; 50,
000 preferred; 100,000 class “A”
common; balance class “B.”
This reorganization has been
leported in the making for some
time and will place the old com
pany cn a stronger basis than
heretofore.
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FARMERS PILE UP MORE
MORTGAGES ALL ALONG
THE COAST
Farmers of the Pacific Coasc
states increase their mortgage
indebtedness in greater propor
tion than any other part of the
country in the two years from
1928 to 1930. Figures released by
the Department of Agriculture
show a decrease from $9,468.
300,000 in the farm mortgage
debt on January 1 1928, to $9.
24i,000,000 on January 1, 1930
in the country at large.
The three Pacific Coast states
however, show an increase in
the period named from $691,
000,000 to $796,000,000. The fig
ures by states are:
Washington, 1928, $120,000,
000; 1930, $131,000,000. Oregon, I
1928, $110,000,000; 1930,'$116,-i
000,000. California. 1928, $460,- [
003,000; 1930, $548,000,000.
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TRANSCRIBES STAGE HIT |
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Herman Mankiewicz, veteran
scenario writer for Paramount,
is co-author of the filmization
of “The Royal Family of Broad
way”—the romantic comedy
starring Ina Claire and Fredrie
March which comes to the Coli
seum Theatre on Sunday and
Monday.
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The original stage play upon 1
which the transcription was
based was written by George S.
Kaufman and Edna Ferber. It
enjoyed a prolonged run on
Broadway and later toured with
great success. ,
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H. Van Fleet left on a short
trip to Seattle.
Mellon Given Folio
To Great Britain
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Secretary of Treasury, An
drew Mellon, acclaimed the
greatest treasurer since Alex
ander Hamilton, resigned his of
fice and accepted the ambas
sadorship to England which
General Dawes recently resigned
in order to become head of the
new Reconstruction Finance
Hoard.
Secretary Mellon was under
fire in the House, impeachment
charges having been made be
fore that body by Representa
tive Patman of Missouri. The
case was hanging fire before t ie
Judiciary Committee and the re
signation now vacates any and
ail action that is pending in the
matter. It still leaves the aged
treasurer in the shadow of the
charges. The charges being that
he held directorship in various
industrials and steamship liner
contrary to law and also that hr
rebated taxes in specific instan
ces wherein companies he was
interested in were concerned
Ogden Mills, who has been the
r ctive Secretary of Treasurer in
fact, has been promoted.
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WRANGELL
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Miss Mabel Willard and Willie
Willard were united in marriage
by Rev. Pederson. Following *b
redding, guests assembled ir
[he home of Mr. and Mrs. Ches
ter Worthington to partake of
Lne wedding cake and other nice
goodies. Bon voyage!
Work on the A. N. B. Hall has
been more or less slowed up by
•he cold weather and snow fab.
But the work continues with a
spirit unabated. Some day the
?rand convention will be held in
Wrangell. Take notice all camps!
Paul Putnam was fined $lr;0
r or trapping during closed sea
son in the Wrangell district.
Jack Smith, fox rancher on
l:anks Island is offering a re
gard of $200 to any person
k filing a large wolf that in
heaning up his foxes on the
island.
Tom Case passed his alloted
three score and ten years by
thirteen recently and had among
ills guests Jess Crowell and Jim
Cireenslate, cronies of Fort Cus
ter days, fifty years back. Tom
is now, perhaps the oldest pio
neer of Alaska since old man
Lynch passed on.
The boys’ and girls’ domitories
at the Shoemaker Bay Indus
trial School are now completed
and accepted by N. Lester Troasc
architect for the government.
The Hazel B. No. 2 represent
some $50,000 in investment, was
destroyed by fire from an un
known origin last week. Capt.
Syd Barrington has announced
that he will start building an
other and larger boat in Seattle,
immediately.
Miss Betty Leveille’s engage
ment to marry Fred Cunning
ham, was announced last week
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Arnt Sorsett. These announce
ments make some of the Wran
& ell younger set feel rather ma
ture. What, Sam?
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MIDNIGHT RUSTLING
IN “CAP’N THUNDER”
Midnight cattle-rustling par
ties, fast riders over the mesas
of the badlands of Old Mexico,
are features of “Captain Thun
der,” the Warner Bros, and V -
t.aphone picture of borderland
love and adventure in which
Fay Wray and Victor Varconi
head the all star cast, coming
to the Coliseum Theatre Satur
day only.
Charles Judels, Robert Elliott,
Natalie Moorehead, Bert Roacn
Frank Campeau, Robert Em
mett Keane and others complete
the cast. Alan Crosland directed
“Captain Thunder.”
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Jones Bill License
5-Year Traps
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Senator Jones yesterday in
troduced in Congress a bill cah
ed “A bill for the further pro
tection and regulation, of Alaska
Fisheries” which is reported as
being endorsed by the Fisheries
Fureau and supported by the
salmon packers. This bill pro
vides that each trap shall be
severally licensed at $25 annual -
ly for a term of five years. In
vestigation into the validity of
the claims and application to oe
at the cost of applicants. Present
operators are to be allowed 00
days in which to qualify with re
ference to their rights.
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STAND BY SUNKEN SUB
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The American Scout Fleet is
standing by a British submarine
which was sunk. It will be raised
and the work will not be such
a job as it is in 108 feet of watei.
The cause of the disaster is un
known.
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ACTIVITIES OF THE A. L. A.
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Regular meeting of the Unit
was held on Monday evening.
Six hundred poppies will be
ordered for the Poppy Day Sale
that is held annually on tnc
Saturday preceding Memorial
Day. The poppies are made by
the Ex-service men in the Vet
eran Hospitals.
The two magazines, The \
merican and Good Housekeep
ing that the Auxiliary has sub
scribed to for the Local Hospital
during the past three years
were re-subscribed for 1932.
The second of the Bridge card
parties will be held at the Le
gion Hall on February 13th.
Hostesses for the party will be
Mrs. Henry Masbrouch,. Mrs.
Olaf Martin and Mrs. A. B. Holt.
The public is cordially invited
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THE OLD STORM
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A storm is said to be brewing
off the Gulf of Alaska and is
headed southward. It is expected
that there will be a heavy rain
rod snowfall following the
storm. An unparrallcled blizzard
is raging over the Central States
at this time.
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SHIP CASE TO TEST OLD RI LE
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Is the broad waterway from
United States to Alaska known
as the Inside Passage entirely in
Canada or is there a three-miie
limit to its jurisdiction on both
notes of the channel?
This question may be decided
for the first time in internation
al relations by Justice Archer
Martin, who reserved his deci
sion in the case involving sei
zure of the Tacoma fishing boat
St. Patrick by Canadian authori
ties.
The vessel was seized under a
law prohibiting United States
vessels fishing in British waters
w;thin three miles of any of the
coasts, bays, creeks or inland
waters of Canada.
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Dr and Mrs. J. O. Rude book
ed passage on the Northwestern
for Seattle enroate to their
home in Minneapolis. Dr. Rude
plans to spend some time at tHs
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.,
in medical and surgical study
before returning to Petersburg
in a couple of months The doc
tor was called back from Wran
gell to take care of an urgent
case and will continue his jour
my later.
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The freighter Oduna is re
ported as having bumped a rock
south of Ketchikan and is be
ing towed to port to unload
some of her coal. This means
that there will be further delay
in delivery of coal to Petersburg,