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VOLUME NO. 5.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA; MAY 29, 1931
NUMBER 45
Former Alaskan
Writes Book
Marius Hansome, who for two
years—1919-1920—was the U. S.
Bureau of Education (Alaska
Division) representative at Hy
daburg, Alaska, is the author of
a book, “The World Workers’
Educational Movement—Their
Social Significance,’’ just off the
Columbia University Press, New
York, N. Y. The University
Press is the distributor of the
work.
Comments by well-known ed
ucators are very favorable. The
volume is 594 pages and is class
ed as “A competent study,
timely and appropriate.”
Shortly after Mr. Hansome
left Hydaburg, he went to New
York where he took up post
graduate work at Columbia Uni
versity. Following this, he was
one of the faculty at the Rand
College of Social Science, New
York City.
The new volume represents
research labor of several years,
and is a close study of the eco
nomic trend of modem times.
Mrs. Grace Hansome collaborat
ed with Mr. Hansome in the
matter of publication.
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New Scheme to
Raise Islander
Left this week from Seattle,
Frank Curtis, housemover, on a
quest of treasure trove in the
icy waters off Douglas Island,
with equipment capable of sal
vaging the old Klondike passen
ger steamer “Islander,” which
sank in 1901 with a reputed car
go of $3,000,000 in gold.
Curtis with George and Rus
sel Clithero of Seattle have
evolved a new plan whereby
they hope to have the old ship
on the beached and emptied of
her horde before fall.
Using the diving beU perfect
ed by the Wiley brothers of
Olympia, they intend to pass
cables around the wreck and
then lift her up with the tide.
At each tide they will move the
hulk a little closer in shore un
til she is finally beached and
they can use lighter equipment
to get at her vaults.
The efforts of the Wiley
brothers last year brought forth
the fact that the upper struc
ture had rotted away and that
mmy “pokes” carried by the
passengers had fallen into the
litter in the hold, all of which
will be salvaged under the new
pan.
It was in August 1901 that
the Islander, crack liner of the
C. P. R- struck an ice berg in
Stevens Pass with a large loss
in life.
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The Alaska Native Brother
hood and Sisterhood left for the
cemetery across the Narrows
and are cleaning up and mak
ing ready for Memorial Day.
Anything that looks like a grave,
regardless of who lies beneath
the sod, will be cleaned up and
made tolook once more like a
grave. This cemetery, once the
burial place of All Petersburg
is now more or less forgotten b>
the citizens of the town and all
burials are being made in the
new cemetery on the Scow Baj
Road. Many graves are in th«
old cemetery and they will b<
..ared for. For the purpose o
making the place a bit mor<
presentable the Sisterhood wen
about amongst the busines
houses soliciting funds to mak
the improvements.
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The Magnolia went on th
Trading Union Grids this weel
for omtimlhir —
Western Dance
Is Immoral
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Chinese officials in Hupeh
Province, of which Hankow is
the principal city have been
forbidden to indulge in Western
dances, according to official or
der. The order states Western
dancing is immoral.
Chinese officials in Peiping
hope that the order will not
^erve as a model there. Western
dances are very popular in China
and a number of dance halls
have been opened with Chinese
girls as dancing partners.. Of
ficials are eager patrons of the
r.ight clubs.
Price Cutting Is
Condemned
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T. M. B. Hicks, Jr., Seattle
district manager of Sears, Roe
buck and Company declared last
week:
“Lower prices means lower
production costs, which in turn
necessitates lower wages. Lower
wages mean a reduction in buy
ing power and a continuation of
the vicious cycle in which Amer
ican business finds itself. The
entire scheme is wrong and the
longer it is prolonged, the fur
ther off the day when industry
will get back into its real stride.”
Perhaps the Alaskan is wrong
in demanding that the canners
The Alaskan has always in
sisted that low pay to fishermen
was not a sound proposition and
vas only to hurt of resident bus
iness; that discriminatory fish
ery regulations widened the cy
cle of low purchasing power;
that importation of foreign la
bor was a crime against resi
dent labor and opposed to the
proper development of the Ter
ritory.
For taking a positive stand,
tor having the courage of our
convictions, for refusing to lick
the boots of Henry O’Malley and
the Cannery System, we are
damned as being “radical,”
“bolshevik,” “against the can
ners,” and “working to destry
the economic fabric of the Ter
ritory.”
PRESIDENT OPPOSES EXTRA
SESSION OF CONGRESS
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President in a direct reply to
the Senate Progressive Republi
cans stated this week: “I know
of nothing that would so disturb
the healing processes now un
doubtedly going on to help the
economic situation than a
cpecial session of Congress.
! The progressive Senators af
I firm that a special session of
Congress should be assembled to
outline a program for more
Government work to aid the
unemployment situation. Phila
delphia is said to have 250000
men out of work, the city civic
committees have been feeding
6,000 equivalent to 30,000 people1
from funds subscribed by the|
charitably inclined. Last week
this was discontinued and the
situation in Philadelphia, as well
as in other eastern cities is said
to be very acute and demands
are being made that something
be done about it. In Western
Pennsylvania it is being re
ported that the coal miners are
, killing their pet dogs and cat
and gathering grass and dande
lions to ease the pangs of
hunger.
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II MANY ALIENS TO BE BARRED
i The State Department esti
mates that 140,000 aliens will
have to be barred from the
5 United States by the 30th oi
c Jane an the ground that the}
, become public charges.
Russia mil Make
More Reprisals'
Soviet competition in world
markets cost Uncle Sam over
$100,000,000 in foreign trade
last year, with prospects for
greater inroads to come, a sur
vey of government figures dis
closes.
The revival of Russia as an
exporting country seriously
threatens American foreign mar
kets for wheat and oil and to
a lesser extent for lumber, cot
ton and furs.
Prom the 1930 crop of 1,097,
900,000 bushels, the largest
single wheat crop in history Rus
sia sent out 75,000,000 bushels
to other nations, principally in
Europe. Coupled with the ex
isting world surplus, this has
practically wiped out the for
eign market for American
wneat.
The menace of Soviet compe
tition in oil products is in some
ways even more serious, espe
cially in view of the present
world surplus.
The United States is practic
ally the only rival for Russia in
cotton exports, so whatever in
creases are made in Soviet out
put will be at the expense of
this country.
The cost of Soviet competition
to the American lumber trade is!
difficult to estimate because of
the difference in grades. Never
theless, the United States im
ported 70,000,0000 board feet of
Russian spruce last year at a
value of $1,544,000. The total
imount of Russian lumber ex- ,
ports last year was 2,000,000,000
board feet, of which 20 per cent
went to Englnd, always a large \
customer of Uncle Sam. ]
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MISSES TRAIN, WALKS SIXTY 1
MILES '
.When the venerable John H. '
Bentley, Episcopal Archdeacon '
3f the Yukon, with headquarters
at Nenana, accepted an invita
tion to deliver the baccalaure- J
ate sermon for the graduating 1
class at Fairbanks High School, '
be intended to board a freight
train. He missed the train so he ;
et out by foot and made the
Fixty-mile hike in two days.
He arrived in plenty of time
to fill his engagament. Other
ministers have made promises
where less effort was necessary,
but they failed to make connec
tions. There are ministers and
ministers.
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NAUTILUS GET FINAL TESTS
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The trans-polar submarine
Nautilus is receiving her final
tests of Provincetown, Mass.,
this week. It left New London
to undergo running diving tests
enroute for Provincetown where
her engines were to be given a
thorough workout during stan
dardization runs. Present plans
call for a departure of the craft
for England late this week—the
first leg of a trip that will take
P5r Hubert Wilkins and his com
panions under the ice to the
North Pole.
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ONTARIO TAKES STEPS
TO CURB ALCOHOL
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The Ontario liquor commis
i (ion has dealt another body blow
[at the bootleg traffic, and at
illicit drinking of rubbing alcohol
sold by druggists and physi
clans. In a large number of
cases, where there was clear
evidence that the alcohol had
been dispensed for internal, in
stead of external application,
the druggists’ licenses have been
either canceled or suspended,
according to the nature of the
A PAUSE
for those who have
paused forever
Whether those who have paused for
ever passed from this earth on the
field of battle or breathed their last
give pause tomorrow to their memory
surrounded by their dear ones, let us
and to extolling the purposeful full
ness of their lives.with words,
with thoughts, and mayhap with
some blossoms to exemplify the
sweetness of memories. And whilst
we pause to honor those who have so
signally honored their country, may
we renew in our hearts those princi
pals for which they made the
supreme sacrifice.
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Conner's Attorney
Before Last Judge
Evan S. McCord, Seattle at
torney died last week in his
home of heart a$ta<?k. He was
closely identified with the fish
ing industry and banking inter
ests in Seattle. He it was who
helped draft the treaty on salm
or fishing between the United
States and British Columbia. In
1921 he appeared before the
House Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries for the
canners for which he was alleg
ed to have received $25,000. It
was this same year that the
Alaska Native Brotherhood sent
William L. Paul to appear before
the same committee represent
ing ALL Alaska fishermen in
protest against the proposed
law and the discriminatory ad
ministration of the fisheries by
the Bureau of Fisheries. Very
few white fishermen, if any,
gave Paul or the Brotherhood
any financial assistance. The
law proposed by McCord at that
time failed of passage but he
got his large fee just the same.
If we remember correctly, Paul
was lucky to have been able to
get his transportation home.
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Juneau Sawmill
Closes till Fall
The Juneau Lumber Mills clos
ed this week and a force of 80
men laid off. According to Mr.
Roy Rutherford manager of the
mill, “There is no prospect of a
resumption of work by the mills
this summer but there is a
possibility that stocks may be
sufficiently diminished and that
new business may be enough to
warrant renewed operations in
the fall. My opinion is that we
shall be sawing again this fall,
but, as I say, whether we do
depends on development of de
j maud.”
Only the office force and a
1 sufficient number of men will
be employed during the summer
, to take care of orders from
! stock on hand.
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’ The Edgar C., herring fisher
! ir: an of Ketchikan was in porl
this week.
Grab Ex-Seattle
Dry
Ending a search of more than
& week, Howard E. Carr, former
tederal prohibition agent, was
arraigned before U. S. Commis
sioner Fitch of Tacoma, as one
of the operators of a 300-gallon
still seized May 9 near Sumner.
Carr was arrested in Aberdeen
and taken to Tacoma by anoth
er prohibition agent.
This arrest sets at rest the re
ports for the past several
months that two ex-federal
agents were engaged in an ex-i
tensive moonshine business. I
Whether any clues have been
obtained as to the other oper
ator could not be learned.
Carr figured prominently in a
number of liquor cases in Seat
tle following his appointment in
i.-)27. He was dropped in 1930
following a civil service exam
ination.
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LABOR UNION BARE FISTS
Organized labor is fully pre
pared to resort to strikes if ne
cessary to prevent depression of
wage scales, declares William
Green, president of the -Ameri
can Federation of Labor.
He declares: “We feel that we
are being driven to the point
where we must resist attempts
of employers to reduce wages,
'even tho it may be necessary for
workers to go on strike.’
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COLLEGE WORKER HERE
Mrs. Lydia Fohn Hanson re
presenting the Alaska Agricul
tural College will hold classes in
home economics beginning to
day through June 1. The class
will be held in the American Le
gion Hall and all who might be
interested in the various phases
of home activities are urged tc
use this opportunity of hearing
Mrs. Hanson.
Mrs. Hanson comes here direcl
from Ketchikan where she helc
a series of meetings and studie:
with the people of the First City
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Seven smoke boats from Puge
Sound arrived in Petersburg an<
are discharging 42,000 pounds o
king salmon at 12-7-4. The;
allege other smoke boats wil
: follow in to get benefit of price
' equal to that paid in Ketchikan
Salmon Prices
Not So Good
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The Skinner and Eddy can
nery at Kake offers five cents
hor humps, three shares for boat
and gear and the crew pay all
all expenses of boat including
repairs on engine if necessary.
The P. A. P. cannery at Pet
ersburg offers three cents for
humps, gas furnished and no
share for boats or gear.
The Libby McNeil and Libby
at Craig offers four cents for
humps, no boat shares but crew
huys gas.
Under the Skinner and Eddy
plan, the fisherman gross $50
a thousand for humps o 6 and
each then pay their expenses.
By the time they have paid for
oil and grub, their $6 shrinks
pretty small. With the catch
averaging 25,000, the fishermen
do not hope to earn anything
this summer.
The P. A. F. offer, while the
company will not die of enlarge
ment of the heart, is a lot better
for the expenses demanded
paid by Skinner and Eddy are
not required by the Petersburg
plant and the men who fish for
■ this concern will do a lot better
and possibly by able to spend
more money in Petersburg.
Nick Bez of Todd cannery is
looking for fishermen and has
sent word all along the line that
he will give his men every op
portunity to fatten up their
pocketbooks.
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WILLAPA WILL SHIP TWO
MILLION FEET OF LUMBER
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A shipment expected to reach
two million board feet will be
made from the Port of Willapa
Harbor this week oh the Jap
anese steamer Toykawa Maru.
The cargo will include cedar
bolts and logs, spruce and hem
lock logs,, and possibly a raft of
cottonwood logs, cut by Wesley
King. The shippers include the
Willapa Harbor Shingle Com
pany, Case Lumber and Shingle
Company, D. W. Lyle, John
Larson and Ray Provo.
Forest Bureau regulations for
bid exportation of Alaska logs
to the Oriental or any market
out of the territory unless first
cut into lumber >n Alaska mills.
Such prohibition is not made
against the logging and lumber
ing mills of Washington or any
other state. The Alaskan has
protested against this discrim
ination in the past and will con
tinue to do so in the future. If
it is wrong to ship virgin timber
out of the territory, it is wrong
to ship virgin timber out of
Washington unless cut in Wash
ington mills. But so long as
Alaska business interests do not
protest this discriminatory reg
ulation, it will continue in force.
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Sitka, that once gay capital
of Alaska, stamping ground of
the Baranofs and princes of
Russia slowly lost its grandeur.
In the early 1900’s it lost the
capital to Juneau; later it lost
its marine corps and' fleets of
navy vessels; now it loses Prof.
Alberts who will move his office
to Juneau and with the moving
' of this office to Juneau goes the
experiment station founded by
;the late Prof. Georgesbn. What
will come of this station at
Sitka has not been said but in
the future, experimental work
. of this department will be carrl
[ ed on in Juneau.
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’ SITKA LOSES ANOTHER
OFFICIA1
t Memorial Day, Saturday Maj
1 30th. Most of the stores ar<
f going to close as much as a hal
1 day out of respect to those wh<
1 paid the supreme sacrifice ii
s vjonor and defense of thei
country.
Anderson-Smith
Buy Chronicle
Roy Anderson and Thomas K.
Smith are named as owners of
the Ketchikan Chronicle for
merly owned by the late Edward
O. Morrissay. A deal was con
summated last week whereby
the two men, both long connect
ed with the plant assume con
trol Lester Gore and W. F.
Schlothan, attorney and ma
chine shop owner respectively,
of Ketchikan, are directors of
the new concern
Two offers were made for the
purchase of this publication and
plant but were refused.
Sort of survival of the fittest
—between the two daily publi
cations of the First City. The
opposition paper, The Daily
Tribune is securing a mighty
fine reputation in that field
and is turning out a paper that
Ketchikan should have had
long since.
Rumored Sale of
Admiral Line
W. A. Broom, member of the
board of directirs of the Pacific
steamship Company, returned
to Seattle from San Francisco
last week and denied reports
i that the Matson Line was ne
gotiating for the company.
“No deal is on for sale of the
Pociflc Steamship Company and
! none is in prospect,” said Mr.
Broom. “The meeting at San
Francisco which I attended was
merely committee work. Reor
ganization plans for the Pacific
Steamship Company are pro
ceeding and something will be
done we hope, as soon as suffi
cient bonds have been obtain
**d.”
The rumor that the Matson
Navigation Company was nego
tiating for the Pacific Steam
ship Company started when W.
*>. Roth, president and Fraser
Bailey, vice president, of the
Matson Company, sailed from
Los Angeles on the steamer Ma
iolo for Honolulu to confer with
E. D. Tenney, chairman of the
board of directors of thecom
pany. It was strengthened by
the fact that Mr. Roth and Mr
Bailey left Honolulu for San
Francisco aboard the N. Y. K.
liner Chichibu Maru which, un
der coastal shipping laws, makes
the N. Y. K. line subject to a
fine of $200 for each of the pass
engers.
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WHY IS AN ULNA? ASKS
McGUIRE
I Jim McGuire wouia use to
know Why is an ulna? His lack
of knowledge of biology and an
atomy cost him the bounty on
two coyotes he captured on his
Little Susitna trapline. He brot
in the feet with bone, not know
ng that 'tlhe Game Commish
{ demanded the entire ulna. When
told that it involved the ole
cranon and the coronoid process
separated by the sigmoid or
semi-luna fossa, ariolecrenoid
cavity, he went out to find a boot
legger. “The next time I catch
a coyote, I’ll skin him on the U.
S. Commissiner’s desk,” he said.
‘It’s a helluva note when a
man’s got to study anatomy be
fore he can snare coyotes.”
CORDOVA ON MAP AGAIN
Cordova again takes the Am
erican Press front page,
r This time by the finding of a
preserved petrified clam of the
butter clam species which was
L found in a mining shaft 200
* miles inland. It was found on
1 the 50 foot level of a mine sev
r eral thousand feet above sea
'level.