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VOLUME NO. VI.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, JANUARY 8, 1932
NO. 25
Bill To Extend
Territorial Powers
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Delegate Wickersham has pre
pared and will introduce in
Congress next week a bill to au
' ^tho» ize the Legislature of Alas
ka'vto so extend its legislative
poweYvas to take over the salm
on andVother fisheries within
Territorial waters and to con
trol fishing and canning there
in; to have jurisdiction over all
wild or game birds therein. Th? I
Legislature would have authori
ty to pass laws for the protec
tion, conservation control and
regulation of the taking of wild
animals and birds in Alaska,
and the domestication, posses
sion, sale and huntmg of such
animals and birds The Legisla
ture would not exercise any con
trol over fur seals, nor interfere
in any way with the provisions
of the existing treaties between
the United States and foreign
countries for the protection of
migratory birds or other wild
life. Nothing in the Act shall
abrogate or curtail the powers
granted the Legislature to im
pose other and additional taxes
nr licenses, nor limit cr curtail
eny powers granted to the Le
gislature by the Organic Act
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Third Party Threat
Faces Major Parties
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The attitude of the progres
sives in Washington points U
a direct split from both parties
unless the Democrats name 4
liberal as candidate for the next
presidential election.
Senator Wheeler of Montana
said that unless Governor
Roosevelt or some other liberal
were nominated by the Demo
crats, a Third Party was inevit
able.
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Fire at Unalaska
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Fire at Unalaska in the store
of the Alaska Salmon Company,
shortly before midnight Thurs
day, caused serious damage to
the building and stock. The ex
act amount of damage has not
been determined.
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DIPHTHERIA HELD
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IN CHECK
Timely arrival of antitoxin
from Fairbanks by airplane,
shortly after the disease was1;
diagnosed has prevented further!
spread of diphtheria at Tanana.
according to information re-j
ceived by wireless by Dr. J. A.
Sutherland, Territorial health
official, from Dr. Morris P. Kauf
man, government physician at
Tanana.
There are only two cases of
diphtheria and both are doing
well.
But in addition there are three
cases of chicken pox and one of
measles. However, none of them
is serious.
Diphtheria antitoxin on hand
at Tanana was quickly exhaust
ed when the disease broke out
and an additional supply was
forwarded by Dr. Sutherland.—
News Miner.
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A bunch of friends walked in
on Mr. and Mrs. Andrew John -
son last Tuesday to help cele
brate their fourteenth wedding
anniversary—incidentally it was
Mrs. Johnson’s birthday. A nice
present was given the couple,
six tables of bridge played—and
it was a grand time.
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The National and Ethel S.,
Alaska halibut schooners were
partly burned in Seattle harbor
with a damage of approximate
ly $18,000. ■ .,-j
Halibut Men Split
On Union Issue
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The fishermen of Rupert do
not agree as to their union af
filiations and the Fishing Vessel
Owners’ Association is standing
still being neutral in the matter.
At a recent meeting, by a two
third vote, the men decided to
;oin the Northern B. C. Fisher
men’s Association. This union
:ncludes the salmon operators
but in matters relating to salm
on prices, the halibut men are
not bound to take action.
A second meeting was held at
which some sixty out of a hun
dred present agreed to stay by
the Deep Sea Fishing Vessel
Owners, Association.
The Canadian branch of the
Association supported the move
to have closed season from No
vember 1 to January 15, with
each boat taking off an addi
tional month in June, July or
August.
C. of C. Re-elects
Officers For ’32
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E. N. Ohmer, was re-elected
president of the Chamber of
Commerce: Robert Allen, Fred
Nelson, L. T. Swanson and T. S.
Elsemore were elected executive
-’ommittee. The committee will
ppoint the several active offi
•ers at an early date. A little
ime was taken up discussing
he interference caused by the
lew wireless regulations. The !
Nan is to get in touch with the
Ketchikan and Juneau organi
sations and to cooperate with
them to secure elimination of
interference from the govern
ment operated stations.
Miss Peterson, nurse in the
Petersburg General Hospital was
awarded the prize of five dollars
by the Chamber of Commerce
for having put up the best out -
side Christmas tree during th?
holidays.
The All-Alaska Chamber of
Commerce has taken up with
ihe -several organizations th*
matter of announced curtail
ment o f appropriations for
Alaska. It is being urged that
the government do not make
the proposed curtailments and
that it follow the policy as laid
down in the states—add to the
appropriations rather than cur
tail. The executive committee
acted accordingly during the
holiday season.
BUTLER SAYS MODERN
YOUTH BAD MANNERED
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“Abdication” by the family
and the church of their educa
tional responsibilities has result
ed in a younger generation with
bad manners and careless dress
and habits, according to Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler, presi
dent of Columbia University.
Butler, in his annual report,
also critized youth’s lack of in
terest in political affairs, for
which he blamed the country’s
political parties.
WE APOLOGIZE
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Through the rush and worries
of Christmas, we did not ex
ercise sufficient care in tabu
lating the list of doners to the
Sitka Pioneer Fund and thereby
omitted Chet’s Barber Shop
and C E. Swanson Co., from the
Christmas edition.
We make amends at thii
time with due apologies.
The Coliseum Theatre
Louis Lemieux, Manager
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The Alaska Steamship Com
pany’s liner Northwestern is due
in port* Monday morning. *
Missioners Found In
Gambier Bay
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The coastguard cutter Talla
poosa, leaving Juneau last week,
i 1 a search for the Ida Helen
with Rev. Leon S. Vincent, his
brother Lloyd Vincent and their
wives and baby son, found the
craft anchored in a bight in
Gambier Bay. The women were
transferred to the cutter and ]
taken to Juneau while the men
stood by their craft hoping to
make the run in to Juneau at
the first opportunity.
The Ida Hellen left Petersburg
before Christmas for Juneau
and after being out a week
without being reported, friends
of the Vincents began inquiries
until the coastguard cutter
started the search. Leaving
Fanshaw they struck off for
Gambier Bay where they an
chored; the next start for Ju
neau, on the 23rd they were un
able to make headway against
the winds, so returned to Gam
bier Bay where they were
found. They had an enjoyable
Christmas on board with the fat
of the land for Christmas dinner.
Bureau Teacher
Killed by Plane
Dwight Mason, teacher in the
government industrial school at
Xanakanak, was recently killed
while helping salvage an Alaska
Airways plane that had crashed
in landing. Mason and some of
the boys had made a tripod out
of piping to lift the plane. A
piece of the pipe fell, striking
him on the head, causing con
cussion of the brain from which
he died in a few hours.
Mason had been in the ser
vice in Alaska for three years,
coming from Russel, Iowa, where
his mother resides. Prior to ’
this year he had taught at Ku- 1
lukuk.
Stock Streams
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Almost two hundred million
white fish spawn will be placed
5n Manitoba Lakes by the Fish
eries department of the Mani
toba Government next spring,
according to advice received by
the Natural Resources Depart
ment of the Canadian National
Railways. These lakes supply the
great markets of the east with
hundreds of thousands of
pounds of white fish annually. !
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HILLER TO PETERSBURG
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I Deputy United States Collec -
tor of Customs A. J. Hiller has I
come to relieve Paul V. Vernon
who is deputy in charge here ,
and who is away on leave uf i
absence.
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| MEXICAN DIES AT
AGE OF 125 YEARS
Joaquin Ochoa died recently
at the age of one hundred and
twenty-five.
Ochoa kept his faculties to the
end.
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NEW MISS ENGLAND
FOR SPEED TESTS
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A new Miss England will be
ready soon to defend England’s
right to the speedboat cham
pionship of the world.
Lord Wakefield, owner of the
Miss England II which Kay
Don drove to a world’s record ot
over 110 miles an hour at Lake
Garda, Italy, said he had let the
contracts for the construction of
her successor.
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The Norco is due south Sat
urday night.
Division G.O.P.'s
Meet Here 27(h
Word drifts up from Ketchi
kan that the Ketchikan Repub
licans have invited the Republi
cans good and true of the First
Division to meet in Petersburg
beginning January 27th in a
divisional convention.
Following, a bit tardily, the
lead of the Third and Fourth
Divisions, the Republicans of the
Hist are getting away to the
stretch before the primaries
with an organization, which
they hope to perfect to the
credit of the G. O. Partizans.
At this convention a party
platform will be drawn up upon
which the several candidates
for elective office will depend
lor their campaign ammunition
for the next primary election
From a 11 indication, several
candidates will be endorsed for
office and no doubt others will
declare themselves as candidates
regardless of convention en
dorsement. J. E. Johnson has
been marked for Senator from
the First Division if Senator
Benjamin does hot again go be
fore the electorate for election.
Whether Johnson will try to
make the grad-1 or not, has not i
been intimated. However, John- j
son would get a strong following j
on the strength of his legisla- |
five record last year—honest, |
sincere and not to be stampeded !
ty hyphenate or federal politi
cian. Senator Benjamin has not
indicated whether or not he
will run.
Territorial offices to be filled
ere Delegate to Congress, Terri
torial Auditor. School Commis
sioner, Senator and four Repre
sentatives besides Attorney Gen
eral. Mr. Grover Winn and Mr
Frank Foster are said to have
their eye on the office of At
torney General—but as only one
can be elected, it is possible that
me or the other will run for the
legislature. Mr. Keller no doubt
will be candidate for re-election
as School Commissioner and hr
will have Anthony Karnes oc
Ketchikan to oppose him in th.
November election.
The Democrats are makine
effort (?) to stir up a contest in
their own primaries and give
vociferous exclamations that
they will stay out of the Repub
lican primaries. The Republicans
so far have not demonstrated
much harmony but it is expect
ed that with the convening of
the several Republicans from the
various towns that much of the,
differences will be eliminated.
The line-up of the silent voter
is to be considered and no or
dinary platform is going to
stampede the voters to either
party.
‘BOOING OF POLICE
LEGAL, JUDGE RULES
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The right of common people
to boo a “cop” was upheld, by
Judge Donald S McKinlay of
Chicago. Seventeen defendants
were charged with “booing and
cursing” officers as they walked
through a Communist meeting
(hall to arrest a man in an ad
joining room.
“Our mayor has been booed,”
suggested Judge McKinlay.
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LAD ATTACKED BY
SLED DOGS
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Literally eaten alive by two
sled dogs, Odman Kooley Jr.,
aged five years, died at Kasiloff
four hours after attacked.
The lad had been absent a few
I minutes from his home and
| after a search he was found 30C
J feet away, behind piling, with
j his clothing torn off and un
conscious.
I Dental Survey By
Bureau Doctcr
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Dr. Edna Tavlin, dental sur
geon attached to the Medical
Relief branch of the Office of
Indian Affairs, left for Ketchi
kan to begin a tour of all South. -
eastern Alaska Indian communi
ties to m<nm dental* examina
tions and do necessary dental
work, it was announced by C. W.
Hawkesworth, Acting Chief of
the Alaska Branch of the bu
reau.
It is expected that this work
will require practically all of
the remainder of the winter.
She will use local transportation
in moving from one village co
another.
After Dr. Tavlin completes her
work in this section, she wli:
proceed westward along the
coast, covering all of the villages !
she is able to reach.
Frozen Filleted j
Salmon Shipped\
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Frozen Allotted salmon is be -
■ig packed as fillet steaks by the
Atlantic Coast Fisheries Com
pany at Groton. Conn. Those
Ash are wrapped and packed in
the new carton, which is a fea
ture of the Company’s othev
fish products. The salmon were
nuick frozen at Ketchikan, and
\yprp js'hjpppd tn O-vnl On n-t.v
the C. N. xo. via Prince .tuperr.
The whole shipment took 12
days and on arrival the fish were
still frozen hard. The shipment
vent; forward in one of the new
Canadian National refrigerator
cars.
Tlie Japanese salmon pack ic
approximately 40% below that of
ast year. The pack of the Nich
ero Fisheries Company is report
ed as 100.000 cases of red, 45,000
arses of silver, and 140.000 cases
of pink, a total of 285,000 cases
Outside of the Nichero pack,
he total of other companies is
"30,000"cases making a grand
otal of 915,000 cases.
Want Job Bureau
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The fight to establish a federal
system of employment exchang
es will be renewed immediately
upon the reconvening of con
gress, Senator Warner, Demo
crat, of New York announced.
At that time he will reintro
duce his bill, which was vetoed
by President Hoover last con
gress. Wagner held there was no
doubt of congressional approval
of the measure, but that the ef ■
forts would be directed to ob
tain sufficient votes to pass ii.
ever the President’s veto, should
I he reject it a second time.
! LILA LEE IN NEW FILM
j Lila l ee, Ben Lyon, Louise
| Fazenda,'Lucien Littlefield, Julia
j Swayne Gordon, Emily Fitzroy,
I Martha Mattox,. Virginia Grey
j and Oscar Apfel are principals
; in “Misbehaving Ladies,” A First
i National picture, Saturday , at
the Coliseum Theatre. The pic
ture tells the story of a small
town girl who goes to Europe,
annexes a bankrupt prince, and
upon his death returns home to
marry her village sweetheart.
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PETERSBURG WOMAN TO
MARRY CINCINNATI MAN
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A marriage license was issued
recently to E. L. Ciers, of Cin
cinnati, Ohio; and Florence
Everson, of Petersburg, Alaska at
Kelso, Washington.
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The City Council held a short
session Monday—^Ryed bills
and discussed radio interfer
ence.
Library Assn
Elects Officers
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At a meeting held by members
cf the library association, in the
Telephone, Exchange Building,
Wednesday night, E. N. Ohmer,
Rev. Maakestad', Geo. V. Beck,
Andrew Wikan, Paul Vernon,
Mrs. Harold Lee, Mrs. Henry
Haebrouck and Mrs. Liv Hus
vick were elected as a board of
directors. George V Beck, prin
cipal of the public schools was
elected president of the associa
tion and Mrs. Henry Hasbrouck,
vice president, Carol Clausen,
secretary-treasurer. Mrs. War
field was appointed librarian.
Considerable time was spent
in discussing by-laws which will
be drawn up for adoption in the
near future.
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How to Stretch the
Food Dollar
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The bureau of home econo
mics offers this tip to get the
most food for your money:
Divide the food dollar into
five parts and spend it for five
different kinds of food. It will
keep you healthy, too, the bu
rtau adds.
“If there are children in the
family, buy like this: Twenty
•ive cents for milk and cheese, 20
‘o 25 cents for vegetables and
fruit, 15 to 20 cents for bread
and cereals, 15 to 20 cents for
butter, lard or other fats and j
sugar cr molasses, 15 to 20 cents j
for meat, fish and eggs.”
A family of adults would need j
"ess milk and cheese and corre
spondingly more vegetables and
fruit. ,
But the Bureau did not tell
how or where to get the dollar.
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Oris on Santa
Rehearsing to play Santa
Ciaus for his daughter Jean, six
? D. Kessler was stuck in the
chimney of his own house for
• leven hours, and nearly smoth
ered when his wife and daught
er* back from a visit ,started a
fire. The chimney had to be torn
down to effect Kessler’s release
Jean didn’t have a Santa Claus.
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^LBRECIIT SEES GAIN
LIKELY IN R\W
FI R TRICES
Prices on raw furs are begin
ning to stiffen and Herman F.
Albrecht of H. F, Albrecht, Inc.,
manufacturing furrier at 1222
Fifth Ave. N. Y.. foresees a fur
ther trend in that direction, he
said:
“Never before in all the years
I have h<?en engaged in manu
facturing fur garments in Seat
tle has it been possible to offer
such bargains in manufactured
furs as now, from the stand
ooints of quality, style and
every other factor,” said Mr.
Albrecht. “Prices on raw pro
ducts have been remarkably low
n recent months. But now a
| stronger tone is developing
“The lone trapper out on the
1 creeks in Alaska is a big factor.
He has become dissatisfied with
| the return on his effort. He is
\ abating his activity. As the sup
! ply of raw materials declines
the law of supply and demand
will assert itself, and present
day bargains will go, perhaps
never to return again.”
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A party was given in honor of
James Wheeler, Jr., at Sales Inn
Thursday evening. ’Twas his
birthday. Swell party, many
happy returns.
Walking on some of the streets
is anything but easy—frozen ice,
News Flashes
Of Interest
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Lenze and Liggett yesterday
cut the Culbertson lead to 8,770
when they won six out of seven
rubbers. They pained 5,405
points and have but six rubbers
remaining to play in the series.
The U. S. State Department
has warned Japan and China
that any agreement as to Man
churia must preserve the provi
sions of the nine-power treaty
and Kellogg pact and the open
door rights.
Senators Glass and Johnson
yesterday panned the interna
tional bankers for ignoring the
Kellogg letter of 1926 warning
against overloading Germany.
Everett Frank Lindsay, Seattle
self-confessed slayer of his wife
convicted of second degree mur -
der, was sentenced yesterday to
sixty years in prison by Judge
Findlay who denounced the
murder as “brutal, cowardly,
atsocious murder.”
Speaker Gamer of the House
cf Representatives expressed
hope that the Committee on
Elections would make a favor
able report on the Norris Lame
Duck Bill and predicted that the
Mil would pass with a Demo
cratic majority. “
Governor Parks arrived In
Seattle for the christening of
the new Bureau boat under con
struction in the Berg Shipyards.
Mr. Hawkesworth is expected at
any time.
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Postpone Hearing
Grover C. Winn, attorney for
Walter Gamble, charged with
first degree murder for the
death of Lisle Davis, appearei
in court in Juneau and stated
that his client was in no condi
tion to appear for a hearing.
Hearing was waived in commis
sioner’s court and trial set for
the Ketchikan term of the dis
trict court which convenes on
the 12th of this month. The
case will no doubt be presented
the grand jury at that time.
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NO FISHERIES CHANGES
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No change in conservation re
gulations effective in 1931 will
be made for the $40,000,000 Alas
kan fisheries, which employ
20.000 persons, according to
Henry O’Malley, U. S. fish com
missioner.
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GEORGE ARLISS SEEN
SOON IN “OLD ENGLISH ’
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“Old English” is the first John
Galsworthy play to bo offered
on the talking screen, a conces
sion on the part of that famous
author to George Arliss, his fel
low countryman and the dean
of stage and screen stars and to
the excellence of Warner Bros,
and Vitaphone productions.
Mr. Arliss personally persuad
ed Mr. Galsworthy to allow him
to use “Old English” for hi.s
third Vitaphone vehicle.
The supporting cast includes
Leon Janney, Betty Lawford,
Doris Lloyd and Ivan Simpson
and others. Alfred E. Green di
rected.—Watch for this picture.
1 The Hydaburg Postoffice re
[ ported that it had been robbed.
Robert Cogo, postmaster—no
details.
You don’t have to be a pioneer
to appreciate the early settlers
nowadays; all you have to do is
to have some money owing to
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