Locals
Prices paid for halibut at the lo
cal cold storage this week were 9-b.
About 20,000 was bought from the
fishermen. '
Earl Ohmer shipped out this week
7 500 pounds of king salmon, paying
18-13-8 for all delivered; 3,000
pounds of trout for which a price of
12 cents per pound was paid.
Eight tons of shrimp meat were
shipped to Seattle along with two
tons of crab meat to the Seattle mar
kets over the Citizen’s dock.
Mr. Flory F. Service arrived in
povt today from Wrangell on the
local Ranger Boat. He left on the
Highway at 11 this morning for Ju
neau.
A heavy run of king salmon Is
reported in the Hoonah district.
Bill Dunkleberger, skipper of the
♦rawler Americ injured his knee
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from a fall on fbcks. He went over
to Wrangell for treatment and Is
reported as improving.
Several of the lodal trolling boats
have outfitted and are ready to start
lor the fishing grounds. A number
of the smaller vessels of the halibut
fleet have huung up halibut gear
on account of the poor prices for flat
fish and are putting up trolling
voles and swinging salmon gear in
stead. The more the merrier.
Shrimp and crab fishermen report
good catches these days so that the
pickers are being kept busy.
Local trollers are just beginning
to make connection with the elusive
king salmon and bringing their catch
to this port. i
Miss Gladys E. Merrilott, teacher
in the U. S. Bureau of Education
School at Kake arrived in Peters
burg on the mailboat America First.
She is Seattle bound.
Registered at the Arctic Hotel
this week: i
F. Steele, Charles H. Flory, Gladys
E. Merilott, A. Davidson, E. Alves
tad, N. Ford, L. Bernie Jones, Paul
Selander and wife, C. J. Wheeler,
F. W. Jensen, Donald Morgan, Mr.
and Mrs. King.
Tames Wheeler, Jr., returned to
Urangell this week. He and ’Gene
Wheeler are taking turn in working
in the Wrangell and local stores.
James will be missed from the Gla
cier Bug Orchestra.
DREDGE MOVES TO NEW WORK
The big dredge operated by the
Pucific Dredge and Construction
Company which has been working
•?own the Narrows, was moved up
and is anchored in the bay. It will
bfgin operations on the bar abreast
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Chris. Tve'^n
Phone 15 Petersburg
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of Standard Oil Company’s dock?!,
vhich has filled in and made shallow
the regular steamer channel. It will
not be able to do as thorough a joo
as the steamer dredge would, bui
under the circumstances it is the
best available and will make harbor
conditions considerable better.
REPAIRING BUILDING
Cato Haarburg has raised hi*
bidding alongside the Wheeler Drug
Company block and will put new
foundations under the building and
make such repairs as will make the
building suitable for further use.
DROPS ASSAULT CASE
The charge of assault with in
tent to rape, rob or steal, preferred
against James Thomas by Mrs. C
Allen has been withdrawn and the
case dropped without prejudice. It
is stipulated that Thomas leave
town this week.
Unable to leave town, go to work
or earn a living because of the
charge against him, Thomas request
ed the Commissioner tto bring the
matter to a head, with the above
result. He had fade arrangements
to return to Juneau before the al
leged assault took place and his go
ing now is not due to any fear of the
result f a fair and impartial hear
ing, but to the necessity of providing
tor his own and his wife’s immediate
needs
PROW LERS AGAIN BUSY
Cast week snek thieves enttered
the home of Louis Vick and got
away with some thirty odd dollars.
This week, they again mae a noc
turnal visit while the family was
away from home. They ransacked
'lie home and left finger prints to
show for evidence. Aside from
which there is no clue as to who
is making these undesirable visits.
An interested party called the mat
ter to the attenion of Marshal
Brown but his reply was, “That’s a
matter for your city marshal to look
i fter.”
Mr. Emil Alvestad, employee of
the Port Walter Herring and Pack
ing Company, located at Saginaw
May was brought into town suffering
from an injury to his leg.
Hewas given care by Dr. Sttandard
and the Petersburg Hospital.
Dr. Susie V. Stanard who has
been in the States fo rthe past two
months is caring for the office prac
tice of Dr. Sam C. Standard! in Se
attle, while he is having a vacation,
touring in Oregon and California.
Hospital, in charge of Drs. Dan and
Susie V. Standard, is now open,
across from the Variety Theatre.
Young Petersburg early on the
afternoon of the 28th were seen
bus'ly gathering up tin cans, fog
horns, and what not wherewith to
to make plenty of noise at a char
| ivarri party in honor of John C.
Johnston and Miss Batson who were
Maternity cases may be received
. f the Petersburg Hospital, across
from tthe Variety Theatre, any
time.
TltOLLERSON STRIKE
j The trollers of British Columbia
ar • on strike for better prices than
they are now receiving—12 and 2
cents for king salmon. The strikers
are sending Capt. Taylor of the Sal
vage Princess to arrange for the
marketing of their fish at Ketchi
kan.
Prices paid in Ketchikan la3t
Monday were 24-11-6 cents for
Goose Island kings. The trollers at
Goose Island are highly indignant
that Puget Sound trollers and boats
are crowding resident fishermen off
Alaska wataers.
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Bert Elstad Manager.
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Coastwise Transportation Co.
Juneau, Alaska.
Summer Sailing Schedule for Motorship Margnlta from April 25,
1928, to September 30, 1928.
Leaves City Dock, Juneau, every Wednesday at 8 o’clock P.M.
calling at each place in the order shewn below.
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June 13—27: July 11—25
August 8—22: September 5—19
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Hogan Island, Pinta Bay.
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Saginaw Bay, Washington Bay, Pillar Bay, Pt. Alexander, Pt.
Conclusion, Pt. Armstrong, Pt. Walters, Pt. Herbert, Deep Bay,
Redbluff Bay, Tyee, Baranof, Killisnoo, Tenakee, Hawk Inlet, Hoo
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