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NEWS OF INTEREST
FROM NORTH, EAST & WEST
FOR ALL ALASKANS
VOLUME NO. VI.
NO. 50
PETERSBURG, ALASKA* July 1, 1932
Subscription Price $4 per yeal
A Frog Story; Believe
It Or Not
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Old timers didn’t know such
frogs inhabited the neighbor
hood of Metz, Mo., S. J. Herring
ton caught it while he was fish
ing along the Osage river. It
weighed three pounds and mea
sured two feet from tip to tip of
hind legs.
“Stool Pigeons”
Lose Rum Case
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It took a jury in Justice of the
Peace Ole Hanson’s court at
Renton, Wash., just five minutes
to acquit John Clark, twenty-six,
of a charge of possession of li
quor with intent to sell.
Clark’s attorney, Roy H. Bul
lack, showed that Clark’s arrest
came as a result of his enter
taining two county “stool pi
geons” in his home after they
v/ere brought there by a friend
who didn’t know of their under
cover activities.
Clark testified he merely play
ed host with some liquor and on
the following night the two men
returned again dnd brought the
deputies along to make the ar
rest.
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McNeil Island Moonshine Held
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L. N. Bussard, thirty-five, was
arrested within the reservation
of the Federal prison on McNeil
Island with two gallons of moon
shine liquor in his possession,
officers said. He was lodged in
the county jail, Tacoma, for
$1,000 bail.
Bussard, a Long Branch ranch
er, has been hauling meat to the
prison from farmers near by and
was stopped by P. J. Squires,
captain of the prison guard, and
his car searched.
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W restlers Ready
For Big Match
Lost 14 matches and tied 16
others in 2,372 times in the ring.
Just that many times has Roy
Anderson, wrestler, athlete, min
ister and traveller, shoved his
husky shoulders through the
ropes of the arena. This is a re
markable statement but it is also
a remarkable fact.
In the rough and tumble
scraps during his school days,
Anderson found that he had
only a great aptitude for wrestl
ing, but liked the game so he
followed the game inthe roped
ring in spite of the fact that he
had had no serious intention of
following his wrestling career
following his first match.
Out of college, Anderson’s first
bout was with a husky Norwe
gian in Seattle—A n d e r s o n
weighing 173, while his opponent
weighed 228. Winning this bout,
Anderson started h i s travels
which took him through Canada
and Alaska, China, Japan, Jeru
salem and India. In Japan he
entered 27 tournament matches
against the pick of the jiu-jitsi
wrestlers of the Orient and was
never defeated. At various times
he has tangled with Gus Son
nonburg, “Strangler” Lewis
Frank Gotch and other grea
wrestlers of the modern times
Next August, Anderson is sche
duled to wrestle with Gus Son
nenburg in Fairbanks during th
Janitor With Degrees
Principal, None
The citizenry of Shelton was
ready to believe recently that
the world is really all awry, up
side down or that top means
bottom and so on.
The city learned the person
nel of its education system, from
one particular angle, is in re
verse.
Clyde Wells, city grade school
janitor, was revealed as a Uni-(
versity of Washington graduate,
with two degrees, one in chem-|
istry and the other in civil en-'
gineering. He is the only man in |
the city school system to be so1
honored.
On the other hand, H. Enzo (
Loop, city school superintendent, J
has no more than a high school
diploma to his credit, plus much
home study.
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Plane Lands In i
Volcano Crater
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In a sensational night landing!
with a heavily loaded plane,
Pilot Frank Dorbandt safely de-|
posited Father Bernard Hubbard
and his party of explorers, with)
dogs and all equipment, in the \
bottom of the crater of Aniak-i
chak Volcano, according to dis- j
patch from Father Hubbard to,
International News Service.
Dodging under a bank cf
clouds and entering the volcano.
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bandt, veteran Alaska airman, t
turned on his huge landing
lights and came to a perfect
landing on Surprise Lake in the
bottom of the crater.
In addition to Dorbandt andj
Father Hubbard, noted “Padre
of the Glaciers,” and faculty J
member of Santa Clara Univer-,
sity, the following were aboard'
the plane: The Rev. Paul Gates,
S. J., chemist of Santa Clara
’ j
University; Prof. Roderick Chis
holm, Kenneth Chisholm, Geo. j
Peterson and Edgar Levin. There (
were also three pack dogs and
1,000 pounds of equipment.
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MOUNT FAIRWEATHER
PARTY LEAVES JUNEAU
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Five members of a mountain
climbing expedition bent on
making the first ascent of Mt.
Fairweather from the west side,
j whose equipment has already
been sent to Lituya Bay, arrived
[in Juneau last week.
They left by plane for their
camp at Lituya Bay. In addition
to the ascent of Mt. Fairweather,
their leader, H. Bradford Wash
burn, Jr., of Cambridge, Mass.,
said, other peaks will be attempt
ed during the summer.
American Legion Convention.
Jack Dempsey will be there.
On July 4th in the Coliseum
Theatre, Anderson will wrestle
two famous wrestlers on an es
pecially built stage. The stage
will extend out over the orches
tra pit to the main floor of the
theatre. Ringside seats will be
; built on the stage for those de
siring a close-up view of the
; match. Powerful floodlights wil
; make for perfect visibility fron
■ any part of the Theatre. Reser
, vations are being made for th<
t1 ringside seats and many of th<
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; theatre.
Patriots Need Not Read
This; All Others Shouldj
Unanimously adopted, July
4, 1776; signed by 54 dele
gates, Aug., 2, 1776; by Thos.
McKean, Del., in Oct., and by
Matthew Thornton, N. Hamp.
in Nov. of that year.
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When, in the Course of human
events, it becomes necessary for
one people to dissolve the poli
tical bands which have connected
them with another, and to as
sume among the powers of the
earth, the separate and equr.1
station to which the Laws of
Nature and of Nature’s God en
title them, a decent respect to
the opinions of mankind re
quires that they should declare
the causes which impel them to
the separation.
We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are en
dowed by their Creator with cer
tain unalienable Rights, that
among these are Life, Liberty
and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Gov
ernments are instituted among
Men, deriving their just powers
fiom the consent of the govern
ed, That whenever and Form of
Government becomes destructive
cf these ends, it is the Right of
the People to alter or to abolish
it, and to institute new Govern
ment, laying its foundation on
such principles and organizing
its powers in such form, as to
them shall seem most likely to(
effect their Safety and Happi
ness. Prudence, indeed, will die-)
tate that Governments long es-J
tablished should not be changed t
fer light and transient causes; [
and accordingly all experience,
hath shewn, that mankind arej
more disposed to suffer, while
evils are sufferable, than to right
themselves by abolishing the
forms to which they are accus
tomed. But when a long train of
abuses and usurpations, pursu
ing invariably the same object
evinces a design to reduce them
under absolute Despotism, it is
their right, it is their duty, to
throw off such Government, and
to provide new Guards for their
future security. Such has been
the patient sufference of these
Colonies; and such is now the
necessity which constrains them
to alter their former Systems of
Government. The history of the
present King of Great Britain is
a history of repeated injuries
and usurpations, all having in
direct object the establishment
of an absolute Tyranny over
these States. To prove this, let
Facts be submitted to a candid
world.
We wonder just how much of
this preamble to the declaration
of independence is believed by I
the invisible powers that be?
Roosevelt Nominated By l
Democrats on 2nd Ballot
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A late flash indicated that l
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt j
was nominated on the second!
ballot.
At two o’clock standard time, j
Chicago, the fighting factions of j
the Democratic convention were ;
going strong. A motion was be- j
fore the convention to adjourn
till 11 o’clock this morning but'
the Roosevelt forces seemed to ■
have enough power to make it |
tough going for the motion.
Among those nominated are'
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt
of New York; A1 Smith, former
presidential nominee; Governor
Ritchie of Maryland; Governor
I White of Ohio and even our old
| friend Will Rogers who is re
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porting the convention was nam
ed as a presidential possibility.
The Democrats are going the
Republicans one better. The Re
publicans decided to let the vot
ers puzzle over a “resubmission”
question of the 18t'n Amendment. I
The Democrats have decided
that the voters may have a “re
ferendum” on light wines and
beers, or a direct repeal of the
18th Amendment.
Just what benefit the party
derive is debatable. Outright re
pealists are not in majority as
many who agigitate the question
want the “modified” law which
would permit light wines and
beer without the saloons of the
old days.
Alaska Gold
Yield In 1931
Mines in Alaska produced.
minerals worth $12,278,000 in!
1931, as against $13,812,2000 in •
1930, according to a nannounce- \
ment made by the Interior De-:
partment through the Geologi-'
cal Survey. The total value of the
mineral output of the Territory ’
since 1880 is $641,59y,000.
The output of placer gold was
approximately the same as in (
1930. Hundreds of camps contri
buted to the output, but those in
the Yukon Basin contributed the
greatest amount, and those in
Seward Peninsula came next.
More than 77 per cent of the to
tal placer production of the Ter
ritory was mined by dredges, of
which 28 per were, active during
1931—13 in the camps in the
Yukon Valley, 14 in Seward Pen
insula, and 1 in the Kuskokwi/n
Valley. Together these dredges
FORMER SEATTLE MAN
DIES AT KETCHIKAN
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Herbert Knox, fifty-eight, jew
3lery, formerly in business in
Seattle before coming to Ket
chikan in 1924, died last Friday.
He is survived by his widow
and brother Alfred Knox, and
sister, Mrs. W. L. Grill, both of
Seattle.
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Darbey Chouquette of Wran
gell is pilot on the yacht Canim
II which called in port yesterday
going to Juneau this morning.
produced gold to the value of
$3,749,000. They are estimated to
have handled about 10,214,000
cubic yards of gravel, and the
gold recovered was worth about
35.-7 cents a cubic yard. No new
dredges were built during the
year, but five old dredges that
had been idle for some time were
reconstructed and again active
in 1931. Four dredges that were
active in 1930 were idle during
the year.
Warns Miners To
Come Prepared
Fearful that the discovery of
rich ore in the Naku district,
west of Seward, would start un
employed on a northward trek,
Thomas Babcock, who made the
rich strike, warned against men
going into the district “unless
they have sufficient food to car
ry them through the winter.”
The free gold ore, estimated to
run $50,000 a ton, was found in
a deep tunnel by Babcock, Equal
ly rich specimens of float were
reported discovered by Charles
Boyne in the same district.
Babcock said there would be
no increased employment on the
scene due to the strike. The Na
ku area is on a landlocked bay,
and much of the district is cov
ered by heavy timber. Boats
navigate in the district the year
around and seaplanes can land
oxr the bay.
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Three Scouts Get
Alaska Trip
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Three Boy Scouts, Blanchard
Kennedy of Columbus, Miss.,
John Potsch of Cicero, 111., and
William E. Mueller of El Paso,
Texas, who carved the best to
tem poles in a nation-wide con
test, sponsored by the depart
ment of the interior, have been
awarded prize trips to Alaska,
Secretary Wilbur announced.
liit mov wuii uy j
chard Kennedy, will be a trip to
Seward, Mt. McKinley national ;
park and Fairbanks, and the se
cond, won by John Potsch, is to
Seward and return. The two ar
rived in Seattle June 25. William
Mueller, winner of the third
prize, a trip to Skagway, will ar
rive in Seattle, July 4. They will
stay at the Frye hotel, guests of
Glen C. Bartlett, manager, him
self an old-time Alaskan.
The Alaska railroad, the Alas
ka Steamship Co., the Burlington
railroad, the Northern Pacific
and department of interior pro
vide the trips in the interests of
encouraging travel to Alaska.
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THREE ALASKA SURVEYS DUE
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Preparations for the early de-j
parture to Alaska of three sur
vey crews, to carry on work in
western and southeastern parts
of the territory, were revealed
recently by the Hubbell and
Waller Engineering Corporation
of Seattle, which is directing the
work.
Two crews go into Western
Alaska. One will survey mining!
water power possibilities, and the
other will make fish trap and
beach surveys. The third party
will go into Southeastern Alaska
on water power reconnaissance
timber cruising and mine sur
veying.
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BEARS STEAL CACHES
OF FATHER HUBBARD
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Alaskan brown bears bit
through gasoline cans and stole
caches of food stored near Ani
akchak, world’s largest volcano,
for use of Father Bernard Hub
bard’s scientific expedition.
Plans to save themselves valu
able time and labor by having
heavy supplies cached near the
volcano were seriously hamper
ed by depredations of the bears.
New Washington
Quarter Is Minted
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Production of the new 25-cent
piece bearing the likeness of
George Washington and issued
in connection with the bicenten
nial anniversary, was begun at
the mint, Philadelphia.
Dies for the coin have been
sent to mints in Denver and San.
Francisco.
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Government Orders
Current Wages
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The Senate agreed to a con
ference report on the Metcalf
bill requiring payment of pre
vailing wages on government
building projects, and sent it to
the White House.
The House removed clauses
making it apply to work in the
territories and Canal Zone.
Under the measure, contracts
would carry specified wages ac
ording to the rates prevailing in
the area in which the project is
built.
It provides that if the secre
tary of labor finds the rates
should be changed they may be
increased of lowered, with ad
justment to be made between
the government and the con
tractor.
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200 CHINESE DIES UNDER
IIAIL AS BIG AS BASEBALLS
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Dispatches telling of 200 per
;ons Killed ana mousanas in
jured in a severe hailstorm that
wept the western section of
ftonan Province recently were
received from the striken area.
Hailstones as big as baseballs,
the reports said, rained down for
two hours, destroying four hun
dred villages, razing houses,
slops and trees, and leaving de
solation. The hailstorm was de
scribed as without precedent in
that section.
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Gabe Sather On
Last Voyage
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Gabe Sather, captain on the
shrimp trawler “Kiseno” for
several years, died in the Peters
burg Hospital, Wednesday morn
ing at 7 o’clock of cancer which
had cut into internal organs.
Lest week he was operated upon
but immediately the doctors
found the cancerous condition,
they sewed up the wound know
ing that it was but a matter of
a short while when he would
make his last voyage. Gabe was
a quiet man who attended to his
duties without and fuss or noise
and was faithful and loyal to his
friends and duties. He is surviv
ed by his widow Mrs. Gabe Sath
er and brother, Tony.
Interment will be made in the
Red Men’s Cemetery, Wrangell.
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The motorship Princeton,
Capt. Waggoner, Rev. Pederson
of Wrangell, Webster of Sitka
and Dr. Limouze, secretary of the
National Board of Home Mis
sions, New York City were visit
ors in Petersburg last Friday
night. Dr. Limouze gave a very
interesting talk in the Presby
terian Church. The party left for
Wrangell where Rev. Pederson
planned to get off t oattend to
his pastoral duties while the
other three men were going on
to the West Coast of Prince of
Wales towns.