Lloyd MacKecknie, electri
cian in charge of the electric
utilities, returned' to town after
spending a month at the hydro
plant in the absence of the re
gular man, Mr. Young.
Miss Cherry Merrilatt took
passage on the P. A. F. steamer
Redwood, for Juneau this week.
Mr. Swanson o fPoint Agas
ata was a local visitor during the
week. •
The inclement weather has
teen holding up the farmers at
The Point from getting in their
season's hay.
Ed Ramstead got him a brand
new farm wagon for use on h5s
ranch at the Point
' Mr. Steers, who is experienc
ftof his first year as an Alaskan
agriculturalist, is highly pleas
ed with the showing on his
p|ace. He is killing off all the
runt stock on his ranch and is
planning to get in a better grade
9t stocl(:. Mr. Steers did his
tanning in Oregon before com
te Alaska. The football world
of recent years have occasion to
remember the name Steers from
The Dalles, at the University of
Oregon. Mr. Steers is related
to Oregon’s star player and lat
er coach.
WHERE IS FLANNERY
: —-X
■ Afi inquiry has been re
ceived from attorney in Califor
nia requesting information as to
whereabouts of JAMES D.
FLANNERY. He was a student
of the Carlisle Indian School in
the late '90's, a cornetist of no
f&*air ability and played in sev
eral eastern bands, including the
Haskell Indian Band, and the
Wheelock Indian Band, 1901 to
1996. He is supposed to have
returned to Alaska looking for
relatives in 1925. It will be to
■ft*i uni^i
his advantage to get in tduch
with the Governor’s Office, Ju
neau, Alaska.
Mrs. L. D. White and S. W.
Case were passengers to Juneau
on the Northwestern.
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The Dorothy Alexander, Capt.
Graham, paid Petersburg a
brief visit early yesterday morn
ing, bringing travellers to port
and taking out three. Capt Gra
ham wanted the satisfaction of
having landed his ship in this
port so permission was granted
him by the company.
In a slithering, cold fog, as
only it can get in the Narrows,
he brought the big excursion
boat and eased her up along
side the Citizen’s Wharf. He
pulled out through the Narrows,
having no difficulty ’tall, ’tall
’tall. It is rumored that Capt.
Graham expects to make other
landings later.
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Mrs. Johanneson and Miss D.
1 ohanneson and L. B. Cornelius
had the pleasure of being the
first three passengers out of Pe
tersburg on the Dorothy Alexan
der.
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Mr. 8. W. Case, salesman, was
a passenger to Juneau on the
Northwestern.
Carl Sutter, Manager of the
Pidalgo Island Packing Com
pany which operates canneries
at Ketchikan, Pillar Bay and
Cook Inlet, was a passenger on
the motorship Estebeth, bound
for Pillar Bay.
He reports that to date there
had been no fish in the* Cook
Inlet district; that indications
in the Southeastern Alaska was
not promising this season and
he was far from optomistic as
to outcome of operations.
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L. B. Cornelius is enroute to
Seattle on a short business trip.
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Andrew Ask has gotten him
self a brand new power-drag
saw. Watch him make the saw
dust fly.
’Mr. and Mrs. Ed Preuschoff
from Lung Island were in Pe
tersburg a couple of days this
weefc.
Pete Behrs, after spending a
few days in port last week, re
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INFORMATION AND TICKETS:
Ed. Lockett. Agent.
Petersburg . • . Alaska
ADMIRAL LINE
turned to his fox ranch near
south Keku Straits.
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Paul Tveten writes that a half
hour after he landed in Seattle
he had a first lesson in piano
from his musical teacher. Se
attle is a great place with its
talking movies, big pipe organs
and thirty-piece orchestras says
Paul.
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Arthur Tveten who is spend
ing a part of his vacation down
at Ketchikan, expects to return
very shortly.
W. E. Moultrie, Standard Oil
Company representative, was in
Petersburg last week looking in
to his company’s business.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sumption of
l Wrangell were local visitors dur
ing the past week.
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H. S. Reed, Raymond Peara
and Lennert Johnson of Wran
gell, spent a couple of days in
looking over our city this week.
Mr. J. Dolan, connected with
Western Newspaper Union, of
Denver, Colorado and Mrs. Do
lan, were interested visitors in
Petersburg while their steamer
was in port Sunday last. Mr.
Dolan is a neighbor of Govern
or George A. Parks’ family in
Denver.
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The berry pickers and home
canners of Alaska berries are
getting in some real hard licks
to beat old Hard Time Winter,
these few good days.
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Reports are that more salmon
are seen up Petersburg Creek
this season than has been seen
for several seasons.
The Yukon Fur Farms, across
the Narrows are having such
phenomenal increase in their
mink that their owners believe
they will keep the local sawmills
busy next season cutting lumber
for new buildings planned.
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Cy Katt, Mayor of West Pe
tersburg and Jack DeSauter are
having a good mink season this
year on their ranch.
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The Bluebird Waffle House is
in a musical mood this week. It
is a new orthophonic portable
Victrola.
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The gasboat Pep, formerly of
this port, was sunk in deep wa
ter out of Cordova this week, so
reads a telegram to Mr. Isom of
the local crob plant. The Pep
was under charter to a salmon
cannery and it is supposed that
she went under caused by an
overload. The boat is about 34
feet long and was powered with
a twenty Union gasoline engine.
CHRISTENS NEW BOAT
Miss Julianne Foshay of Min
neapolis, christened the new
motor vessel W. B. FFoshay, re
cently when it went down the
shipways at Lake Washington,
Seattle. The new craft will be
one of the largest steel vessel
built on the Sound since the late
World War.
A NEW SCHOOL MA'AM
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Was born to Mr. and Mrs. L.
D. Henderson at Palo, Alto, Cal.
recently, a little girl. A future
school marm for Alaska, may be.
John Adams has purchased a
new truck and has entered the
light delivery and transfer bus
iness—legitimately pussyfoot’s
remarks to the contrary not
withstanding.
Attorney General John Rust
gard passed thru Petersburg
from Klawock last week where
he completed incorporation of
that town.
BUREAU TEACHERS ACQUIT
was arrested, that evidence be
ing some of the same liquid in (<
her room. Another fact being 2
that Mrs. Caldwell was up and 2
completely dressed when she ar- 2
rived at the fire and that tracks I
lead from the orphanage to her |t
residence. ij
Report from other represent
atives of the Bureau of Educa
tion is to the effect that some j
person planted the evidence and l
tried to job the Caldwells.
Husband Acquitted
The case of U. S. fs. Horace >
Caldwell came to naught when
the jury acquitted him of the j
statutory charges against him. j
A telegram signed by twenty of j
the children in the orphanage j
and sent to the Caldwells is a
touching tribute to the faith of
the children in both Mr. and
Mrs. Caldwell.
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Petersburg Lutheran, Rev. W. J.
Maakestad, Pastor
Morning worship: Theme. Use
or Lose.
A cordial welcome to all.
JOSEPH 0. RUDE
Physician and Surgeon
OfficePhone 61
Home 66
Over People’s Drug Store
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Attorney at Law
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