VOLUME NO. 5.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA;
MAY, 1, 1931
NUMBER 41
Alaska Bone Bry Law Is
Repealed; Ministers Oppose
The Senate passed the law re
peal ng the Alaska Bone Drj
law , amended to defer its ef
fectiveness until validated b}
Congiess and by inserting title
two of the National Prohibition
Act giving the U. S. Ccmmis
sionexs power to act in misde
meanor offenses thus relieving
the disti-ict courts of the burden
of petty police court actions.
The House wjII concur in this
and expected to present it to the
Governor in sufficient time to
prevent a pocket veto.
The Juneau Ministerial Asso
ciation presented their objec
tions to the bill but were not in
complete accord in their posi
tion.
Two years ago the Governor
refused to sign this same meas
ure and so far had not express
td his position in the matter.
Workmen’s Compensation Bill Is
Lost
The Nerland Workmen’s Com
pensation Act was lost by a vote
of nine to six in the House. This
bill followed the compensation
system as advocated by the A. F.
of L., and gave foreign labor the
same protection and benefits
under the bill as American-born
workers.
Budget Committee
The House passed a bill cre
ating a bureau of budget with
broad powers, said bureau con
sisting of the governor, auditor
and treasurer.
Pioneers’ Home
A commission was created and
empowered to prepare plans
and estimates for the proposed
$250,000 home to be constructed
in Sitka in 1933.
• i Dependent Children
Dependent children problems'
will be studied by another com-j
mission which is to make its re
port to the next legislature.
Tax Survey
A commission on tax survey
was authorized to employ a tax
expert to make a survey, carry
ing a $6,000 appropriation.
Indigent Contract Labor
The bill to protect the Terri-j
tory from indigent contract la-j
bor likely to become public;
charges was returned to com
! mittee for amendment.
Main Bills Slow Coming
Beginning with this week, thej
Ways and Means Committee had;
failed to make anv report on|
general appropriations or reven-.
us and tavation bills.
. Klawock Road
Representative Ziegler intro-j
duced a bill authorizing survey
of a road from Kasaan Bay to
Klawock and appropriation of
$1500 authorized for the pro
ject. . i.
Representative Johnston of ■
Fairbanks introduced a hill to ,
make the term of office for the i
auditor four instead of two ,
years. >
Referred to Attorney General
Tlie Boyle measure repealing
the direct primary election law
and the general eight-hour law
were referred to the Attorney
General for his opinion as to
their legality.
The bill on fibre containers,
introduced by Ziegler was also
referred to the Atorney General
for his opinion as to its consti
tutionality
Halibut Market In
Bad Conditon
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Erling Johansen: ...
Seattle
370,000 sold here on exchange '
today. Western 9-G; Local 10-7.^
Same amount sold Rupert afterj:
United unable to handle except
on deferred payment. Future
plans of United undecided.
F. V. O. A..—4-27-30.
I t is reported that 270,000
pounds of halibut were offered
the market at Seattle last Sat
urday and that the United Pa-,;
cific Association could not han
dle the offering. The old line
companies would not bid.
The banks are holding off on
loans to the Association until
00 per cent of the boat s are,
signed up with the Association.'
The Association can handle
the fish from small boats if
shipped to Seattle. Some of the
smaller vessels have shipped
small lots and the balance are
Doing placed in storage by the
fishermen. C. C. Mundy says
he “will buy it eventually as
soon as the Association can get
its affairs straightened out.”
Meanwhile the fishermen need
money for operating expenses;
which must be carried by local'
merchants.
Cold Storage Plans
Plans to build additions to
the local storage plant have not
been changed. Victor Quist,
who will be foreman on the job,
\ ju arrive on the Evans, Satur
day, bringing cement, re-inforc
ing, iron, etc., and other con
struction material and will pro
ceed with the work at once.
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Mrs. D. O. Yarbrough of
Miss., is the mother of quadru
plets. They include two boys
and two girls, each weighing 4Vi»
POLITICAL OFFENSIVE ON
SEC. MELON TO STA#T
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Representative Patman, him
;elf a veteran fo the World War,
Fill offer a resolution on the
irst day of Congress next De
;ember, to impeach Secretary
)f the Treasury Andrew Mellon
is the greatest enemy of the
veterans of all wars.
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N. W. INDIANS WILL FORM
CORPS
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Northwest American Indians
v]->o served in the World War
ire taking steps to organize a
3rum corps to take part in Am
erican Legion conventions. The
costume will be regalia of the
American Indian.
One of the leaders of the
movement is Kiutus Jim, Top
penish, a former student of Che
mawa Indian School.
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BUTLER GETS NEW JOB
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Major Smcdley Butler of the
United States Marine Corps has
been given leave of absence in
order to organize the state police
of Oregon.
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San Juan Fish Co., was paying
8 and 4 cents under the new
grading, yesterday. E. N. Ohmer
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Mrs. William Tamaree, for
the past several years lay-work
er in charge of the Presbyterian
Church in Petersburg is leaving
on Monday next for Wrangell to
which field she has been trans
ferred. Mrs. Tamaree has been
in the field work of the Presby
terian Church for fifty years re
turns to Wrangell, her own homt
town after an absence of sever
al years.
Ed Johnson came into porl
with 5,000 pounds of fine trout.
Commencement For
School May 8th
On Friday, May 8th, the an
nual Commencement of the Pe
tersburg High School will be
held at the Coliseum Theatre.
Commissioner of Education, W.
K. Keller will address the grad
uating class. On Sunday, Rev.
Maakestad of the local Luther
an Church will preach the baca
laureate sermon.
On the afternoon of Friday,
from 3 to G p. m., an exhibit of
the work of the pupils of the
school will be shown in the aud
itorium.
The following are graduating
gar Baggen, Leo Ness, Loren
Johnson, A. Shaquanie.
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Thanks Judge for
Sentence
“Killer” Burke sentenced for
the killing of a policeman and
alleged murderer of many other
persons thanked the judge in
Chicago when a sentence of life
mprisonment at Hard labor in
Jie Marquette prison was given.
He thanked the judge for his
niserable life which will not be
snuffed out in prison.
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Handy Named Police Chief
Of Fairbanks
With only one dissenting vote,
Fred E. Handy was appointed
chief of police for the city of
Fairbanks. Mr. Handy is now
enroute from Seattle to Fair
banks and will assume his new
duties on the 1st of May.
Mr. Handy was a former De
puty U. S. Marshal at Peters
burg and for 12 years was on the
prohibition force stationed at
Ketchikan and later in the
Westward country. He was or
dered to Seattle to attend
prohibition school but resigned
from the federal service recent
ly.,
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Senator Will Hunt For
Kodiak Bear
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Bound for Kodiak Island to kill
the famous Kodiak bear, Seth W.
Richardson, assistant United
States Attorney General; Sen
ator Frederick Hale, Maine, and
Samuel Stern of Fargo, N. Dak.,
left Seattle last Saturday on the
Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone,
Bering Sea patrol ship.
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The Indian Bureau School is
putting on the annual elimina
tion rhetorical contest Sunday
afternoon at the Presbyterian
Church.
1. True Source of Contentment
—Sally Wilson
2. Song of the Battle Flag
—Joyce Wilson
3. Guilty or Not Guilty... Clara
. Johnson
4. Somebody’s Mother, .ulia Joe.
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| INVESTIGATE REPORT
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Investigation of a report two
jMetlakatla Indians had made
(that they had seen the fully
i clothed body of a man off Hot
j spur Island, was begun last Fri
day at Ketchikan on the theory
ithat another clue to the Rena
han plane crash may be uncov
ered.
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Tire halibut schooner “Raider’
is on the -grids of the Andersor
1 Brothers Boat Yard, for over
. hauling and painting.
Bids For R.R.
Ties Cancelled
It was reported through th<
columns of this paper last weet
that bids for railroad ties hac
been opened at Anchorage anc
that low bidder was the North
west Mills of Scow Bay but thal
pending adjudication of some
technical matters awards were
j not announced. The company
| nas been informed during this
week that all bids have been
cancelled and forms being sent
out for new bids.
Original bid called for 90,000
ties at a price not to exceed 95
cents f.o.b. Anchorage. After the
bids were opened, management
of the Railroad wished to split
the contract by allowing the
local mill to cut 55,000 ties at
their bid price and to furnish
bond for delivery of order, in
the sum of $10,00. cash. Protest
was raised against this arrange
ment inasmuch as splitting the
contract would cut returns to
such an extent as to make it ne
cessary to deliver the ties only
at a loss; and that cash bond
not been required of the Juneau
and Wrangell mills which held
previous contracts nor was it
required on the bid forms sent
out. All bids cancelled and try
ic again, perhaps Seattle will be
low bid on the job.
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Wrangell Masons
Local Visitors
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The local members of the Ma
sonic Order entertained a num
ber of visiting brothers from
Wrangell at a meeting held last
Friday. Some degree work was
carried out after which an infor
mal luncheon and social was
held.
The visiting members were H.
R. Coulter, T. M. Saari, C. P.
Kirtland, L. M. Campbell, Ern
est Anderson, A. B. Anderson,
G. F. Engstrom .
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BIG SHIPMENT SENT OUT
The Ketchikan Daily Tribune
reports htat a boatload of 2,100,
fox pelts valued at $100,000 or
more was shipped through Ket
chikan to Seattle where the fur
pelts will be placed on the mar
ket.
The shipment is made by the,
Kanaga Ranching Company and)
was being taken to Seattle on
the M. S. Aleutian Native, Capt.
H. E. Bowman, in charge.
The vessel had as cargo 500,
bead of red, cross and silver fox
pelts and 50 tons of salt codfish j
on board also.
The company is said to have
nearly 5,000 foxes on the ranch
the most of them being the blue
variety. The silvers are being
cleaned out as they kill the blue
foxes. It has been found that
a variety of foxes do not raise
well together hence the work
will center on the blues as they
are the best investment, being
more prolific.
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Bill Royden, who is now in
California, has sold his frontage
to his neighbors for the sum of
$200. They will raise this sum
in order that the right of way
for the proposed road in West
Petersburg may be instituted at
an early date.
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Capt. George Bidwell of the
Vigilant of Wrangell was In port
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i Community League food salt
■ at the Trading Union Saturday
i afternoon.
Lomens Again May
r Sell Stock in Wn.
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A permit allowing the Alaska
i Live Stock and Packing Com
: pany, a subsidiary company of
[ the Lomen interests of Nome,
to sell securities in the state of
Washington was reinstated last
week.
The permit was being held up
I pending investigation of the
I financial structure of the com
pany. The concern is engaged
(in developing reindeer meat
markets.
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Fishing Vessel Is
Total Loss by fire
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Five men were rescued from
the halibut schooner White Star
which burned and sank last
week near Tatoosh Island, en
trance of the Straits of Juan de
IFuca. The fire started in the
engine room and was soon be
yond control so the men put off
in a dory and were picked up by
the schooner Rosario which was
near by. Capt. John Haines
was in command of the vessel
of which he was also owner.
Close Pleads Guilty to
Larceny Charge
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Lloyd Close, star witness for
the government in the recent
trial of Bert McDonald for the
murder of George Marshal, was
given a nine-month jail sen
tence by Judge Harding on a
charge of larceny. He is said to
have stolen five cases of dyna
mite from the Wright Construc
tion Company of Ketchikan. Tin
time he was held in jail will not
apply on his sentence, it is re
ported.
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Tanana Ice May Move
Out Early
Reports from Fairbanks in
dicates’ that rain and warm
weather this week has been en
couraging early guessers on the
Tanana River ice pool at Nena
na.
It is believed that the ice will
move out about the 5th of May.
The gross amount of the pool is
said to be $61,700 or about $4,000
less than last year.
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EDWARD G. MORRISSEY “30”
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Edward G. Morrissey, editor
of the Ketchikan Chronicle af
ter being sick for two weeks,
died last week in Ketchikan.
He has turned in his “string”
marked “30,” his last edition is
off the press and in the hands
of his Maker.
Born in Florence, Mass, 43
years ago, he came west and for
a number of years was on the
Seattle P. I. He lived in Fair
banks for a number of years,
was taken in hand by Judge
Wickersham but later he turn
his allegiance t'o William 3ulzer,
.for whom he served as sevretary
I in Washington. He returned to
Alaska and then purchased the
Ketchikan Chronicle which he
edited since 1919.
The remains will be sent tc
Seattle for interment.
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The shrimp trawlers, Charles
T., Charles W., and Kiseno, an
going out on the grounds for £
I load of shrimp. The Americ wil
( not be ready yet. Capt. Wohl
rjof the LouiseS. , is still visitinj
iln the states.
Secret Political Lines Forced
j Into Open; Rustgard for Traps
Late Thursday evening wire:
were received by Legislator
from Seattle promising the mil
men orders for one million boxes
next year if the bill is with
drawn. Reception by millmen is
uncertain at this time but if
it believed in some quarters thej
will fall for the bait as they did
a couple of years ago when the
cauteries bought their silence
with large orders for boxes. B.il
in other quarters it is being
said that the mill men have been
scotched once and they will
not rush in for another.
ZIEGLER FIBRE BOX TAX
The Ziegler fibre box tax pass
ed the House by a vote of 12 to
1 and it was refused admittance
in the Senate because the en
acting clause had been omitted.
The House suspended the rules
and ordered the Clerk to cor
rect same causing the Reaction
ary Joe Murray, Frank Foster
and Donnelly to raise points of
order against the procedure..
The bill was presented to the
Senate and their the champion
af the. people, Senator Allen
Shattuck by motion laid it on
the table.
.Concentrated politics forced
From cover, in the struggles of
be last Legislative hours,, se
cret alignments which revealed
Representative Frank Foster of
Cordova fighting the increased
mine tax; Boyle and Dimond
.ponsos ing political voting bills,
-otary ballots; and the plunder
urn d of Juneau is trying to save
he ptlitical future of Senator
ronv D:m«nd next Democratic
delegate candidate, from ^
ing his hand; Bragow is fi
the increased tax on red salmon,
Representative J. E. Johnson of
Ketchikan is struggling to pm
■ect the pink salmon; the Fair
banks delegation is seeking large
college appropriations; Attorn
c\ General Rustgard is seeking
5 to replace Auditor Cash Cole on
the various Boards and is being
I assisted by Senator Hess; the
• Nome Delegation is asking for
| subsidies on telephone, ships
» and radio, all through the last
session, into turmoil.
HAMSTRINGING COLE
The investigating committee,
appointed by Speaker Winn, of
which Representative Foster is
I a member, is seeking to ham
string Auditor Cole. The com
| mittee introduced nine bill, two
of which seek to throw Cole off
the banking and road boards.
These passed the Senate but
were defeated in the House
when Murray, Johnston, Ner
land, Nylen and Johnson voted
against its admittance to the
House.
UUSTGARD OPPOSE FISHMEN
Senator Benjamin's bill di
(recting the Attorney General to
, test the legality of traps under
the White Fisheries Ltw, Act of
^ 1924, was defeated at the request
of Attorney General Rustgard.
SCHOOL FUNDS
The bill removing maximum
limit on school refunds was
passed.
MINOR BILLS
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Fifteen dollars was.authorized
for survey of the Kasaan-Kla
wock road; $25,000 was appropri
ated to be expended by the U. S.
Bureau of Fisheries in buying
trout tails in the Alaska Penin
sula.
The new Revenue Bill was
killed, leaving the old in opera
lion. Under revision of the
Boards, attempts are being
made to substitute Senator Hess
for Cole on the Road Board.
This is the most hectic ses
sion of the Legislature in sever
al sessions and records made
which must be reckoned with
and it is predicted that the next
election will see several political
funerals.
CHAMPIONSHIP ASPIRATIONS |
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Primo Camera will meet Jack
Sharkey in New York on July
the 10th for heavyweight cham
pionship of the world. Max (
Schmeling is not being recog-,
nized as the world’s heavyweight '
champion.
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MONROE A WRECK
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The gasboat Monroe, which
has been missing since last Feb
ruary, was wrecked on a reef or.
the southeast end of Wingham
Island, March 21st. Capt. O. P.
Brown and crew of three men
-eached shore safely but the
ooat was a total loss.
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HALIBUT SOLD ON DEFERRED
PAYMENT PLAN
Suomi..
Wanderer
Lola ....
Castle .. .
T-1547 ..
■ Augusta ..
j Sherman..
! Stored for
iarembo ..
Thelma M.
Midway ..
Unimak ..
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.2,900
. 6,5001
.2,0001
.3,000
.3,000,
.19,000
. 18,000,
Fishermen—Na Plan
. 15,000 i
.8,000
.9,000
.9,000
Shipped to Seattle
Reform and Sunset
Sold to Ohmer
.. Oakleaf. at 8 and 4c..
l F. S. Dickinson of Colby and
, Dickinson, Seattle lumber deal
; ers left for Juneau, on the
I steamer Denali.
Former W rangell
Editor Dies
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Di’ogon and Alaska newspaper
Dublisher, former Collector of
Customs in Alaska, U. .S Com
missioner at Wrangell, died in
Portland on the 17th of this
month. Commitment was made
in the family plot in the M.iijnii,
Cemetery, McMinneville, Ore
Mr. Snyder was born Ap -il 16
! 852 in New Milford, 111., went
to McMinneville in 1872 and
joined his brother in the pub
lishing game. He followed the
newspaper business in Oregon
for several years before he was
named Customs Collector for
Alaska by President McKinley.
He held the position for one year
and then was appointed com
missioner at Wrangell where he
served until 1910. He establish
ed the Wrangell Sentinel which
he later turned over to his son
George. The Snyders left the
country, “A. V. S.” to McMinne
ville where he has made his
home since. He was a member
of the I. O. O. F. and Elks lodges.
His sons George, Portland, Frank
dur onfmMT ilfgW shrdlu shrd
in Seattle, Claire, McMinneville,
and “Bill’ Snyder of Glendale,
Calif., and two daughters, Mrs.
H. C. Lowe, and Mrs. Warren of
Seattle, survive him
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Haynes DeWitte of Kake will
' have temporary charge of this
j field and George Betts of An
goon has been given permanent
1 assignment to begin in the fall.