VOLUME NO. 5.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, OCTOBER 3, 1930
No. 11
Figyiescn Newsprint
Production ol news print ir
Canada during July, 1930. total
ed 216.973 tons and shipment*
209,511 tons. Production in tht
United States was 102.849 tom
and shipments 103,018 tons
making a total United States
and Canadian news print pro
duction of 319,818 toils and ship
ments of 312,529 tons. During
July 2:1,426 tons of news print
were made in Newfoundland and
632 tons in Mexico, so that the
total North American produ 'i-.
for the month amounted to 345,
876 tons.
The Canadian mills produced
40.002 tons less in the first seven
months of 1930 than in the first
seven months of 1929, which was
a decrease of 3 per cent. The
United States output was 20,170
tons, or 2 per cent less than for
1 he first seven months of 1929.
Production in Newfoundland
was 20,684 tons, or 14 per cent
more in the first seven months
of 1930 than in 1929 and in
Mexico 237 7 tons less, making a
total decrease of 41,865 tons, or
2 per cent.
During July the Canadian mills
operated at 71.3 per cent of rated
capacity, United States mills at
72.3 per cent and Newfoundland
mills at 106.2 per cent. Stock o
news print paper at Canadian
mills totaled 52.362 tons at the
end cf July and at United Stater,
mills 29,284 tons, making a com
bined total of 82.164 tons, which
was equivalent to 4.8 days aver
age production.—The Timber
man. Portland, Oregon.
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Given a Promotion
Carol Clausen, for the past
several years United State.'
Commissioner and Judge in
Petersburg, was advised by Judge
Justin Harding of the U. S. Dis
trict Court this date that the
office of commissioner in Peters
burg will be elevated to that of
a part of the district court and
that Mr. Clausen hereafter will
be a clerk of the court. The pay
will be elevated to half that of
the other clerks of the court.
This promotion comes after
several years of efficient service
as judge in this precinct and
Mr. Clausen is being congratu
lated.
For the past several years
this publication has made con
siderable effort to have a clerk
of the court in this precinct. A
large percentage of naturaliza
tion in the First Division comes
fiom Petersburg. The expense
which the would-be citizen must
incur before he can be a citizen
of the United States at times
has been out of reason. Some
have been unable to complete
naturalization because of this
condition. With the appoint
ment of a clerk of the court in
this precinct this heavy expense
will be done away with. For
which Peter sborg is duly grate
ful.
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STROLLER REPORTED DEAD
“Stroller White, owner and
editor of the “Stroller’s Weekly
of Juneau has been sick the
past week. He is said to be im
proving. Stroller is probably the
dean of Alaska’s editors having
pushed his pen in virtually
every section of the Territory.
Report just received at thi;
office is to the effect that Strol
ler” White has gone over the
Last Divide and his “strolls” an
ended. Passes out of the editori
al picture of Alaska a gentle
man of the old school.
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Herbert and Mrs. Bradley o
Wrangell are visiting friends h
Petersburg.
Peter L. Williams
Foul Play Victim
Last spring Peter L. Williams
L of tlie Kuskowim River came to!
. Seattle and then journeyed toj
Ketchikan to learn what the
Alaska Native Brotherhood was
doing and what its principles
were. Satisfying himself that
this organization was a worthy
one he immediately made appli
cation for membership and was
initiated. The President of the
3rand Camp gave him power of
attorney to represent the Grand
President as organizer of the j
Irotherhood in the Kuskowini|
country. After visiting in Ketchi
kan for a short time, he express
ed a desire to visit this plant so
he came up here.
Returning to Seattle he took
passage to his home and word
now comes that he was lost while
cut hunting and returned no
more. The length of time he was
out precluded his returning alive.
Peter received much of his
business training and schooling
1 from Karl Thiele, Secretary for
• he Territory and was successful
n his undertaking. His death
removes from the Westward sec
tion a strong, clean character (
imbued with the spirit of work- j
ing for the advancement of his ,
people. And while yet young in ,
i he Brotherhood work his going ^
'eaves a vacant place that will be j
hard to fill. . i
Report from Akiak now7 indi
cates that he was the victim of f
foul play A large quantity of v
iquor was found in the vicinity
whore he was hunting. U. S. de- r
puty marshal Wiseman has be
gun an investigation.
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THE GIRL FROM HAVANA
On the broad, Dab:--lined £
avenues of Havana, aim l the i
sugar plantations, nr Balboa, in t
the Canal Zone and on board f
a liner passing through the l
Panama Canal, scenes of “The 1
Girl From Havana,” all talking c
Fox Movietone production open
ing Sunday at the Colisuem I
Theatre, were filmed and re- t
corded. i
Benjamin Stoloff, director and r
his players, with Lola Lane and c
Paul Page in the featured roles 5
were accorded every facility by \
, Cuban officials, the Havana po- 1
lice, the commandant of Morro t
Castle, and other persons in \
public life on the beautiful is
land, to obtain the authentic. 1
backgrounds and scenic locales <
written into the story by John ,
Stone and Edwin Burke. The re- '
suit is a striking beautiful pic- ,
torial production, animated by ]
Ihe sounds of the quaint old
city and the stirring dialogue of (
the fast-moving action.
“The Girl From Havana,” i
played brilliantly by Lola Lane ;
I is a detective who is sent from
! the Cuban capital by Jewelers
Detective Agency to Balboa to
intercept a passenger liner Ha
, vana-bound upon which a gan?
of jewel thieves have taken
I passage from Los Angeles.
I They have with them the loot
■ of a diamond robbery perpetra
ted in broad daylight upon a
I os Angeles jewelry establish
. rnent, the intriguing incident
I with which the picture opens.
I Their attempt to land at Morro
Castle before the steamer docks,
and the denouement when the
clever girl detective not only
II springs her trap, but finds a
: threatened romance of her own,
1' marks a colorful and vastly ex
;; citing climax to this most un
■ j usual Fox Movietone production.
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Father Gallant, S. J., formerly
, of Petersburg, passed thru the
', other day enroute to his home in
j Skagway.
LaFollette Week in
Wisconsin
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The LaFollette “boys” mon
opolized the national spotlight
last week—Phil was elected
Governor of Wisconsin, and the
following day “Young Bob” took
unto himself a wife, mairying
Miss Rachel Wilson Young, a
charming Washington girl who
has worked with the young Sen
ator, and his father before him,
in a secretarial capacity.
Phil’s victory has assumed the
proportions of a “landslide.’’ His
majority over Governor Walter
J. Kohler, the “Stalwart” candi
date, is now 110,000 and still
mowing.
He swept into office with him
11 the Progressive candidates
or state positions, captured the
ower house of the state legisla
tive by a big majority and came
vithin one vote of overturning
no “Stalwart” senate.
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“Much Ado About
Nothing” Ends Well
Last week was reported in our
olumns the arrest of “Cap
iaugen, superintendent and
nanager of the Wrangell Nar
ows Packing Company and
tobert Pierce, the company's
tookkeeper, on charge of issuing
raudulent checks.
Walter King, assistant di strict :
ittorney journeyed to Peters- 1
>urg from Ketchikan to investi
;ote the charges. Going into the
natter thoroughly, he asked '
iirmissal of the charge.
However he investigated a 1
harge of selling denatured al- '
ohol preferred against James J
I. Wheeler, member of that '
ame firm, witnesses were called '
nto the jail building and put
hru a severe grilling. Unable to ^
ind that Mr. Wheeler sold the
icison for beverage purposes, he j
ecommended that the charge be '
[ismissed. 1
Saturday afternoon “Cap ,
Iaugen was again arrested. This '
ime on a charge of contribut- ‘
ng to the delinquency of a
ninor. Case was called for nine1
’clock that night. An interested
pectator wishing to hear the
iroceedings went to the jail
milding but was refused admit- '
ance by C. V. Brown, U. S. De
mty Marshal for Petersburg.
King represented the govern
nent in its prosecution of the j
:ase and William L. Paul of Ket- j
■hikan represented the defense,
rhe government asked dismissal
>f the case after hearing wit
lesses.
The cases apparently arose out
)f the financial difficulties of,
his cannery and smacked of.
persecution. Principals are still
vondering whether or not they,
vill not be arrested on some
ther charge. Not that they have
my guilty consciehce but for
the fact that they are kept in
more or less suspense.
WOMAN MURDERED
AT FAIRBANKS
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Mrs. Big Jim Ruby, native wo
man was killed last week as the
result of wounds received from
en alleged attack at the hands
of Joe Theihage who is being
held in jail and faces three
charges, including murder.
Little Wilma Ann Dunkelberg
or has been suffering with in
flamatory rheumatism for sev
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Miss Ruth Swanson who has
been visiting with her sister
Miss Lillian Swanson and broth
er “Swany” Swanson, return
to her home in Portland, yes
terday.
\ Republican Candidates Will Be
In Petersburg October 20
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The Republican candidates for
elective office before the next
general election to be held in
November, plan to start off from
Juneau soon to present their
platform and principles to the
electors in person. Arrange are
being made with the Juneau
Mill and lumber Company for
the use of iJs big tug, to Virginia
IV. This boat is sufficiently
large enough to carry the entire
ticket in comfort and assure the
candidates arriving at the vari
ous ports as per schedule.
In the party will be Judge Jas.
Wiclflershafn, Republican candi
date for delegate to Congress,
Cash Cole, Territorial Auditor
C. T. Gardner, candidate for the
senate; Grover C. Winn, Walter
Scott, J. E. Johnson and William
L. Paul, candidates for the legis
lature. It is possible that Wal- i
stein G. Smith, territorial treas
urer and W. K. Keller, candi- ,
late for commissioner of Educa- :
don will be in the party.
They plan to cover every town 1
n the Division and are making 1
rrrangements to speak to the J
?lectors of each town. J
Interesting to the voters are 1
,wo things: the political come- :
jack of Judge Wickersham and 1
.he desertion of Gardner and 1
Scott by the “independent” Em- i
5ire of Juneau. Recently these (
wo men, supported in the pri- i
nary by the«Empire, were the t
subjects of a slurring attack by i
he Pegues-Troy combination of t
he Juneau paper. Reports from (
he mining town indicates that t
nstead of h: ting these candi- t
lates the attack is doing some I
>ood political missionary wTork. c
After the titter fight which
irevented nomination of Judge
.Vickersham as governor of the c
rerritory, he withdrew from
ictive participation in politics, \
ireferring “to keep his powder ^
Iry.” Four years ago he un
imbered his heavy politic
il artillery and entered the lists
igainst Tom Marquam in the
■lection of that year, aiding
delegate Sutherland. Since
Section of that year. Since
vhich time he has been more (
ictive in the political affairs of 1
he Territory. *
Cash Cole the next man on 1
;he ticket needs no introduction £
:o Alaskans. He grew up in 1
Alaska, invested in Alaska and i
STORM TAKES TOLL j <
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The severe southeaster which,
belabored the coast of Alaska'
the past week, took its toll of the ,
fishing fleet. Many boats had .
difficuly reaching port. Word ;
was brought here that two hali
but and nine trolling boats were
wrecked or sunk on Coronation
Island last Friday night. One
man named Baranof, brother of
Sebastian-Stuart’s fishbuyer in
Ketchikan, was drowned. He
leaves a widow and two child
ren. The Coast Guard Cutter
“Cygan” sped to the rescue and
succeedet in salvaging two boats
off the beach. All of the boats
lost are reported to hail from
Ketchikan. i
Judge J. W. Harding of thei
District Court for this Division,
J. W. Terhune of the Biological
Survey and Assistant Attorney
General Sisson arrived in Pe
tersburg on the Fisheries patrol
boat “Brant.” Mr. Sisson remain
ed in Petersburg to catch the
Northwestern.
W. Buster, representative
of Utah Woolen Mills is a
southbound passenger on the
Northwestern today.
is raising his family in Alaska.
Served in the legislature and fa
vored legislation for the bene
fit of fishermen and labor. lie
served as Clerk of the Senate
and was elected by the legisla
ture as Alaska’s first auditor. He
has served with credit in that
capacity for the past two years.
Last spring in the April pii
maries the Juneau Empire sup
ported Gardner for Senator
against Will Steel and Walter
Scott for the House against
Peter Sommer of Petersburg;
Gardner and Scott won out.
Since that time much pohucal
waters have gone over and un
der the wheel. As predicted by
: his publication, the Empire
hrew Gardner and Seoit over
board. Preferring to support
;heir own candidates from then
iwn ranks. In a recent issue 01
,he Empire, that paper made a
durring attack upon these two
nen, perhaps because they re
use to longer be the pawns oi
hat astute Pegues, the powei
)ehind the Troy throne of the
rom Juneau. Gardner ana Scott
rom Juneau. Gardner and Ccott
lave signed the principles an
lunciated by the Republican
3arty leaders. An editorial re
ative to the lumber industry
vas published in the Ketchikan
ffironicle and is a direct attack
ipon the system advocated by
he Empire. Much of the infor
nation incorporated in the edi
orial was furnished by Mr.
Gardner and comes from his in
imate knowledge of the logging
nd lumber industry of the
lorthland for he w’as a former!
gent in the U. S. Forest Bureau.
The rest of the ticket, with the
xception of J. E. Johnson and
imith have been openly sup
lorting the regular Republican
>r liberal party. Johnson from ,
us intimate understanding of
he economic situation saw the (
•andwriting on the wall for re- ,
ident business so he joined int.
idth the Paul-Sutherland-Wick-1
rsham forces. !.
With these men meeting the!
lectors in person and present-!
ng their views, the citizens of'
he First Division, will have op-j
jortunity to judge for them-!
elves as to which candidates !
hey wish to represent them in'
he offices at issue.
DLDTIMER IN WEST
WARD FOUND MURDERED
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Howard B. Foster was mur
iered in his cabin near Cordova
ast week. An inquest was held
it the scene before the body
;vas removed and autopsy per
formed. lie was a resident of
:hat district for 25 years and
manager of the Westover Group
:>f claims. He was a veteran of
:.he .World War. It is believed
Lhat he had a large sum of
money on his person at the time
3f his death.
Captain Bob Hurley of Wran
gell was in port yesterday even
ing. Came over on his boat
two nurses from the Wrangell
hospital—Misess Rhinehart and
Hart. Miss Rhinehart is a grad
uate of the Lutheran Hospital
of Portland and has been sub
stituting for Mrs. Stve Grant
who has been on th sick list.
She plans to leave this week for
Portland whre she will follow
her regular duties.
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Walter Lerston left last night
for California where he will vis
it friends in Pasadena.
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! Billing's Plea Held
(Ip by Court
The California supreme court
began consideration of the case
of Warren' K. Billings, asking
for a pardon from Folsom prison
for conviction of participating
in the 1916 preparedness day
nombing here until October 1, it
! ias been announced here follow
ing the return of Chief Justice
Waste.
It was understood that Gov
ernor C. C. Young would also
wait until that time to take up
a similar application of Thomas
J. Mooney, serving life at San
Quentin prison for the same
crime.
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Canning Co. Makes
Creditors' Assignment
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The Wrangell Narrows Pack
ing Company last Saturday
evening made an assignment of
all of its properties, real and
personal, to its creditors. This
move was nade voluntarily to
1 rotect the creditors, which in
cudes various business houses
as well as fishermen.
A couple of weeks ago when
;he company met with financial
iifliculties, majority of the cre
iitors secured the services of
William L. Paul so he proceeded
o protect their claims. Through
some peculiar twist in circum
dances, Lawyer McMonagle of
Juneau got into the case while
VIr. Paul was in Ketchikan.
When Paul returned he found
hings in not only bad financial
ondition but in a fair way to
aecome pretty much entangled
n the red tape of the law and
’ourts. He immediately called a j
neeting of the creditors and :
;he company and an assignment ’
vas made by the company to
:he creditors with Mr. Paul as ]
;rustee. Where now rests the
;ase.
It is not improbable that the
lifficulties will be all ironed
iut and arrangements made
.vhereby the cannery can oper- ,
ite again next year. The matter
vill rest entirely with the show
ng made by the company in its
effort to cover all the liabilities
md possible arrangements with
creditors for the balance owing
whether or not the company
will again become solvent.
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SONG OF THE WEST
A thrilling story of the West
of the coveied wagon days, with)
a glorious outdoor background
'n natural colors, is “The Song
of the West, the new Warner’
Bros.’ Vitaphone operetta. It
certainly marks a new era in
picture production, for all thru!
the gay singing and dancing and1
the magnificent scenes there
runs a strain of intense drama, j
Unlike most musical produc1
lions, “Song of the West” can!
boast a fine and stirring story.
There are many dramatic in
cidents as the story unfolds and
always the spectator feels the
excitement and thrill that must
hav been experienced by the
brave pioneers of 1849 as they
set out in their crude covered
wagons to blaze a trail across
the desolate stretches and thus
lay the foundation for the in
dustry of this great nation some
of them made fortunes. More
often they did not. But always
there was the dauntless spirit
and this one feels in watching
“Song of the West.”
There is a delicate love story.
| That of a beautiful girl who falls
in love with and marries a man
who, through a misunderstand
ing, is an army deserter. Their
fortunes vary as they drift West
Union Typos Vote to |j
Move Headquarters
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After having maintained head
quarters in Indianapolis for
nearly half a century, the Inter
national Typographical Union
voted at its seventy-fifth annual
convention in Houston, Texas,
last week to move its offices, staff
and over $6,000,000 bank account
to some other city.
This action has been discussed
among the union printers of the
United States and Canada for
two or three years. They object
ed to remaining in Indianapolis
because of the unfriendly atti
tude of the big business interests
and courts of the Hoosier capital
toward the organized labor move
ment.
Now Goes to Referendum
At the I. T. U. convention in
Seattle a year ago the matter was
debated and a special committee
named to investigate the anti
union atmosphere in Indiana
polis, whose chamber of com
merce had frequently proclaim
ed it an “open shop” industrial
center.
This committee reached the
conclusion that I. T. U. head
luarters offices should be moved.
It so reported to the conven
tion at Houston last week and
ifter several hours’ debate the
delegates, by a considerable ma
jority, voted to concur in the rec
immendation of the committee.
Under the laws of the I. T. U.
t will be necessary to submit the
oroposition to a referendum vote
Df the entire membership. If the
majority vote in favor of mov
ng, as appears very probable, the
nternational officials will be au
;horized to proceed.
First local unions will nomin
ite cities for the honor of hous
ng the Typos’ headquarters,
rhen another referendum will be
aken and the city receiving a
majority will be selected.
FIMMIE WATERS KILLED
IN ACCIDENT
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“Captain Jimmie Waters, son
3f Mr. and Mrs James Waters of
Wrangell, was killed in an auto
iccident in San Francisco last
Saturday. He was thrown in the
crash from the car in which he
was riding and struck by an
other machine that was passing.
Jimmie visited friends *n
Petersburg just a few days be
fore he went south. He was a
speedboat fan and owned one of
the fastest boats in the country.
A fine clean lad and a good
sportsman. His early demise is
regretted by all who knew him.
The sympathy of his fronds in
Wrangell and Petersburg are
extended to his bereaved par
ents.
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John Varness left to enter the
Marine Hospital at Port Town
send, for treatment for injury
to his leg.
ward and they finally land in a
gambling house in San Francis
co. The boy is eventually given
the opportunity to redeem him
self and in the end we find him
back in the army once more clad
in the uniform he loves.
Vivienne Segal, well-known
on the stage but new to screen
audiences gives a delightful per
formance. She can act as well as
dance and sing. John Boles, in
the leading role opposite Miss
Segal, brings to this picture a
splendid voice and acting that
makes him popular with the
j fans who have seen him in “The
Desert Song.” Joe E. Brown, sup
plies some fine comedy and Sam
Hardy and Rudolph Cameron
^oth handle their roles intelli
j gently. This is a picture you
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should not miss.