Mundy, the Ripley fish buye"
returned yesterday afte ? .
from a short vist to Wrangell.
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Frank Parrish of Juneau arriv
ed in Petersburg on the Alameda
and stopped over until arrival
of the Estebeth whereupon he
left for Wrangell.
Passengers southbound on the
Alameda Tuesday night were:
Mrs. E. A. Young, Seattle; C. V.
BBrown, Ketchikan, Earnie
Berg, Ketchikan, Drs. Dan E.
and Susie V. Standard, Seattle,
T. S. Elsemore and C. A. Swan
son, Seattle; Dr. R. N. Rogers,
Wrangell, Mrs. J. E. Johnson,
Ketchikan, Mrs. M. O. Johnson,
Wrangell, Peter Blacken, Ket
chikan; V. Haucop, Ketchikan,
Willie Jackson, Wrangell; Phil
lis Young, Seattle.
Mrs. M. O. Johnson, of Wran
gell was a delegate to the Dis
trict P. T. A. Convention here
this week.
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Mrs. J. E. Johnson, Mrs. Carl
son and Mrs. Woods were Ketch
ikan delegates to the P. T. A.
convention here this week and
actively urged the Junior col
lege idea as endorsed by the Ter
ritorial organization.
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T. S. Elsemore left for Seattle
on the Alameda. He plans, if
possible to get surgical work to
relief defective hearing.
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Carl A. Swanson is on a visit
to the States on business and for
a short visit to relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Jennie Lewis of Wrangell
came over Saturday to visit with
her daughter Mrs. William Dun
kelberger and family. She re
returned to her home Sunday af
ternoon.
Walter Rudolph, Cyril and
Mrs. Chouquette and Martha
Ukas of Wrangell spent the week
end in Petersburg.
George Case returned to our
neighboring city after a visit of
a couple of days here.
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Chris Tveten has received a
shipment of 150 tons of coal on
the freighter Oduna.
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Frank Hudson reports the first
litter of mink kittens at his
ranch in south Petersburg.
The U. S. S. Explorer of the
Geodetic Survey called in to this
port from Kake vicinity Tuesday
and left for operations down the
narrows the next morning. She
has completed a survey and in
stallation of navigation aids ir
Keku Straits. She will work ou1
of the Narrows for a while anc
will then make Wrangell hei
base port.
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The Mitkoff returned from Ru
pert yesterday where she dispos
ed of her fare of 49,000 pound*
of halibut at 13-80 with a catcl:
of 300,000 thrown on that mar
ket.
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The Baltic left for Rupert yes
terday with a fare of 13,00C
ipound: oi halibut. •
£uii Ohmer speaking of the1
mink ranch across ine buy says
that things are popping rignt
along; new pens are being built
to acomraouate the increase in
(Stock and a aarn ana reservoir1
built tor new water supply.
Mr. Harley of Mountain Point
was a visitor in town yesterday, j
He advises that Haugen and
Tennison are going to operate
that cannery this summer. Mr.
Tennison is manager of the Co
lumbia Fisheries of Tenakee.
Ed Johnson and Ole Ohlson
brought in a shipment of 4500
pounds of trout this week which
was purchased by Ohmer at 16
cents the pound. Besides being
a good money catch for the boys
this load means considerable for
the conservation of salmon in
| the spawning areas.
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I The Dubrovnik, Capt. Billy
j Chuck is in from Klawock. They
I report considerable spring activ
ity on the West Coast and are
quite optomistic over the future
! operations for the summer down
| their way.
j Earl Ohmer received a letter
from Capt. Burke of the McCarty
[airplane party and along with
the letter, a picture of the group
which made the trip from Seat
tle to Juneau.
The Seal, tender for the Bio
logical Survey called in port this
week bringing Frank Dufresne,
game warden.
Mr. Morton, fish warden under
the Bureau of Fisheries with his
station at Wrangell called in at
this port Tuesday morning.
Mr. Gurr, cashier of the Bank
of Alaska at Wrangell was in
town this week on business. He
returned to Wrangell on the Ad
miral Evans which is calling in
at Wrangell this trip.
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The Highway, tender for the
Alaska Road Commission was in
port the fore part of the week.
On board were Major and Mrs.
Gillette who were returning to
Juneau from Hyder. After a stay
of two or three days in Juneau
the Major will return to Peters
burg and will then probably be
gin survey operations in the
Narrows.
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The Gorst plane which stopped
here last Friday had a call to
hop over to Cordova, a flat guar
antee being made them for the
trip.
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Earl Ohmer shipped out 17
boxes of schrimp meat, 3 boxes
1 of crab meat, 25 boxes of halibut
and 10 boxes of trout and king
salmon. He purchased the fares
of the Raider, 4500 pounds and
the Oak Leaf, 7200 pounds at
IIV2-8y4. He reports kings run
ning a better grade than this
time last year. Prices offering
were 20-14*8 with a 15-pound
limit; trout called 16 cents the
pound.
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Earl Ohmer made a trip over
1 to Wrangell last Sunday to make
Pool and Billiard Tables
At
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insurance survey of the gos
boat F. C. Barnes of Lake 1 ay.
The Beauclerc which was wreck
ed at the same time is now on
the marine ways undergoing re- j
pairs. Work on this vessel will
be completed in a couple of
weeks.
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The Petersburg Marine Way s is
making extensive repairs to the
P. A. F. tender Laddie.
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Mr. Bidwell was waltzing
about Wrangell harbor with a
bevy of the fair sex on board. He
was giving his yacht the Vigilant
a trial spin Sunday after having
extensive overhauling made on
the craft.
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at Fox’s Bargain shop.
Pearl buttons 5 cents the c ird
Black Bear overalls $1.50 at
Fox’s Bargain Shop.
The cannery tender Fish
Hawk was in port for supplies
and coal this week.
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Rasmus Enge has advi sed
members of the Commercial C ub
that he had a suitable picture
coming soon which he will put
on to help the Club defray ex
penses of the basketball team to
Fairbanks. He stated that h°
will give to the Club 75 per cent
of the receipts which is most
generous of him. More will be
pulished of this later.
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“Coho” Bill Lawrence of
Wrangell dropped in to say How
dy” to friends in port yesterd iv.
Reports by passengers are to
the effect that there is a fleet of
Sound trollers all along the route
from Seattle up to Ketchikan.
Some of those men who register
ed their boats in Alaska customs
were not permitted to troll in
State waters upon their return
last fall.
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22-foot cruiser, cost $1400. will
sacrifice for $350 cash, Fox’s Bar
gain Shop.
The tax on alien troll fisher
men, presented by Senator Ben
jamin was raised from $150 to
$250 which will be moral suasion
to some to stay in the country to
settle or to go out and stay out.
$35 all wool men’s suits; $17.50
banker’s grey, Fox’s Bargain
Shop.
MUFFLED WEDDING BELLS
Last Saturday evening Mrs.
Hunspedt and Otto Welde enter
ed into a nuptial contract and
were given life sentences.
The happy coulpe kept it all a
secret but the little birds talked
so friends are now all congratu
lating the couple.
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Generally application of laws
of the United States provides for
benefits to all the States and
Territories “except” Alaska. The
recent ruling of President Hoov
er that oil shall be conserved
and further prospecting for oil
shall be discontinued was
thought to mean that capital
invested in Alaska was a total
loss and that all further de
velopment must cease forthwith.
Now com eSecretary of the In
terior Wilbur holding that the
recent oil conservation orders
do not and shall not apply to
Alaska.
COMPLIMENTARY TO
LEGISLATIVE LEADERS
The House of Representatives
in the last session through Mr.
Donnelly presented to Mr. R. C.
Rothenburg, Speaker of the
House with a gold wat<‘h in re
cognition of his fairness and
impartiality throughout his ten
ure in office.
Senator Arthur Frame made
the speech and presentation of.
a wrist watch to President of
the Senate Will A. Steel. Both
Frame and Dimond praised
Steel for his fairness and im
partiality of his rulings through
out the entire sessions of the
Senate.
P. T. A. PLAYY WENT OVER IN
FINE STYLE
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The members of the local P. T. j
A. put on a comedy skit, “Bloom- \
stein’s Bargain Shop” as an en- >
tertainment complimentary to
the children who have been do- \
ing the entertaining of parents
at the regular meetings through- I
out the year.
The house was packed from j
stem to stern and from keelson i
to topmast and some of the vis- •
itors had to sit or stand as was
most convenient, and everyone
declared the entertainment a j
I rousing sucecss. The following 1
was the cast: Mrs. Andrew John- ;
son, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. William
Dunkelberger, Mrs. Forest Fryer,
Mis. Husvik, Mrs. Charley An
derson, Mrs. Willie Johnson, Mrs
Harold Lee, Mrs. Wasvick, Wil
liam Stedman Mrs. Stedman, An
drew Wikan, William Dunkel
berger, C. C. Clausen and F. R.
Havens. Every part showed
careful preparation and was car
ried out individually and collect
ively in excellent style. The skit
was comical and the costumes
in keeping. As an amateur play
it was the best ever produced in
Petersburg.
Just before the play Mrs. Svere
Johanneson sang two vocal solos
in a pleasing manner. Immedi
ately following the skit shadow
pictures were shown with records
on a phonograph explanatory of
the pictures. Mrs. Andrew I
Johnson sang a solo solo explan- |
atory of one of the pictures.
At the business meeting which
immediately followed the enter
tainment Mrs. Hunspedt turned
the president’s gavel over to Mr.
Dunkelberger, president elect. In ;
the absence of Miss Mary Fox,!
secretary, Mrs. Ed Locken was
appointed to -carry the work for
the evening.
Mrs. Carlson, member of the
Ketchikan school board and vis- j
iting delegate spoke to the meet
ing in furtherance of the Junior
College , idea which has the sup-j
port of the Territorial organisa- 1
tion of the P. T. A.
Carl Siefferman, partner of j
Earl Ohmer’s returned to Seat- j
tie from Daytoin, Ohio where he
was called by a severe acident to !
his brother. Earl also says his
“old maid sister” Susie Ohmer is
recovering from a severe illness.
Earl says the only trouble ffl ,. I
Jim Russell, who spent days on
Men’s canvas gloves 15 and 20
cents a pair, Fox’s Bargain Shop.
the beaches of Petersburg be
fore anyone ever thought of it
as a town, is here as special ad
ministrator in the estate of
George Britten, diseased. He is
gathering odds and ands of the
estate and also trying to get any
information possible of Britten’s
relatives known to be living in
the states some where. While
coming abreast of Cape of the
Straits Jim was unfortunate
in losing the propeller of his
boat and drifted about until
picked up by a small boat from
Kake.
“Dad” Mercer has moved his
studio into the Totem building!
and is now operating the Totem
Art shop. He is now ready for
business.
For printing estimates call the
Alaskan and get satisfaction in
work and prices.
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At the Churches
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At the Lutheran
W. J. Maakestad, Pastor
Sunday School with Adult
Bible class meets at 10.
A cordial welcome to all.
.. Presbyterian Mission
Mrs. William Tamaree, Worker
In Charge
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Sunday morning, at 11 o’clock
regular services.
Sunday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock, Sunday school.
Christian Endeavor meets at
6:30 o’clock in the evening.
A cordial invitation extended
to all to attend the meetings.
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or Picnic==filI your Picnic Basket
with some of our tasty canned
meats and sandwich spreads
HormeFs flavor sealed hams
in smali cans, just the
size for your
trips.
Canned fruits and
vegetables suitable for
Picnics
A complete Stock of Fancy Groceries
Local Eggs Always on Hand
Phone 55
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