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VOL. 2
PETERSBURG, ALASKA JUNE 22, 1928
NO. 47
• Tells of Killisnoo
Fire
Well Brother:
Old Killisnoo is no more and no
, one is sorry, in fact all of the peo
ple are going to move to Angoon
and make a real town out of the
little village. As soon as the peo
ple got straightened out Mr. Kuei
nor said that lie will not allow any
native to build their homes lher<
as it was always a menace to I’.
Cr.mpany on account of it being ;
firet.rap. It took only 15 mine ,
for the entire town to burn up. ' in
origin of the fire is; a Jap tried to
st a11 a tire with coal oil and t sup
pose he used too much of it as the
house took tire and suddenly it was
blazing in a few seconds all over
What made it worse was the strong
wild that was blowing at that time.
The wind fanned the-fires so rapid 1
that it was impossible to stop it
The frantic effort of the women to
save something was really pitiful
Most of the men are out fishing an i
the few people who were fighting
the fire was not enough. All of the
white people who are working to
the company were helping, finally
they had to give it up to save the
company building, as the store was
on fire, and that was the most stiT
horn fire of all. The wireless man
„ stick to his place until it got so
hot that lie was forced to leave the
wireless room. Mr. Kuettner fed
• the people for three or four days
at the company mess house. Tie was
very good to the people and de
serves special mention. Mr. Hawkes
worth came her on the road com
mission's boat Highway with Di
and Mrs. DeVigline and brought
help from the Juneau Red ross
and with many “koon-alth-cheish.-’
With best wishes, I am yours,
IS LI KATINOOK
Mr. Katinook for several - years
has been teacher under tlie Bureau
of Education at Angoon and Kluk
wan and during the past year at
KiPisnoo. He is also postmaster at
the point.
Gold Strike Confirmed
..Report lias been made .by .It.
Chambers, trader from Champagne
tnat the gold strike on Swum;
Creek was a big strike. That the
di«covery claim is within the bound
ary of British Columbia in the A*
lin district
The discoverers are Big Jim and
Paddy Duncan who made their find
late last fall consequently no work
could be done until the spring
thaws.
Rum Runner Seized
The gas-boat Isabelle was over
hauled and seized by deputy mar
shals Price, Feero and Sullivan on
Pint Retreat during the past week
Ninety gallons of “shine” reporter
as being seized; Jack Snyder and
Neil Gallagher were arrested and
cl arged with possession and trans
portation of contrabrand liquor.
. Q JARANTINE LIFTED ON VIG
The quarantine which was placed
on the steamer Victoria on account
of smallpox has been lifted accord
ing to word received here.
Capt. R. Boyes arrived in towr
during the past week and is making
a drive for the local Army work
Capt. Boyes comes as field secre
tary from near Skeena River an<
will headquarters at Wrangell.
Transfer of Federal Jail
Is Final
The matter of having (lie depart -
meats of Justice and Interior recoil
sider (lie transfer of tile jail to the
llmeau of Education seems to have
come up to an immovable propos
tion. Upon investigatin il was dis
covvored by the Bureau, that the
building was turned over to the De
part meat of Justice with a string
attached—that at any ime the Bu
reau had need of he building, it was
to be returned. it was generally
believed by the Bureau officials that
the building was “given” to the de
p.tnmenL of justice, which was not
the case.
The Bureau now sees tit to re
quest return of the building so that
the department of justice can only
vacate the building “by the lath 01
August.”
Seal Hunters Lucky
Native hunters out of Sitka tooh.
over GOO seal (his spring in their
annual seal hunt according to Capt.
Y. J. O’Connor of tlie V. S. Bureau
of Fisheries. This is reported a?
being the largest take in a decade.
Of the six crews hunting the fur
«oal, Capt. Dick Harris’ crew was
high crew with a take of 172 seals
The average prices this year so far
run an average of ten and twelve
dollars.
According to Capt. O’Connor, this
is the largest seal herd travelling
north for many years.
Shrimp Pickers Donate
To Funds
The Japanese shrimp pickers,
unsolicited, took up a collection
among themselves and raised $40.
which they turned over to the Com
mittee in charge of funds, as their
share in the celebration of Inde
pendence day.
This is most commendable, not only
be fa. use it came unsolicited, but
because of the source—-each and
every person being a part of Peters
bu g and it in turn a part of tlu
United States.
Age Makes Bow
To Youth
i
Charley Paddock international
champion century dasher was de
feated twice at Los Angeles by
'’rank Wykoff in the southwest
Olympic try-outs. Paddock met de
feat in the 100 and 200 meter races
but his own world’s record had to
ho equaled in the latter race.
For the past ten years Paddock
has been burning up the cinders in
the dash events and has had no
equal. Age however is no respect
tors of athletes so he had to bow
in defeat to his more youhful com
retitor.
Re-acredit Wrangell Hi
L. D. Henderson has recommend
ed that Wrangell High School be
placed back on the accredited list.
It was taken off in an effort to force
a bond issue on the town—but the
“big stick” did not work. The
school buildings have not been made
over nor improved nor does the
CPv Council contemplate any build
ing before next year.
Funny, what!
The picnic held at Sandy Bead
by the Lutheran Church was a hug.
success—lunchces, weather, pleas
ure. Everybody returned happy.
I
Petersburg In Race
Membersnip
' etersburg dropped from a close
(second to fourth place in the Ara
ierican Legion race for 1928. The
standing of the different posts at
present writing are: Ketchikan, Ju
neau, Anchrage, Petersburg, Sitka,
Fairbanks, Cordova, Wrangell, Vat
do/, Nome and Seward.
Membership increased since the past,
m.nth from 331 members to 59S.
I)r. Shelby C. Shurick of Ketchi
kan, adjutant of the post of that
city is the driving force behind the
Ketchikan effort. He says Ketchi
kan is going to get first place and
from all indictaions lie has a pretij
safe bet. That Post recently made
a 150-mile trip to Hyder to initiate
a class of Legionnaires.
NEW 1JOAT FOR C. I*. HI'.
The C. P. R. Liner Princess Be
<tiice is t replaced on the south
past Alaska run by a new vessel
which is to be 250 feet long and 48
feet beam and a speed of fifteen
knots. She will have accommoda
tions for 173 passengers.
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Buffalo on Denaii
Tlie Alaska Steamship Company’s
freighter Denali passed through
he Narrows northbound Wednes
day morning with, a shipment of
buffalo on her after deck. These are
oeing shipped from the Flathead
Indian Reservation to the Alaska i
Came Commission for experimental
put poses and for game stocking in
the Seward section.
’he buffalo were crated to pre
sent the animals from stampeding
AT THE MACGREGOR
Tonight and tomorrow night will
be shown Jules Verne’s stupendous
melodrama ‘Michael Strogorr. One
of the most thrilling and amazing
story of the adventures of a most |
heroic character in all fiction dra- j
n\ri. Ivan Moskine, brilliant Europ
ean screen actor is featured with
Nathalie de Kovanko following his \
lead.
A story of the Czaristic times one
is led through a myriad of adven
t’-res which are bloodcurdling and
throughout the whole story are.
aroused the gamut of human pas
sions and emotions.
Many have read the famous book
and will enjoy the picturization—
while those who have not read the
book will want to do so after see
ing the picture.
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Bad Rocks Reported
The shrimp trawlers have lo
cated a bunch of bad rocks off
Blind Slough, north end of Mitkoft
Island and about a mile offshore
toward Sokolof Island. The charts
show about three fathom of watev
on the spot while on a minus tour
foot tide the rocks are within two
feet of the surface. The Lighthouse
department has been notified.
While out of the way of the big
ger boats, it is right in the chan
nel usually taken by the smaller
eraft especially when the winter
St'kine winds are blowing.
Rarl Ohme rshipped two tons of
shrimp meat and 1,000 pounds of
king salmon this week.
The Long and the
Short of ft
vlfred Ingle, of Woodville, Ohio
ind Miss Ethel M. Marlin, of Mount
Stirling, Ky., were united in mar
riage recently. The joining in mat
rirnony of this couple in New York
ordinarily should not have any at
tention from Alaskans or any om
outside of (heir immediate circle of
T’ends. But, Alfred is only S
met and two inches tall while his
Mushing bride is all of 4 feet am;
' ■ aven inchs tall.
Now what the heck. Will he ge;
ler a high chair to sii on when
l ev are dining. Of course a man
hat. height must have special shoes
Me.
Report Run of Reds
Report from Ressurrection Bay
s to the effect that red salmon arc
making their appearance “as the
'esu.lt of small fry planted four
rears ago.” Wonderful, these in
stitutions which pronogate unsuc
cessfully for 30 years suddenly de
velop wonderful runs of salmon.
FISH AT PORT ALTHROI*
A first delivery from trap number
one of the Port Altlirop cannery is
reported at this time. No report of
my seiners leaving with their out
for the fishing grounds as yet.
Mrs. Earl N. Ohmer and sons
left on the Yukon for Kusilof Is
land out of Anchorage. She will
visit with the Williamson family,
owners of the Williamson Silvei
Fox Farm, the largest fur farm in
the Territory. She expects to return
before the fall term of school opens.
Notice to the Public
We the members of the
Alaska Trailers Association and
Sympathizing Non-members
Have suspended all fishing op
erations on the fishing grounds
until increase in prices makes
it possible to resume fishicg.
The big price reduction on
June 18th makes it impossible
to operate without a loss.
Alaska Fishermen's Association
German Aviation
Development
Germany has the most highly de
veloped air traffic of any country
It is developed on a larger scale
than in any country; interest is re
vived there growing out of thhe
t ra ns-A tlantic fli gh t s.
Through the combine of several
air lines, flying has been stimulat
ed to the point where an air trip
in Germany is just as common as a
journey by rail. Rates are so low
as to compete with steam-trans
port. tariff. Through a net-work of
airways, last year Germany covered
3 812,856 miles. Nearly 60,000
passengers were carried during the
twelve months or an advance of 50
per cent over the previous year.
Every community of importance
may he reached by aeroplane and
the whole of Europe may he cover
ed in the same way. Affiliated line
.external, Germany is part of a sys
tem of airways that roll up the im
posing total of 35,000 miles.
Dock Water Connections
.Tack ReSauter and Charley Gripe
who have been laying the two-incn
ha,[ e just about completed then
work. Connections were made b
the gridirons for service there and
alongside of the Allen Machine
Shop. When completed the pipe
line will extend to the face of the
dock so that water service may b
extended to the steamers on occa
sion
This work is being done at the in
stigation of Earl Ohmer and the
H ge and Tveten Company hut wii.
be of benefit to the town in general.
Death Due to Poison
recent perusal of Seattle papers
bings news of the death of Cap
Martin Hegge of the fishing schoon
er Aleutian at Alert Bay. Death
was attributed to blood poisoning.
ITe had cut his hand by a hoot;
ar.d int'ectionset in so he was left
at Alert Bay Tor medical attention
when the vessel was going soutn
Alter unloading her cargo the Al
eutian returned to Alert Bay onlr
to find Hegge dead.
Besides his widow, Hegge leaves
a son and daughter and two broth
ers, captain and engineer on the
hVibut schooner Republic.
Relief for Nobile
Relief airplane parties this week
clionped 600 pounds of provisions
and supplies on the ice for the No
bile party which met with mishap
and wrecked their airship several
weeks ago.
Nobile was giving instructions by
radio to the relief parties.
[DREDGE THROUGH NEXT WET It
The big dredge which has been
re-dredging the main steamer chan
nel will he through with their wor e
b> the middle fnext week, provid
ing there are no machine delays.
While the work will not be as
complete a job as might be desired
it will relieve a very bad situation
which has arisen during the past
several months.
It is expected that this work if
but a temporary device and that
later other arrangements will be
made to make the work more pe
George Remus, Cincinnatti booi
leg king who was committed to the
criminal insane asylum was freed b"
the Ohio Supreme Court this week
Council Takes Hike
To Dam Site
Hie several members of the City
Council took a walk up to the city
dam site for the purpose of becom
ing familiar with the lay of the land
for the proposed construction of a
new dam to take care of more than
the immediate needs of the town
Charley Cripe had prepared a
drawing of a dam he proposed to
build if approved by the council so
with the sketch and the general lay
of the land the Council will have a
very clear idea of what the needs
are and what they propose to do.
At a recent meeting of the Conn
cil, Oscar Nicholson personally ap
I «ared for the Petersburg Packing
[Company to urge the importance
water service at all times.
From the general impression giv
er by the members of the Council
construction of a dam in the near
future is assured.
U. of W. Endowed
The University of Washington
this week received $2 90,000 from
the Daniel Guggenheim fund for the
construction of an aeronautical
building. The University will oe
< quipped with the best o ffacilities
for the teaching of this important
subject—one of the best in the
United States.
Charles W. Hawkesworth, super
intendent of the U. S. Bureau oi
education activities in the First Di
vision stopped off in port from the
l . S. Forestry boat Tahn and will
make steamer connections to Ju
neau.
Ail Eyes Center On
Houston
One tliousan clone hum!redd dele
gates have been chosen with the ex
ception of a couple of dozen to tin
named from Virginia. Governot’
Ai Smith and supporters claim 6S4
with almost two hundred in dispute
Reed claims 129—97 in dispute:
Fomerene claims 47, George, 28
Hull 24; Ayres 20, all disputed.
Hitchcock and Ritchie each claim
16 votes. A block of votes from
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida. Mis
sissippi. North Carliua, Texas and
South Carolina so far are not claim
ed by any candidate.
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RITCHTE WITHDRAWS
Governor Albert E. Ritchie, Mary
land has withdrawn Ills name from
the list of Democratic candidates
for President. In a statement he
says: “Governor A1 Smih is in every
way fitted by experience, ability and
character to assume leadership,” and
he has best chance to win—maybe
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For Famed Alaskans
Tinder the terms of a bill which
was passed by the Senate, Hawaii
and Alaska will be invited to place
statues of outstanding citizens in
the Capitol Statuary Hall.
Now there’s “Clallam Johnny.
.Judge Eddie, the White stroller,
Tom Marquam and others. Some
in Petersburg, perhaps.
James H. Wheeler returned this
morning from a trip to Port Alex
ander. He reports very little fish
ing activity out there on account
of the strike which has been called
by the Alaska Fishermen’s Associa
tion.