VOL. I
PETERSBURG, ALASKA JULY 30 - I ^ 6
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Much Damage Reported, One Man Is Drowned
During the storm of last Friday
night many traps owned by Ket
chikan canneries ana independent
trap men were destroyed, damaged
or lost in the storm. Reports of
all damage had not yet been made
to the various canneries.
James Feigler, trap watchman
for Sunny Point Packing Company
was lost during the storm when
his shanty on the trap was wash
ed away by waves. No trace of
him had been found.
A watchman on the trap owned
by Pete Olson and Albert Reinert
at Lucky Cove was washed over
board from the trap he was watch
ing. Seizing hold of a drift log
he paddled back to the trap and
managed to puli himself out of
the water.
The Pure Food and Northwest
ern cannery trap was damaged
wl.en a floating trap broke away
Around Buffalo and vicinity some
thirty deaths have been reported
as the result of drinking w’ood
alcohol presumably sold by soft
drink establishments. Arrests have
been made and the dealers charg
ed with homicide while the police
are looking for others as distribut
ors of the poison. Several indict
ments will be asked for.
It is believe that the liquor was
smuggled across from Ontario.
American and Canadian officials are
making an effort to dry up the
source of the poison liquor and to
punish the dispensers thereof.
Son of Lincoln Dies
Robert T. Lincoln, surviving son
of President Abraham Lincoln died
at his home on the morning of
July 26th. He was President Lin
coln’s first child and was born
August 1, 1843 in Springfield, 111.
He was an attorney but care not
for the political game, preferring a
retired life. After serving for
many years as legal advisor for
the Pullman Company he became
its head. He served in Garfield’s
cabinet and was minister to Great
Britian for a term of four years
under President Harrison.
To Photograph Detroit
An effort to photograph Detroit
from an Army iarplane flying at
an altitude of about 30,000 feet
over the city of Dayton, Ohio,
which is approximately 275 miles
away, soon will be made, an
nounces the Department of War
recently. ?
It was explained by the Depart
ment that by employment of a new
type of lens, a camera has been
developed for use at an altitude of
30,000 feet.
.FISHERMEN TAKE NOTICE .
_.Nels Husvick wires to Peters
burg that ho has 1,500 barrels of
herring impounded in his nets at
Surprise Harbor, Point Gardener..
from its moorings and crashed in
to it taking away the shore lead,.
The trap shanty of the Consol
idated cannery trap near Gravina
Island also was badly damaged.
The Fidalgo had considerable dam
age to their traps but lost none.
A trap owned by the Stuart cor
poration, Sunrise cannery dragged
several hundred feet as were the
traps of Rossell and Frisbois.
George Ohashi’s trap went looking
for another location and stopped
some distance from its original
moorings. The trap owned by the
Peterson Fish Company went com
pletely adrift but was recovered.
The Northwestern and Consolidat
ed canneries also report traps out
of position.
With the most of the traps re
ported damaged or out of position
if. will not take long to get them
back to their working efficiency.
TOLECTURE
Rev. David Waggoner who ar
rived here Monday afternoon on
the mission boat Princeton from
Wrangell, announces a stereoptican
lecture for Sunday night at the
Pioneers’ Hall. Excellent slides il
lustrating Bunyans Pilgrims’ Pro
gress aare being used in connection
with the summers religious work.
All are cordially invited to attend.
A Bible study class is being con
ducted by Rev. Waggoner in the
lodge rooms of the Pioneers’ Hall.
These classes will be conducted un
tie end of next when Mr. Waggon
er will leave for Juneau.
Frank Hudson put new roofing
on his building this week. He also
finished renovating the rooms up
stairs.
THE TOWN IN DARKNESS
W. P. Moyes, in charge of the
hydro-electric plant at Blind
Slough came in from the station on
Wednesday. Just because he came
in for a rest the transmission line
had to burn out. The repair crew
staiting a little distance beyond the
Mountain Point cannery bumped,
staggered and fell over logs and
windjams all the way t o Blind
Slough. About six o’clock in the
evening some one at Mountain
Point ’phoned in that the break
was just beyond the cannery and
that they had seen the blow-out.
When it was found that the big
plant was out of commission the
auxiliary plant was started but it
too went on strike. Those without'
lamps, lanerns or candles went to
bed with the chickens. „
Lack of electric power prevents
our appearance on time this week.
Adjutant W. J. Kerr, Salvation
Army officer, was in town during
the past week assisting the local
officers make a drive to liquidate
certain bills and to make added
improvements to the officers quar
ters . He expressed himself as be
ing much pleased with the support
received from local business men.;
See the new line of Stamped
Goods at the Linen Shop.—adr.
tin FOX LEASES
On the third of July the United
Ptates Senate passed the Hoiise
oill authorizing the leasing of Al
aska islands for fox farming. The
limit of time an island is leased
was raised to ten years and an
area of 30 square miles will be al
lowed under the lease. Many large
islands heretofore unavailable un
der the existing laws are or will
soon to be open to entry.
The fox ranchers may benefit by
this new law but it appears to us
that the repealing of some of the
several taxes will be of more im
mediate benefit to an over-tax
burdened infant industry. It is to
be hoped that between the Federal
C ame Commission and the Terri
torial legislature remedial measure
will be secured whereby consider
able of the burdens now imposed
on men of little capital will be
permitted to get a good foothold
for their business in the territory.
That it is to the benefit of the
Cnambers of Commerce to aid this
industry is self-evident. Were
every fox rancher to take advan
tage of certain agencies (not men
tioned becauso we prefer to adver
tise our own merchants) the dif
ference in local mercantile turn
over would be very noticeable.
Every business house pulling for
the greater development of local
industry only insures greater de
velopment of its own business.
Typhus to be Studied
Typhus fever and smallpox have
been included in the scope of work
of the International Health Office,
vhich recently concluded its meet
ings in Paris looking to ward re
vision of the International Sanitary
Code, Surgeon General Hugh S.
Cummings, of the United States
Public Health Service announces.
Pr. Cummings attended the con
l’eience, which was representative
of between 50 and 60 nations, at
the behest of the Department of
State, and was granted plenipo
tentiary powers by President
(oolidge to sign the revised con
vention.
Inclusion of typhus fever and
smallpox within the scope of the
International bureau’s work, Dr.
Gumming said, now places these
communicable diseases on the same
footing with yellow fever, plague,
and cholera. The International
Health Office, under the revised
convention, will be recognized as
the official source for the collec
tion and dissemination regarding
these diseases, and also will look
to the proper quarantine methods
in commerce and trade, to safe
guard uninfected ■nations from ex
posure to these diseases.
DR. GILBERT LEAVES
Dr.' Charles H. Gilbert, fish scien
tist for many years connected with
the Bureau of Fisheries, has been
compelled to drop his work this
year and go south in quest of
health.
He reports that when the season
opened over a million salmon had
gone over the weirs. In spite of
this tremendous increase in escape
ment to the spawning grounds, Dr.
Gilbert said it could not be ascer
tained untill later if this heavy in
crease will be followed by a heavy
run. He hopes, however that It will*
SOVIEI FIXES
New decrees making it potential
ly dangerous for American busi
ness investigators and newspaper
correspondents to seek special in
formation regarding financial and
economic conditions in Russia,
have recently been issued by the
Federal Soviet of Commisiars, ac
ccring to information which has
reached the’ Department of State in
the form of official Russian docu
I ments.
The newest decree, which has
just been received, sets forth in de
tail the information about Russia
the dissemination of which Is pun
ishable by imprisonment or in
grave cases by death. The list in
cludes not only military informa
tion and information about the lo
cation, equipment and production
of factories making army and navy
supplies, but also “detailed eco
nomic information concerning es
timates relating to importation and
exportation of certain merchandise,
also information concerning the
conition of the export funds of cer
tain goods;” that is, the quantities
of goods available for export.
The penalty for the gathering or
dissemination of infomation which
comes under the category of “se
crets of State is a minimum of
three years’ imprisonment and in
extreme cases, death by shooting.
Tne death penalty is authorised
“in- cases where such espionage has
caused, or might have caused par
ticularly grave consequences for
the interests of the State.” In the
same decree, a penalty not exceed
ing three years ’imprisonment is
to be enforced for the “collection
of economic information of such
character that it is not considered
an especially guarded secret of
State, but which is not to be made
public, either by virtue of direct
1 prohibition by law or else by order
of the chiefs or managers of the
respective departments, institutions
or enterprises.
Alleges Trap Piracy
Wednesday morning a telegram
was received in the marshal’s office
from A. Maynard, Supt. of the
Skinner & Eddy cannery at Kake
alleging that he had caught one of
Petersburg Packing Company boats
robbing one of his traps. He stat
ed that he was bringing Capt.
Olaf Oleson and crew to town
charging them with piracy.
When Mr. Maynard did not reach
Petersburg after a reasonable
length of time, Marshal McGreggor
got in touch with the department
of Justice in Juneau and found
that Maynard had taken the crew
to Juneau.
Telegraphic advices to the Pet
ersburg Packing Company from At
torney Henry Roden states that
boat and crew were there. That
the charge of piracy was denied
and statement made that the fish
had been bought from the trap
watchman. Further particulars as
to the disposition of this case have
not reached The Alaskan at this
time. i
The Moor-McCormack Company
ship Commercial Guide is reported
as being due in Ketchikan and
I Wrangell some (tlme next month,
and will take lumber to North At
lantic ports. This is the largest
vessel ever sent to Southeastern
Alaska in the lumber trade.
Sodas satisfy. Fifteen flavors at
the Totem Pole.
SM REPIIBUCUR FOLUIV
ANGHORtBE LUO
Endorse Platform and All Republican Candidates
Generally speaking, Arthur
Frame, Anchorage attorney, who
visited in Seward over the week
end, stated that the Republicans of
Seward approve the principles of
the republcan platform which were
adopted by the Third Division Re
publican Club of Anchorage. He
spoke to many of them during his
visit, he said, and it was his opin
ion the platform would be support
ed wholeheartedly. Hon. Dan Su
therland, Delegate to Congress,
from Alaska was quite pleased with
the reception accorded him during
the few hours previous to his de
parture and has the utmost confi
dence that he will be reelected to
serve the fourth term. Due to boat
connections at Nenana, it was
imperative that he should make all
haste to the interior in order to
reach Nome where he will begin
his campaign. Upon completing the
Second Division he will then pro
ceed to the Fourth Division, then
to this Division and last the First
Division. Mr. Sutherland apears to
to be in splendid health and excep
tionally well fitted to carry on an
active campaign for the next three
months.
The Republican ticket, as en
dorsed by the Anchorage Clul?, is
as follows: Dan Sutherland , Dele
gate to Congress; Arthur Frame,
candidate for the Territorial Senate
B A. Grier, J.H. Murray, Sumner
Smith, Thos. S. Scott; Candidates
for the House of Representatives.
The planks of t£e Anchorage
platform are as follows
Endorsement of present admin
istration of the Republican party
and pledging allegiance to its prin
ciples; endorsement of policies of
President Coolidge.
2. Endorse government opera
tion of the Alaska Railroad and
management of the Alaska Road
Commission favoring Territorial co
operation when possible.
Frank Waterbury, long a res
ident of Wrangell was found dead
under peculiar circumstances Wed
nesday morning at Port Protection.
His body wag found in the water
1 by other trollers with coat, vest
and one boot removed while his
skiff was tied to the beach and
had two salmon aboard. Over one
eye was a gash, cause of which is
unknown. The body was taken to
Wrangell by Capt. Bell of the
Standard.
Frank was a carpenter by trade
working in and around Wrangell
for many years. Rough spoken
and bluff, he was generous to a
fault and had many friends. Not
m the best of health the past three
years he spent most of his time
at the trolling grounds.
He leaves a son, Russell Water
bury living somewhere in the States.
Capt. Hans Eltman, master of
the Star of Heaven, died aboard of
his boat Monday Morning. He is
survived by a brother in Seattle.
Arrangements for his funeral were
being made by the Ketchikan
Eagles. He was a member of the
Seattle Aerie of this order.
3. Favors Federal and Territor
ial aid in the development of re
sources. Urges specific appropri
ations for the construction of roads
Calling attention to the fact that
maintainance of the public school
system and the agricultural college
and shool of mines should be of
first consideration.
4. Affirming the principle of the
primary law and charging every
candidate on the Democratic tick
et with seeking its repeal and a re
turn to the old convention system
whereby proxies would be bought
and sold like cattle and a return to
machine rule in Alaska politics.
rl he remedy lying in improving
rather than in eliminating it entire
ly.
5. Favors an efficient coast
wise service and installation oi
wireless service.
6. Favor an efficient trans
portation service for the Territory
with the lowest rates consistent
with good service; protection of
fur bearing animals; appealing to
the government to use Alaska coal
m all its branches in Alaska.
7. Favors continued interest in
and maintainance of the Pioneers’
Home.
8. Approve conservation of fish
in Alaska and recommend measures
of protection to abate predatory
foes and urges that appropriations
be made for that purpose.
9. Recommend establishment of
an efficient forestry system and
adequate fire protection to elimi
nate damage by fire.
10. Calling upon all Republicans
in the interest of an honest admin
istration of public affairs and the
public rkespect, for unity in sup
port of the Republican ticket. We
endorse EVERY candidate on that
ticket as worthy of your support
and pledge them to the principles
of this platform.
MASONIC MAS
TER 10 VISIT
Grand Master Walter F. Meier,
of the grand lodge F. & A.M., of
the State of Washington which em
braces Alaska, will visit all the
lodgges of that organization in the
Territory this summer, announces
J. H. Dunn, grand custodian who
returned recently from attending
the grand lodge sessions at Spo
kane.
Mr. Meier will leave Seattle on
August 29 according to present
plans. He will stop off at Ketchi
kan and will visit all the lodges be
tween there and Fairbanks andon
to Nome by airplane.
It is reported that Mr. Meier is
now in Ketchikan.
Carl Carlson of Wrangell is in
j charge of the construction of the
new Wheeler Block. Boxing for a
! concrete foundation is rapidly go
ing up. The new building will
give added appearance to the bus
i iaess blocks and also take car0 of
much needed business quarters.
Lime Crush and Lemonade at the
Totem Pole.