GUARANTEED CIRCULATION
COVERING
SOUTHEAST ALASKA
NEWS OF INTEREST
FROM NORTH. EAST & WEST
FOR ALL ALASKANS
VOLUME NO. VI.
NO. 44
PETERSBURG, ALASKA
MAY 20, 1932
Subscription Price $4 per yeal
City Council Adopts School
Budget After Argument
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The City Council met in the
Fire Hall Monday evening with
ah members present and Mayor
Locken presiding.
A petition was read from re
sidents praying for construction
of a street between E and F
Streets on Fourth.
The following budget for tha
next school year was presented;
by the School Board:
Teachers’ salaries, $5,301.25
Domestic Science 25.00
Manual training
supplies 150.00
General supplies 125.00
Gymnasium and
playground * 600.00
Heat, Power,
Light & Water 625.00
Text Books 750.00
Library periodicals 225.00
Labartory equipment,
manual training etc., 500.00
Labartory supplies 50.00
School room 1
equipment 500.00
Physical Examination
of children 100.00
Freight, Express !
and Postage 80.00
Incidentals * 250.GO
Janitor & Clerk ' 512.50
Janitor supplies 67.50
Repair of equipment 200.00
Music, instruments etc. 200.00
Total, $10,261.25
Mayor Locken urged that the
School Board reduce its esti
mates for the budge* and urged
the council to start its program
of economy. He pointed out that :
the budget was an increase of
ten per cent over that of last
year and suggested that the bud
get should be decreased 20 par
cent or to hold it at 10 per cent i
below the cost of last years oper
ations. The board pointed out
that necessity of employing an
other teacher was compulsory i
as the high school enrollment
would be greater. That to keep :
the school on the accredited list :
the added expense was neces
sary. The budget was adopted
unanimously over the objections
of the mayor.
City Marshal
The deferred action in elec
tion of city marshal was taken
up. After a vote on the applica
tions of present marshal Ellery
Carlson and John Jenson, the
clerk announced election of
Jenson by a vote of 4 to 2. The
new officer will be inducted in
June.
School Funds
The council authorized pay
ment of $2,000 to the school
board to wind up the school op
erations expense for this year.
Fire Truck Caretaker
Clifford Roundtree was em
ployed by the council at the
suggestion of the Fire Depart
ment at a salary of $12.50 a
month. Roundtree was to take
care of the maintainence of the
equipment. Ralph Hall was ap
pointed First Assistant driver
for the truck.
Hauling of Gravel
The Bureau of Public Roads
requested permission to haul
1900 yards of gravel ever the
city’s streets from the Carl
Roger property in North Peters
burg to the road project in South
Petersburg. Permission was
granted but the loads were
limited to 1 yard per truck,
speed limit to be set by the
Street Commissioner and ail
breaks or damages to the streets
during the hauling to be repair
ed by the Bureau of Public
Roads.
Endorses Action of Counsel
Attorney R. E. Robertson in a
etter stated that under lease
agreements with option for sale
Df the Wrangell Narrows Pack
ing Company’s plant, creditors
rvould receive 28 per cent of
;heir claims against the defunct
company. He asked the Council
:o endorse or refuse the propo
sition. The council endorsed the
iction.
Watchman’s Clock
The Clerk was ordered to send
for watchman’s clock with key
Continued on Page 4
Judge Harding
Dismisses Suit
Justin W. Harding, judge of
the U. S. District Court at Ju
neau, last week dismissed the
case of Territory of Alaska ver
sus Bristol Bay Packing Co., for
alleged unpaid salmon taxes.
Costs and disbursements were
ordered re-imbursed by the Ter
ritory.
The suit involved over $50,000
in taxes claimed due over a
period of several years. The al
legation set forth by the Terri
tory was that the Company paid
its graduate pack tax on the
basis of a pack from two can
neries when it operated only one
plant.
The court took the view that
the company did operate two
plants.
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John Hadland and family are
in town for a few days from
their fox island near south
Keku Straits.
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The freight and passenger
boat Zapora broke her tailshaft
near Prince Rupert last week
and was towed to Ketchikan by
tfce Akutan.
WHERE’S GOLD? MANY
LEARN TO GOLD-PAN
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The vocational department of
the Pueblo public schools re
cently had to turn away hun
dreds of applicants from one of
its classes. The class was organ
ized to teach gold-panning and
was conducted along the banks
of the Arkansas River. Only 180
students could be accomodated
in the class.
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Senate Passes Tax
On Beer Makin’s
The United States Senate re
fused to tax beer, Wednesday,
by a vote of 60 to 24 but it plac
ed a tax of fifteen, cents a gallon
on brewers’ wort and three cents
per pound on liquid malt syrup
and malt extracts. Party lines
were split on the vote.
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SEATTLE MAN HONORED
BY METHODISTS
Dr. Junius Magee, Superin
tendent of the Seattle area, was
elected bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church by the General
Conference on May 17th, by
ballot. He will be consecrated on
Sunday the 22nd of this month.
He has a long and very fine re
cord as a clergyman.
give cheer and comfor
to unfortunate war victims.
Tariff Reprisal
Planned in B. C.
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Possibility that British Colum
bia will take counter tariff mea
sures if the United States im
poses duties which are consider
ed prohibitive on Canadian
copper, lumber and coal, and
which are now before the United
States, was seen when Attorney
General R. H. Pooley, acting
premier, admitted that such a
program is being contemplated.
If the United States tariff in
creases go ittto effect the British
Columbia government will as!:
tne Dominion government to im
pose an export duty on asbestos
and nickle and an import duty
of $5 per ton on United States
coal entering Canada. In addi
tion the provincial government,
acting within its own jurisdic
tion, may impose an individual
inspection fee on all citrus fruits,
apples and vegetables imported
into the province.
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15 Cents Is Bid
For Foshay Tower
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Fifteen cents was bid for a
; $2,000,000 building, Minneapolis,
j The occasion was the seven
I teenth attempt to auction the
thirty-two story Foshay Tower,
| one of the W. B. Foshay enter
prises no win receivership.
C. C. Darnell, assistant receiv
er, read a court document an
| nouncing the Tower was for
sale. His audience was a group
| of men awaiting help .at.the city
poor relief bureau in the court
house.
“I’ll offer 15 cents,” said one
man.
“No sale,” said Mr. Darnell as
he left to arrange for another
| auction date.
Misses Cunningham and Sor
sett returned to Wrangell after
'spending a couple of days visit
ing with friends and relatives in
Petersburg.
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High School Graduation
Programme
AT THE COLISEUM THEATRE
1. Processional
Griffen
2. Invocation
3. Salutatory
4. Glow Worm
5. Class History
6. Goin’ Home
7. Presentation of Class Gift
8. O Come Fair Maid
9. Valedictory
Program
“Over the Alps”
(High School Orchestra)
Rev. W. J. Maakestad
Jennie Marie Hammer
Lincke Sextette
Mildred Alma Johansen
Dvorak Boys Glee Club
Walter Andrew Lersten
Girls Glee Clu'o
Henrietta Antoinette Dahl
10. Dreaming Alone in the Twlight Moore
(Henrietta Dahl—Marie Wikan—Frank Gordon)
31. Address
12. Presentation of Class
13. Presentation of Diplomas
14. Benediction
2 5. Recessional M. L. Lake
The Junior Girls are Acting as Ushers
Class Roll
Henrietta Antoinette Dahl
(Valedictorian)
Jennie Mar* Hammer
George Washington Brown
Frank Gordon
Mildred Alma Johansen
Leonard Roger Martens
Doris Madie Parks
Gainhart Samuelson
Oscar Sigurd Sandvik
Arthur Herbert Tveten
Solveig Elizabeth Vick
Marie Severine Wikan
Ernest Williams
Walter Andrew Lersten
(President)
T. S. Elsemore
George V. Beck
Dr. Jos. O. Rude
Rev. W. J. Maakestad
Graduation March
Decision Affects
American Vessels
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The Canadian ministry oi
justice has decided not to appeal
the decision of the British Co
lumbia Admiralty Court return
ing the Tacoma purse seiner St
Fatrick to her owners. Upon re
ceiving the decision of the court
Andrew G. Haley, attorney for
the American owners, interview
ed American State Department
officials and the State Depart
ment immediately telegraphed
the American minister at Otta
wa instructions to urge immedi
ate release of the St. Patrick be
cause of the entirely favorable
decision of the court.
This closes a most interesting
episode of international law, de
ciding among other things that
in the boundary waters of Wash
ington Sound, the Strait of Juan
de Fuca and Haro Strait, an
American fishing boat to be a
trespasser must be within three
marine miles of the Canadian
coast line. In other words, even
though the boundary line itseU
extends five miles from the Ca
nadian coast line and American
vessels are actually in Canadian
waters, nevertheless to violate
the Canadian law they must
move to a point within three
miles before they may be seized.
The St. Patrick was seized last
fall by a Canadian fisheries
cruiser.—Seattle Times.
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Declares Govren’t
Cannot Conspire
On Thursday the 19th, United
States Commissioner Elliott of
Seattle refused trial to two
sheet-metal workers on the
ground that the United States
Government cannot legally go
out and entice men to break the
law. The men had been arrested
for agreeing to make a still for
dry agents of San Francisco.
Federal officials have right
along conspired with men to
\iolate the prohibition laws—
liquor has been planted in auto
mobiles, in residences on the
person; they have conspired to
aid in the manufacture of beer
and “moonshine” and in many
instances it is shown that they
have personally benefitted by
the conspiracy. To protect the
special vice ring with which they
were associated they were dili
gent in arresting petty larceny
beer and “shine” makers as a
cover to permit the unhampered
operations of their own co-con
spirators. It is even pointed out
that men who are or have been
members of liquor rings secure
appointment as enforcement of
ficials primarily for the protec
tion of the gang. And most
generally those formerly con
nected in such way are known
and their own conduct following
is usually intolerant of the little
offender while he is perfectly
blind,to th eoperations of the
big offender.
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ACCUSE MAYOR
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Samuel Seabury traced a gift
of $26,535 in bonds to Mayor J.
J Walker, the money came from
a stock broker who was interest
ed in financing the Parmalee
Transportation Co., taxicab op
erators.
J. A. Sisto of J. A. Sisto & Co.,
brokers, admitted making the
gift in testifying before the* Hof
stadter committee.
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| Poppies From
Disabled Vets
Legionaire
Hazel D. Petrich
An order for 12,000 poppies was
placed by the American Legion
Auxiliary, Department of Alaska,
with the Department of Wash
ington. These poppies have been
made by the disabled veterans
in the Walla Walla hospital,
where ex-service men from
Alaska are also quartered. A
communication from the De
partment Secretary, Hazel Ab
dill, of Washington, advises that
although only a certain number
of poppies had been ordered, the
veterans were allowed to make
several thousand more because
of their eagerness to earn money.
While the order for 12,000 pop
pies is only 500 more than that
of last year, even this small a
mount helps—and the need for
funds this year is greater than
ever before. The poppies are to
be sold May 27 and 23 by the
members of the Auxiliary to pro
vide funds for welfare work a
mong children of deceased and
disabled ex-servicemen, and the
ex-service men themselves.
The annual poppy sale of the
Auxiliary fills a two-fold pur
pose. It provides funds for this
welfare work, and enables dis
abled veterans receiving no gov
ernment compensation the op
portunity to earn a bit of money
for their necessities. For each
poppy made the veteran is given
three cents, and a total of $360
will be distributed among the
veterans at Walla Walla Hospital
from the Department of Alaska
this year. It is the policy of the
Auxiliary to use the money for
relief work in the community in
which it was raised, resulting in
direct benefits for individual
community efforts.
Petersburg is to receive 600
poppies to be sold during Poppy
week. Help the veterans by buy
ing a poppy.
Coast Investors Lose
Through Match King
Many Pacific Coast investors
may lose $16,000,000 invested in
the late Ivor Kreuger's match
interests, acording to Mr. Ed
ward Bloom, Coast attorney
summoned by the Swedish Trea
sury. The money was invested
mostly in the Federal Match
Company of Spokane, valued at
$900,000, but on which Kreuger
had borrowed $12,000,000 from
the Swedish Government.
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Roosevelt Still Picks
Up Delegate Voles
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South Carolina, Vermont and
the District of Columbia gave
Governor Roosevelt 32 delegates
to the National Democratic Con
vention. The elections in, the
several other states will probably
give Roosevelt almost a majori
ty. • .
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FOX FARM RENTALS.
Owing to the depression, the
Secretary of Agriculture has. an
nounced cuts in fox farm rentals
with a minimum charge of $5.
Rentals have reached as high as
$250, which amount has been cut
in halt <