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GLEAM OR GLOOM
Friday tlie lights and power went
off again and with a hang. Seems
like this electric proposition of ours
is more of a plaything for ama
teur electrician than a business
affair calling for knowledge, experi
ence and careful attention.
It is high time that the city’s
hydro-electric plant and the trans
mission of its energy be taken 'seri
ously instead of as a joke. Peters
burg has grown out of the swad
dling clothes of infancy even if its
venture into electric light and pow
er hasn’t, and the call is for those
who have the management and care
of the system to spruce up and real
ize that current is a vital part of
city welfare. It must be supplied
continuously, day and night. The
city’s needs are wrapped up now
in electric current and the making
and distribution of it must be handl
ed in a big way and with under
standing.
During the past week, since the
line repair of damage of the last
storm, the current has been fluc
tuating, low in voltage and unsatis
factory. Why? Is there heavy
leakage along the line, are the in
sulators broken or cracked?
There are those who profess a
knowledge of things electrical say
that of the current generated at
Blind Slough only two-thirds of it
get so far as Scow Bay. How much
of it gets to the city? It is easy
to say there’s a heavy loss; is there
actual knowledge of the quantity
and pressure at the line’s end here
in town? It’s a long distance be
tween uie cuy anu rsuna oiougn
and, naturally, with no stepping up
equipment on the line there’ll be
a difference in the current here and
there, but how great difference?
That there’s to be another motor
and generator added soon, and ad
ditional piping laid only helps mat
teis to the extent of having more
to play with and more current to
lose. It will add no more wisdom
to the present management. There
should be efficiency and economy
then; there must be efficiency and
economy now.
And there’s a deal more attach
ed to this dead wire situation than
inconvenience. Every minute that
the town i3 without its electric
light power and heat, there are po
tential damages staring it in the
face. Down to brass tacks its
this: If it’s equipment, more than
what we have, to better the system,
let’s get it and get it quick. If it’s
a lack of ability and technical
knowledge in management that’s
part, or all, of the trouble, let’s
make an improvement. If it’s a
combination of misfits let’s tackle
the situation as business folk and
not as cliques, nor clans, nor po
litical string pullers.
The proposed plan of chopping
off the mills—sawmills—and leav
ing them stranded without current, :
is neither fair, business-like, nor
does it solve anthing. It should
be remembered that the city, some
time back, was muchly pleased
when the two mills agreed to do
their cutting by electric power. In
truth, one of the mills was the first
user along the line to call for elec
tricity in quantity and the was
mighty glad to supply it.
Right now the mills are a3 fully
entitled to power, if they pay for
it, as the Trading Union, the mov
ie shows, the heating systems of
the town or any other current user
or combination of electricity con
sumers. This is in fair distribu
tion.
It is possible that through gome
legal strain, agreements, contracts
or what not, the view point would
be changed, but we are speaking
of it from the angle as we know it
and in fairness. That there may not
be, now, power enough generated
to cairy tlie load is not the fault of
the mills, but rather the defect in
management in continually adding
current to consuming devices be
yond the generator’s capacity to
serve. /
New that we have gotten into a
somewhat tight position, the saw
mill will undoubtedly assist in
relieving the situation by strict,
economy in current and in alternate
operation, it is fortunate that there
were those on the Council who look
ed on the proposed sidetracking of
the mills as unfair, unreasonable
and probably illegal.
The above was written for the
October 21st issue of THE ALAS
KAN, but just before press time it
was decided to postpone the printing
of it until this week in order to pro
cure additional information.
In line with this we have what
took place at Council’s light and
power meeting of October 25 and
we have gone over the matter with
those who were directly interested
in electrical installation at the mill
in Petersburg and Scow Bay. Then,
too, there is the editorial in the
Petersburg Press.
At the last meeting of the City
Council, October 25, a sort of word
less and funeral-like affair, the vote
on the "matter of the mill power
was finally settled—for the time,
at least — by practically closing
down the mills. .True enough they
aren’t entirely shut off from power,
but the hours they may use it and
when is virtually elimination..
Ohmer didn’t vote for this onesided
proposition.
Our contemporary, the Press, lik
ens .the light and power flurry to a
toothache which, one is lead to be
lieve, the editor had when he pen
ned the “Our Power Service’’ ar
ticle.
Here’s this: “The two local mills
using city juice were hooked up
with the understanding that they
might be cut off if and when the
city could no longer give them pow
er.” Nothing true in this state
ment at all. In truth the city went
some out of its way to induce the
mills to install motors and use elec
trical energy instead of employing
steam. Here’s some more, in de
lirium:
‘ Although the rated power of
the headsaws in each of the mills
is stated to be 75 horsepower, it is
a wellknown fact that for such use
the motors can draw a ratio of four
to one for a few minutes if neces
sa.ry *** This means that each
motor can therefore draw a load
of 250 horsepower from the line.”
JUSTICE BLIND AND COCKEYED
Not so long back one of the girls
on the line gets a hoosegow permit
for a number of months and a big,
fat fine. One Johnson gets a jolt
likewise and his family doesn't
come in for any consideration and
is forced to leaven its bread the
best way it can while the bai’s throw
gloomy shadows on the dough get
ter. Kim, Oriental, hits the turn
pike for 2-3ds of a year and is re
quested to dig up $800 for the joy
of it. Murata, a Jap, living across
The Narrows, gets a heavy kink in
his life allowance of time and a
slit cut in his pocket book.
What have all these people done
to be dealt with so severely? O,
just selling a bit of, booze, having
it in possession or coaxing the stuff
out of measured portions of corn,
sugar and water—the unholy alli
ance. f
Now, although we think these
sentences pretty far fetched, and
have said so, we haven’t made any
statements bearing on , them for
general broadcasting. Nor would
we now, despite our personal feel
ings, were it not for a recent judi
cial stunt that smells bad and
tinges the atmosphere a darkish
complexion. Along last week there
came into town Cecil McClellan and
P. H. Rir.g with more hootch on
them and, in their wake than the
sporting girl, Johnson, Kim and
the Jo p ever dreamed of handling.
They offered their line of merchan
dise openly and to strangers. Final
ly they were pinched. What did
these fellows get, you ask? Fifty
dollars each, costs and a suggestion
that they pull out of town because
they were going anyway.
Why so gingerly light in sen
tences here and so severely heavy
in the cases prior? And did Messrs.
McClellan and Ring really pay
$50. and costs each. Clausen of
ten remarks that lie’s teaching les
sons to transgressors. May be a lit
tle self instruction in square deal
ing wouldn’t be out of the way.
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... GRAIN, PEAS AND LIQUOR ..
Railway and Marine News says:
Canada is. about to develop a trade
with the West Coast and Mexican
ports. Canada needs tropical fruits,
rice, hides and other Mexican pro
ducts and in turn will ship manu
factured goods, grain, peas and li
quor to Mexico. There you have
it. All the time we had an idea
that the bulk of Canada’s surplus
liquor came to Petersburg. Evi
dently we were mistaken.
JUSTICE OK JEALOSY
And Tom Marquam longs for the
lime light some more. A prosaic
law (?) practice smells too loud of
the drab and dreary and the prac
titioner bellows loud and make
complaint against Dan Sutherland
in a charge the Dan spent more
than the allowable $5,000. in the
campaign of last year, is the Hon.
Thomas such a stickler for Justice,
fair play, square shooting and such?
Well, not that you’d cry yourSeif
to sleep over. The move is trans
parent with political blowholes and
at this time and date causes no dis
turbance. Still, it’s only by investi
gation that we learn things and we
suggest, that H. J. Wade, investi
gator, is on the ground ferret in c
around for violations of the Cor
rupt Practices Act,—we suggest
that he do a little scouting where
the most noise comes from.
Not but what everything is okey,
of course, although the more gum
shoein- there is the more reports
there’ll be.
Sutherland said, in speaking of
Department of, Justice activities,
that he was aware of the investiga
tion, but was unacquainted with
the text, of the inquiry, and he is
quoted thusly: “I spent more mon
ey than: I should have, hut I kept
within the law.” We are inclined
to vhiw Sutherland’s statement with
much more grace than Marquam’s
accusation.
DOCTOR AND DOUBT
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Dr. Earl Graves, veterinarian
and graduate of Kansas State Agri
cultural College has been visiting
'Petersburg and vicinity lately in
the interest of the blue fox indus
try. The Doctor’s itinerary and th
interest taken in the Alaska fcx
business is according to cooperative
agreement between the Biological
Survey of the U. S. Dept, of Agri
culture and Governor George A.
Parks. Dr. Graves is incharge of the
field operations. The sum of $15,000
has been appropriated by the Terri
tory for this mission for the years
1927 and 1928, in addition tc
funds allotted by the Biological Sur
vey.
In talking with a number of fox
farmers it appears that the general
feeling is somewhat luke warm, on
ly, bearing on the expected results
of th Doctor’s visits. In fact it is
quite openly given out that there is
a considerable outlay of funds for
no particular benefit to anyone out
side of those on a salary' basis; that,
there is considerable headway being
made in getting nowhere. It is true
enough there is little standardiza
I tion in the fox industry of Alaska,
i Hardly any two fox farmers feed
! alike, there are different views on
j caring for stock, breeding, housing
jand even down to the proper time
i to pelt. However, one thing is ab
solutely sure and that is the heavy
mortality rate of young foxes is
really beyond what it should be. 'I
i here are those who think the Gov
ernment should open an experiment
rl rox farm in S. E. Alaska since J
lie government is well able to go
into practical tests where the fox
farmer is not. Another drawback (
seems to be in the lack of definite 1
[organization of the farmers, them- «
■.elees. There is no unfriendly at- i
Litude taken in the Doctor’s call 1
from place to place, but there is a i
feeling that, some way or other, the
officials are oa the wrong track. <
TO SHORTEN SALMON CATCHING
SEASON
The American Fish Commission
is advised that the Canadian fish
eries officials are thinking seriouslj
of shortening the fishing periods for
salmon. Already, in seme locali
ses such as the territory north of
the Frazier River, the closing time
has been increased a full week. Re
ports of the salmon pack in British
Columbia are to the effect that the
pack, up to August 13, has amount
ed to 374,832 cases as against 786,
697 cases August 14, 192 6 and
679.< 34 cases August 15, 1925. The
big decline is In "pinks” but chums,
or dogs, are also lagging far behind
in rumber. On the other hand the
(he sokoi run held up very well
with the catch of 1926.
ANOTHER MYSTERY OF THE SEA
Two thousand miles off shore, on
toe 6th of August, the steamship
Liberator sighted an abandoned
submarine floating light and high
in the Atlantic Ocean. A boarding
crew was sent aboard, but no ex
aination could be made of the
boat’s interior on account of foul
gas. The Liberator’s chief engin
eer, in an endeavor to get down in
> the submarine’s engine room, j
was partially asphyxiated and had j
to be hauled out. So far as could
be ascertained the vessel had been]
stripped, and the hatches were re-]
moved so that she would founder j
and sink. She wasn’t considered'
worth the 2,000 mile tow to port.
There was some sea at the time (
and the last view of her from the !
Liberator’s deck was low in the
water. Very probably she sank
during the night. On each side
of the boat’s conning tower were
the marks: 0-2. There was no
hailing port. She was 175 feet
long and apparently in good condi
tion.
DHE DOLLAR WITH THE EAGLE'S
ON ITS FACE i
s Destroying The Eagle With The
Dollar On Its Head
Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson, President
>f the National Association of Audu- :
)on Societies has been making a
lurvey of the few American eagle j
emaining alive in Alaska. He find
hem wofully small in number. Of
icial records show that for the
he bounties of fifty cents and lat
3r $1.00 per bird—nearly 41,000
eagles have given up their feet,
rhese bounties have helped no one’s
purse in particular, but have cut an
awful hole hole in the treasury
funds of the Territory. Dr. Gilbert
*aid that in 2,000 miles of travel
along the Yukon and inland Alas
ka he had seen but one pair of bald
eagles.
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HEALTH TALK
683 POINTS OF PAIN
Uucle Ben Says
“With good health nevvy, a feljow
is more apt to season his requests
with sugar."
HEALTH FOLLOWS!!
CHIROPRACTIC CORRECTS
PRESSURE ON SPINAL
NERVES IN DISEASES OF
THE FOLLOWING ORGANS:
EYES
EARS
NOSE
THROAT
ARMS
HEART
LUNGS
LIVER
STOMACH
PANCREAS
SPLEEN
KIDNEYS
BOWELS
BLADDER
/CoIum>LOWER LIMBS
Spinal
The lower nerve
UNDERTHE MAGNIFY
ING CLASS IS PINCHED
BY A MISALIGNED JOINT.
PINCHED NERVES CANNOT
TRANSMIT HEALTHFUL
IMPULSES. CHIROPRAC
TICADJUSTING RE
MOVES THE PRESSURE.
THE UPPER NERVE IS
FREE AS NATURE INTENDS.
Muscular rheumatism is a disease
which attacks 683 separate muscles,
but so intense is the pain that any
sufferer would say the figure wan
far too low. Trouble of this type
*is due to improper elimination.
Poisons which should be discharg
ed from the kidneys work into the
system and lodge in the muscles.
Failure of elimination is due to
spinal pressure upon nerves carry
ing energy from brain to kidneys
This pressure can be removed by
Chiropractic adjustments.
Adjustments Made Him Well
“I had suffered from what was
diagnosed as muscular rheumatism
for a long time without any releif.
I tried Chiropractic on the advice of
a friend, without much hope,- as the
best physicians I could find had
done me n0 g°°d, but after a series
of adjustments I was completely
well.”—J. Hyde, Chiropractic Re
search Bureau, Statement No. 1261C.
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ai’ont noon.
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