VOL. I
PETERSBURG, ALASKA OCTOBER 1 1926
NO. 12
About every other town in Alas
ka has a Federal courthouse and
jail that has been put up especially
for that purpose by the Department
of Justice. The present building
now occupied as U. S. Marshal’s res
idence, courthouse and jail was put
up by the U. S. Bureau of Education
for the education of Natives.
While Mr. Beatty was superinten
dent of the Bureau activity in the
First Division he transferred the
building to the Department of Jus
tice and discontinued the educa
tional work among the Natives in
Petersburg. For about ten years
Indian children were refused admit
tance to the only school here and
therefore matured without any edu
cational advantages.
Three years ago in spite of certain
narrow minded individuals, the
Chamber of Commerce made effort
su’d convinced the Bureau of Educa
tion of the need of such a school.
There being no school, the town of
fered the old Third Street school
louse with the proviso that it be
tept in repair.
The housing situation in the local
public schools is becoming acute.
The expense of fitting up another
building or putting up a new buldl
ing is rather out of the question
\.hen one considers the fact that ad
ditional taxes are now being paid to
take care of the bond issue. Elim
inate further building expense by
urging the return of the courthouse
building to the Bureau of Education
for the use of housing the Native
school; return of the Third Street
school to the city for the public
school; urge the building of a new
court house and jail with offices for
the marshal, and his residence, com
missioner’s offices and perhaps room
could be had for one or more offices
for other branches of the govern
ment that is stationed here.
Petersburg has never had any con
sideration from the powers that be.
It has been even impossible to get
sufficient paint to cover the jail as
it should properly be done. The
united front of all the citizens and
organizations of the town will give
to Petersburg the consideration pro
perly due her.
President declred receotly that the
I nited States will stand on its five
reservations embodied in the Senate
resolution of adherence to the pro
tocol of Permanent Court of Inter
national Justice. This government
Court will accept no modifiation,
it was stated.
In the opinion of the President,
the spokesman said, the five reser
■rations are plain and clear and
speak for themselves. He has no
authority nor disposition to vary
them. Their purpose, it is said, is
to protect American interests and
there is no way in which they can be
changed.
MANY AMERICANS TAKE
CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP
More than 250 Americans became
citizens during the month of July,
1926, according to the official Cana
some 1,500 naturalizations in Cana
da in that month, of which 252 were
former American citizens. The Am
erican men in the naturalization list
are reported as accompanied by
their wives and by children, who al
so were naturalized.
William L. Paul, Republican can
didate for the Territorial Legisla
ture was here this week enroute to
Kake.
The tax payers should take notice
of the ract that this is the last day
on which taxes will be paid without
penalty attached.
Mrs. William Tamaree of Wran
gell arrived this week and will take
charge of the local Native Presby
terian church work this year.
Major Carruthers of the Salvation
army is in Kake with the view of
rendering aid to thosse in need as a
result of the recent fire.
YOUNG PEOPLE MARRIED
Alice Roberts of Sitka and Bert
James were married this morning
in the offlice of the United States
Commissioner by C. Clausen.
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DR. RIVEN TO
Rev. R. J. Diven, pastor in charge
of the Presbyterian Church work at
Wrangell will hold religious services
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock in the
Pioneer’s Hall. Services for the ev
ening will be announced later.
Rev. Diven is one of the most able
pieachers in Alaska and always has
a message that one can carry away
and remember. He is no stranger
to the people of Petersburg as he
was in charge of the Presbyterian
work here.
JUDGES ELIGTED
In a special meeting of the Town
Council held last Monday evening,
Oiaf Hanseth, Peter Lund and
August Rhyd were appointed judges
of the General Election to be held
in November.
FLORIDA
The A laska spirit of generosity
was again demonstrated during the
past week when a contribution of
$8,127 was sent for the hurricane
victims of Florida. All subscrip
tions were unsolicited and came
from all sections of the Territory.
The contributions were sent in thru
the Third Division of the Red Cross.
CARD OF ThANKS
We the undersigned desire to
thank the good people who so readi
ly volunteered to join the searching
party on Sunday night to look for
Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. Hull who
were lost while on a berry picking
trip.
HENRY HULL
Frank Hudson
Without achieving the record pro
duction and export figures of 1924,
Norwegian fisheries for the year
1925 worked under satisfactory
conditions and produced favorable
results.
The total value of. the Norwegian
fisheries catch in 1925 is estimated
at $24,570,000 as against $26,250,
000 in 1924. The export value of
Norway’s fish products in 1925, in
cluding fresh, salted, dried cod, her
umounted to $30,471,000, about $9,
000,000 less than 1924.
Approximately 60,100,000 codfish
vere caught in 1925, as against 69,
900,000 in 1924. Of that total, 3,
000,000 were prepared as round fish
and 34,000,000 as klipfish.
Jack Hadlund, who left for Mon
tana wheer he will look after the in
terests of the Monte Carlo Fox and
Fur Company’s affairs, speaking of
amongst the farmers declared that
hut for the very heavy rains all win
ter and all spring and summer the
industry wwould have fared much
better. He claims that the extra
ordinary heavy rains filled the
dens and drowned hundreds of pups,
his company he declares that they
have shipped to their Montana farm
200 foxes and still have their islands
being limited to fed and two men.
Had weather conditions been normal
Hadlund claims that thy would have
done mnch bettter.
After a residence of twenty-one
years in Petersbhrg, Jack is leaving
for Montana. Being asked if he were
going for good he replied, "I am ne
ver coming back” just like other
odl timers who shake the dust of
Alaska from their feetonly to re
turn in a couple of years., drawn by
the lure of the northland.
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Earl Ohmer is going around with
a happy smile this morning and the
cause of it is a brand new boy that
came to his home last night. The
mother and little one are reported as
getting along very nicely.
A few days before Congress ad
journed, Senator Hiram Jomhnson
declared on the floor of the Senate:
“We who have come in contact with
f he convention system know the
ease with which a convention of
politicians may be bent by the power
of influence and wealth. But you
can’t debauch a whole people. You
can’t bribe a whole electorate. It
occurs to me that it were better for
,a candidate to spend his whole for
tune at the polls than to sell his soul
10 a political boss at a convention.”
No matter what disadvantage ew la
bo under trying to administer It,
nevertheless the primary is the best
system we have.” We firmly believe
the voters of the First Division will
place the seal of approval on Sen
ator Johnson’s words by electing all
the Republican Legislative nomi
nees. They are Steel for Senator,
Benjamin, ’Ferguson, Paul and
Worth for the House. Of course
Sutherland for Delegate will carry
the Division by his usual big ma
jority.
Try John Fanning for Arch Sa>
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SEEOS PLANTED
BY All) PLANE
The Army Air Corps cooperating
•vith the Hawaiian Board of Agri
culture and Forestry, rtcently plant
ed seeds by airplane on forest lands
which had been devastated by fire.
It was estimated that about an
hour and a half of flying time two
men in a plane accomplished as
much as two men would have ac
omplished in ten years.
It costs more to operate the muni
cipal government of New York City
than it does to operate the State
government of any of the 48 States
of the Union, statistics recently
gathered by the Bureau of Census
of the Department of Commerce re
veal. Likewise, New York City re
ceives, the figures show.
During the fiscal ending Decem
ber 31, 1925, according to the Bu
itau of Census summary of New
York City’s financial statistics, the
payments made for maintenance
and operation of the general depart
ments of the city amounted to $295,
464,720, or $50.27 per capita. Dur
ing the same period, the total re
venue receipts of New York City
were $464,535,361, or $79.04 per
capita.
The State of New York expendi
ilures for maintenance of govern
meint and cost of operation is near
est of any State to the cost of the
city government. The city govern
ment has an erpenditure of about
double the amounts expended and
received by the State of New York.
If it were not for their peculiar
prejudice against the food, the peo
ple of the United States and Canada
could be supplied annually with 100,
000,000 pounds of whale meat at an
average cost of 12 Vz cents per
pound, according to Vie Consul R.
M. Newberry, at Victoria, B. C.
Whale meat was described by Mr.
Newberry as “not unpalatable.” It
is unfortunate for the industry
which centers around Vancouver, he
states, that the people of Japan,
Norway and Sweden do not share
the feeling against whale meat as a
food, as most of the Vancouver Is
land product is shipped to those
countries. Considerable quantities
also have been shipped to Siberia
and the Congo regions.
ELKS RELEASED KRUZOFF ISDN
The plan of stocking islands in the
Territory with game is being carried
on by the U. S. Biological Survey.
The most recent effort being the
placing of two, two year old elk on
Kruzoff Island near Sitka. The elk
were shipped in by the Washrington
supervisor of game and fish. It is
understood that more elk will be
shipped in next spring.
The Bureau o fEducation finds
that the drug bill of Americans av
erages about $10. per capita per
year.
Miss Teller of the Wrangell Gen
eral Hospital was a visitor to Pe
^teisburg last week.
of Canada, dated in June, the total
value of the fisheries production of
Canada in 1925 was $47,926,802, as
compared with $44,534,235 for the
previous year. This amount repre
sents the value of the fish market
ed, whether sold for consumption
fresh, canned, cured, or otherwise
prepared. The 1925 production fig
ure is the largest reported for the
last five years and exceeds the five
year average by 16 percent.
The principal kinds of fish report
ed, in the order of value, were sal
mon, $15,760,630; cod, $6,332,821;
lobster, $5,552,977; halibut, $4,185,
391; herring, $3,117,841; white
fish,$1,974,871; haddock, $1,171,
555; trout, $1,097,728; pickerel,
$i 056,169; smelts, $1,035,054, and
sardines, $1,017,206,
British Columbia alone produced
$22,414,618 worth of fish during
this period.
SELLMO
10 UGIURE
Mr. Sellwood, for several years
engageh in the Near East Relief
work, and world wide traveller will
lecture in the Sons of Norway Hall
Monday night on the Near East Re
leef work.
On Sunday evening he will give
a lecture on his experiences as a
world traveller. Mr. Sellwood is an
able speaker and has a world of tra
vel experience to draw from so that'
the people of Peterscburg can ex
pect an instructive as well as enter
taining evenings.
William L. MacKenzie King, lead
tr f the Liberay Party in Canada,
was named Premier of the Domin
ion of Canada by General Byng,
Governor General of Canada.
This the third time that King has
been named to head the affairs of
the Dominion of Canada.
Can yOu vision in your mind a pa
lade of dead men marching twenty
abreast and each row of twenty but
one step apart? Can you vision, far
ther, and watch these marching
dead men pass a given point, step
by step, twenty by twenty, day after
day until 600 miles of dead men
have past? If you can frame that
spectach in your mind’s eye you’ll
realize pretty closely the number
who went down to death in the
world war. Ten million men kill
ed—for what? Six hundred miles of
men, twenty abreast, one step apart
end all of them torn, mangled, bul
let. holed, bayonet slashed and shell
rfpped. A grand thing war is.
Another grand thing is that those
who didn’t do any fighting in the
world war, nor intend to do any
fighting in the next war, are ribbing
up another conflict. As in past wars,
who’ll get the dirty end of the
stick?
Charles W. Hawkesworth, super
intendent of the U. S. Bureau
schools in this Division, is in Kako
going over the affairs of the Eure
ka Trading Company which was de
stroyed by fire.
A. E. Gurr, A. B. Anderson, Dig
by Cochrane and J. W. Pritchett
came over from Wrangell last Fri
day to attend a meeting of the Pe
tersburg Masonic Lodge,
Ml ANGEL
COLLEGE BURNS
A fire with an estimated loss of
$500,000 destroyed the Mount An
Fell College at St. Benedict, Oregon
rtecntly. It is said that thirtyfive
The first unit of this college fa
mous throughout the Coast States,
was started in 1888 and made of
hand hewn stone.
All of the 200 students escaped
from the fire without hurt. The
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college will be rebuilt at a later date
and no attempt wil be made made
this year to rebuild. Those studying
for the priesthood were transferred
t temporary qu» .frs on th0 college
dairy ranch.
Wrangell Red Cross contributed
$25. to the Florida disaster relief
during the past week. Owing to the
fact that the village of Kake was re
ceiving help from this chapter, It
was not felt that a larger contribu
tion could be made at that time.
29 FEDERAL
The Federal Government built 29
structures, the majority of them
post offices and Federal court houses
in the fiscal year ending June 30,
1926.
The buildings were completed at
an approximate cost of $3,000,000,
and cost of construction ranged
from $50,000 to $200,000 for the
structures. This brings the total
number to 1,339 of buildings of this
character thruout the United States
exclusive of the District of Colum
bia.
WHAT NEXT
A press report states that bathing
in the nude has become a fad on the
Kentish coast so that police patrols
have been established along the
neaches to force the wearing of cos
tume. One damsel who took her
dip unadrned, paid a fine of ten dol
lars for so doing.
The Department of Navy an
nounced recently that although a
special act was passed by Congress
to provide for the entrance into the
Naval Academy of 40 sons of World
War Veterans who weer killed, as
yet no aplications had been received.