James H. Wheeler left for Seattle
during the past week.
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Dr. R. N. Rogers has settled in
Wrangell and is practicing their.
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Several local buyers hav® signified
their intentions to buy em all at
fair prices, get the local bids for
your furs first.
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Several local trappers have left
the last few days for their trapping
locations and it behooves Mr. Nuck
she-un or mink to watch his step.
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Mrs. Dunkleberger remained in
Wrangell to be with her mother,
Mrs. William H. Lewis, who has
been seriously ill for several weeks.
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Dick Kuwata has rcmodled the
New York restaurant building and
will open a pool, card and reading
room, as soon as the pool and card
tables, chairs and stock are ar
ranged.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ellery Carlson re
turned on the Alameda from Wran
gell, where they spent Christmas
week visiting with Ellery’s parents
Mr. and Mrs Oscar Carlson.
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Frank Hudson Is planning to go
Into the mink ranching business
very shortly. Henry Adzro is build
ing pens and getting the Hudson
place along the Scow Bay road in
readiness for the stock which Hud
son has ordered.
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Chris Samuelson owner and skip
per of the Raider underwent a sur
gical operation by Dr. Rhone, Chris
is resting easy and will be about
again in a week or so.
The Biological Survey boat Seal
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was in port Thursday, it is reported
that she had picked up several trap
pers for having taken fur bearing
animals illegally.
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Chas Valiant Brown escorted
Paul Alex to the Federal Hotel In
Juneau. It seems that Paul had a
mysterious way of obtaining a livi
hood as well as taking ways.
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R. K. Stewart, predatory animal
exterminator, who has been waging
a war of extermination on the S. E.
Alaska wolves was a passenger on
ihe Alameda for Juneau.
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Rescue Pete old time local hali
but fisherman came over from Wran
gell Friday on his good ship Rescue.
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Bert Cornelius cruiser ‘Boy Scout’
got too much snow on the top of
the cabin and listed so far that she
filled the interior with part of the
Pacific Ocean. All hands to the
pumps.
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Bessie Hanson, wao was sent to
a tubercular sanitarium several
veeks ago when she was in a criti
cal condition, is back to normal and
has gained three pounds, according
to word received by Dr. Rhone from
her phcsician.
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Nick Nusshaumer has secured a
5-year lease on the Wrangell saw
mill and expects to operate very
shortly. It is said that he has some
nice contracts to fill.
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According to recent report by L.
D. Henderson, Commissioner of Edu
cation, ninety-eight per cent of the
teaching force of the Territorial
Schools meet the standards of re
quirements.
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Sixty-two out of sixty-three high
school teachers are college or uni
versity graduates; ninety one per
cent of the elementary teachers are
college, university or normal school
graduates or have had two years
study beyond graduation from high
school.
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Pedar Piloberg, son of Mrs. Han
nah Pileberg arrived on the Ala
meda. Having made the trip from
Norway just in time to spend the
end of the holiday season with his
mother and sister here, whom he
has not seen for several years.
COMMING ATTRACTIONS
AT THE VARIETY THEATRE
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I Saturday only—George O’Hara wilT
be featured in a swift action auto
thriller—“Yours to Command"
A Comedy of the prize ring the
’ast of the Wise Crackers in a two
rceler—“A Kick in the Dark."
Sunday and Monday—Another of
Dolores Costello’s popular and en
tertaining features,—‘A Million Bid’
with a F. B. O. Comedy—“Charles
Bowers Fatal Footsteps.”
Tuesday and Wednesday—“Modders
of Men"—One of the very gre$atest
. pictures that ever featured Conway
Ttrle, a real entertaining, gripping
i picture full of action, also -“Lucky
Stars”-a Mack Sennett laughfest.
Thursday and Friday—The always
popular two, Fred Thompson and
Silver King, the horse with a per
sonality, in a horse sense picture of
♦ he W est, preceded by a popular
Comedy.
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The Annual meeting of tlie con
gregation will be held at the church
on Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock,
in addition to the regular business, i
a social evening is being planned
for. All members are urged to be
present and friends are cordially
welcome.
A Christmas letter from Wilt b«.t • j
rows says prosperity is for them as :
has it—:but a darned lot of ’em do
not have it.
FATHER TIME WALLOPS 1928
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The New Year’s Eve Ball given by
the Sons of Norway in their hall
Friday night was the grand social
wind up of the pleasant times of
1928.
As the last minutes of the old
year began to pass into the haven
of byegone years, the dancers were
halted for a few moments, as Knudt
Thompson started to beat out the
last moments of the Old Year on a
triangle, Old Man 19 28 represented
hv Ole Rosvold came tottering ac
eross the stage to the music of
Auld Lang Syne, he was closely fol
lowed by Andrew Johnson as old
Father Time with his hour glass and
Sythe, after the departure of Father
Time the music then changed to a
"snappy up to date jazz and Alma
Cribble as Miss 1929 came tripping
onto tlie stage with a banner in
white and gold bearing the greeting
of the nw year 1 929, dancing up to
the center of the stage she shouted
Happy New Year Everybody. Of
course the next fifteen minutes were
laken up with the exchange of
greetings and good wishes for the
new year.
The dancers turned out in large
numbers, the music was just grand,
i The ladies displayed some very
pietty dance frocks and a good time
jwus had by all.
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Ellery Carlson has started to do
| the Baking for the Model Bakery,
j and should be a ousy man. Ellery
j knows how.
FISHY PEARLS
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Herring operators in the Bay of
Fundy are making room in the
containers by removing the scales
irom the herring for sale to the
pearl essence industry.
A dollar a hogshead is regarded
as profit and some fishermen are
said to make as high as $280. a
week.
Might be a bright idea for the
herring opeiators of Alaska to get
some of that hogshead profit.
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
I Petersburg Lutheran Church
Rev. W. J. Maakestad, pastor
Sunday School at 10:30
Evening Service in the Norse
■ language at 8 oclock.
We welcome you to all our
meetings.
GOING SOME
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A couple living in Pozzuoli, Italy,
parents of nine children were pre
sented Christmas tide with a set j
cf triplets. Some parents in the i
United States prefer a set of dogs,
cats and even monkeys to a single
child.
Capt. John J. Mcog, who took
out the steamer Susie in the days
of ’98 with the largest shipment of
ore, died recently at Port Townsend
at the age of 8 3 years. Moog was
on the Alaska run from 1898 until
1910.
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1\ THE COMMISSIONER’S COURT
FOR THE CRAIG PRECINCT
DIVISION NO. 1 TERRITORY OF
ALASKA IN PROBATE
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF
Jim Cook, deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned was appointed adminis
trator of the estate of Jim Cook,
deceased, on the 7th day of October,
1928, and has qualified, and that all
1 persons having claims against said
i
j estate are required to present the
!same, duly verified, to the undersign
ed at the office of William L. Paul,
Ketchikan, Alaska, within six
months from date of this Notice.
Dated at Craig Alaska this 22nd
day of October, 1928
George Demmert,
Administrator.
U. S. Land Office,
Anchorage Alaska
September 25, 1928
Notice is hereby given that Rob
ert Oscar Parks, eniryman, togeth
er with his witnesses, Carl Adolph
j Swanson and Louis John Israelson,
i all of Petersburg, Alaska, has sub
I mitted final proof on his homestead
entry Forest List 8-9, H. E. S. No.
170, and it is now in the .files of
(he U. S. Land Office, .Anchorage,
Alaska, and if no protest is filed in
the local land office within the pe
riod of publication or thirty days
thereafter, said final proof will be
accepted and final certificate issued.
. . Serial No. 00296.
J. LINDLEY GREEN
Register.
Pate First Publication Dec. 14. 1928
Date last publication Jan. 18, 1928
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