VOL. I
PETERSBURG, ALASKA NOVEMBER 5 1926
NO. 17
Independents
Repudiated
The rturns for the First Division
todate give the Republican candid
dates in the First Division made a
clean sweep at the election polls on
Tuesday the 2nd. Delegate Suth
erland was returned to Congress
and without the need of any Indian
votes. The representation that he
he owes obligations to William.Paul
anti his “1,000 illiterate votes” is
knocked into a cocked hat. The
victory is o complete vindication of
the record of Delegate Sutherland
and a repudiation of the “Indepen
dent” party. The work and effort
of Delegate Sutherland during the
past six years is the will and the
wish of a decisive majority of Alas
lans. He stood on his record and
promised the electorate that if re
turned to Congress he would contin
ue the effort of the past. With the
entire press of the Territory against
him, the majority of electors in no
ALL PLACE
The entire Republican Ticket in
this Division is without a tdoub
elected. The campaign has been a
strenuous one but with the tabula
tion of the returns at hand at this
writing it would appear that tho
Independent candidates haven’t a
chance to make the grade over the
figures that are here represented:
For Delegate: Marquam 2170;
Sutherland 3144.
Senator: Batch eller 619, Shat
t.ick 2045, Steel 2227.
Representative: Benjamin 2633,
Fe’guson 2539, Gurr 2123, Hardy
2239, Kubley 2323, Locken 2170,
Paul 2471, Worth 2444.
The outlying precints which have
not sent in returns will not be suffi
cient! large enough to make any ma
terial difference in the standing of
the candidates.
Sitka cast 317 votes, 108 going
lo Marquam and 209 to Sutherland.
Bateheller 38, Shattock 91, Steel
165; for Representatives Benjamin
202, Ferguson 199, Gurr 105, Har
dy 114, Kubley 96, Licken 102, Paul
180, Worth 180.
. WRANGELL.
. . Two precincts at Wrangell gave
a total of 459 votes as follows: Mar
quam 91, Sutherland 274, Batchel
ler 18, Shattuck 75, Steel 209, Ben
Hardy 70, Kubley 86, Locken 81,
Paul 224, Worth 214,
Sutherland 67, Bateheller 5, Shat
tuck 17, Steel 54, Benjamin 70,
Ferguson 49, Gurr 20, Hardy 15,
Kubley 15, Locken 22, Paul 54,
Worth 50.
Hyder - Marquam 49t Sutherland
8 4, Bateheller 8, Shattuck 54, Steel
60, Benjamin 63, Ferguson 63,
Gurr 43, Hardy 48, Kubley 46,
Locken 45, Paul 71, Worth 61.
Hydaburg - Marquam 25, Suther
land 94, Bateheller 5, Shattuck 24,
Steel 86, Benjamin 96, Ferguson 91,
Gurr 27, Hardy 25, Kubley 27,
Locken 22, Paul 92, Worth 95.
wan - Marquam 19, Sutherland 60,
Eatcheller, Shattuck 17, Steel 49,
Benjamin 41, Ferguson 44, Gurr 22,
Hardy "24, Kubley 16, Locken 16,
I anl, 60, Worth 49.
undecided terms showed their ap
preciation o his efforts to continue
the fight. The reelection is the ac
quittal of the charge of the “de
famation of the good name of Alas
ka. The reelection is the wish of
the majority for a cleanup of Ter
ritorial palitical affairs that have
si ank to high heaven for a number
of years.
Thq election is over. The will of
the majority is his return to Con
v/ill not be hindered and blocked
tlr/ough selfish interes of political
and quasi-political organizations.
The united effort of the entire elec
torate behind his effort as their re
presentative will mean the more
successful conlusion of his labor in
Washington for Alaska.
Speaking for ourselves and for
oilier friends we offer to the Hon.
Dan A. Sutherland our congratula
tions for his sweepink victor.
BAINES-Marquam 44, Sutherland
58, Batcheller 10, Shattuck 43,
Steel 38, Benjamin 42, Ferguson 46,
Gurr 44, Hardy 56, Kubley 38, Lock
en 35, Paul 47, Worth 40.
SKAGWAY - Marquam 137, Suth
erland 85, Batcheller 70, Shattuck
85, Steel 45, Benjamin 65, Fergu
son 75, Gurr 132, Hardy 148, Kub
ley 123, Locken 126, Paul 62,
Worth 58.
Myers Chuck - Marquam 12, Su
therland 63, Batcheller 4, Shattuck
10, Steel 56, Benjamin 63, Fergu
son 56, Gurr 13, Kubley 18, Locken
12, Paul 67, Worth 57.
Hydaburg
Marquam 25, Sutherland 94, Batch
eller 4, Shattuck 10, Steel 56, Ben
jamin 63, Ferguson 56, Gurr 13,
Hardy 13, Kubley 18, Locken 12,
Paul 57, Worth 57.
.KLAWOCK.
. . Marfquam . 3, . Sutherland . 134,
CRAIG
Marquam 27, Sutherland 90, Batch
eller 2, Shattuck 17, Steel 84, Ben
jamin 71, Ferguson 82, Gurr 19,
Hardy 19, Kubley 23, Locken 22,
Paul 77, Worth 77.
. KETCHIKAN NO. 1 and 2. . . .
. .Marquam 785, Sutherland .847,
Batcheller 127, Shattuck 691, Steel
669„ Benjamin 682, Ferguson 688,
Gurr 739, Hardy 617, Kubley 931,
6, Kubley 2, Locken 2, Paul 136,
Worth 134.
Locken 704, Paul 692, Worth 649.
Batcheller 2, Steel 132, Benjamin
133, Ferguson 136, Gurr 4, Hardy
A report from Washington just
made public showing the interest in
old age pension legislation. Ken
tucky is ihe latest States State to
such a law . Other States are con
sidering the subject. In Oregon the
past election an old-age pension bill
was voted upon.
Montana, Nevada, Wisconsin and
Alaska preceded Kentucky in auth
orizing this method of caring foi
aged dependents. In Massachusetts;
Virginia and Indiana official com
missions have reported in favor ol
establishrin! old-age pensions bj
law, but the legislators have not yel
taken any action in the matter. Nevi
Trork recently appointed a joint le
gislative committee with an appro
priation of $5,000 to survey and re
port upon th situation of the aged
poor in the State. Similar commis
sfons were appointed In 1925 bj
Colorado and Minnesota.
PLAYING TAG
The Bureau of Fisheries has is
sued a report on the “fish tagging
cruise” of the “Albatros .II”. The
cruise lasted eight days through
September.. The opeartions were
centered in the East Coast out of
Gloucester and the actual tagging
operations were performed in the
Georges Band and Nantucket Shoals.
On the Nantucket Shoals 1,606 cod
were marked along with 10 pollock
and 114 haddock. A third cruise
tc the coast of Maine was later
made the latter part of the same
month.
Mrs. William Lewis of Wrangell
arrived yesterday and will visit with
her daughter, Mrs. “Bill’ Dunkelber
ger for a couple of weeks.
IMF FINLAND 10
n r 31 a n r r
W. T. Lopp, former chief of the
Aiaska Division of the U. S. Bureau
of uiauuitLion upon returning to Se
attle reported that after a fifteen
months invesigation of Baffinland
it was unsuitable for grazing land
for reindeer.
Mr. Lopp is in the employ of the
Hudson Bay Co. which had stocked
iho island fire years ago with 500
reindeer. Mr. Lopp found that the
deer had died of starvation or had
been killed by wolves.
Mr. Lopp left Seattle early in
July last year. When the vessel
Pviyeskimo was wrecked last year
he was stranded on the ice for 16
hours before he was rescued and
Laken to Baffinland.
BIOLOGICAL
I
Our attention has been called to
an article entitled “Protests Tax an
the Fox Ranchers,” which appeared
In the Alaskan on August 27, 1926
This article criticises unjustly the
Biological Survey for matters relat
ing to fur farming over which it has
no jurisdiction.
The majority of taxes on fur farm
ers in Alaska are levied by the Ter
ritorial Government and not the
Federal Government. The Territor
i;-.l Government imposes a license
on fur farmers (fee $10) and in ad
dition requires a Territorial license
tax to be paid on all pelts sold. Li
cense fees for tht pelts taken by fur
farmers are prescribed by Chapter
8‘J of the laws of 192 3, an act to
impose a license tax on the business
of fur-farming and trading in pels
and skins of fur-bearing animals.
In addition blue-fox farmers are rt
qcued to register a brand, fee, $1«.
i.->r marking blue foxes and ckii;
of blue foxes. This was imposed
by an act of the Territorial Govern
1. 1923.
The new Alaska Game Law of
January 13, 1925, enacted by Con
gress requires persons wishing to
conduct fur farms or to possess fur
animals for prorogation to obtain
a license, fee, $2. This is the only
tax imposed upon fur farmers with
which the Biological Survey is di
rectly concerned. This license is
not an unjust tax and the fee of $2.
is not exhorbitant. Forty-one States
in the United States require fur
farmers to obtain licenses and the
fee ranges from $1. to $25.
Your attention is also invited to
the fact that 60 percent of all li
cense fees is turned into the Terri
torial school fund as micsellaneous
receipts. Federal appropriations to
taling approximately $75,000 are
available this eyar for the enforce
ment of the Alaska Game Law, not
to mention the sums available for
other conservation projects in the
Territory. The fees for leasing and
renting land in Alaska for fur farm
ing should not be confused with li
cense fees and taxes paid on pelts.
The Federal Government has juris
diction over renting and leasing
land for fur farming and other pur
poses but the Biological Survey
plays a very minor part in these
matters, only ten islands and the
Aleutian Islands Reservation being
administered by the Bureau. The
Forest Survice has charge of islands
within National Forests, and under
the Act of July 3, 1926, the Gen
eral Land Office will have charge
of the leasing of public lands foi
fur farming purposes.
It is stated in the article that De
partment Bulletin No. 1350, “Blufr
fox Farming in Alaska,” advises
not to bu island blue foxes for the
reason that they will not produce
their kind in captivity. No such
statement appears in the bulletin
referred to. On the contrary it sug
gests that, since the number of
islands availabsa for fox ranching
In the business should determine
as quickly as possible whether blue
foxes might be produced successful
ly in pens. The Bureau encourages
raising blue foxes in pens for the
reason that intelligent breed im
provement can only be made when
blue foxes are kept in pens and ab
solute control is exercised over
breeding operations.
The Biological Survey has con
tinuously informed fox farmers of
the advantages to be derived from
organization and has on every oc
casion encouraged fox farmers to
organize associations to foster their
cause and as a result four blue-fox
breeders’ associations were formed
in the Territory in 1922.
The production of martens and
minks in captivity is more or less
of an eperiment and not a practical
business under-taking. Martens
have been kept for long periods of
yearn in captivity but in the major
ity of cases failed to produce young.
Only in few eceptional instances
have breeders been successful in
their attempts to produce and raise
litters of these fur bearers in capti
vity. The gestation period has not
yet been definitely proven. We do
know, however, that martens kept
in captivity breed in July and Aug
ust and whelp young in April.
Whether or not any breeding takes
place between July and April has
not yet been determined. Many
martens, although advertised for
sale as ranch-raised animals, are
really trapped in the wild. If these
animals could be raised in sufficient
ly large numbers, a good profit
might be realized, since the pelts
bring much higher prices on the
raw-fur market than some of the
other smaller fur bearers, the pro
duction of which costs as much as
martens.
Minks are not difficult to raise in
captivity. The animals breed and
produce young regularly when fed
and handled properly. They are
very prolific and produce 6, 7, and
8 to the litter. The cost of the
equipmnt, feed, and labor required
in mink farming is so great that it
is questionable whether the animals
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Election Law
Violated Kake
Section 406 of the Compiled Laws
of Alaska which provides that :Any
person, who by any means, shall
hinder, delay, prevent, or obstrucl
any other person from qualifying
himself t ovote, or from lawfully
qualifying h O f biT eyoohad-8
voting at any election herein pro
vided for,**or who, by or through
force, threat, intimidation, bribery
reward or offer thereof, unlawfully
vote himself or procures another
lo vote, or prevents or induces
another to refrain from exercising
his right of suffrage, •♦shall be
guilty of a crime, and upon con
viction thereof sholl be punished by
a fine of not more than five hun
3red dollars nor less than one hun
more than three years, or both, in
fhe discretion of the court and pay
•he costs of the prosecution.**
One Bussnger was sent from Ju
neau as watcher to the Kake pre
cinct. He challenged several of
the older men and intimidated them
by the manner of his talk; he de
manded that some read the Consti
tution of the United States until
made to refrain by one of the judg
es.
See the unfrain application of a
I “fair” literacy test law when the
power lay in the hands of the inde
pendent party?
Wonder if George Arther Shoup
will be as much concerned with this
violation of our election laws as
when Mrs. William Tamaree was ar
rested for “illegall procuring’’ a
vote, which by the wa ycomes under
this same section of the Alaska
Cede.
T
.It was recently announced from
kVashintotf that about 80 subpoenas
[or witnesses have been issued at
the instance of the House manag
ers in the trial of George W. Eng
lish for the Eastern Districe of Il
linois, on articles of impeachment
[uiopted by the House of Repre
sentatives. The nomes of witness
es subpoened has not been made
public.. It has been stated that J.
Elamilton Lewis will be counsel for
[or defense.
It has not been the custom in the
more recent impeachment trials' to
make reimbursement for expenses
^ther thon for witnesses and ex
penses of the representatives of U.
5. marshals in servin subpoenas. It
svas pointed out that in the trial of
Charles Swane( Judge of the North
ern District of Florida, Congress ap
priated $10,00 of which onl $6,800
tvas expended and that in pament of
the United States Marshal’s office
through which the subpoenas are
handled. The balance of that fund
being returned to the U. S. Treas
ury.
There has been a total of. nine im
peachment cases carried through
*nd with the case af Judge English
pompleted there will be a total ol
ten.
Not alone in Alaska are chargee
preefrred against the judiciary.
The Parent-Teachers Association
of Petersburg put on a very success
ful Carnival in the Sons of Norway
Hall on the evening of October 30.
The totai receipts amounted to $25 8.
One hundred and seventy-eight of
which were netted by the booths
alone, the balance of which were
from door receipts and the jitneq
dance. Altho the expenses have not
as yet been paid, the committee
hopes to clear approximately.
The program consisted of a trio
cmposed of Mr. and Hrs. Schoettler
and Bert Elstad; a clown dance
cleverly executed by Miss Eloise
Lichens and Miss Morrow; a selec
tion by the ladies chorus; a vocal
duet by Mrs. Andrew Johnson and
Mrs. S. Johanson.
J Miss MacKecknie, as Madam X
(abl foretold the future to all who \
jcaied to listen, while any one W'ho
so desired might have his picture
! taken at the Red Cross Booth. The
i
other usual attractions of a real
carnival netted big results and kept
the crowd in an uproar. The cliti
,zgds turned out loally and are to
complimented upon their liberal pa
tronage.
The commiittee in charge of the
Ere to be congratulated u.»i 1 the
. success of t ie whole affair.
One of the most extensive pieces ;
of Welfare Work ever undertaken
iu Petersburg is that which Capt.
and Lieut. McEckren of the Salva
tion Army are doing in behalf of
the native children whose mothers
work in the shrimp cannery.
Their Day Nursery is composed
of nine babies, ranging from one to
four years of age. These children
are brought to the nursery about
6:30 a. m. where they are cared for
until about 6:00 p.m. or sometimes
later. Each receives all the atten
tion a mother could give a child and
has the benefit of a well governed
home. Besides the care of these
younger children, these two women
have taken on the added work and
responsibility of serving hot lunches
r.o the school kiddies whose parents
cook lunch for them.
At present the entire responsibili
ty and expense is carried by Capt.
Kenny and Lieut. McEckron as they
have not received the sanction from
the Arm Headquarters. One of the
buildings on the approach to the
Public has been transformed into a
very comfortable and homelike shel
ter for the Nursery and anyone vi
siting the establishment will find
a very happy family of well cared
for little folks. -
HN8LE HI
A portable sawmill has been pur
erested in beginning lumber opera
chased by the Alaska Railroad for
use in its shops. This mill will be
used in cutting up scrap logs and as
a edmonstration unit for persons in
tions in a small way in Alaska.