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PETERSBURG, ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 20, 1929
NO. 10
Dancing On Hot !
Plate
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Tlie Old Guard of the Senate
are like a turkey dancing on a
hot plate—unable to get any
thing but momentary satisfac
tion and relief by hopping from
one foot to the other.
Tlie hot plate in this instance
being Senator George Norris of
Nebraska and his resolution to
definitely unseat “Boss” Vare
of Pennsylvania.
Senator Norris’ resolution re
cites that Vare is no longer ill
therefore no reason exists for
delay of action by the Senate.
Senator Watson of Indiana
objected to its consideration,
so Senator Norris allowed it to
go over a day. But the resolu
tion involves a question of high
est privilege so that it must be
disposed of before the tariff de
bates can be opened.
In other words—Norris has
the “Old Guard” tied up in a!
knot and ready for delivery—if
they want their tariff bill. They
like it not a bit—but their most
clever parliamentarians have
not found a way around the
fighting Progressive Senator of
Nebraska.
ALASKA WILL LOSE FRIEND !
Fiorello H. LaGuardia, repre
sentative to the national con
gress from New York, was over
whelmingly nominated over his
opponent for the office of Gov
ernor of New York.
LaGuardia is listed in con
gress as a socialist and has been
a very active leader in congres
sional fights. He packs a wal
lop in his political campaigns
that makes him a foe to be fear
ed
Season Opens For
Trollers Today
The trolling season opens to
day at six o’clock and will re
main open until the first of the
new year. A large number of
resident trollers are making
preparations to take advantage
of the bounteous generosity of
Henry O’Malley in permitting
them to earn a few dollars to*
stave off old man Grim Want
through the winter.
The latter part of August the
Czar of the Fisheries decreed
that trolling would be permitted
up to the 20th of this month so
the trollers liotrooted it for the
trolling grounds. When they
got there they were met with an
edict forbidding them to fish
until after the 20th of the
month, so they put up their gear
and sat around their stoves and
sang praises of the beneficent
conserver and godfather of fish
traps.
The Princeton, Presbyterian
mission boat, Capt. Rev. David
Waggoner, arrived in port last
night and left out for Klawock
early this morning. Rev. Wag
goner is returning from Sitks
where he took 42 pupils to be
enrolled at the Sheldon Jacksor
School. The majority of these
pupils were above the fiftl
grade and up to the tenth.
Returning north by way o
Wrangell, Rev. Waggoner wil
pick up Dr. R. J. Diven and tak
him to Juneau for a church con
ference to be held there.
Snitching, Snooping
Sneaking Bureaucrat
One day during the week, a
game warden, happened in Pe
tersburg. He strolled down to -
the dock and saw some venison i
on a boat owned by a native.
Whether he asked Marshal C. V. i
Brown to accompany him or it :
just accidentally happened that 1
way, we have not learned. Any- 1
how, they approached the hunt- 1
er and the snide bureaucrat in 1
a whispering undertone asked: 1
‘Can you sell me some meal?’ i
The reply was as follows: “I have I
no meat for sale. I clo not sell i
meat. If you want some meat, i
1 will give it to you but I will 1
not sell it.” The big-hearted. '<
broad-minded, agent of law en- <
forcement left a somewhat cha- 1
grined man. I
Agents of the government, lit- (
tie picayunish, sneaking snakes, •
entangle men into violations of (
the law by offering to be a party
to an illegal transaction and 1
pinch their victims. Then they 1
wonder why they do not have 1
the respect of citizens of the 1
country. s
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Local Census Man:
Is Appointed
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Mr. Charles Naghel, Adminis- ,
trator in charge of Alaska cen- ,
sus, was in Petersburg a couple
oi days last week relative to the (
work of enumeration for this ,
district. 1
A number of applicants sent
in their examination papers and
were checked over by Mr. Na
ghel’s office results showing
William Gribble with the high
est average, so he secured the
appointment.
It is urged by the census bu
reau that anyone leaving tem
porarily for the states and will
probably be omitted from the
enumeration, get in touch with
Mr. Gribble to be properly count
ed. The information secured
for the census is on oath matter
not to divulged or used by any
but proper officials. Mr. Na
ghel urges the earnest coopera
tion of every citizen.
EYE WORTH A FEW THOU
Martin Dumphy, halibut fish
erman went into court in Seat
tle and asks damages in the sum
of $22,000 against the owners of
the schooner Electra. Dumphy
lost an eye when he accidently
stabbed himself while aboard
the ship. He contends that de
lay in taking him to the hospital
caused the loss of the eye. The
master refused to put in to Ket
chikan and continued on his
to Prince Rupert, several hours
longer away.
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SALVATION ARMY CONGRESS
Be HELD HERE
A congress of the First Divi
sion corps of the Salvation Army
will be held here beginning the
. 26th and ending the 29th of
i October.
i A large representative gath
! ering of this group is expected
l here during that week. Repre
sentatives from Ketchikan and
f the West Coast to Yakutat are
1 expected.
3 The local officers already are
- making preparations for the en
tertainment of these people.
Herring Seiner In
Legal Tangle
The .herring seiner .“George
\ ” foundered off Puffin Bay on
he west coast of Baranof on the
12th of September. Coming in
;hore with a load of herring,
i trap door in the after bulk
lead gaveway, shooting all ihe
lerring aft. The pump gave
vay and it was impossibly to
ceep the craft on top of the
vater. Another boat started to
ow her in to harbor but their
owline parted so they started
n for another line. Before they
eturned, however, the trollers
ifary G. and Hike came along
tnd hooked on to the sunken
:raft and started to take her in
,o Puffin Bay. Before they
>ot there the first boat return
ed with a new line and all three
mats brought the Mary A. in
0 harbor.
The Mary G. is owned by Qt
;o Bindpage and the Hike by
Erik Johnson, both of Ketchi
:an. The Mary A. is owned by
Martin Anich of Tacoma and is
1 60-footer with an 80 horse
miver deisel engine and was
milt in 1027. She was fishing
or Storfold and Grondahl of
Washington Bay.
A pretty mess can develop in
he way of towing and salvage
)ills against the craft. Insurance
idjustments will most likely be
nade in as equitable a manner
is possible. So far all concern
ed in the salvaging of the ves
:el seem inclined to be fair in
;he matter.
Some Utility Sales
Freeholder of Radford have
igain refused, by a majority of
L85 in a vote of 435, to dispose of
ts electric light and power
franchise for $400,500. offered
Dy the Republic Service Corpor
ation of Coatsville, Pa. Three
years ago the freeholders refus
ed to sell to the Appalachian
Electric Power Company for
$275,000. Since the municipal
dam washed out several years
ago the city has been buying
power from the Appalachian
company at wholesale and dis
tributing it.
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The Town Council of Martins
ville has declined an offer made
by the Appalachian Electric
Power Company to buy the city
owned electric plant for $850,
000 cash. Negotiations are not
ended since the Council ap
pointed a committee to continue
conversations.
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WANT MUNICIPAL PLANT
The question of forming an
“improvement district” at Rus
sellville, Ark., wffh the object of
establishing a municipal light
and power plant and distribu
tion system, costing probably
$243,400, is to be submitted to a
referendum.
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HICKSVILLE DECIDES FOR A
MUNICIPAL PLANT
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The town of Hicksville, Ohio
has approved by a vote of 404 t(
176 the proposal for a municipa
light and power plant. Petiti
tions for a vote in Novembe
on establishing one are in circu
lation at Sandusky, where th
City Commission may adop
• electrical operation for its wa
terworks.
Will Build Large City
For Soviets
The Austin Company of Cleve
land, Ohio has contracted with
Nie Soviet government to build
a city large enough for a pcpu- 1
lation of 100,00 near Nizhni
Novgorod, Russia.
About $20,000,000 worth of
American machinery and equip
ment will be used on the job,
which is to be completed in 15
months at a total cosc of be- ■
tween forty and fifty million
dollars.
The area which the city will
cover is 25 square miles- !..*< :
square miles less than toe City
of Destiny—Tacoma 'A-ash. The i
city is to be modern in every re- 1
meet. A Ford automobile and :
triif.k factory is to be the prin ■
cipal industry and it win be the ;
largest auto plant i a iTiropc 1
with an annual capa'htj, of a ;
half million cars
Russian engineers dbiircd it :
v/ould take four years to finish 1
the job but the ‘■tract ing
companv agreed to ani'-h it in 1
15 mmths—so they got the job
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State Collects For
Workers
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California has a real collec- (
tion agency, according to a re
port recently issued by 'Walter ■
G. Mathewson of the California
Labor Commission shows that
ft c department collected $1,200,
547 during the past year in wag
es for employees. Which is the
largest sum collected by any
state agency anywhere else.
This commission attends to
the enforcement of 42 state la
bor laws but finds 83 per cent of
its recorded business is the col
lection of wages in disputes be
tween employer and employee.
More than 2,000 complaints are
received each month.
The ‘delayed pay day’ once an
evil has been removed as a
source of trouble in California
under a rule that employers
must pay salaries at least semi
monthly, except those employ
ing domestic labo^ or farm labor,
or suffer a penalty of $10 for ev
ery pay day missed.
City to vote bonds
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Resolutions calling for a spe
cial city election, in Centralia,
Washington, specifying the form
of ballot and designating the
polling place and election of of
ficers were passed recently by
the city commission for that
municipal election, September
30. when voters will be asked to
approve a hydro-electric powei
project and a $655,000 utility
lbond issue.
A previous election which al
lowed the proposition was de
clared invalid by the State Su
preme Court necessitating this
second election. The court held
i. insufficient legal notice had
Ibeen given in calling the first
! election.
) | H. C. Cantelow of San Fran
1 cisco has been appointed to take
■ charge of traffic operations oi
r the Alaska Steamship Companj
- beginning as of the 20th of this
5 month. Mr. Cantelow is nc
t stranger to Alaska problems as
- was formerly with the old Paci
fic company.
Wilbur Promises
Real Education
Secretary of the Interior Wil
yur promises to bend the poli
cies of the Bureau of Indian Af- 1
fairs to promote state respons- j
ability in Indian education and
:he commingling of white and
Indian children in the schools
.o the end that the boys and
.Tills of the native race may ab
orb tiie white man’s ideas of
iving and money making.
Accordingly instructions have
yeen sent to supervisors and su
perintendents in the Indian ser
/ice that wherever it is practic
il places be found for Indian
children in the public schools
dear their homes, instead of
>ending them to institutional
schools like that at Chemawa,
Dregon. Those living in isolated
ill-Indian communities will be
aught in Indian day and board
ng schools, as in the past, but
jvith increased effort to bring
;hem into contact with white
children.
The federal government will
cay the tuition of Indian stu
lents “where circumstances
varrant,” but careful inquiry is
directed as to the ability of the
if the state, with expectation
hat ultimately ail the expense
yf Indian education will be tak
en over by the states, and the
Indians treated exactly as the
vhites are. In some instances
:his policy is not yet practical
ss where the Indians are not
taxpayers and local school fundt
dre scanty.
Mr. Wilbur points that unde,
the law the responsibility of de
eiding what schools the Indian
'hall attend is placed on him
He means to use it to eliminate
ihe race distinction, so far as h<
may. and gradually to get rid oi
(he special Indian school.
Breaks Ground For
Capitol Building
On the afternoon of the 18th
Governor George A. Parks too:
a shovel and turned over dirt on
the grounds for the new capita'
building, the first spadeful turn
ed for a much needed building.
A large number of children of
the public schools and spectat
ors from town braved the rain
to watch the ceremony.
The shovel will be engraved
and turned over to the Territor
ial Museum for preservation.
The Tokeen Marble Works has
been awarded contract for fur
nishing off the inside marble
finishing. It is reported that
as much local products and la
bor will be used as is possible.
HEADED FOR JUNEAU
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A specially chartered boat by
the Ketchikan Post of the Am
erican Legion will arrive in port
sometime Sunday on its way tc
Juneau with a bunch of dele
gates for the Legion convention
to be held there next week. The
boat will stop at Wrangell anc
pick up delegates from thal
town and will also take on the
delegates from this Post.
The Big Parade is on tonigh
i between seven and eight o’clock
; A big surprise is promised al
who park themselves along Mail
Street. Don’t miss it.
Canadian Catch Of
Fish is Shown
The sea fish catch in Canada
for May, 1929, totaled 89,921,300
pounds valued at $2,866,124,
compared with 88,192,400 pounds
valued at $2,647,884 for May
1928, as shown by statistics for
warded by vice Consul La Verne
Baldwin at Ottawa.
For the five-month period,
January-May, 1929, there is an
increase in landed value of
$333,780 altho there is a drop
of nearly 13,500,000 pounds as
compared with the same period
for 1928.
Salmon landings in British
Columbia provinces, for the year
up to the end of May totaled
20,562,100 pounds valued at $2,
274,016, as compared with 17,
850,300 pounds valued at $2,181,
517 for the corresponding peri
od in 1928.
Salmon landings in British
Columbia during May were sub
stantially larger than in May
1928, being 1,514,100 pounds val
ued at $107,370 in May 1928.
The catch of 3,639,200 pounds
of halibut brought a greater
revenue at $393,304 than the
catch of 3,780,000 pounds valued
at $316,011 in May 1928
Canneryman Tires
Of Life
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Joe Magill, canneryman of
Anchorage shot himself fatally
"ecently, at his apartments, 100
Olympic Place, Seattle. His act
was committed in a fit of mental
depression and was not unex
pected as he had been talking
of suicide for several days.
Magill was a man of about 50
years of age. He was a pioneer
of the gold rush days when he
won and lost fortunes. He enter
the canning business and was
luite successful. His profits for
this year being estimated at
about $75,000.
He was the alleged author of
a political diatribe published in
the Anchorage Times during the
’ast campaign and which was
fhe cause of a libel suit institut
ed the canning business and was
Frame, senator from the An
chorage division. This case was
settled out of court with due
apologies published by the
Times on its editorial page.
Magill was an implacable foe
of the progressive element
which desire legislation and re
gulation to the benefit of the
great majority rather than re
gulation for the benefit of the
few.
CONTROL FOR MORNINGSIOE
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The Department of the Interi- .
or has appointed Dr. L. O. Wel
don, commissioner of the U. S.
Public Health Service, to have
supervisory powers over Alaska
himates of the insane asylum at
Morningside, Oregon.
He is to have a wide range of
power ovee that iestution’s care
of Alaska iosane. He will be
stationed right at the asylum
and have access at all times to
oil buildings and grounds used
in the treatment of patients
I from Alaska and will have with
: out interference from the man
. agement, full power of consulta
1 tion with the patiens. He as
1 sumed his duties there on the
1st of September.
Watch For the Big Parade on Main Street this Evening between 7 and 8 o’clock!!!