VOL. 3.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, NOVEMBER 2, 1928
NO. 16
Tab! t to . H, Young
-o —
First Church of Butler, Pa., in
Scptoinbei In 1 a a m trial sarvic
am! hed;ca ed a tablet to the honor
of Hr. S. Hall Young, pioneer mis
sionary to Alaska Dr. Young wars
a son of the Butler church, his fath
er. Dr. Loyal Young, having been
pastor there for 36 nears. The
tur.let was presented by Rev. S. \Yil- i
nier Beitler, the present pastor, and
the address on Dr. Young’s life was
given by Dr. John McDowell, se
cretary of the Board of National
’Missions. The tablet was unveiled
by Virginia Brandon# who repre
sented tive generations of active •
service in First church.
I
service in First Church. “V <> > n
and Missions.”
Demo Ca n dr ' < j
Sped Praises
lie Democratic canairi.de
tiie electorate next Norm’ e: •>:'
iId a political rally in tlie Ma
( gor Theatre, Monday ori niu :
Hoi . George Grigsby, candidate fo
il'legate to Congress. Norman Walk
er, candidate f
. r. Messers. Nelson, of Douglas, Jo<
S. Ream, Ketchikan, A. H. Ziegler
or* Ketchikan and Allen Shattuek, o:
J.i'eau, candidates for the House
-\Jen Shattuek business man ol
Jurcau, presided at the meeting, in
troducing the speakers but forgot t.
gm the candidates together on the
various issues for they contradicted
(■;. h other on some points. Nelson
«v.rned the electors against “th
man who is building up a big polii
d a 1 machine with a thousand vote ■
in bis pocket.” The Indian vote i>
be' ti ning a 'factor which you mus
ron Oder.” He did not believe tha
the Indian children should enter th.
ri.bjic school, rather leaving the ob
H. ation of the education of potential
cu • ens to the federal government
He talked at considerable length on
“home rule” and biulding up th
t .Titory. Was in favor of aids for
the prospector. Promises to do ev
‘overthing ‘n our power to make con
ditions in Alaska better. ” Rambled
along like a blind man in a fog try
ing to get to a closing and finallv
sputtered out to his seat.
.1. S. Ream, a bankrupt citizen ~o{
Ketchikan was next to take away
h,:i. from the scheduled “mai ^
e*. ••at.” Joe’s best part is his wife
an Indian girl from Wrangell. H
told the ladies they were dumb be
r aise one of them married him
(We make no comment on Ids men
tal capacity, leaving that for him.l
Joe has just discovered that the
big issue in the political affairs h
the elimination of William L. Paul
from bis strategic position in politi
cal affairs. That is rather late tr
/
find this out. He must* have bee><
dumb—others are getting past mak
ing Paul an issue and are getting
down to real issues and not jusT
personalities. Promises to stand
on the Democratic platform if elect
on.
"Doc” Walker, of all on the plat
form that evening, showed most
pnsonality, force and sincerity. He
complimented his opponent Charles
L< p.iamin of Wrangell as “being one
of -he finest men I have ever met ’
and that the electorate was most for
tunate in having two fine men for
Has Live Meeting
'lie meeting of the-Commercial
Club was lifened up by the introduc
tion of a resolution requesting the
School Board to rescind from its
j'o. Lion in the school question, the
eut/ance of full-blood Indian's in
the Public School
After considerable discussion it
was the sense of the Club that it
stand on the minutes of a previous
meeting on the same subject—that
*hc Board reconsider its action and
pr-;tion on the subject. The Se
cretary was instructed to write the
President of the Alaska Native Bro
il -'rhood advising him of the posi
tion of the Club with the request
■>:p it he presented to the conven
' m at Sitka, the middle of this
onth.
They took up the matter of need
f a sanitarium for tuberculars in
he Territory. A committee was in
ducted to get all information as to
ho need of such an institution and
’o ,’ive it all publicity and secure
Cl aid possible to have such an in
stitution in the First Division.
same office:. He defined >!.•* i~
>ue before the electorate under
•' Me beads—Fisheries, 0)i !1 r
: 11 and conservation of F:-denes
in most emphatic terms he d
n a need any attempt to inject the
iv> e issue in territorial polities
'They are human, they re-act as w
'o, there the are goad and the had.
the honest and dishonest. He is an
marican citizen with every right oi
Hit citizenship. He condemned any
wtempt to inject any racial questioi
" f ; ny kind whatsoever in this cam
paign.
fix years ago when the question
”as first brought up, he was for the
Vi:' roller Bill, one of the charte
numbers of the idea. He is for any
thing that will restore to the logis
iature its just powers and he is no
hr turning to the bureaus any more
ov or than is theirs.
He endorsed the opposition to the
’estruciton of the herring fisher
es “Destruction of which is i
■ri re against ourselves and against
ur children.” He is in favor of
nutting the fertilizer plants out of
business and “I will work to do this
f edeeted,” lie said.
.V H. Ziegler, attorney of Ketchi
ban prefaced hs remarks by giving
-t little personal history, his record
and the planks for which he stands
He stands squarely on the Demc
ra.ir platform being strictly op
ios?d to “the autocratic, undemo
*rat?c government* of bureaus in
Washington.” Condemned the Bu
•esn of Fisheries “for blackjacking
seiners into paying fines.”
“Tf elected T will not build up a
oolitical machine. There is a man
- inuing on the opposition who lias
ereat. political ambitions. He is not
->n]y nving to control elections but
to i ame who shall be elected from
other Divisions.”
ie believes all men created equal
•Mir* believed that the equality has
-lot been extended to Alaskans. No
.-lection in choice of executive gov
ernment as in the States. He stands
t ir Home Kule—“full territorial
Vrm of government. Pledges him
u If to a program to secure full con
trol of fisheries, fur and timber and
<o do away with the “pernicious,
autocratic, bureaucratic form of
tfo*ernment.
Hoover Kvfu es Grigsby
Sutherland will have no stand
ing with I resident Hoover is the.
much hart, d aveunv-t of George
Grigsby and the Territorial Demo
cratic committee. Pure bunkum to
camouflage the real issues.
| In reply we print in full, Hoover’s
! endorsement of Mackintosh of Wash
higton for Senator:
‘favorable reports of the pro
gress of Judge Kefhneth Mackin
tosh's earn! lacy for election to the
''nited Slates Senate have reached
me. 1 trust that the earlier indica
tions of his success will be confirm
'd ’>v a splendid victory nex? month.
Judge Mackintosh is exceptional
ly weil qualified to represent WuMi
ne-ton at the national capitol and
doth the nation ai d the Republican
Party have need of his services
hef-e. When we undertake tariff
legislation, solution of the farm ,
•voblems, and fulfillment of the oth
3r Republican platform pledges, his |
voice in the councils of the, party j
nut vote in the Senate will be of ;
very great assistance.. A solid Re
publican delegation from Washing
ton and other Paeilic (’>■!■>< S'at > !
both in the Senate and House of
i
Representatives, is highly desireable ,
wher. so many issues vitally affect
ing that section of the country are
at stake.
My friendship with Kenneth Mac-'!
kiutonh, beginning in the close as- ;
saciaiion of student days at Stan-'
fovd University and continuing [
through all these years, stimulates
ike hope and expectation that we j
may continue that association in the •
nubile seiviee and cooperate loyal- i
I
1y in the interest of the nation.” j
The above is copy of telegram
sent Charles ITebbord of Spokane. j
When the argument of Mr. Grigs
by is repeated again, it is well to
see what the Republican leader
says ot Republican candidates:
‘•A s«l'd Republican delegation from
Washington and .OTHER .coast
states, both in the Senate and House
>f Representatives, is HIGHLY I)E
S IIIU \ RI,II AY HUY SO M ANY 1S
SU1.S YU ALIA' EFFECTING THAT
SECTION OF THE COUNTRY ARE
\T STAKE.”
Whore Does George Stand
George in his only argument to j
show Sutherland has no standing in )
Congress and with Mr. Hoover, told
of how well he, himself stood with
Mr. A1 Smith. But did anyone hear
him say how well he stood with the
Republican administration. Nary a
word. He left by inference the thot
he stands well with. Hoover when
he toM of his own standing with All
Smith—the liope'ess candidate for
President of the United States.
dogs, Vats am> parrots are
REGISTERED VOTERS
Prosecuting Attorney Repettohe
of Atlantic City has announced that
jhe will remove from the registry-j
jtion lists the names of 2,000 fraud
ala nt voters. , He said that stables
garages and vacant lots were shown
as permanent residents of men and
women voters. Registration shows
11 thousand voters while a lessor
number is the actual population of
the famous resort.
•Mly Worth writes that he n in
Los Angeles, in the best of health,
had a fine time in Nushagak and in
California, has another girl andmx
po -ts to return to Alaska in t he
spring.
Grand Jury Report
Condemns White
We have been damned for broad
er.siMig grand jury reports that were
of derogatory character to official
’ijai.aa and certain sections that
ct pupated to Hell’s Half Acre. We
emmet to be damned again and we
di n t give a Yankee Doodle.
Passengers passing through Pe
te’'.',!) lrg bring some queer tales of
tin- doings of the District-Court
and the grand Jury. No definite in.
foi nation can be secured. However,
W-* are certain of our information,
tor it is of unimpeachable character.
There were two grand jury re
peats. On.- \ printed in the press
an.; one was not. it was smothered
aim tolled undercover, whether by
P'*."t or otherwise, we know not
ard care less.
t he one was harmless and nothing
more than is generally the recom
mendations of average grand juries.
The other is full of potential dy
namite. It charges United States
Marshal Albert White with inhu
man cruelty in that he kept a pris
on' r handcuffed and chained in sol
itary confinement; withheld mail
anu deleted newspapers to which
then had subscribed; maintained in
oboe men who disqualified the 1
«elVes by violating their oaths of t
!
office- they recommended that certai" s
d-puties be changed, transferred or
dismissed for the good of the so •
vice.
This is the report brought here |
by Juneau people passing through |
oi' the Admiral Liner Queen, it:
b a”s out the charges of this papen
and The Alaska Fisherman, that U.
S Marshal A1 White, his deputies
C. YaMant Brown and Doctor C s
well are no longer qualified to i p
h Id the dignity of the Department
c' Justice.
Marshal White is in Idaho elo>
tk veering for Hoover and Cur s,
his way being paid to and from tae
Plat s with federal funds. His w to
al-o travelled to Idaho on goveru
riont $ $ •$ $ $. His left bower,
th* valiant one of Petersburg is uv |
11 o enroute to Idaho.
Hallowe’en is again ancient ’on
to* y The annual kiddies clas re..
nh r*t of mischief and treats pass d
away without any undue mischief, j
It the early evening the young- J
st is began to congregate at th > j
iunction by Hogue and Tvetsi*.
P,-i man's Hall and Wheeler Drug
Sto-e. The noise they made sound el ;
lit e the deafening caws of a tho \
sad crows. They rushed hit* ?r
and yon, from one store to another
bumming handouts and when it w ts
tci slow forthcoming they decor
ed Hie windows with soap and can
d’ts Candy, sodapop, fruit was all
legitimate plunder and they stayed
rir.it with the house until It was
forthcoming.
..n early invitation from Rasmus
F’.g.- to go to his show house free
was advertised all over the town so
that more youngsters were congre
gated on the street between seven
ai.d eight than has been seen in a
along while.
"’Reports from Ketchikan are that
CHgsby will not even carry the
First City. His reception at Wran
giii was luke warm and the betting
that he will have a tussle to win
Jun-au.
1’he Hon. George Grigsby was the
main speaker at the* Democratic po
iDc'l rally held Monday evening.
Advertisements for the meeting
promised “No bunk, No Hocus Po
cus. No False Promises. Challeng
'd !>y Delegate Sutherland to state
his position on the “closed” or “op
en port” of Prince Rupert, many
t-ii ihut men went to hear his stated
position. He touched on minor, ex
traneous. incidental issues but did
.lot rilention Prince Rupert by in
ference, direct or indirect. The*
charge that he favors the closing of
.'rime Rupert to open competitive
remained unanswered.
He prefaced his remarks by en
lo sing the Democratic National
pr jgram a plank of which called
tor “Home Rule.” He endosed A1
Smith lor President and challenged
•' uinerland’s support of the Repub
l-ioo Presidential nominee. The
grecer portion of his address was
v: proving animous between Suth
Q’hmd and Hoover claiming that be
cause of Sutherland’s defense of the
”Rhts of fisheries, it disqualified him
f"orr securing any favorable legisla
tion for the territory.
I e opposed the present system of
fisheries control saying he asked for
th - fullest measure of home rule
a* d Hie local handling of the fisher
ies. “We have nothing to say
about the control of our fisheries j
03 of law bv which we make our
living. The cannery interests take 1
away control of our fisheries and j
game. He condemned the White j
Pill in principle and blamed Suth- !
eria id for passage of the bill and !
for suggesting the principle of in- j
spring the right of fisheries to all J
(That is the part of the White Bill !
which Sutherland fought to inccrpor- 1
ate in the bill). In this part of his
sp.ech he spent in condemning
Sutherland for opposing the Reser
e'Ttion idea, promulgated by the
Alaska Packers’ Association at a
banquet in San Francisco and put j
into effect by Secretary Hoover. He
charged Sutherland with antagonism
and put quite a number of his audi- |
tor.- to sleep \vi li a tiresome tirade j
aggainst Sutherland.
Pledged himself to Home Rule as
agJUnst bureaucratic form of govern
meat. He made exception of the Bu
i'ea i of Public Roads and the Bu
J'fuu of Education. He condemned
tiii? mireau of Fisheries for its ad
a inisiration of the fisheries under
the one-man rule. He declared that
‘all of the evils of the rule of Hen
ry O’Malley may be laid upon De
al ate Sutherland for supporting
the White Bill.
in a very clever manner, never
theless, unfair manner, he compared
“Soapy Smith” with Dan Suther
• land.
He proposed no constructive meas
to take place of the system
v>';ah controls the Canadian Fish
cues except, “home rule.
He criticized Sutherland for sup
porting legislative candidates thru
on. the territory and further con
Wrailed him for putting any terri
torial functions in the hands of the
bureaus.
lie challenged Dan to show any
at i or measure of benefit proposed
by nim in the eight years he has
been in (ongrs3, for the Territory.
‘ Vote for me and I will do all
Diet Dan has not done, was the gist
of iiis talk for the next several min
utes.
lie tore into the Alaska Bone Dry
How as being of no special benefit
and only for interests which are
not of the laboring class. . If he is
* b.cted to Congress, the first bill
ue will introduce will be one to re
p«*5 ] this law.
He was not a corporation attor
ncy-he said and has fought the can
r.en system from the first. “No
•ornery interests have put up a sin
ge* dollar for my campaign expens
es.” he said and by inference alleg
ed that Sutherland and Paul were
being subsidized by the canning in
terests.
Vie attempted to prove by alleg
ed telegrams that as a member of
Congress lie fought Section 27 of
the Jones Act which “excepts” Alas
ka from shipping benefits on the
Canadian lines permitted other Am
erican ports. Declared that he
fought the Jones Bill to the last
and through his efforts it was
.amended twice. However, he was
un.inle to evercome the influence or
Continued on Page 3
DOROTHY AGAIN USER FOR
The Dorothy, Capt. Hvatum, left
i cattle last week for the westward
sections where scientific investiga
tion of the halibut fisheries will be
. (inducted by the International Fish
eries Commission.
Richard Burt, University of
Washington fisheries man will con
duct the investigations. Fourteen
men will comprise the fishing crew
w’ni'n will cover a distance of 3,000
miles, not returning until December.
Legion Money Hooked
1 .vo hundred ninety dollars in
ecks and cash was taken from tbe
'.it in the U. S. Inspectors’ Olfi-e,
Juneau last. week. The money w\ -
; • ii me custody of LeF^oy Vestal and
|-clanged to the American Legion.
| Sigurd Wallstead, the Big Moose
I of Alaska was visiting in town for
the past week. He mooched on to
Wrangell for a few day^ in our
neighboring town.
. . Every good citizen will vote otli
ler« won’t.
Town vs. Hi School
-o
T'ie local hgli school will test its
lineup and te m work under their
new coach Mr. Warfield.
The town team, a new combina
tion is working under Joe Stand
da’d and looks like r. fast combina
tion. The high school lineup of
last year is broken up and not much
expected of them by the fans. Skeek
dropped out of school for this year
and Shaquanie switched over to the
town team..
\ preliminary game will be play
ed by teams from the grades.
T1 e probable lineup of the two
teams will be:
Town Team
Shaquanie" .O
.T. Hallingstead .G
F Moyers .G
T. Standard .F
!e. Hill .*.F
Hi School
H. Mjorud ...
M . Runstad . . . . —.
A. Wasvick .
J. Kahklen . . .
L. McDonald .
Mr. Warfield, coach.