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PETERSBURG, ALASKA OCTOBER, 5,
1928
NO. 12
■\ew Canadian Fish
Regulations
Following is a list of the seven
l revisions of 1 lie fishing regu
1 nous governing the industry of
I ’Pish ( olumbia announced by ti c
(1<'I>-rtment of marine and fisheries
at Ottawa following the investig.i
ti' ii of (lie salmon business carried
on ai the Pacific (’oast last Decern
her by \\ . A. Found:
i. 'fhe close season for little neck
clams is changed to February atm
March, instead of June and July j
and for butter clams, August to Oo j
t'd»er inclusive injstead f May to j
September inclusive.
3. The close season for cod i> |
changed to January and February, 1
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from February and March, and is
restricted to ling cod.
A minimum mesh o fone-ine.* j
extension, measure for herring net
i« provided, instead of a fixed mesi, j
o* that size, and ^purse-seining foi 1
herring in Pearl Harbor is prohibit 1
ed except under special conditions I
ADo, provision is madt for 'he ii
ct using of herring pond .
5. Helpers in fish. h v '
semes are required to he ’moused
G. Drift-net fishermen ■ < ;
ed to place lights at the m I f theT
ne’s at night, and p.: ' ■ m> boa
must have their numbers mi -in lo
ot tlie pilot house.
7. The use of floating traps is pro
hibited.
S. All kinds of fishing for com
mercial purposes is prohibited above
fishing boundaries.
9. The projected distance abou
the mouths of rivers and streams at
which fishing may be carried on i
exiended from 200 yards to half <
mile.
10. Tlie use of power boats in as
sisi mg purse-seine boats in seining
is prohibited, as it is what is know i
as nn “open set” in purse-seining.
11. Waste or wanton destruction
of fish is prohibited.
12. Collecting boats are not al
lowed to carry nets.
12. Driving salmon from insidt
closed area is prohibited,
salmon purse-seine is reduced from
f*f 0 to 200 fathoms, and the width
Continued on page ;>
Missionary is busy in
East
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Mrs. William Tamaree. missionary
under the Presbyterian Board of Na
tional Missions for the past fifty
years is appearing before the Na
tional Board of Missions, Societies
and churches lecturing on the Pres
byterian #hurch in Alaska. She had
two speaking dates before the First
Presbyterian Church of New York
C*tv the 22nd of September afte”
which she spent a day with Mrs
Frady, widow of the late Governor
John G. Brady. On the 15th of
this month she is to speak before
a Synodical Missionary meeting at
Syracuse, New York .
Socially she says she is right ir
the sw'm with “high sassiety” hav
ir.sr a dinner engagement with Miss
Cb'ldc of New York. Miss Childs is
daughter of the late owner of the
N Child’s Restaurants , in New York
In spite of all, sheds ready to re
turn to “her Alaska” but on account '
medical treatment she does not ex
pect to return home until the last
part of October.
Johnny Sales and crew put new
foundations under the approach to
the Sanitary Market.
F. E. Swartz of Juneau is register
ed at the hotel.
Thomas A, Marquam
Indkted by Jury
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Thomas Marquam, several times
m. yor of Fairbanks, “Independent’
jea:.didate for Delegate to CSongress
tvo years ago was indicted by a fed
e- 1 grand jury in Dasliington, D. C
for failure to report receipts and ex
po,dit ures under the Federal Cor
rant Practices Act.
1 lie indictment alleges that Mar
qnsim refused or neglected to file a
r nort of receipts and expenditures
a i required by law.
The “independt” candidate’ of j
1 926 charged, according to the
P’-ess. that Delegate Sutherland, hi3
opponent had exceeded his legal po
litb-al expenditure allowance. The j
pres sof the territory broadcasted
th'-'t the Crand Jury was investigat- j
iug Delegate Suherland’s expend’-'
tines and that it was expected he
w->uld have to answer to the court
Tlv charges againcst Sutherland re
a i d against Marquam who musf
now appear before the federal court
answer to the indictment.
Ts written part of the closing
clv'nter ot* the election of 1926. j
«E.\TTRE TO 1JE PULP CENTER j
r,'be Puget Sound area is des- J
'ined to be the world center for I
i
* be pulp industry is a recent declara- ;
:on of A. H. Dougal, president of j
'he Dougall Woodfibre Company of ^
Seattle, before the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce.
Hymn Injunction Made
Permanent
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The “hymn-singing” injunction,
restraining union miners from sing
irg near the mines of the Clearfield
B’tuminous Coal Corporation at Res
sner. Pa., has been made permanent
by Judge J. N. Langliam of the In
dh'na county court.
Pnder the order miners on strike
cannot gather in the church yard j
near the company property to sin r I
h\mns. The mine corporation claim?
this “intimidates” its strikebreakers
During the recent investigation
l>v a Senate subcommittee members
of tiie United States Senate visited
the church and joined the congrega
t'on of miners in singing hymns,
U as placing themselves in contempt
or- Judge Langham’s extraordinary
order.
Leslie Moore's body is
found
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Leslie Moore who has been miss
i ;£ at Wrangell since September
2r> was found on the beach in the
Wrangell harbor. It is supposed he
was drowned when his ski ffturned i
over.
William Tamaree returned from
Y ikutat on the Watson yesterday.
Ho had been up their for the fish
ing season. While thore a family
heirloom which had been out of
the possession of his family for ov
a hundred years was given to him.
The earrings for such they are, are
node of the teeth of a fish now said
to be extinct in Alaska waters.
Leonard Campbell, member of
the firm of Campbell Bros., Wran
gell was in Petersgurg for a day or
so this week.
The Glacier Fish Company ship
ped out 3 tons of shrimp meat and
1 ton of crab meat. No halibut or
salmon.
Petersbur gsent $73. to the Flori
da Relief Fund.
Mitchell Arrested for Aiding
Sinclair to Escape from Jail
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After several months, interest in
toe Sinclair case is again aroused
by the arrest of Jack Mitchell of
Juneau charged with aiding Charles
Sinclair with escaping from the fed
eral jail at Juneau April last. The
complaint was signed by Deputy
Marshal Feero of Douglas..
It is alleged that Mitchell sawed
the bars in the Juneau jail through
which Sinclair made his escape.
T he hole is said to be 9 by 17 inches
in *he inner side and 7 byl3inches
ir the outer bars. Marshal Whit?
alleges that other prisoners are im
plicated in the delivery by making
plenty of noise while the hole wa
be lg cut with a hacksaw.
Sinclair, and he was recaptured af
Toots H's Own Hord
Answering some severe criticism
relative to the escape of Sinclair,
he said: “I gave much time and
thear,lit to working out this case
trying to apprehend Sinclair and
fix the responsibility on those who
aided in his escape. My 10 years
exi ciuenee in the Department of
Justice * *equipped me with knowl
edge valuable in solving the case.**"*
I have found that a criminal can be
caught in Alaska as elsewhere. Sin
clair and his companion had three I
months start on the officers, but
ir > tern methods and a certain
amount of study of the moves of
criminals when they become fu
gitives make marked men and
lead to their eventual detection
That is what happened to Sinclair
“I feel a pride in the fact that in
2s months when handling about 100 j
, prisoners daily in the jails of the
Fi’^st Division, there has been only
one escape. This was Sinclair, and |
he was recaptured after three I
mo iths of liberty. I think this re- j
coi l is clear enough to speak for it |
self. Twenty-eight months with j
100 prisoners per day and all of!
them accounted for!”
Not in the Toot-a-toot
Sinclair was in a cell around
wh’ch the guards and deputy mar- ,
shads MUST GO ON THEIR BEAT
quite a number of times a day.
.Vhile the efficiency of the De
paitment of Justice representative
was being demonstrated Sinclair
got away in a hole in the bars !) by
17 inches in the inner side of the
cell and 7 by Id inches in the outer
bars.
FOUR DAYS AFTER SINCLAIR'S
ESCAPE, and ONLY when attorney
came to see R-nclair, did the mar
shal kn >w - he escape.
Modern Methods of Escaping vs
Modern Methods of Detection
Sinclair took two months going
to Prince Rupert in a small row
bone Walked to the postoffice and
called for his mail in his own name
He didn’t try to hide his identity so
in course of time White learned that
Sinclair was in Rupert and set the
wheels in motion to secure his ar- ■
rest and deportation to the United
States. So far, the effort has failed
TOO per cent accounted for bu.
not 100 per cent present. That any
prisoner can escape from the .Tu
n?°u jail without inside aid is t
physical impossibility, say those who
know that jail.
Grigsby Making Votes
Westward
Is a headliner in the “independ
ent’ party's paper at Juneau. This
same paper told of the fine vote get
ting effort of Thomas Marquam two
years ago; how the westward dis
tricts were falling all over them
selves to get into the “independ
enr* line-up. But when the voters
went to hat and began to scratch
the “X’s” on the ballots, the fins
showing was made only by Dan
The Alaskan predicts that George
Grigsby will poll a few hundred
more votes than did Stroller White.
HICKMAN TO HANG
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Edward Hickman, California
kidnapper and slayer must hang on
the 19th of this month. His attorn
evs had made effort to stay execu
tion in order that the Supreme Court
might review the case. It failed so
he must pay the penalty for his
crime.
.KETCHIKAN AFTER .AIRPORT.
Karl A. Drager, former Command
er of the American Legion Post of
Kclcl ikan and L. J. Boger, man
ager of the Ketchikan Mercantile
Company, were in Juneau during the
pas: week to seek territorial aid
in the building of a modern airport
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More Illegal Fishing"
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The Eagle Capt. Charley Frank
and the High Note, Capt. Jimmy
Johnson, both of Angoon were or
dered to appear before the court at
Angoon to answer the charge of il
fishing in Basket Bay. The men on
the ships denied the charges. $400.
fine,
Mrs. E. H. Mason of Seldovia 13
a recent arrival.
FARMERS ARRESTER M<jlTOR IS
CHARGED
deputy Prohibition Administrator
T L. Chidester and Agent Bovjo
on a charge of violating the Na
th, ml Prohibition Act and jailed a‘
Juneau. The men were arrested at
I.'ncoln Island where Pollock oper
ates a fox ranch. A still, some
moonshine and a quantity of mash
were seized.
C A. Schonacker, Zellerbach Pa
per representative was in town visit
i: g the trade during the week. He
left for Juneau.
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Alax Peyser of Wrangell is over
from our neighboring city on a brief
vioit.
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Juanita P .Lavell of Wrangell, a
recent arrival here will entertain
the movie fans at the MacGregor
Tneatre this week.
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The Cold Storage shipped out ap
proxomately 28 boxes of fresh kali
but on the Watson.
FOR A KFCORD
Tom Berry, recently arrested by
piohibition agent Fred Handy on ^
Honor charge, plead guilty to having
a huge still and 750 gallons of shine
in possession. It is said now that
the Marshal s department is having
Berry pro.secuted for “conspiracy,
tieriv was given a stiff jolt and fine
to boot upon his pleadings. The re
cord of the Sheepherders must be
maintained even to swiping credit
from the prohibition agents.
James S. Truitt candidate for the
office of attorney general and Allen
Skattuck are on a handshaking vote
getting campaign. They are highly
gratified with their reception. But
voting and handshaking are two dif
ercn birds as has been found by oth
ers.
Good Eats, Some Pow
Wow
The Chamber of Commerce met in
Rome Cafe. The “eats” drew a re
| preservative crowd of 15. rl he re
paEt was stored beneath bells with
considerable relish which bespeak.
a lumber average attendance.
Andrew Wikan brought the sub
ject of sealions destroying salmon
Nc.t much information relative to
control so Mr. Ohmer offered to get
in touch with the Biological Survev
to get proper information lined up.
fhe Chair asked a report on the
Haibor Survey. More later.
The discussion qn all subjects was
quite general—nothing weighty or
more than passing interest. The
Scrool Board did not make any re
ply -o the urge of the Club to re
consider its action in refusing en
trance of Indian children in the
“public” schools.
O'Malley Again Says
Curtail Traps
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Speaking to a representative of
The Pacific Fisherman in Seattle, re
cently, Henry O’Malleyk stated that
it was liis intntion to curtail trap
fishing 35 per cent but so many new
traps went in that there was only an
actual reduction of eight per cent.
That has been the charge made by
The ALASKAN and the ALASKA
FL-HERMAN.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
The second week of the Literary
Pigest’s nation-wide poll show u
vote of 192,292 votes as compared
P) Smith’s 92,8 5 5 or a percentage of
67 for Hoover and 31 for Smith.
Tne Digest’s poll four years ago
showed a vote for Coolidge of 56.5
per cent of the country’s total vote,
and he really d did get 55.21 per
cent—almost a perfect score.
At the MacGregor
•‘The Drop Kick i sbeing filmed
showing parts of the California-Stan
ford football game. A picture that
will be enjoyed as being different
from the average. Miss Juanita La
veil will entertain the picture fans
with a couple of violin solos.
Saturday Lightning, the stirring
story of a magnificent horse in the
great outdoors will be shown. The
picture is from the story by Zane
Grey whose stories are always good
Sunday and Monday, a Tiffany
Special, Les Misarame, will be put
on the screen. This book and story
by Victor Hugo is without peer in
the literary world. A story to con
demn slavery, show up misery, teach
the ignorant cure sickness, lighten
darkness and detest hatred. The
basic ’dea of the story is the broth
erhood of man. It a story for ev
<^rv man. The problems of society
lia^e no national barriers, no fron
tiers. Ignorancs, hunger, suffering,
sale of one’s soul and honor, all are
problems of Caucasian, Oriental or
anv other race. This story comes
to the world from that great writer
Victor Hugo as an invitation to light
en the miseries of the world.
N. Y. Liquor Knocks
'Em Coocoo
The city of New York, home of
A] Smith is again cleaning up the
speak-easies due to the investiga
tions of police offiicials who found
that two persons over the week-en 1
hid died from alcoholic poisoning1
and <s5 others were in hospitails un
der treatment for same cause.
Most of the cases were picked uo
from the street unconscious.
Editorial
SIUVE YARDS AND GHOSTS
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'! he Watson was loaded to pass
enger capacity this trip. Unable
to bring Seattle to Alaska, Alas
kans are taking Alaska to Seattle.
The reason Alaska’s population
does not grow is because, too few
“Alaskans” are investing in real
estate in the cemeteries. They pre
fer to purchase the proverbial siv
eet of ground in th better cared
for cemeteries in the States. Prob
ably one reason why the Peters
burg cemetery is the disgrace it is.
f ocal dogs and cats get better buri
a! grounds from kiddies than do the
1 i -t mortal remains of departed Pe •
tersburgans.
Vlat Martin’s coffiin butted several
in cues on to another coffin buried
some time since.
Good thing ghosts don’t walk
else the desecration of a grave, ev
en to bury another bo<Iy, would
cause a panic at some funerals.
After death hits in the homes of
tse powers that be in Petersburg
and they have to bury loved ones
w.i.h less consideration than that giv
en a scrawny cat, then Petersburg
wir have a real cemetery. Said
one citizen, not one of my folks
wil1 ever be buried there only to be
uncovered to make room for anoth
er Heaven nor hell will be so
crowded—why be stingy with a little
bit of ground
The ground is available in south
Petersburg, will be survey and title
ginii.ed by the Department for th*
asking. Just neglect, lack of guts
or what you might call it.
Martin Dies of Heart
Trouble
Tuesday morning was found in
h e home dead, Mat Martin. Mr. 01
sen had delivered milk at the house
Monday morning and when his
knock at the door remained unan
smed. went on with his delivery be
lieving Martin had gone up town.
Tuesday morning when Olson sa v
tl.-' Monday milk delivery untoucn
ed. he entered the kitchen and found
Martin on the floor dead,, with his
h ind pillowed under his head. Ol
s m reported the facts to the U. S
Co i.missioner. The body was brot
to the City hall where death was
pronounced as being due to valvulai
trouble of the heart.
Deatn was not entirely unexpected
t> his friends as a medical examina
tion recently indicated that he would
check out over the Last Trail most
auv time.
Deceased had no kin in Alaska
but leaves two brothers and a niece
ir Wisconsin to mourn his depart
ure.
Funeral services were held in the
Sons of Norway Hall, Rev. W. i.
Maakestad officiating. Interment in
the Petersburg Cemetery. >
Ikaros :s burned
The Ikaros, cannery tender was
destroyed by fire out of Cordova
last week. The crew escaping in a
sk'ff. The craft was owned by the
Pioneer Sea Foods Cannery.
: red Handy, prohibition agent
was a passenger enroute to Juneau
on the Queen.
While the Queen was in port
James Wickersham visited with a
number of friends. He was return
ing to Juneau.
H. D. Kyle of Wrangell, Stand
ard Oil man of that city was in Pe
tersburg on business during the
week.