VOLUME NO. 5.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, NOVEMBER 14, 1930.
NUMBER il
A.N.B. Convention
In Full Swing
The A. N. B. convention open
ed Tuesday morning with Grant
Pdesident Wm. L. Paul in the
chair. Armistice Day services
were in charge of Sam. G. Davis
of Kasaan and Rev. Paul Mather
of Ketchikan. In the afternoon
the convention took part in the
Armistice Day parade, the larg
est and most colorful in the his
tory of Ketchikan.
The Grand Can*p officers
elected for the coming year are
as follows; Pres. Louis Short
ridge of Klukwan; Vice Pres.
Frank G. Johnson of Wrangell;
Sec't, Eli Katanook of Angoon;
Treasurer, Ralph Young of
Sitka; Sgt. at Arms, Walter So
beloff of Sitka.
The Grand Camp officers for
the Sisterhood for the coming
year are as follows; Pres. Mrs.
Margret Ridley of Ketchikan;
Vice President, Mrs. Louise Mar
tin of Haines; Sec’t, Mrs. Ruth
Hayes of Juneau; Treas., Mrs.
Paul Jones of Ketchikan; Sgt.
at Arms, Mrs. Wm. Johnson of
Hoonah.
Greetings were extended to the
convention by the President of
the local Brothrhood, Ed. Ridley,
President of the local Sister
hood, Mrs. Margret Ridley and.
Mayor Walker of Ketchikan
which were well received. Re
plies were made by Grand Pres- !
ident of the Sisterhood, Mrs.
Elizabeth James and Peter
Simpson, in place of Vice Pres
ident Mercer who was unable to |
be there due to the delay of the
steamer.
The Ketchikan Sisterhood stag- ;
ed an entertaining sketch on-1
titled “A. N. B. Abroad” which [
was proceeded by selections by
the band, musical numbers byj
the members of the Ketchikan I
A. N. S. and A. N. B.
A banner was presented to the j
Grand Camp by the Saxman
Camp, the banner being a design
of the territorial flag with A. N. ;
B. colors, it was accepted and
made a part of the Grand Camp
equipment.
Work in ernest was begun
after installation of new officers.
Committee work took all of
Thursday morning, in the after
noon, Wickersham discussed j
land suit situation, stating thatj
if elected, he would be automat- |
ically barred from taking further
part in the matter, excepting to
get action on Sutherland meas
ure still pending in Congress,,
Thlinget and Haida people will
continue to press claims.
Thursday evening Mr. Yaw of
the Sheldon Jackson School,
presented problems of that
school, which was discussed in
general.
More about the convention
next week.
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‘DEAD’ MAN 86, COMES
TO LIFE, MARENGO la. j
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William H. Delzell, eight-six,!
recently was the liveliest corpse ^
that town ever saw. Though he,
had been pronounced dead sev- j
eral days, Delvel walked to
the mailbox , read his mail and^
ate a hearty meal.
He suffered a stroke of para-,
lysis, his second in a week. The!
family physician pronounced
him dead. Other members of the j
family and an undertaker were i
called. In the meantime the body
was moved from the chair where
the attacked ocurred to his bed-,
room.
A cold sheet was thrown over
him. j
Suddenly there was a sign ofj
life. Stimulants were given him
and a half-hour later he was
able to exclaim that there was
nothing the matter with him. i
i Airways Bidding On
Alaska Mails;
Interior Routes
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There is the possibility that
airplanes wejl carry mail on reg
ular schedules to numerous Al
aska communities during the
coming year. New contracts are
; to be awarded for star routes
within the next few weks and
| the Alaskan Airways has submit
ted bids which will enable the
1 government to make rapid deliv
ery ot mails throughout the in
jterior at almost the price it now
pays for the slow dog team de
liveries. The company has sub
mitted bids aggregating $150,
000 and covering many of the
-routes for which contracts are
to be awarded.
| The company is understood to
[have agreed to take the mails
from any point along the Alas
ka railroad designated by the
postal authorities.. Some of the
mail, if the company is award
ed the contracts it seeks, will be
dispatched from Anchorage
without question, and all of it
could be sent from here at con
siderable saving of time. One
of the routes would cover the in
let district as far south as Ho
mer and another would take
mail to the westward, via Iliam- j
na to Dillingham and neighbor- ;
ink communities. The company
also has bid on the short Susitna |
route, which logically would be j
served from Anchorage, as it is j
at present. Virtually all of the ;
territory no wserved from the \
rail belt,- is covered by the com- 1
pany s bids.
In .addition to the new planes
ordered by the company recent
ly. the Alaskan Airways also is
increasing its personnel in an
ticipation of favorable action on
its air mail proposals. Orville
H. Porter, who came north with
the first Wilkins north pole ex
pedition, as mechanic, and who
accompanied "Wilkins and Cros
son into the Antarctic, has been
cgaged by the Airways and will
arrive at Seward Saturday, ac
companied by his wife, the for
mer Miss Orphia Boreen, of this
city. They are going through
to the Fairbanks base. There
will be further additions to the
personnel later.
The company has two new
planes now en route to Alaska,
an amphibian and a New Stand
ard. One of them shoulsd be
here at the end of the week,
and it is possible that both will
will arrive at that time.
The work of preparing the lo
cal hangar for winter use has
oeen nearl ycompleted by Dahl
& Wanstedt. the contractors be
ug engaged at present in putting
be new sliding door in position..
Phe hangar has been lined and
a new heating system, devised
by Mechanical Cecil Higgins,
will keep the building comfort
able.
As soon as weather conditions
will permit, Pilot Matt Nieminen
will make a flight to the in
ferior, with stops at Sleitmut,
McGrath, Takotna, Akiak, Beth
el, Iditartd and Holy Cross. A
passenger will be brought from
Holy Cross on the return flight.
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INDIANS, WHITES
STUDY TOGETHER
Indian children of Oklahoma
will attend the public schools
with the white children in the
future, it was announced by the
Indian service of the interior de
partment today.
This step is taken in the belief
that the Indians will learn more
rapidly and advance quicker to
ward normal citizenship through
contact with the whites.
Cutter Haida To
Act ,4s
Mother Ship
The Cutter Haida which sail
ed from Seattle October 27, with
Captain H. D. Hinckley, Com
mander of the North Pacific
Division of the Coast Guard,
with Commander R. B. Hall, in
command, is bound for the Gulf
of Alaska. The Haida will act
in the capacity of mother ship
to fishing schooners. She will
remain at the halibut banks un
til Nov. 22, a week after the
closing of the halibut season.
It was stated the Cutter Tus
caroa, which takes over the Ju
neau station of the coast guard
this winter, will leave Baltimore
Nov. 1 and will be commanded
by C. H. Dench, and replaces the
Unalga now at Baltimore for
repairs.
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PRESBYTERY WILL REBUILD
CHURCH RAZED BY FIRE
According to word received
the Presbyterian church board
of missions will rebuild the
church that was destroyed by
fire recently at Wrangell. The
school children who were housed
si the same structure are now
occupying quarters at the Elks’
Club and the old town hall.
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SWEDEN HOLDS ALASKAN
FOXES IN QUARANTINE
All foxes from Alaska and the
Pacific northwest bound for
Sweden will be held in quaran
tine at Gothenburg not longer
han fourteen days to determine
vhether they are diseased, Seat
le shipping men were notified
■cently. Fifty foxes and three i
hundred mink will leave for;
Gothenburg going to New York
>y rail to be transferred to ships
or Sweden.—Ex.
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HEAVY DRAINS ON
RED CROSS |
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Relief contributions by the
American Red Cross since the ^:
beginning of the fiscal year on
July 1 exceeded those for the en
tire preceding year, it was an- ;
nounced recently.
Consequently the organization ;
will run short of funds for dis- j
aster relief unless the public re- j
sponds heartily to the member- :
ship drive starting November 11, :
according to Vice Chairman
James L. Feiser.
Allotments of $450,000 for <
drought relief and of more than.
$200,000 for relief work in Santo':
Domingo cut heavily into the
funds of the organization, Feiser
explained.
PETERSBURG P.-T. A.
The monthly meeting of the :
P. T. A. was called to order by
the President, Mrs. Charley And- .
erson, minutes were read and ap
proved. ;
Mrs. Clausen reported that ;
$32.15 was taken in from rum- (
mage sale. Mr. Warfield was in
structed to order lumber to en
close the play shed. Mrs. Locken, I;
chairman of the membership
committee reports $64.00 taken :
in from members. Mr. Bayer’s :
room won the party for getting ,
the most members.
A prize of $3 and $2 is offer- ;
ed to members who will bring
in the most new members, who
have no children in school, con- i
test to close next Friday.
The sixth grade won the pic
! ture for the month.
Mrs. Johnson gave a very in
teresting reading on how to get
| good books in the home. Miss
; Ruth Scott also gave a very clev-1
| er reading.
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^New Childrens Crusade
Led by /, 1 00 Scientists
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At Call of President Hoo
ver, Women Pioneers
Rally to Cause of
, Childhood
Washington, D. C.—More than
700 years ago a children’s crusade
brought death to nearly 90,000
children.
The new children’s crusade, led
by the President of the United
States and 1,100 scientific idea!
ists, will bring more abundant life
to hundreds of thousands of chil
dren when the plans for the White
House Conference on Child Health
and Protection come to fruition.
Making surveys of child proh
lems under the direction of the
President and his a'des, Secretary
of the Interior Rav Toyman Wil
bur, chairman of the Conference
and Dr. H. E. Barnard, director
are many pioneers in work for
children. A number are women, i
i One, Miss Julia Lathrop was j
the first chief rf United States j
Children’s Pnr--u a^.-r its forma
tion. She • ' >1 1- Of the-’
i Planning Committee of the Con
j ference to be held November 19-22
| here, and also of the Education
I and Training section.
A memorandum prepared by
Grace Abbott, another pioneer, for
the League of Nations in 1923 led
to an investigation of the traffic in
women and children in the west
ern world. Since 1921 she has been
head of the Children’s Bureau.
She is a member of the Confer
ence Planning Committee and of
the section on Public Health Ser
vice and Administration.
Miss Martha Van Rensselaer’s
name appears upon all the lists of
America’s greatest women. She is
Director of the New York State
College of Home Economics at
Cornell, and a pioneer in work for
farm women and children. She is
associate director of the Confer
ence and member of the Training
and Education section.
Lillian D. Wald, founder of the
Henry Street Settlement in New
York City, and originator of tha
district nursing idea, is working
with the Conference section oa
Education and Training. J
*250,000 GOLD SAVED ON SHIP
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Passengers returing from
Sfome lately on the S. S. Victoria
furnished details of the accident
ivhich gave Nome one of the
greatest thrills in its history—1
she loss and recovery of nearly
i ton of gold.
A small tug carrying passeng-!
?rs and an express company’s
;trong box containing $250,000
n gold bullion, struck a bar out
n the shallow harbor September
14. Despite the heroic efforts
)f the crew the tug listed heavi
y, took on considerable water
ind finally sank.
Several passengers who, with
he gold were to have been load
'd on the Victoria, standing well
)ut in the harbor, at the mouth
if the Snak river, received a
ducking but were outherwise un
lurt.
Loss of the gold fortune creat- j
?d a furor at Nome, and hun
dreds watched a coast guard tug]
steam to the bar and then slow
y drag the tug, with its precious ]
;argo, back to the city’s water-j
front. It was pulled under a
?rane which finally lifted the1
strong box to shore.
The tug was pumped out and
i few hours later returned to
service. Meanwhile another tug'
larried the gold cargo to the
Victoria, which brought it to
Seattle.—Ex.
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The Yukon Fur Farm shipped
nit 21 mink on the Farragut,
for the Chicago live stock show
so be shown December 4. The;
nink will be in the care of Jess I
fVmes from Seattle to Chicago.
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The steamer Queen of the Ad
miral Line is due here tomorrow
loon northbound.
$15,000 JOB IS NEGLECTED;
BUT ONE BID GIVEN
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Times aren't so bad in Alaska
after all, when $15,000 jobs in
easily accessible places almost go
begging. "This is evidenced by
the effort of the Alaska Division
of the Office of Education to ob
tain tenders for clearing an
eight-acre site for the projected
industrial training school at
Shoemaker Bay, a short distance
from Wrangell.
More than two weeks ago, the
bureau advertised in The Em
I ire and Ketchikan Chronicle,
and sent pm> notices to Wran
gell end Petersburg, for bids on
this work. Saturday, November
8, was fixed as the date on
which the tenders would be
opened. Only one bid was re
ceived despite the publicity.
Another tender reached here to
day too late, however, to be con
sidered.
The bid received was for $2,
250 per acre, or a total of $18,000
for the job which consisted of
clearing, burning and grubbing
the eight acre tract. It has been
communicated to Washington
with the recommendation that
it be accepted, so that the work
can be initiated without delay.
—Juneau Empire.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The American Legion Auxiliary
wishes us to announce that they
will give a serier of card parties,
beginning December 6 at the
American Legion Dugout. Every
one interested in an evening of
cards will be welcome to attend
this series. There will be a
small charge of 50c per evening.
Schedule will be announced
later.
Three Injured
When Boat Burns
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Fire which resulted from ex
ploding gasoline seriously burn
ed Mr. and Mrs. George White
and P. Orcutt, well known fish
er folks of Wrangell, while their
boat, the Regal, was taking on
oil at the Union Oil station Mon
day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs.
White entered the hospital to be
treated for burns about the face,
neck and hands. Orcutt, who
was blown off the deck of the
boat, suffered only slight burns
and was discharged from the
hospital the next morning.
The Regal was having her
tanks filled with gas at the time
of the explosion, and it is
thought that some of the oil
splashed over and fell near the
galley stove. Mrs. White, badly
burned, escaped from the boat
oy climbing the ladder to the
dock, followed by her husband.
Orcutt swam until a life preserv
er was thrown to him and was
then hauled up the ladder.
An-attempt was made to cut
a hole in the boat just below
the waterline in order to sub
merge the engine and save it
from destruction, but this was
not successful. The Regal was
pushed away from the dock with
pike poles and later towed to
the graveyard beach. It is
thought the boat will be a total
loss.
loss.—Wrangell Sentinel.
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NON-RESIDENT TAX SUIT
WILL BE TRIED SOON
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Enroute to San Francisco to
appear before the United States
behalf of the Territory in de
fense of the Xlocal non-resident
fishermen’s license tax law, At
torney General John Rustgard
left here one the motorship
Northland for Seattle. He ex
pects to return in about three
weeks.
The suit was instituted here
early this year by John Free
man. a troller residing in the
State of Washington, alleging
the law was unconstitutional. It
was tried before Judge Justin
W. Harding of the United States
District Court for the First
Division, and in a ruling hand
ed down by him, the validity of
the act was sustained.
Counsel for Freeman immedi
ately filed an appeal to the
Appellate Court at San Fran
cisco. It is set for argument
there on November 18, next. As
soon as it is completed, Mr.
Rustgard will return here.—Ju
neau Empire.
THE PICTURE IS ALL WRONG
It is always refreshing for us
to read an article where it is
evident that, Poor Lo, if he is the
subject, is getting a square deal.
Under the above caption a re
cent issue of the Seward (Alas
ka) Daily Gateway has the fol
lowing to say:
We have heard much about
rhe terrible conditions among
the natives and Indians of the
westward; of their alleged low
morals, drunkenness, sickness
and ignorance, so we were quite
prepared to view with pity these
things upon our visit among
them last summer.
We were not exactly disap
pointed but we were greatlysur
prised to note a total lack of all
those things. We saw three
drunk and they were whites.
We saw some sickness, yess, but
not more than would be found
elsewhere; of ignorance we saw
none.—Chemawa American.
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Deer season closes tomorrow.
American Legion
Dance A Grand
Success
Petersburg dancers were the
guests of the American Legion
last Monday night. This being
:the first masquerade of the year
jmuch interest was shown by the
many clever costomes worn by
the dancers. At midnight the
prizes were awarded.
Those winning prizes are as
follows; Box of groceries, Mrs.
Hallingstad; jewel box, Joe Mac
kechnie; Dance Set, Mrs. C.
Clausen; Side of bacon, John
Luderman; One year sub. to the
Alaskan, Virgina Tate; Alarm
'■'lock, Lcrette Robinson and Lois
Dering; Toaster, Agnes and
Thelma Arness; Flower, Mrs.
Jess Ames; Box of groceries, Pat
Bvache and Frank Judd; Shirt,
James Rhodes; Silk stockings
and garters, Mrs. Andrew John
son; Scarf, Doris Parks; Tie
Rack, Carl Ness; Men socks,
Andrew Wikan; Beads, Miss
Hanson; Cigarette lighter, Geo.
Strom; Bill fold, Tryge Strom.
Miss Imogene West was the
lucy winner of the Hope chest
raffled by the ladies of the
Auxiliary.
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BROOKHART HINT REVOLT
PERILS EDGE IN SENATE
Wahington, D. C.—Out of the
confusion of one of the most
bitterly contested and closest
off-year congressional elections
in American history, this result
was apparent recently:
A nominal Republican major
ity of one of the senate and
three in the house of representa
tives, which may be upset by the
action of Independent Republi
cans and Farmer-Laborites.
After wavering in the balance
for three days, the latest returns
gave the Republicans 219, Demo
crats 215 and Farmer-Labor 1 in
the house.
In the senate, the latest tabu
lations stood: Republicans 48,
Democrats 47, Farmer-Labor 1.
This Republican “paper” ma
jority in the senate may be
wiped out by Senator Smith
Wildman Brookhart of Iowa,
jWho made the startling an
j nouncement that he might vote
| with the Democrats to organize
the next senate.
What appears to be an abso
lute Republican majority in the
house was determined when
Representative Bert Vestal, Re
publican “whip” of the house,
pulled through in the Eighth
Indiana District by a margin of
nine votes, and Representative
Richard Yates won out as the
| representative-at-large from Il
linois.
! This claim of paper control
I for the Democrats or Republi
jcans means little in any event.
I Thirteen long months intervene
.before the seventy-second con
gress convenes to organize in the
I fall of 1931.
j Death, illness, the resignation
iof one or more members—the
j official recount of the ballots in
i several districts—there are the
| factors which will really decide
i whether John N. Gamer of
i Texas or Nicholas Longworth
,will preside over the delibera
tions of the house.
Brookhart’s announcement,
however, carries with it a be
wildering chain of probabilities.
Of course, even with the rebelli
ous Iowan on their side, the
Democrats must make certain of
Shipstead and Senator-elect
Huey Long, of Louisiana, who
has announced he may delay
taking the oath of office until
May, 1932, before they can or
ganize.