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PETERSBURG, ALASKA, OCTOBER 17,1930
No. 13
VOLUME NO. 5.
Danger for Milk
Declaring that the security of
the lumber industry of South
east Alaska is threatened by the
inereas ng popularity with can
nerymen of paper cartons, C. T.
Gardner has urged the Juneau
Chamber of Commerce to take
some positive action at the
October 13 convention or can
nerymen at Bellingham, Wash.,
in an effort to keep the business
in the Territory. .
Lnless the canners are induced
to break away from the present
trend toward using paper boxes,
the lumber industry of the Pan
handle will be ruined within a
few years, Mr. Gardner asserted.!
Seventeen hundred persons, he!
said, are dependent on the lum- j
her business. The capacity of i
the Southeast Alaska mills is
2.500.000 cases a year. This year ,
1.100.000 cases were cut, while j
the estimated output for next'
season is 500 000 cases. In three
years time there will be no box
es manufactured if the present
trend is allowed to continue, ac
cording ro Mr. Gardner.
As an example of the ruinous
results of the importation of pa
per boxes, Mr. Gardner told the
Chamber that of the three lead
ing mills in Southeast Alaska,
only one. the Juneau Lumber
Mills, operated* the full season.
Tire Ketchikan concern averag
ed about five days a week during
th season, while Wrangell's in
dustry had an even quieter sea
son.
The Republican candidates for
the legislature have pledged
themselves to make effort to
remedy these conditions to make
it possible for logging camps to
operate at a profit and to give
the lumber mills sufficient con
tracts to make it possible for
the mills to operate full time.
This will bring a solution in a
a large way to the economic
problem of the Territory.
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FILE BIG SUIT
The Government has fiied aj
suit to recover $1,329,785.93
against^ the Great Northern
Railway Company on the
grounds that it had overpaid the
railroad company that amount
during the government control
of railroads during and after the
World War. .1
Wrangell Church
Destroyed by File
The First Presbyterian Church
of Wrangell was destroyed by
ifire this morning at 7o’clock.
The building was being used by
the city as a high school build
ing. Details of the disaster were
not received.
This church was the first pro
iestant church in Alaska and
came as the result of the erorts
of Phillip McKay, native of Pert
Simpson, who brought to Wran
gell the first message of schools
and the Protestant religion. The
ia ,e Dr. S. Hall Young was the
first ordained pastor to occupy
the pulpit of the church.
Many old landmarks of Wran
gell are fast disappearing thru
death, and fire and deteriara
(ion. Those Oid Timers who pass
through will miss these old land
marks which only too grimly
point to the road which leads to
the land of Mystery.
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Townsiie Elimination
Is Now Defined
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An executive order signed by
President Hoover has been for
warded here by M. L. Merritt,
Assistant Regional Forester,
changing and defining the ex
terior boundaries of the Peters
burg Townsite Elimination from
ihb Tongass Forest Reserve. In
place of the former metes and
bounds description the official
desciiption of the townsite now
runs according to the legal sub
division survey. A blueprint in
dicating the new boundaries
lias been posted in the office of
the Recorder for this district.
This change is made in order
that the boundary of the town
site may conform to the Land j
Office surveys in this region.
Oct. 14, Kotzebue, Father Philip
I. Delon, Superior of Jesuit mis
sions of Alaska, Father Walsh, in
charge of the mission at Kotze
bue, 200 miles north of Nome,
and Ralph Wien, noted Alaskan I
pilot, were killed on the 13th i
when the Jesuit missionary
plane Marquette crashed to the
frozen tundra. Brother Geo. J.
Feltes, S. H. regular pilot of the
plane was not on board.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
NOTES
The Petersburg Commercial
Club held its regular meeting
and club dinner at the Grand
Cafe Wednesday evening.
A request by citizens of Point
Agassiz that the Commercial;
Club endorse a petition for a;
bridge across Muddy River was
spread on the minutes.
A telegram from Lieut. Oxrie
der. C. E. was read stating that
he would be in Petersburg and
would hold a public meeting on
or about the 20th to secure data
relative to the need for improve
ment of Petersburg harbor by
dredging. Actual statistical data
regarding the commercial im
portance of Petersburg as a poit
number and tonnage of vessels,
and information pertaining to
actual damage to vessels as a
result of having gone aground
in the harbor, losses on account
of delays to shipping, and vari
ous other data is being gathered
by the Commercial Club and co
ordinated for presentation at the
time of the hearing.
A resolution from the Juneau
Chamber of Commerce was pre
sented deploring the use of fiber
board cases in the shipmen o^
Alaska canned salmon and a
voring the use of box s °°
produced in the territory. wa
crdered that a telegram e a
dressed to Mr. E. D. Clark Sec
retary of the Association of ■
cific Fisheries endorsing - <
Juneau resolution ^ ar
endorsement also be addressed
to Commissioner Flory of the
Forest Service.
A communication from Com
missioner O’Malley of the Bu
reau of Fisheries announced
that a meeting will be held at
the Exchange Building in Seattle
cn November 19th to discuss pro
posed changes in Alaska herring
regulations in order to properly
conserve the herring supply.
This is a matter that was pre
sented by the Petersburg Com
mercial Club three years ago.
Time has not changed the situ
ation except to bring about the
conditions predicted at the time.
This fact also will be brought to
the attention of that meeting.
Fredrick Nelson made a final
report of his investigation of
certain claims arising out of the
trip of the Petersburg All-Alas
ka Championship Basket Ball
Team to Fairbanks. He stated
that all claims had been paid
with the exception of one claim
presented by C. A. West.
Councilman Greena discuss
ed the need for a school gymna
sium and it was stated by Mayoi
Ohmer that it is possible tha
; the expense of clearing th<
i ground near the school building
. v/hich has been presented to th<
. city for such a purpose can bi
. included in the budget yet thi
! season. No further action wa
i taken.
Republican Candidates Hold Enthusiastic
Political Meeting in Old Capital City
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The Republican Delegation
(James Wickersham, W. G.
bmith, Cash Cole, C. T. (Tom)
Gardner, J. E. Johnson, William
L. Paul, Grover C. Winn) held a
Republican rally at Sitka last
Tuesday night.
Grover Winn, candidate for
the House, acted as chairman
'and proved a good one. He in
troduced the men one by one in
his usual witty manner.
He announced that Walter
Scott could not accompany the
delegation because he was de
tained by his duties as outside
foreman of the Alaska Juneau
Mine. However Mr. Winn said
that Mr. Scott was a mining en
gineer, progressive in his style,
and anxious to help make Alas
ka a prosperous place for all
Alaskans.
On behalf of Mr. W. K.Keller,
Mr. Winn excused his absence
by announcing that Mr. Keller
was the active superintendent
of the Juneau Public School
system and he could not make
the trip without neglecting his
public duties. Mr. Winn hoped
however that the people would
appreciate the fact that if Mr.
Keller is elected commissioner
of Education, the people could
bank on his being just as faith
ful to his greater trust as he
was to his present one. At the
same time, the chairman said
nothing of the fact that Mr.
Keller’s opponent, Mr. Karnes
’he democratic candidate for
commissioner, found little diffi
culty in leaving his similar duti
es in Ketchikan and attending
the American Legion Convention
in Anchorage and leaving the
schools of Ketchikan to run
without a head for two weeks.
However this fact occured to
minds of the citizens.
Mr. W. G. Smith was then in
troduced by Mr. Winn to the au
dience that Mr. Smith has been
the treasurer of Alaska from the
inception of that office 17 years
ago, and the business men and
others thought so much of him
that the Republicans in their
recent primaries gave him their
unqualified support. Mr. Smith
was very modest about his duties
and the honors which the Re
publicans paid him, and prom
ises to do all that he can to ad
vance the interests of all true
Alaskans.
Cash Cole was then introduc
ed by Mr. Winn. Mr. Cole was a
member of the House in 1921
and 1923. In 1923, Mr. Cole was
e’ected Speaker of the House,
and at its conclusion, the Housi
informed him that he was ab
solutely fair to all members ir
all his rulings, and as a toker
of their appreciation gave him £
very fine gold watch. The offic<
of auditor was organized by Mr
Cole and has been functioning
as a first class business office
Mr. Cole has to see that th(
officials of the Territory spenc
the money only in the way tht
law directs. Sometimes people
feel that he is too strict aboui
this, but when the language o:
the law is laid before the people
they have always agreed thai
Mr. Cole cannot observe his oatf
of office otherwise.
C. T. Gardner, Tom to mos1
people, came to Alaska first ir
1905, then as a permanent re
sident in 1909. In 1923, he stepl
out of official life and joined th£
firm of Sawyer-Renolds Logging
Company. He lives in Juneai
where he manages that end o!
the very extensive business ol
that company. Mr. Gardner’s
familiarity with mill business
makes him the natural spokes
man for the lumber business. He
informed the people of the
great dangers which the papei
boxes increasingly used in the
fish business is bringing to oui
mills and says that unless some
thing is done, the mills of south
eastern Alaska must shut down
and if they do, that means that
about 2000 men will be thrown
aut of business. He told the peo
ple that the entire Republican
delegation were pledged to find
sut someway to protect this im
portant industry.
J. E. Johnson, was introduced
is a progressive business man of
Ketchikan, a man who promises
to bring his knowledge of busi
ness to the solution of business
problems. To Mr. Johnson, the
fish business seems of greatest
importance. For the delegation,
Mr. Johnson thinks that the
rules and regulations must be
changed in such a way that the
residents of Alaska will have a
chance to make a decent living.
William L. Paul spoke on the
question and said that the
issues had not changed since
1920 when he first appeared on
the political field.
Briefly he told about the Ca
nadian regulations and said that
no fish traps are used in British
Columbia, but that all its pack
was put up with fish caught b>
movable gear only. As a result
8,000 independent fishermen
were employed to put up 1,500,
PUBLIC HEARING IMPROVE
MENT PETERSBURG HARBOR
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I Lieut. Oxrieder, C. E. arrived
in Petersburg yesterday morning
to investigate the need for the
improvement of Petersburg Har
bor by dredging. It is announced
j that a public meeting will be'
held at the Sons of Norway hall
on Monday evening at 7:30 at
which time and place the peti
tions and representations of the
Citizens of Petersburg will be
heard. This is a proposition
which must appeal to every per
son in this port and it is expect
ed that the people will show
their interest by their presence
at the hearing. Come Early.
TOLSTOY’S GRANDSON QUITS
ALASKA
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Last week, Count Ivan Tolstoy,
grandson of the famous Russian
writer, left Fairbanks last week
; for his home in New York City.
!iThe count had been spending
>ithe summer in the Mount Mc
5 Kinley National Park.
5 Senator Jones has definitely
i set November 20 as the date for
halibut hearing at Seattle.
POLITICAL CANDIDATES
IN TOW^
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The Hon. James Wickersham
candidate for Delegate to Con
gress from Alaska, Walstein G
Smith, territorial treasurer, Casl
Cole, Auditor, Tom Gardner, can
didate for Senator, J. E. John
son, and William L. Paul, candi
dates for Representatives in thi
Territorial legislature, arrived ii
Petersburg on the Admira
Rogers.
A Republican rally is set fo
tonight at The Coliseum Thea
tre. The public is cordially invit
ed to attend. Issues of vital im
portance to the electorate am
the Territory will be discussed.
The delegation left last wee!
from Juneau and coverei
; Haines, Skagway and Sitk
| where they met with very friend
ly reception from the good citi
zens of those towns. The har
mony program of the Republica:
party leaders is fast taking roc
in all of the towns and is bein
! demonstrated by the suppoi
that is being given the entir
ticket.
Political Meeting tonight at th
1 Coliseum Theatre.
! 000 cases of salmon. If Alaska
■ would adopt similar regulations
t for its pack, it would take over
t THIRTY THOUSAND INDE
l PENDENT FISHERMEN to put
■ up its pack. If each fisherman
. was married to only one wife,
: that would mean 60,000 people
. for Alaska. If each couple had
t only two children, that would
1 mean a population of 120,000
! people in Alaska. Gee Whiz—
!1 James Wickersham concluded
> | the meeting by announcing that
: he was in full sympathy with
, and endorsed the statements of
; William L. Paul on the fish ques
l tion. He called attention to the
fact that only by the hardest
■ kind of a single handed fight,
i he defeated the infamous Alex
ander Fish Bill, a measure in
■ troduced by the Democrats in
! Congress that sought to give ti
: tie to trap sites.
On the question of the lease
bill, Mr. Wickersham said that
this measure was not a leasebill
as generally understood because
the bill provided that the gov
ernment (of the United States
!or the Territory of Alaska) were
• fully protected by a clause allow
ing “recapture” of the site at
any time the government saw
fit. The only thing the bill would i
do would be to stop “jumping”!
of trapsites, really an impossi
bility now because of recent
rulings of the war department,
i Mr. Wickersham came out
squarely and strongly for home !
rule to the fullest extent and !
promised to do his best to secure,
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The Jones Act
He reminded the people that
when the infamous Jones Marine
Act was before Congress, he
(Wickersham) was not the re
cognized delegate to Congress
but that George Grigsby was.
And when “I protested against
that bill which gives to Wash- j
ington a privilege that it denies ]
to Alaska in the way of shipping,
George Grigsby told the Com
mittee that I was in the pay of
the Canadian Steamship Co.
George Grigsby made no protest
against that bill. Perhaps it is
a mere coincidence that Grigsby
is now the paid attorney of the
Alaska Steamship Company, the
chief beneficiary of the Jones
Marine Bill, a bill which prohi
bits Canadian vessels from
bringing American Goods north
while permitting the same Cana
dian vessels to take the same
goods south to Seattle.”
j DEMANDS WILBUR RESIGN
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i Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur,
, president of Stanford University
■ and Secretary of the Interior,
. was called upon in an editorial
i yesterday in the Stanford daily
■ student publication either to re
• sign as president of the Univer
■ si.iy or from the cabinet. Publl
; cation of the editorial caused far
1 reaching comment and reper
1 cussions were heard at once
among Stanford University stu
r dents and alumni. National in
- terest attached to the matter be
- cause Doctor Wilbur is serving
- in the cabinet of Stanfords most
i famous graduate and outstand
ing member of its board of
c trustees—President Hoover.
* FISHING LICENSES
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It is reported that 215,000
* hunting and fishing licenses
t were sold in Washington this
? year. Of this number 200,296 re
t presented a single county license
e tourist 30-day licenses were only
342; straight state fishing li
censes at $5 each totaled 8456
e and state hunting licenses at
each, 8560.
Popular Local
People Married
Miss Dagmar Johanson and
Mr. Jesse Ames stole a march on
us all. We have been expecting
the merry tinkle of wedding
bells but they came just at a
moment when we weren’t listen
ing. Just before the Admiral
Rogers left port yesterday morn
ing the happy couple stood be
fore Rev Maakestad and vowed
their vows and pledged their
pledges. Leaving immediately on
the steamer, only a very few
persons became aware of the fact
before the birds had flown, but
the hearty congratulations and
best wishes of a wide circle of
friends go with them.
Mr. Ames will continue on to
Portland, Oregon and thence tc
Chicago with exhibits of fancy
iive stock from the Yukon Fur
Farms of which he is part owner
and manager. Mrs. Ames plans
to continue her employment in
the drygoods department of the
Hogue and Tveten Co.’s store.
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Ketchikan Woman
Angry at Karnes
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Mrs Axel Carlson, member of
the Ketchikan school board, re
cently wrote a lengthy letter to
the town council in which she
rnnounced her intention of re
signing as a trustee because she
could not “conscientiously sign
pay warrants for a superintend
ent of schools who takes time
off under salary at the start of
the school year to campaign for
office.” She referred to Superin
tendent Anthony E. Karnes, su
perintendent of the Ketchikan
schools, who came to Anchorage
recently as a member of the
Ketchikan delegation to the
American legion convention.
Mr. Karnes is democratic
candidate for commissioner of
eduction and he is accused by
Mrs. Carlson of making the trip
to the rail belt for the purpose
cf campaigning at the expense
of Ketchikan taxpayers. —
.Anchorage Times.
MORAN AND MACK, THE TWO
BLACK CROWS,
Moran and Mack, the Two
Black Crows, make their initial
motion picture debut in “Why
Bring That Up?” an all talking
Paramount picture at the Coli
seum, Saturday night.
This duo, who have taken the
wrorld by storm with their pho
nograph records, radio, and
stage appearances now give the
whole world a chance to see
what they look like. “Why Bring
That Up?” is a typical Two Black
Crows story. You see the twc
joining together and starting
their famous act. You see them
struggle toward their goal
Broadway and a theatre of theii
own!
Moran and Mack, the Twc
Black Crows, bring to you along
with a lot of new Moranism and
Mackites some of their past re
cord and radio hits, including
the original Two Black Crows
number “In Jail” bit and the
“Hunting Lions” number.
To their usual of foolishness
has been added a lively story bj
Octavus Roy Cohen, famous au
thor of colored stories and a
host of beautiful girls and smarl
characters.
Manager Cawthon wishes us
to announce that this picture
will be here but one night only
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PAPER MERGER
A merger of the leading new;
print producers was unofficially
reported in Montreal last week
Conclusion of negotiations ar<
expected at any time among th<
leaders of the industry in Nev
York.
Lost and Found
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With a harrowing tale of ship
wreck and privation, John Finch*
arrived in Petersburg Monday to
report the presumed drowning
of his partner, A. Christensen
in the S. E. storm of Saturday
night. Capt Oscar Peterson of
the gasboat “Thora” left immed
iately for the scene of the disas
ter in the vicinity of 12 mile
creek. He returned the same
evening with our old friend
“Chris” who had spent two griev
ous days searchin for Finch
vhom he believed to have drift
ed away in the darkness toward
Cape Fanshaw in an open boat.
The partners left Petersburg
Saturday with two boats bound
.or Farragut Bay. At Twelve
Mile Finches open boat swamped
'n the heavy seas stopping his
outboard motor. His boat drifted
?n a reef and he was obliged to
swim a considerable distance to
shore. Thinking that Chris
would make harbor in Twelve
Mile Finch remained two days
without provisions. Finally con
cluding that his partner’s boat
had been sunk on the reefs he
returned and reported. Although
Finch lost considerable clothing
and equipment and his boat was
badly damaged he succeeded in
salvaging his motor and a skiff
he had been towing. There was
a joyous reunion when the part
ners met alive and safe in Pe
tersburg.
AIRPLANES
The Republican Delegation
(James Wickersham for Dele
gate, W. G. Smith for Treasurer,
Cash Cole for auditor, Tom
Gardner for Senator, J. E. John
son, William L. Paul, Walter
Scott, and Grover C. Winn for
the House of Representatives)
arrived in Skagway just in time
to serve as a reception commit
tee for Livingston Wernecke who
made the first landing with his
plane on the new Skagway Air
port. Mrs. Wernecke arrived
there on the Princess Louise and
so Mr. Wernecke, after eating
his breakfast in Mayo, Yukon
Territory, flew over, met his
wife, and together they flew
back and had dinner in Mayo.
And thus two weeks was saved.
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KETCHIKAN BOND
ISSUE LOSES
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On the 7th of October, the
voters of Ketchikan refused to
approve the bond issue which
would permit the city to pur
chase the power, water and
light plant from the operating
company in Ketchikan.
Out of a registration approxi
mating 900 on the assessment
roll only 264 expressed their
preference in the matter. Of the
total votes cast, 91 approved the
issue; 172 opposed it and there
was one spoiled ballot.
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A SONG OF KENTUCKY
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You have been selected as one
of the judges at the Kentucky
Derby of all racing pictures
which opens at the Coliseum
Theatre, Sunday night. It is a
musical Movietone of thorough
breds for thoroughbreds and
promises a laugh with every
breath.
This is a film of a thorough
bred girl, who sets a man’s head
in a maddening whirl. A tale of
' love and beauty, life and living;
A symphony of song and a
heart’s full giving—With rising
beat of horses’ feet To raise your
blood to fever heat.
; With Lois Moran, Joe Wag
' staff, Douglas Gilmore, Hedda
. Cooper, Bert Woodruff, and
; Dorothy Burgess, “A Song of
‘ Kentucky” is a love lyric that
r should prove excellent enter
j t&inment.