VOLUME NO. 5.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA,
JULY 10, 1931
NO. 51
Doc. Chase Is Off
Game Commission
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Andrew W. Simons, Kenaii
Peninsula, has been appointed
to succeed Dr. W. H. Chase, of
Cordova, effective July 1. The
appointment was announced by
Secretary Arthur M. Hyde.
Mr. Simmons is a pioneer and
for some years has been connect
ed with the Alaska Guides, Inc.,
but more recently he has been
opera tin" his own outfit inde
pendently.
Dr. Chase has been a member
of the Commission for the past
years he has been its president.
He has been a staunch Repub
lican in politics and has done a
great deal of constructive work
for the Territory.
Mr. Simons’ apointment was
highly satisfactory to Mr. Ter
hune, head of the Commission.
NOW WANTS FREEDOM
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Emilio Aguinaldo, who led the
Phillippinne insurrection against,,
the United States after the Span
ish War, and who later, after toe-1
ing made a pensioner of the
United States, came to support,
the American suzerainty, de
clared in favor of immediate in- j
dependence, but that that they'
should take time to prepare1
themselves for it.
The Filipinos are new wonde -
ing if the pension has been dis
continued to bring about Aguiu
aldo’s change cf heart.
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DIME AND DOLLAR
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The Dime and Dollar Savings
and Loan Association of Port
land was ordered by the Oregon
Banking Board to cease opera
tions until it got back on a se
cure and sound basis. Many
thousands of dollars were lost
by those who could ill afford to
lose any amounts in Alaska. Ad -
ditional information may be se
cured from Mr. Elstad, editor of
our contemporary, as he was the
advertised agent in the Peters
burg district.
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Begin Work on
Federal Boats
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Seattle shipyards now have
construction contracts for $495,
300 worth of wooden vessels of
various sizes and types. The
Berg Shipbuilding Company,
within the next two weeks will
lay the keel for the $400,000
Alaska School supply ship to be
built by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
This yard also has the con
tract to build a 65-foot twin
screw vessel for the U. S. Coast
and Geodetic Survey at a cost of
$36,000. Toe vessel is to be op
erated in Hawaii and will be
sent to the islands under her
own power.
The Berg plant is building a
vessel for the Biological Survey
in Alaska at a cost of $3,800.
The Jensen plant is building
an 80-foot yacht for A. G. Gris
wold at a cost of $50,000 and the
Barbee Dry Dock and Ship
building Co., has the keels laid
for two small tenders for the
U. S. Lighthouse Service in Ket
chikan at a cost of $5,500.
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U. S. ILLITERACY
Illiteracy is steadily declining
in the United States, having
fallen to a percentage of 4.3 of
the population over ten years of
age, according to the 1930 cen -
sus, the Commerce Department
announced recently.
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Sing Lee is having new piling
placed upder his dock.
Ter. Treasury
Balance Is Low
The calibre of the last legis
lature is well shown in the bal
ance of the Territorial Treasury
Recent statement by Treasurer!
Walstein G. Smith shows a bal
ance on June 30th, of $663,847.74.1
The cost of Territorial govern-1
ment operations is $80,000 per
month. With appropriations to
be made, yet, from the treasury,
there is every indication that
local school boards will be rath
er hard hit to meet expenses by
the first of the year. The Ter
ritory can not borrow any mon
ey as may a State and there is
a question as to whether or not
money coming into the treasury,
not accounted for to the last le
gislature may be used before the
next session is convened.
Those politicians who would
save the country from raids on
the treasury, themselves have
depleted the treasury without
providing for future revenue.
A real bright bunch of law mak -
ers, don’tcher know. This will
be more emphasized when the
incorporated towns must meet
bills which the Territory shares
a part of.
The Alaska Pulp
Mill Joke Again
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Every once in awhile someone'
sputters about construction of
pulp and paper mills in Alaska.
Usually this Chinook wind blows
during the heat of political cam
paigns and during the interim,
completely forgotten. Watch the
political demagogues next year.
All of which is brought to our
mind by the press dispatch de
claring that “in the absence of
evidence that it was produced by
convict labor, a cargo of Russian
pulp wood was ordered admit
ted to the United States.” With
its billions of feet of timber, the
Territory is unable to deliver to
the mills in any quantity or
quality worth a second consid
eration. Someone should blame
Dan Sutherland, Delegate Wick
ersham and William Paul for
this condition.
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The Sawyer-Reynolds Logging
Co., of Ketchikan shipped a raft
of logs to the Big Bay Lumber
Co., Prince Rupert, B. C.
This Alaska logging company
has over three million feet of
logs for which it has no sale in
the American market.
Permission was granted by the
Forest Service to export these
logs in the round to British Co
lumbia after a complete inves
tigation. The first tow of logs
consisted of 700.000 feet of logs.
Says a small logger: “You
just try to make a shipment of
logs.
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It now looks as though there
would be no construction on the
Fairbanks public building this
season. The Supervising Archi
tect’s Office state that a post of
fice inspector on returning from
Fairbanks insists that the type
of concrete building planned
could not be erected in the Fair
banks soil. The matter is being
given further consideration and
the announcement comes that
the plans may have to be alter
ed again.
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HEAT KILLS FISH
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Fish are reported as dying in
Wisconsin lakes because of the
intense heat. At Lake Como,
pickerel weighing up to 2d
pounds died and thousands of
smaller fish succumbed in other
placed under his dock. ... ...
First Division Republicans
Will Meet in Petersburg
The Republicans of Juneau
are planning on calling a con
vention in Petersburg at some
time in the near future with the
purpose of weaving together
the frayed ends of the Party in
an effort to weave them into a
solid working organization. The
success or the failure of that
convention will mark the im
mediate future of the G. O. Po
liticians in Alaska. It is notori
ously known that in the past
ten years one element, the Pro
gressives have voted by the dic
tates of the primaries while the
other faction has voted Republic
an in the primaries and Demo
cratic in the general election.
The final returns of the general
elections have evidenced this
fact.
Inroads have been made by
the Democrats into the ranks of
both Progressives and the Die
Hards. So much so that an ob
server stated that it was not his
opinion that the Republicans
can elect another ticket in the
Territory—especially because of
the fact that the next election
is a presidential election and It
will have considerable bearing
upon local candidates.
If the weavers are succesful
in gathering up the warped ends
and succeed in untangling the
many and some serious knots,
they will weave a fabric that
will prove all-wool and a yard
wide.
In the mutterings of plans, it
was recently reported in Stroll
er’s Weekly that Capt. Lathrop
would not be a candidate to
succeed himself as Republican
National Committeeman and
that Mr. Rasmussen of the Bank
of Alaska would like that job.
and J R. Heckman also was a
possible candidate; that Grover
W’lin had aspirations to be the
next Attorney General to suc
ceed John Rustgard who has an
eye on the chair now occupied
by Justin W. Harding. It h. a
truthful observation that Judge
Harding has worked up mere
enemies m the short time h . lias
been in office than any other
judge of the First Division; and
that enmity is not confine I to
any one faction.
It is indicated that U. S. Mar
shal Albert White is acquiescent
while his friends boost his can
didacy for delegate to the Re
publican Convention while R.
Bragaw of Anchorage and Car
Brosius of Seward are also men
tioned as worthy timber to re
present northern Republicans.
In opposition to dclegateship
aspirations of perrennual Geo.
G. Grigsby of the Democrats, it
is whispered that George W.
Folta, Assistant District Attor
ney would not be too bashful to
accept Republican nomination
for that office. What difference
this will have on the candidacy
of Delegate Wickersham, in
event he runs again, is rather a
complicated question.
Vinegar and Pep
There is every indication that1
the Democratic sirens have not
lulled the G. O. Politicians to
sleep by their seeming indiffer
ence to the political future of
Alaskan Republicans. There are
men of integrity and political
sagacity in the Republican ranks5
who are right now busy and outj
of their efforts will come forth I
a product of certainty which will!
give no uncertain solution to the
political, situation, throughout
the entire Territory.
SUBSIDY BIDS KE JKtTlSU ruu
cook’s inle;t
Proposals submitted under the
Cook Inlet subsidy act passed by
the last legislature have been
rejected by the territorial auth
orities and new bids are invited.
Three bids were submitted two
of them by cable and the third
by letter. They were submitted
to Attorney General Rustgard, in
the absence of Governor Parks,
and he directed that the bids
be rejected.
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Deputy Marshal F. _ D. Price
returned to Juneau Monday ev -
ening.
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George Jones, U. S. Deputy
Marshal stationed at Hoonah
arrived here today enroute to
Port Alexander where he will be
stationed for the summer.
UUED SHIP IN SEATTLE
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..The Alaska Steamship. Com
pany’s steamer Victoria arrived
in Seattle last week with 52
passengers from the Nome and
adjoining districts and in her
cargo was $50,0000 in gold bul
lion from the mining camps of
the Seward Peninsula district
and shipments of canned salm
on and reindeer carcasses.
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GOLD WHERE YOU FIND IT
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A gold rush on a small scale
is reported as being in progress
in the Wenatchee, Oregon sec -
tion of the Columbia river. The
prospecting movement is said to
have developed importance, sev
eral rich strikes being reported.
One bqr of the River has fifty
men panning gold and working
out from one to six dollars a day.
PETERSBURG MARINE WAYS
GETS CLAIM
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The Petersburg Marine Ways
was awarded claims for assess
ed liquidated damages on work
unavoidably delayed on the ten-j
der repaired in that shop for the!
Lighthouse Department. The
work was unavoidably delayed
yet damages were assessed on
the company. Claims will be ad
judicated by the General Ac
counting Office upon presenta -
tion of claim.
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New Fihseries
Handbook Out
Alaska fishermen will find
much interest in the Handbook
just published by “Pacific Fish
erman,” Seattle o-gr.n of the
fishing industry. This conven
ient colume condenses and pres
ents in plain, understandable
language a mass of information
to which commercial fishermen
have occasion for constant re
terence.
It takes up first of all the
je'veral fishing districts of Alas
ka, as well as of the entire Pa
cific Coast, discussing the fish
taken, the methods employed,
the open seasons and general in
formation regarding the in
dustry. The Alaska fishery law
and the regulations for 1931 ars
condensed and presented in such
form as to he readily available
to a busy man. The fishei v
codes of British Columbia, Wash
:ngton, Oregon and Californix
tre dealt with likewise.
Charts of the principal fish
ery ports of the Pacific Coast
and full explanation of the fi
riiities which they offer the
iishing industry are published.
Alaska ports covered by charts
include Juneau, Sitka Peters
burg and Ketchikan while de
tailed information is given in
addition for Port Alexander,
Kodiak, Valdez, Dutch Harbor,
Seldovia, Cordova, Seward and
Anchorage.
Handbook covers distance tables,
a directory of fishery organiza
tions, legal matters in connec
tion with boat ownership and
operation, fishery licenses anil
"■axes, rule of navigation, facts
about fishing gear and a wealth
of other information of essential
character to the fisherman.
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Harry Willis and troupe of
performers arrived in port toda>
and will be seen at the Coliseum
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W. J. Gallaher, subcontract
on the West Petersburg highwaj
arrived during the week and i:
registered at the hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Roder
returned to Juneau Monday af
ter spending the Fourth of Juli
here. Mr. Roden gave the ad
dress of the day.
Burke to Decorate
New Coliseum
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B. W. Burke, Alaska’s residen
tial decorator, arrived in Peters
burg the fore part of the week
from Juneau where his head
quarters are. He has come ta
Petersburg to decorate the new
Coliseum Theatre of this city.
Mr. Burke is acknowledged as
being one of the foremost interi
or decorators, his work puts him
in the class of the best. His
work in Alaska has won for him
a reputation of distinction thru
his recent work on the Colise
um Theatres in Juneau, Wran
gell, Sitka and Haines. Before
leaving Juneau, he completed
the only business house in Alas
ka having entirely free-har.d
mi’al decorations over-all —
this being the Juneau Drug Co.
This work is of the atmos -
pheric type and combines palm
trees, fleecy clouds and tropical
effects with gold leaf and ultra
marine blue trimmings, the
whole giving an ensemble fault
less in detail The sunset a: d
cloud effects are especially
beau'iful Mr. Burke v/a; given
free scope and demonstrated his
artistry. Plastic effects and in
terior lighting add to the beau
ty and many favorable com
ments have been passed upon
the quality of the work.
After completing his work in
Petersburg, Mr. Burke will pro
ceed to Wrangell where he will
th.'.vh the new city school. Ass' -
jnattd with Mr. Burke ar? Mr
e\ Cunningham, Theodore IT
Gtr'on, Peter C. McCormack Jr
and Jerry Power.
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Seattle Fails To Get
Additional Judge
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There is no chance of Seat
tle getting an additional judge
or favorable action being had in
the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee on the bill of Senator W. L.
Jones creating such a position,
stated Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Charles P. Sisson while he
was in Seattle.
The suggestion that National
Representative Sam B. Hill,
Democrat of Eastern Washing
ton, be named to succeed Judge
Stanley Webster of Spokane in
event the latter be elevated to
fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Judge Frank H. Rud
kin, is not being taken seriously
was also intimated by Mr» Sis
son.
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ALASKA FUR RECIEPTS
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The Department of Agricui
' ture in a recent statement de
clared that 494,547 fur-bearing
land animal skins valued at $2,
128,148 were exported from the
Territory in 1930.
The value of these shipments
was $2,385,715 less than the 1929
exports altho 197.245 more pelts
were shipped. The general de
cline in market value of individ
ual furs was responsible for the
smaller return, the department
said.
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Frederick C. H. Spencer, the
Postmaster at Takotna, died re
cently and John P. Taylor was
appointed acting postmaster. He
recently resigned and Mrs. Ad
dic H. P.ieck was named as h s
successor on May 7th. The De
■ partment is now considering the
’ advisability of appointing hei
i permanently. The Postmastei
General has ordered the postof
fice at Tolovana reestablished
i and has named H. W. Martin a;
the postmaster. The postofflci
r at Chickaloon will likely soon b
reestablished with Rossvile S
Heekey as postmaster.
Congressional Party
in and Out, Juneau
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..U.. S. Commissioner. Henry
O’Malley and party of Congress
men arrived in Juneau last week
and after spending several days
in that port left for the Pribi
loff Islands and the Bristol Bay
districts where they will inspect
the seal rookeries and salmon
fisheries.
Senator Frederick Walcott,
Republican, Connecticut, mem
ber of Senate Committee on
; Wild Life, Assistant U. S. Attor
ney General Charles P. Sisson,
! Assistant U. S. Attorney Gener
al Charles Rugg, Albert Carter,
California representative to
Congress, Paul Redington, Chief
of the U. S. Biological Survey,
' Carl Shoemaker, Secretary of
I the Wild Life Committee, P. B.
'Fouke, Fouke Fur Company, or
the St. Louis Fouke Fur Com
pany which handles the seal
output for the Federal Gov
ernment, comprise the party.
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PERSONALLY CONDUCTED
TOUR
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Henry O’Malley, U. S. Com ■
missioner of fisheries is taking a
group of congressman through
the territory showing the bene
ficial results of his administra •
tion of Alaska’s fisheries. There
is no question that the par+y
will meet the various Chambers
of Commerce, businessmen and
canners but we will challenge
anyone to show where Mr.
O’Malley takes any of the party
to meet the average run of the
population of Alaska who hold,
generally speaking, contrary
views to the business interests.
Did Mr. O’Malley as a judge sit
in court and allowed only the
prosecution to present its case,
we doubt that the congressmen
in this party agree that there
is absolutely any justice in such
a system but what does a simple
fundamental principle matter
in the government of Alaska.
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DIESEL-POWERED FORDS
It has been annoneed that the
Ford Motor Company will soon
begin production of a new stock
automobile powered by a Diesel
motor. The new car will sell at
a lower price than current mod
els and will have a longer wheel
base and will be of heavier con
struction. The motor is said to
be eight cylinders of the V-type
construction.
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Since Col. Lindbergh’s deflnitly
announced that he would make
his flight across the Pacific via
Alaska, during July, it is gener
ally believed that all similar
flights will be via the northern
route. The two globe fliers,
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty
I had no hesitency whatsoever in
deciding that their flight from
i Russia to the United States
j would be via Nome and Alaska.
| Members of an expedition that
, is spending the summer in Alas
ka have reported to the Smith
sonian Institution the discovery
of a cave full of mummies on an
uninhabited island in Bering
Sea. The cave was found on
Winslow Island, off the northern
coast of Unalaska, by Messrs
Chambers and Ford. It was the
[only evidence that the lonely
pied by man. The mummies
1 had been desecrated and the
bones scattered over the cave
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Southbound passengers on
the steamer Queen were the
s Misses Agnes and Thelma Ar
; ness for Seattle, H. P. Peterson
for Wrangell, Mr. and Mrs. Clif
■ ford Roundtree and Miss Agnes -
Hofstad for Ketchikan.