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Grandma’s Cakes & Cookies,
Fruits for Salad & Fresh Cream
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Get away from the heat and
drudgery of getting meal;
at home on these hot sum
mer days.. Keep Cool and
Be comfortable at
Grand Cafe
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Simmon’s
Slumber King
Box Spring
Mattress
$19.75 Everywhere
Beds, Springs,^Mattresses, etc.
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{ Hogue & Tveten Co.
In the Spotlight
The school in West Petersburg
will be discontinued this year
and the pupils of that school al
so will attend the Petersburg
schools.
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The public school at Ward’s
Cove, Ketchikan district has
been closed and the children of
that school transported to the
Ketchikan schools. A better op
portunity will be afforded by the
changes.
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Ed Lange put in a bid of $125
per month for transporting the
school children from West Pe
tersburg to town for the next
school year. He got the job.
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Hawke Inlet closed its season
with 85,000 cases of salmon.
One hundred tons of silver
ore was recently shipped out of
Mayo.
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Juneau Chamber of Com
merce and Douglas Chamber of
Commerce recently joined into
a mutual admiration society. The
Islanders were assured of Ju
neau’s desire to help the Island
community and the feeling was
reciprocated, according to Mr.
A. E. Goetz, president of tfce
Island Club.
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Dick Surratt of Wrangell has
made connections with the Ju
:.eau Empire as newshawk. Dick
last winter assisted in editing
Tie Wrangell .Sentinel. Has
many friends, good scout, good
cinematographer. Luck!
Pilot Barnhill was forced tc
land 60 miles from Unalakleci
recently. Nobody hurt.
When the people of Point
Barrow went short on grub this!
summer, they said not much. |
cut when they ran short of to
bacco and smokes, that wasj
something else. The ice pack
prevents the landing of food
>nd supplies.
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Miss Mildred Morrison, daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Mor
rison of Juneau, and Mr. Baird
Miller French were tied in a
natiimonial knot by Dean Rice.
Mr. French is an engineer of the
LT. S. Bureau of Public Roads.
Edward Cox paid a fine oi
>100 in the Commissioner’s
iourt, Juneau following his plea
of guilty for violation of thepro
Ibibition law.
A1 Fox arrested by federal of
ficers, Juneau paid a fine of $700
in the Commissioner’s court for
violating the Alaska Bone Dry
Law.
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P. A. F. cannery is shipping on
the North King, 40,000 cases oi
salmon and sixty cannery crew.
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Charles Mann is getting a fine
new roof on his store buildings
on Main street.
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In a jury trial before Commis
sioner Clausen, Tuesday evening
John Stevenson was found
guilty on a charge of drunken
ness and was sentenced to six
months on the “hill” and fined
$250.
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P. W. Binkley and Walt Swen
sen were in town this week with
produce from Farm Island on
the Stikine flats
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Mrs. Ernest Young and fami
ly came up from Blind Slough
power plant to spend a few days
in town.
Mr. and Mrs. John Choquette
came over from Wrangell to vis
it with their daughter, Mrs. Fred
Porter.
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Mrs. T. W. Benson left on the
steamer Queen for a visit with
relatives in the states.
Mr. Fred Cleary, fox farmer of
Soukoi Islands, left for Seattle,
on the Queen.
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“Red” Clark, formerly skipper
of the M. S. Highway for the
Bureau of Public Roads, was in
Petersburg Tuesday as master
of the palatial yacht “Samona
II’ with Mr. Holt and party from
Southern California. The big
yacht will cruise to Sitka and
return here for the American
Legion Convention, thence to
the West Indies via Panama
Canal. Southeast Alaska is be -
coming a regular cruising
ground for yachting parties and
the Samona is one of the finest
of the season.
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Many local fur farmers have
been garnering their supply oi
salmon for feed. The Yukon
Fur Farms is experimenting
with 10,000 humpies placed in
the Petersburg Cold Storage fo
mink feed. The salmon ar<
comparatively cheap this year.
Several loads of salmon were
brought in from Colpoys trap
after the cannery stopped can
ning. The fish were placed in
storage for halibut bait, fox
feed, etc. It was reported thai
even after the wire was taken
off the lead, thousands of salm
on were leading into the trap
by the bare pilings. This trap
took over 600,000 fish this sea
son, a large percentage of which
were reds. About 60,000 were
liberated after the cannery clos
ed down operations.
The residences of Knute
Thompson and Ed Lang, across
the Narrows, were somewhat
damaged this week by rocks
thrown by the blasting on the
West Petersburg roadway. The
Thompson family were in the
house when a 300-pound bould
er crashed through the roof. Not
o quiet on the Western front.
Rev. Andrew Wanamaker has
been renewing old acquaintnces
n Petersburg while helping to
conduct the' Presbyterian sum
mer Bible school. Mr. Wana
maker was formerly stationed
at Petersburg but has been at
Klawock the past four years.
He is spending his vacation on
the mission boat “Princeton.”
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The summer Bible school, con
ducted here the past two weeks
by Rev. Verne Swanson and Mr.
Wanamaker, was brought to a
close Wednesday. The Prince
ion goes north and plans to
swing around West Coast of
Wales Island via Ketchikan,
gathering up the students for
the Sheldon Jackson School.
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Miss Solveig Vick is returning
from Tacoma on the Alameda
this week, planning to attend
high school here this winter.
John Wallace was in town
this week from his cattle ranch
in Farragut Bay.
It is reported that there are
more “nagoon” berries along
the Stikine this year than for
several seasons past. A few
crates of the luscious berries!
are on the local market.
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Early Thursday morning most!
of the deer left the beaches forj
the highest mountain tops when
the hunting season opened. A
few that didn’t move soon
enough, are hanging around
town.
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The City Council at its meet
ing, Monday evening, discussed
at length the tax levy for 1931
but no formal action was taken.
The meeting was adjourned to
the 31st at which time the levy
will be fixed. Also it is prob
able that provision will be made
for the semi-annual payment of
the tax. The Council has ap
pealed ot the taxpayers of the
Town to ascertain whether it is.
Greetings to the
Slinmeirfiefflim Legjii<n>jni
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Shirts, Sox, Hats and Caps
Underwear
Expert cleaning and pressing
Service
Chris hang'
desired that the levy be kept at
20 mills to provide funds for a.
school gymnasium or reduce the
levy to perhaps 17 or 18 mills in
order to lighten thetax' burden.
A majority of the letters receiv
ed so far, request that the gym
nasium be provided for.
D. Rose, A. Gabriel, Chet John
son and W. P. Johnson, left on
the Admiral Evans for Juneau,
and V. Bottker for Cordova.
Chester Martin is shipping
en trios of Yukon mink for fur
breeders to Livingstone, Mont.
\ previous shipment to this
ame customer brought the re
peat order.
Mrs . Hungerford, who has
been visiting her sons, Ted and
Bud. left cn the Northland for
her home in the States.
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Passeugers on the Northland
north and south were N. Lud
vickson for Juneau, Mr. and Mrs.
John Chamberlin for Wrangell
H. B. Cartway and William J.
Ryan for Ketchikan and Mrs.
Hungerford for Seattle.
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FOR SALE—Full-size, double
bed with mattress and coil
springs.—Inquire at The Alaskan
Office.
Dr. A. B. Kearsley
Physician & Surgeon
cj Wrangell
Alaska
R. E. BAUMGARTNER,
Attorney-at-Law
Office rbove People’s Drug
Petersburg .... Alaska
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When in Juneau Visit
The Cash Bazaar
Largest Department Store in Juneau
Opposite The Alaska Hotel
You are under no obligation to make a pur-<
chase when you just come in to look over
our stock.
We have a complete line of Men’s Wo
men’s and Childrens, Wear - Household
Goods, Novelties and everything to be*
found in a modern department store
Our prices compete with the
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Best wishes for a successful
Convention
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Petersburg or in your home town
will save you money on your liv
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day after day.
We serve to serve again.
Cleanest stores in the world.
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