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A NASTY CONCLUSION
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Queer, what distorted impres
sions some Alaska visitors take
back with them to the states.
June Burn, under the heading
of “Puget Sounding* ” in ihe Bel
lingham Herald, has this to say
of Petersburg:
“Petersburg is nestled in its
hills like eggs in a heron’s nest,
snowy mountains all about. * *
Petersburg struck us as some
thing of a Goldsmith’s deserted
village—goodness, I hope no Pe
tersburgian ever sees this! The
plank walks echoed with empti
ness. Many of the houses were
empty. One long plank street
built on piles winding down be
tween houses built on piling out
into woods and marshland.”
True enough, there are build
ings on piling along the water
front in Petersburg just as in all
coast towrns, but if the Herald’s
scribe followed the street to
where “it petered out in woods
and marshland” she must have
gained a wonderful appetitie,
for the improved highway runs
dewn to Mountain Point seven
miles down the Narrows, (a most
exquisite bit of scenic high
way), and is being surveyed this
summer to the Blind River pow •
er plant- head of Petersburg’s
municipal hydro-electric sys
tem. 14 miles out. Other high
ways in process of construction.
John Greenleaf Whittier, the
beloved Quaker poet, sang: “I
hear the tread of pioneers, of
nations yet to be; the first faint
wash on shores where soon shall
roll a human sea.” Petersburg
has a winter population of 1253
pioneers (Census 1930)—hardy
souls with that same adventur
ous spirit that has converted the
Puget Sound country from a wil
derness into a populous empire.
“Nestled among its hills like
eggs in a heron’s nest,” Pecers
burg has perhaps the most per
fectly landlocked haroor in
Sou heast Alaska. It has a cold
storage plant capable of handl -
ing three million pounds of fish
pjr season, and the halibut to
Lll it. It ships each year from
60,fOO to 100,000 cases of canned
sa.mon. It boasts the largest
-.nrimp packing plant in thc
world, packing 450,000 pounds
of picked meat annually. It is
geographic center of the Ton
gass National Forest which can
produce 700,000,000 board feet of
lumber per year in perpetuity;
it is in a heavily mineralized belt
and the greatest sportsmen’s
paradise remaining on this con
tinent. Alaska’s largest mink
farm is situated in West Peters
burg, with 2,000 breeding anim
als, also dozens of other mink
farms, fox farms, dairy farms,
etc. Ninety per cent of the fam
ilies own their own homes, many
of them valued at five to ten
thousand dollars. Bank per cap
ita deposits show Petersburg to
be one of the richest towns in
the country, in fact Belling
ham does not even make a com
parable showing. We seriously
doubt if the aforesaid scribe can
find a single empty residence or
business location in the town.
Maybe our streets did seem
empty of idlers and we are not
unapreciative of the compliment.
We note nothing said of empty
hand,s empty pockets or empty
heads. We understand that New
York and a few other places
have greater populations today
than Petersburg, but we are sat
isfied that Petersburg has more
pounds of happiness per square
inch. Then too, Alaska’s re
sources are being conserved for
mythical future generations. So
give us time!
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Increased means and increas
ed leisure are the two civilizers
of men.—Benjamin Disraeli
MR. MURPHY WONDERS
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“Among other things, Repre
sentative Murphy wonders why
the government has been appro
priating only one-third as much
for the education of Alaska's
white children as for the native
Indian and Eskimo schools.”
This was one of the wonders
that Representative Frank Mur
phy picked up while visiting in
Alaska last summer.
The reason that the federal
government makes appropria
tion for the education of the In
dian and Eskimo children of the
Territory is because the poli
ticians and other citizens side
step their duty and obligation in
the education of citizen chil
dren.
The Indian citizens have paid
a mighty fair share of the $850,
(00 collected by the Territory for
school taxes and in proportion to
to the amount they have paid in
they have not received an equit
able share for their edu
cation. This unfairness was re
cognized by the last legislature
v. hen Representative Fosi er
sought in one of his bills to elim -
inate the Indian from paying the
'ax
The Temtcry maintains arc.
school t'.ut we knew of for In
dian enddren, in the First Divi
sion and hat at Kasaan. All
the other schools are operated by
the Indian Bureau, and formerly
by the Bureau of Education.
Sometime the Indians of the
Territory will receive better and
more intelligent treatment from
the powers that be. All Alaska
interests would profit vastly by
making determined effort to
hasten the day.
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‘I VOTED FOR HOOVER’ JOB
SEEKER PLEADS
(..“I. voted, for. Hoover—Don’t
pick me up.”
Wearing this sign on his back,
John P. Revere of Memphis, who
is hiking to New York in search
of work, passed thru Washing
ton last week. He explained that
ne bore the President no ill will,
but “that he wanted to arouse
people to the seriousness of the
depression.”
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BANK FAILURES
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In the nine years prior to the
1st of January, 1930, there were
3,000 bank failures.
Forty per cent of the banks in
seven states have failed since
1920; 25 per cent of the banks in
six other states failed during
ihe same period; 10 per cent in
26 other states also went under
at the same time.
It is estimated that in the
next decade there will be more
failures than during the past
ten.
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NATIVE BORN CRIMINALS
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The last report of the Wick
ersham Committee cTeclares to at
Americans and not aliens are re
sponsible for tne crime in the
United States. So is bust:J.
another patriotic bubble.
The Commission in its fove
v erd, says:
“The conclusions reached from
tne st i.1ist'c:al studies are that
in proportion to their respective
numbers the foreign-born com
mit fewer crimes than the native
born; that the foreign-born ap
proach the record of the native
born most clearly in the crimes
of violence, and that in crimes
for personal gain the native torn
greatly exceeds the foreign
born.”
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Silence is the great art of con
versation.—William Hadlett.
Go forward, face new times,
the better day.—Robert Brown
ing.
JUNE BUG
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Mrs. Te/Ilit: -Cousin Dorothy, '
you know always wanted to have :
a little baby daughter so she
could name her June.
Mrs. Askit:- Yes, did she do it?
Mrs. Tellit:-No, the man she
married was named Bugg, and i
wouldn’t do you see.
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COURT PERJURY
Perjury is committed in 90 per
cent of the cases tried in the
courts, declared Municipal Judge
Wilbur C. Curtis of Los Angeles,
recently.
“The growing disrespect for
the court is due in some degree
to a breakdown in the moral
fibre of the people themselves
We have lost our respect for
truth. The oath seems to have
become meaningless. It is sel-l
dom administered in a dignified
or impressive style,” declared;
Judge Curtis.
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COLORED MAN SETS NEW
1001METER RECORD
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Eddie Tolan, spindle legged
Negro sprinter, formerly of the
University of Michigan, hung up
a new record in the 100-meter
clash when he defeated Frank
Wykoff in the International
games at Hastings Park, B. C.,
last week. Percy Williams, pride
cf the Vancouverites pulled up
lame before the event and was
a spectator from the sidelines.
Wykoff came out of his hole a
foot ahead of the Negro lad and
held his lead for half the dis
tance. Tolon uncorked a terrific
driving finish to win. Electric
timing apparatus, to be used in
the 1932 Olympics, said he had
covered the distance in 10.3, one
tenth of a second faster than the
record.
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IIOONAH
The fishing season is now ov
er. The people of Hoonah are
now out trolling. The average,
seiner this year, did not fare so
well as they did last summer and
so their is much scratching for
trail salmon.
The City is planning on doing
more work on the municipal,
power plant this fall.
Heads of the families are wor-,
ried over approaching winter as
most of them did not make suf
jficient to get their winter’s sup-!
|ply of food in. They are busy!
! now putting up berries, meat and
i fish.
There was a limit of 2,000 fish
'per crew per day. This did not
allow much of an earning—the
traps were loaded all summer.
Wonder if the traps will bring in
industry next winter for the
white folks to work in?
Port Althrop cannery packed
over 200,000 cases of salmon, al
most all of the fish coming from
the traps..
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KAKE
One of the new teachers, Miss
Susie White arrived on the
steamer Queen. Mrs. Katherine
Osborne (nee Katherine Loftus<
who taught at Hydaburg last
year, will be with us this fall
but she has not yet arrived.
Half of the cannery crew left
on the last trip of the Queen, j
More than 110,000 cases of
salmon were packed by the A. P. i
S. Corporation here. Their ob-j
jective was 50,000. Nuff sed. i
Our new road and bridges are!
completed, that is, the first unit.1
The bridges are fine- but the;
road is the finest masterpiece of
crooks, turns, and S-curves in
Alaska. What a pity the money!
wasn’t spent for a breakwater
instead of a road that we can’t
get onto from the business end.
The school is now ready for
business and expecting a record
breaking enrollment. New floors'
have been laid thruout, inside
alterations, new lavoratories,
bulkheads and roofs stained. All
that is needed now is more room!
space. It has been suggested
that the old building be cut in'
two, both halves thrown awayj
and a modern building construct
ed in place.
The Princeton was in with
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Willard of
runeau. Mr. Willard is to be the]
Presbyterian Lay worker and j
vill have charge of the church!
lere. It has been asked, “How
ian the blind lead the blind.”
Mr. Willard has long conducted
the mission work in Juneau in
spite of his infirmity.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kirber
ger have gone to Pennsylvania
to visit Mr. Kirberger’s sister
who is seriously ill. They will
be away for about two months, j
Eddie Williams is acting post
master and storekeeper.
Cliff Dunbar, cannery store
keeper, will be winter watchman.
Mrs. Dunbar arrived from Seat
tle last week.
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JUNEAU
M. L. Merrit. assistant regional
forester was elected president,
and “Cappy” O’Connors was
elected vice president of an or -
ganization which was described
as one “to secure more pay for
shorter hours and less work.”
M. J. Suliivan returned to Ju
neau from Yagataga Beach. He
is interested in oil lands in that
region.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Willard
left for Kake where Mr. Willard
vail be in charge of the Presby
terian Church work.
Seward Kunz, who has been in
Klukwan the past three years, is
The early morning has gold
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1931 Sales Dates:
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