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VOL. 4.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA,.. APRIL 18, 1930
No. 43.
SALMON FEDERATION
Rustgard Plays
For Support
of Canners
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John Rustgard, attorney gen
eral of Alaska and former Unit
ed States attorney, last night
addreissed an audience which
filled the Colisuem theatre. He
is a candidate for the Republi
can nomination for delegate to
congress. Other candidates mak
ing short talks in support of
their candidacies were Patrick
Gildea, who presided, a candi
date for the lower house; C. T.
(Tom) Gardner, candidate for
the Republican nomination for
senator; and Walter P. Scott,
candidate for the Republican
nomination for the lower house.
The address of Mr. Rustgard,
which was the principle one of
the meeting was a repetition of
that spoken in Petersburg.
Fisherman Killed by
Tank Explosion on Ship
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Olaf Semsen member of the
crew of the halibut schooner
Alten, was killed on the 11th
of this month by the explosion
of an air tank under the forward
deck. He was standing on the
deck when the tank exploded
under him, breaking both of his
legs and hurting him internally.
He lived only three hours after
the explosion. ....
Capt. Jacob Bossi abandoned
28 skates of gear with a consid
erable valuation and sailed di
rect to Seward where he await
ed instructions from the Fisher
men’s Union of Seattle of which
Semsen was a member, before
shipping the body south.
SOLDIERS CHARGED WITH
WITH ASSAULT
Alleged to have assaulted De
puty U. S. Marshal E. A. Sher
man of Haines in his own office
last week, W. W. Tolan and T.
Dumphy, soldiers attached to
the Chilkoot Barraks force, were
taken to Juneau under arrest
charged with assault with a
dangerous weapon and bail fixed
at $10,000.
WTLL COMPETE IWITH DEER
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Charles Moffit of Tacoma has
applied to the Land Office at
Anchorage for 280,000 acres of
grazing land on Unalaska Island.
Moffit said the enterprise will
eventually call for erection of a
cold storage plant to prepare
mutton for marketing to the
States.
.. A ranch on the proposed scale
will probably compete with the
reindeer industry of the Lo
men’s of Nome who are looking
for marketing their products in
the States.
PROSPECTOR DIES OF BURNS
A. B. Potter was rescued from j
his burning cabin Tuesday, only
to die as a result of his burns.
Potter was a Californian who
came to Alaska in the early ’90’s
and was one of the first to dis
cover gold in the Hope and Sun
rise Districts.
Sutherland Makes
Strong Attack \
On Contracts
Delegate Sutherland asked
Postmaster General Brown to
cancel mail contracts granted to
the Alaska Steamship and Ad
miral Steamship Companies on
the ground that the 50 per cent
increase under the new agree
agreement between the Post Of
fice Department and the com
panies is unjustified, and un
authorized under the law.
He claimed that the new con
tract with the carriers gives
them a gratuity of $87,000 a year
without any corresponding in
crease in service.
He declared: “Under the new
contract you are paying the
Alaska Steamship Company a
rate of 10 cents per pound for
carrying the mail from Seattle I
to Seward. At the same time'
the American Railway Express
carries all express freight be
tween these two points for four
cents per pound. Presumably |
the Alaska Steamship Company!
receives much less than four S'
cents per pound for actual ■ |
transportation of American Rail
way express freight.”
Continuing, he said, “The nor- 1
mal freight rate from Seattle to J
Seward by Alaska Steamship
Company boats is $15 per ton, ;
but you are paying them in ex
cess of $200 per ton for carry
ing mail.”
NOW MT. EIELSON
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The Nye bill to name Copper
Mountain in Western Alaska has
passed both the Senate and
House of Representatives.
KETCHIKAN AIRPORT ABOUT
FINISHED
The construction work on the
Ketchikan hydroplane mooring
port has been completed and it
Lacks only the installation of an j
electric hoist to be ready for use j
It is a fine piece of work and J
is the first of its kind £o be con- j
structed in the Division. Similar i
ports will be built at Wrangell i
and Petersburg and will be ready
for use by the middle of June.
Plans are now being drafted and
bids will be called for at an early
date.
Charles Edwards, who recently
went to Juneau, underwent a
successful operation and is fast
recovering.
Frank Booth merchant of
Kake came in during the week
on a business trip and returned
to his home today.
Mr. and Mrs. David Phillips
and baby, and Mrs. Amy Holling
stad left for Kake today. David
expects to work out there thru
the summer. Mrs. Hollingstad
will return after a short visit.
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MUSSEL SHOALS BILL DEAD
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The bill sponsored by Senator
George Norris along with other
bills relating to the same project!
have been abandoned by the I
House Military Committee and a
sub-committee has been appoint
ed to draft a new measur provid
ing for the leasing of the plant
to private concerns.
Commander Is
Hurt in Fall
On Vessel
Lieut. Commander A. W- Rad
ford, U. S. N., Commander of the
Alaska Aerial Expedition last
year, and now Athletic and Re
creation Officer on the U, S. S.
Saratoga, recently suffered a dis
located and broken arm aboard
ship. While supervising some
work on the forward deck, Com
mander Radford, in jumping
aboard the forward elevator,
which was being lowered, caught
his feet in the guard wire railing
and fell to the elevator.
The fall dislocated his left
arm and broke it quite close to
the shoulder. He was taken to
the hospital ship Relief with all
hands wishing him a speedy re
covery and return to the ship.
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Committee Against
Eagle* Protection Bill,
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In a letter to the Juneau
Chamber of Commerce, Delegate
Sutherland stated that the
House Committee in charge of
:he eagle protection bill is not
disposed to favorably report that ]
neasure to the House. The bill ,
vas put on the Senate Calendar
md in all probability will be
oassed.
PAKI S
BOUN D
with
JHVEDRJC MAKCH
SEE THIS PICTURE BEFORE
YOU MARRY
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It is possible for a man and
woman to love each other devot
edly, and yet find attraction in
Dther members of the opposite
sex. And as long as their wedded
[ove remains secure, should any
entanglement outside of their
home be considered reason for
divorce? Before you wed, see
“Paris Bound ” A frank discus
sion of this domestic problem up
on which is based the story of
“Paris Bound” an all dialogue
Pathe picture which will be at
the Coliseum Sunday and Mon
day. Ann Harding is the star
and Frederick March is appear
ing opposite her.
HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION IS
PERFECTED
A temporary organization of
Pacific International Highway
Association, whose plan it is to
link Alaska with the States by a
high way, was effected in Port
land, Oregon this week.
Poll Shows That
Drys Lead in
Congress
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The majority opinion of those
members of the Senate and
House at Washington who were
willing to express their views
on prohibition in a poll just
taken of Congress favors enforc
ment of existing legislation.
This poll, of particular inter
est and importance now because
of the heightened controversy
between dries and wets, and
the congressional prohibition
hearings, was conducted by The
Seattle Times and The North
American Newspaper Alliance.
Of the 96 members of the Se
nate, 34 replied to wires request
ing them to state their posi
tions. Twenty-nine are for
continued enforcement of pre
sent laws. One voted for modi
fication. Four stand for repeal
of the Eighteenth Amendment.
One hundred and sixty-five
of the 435 members of the House
:*eplied. One hundred favor en
forcement. Twelve are for mo
dification. Fifty-two stand for
repeal. One representative an
swering the telegram declined to
disclose his position, but said
le would meet the issue “fairly
md firmly in the coming con
gressional election.”
Responses from some of the
dries expressed dissatisfaction
vith present methods of en
forcement and urged more
stringent legislation. Most of j
;hose for repeal said they hoped
for immediate modification)
first. Among the replies from
:he wets were frequent reserva
:ions against the return of the
saloon. .
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FIGHT AGAINST .PARKER
President Hoover has been
mportuned by high officials of
:he Republican party to with
Iraw the nomination of John J.
Parker to be associate justice
af the Supreme Court but has
ieclined to do so.
Leaders of organized labor
appearing before the Senate
Committee on Judiciary protest
ing confirmation on the ground
that his decisions in injunction
suits against labor make him
unsuitable for the position.
IN APPRECIATION
I wish to express to the Alaska
Native Brotherhood of Yakutat
and Wrangell and the Sisterhood
af Petersburg, my sincere appre
ciation of their kindly assistance
and sympathy in the time of my
leepest sorrow thru the loss of
my mother Mrs. Barney.
Mrs. Maggie Adams.
OWNER MAY GET PROPERTY
BY CLAIMING IT
A cache of some 50 gallons of
moonshine whiskey was found
by a group of children in a street
culvert in the Casey-Shattuck
Addition, Juneau, last week. The
[J. S. Attorney’s Office took the
cache in charge and is wonder
ing who owns it. No arrests.
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Ed Mathws former resident of
Petersburg underwent surgical
operation in Juneau this week. J
Echoes of Dis
pute Over
Land Heard
A dispute over the ownership
of tidelands abutting Front
Street occasioned a considerable
exodus of Petersburg citizens to
Juneau to attend the sessions of
the court. The suit involves the j
site of a proposed city hall which
is claimed by the city and also
by James H. Wheeler. The Coun
cil bases its claim on a right of
occupation and Mr. Wheeler by
right of purchase from the Pe
tersburg Packing Company
whose claim is based on the use
which the old Pacific Coast and
and Norway Packing Co., made
of the land.
Witness for the city include
Mayor E. N. Ohmer, Councilmen
E. M. Allen, C. E. Swanson, Treas
urer T. S. Elsemore, Clerk, C.
Clausen, E. Nilsen, J. Heikelman,
and J. L. MacKecknie. Witness
es for Mr. Wheeler include Jas.
Brennan, William Gribble, Oscar
Nicholson, Oscar Granquist,
J. E. Sales and Chris Christen
sen.
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William'Grenier Goes
Over Last Trail
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Once again the Grim Reaper
lias visited our community. This
time to beckon Citizen William
r. Grenier, to that mysterious
bourne whence none return.
Last Friday evening, the many
friends and acquaintances of
Mr. Grenier were shocked at the
news of his sudden demise while
engaged in fishing with his part
ner Charles Craig, across the
Narrows from Petersburg. He
was stricken instantaneously
no word of parting to his asso
ciate or family.
Funeral rites were conducted
at the Petersburg Lutheran
Church by Rev. Maakestad
where a large concourse of Pe
tersburg people gathered to pay
their last respects to a neighbor
and friend.
William Grenier was born at
Fort Colville, Oregon, fifty-seven
years ago. He has been a resi
dent of Scow Bay for many \
years, where he reared a family
of four daughters and three sons.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Daisy Grenier, and his sons
and daughters, Mrs Caroline
Rogeness, Mrs Winifred John
son, Ross Grenier, William Gren
ier, Jr., Mrs. Beatrice Moore,
Delphia and Andrew Grenier, all
of whom reside here.
DURING PEACE CONFERENCE
The government has ordered
fifty new attack planes, and sev
enty-three bombing planes, total
cost $2,909,500. Washington,
wisely, encourages private build- j
prs, thus stimulating aviation, |
generally. .
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STEAMER MOVEMNTS
Alameda is due in northbound
Saturday noon.
Admiral Rogers due in port
southbound early Saturday morn
ing.
SALMON SESSION CLOSES
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The international Pacific sal
mon federation closed a three
day conference on the Stanford
university campus recently by
adopting a resolution calling for
the prohibition of the sale of
ocean-caught salmon during
June, July, August and the first
half of September, and indors
ing legislation to prohibit the
catching of immature salmon.
The resolution was based upon
a report submitted by Dr. J. O.
Snyder, professor of zoology at
Stanford, who said the salmon
catch has decreased as a result
of taking immature salmon by
troll. Citing Monterey as an in
stance, he said the salmon cat
ch there had fallen off to one
tenth of what it was ten years
ago. .
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Alaska-Juneau’s De
clining Business
Net earnings of Alaska Ju
neau Gold Mining Company for
March were today reported at
$76,600, after interest and de
velopment expense, which com
pares with $91,400 reported in
March 1929. Gross returns were
$286,000 in March, 1930, against
$298,000 for March of the pre
ceding year.
For the three months ended
March 31, the company reported
a gross return of $792,500 and a
net, after interest and develop
ment, of $185,750. This compared
with a gross for the first quarter
of last year of $812,000 and a net
of $212,800 after the same
charges.
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PROHI SQUAD BUSY
Frank Miller, Katie Miller, J.
Picco and Albert Jacobs were ar
rested by Prohibition Agents
Ayers and Chidester in Juneau
last week, for violation of the
Alaska Bone Dry Law.
CHAMPION HONORED
About forty high school stu
dents and teachers were assem
bled at a banquet at the Grand
Cafe, Tuesday evening, in hon
or of Miss Irene Runstad and
her coach, Miss Mary Reep. The
evening was spent in merry
making to celebrate the victory
Miss Irene won at Ketchikan
where she was adjudged champi
on in the Southeast Alaska In
terscholastic Declamatory Con
test.
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ALASKA COMMISSIONERS
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George A. Parks, Governor of
Alaska, Charles H. Flory, Dis
trict Forest Supervisor and Den
nis Winn, of the U. S. Bureau of
Fisheries are reappointed as
commissioners representing the
Interior Department, Depart
ment of Agriculture and Depart
ment of Commerce, respectively,
by Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Se
cretary of the Interior.
Bob Hurly of Wrangell came
over yesterday for passengers to
that city.
Trout are being brought into
town in larger quantities these
days. A sure sign of spring.
Easter parties are the order of
the day at the Public School. •