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POISON MILK
The City Health Officer at the
last meeting of the City Council ad
vised and urged the need of draw
ing up an ordinance prohibiting the
adulteration of milk sold by local
dairies, with acids and formalde
hyde.
Rather than waste time and ener
gy drawing up such an ordinance,
it would seem more fitting that the
Council instruct the Clerk to put
the matter before the District At
torney for investigation. If such
acids are used as milk preservative
and sold to the public for con
sumption, fed to invalids and bab
’.es,, it would appear that the Na
tional Pure Food Act has been vio
lated- and subject to prosecution
thereunder.
However, if it is the will and
wish of the Council to have such an
ordinance on its books, then it
might not be amiss to copy the Na
tional Act, if it will give it more
force.
SEWARD DAY
Seward’s Day, legal Alaska holi
day set apart by the Territorial Le
gislature was observed—not in Pe
tersburg, except by a few of the
most enthusiastic Alaskans. The
Clean-Up Day set apart by the City
Council and espesially requested
by the Petersburg Commercial Club
turn out to be an ideal day for a
general spring clean up. Going
along Front Stret it was noticed
that some o fthe stores were closed
in celebration of the day and in con
formity with the general plan set
forth while in other instances busi
ness was continued as usual.
With spirit undampened a portion
of the businessmen and other citi
zens of the town proceeded to do
their bit in eradicating spots that
had long been nothing but an eye
sore to the community.
The town is better for the work
completed even though it was not
entered into with the united spirit
hoped for. Those who did their bit
to make the town look better are
to be congratulated.
PAPER CONSERVATION
Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover made the following state
ment recently when complaint was
lodged with him against the waste
of herring food fish in the manu
facture of fertilizer and oil:
“The Alaska fishery regulations
which became effective January 1,
1927, reduce by 15 days the com
mercial fishing season for herring
in southeastern Alaska. This is ex
clusive of bait fishing. The new
fishing season extends from June 1
to September 30, both dates in
clusive. This means a reduction
of about 10 per cent of he fishing
season as compared with 1926.
“In addition the 1927 regulations
stipulate that, except for bait fish
ing, the weekly closed eriod of 36
hours shall be effective in respect
to commercial fishing for herring.
This means a further cut of about
20 per cent of the fishing for her
ring, or a total reduction of about
30 per cent as compared with 1926.
*** It is anticipated that the quan
tity of herring used in the manu
facture of fertilizer and oil will be
materially diminished."
According to the report of the
Commissioner of Fisheries issued
for 1925 there was a total of 14,
213,665 pounds of herring used for
fresh and frozen bait, pickled,
Scotch and Norwegian, spiced, dry
salted and canned as compared to
17,176,646 pounds used for oil and
fertilizer No figures are shown for
the hundreds of thousands of
pounds of herring that are destroy
ed by fishermen operating for these
fertilizer plants as at Larch Bay in
1925 and other places as can be at
tested to by many fishermen.
Under the paper conservation, set
forth by Secretary Hoover for “con
sumption” by the gullible, there is
to be a saving of 30 per cent or ap
proximately 5,000,000 pounds. With
more plants in process o fconstruc
tion and new and more efficient
equipment, residents of Alaska are
somewhat skeptical as to the ef
ficacy of conservation set forth b*
Secretary of Commerce.
The makers of the laws effecting
this industry, as well as the salmon
industry, have been fooled for many
years by the bunkum put forth by
I Commissioner O’Malley and the De
partment of Commerce. But the re
sidents of Alaska who are most vi
tally affected by the regulations
promulgated under the guise of con
sedvation point the finger of scorn
j at various subterfuge that have
j been resorted to by the Department.
“While Rome burned, Nero fid
dled away” and while resources of
the Territory are being prostituted
and despoiled, the Bureau of Fish
eries and the Department of Com
merce is fiddling away trying to
conserve these resources at the ex
pense of residents, who no longer
able to earn a decent living wage
are returning to the States.
NO WASTE
Fertilizer increased 83.5 per cent
in quantity and 120 per cent in val
ue and oil 105.4 per cent in quanti
ty and 98 per cent in value over
the production in 1924.
According to available figures set
forth by the Bureau of Fisheries
two-thirds of the total catch of her
ring in Alaska was used for ferti
lizer. In southeastern “MOST OF
THE FISH ARE USED FOR OTH
ER THAN FOOD PURPOSES.” The
manufacture of herring and ferti
lizer centered in the southeastern
district, where “MORE THAN 85
PER CENT OF THE CATCH WAS
UTILIZED IN THIS WAY.” IN cen
tral Alaska ONE-FIFTH OF THE
CATCH was utilized in this way.
According to Commissioner O’
Malley, through Ward T. Bower, one
ton of fertilizer and 300 gallons of
oil are produced from 6 tons of raw
herring.
Just let the reduction plants run
0 tons of sockeye salmon through
there plants to get equivalent ratio
in fertilizer and oil and perhaps,
we say PERHAPS the Bureau will
declare a wanton waste of food fish.
LOCAL DECLAMATORY CONTEST
The declamatodry contest, pre
paratory to the Divisional contest
which is to take place in Petersburg
in the near future is now a contest
of the past. It goes without saying
that all of the contestants are not
satisfied with the decision of the
judges. And not a few queries have
been brought to this offic as to how
the judges reached their decision
and what was the reason for their
taking forty-five minutes to arrive
at their decision. From the instruc
tions set forth each speaker was to
be graded on several points and the
total of points set forth by all the
iudges to be divided by three, giv
ing relative position of each speak
er. Simple mathematics.
However the decision has been
made and regardless of the outcome
each contestant has[ benefitted thru
the days of preparation and study.
The practice secured from such con
tests is of qntold benefit to each
one in future life for the experience
gives assurance, self-confidence and
poise that can be acquired in no
other way.
It is to be hoped that every one
able to do so will bend every effort
to aid the winner of this contest to
secure a winning place when the
main contest is pulled off so that
Petersburg will be in the winning
in somethng this year.
BENEFITTING HOME INDUSTRY
“This is the quietest that I have
seen it in Petersburg in a long time’’
is the plaint that is heard most any
where on th street these days. And
this in spite of the fact that the
most of the crew of the big cannery
arrived last Sunday. There is a
reason—the shrimp cannery closed
down for the seasonal closed period.
Those who belittle the benefit de
rived from this industry might well
compare its worth to the town with
that of the canneries in and near
Petersburg. We are not in the con
fidence of the interests which are1
closely related to the canneries and
they do not publish reports to which
one can turn to get facts and figures
so we can generalize with them and
give facts with the other.
The Seattle press last fall told of
a concern that paid off “Alaska”
workers in Seattle at the rate ot
$500,000 a day and that one con
cern alone paid off IN SEATTLE
ever a million and a half dollars.
It will be remembered that tne can
ting system denies that their con
tracts with their foreign labor calls
L'or payment in Seattle.
The shrimp canneries in Wrangell
and Petersburg paid out in wages
and cost of operation the sum of
$250,25 3 during the year of 1925.
146 people were employed and prac
tically every dollar remained in the
Territory and local businessmen
benefitted therefrom.
COMMORATION SEWARD’S DAY
Contributed
Reward said after the purchase of
Alaska:
The Pacific Ocean, its shores its Is
lands and those vast regions beyond
will some day become the world’s
great thereafter.
And in honor of that great Bene
factor may be said:
He who dreams shall live, If we
do not dream them, we shall not
build any temples into time. The
dream dies but never dies the
dream.
j Tho death may call the whirlwind
to its aid, enlist men’s passions,
trick their hearts with fate, still
shall that vision last.
I Never more say that dreams are
I
I fragile things. What else endures
| in all this broken world save only
■ dreams.
The spirit of Alaska as I can see
it is May you be glad you came,
; happy while you are here, sorry
i when you are leaving.
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EDUCATING THE INDIANS
According to the annual report
of Commissioner Burke of Indian
Affairs nearly all schools for In
dians were filled to capacity with
approximately 25,000 Indian chil
dren in attendance..
In accordance with the policy of
the Department favoring attendance
of Indian children in State Public
schools over 37,000 in addition to
those enrolled in mission or private
schools, were received in the public
schools.
The total enrollment in all
schools being 71,284 or approx
imately one-fifth the total Indian
population of the United States.
CRIME CONVICTIONS
“In London in 1922“ said chief
Magistrate McAdoo of New York,|
“15 murders were committed. Only
went unsolved and only one trial
resulted in an acquittal. During
1921 there were 260 murders in
New York county, and only three
convictions of murder in the first
degree.”
“If you keep a tight rein on a
skittish horse, you can handle him,
but the minute you let him grab the
bit and feel he is boss, then you
have a dangerous chance of a runa
way.”
Many a checkered career ends in
a striped suit.—Arkansas Gazette.
FRENCHMAN SELLS GOODS AT
PROFIT
“Quick sales and small profits” Is
all Greek to the average little
*‘rench merchant and his refusal to
change his ways is a big factor in
holding up retail prices
It is a principle in French business
! o see everything at a profit The
profit may be small and it may be
more than offset by interest on the
nvestment and overhead by the time
(he article is sold, but the small
tradesman doesn’t like to sacrifice
today with the hope of making it all
INSTRUCTION IS PLANNED FOR
IMMIGRANT MOTHERS
As part of the State program for
instruction of immigrant mothers
in home classes, more than 100
cities and boroughs in Pennsylvania
Lave either appointed full-time
home-class teachers or have plan
ned to make provision for this
work during the present year, the
Bureau of Education, Department
of the Interior, has recently an
nounced.
NEW C. P. R. AGENTS AT
WRANGELL
Campbell Brothers have received
notification of their appointment as
agents for the Canadian Pacific at
Wrangell. They have not yet been
advised as to how soon the agenc>
will be^established here. However
there is every reason to expect
that it will be in the very near
future.
The Border Queen called at
Wrangell recently and took on
250,000 feet of clear spruce from
the dock of the Wrangell Lumber
and Power Co. The shipment was
consigned to a Seattle brokerage
firm. The ultimate destination of
the shipment is therefore not known.
Emerson Reed and Chester Latta
arrived on the Princess Mary from
Seattle. They came north to get
the Barrington river boats in con
dition for the coining season’s busi
ness. Mr. Re«|pl is well known lo
cally. Mr. Latta is new in Wran
gell, but he is not new in the busi
ness of river navigation. Last
year he engaged in river naviga
tion on the Koyukuk north of the
Arctic Circle.
Before the opening of navigation
the first of May the Hazel B No. 2
will be provided with a refrigerat
ing plant, and electric heat for the j
rooms.
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Capt. S. C. Barrington is now in j
New York, but is expected to ar- (
rive in Wrangell early next month, j
It is reported that the Barrington ■
Transportation fompany have con- ^
nected up with the Pacific Steam
ship Company, with an arrange-1
ment whereby tourists are given '
stop-over privileges at Wrangell
which make it possible to have a
side trip to Telegraph Creek and
return.—Wrangell Sentinel.
LEGISLATIVE SNAPSHOTS
Senate Bill No. 25 should be of in
terest to some good citizens of Pe
tersburg. The bill prohibits officers
of cities, school districts or other
municipal governments from being
interested in contracts with the
municipality of which they are offi
cers. It further provides that offi
cials of a municipality, councilmen
and others might draw salary.
Non-Resident Tax
vvuu— Worth introduced a tax
measure on .,^ermen, $1 on all j
F£5^S^tf!§1ierffien; $100 on all;
non-resident gill-netters and trol
lers; $250 on all non-resident
seiners and trapEshermen.
A few more i>en like Worth in'
the legislature, especially from the'
Lomen division, would mean an- j
other 100,000 people in Alaska in
stead of reindeer.
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Every sip always has an inspiring influ
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Send for free copy of “The Art of Enter
taining.” Address Hills Bros., 2 Harri
son Street, San Francisco, Calif.
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tersburg Friday morning, leaving
for Juneau via Kake and way ports
about noon.
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