VOLUME NO. 5.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, JANUARY 16, 1931
NUMBER 26
Ketchikan Club Asks
For Trap Information
The Ketchikan Chamber of
Commerce has sent on; a Mace
donian cry against the regula
tion prohibiting the use of wire
spillers on traps. The Wrangell
Chamber of Commerce after
considering the call and the re
gulation decided that so long as
the regulation did not effect
any traps in that section, they
would not take any action in the
matter. .The Juneau Chamber
of Commerce decided that it
would ascertain the full nature
of the regulation before taking
any action as they believed that
the Bureau of Fisheries should
be given every opportunity to
present its side of the matter.
They therefore telegraphed
Commissioner O’Malley for ne
cessary information which will
be presented at the first regular
meeting.
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Northland Bumps
Rocks Twice
The Northland Transporta
tion Company’s vessel “North
land” want on a reef in Wran
gell Narrows while going south
last week. She bumped the reef
near Colorada Reef, climbed
over it and went on her way to
Wrangell on one engine. Coming
north from Seattle on the 13t.h
she again piled on to the rocks
this time on Helmken Island a
bout 25 miles north of Seymour
Narrows. She was beached at
Salmon River but her passeng
ers remained on board as the
vessel did not appear to be in
any danger. Her passengers were
later transferred to the Carde
na and taken over to Alert Bay
where the Admiral Farragut
picked them up to deliver them
to Alaska destinations.
Report here was that the
Northland punched enough of a
hole in her hull to flood her
forward hold whereby much of
the freight was damaged. Very
little detail as to the damage
could be secured at present
writing.
A cablegram received today at
noon from Wm. Semar, manag
er of the Northland Transporta
tion Co., reads:
“Northland due Petersburg
Monday evening. Sorry to state
much Petersburg cargo damag
ed. Will advise you further re
garding same. Ship proceeding
to Juneau and will receive pas
sengers and freight as usual
southbound. Sailing January
twenty-six cancelled. Otherwise
schedule continues every Mon
day night.”
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BOOZE PRICES SCALED DOWN
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The Canadian Liquor Control
Boaid scaled down the prices of
liquor generally as a New Year’s
present to the inhabitants of
Canada. Those within hailing or
driving distance of the liquor
stores were not the only bene
ficiaries of the Board’s New
Year’s message for the changed
regulations given official legis
lative approval included the au
thority to establish mail-order
or express-order deliveries to
outlying points in the province
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Normanna Male Chorus of
Ketchikan—40 trained voices—
Sons of Norway Hall—3 P.M.
SUNDAY 18th.
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The pathway of life is never
so crooked but that there is a
view straight up from it.
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Dig clear to the bottom of the
idea of brotherhood and you
will find otherhood.
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Fisherman Protest
Halibut Treaty
The Petersburg branch of the
Fishing Vessel Owners Associa
tion have forwarded their for
mal protest to Delegate Suther
land against the passage of the
international halibut convention
in its present proposed form.
They represent that (1) it will
give the Canadians undue con
trol in the Gulf of Alaska where
they have comparatively little
interest; (2)' that the extension
of he closed season, to begin
November 1st instead of the
15th as at present, is economi
cally destructive to the interests
of American Fishermen and
would not prove contributory to
the propagation or conservation
of the present supply of halibut:
(3) that it will tend to the de
population of Alaska, and along
with existing salmon regula
tions, curtail further industrial
activities which depend on the
fisheries for their existence. (4)
They believe that the breeding
grounds, or “chicken areas’’
should be closed to further ex-:
oloitation and that such a re-j
gulation alone should amply:
provide for the conserving of the
North Pacific halibut banks.
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Senator Capper Objects
To Counting Aliens
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Exclusion of all aliens from
population figures forming the
basis of Congressional appo"- j
Llcnment and a general reduc-.
fion of immigration was recent,-]
ly advocated by Senator Capfpbf^
of Kansas in a radio address.
Senator Capper declared that
the reapportionment of Congress, i
basing representation on a count
including unnaturalized citizens,!
resulted in “unjust discrimina
ion” at the profit of large in
dustrial centers and at the ex-!
pense of the western States.
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WILL DISCUSS SALMON
TRADE
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Problems of no small impor
tance to the salmon trade will
be discussed at the annual con
vention of the National Food
Brokers’ Association and the Na
tional Canners’ Association to be
held in Chicago beginning the
18th of this month.
E. B. McGovern, chairman of
the executive committee of the
Pacific Canned Fish Brokers’ As
sociation and his brother, J F.
McGovern of the firm of Mc
Govern and McGovern, Seattle
salmon brokers left Seattle last
week for Chicago where they
will attend the two conventions,
which are said to be the largest
and most important of food pro
ducers held in the United States.
Delegates from all over the
! country will attend these con
; ventions. The canned salmon
I trade of the East, South, Middle
west and Pacific Coast will be
i represented.
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ADVOCATES ABOLIilON
CF ELECTORAL COLLEGE
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i enator George W. Norris u'
Nebraska, the stormv petrel ■>.
Republican politics in Washing
ton has come forth with an elec
tion reform p>an wucreby tn.j
electoral college will be eliminat
ed. This will permit candi
dates to run for President of
the United* States as an inde
. pendent without party line-up.
(He declared that he will start
; his campaign to abolish the
Electoral College with the next
I Congress. This will require an
(amendment to the constitution
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A courageous mind puts the
“hop” in hope.
Remnant Renahan
Plane is Found
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A bit of wood carrying a rem
nant of blhe paint fabric and
attached to a tie rod from the
Seaplane “Skagway” operated
by Pilot Renahan, Sam Clerf
and Frank Hatcher, lost last
October 28, was found by Clar
ence Myers and Bob Miller on
the northeast island of the
Percy Grodp sohth of Ketchikan,
an exj edition sent out from
Ketchikan is making an effort
to find the bodies of the missing
air men. At Prince Rupert, Mrs.
Renahan is said to have given
up all hope that he husband will
be found alive. She planned to
go to Ketchikan after hearing
that a portion of her husband’s
plane had been found.
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Believe Two Local
Men Lost
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A gasboat belonging to Clar -
ence Langton and A1 Farrow
was found by one of her owners.
Mr. Langton on December 28th'
on the reefs outside Exchange
Cove near Salmon Bay but the
men who piloted the vessel on
the trip have not yet been ac-j
counted for. Nearly two months
previously, or on November 9th1
the boat left Petersburg in
charge of A1 Farrow and L. C.
Davis with approximately two
weeks’ grub supply on board.
Just how long the boat have
drifted without a crew is not
known. At the time it was found
the anchor was out on some five
Jatihbms of chain and the skiff
was missing. Some part of the
grub supply had also been left
aboard. The find was reported at
Wrangell but owing to the e
lapsed time no search party was
sent out. The boat was brought
undamaged to Petersburg and on!
Tuesday morning Cy Coyne, Dick
Birch and O. Olson left here,
aboard the “Sunrise” for the!
Salmon Bay district to deter
mine, if possible, what may havei
been the fate of the missing'
boatmen.
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Normana Male
Chorus Coming
The members of the Norma
na Male Chorus passed through
Petersburg this morning for Ju
neau aboard the “Attu” and the
McKinley. They will return to
Petersburg in time for their
concert here Sunday afternoon.
This organization was or
ganized four years ago in Ket
chikan with a membeship of
seven and now numbers about
forty of whom 35 will appear at j
the concert here. This is their
third annual concert and chorus
in Petersburg where the organi
zation needs no introduction.
This chorus is affiliated with
,the National Federation of Mu
sic Clubs and is directed by
i Charles Homan and assisted by
iHjalmar Hansen.
FINDS REAL NUGGET
A nugget weighing 28 y2 ounces
and valued at about $400 was
found in the tailings of No. 10
on Chief Gulch, a tributary of
Eldorado Creek in the Klondike
by Louis Nadeau, old-timer of
the Dawson camp. This is said
to be one of the largest nuggets
found in that country in the
past 25 years.
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A report broadcast over the
radio Wednesday night stated
the Pilot Crosson of Fairbanks
was missing and overdue.
Territorial Treasury Is
At Lowest Balance
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The cash balance of the Alas
ka treasurer showed a low figure
| of $552,820.21, according to Wal
ctein G. Smith, Territorial
Treasurer in a report made pub
lic by the Office of the Govern
or. On the same date in January
of last year the cash balance
showed on hand $667,248.84.
The outlook for the canning j
season at this time is none too;
bright. While the balance on
hand by the time the legislature j
meets will have increased con-1
siderably it will not reach the!
proportions of other years due j
to lack of operation of many of |
the canning plants and the
smaller production of the oper- 1
ating plants this year.
The failure of the Bristol Ray,
area meant a loss to the Ter*-'-1
tory of between 450 and 500,000,
dollars. The failure of the fish
eries has been generally warned
but the producers and their or
gans have refused to give heen
to the warning and they have
gone on blithely canning every
fish that they could catch re
gardless of escapement of seed
fish or not. Until the income in
the Treasurer’s office shows the,
heavy decline—until the decline
hurts then the “organs” bewail
the loss of the taxes. A loss which!
they could have prevented by'
simple measurers of honest j
conservation.
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Grand Jury IS Having A
Busy Session
The federal- grand jury inr
session before the U. S. District i
Court at Juneau was busy look
ing into a number of cases which !
have been pending for some
time. A true bill was reported in
the case of W. Seagraves, Sitka,
indicted for burglary. Willie
John also of Sitka, indicted on
a. charge of attempted rape is
awaiting his trial and forme1
Chief of Police Peter Allard, of
Alaska’s first capital, was indict
ed on a charge of assault.
James Northcutt of Haines,
bound over by the United States
Commissioner of Haines, charg
ed with attempted rape, was lib
erated by the grand jury which
returned a “not true bill” in his
case.
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SEATTLE TEACHERS WIN
FIGHT
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The teachers in the Seattle
public schools have long fought
for the right to become affiliated
with the organized union move
ment. The school board ruledj
otherwise so the teachers carried |
their fight into the courts where
the decision was held in favor:
of the school board. Recent j
elections placed on the board;
men who believed that it was
not right that the teachers
should be held under the “yel-!
low dog” clause of their con
tracts which forebade them from
becoming a member of a union
So in re-organizing the school
board this year John B. Shorett,
heretofore minority member,!
was elected as president of the
board. The attitude of the sup
erintendent of schools is said to
be a reflection of the new board
so that now there is nothing in
| the contracts which shall pre
vent the teachers from joining
with the organized labor move
ment.
WANTED: Gasboat in exchange
for blue foxes or part cash. In
quire at this office.
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FOUND:— Flat bottom skiff,
gray, about 10 feet, with spruce
oars. Inquire Alaskan office.
C. of C. Ko: fa
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At its regular meeting '7od
nesday evening, the 1 ■■•al Cl'at i
ber of Commeree re-elected
Earl N. Ohmer unanimously as
president of the organization
to guide its destinies through
another year. Fredrick Net: i.
Floyd Swanson, I?,. N. Allen a d
T. S. Elsemore were elected to
constitue the Executive Com
mittee which ccim nltee will ap
point secretary, treasurer, etc.
. The Club considering tire Co
dova Club’s request relative o
wire spillers on t r-v w is laid
over pending race1,v r me e in
formation on the subject.
A resolution was adopted -e
qucsting Chas. W. Hawkes worth,
acting Superintendent of Bu •
veau School in Alaska to ap
point a government nurse to
work among the natives in Pe
tersburg as in other native com
munities.
The secretary was instnvtecl:
to communicate with the Bu
reau of Public Po . urging ’ ' '
toad work in this district be
commenced at an early date and
chat local labor be urefc . d
President O':
turned £rom a b :f visit to the
'tates reviewed the b ~
ituation in the south. Obvious
ly, says Mr. Ohmer •no car*" e
udge of business c iiiiou br
ooking at the traffic on tu ■
street. There is a deprew' ui
nore real than is yet apparent
Ie detailed the me
md current: prices and e u
ail moil stocks, mild crre mv
!rozcn salmon, an-’ ■ ; ■
docks cn hand. Much . f w u1
s not moving boriusr a
;ish market. He pm Acted > 50
isi cent reduction in the u
easen’s pac1* T7r : • r>
5ons not much seir.e fish will
ceded. Herring o 1 rmrav;
ng a very, low price it is no1
arobable that many reduction
slants will operate.
There is no .assurance the.!
he local P. A. F. plant will op
erate and if it does it pro’-w :a
will not pack more than 10,0nQ
cases.
In summing up Seattle condi
tion? he declared that 1 -on
think you want a job in. f at tie
working fo” your board, you
will not get it.”
Play Basketball
Again Saturdav
Next Saturday evenir-y at - lie*
Sons of Norway TIn.I1 a' j.lrw op
portunity will be given to no
the Petersburg basket ball teairr
in action. Three games are to be
played and the fans are lookin
forward to some lively sport. The
opening game will be bet T*ar -
two junior high school teams
These are the lads who will he
our future champions. In the
second game the P IT. S second
team will be pitted against the
Merchants second team. The
last game, which will be the
main event is a contest between
the P. H. S. first team and the
Merchants first team, in order
to play three games in c e
evening the first game will he
called at 7:15 p. m. so be
early. The proceeds will be divid
ed between the high school rid
merchants teams. Both team a
are planning trips to other plac
es. Their money makes this pos
sible. Both teams will play out
side teams here. Your supoort
makes this possible. Support the
team. Boost Petersburg. And get
your money’s worth of excellent
entertainment to boot.
The usual admission of 50c and
25c will be charged—three games
for the price of one. Big public
dance after the games.
Sitka Company Buys
Out Booth Fisheries
Booth Fisheries Company has
del its cold storage at Sitka to
a :ocal corporation headed by
Tills and Nick Bolshanin.
' ' local corporation untertook
:o Li id ann construct a cold
< 'age to compete with the
Booth company v/hich has oper
tod in Sitka for quite a num
ber cl' years.
Mr. Mills and Mr. Bolshanin
r .it to the states this winter to
"cure material and equip
rnt fo the new plant. The
t1 Fisheries made them such
■ tempting offer that they
"J '1 not refuse it so the deal
i - closed whereby the Boot h
hot was turned over to the
cw iorporation for a price that
considered reasonable for
oj (■ t ies with a valoe of more
than $50,000.
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Yi: km Fur Farms
Display Prizes
'v ; '”o is being displayed ir
o and Tveten’s window th?>
panel of ribbons, certifi
f ■ the honors won by the
' P ersburg ranch at the
C’dgo ard Portland
w’ the display is com
' a great deal of atten
’’ J. E. Ames has been in
'e ' • lie past two months
a number cf minks and
’"■o foxes. Although the stock
rv • net in prime fur at the time
he individual entr:as were se
‘acted for exhibition the Peters
’s ctock has arrested the at--'
’ :ep or frr growers from
nv',’7 producing section where
- up-T Were shown. Twenty
ms are on display com
-u - rr six flirt nriees, six second
-oo flxrp thirds, three fourths
. -,r] s-m prizes.
n0+- awarded to Petersburg
■•■cries were in classes where
■ Yu' ’’r ?■’: Farms had no
~nt”ies or -’iH rot enter a suffl
cr-nt number to claim all the
prizes.
Petersburg md in fact al1
tp-e southeastern section shares
in x' 10 distinction which has
eru-’'* a tve town because of the
-..rs 0f gh•• s venture and in
up " '.-ip of the men who are
ircctly responsible for it.
Frank -I. Slaven, former price
r>o]ir>rd cousin of John L.
9-ihivan, died in Omaha Neb., on
the 7th of January. Slaven be
cmm a topnotch lightweight
v\P'-',Qfi'i(ir under the tutelage of
his famous cousin. He joined in
th" cold rush to the Klondike
end. there operated a saloon.
t mvhag tire Territory, he later
operated a saloon in Spokane.
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The local P. T. A. met in the
Fen1 school auditorium on Wed
nesday evening. A committee re
ported that the cost of materi
al for siding the play shed a
mounted to $25. The necessary
labor was donated by Marten
From Chas. Anderson, Andrew
Johnson, John vOtness, Thos.
Lando, Anton Noreide, Ole Hus
vick, R. Go Warfield, A. R. Hover.
C. E. Swanson representing
he Elks’ Club turned over to
the P. T. A.. SI00 for the gymna
sium building fund. This was
hr Proceeds from the play re
cently staged by local talent.
An excellent program includ
ing tho following numbers was
given: P. T. A. song, Mrs. Alma
Tohnson: Mixed Chorus: Two
Songs; The Anti-Gossip Club,
by '.Tesdames Laura Johnson,
Elsie Clausen, Alma Johnson,
Amy Rude, Ann Dunkleberger,
Augusta Enge, Petra Wasvick,
Sybil Locken, Maghild Lee and
i Miss Dorothy Ruth Scott, direct
ed by Mrs. Elvina Stedman.
I Union Oil Manager
Signs New Contract
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Mr. Gene Torkelson, manag
jer of the Union Oil Company’s
j plant at Petersburg has stolen a
j march on us all. For some time
we had supposed that he had
been transferred to Cordova but
it transpires that all our grief
over the supposed loss of Tor
ky’s cheerful presence among us
> turned to joy. That trip to
Cordova was for the purpose of
taking uno himself a bride. Miss
Mary Reep and Mr. Torkelson
were united in marriage in the
i northern city on Dec. 26 by Roy.
G. B. Bingle at the home of Mr.
J and Mrs. Leibe.
Both parties are well known
in Petersburg where the hapnv
Vide was a member of the
[ '"hool faculty for several years.
Mrs. Torkelson will remain in
Cordova until the end of the
"resent school term in May nt
|ter which she will join her hus
band in establishing a home in
Petersburg.
Their many friends here
• nd heartiest cong ..filiations
viid seat wishes.
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FISHERMAN’S MATRIMONIAL
BARKED WRECKED
Mrs. Hannah Engdal. wife of
Captain Jacob Engdal, halibut
fwhcwnan operating boats out
of Seattle and Ketchikan, has
nstituted divorce proceedings
"•gainst her husband in the c>
CJe courts. She requests in her
■’omnleint that a receiver be ap
""inted for her husband’s fnh
ng boats as they are community
property.
BIBLE IN SCHOOLS
The Arkansas Bible reading
net became elective the first, or
the year in all state-supported
schools where 15 minutes dr’"r
will be spent in “reverent rea^
;ng of the Bible without com
ment.” Attorney General Hal L.
'Norwood said that the Act would
vp enforced unless an official
opinion on its constitutionality
us asked by some state depart
ment or institution. The act was
~oproved by voters at the last
-r^neral election.
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Fishermen Protest
Given Support
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The Halibut Vessel Owners’
1 Association in a letter to the
iocal Chamber of Commerce
orotested. the proposed Inter
national Halibut Treaty. In part
their, protest follows: “In order
to make our protest as effective
as possible wTe would appreciate
the cooperation of the commer
cial bodies of Alaska. Any assis
tance given should take the
form of letters or telegrams
rent to the Foreign Relations
; Committee, Senator Jones and
i Dill and Delegate Sutherland.
I The enclosed protest will give
you the needed information hr
writing this correspondence. The
Association does not obiect to
conservation but feels that it
can be better accomplished wifh
less disturbance to present busi
ness by a treaty which outlines
Specifically the regulations to be
made rather than by a treaty
j which gives unlimited power to
I four men. (Signed) Fishing Ves
sel Owners’ Association. H. E.
Lokken, Manager, Seattle Dec.
j 12, 1930.
The local Club endorsed the
j sentiment above and sent a tele
; gram to Delegate Sutherland
following their meeting last
Wednesday evening.
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James H. Wheller took passage
on the Queen for Seattle.