Trollers have all the fishing
gear put away for the time being.
Following the holidays the fish
ermen will be getting busy.
The Salvation Army gave a
Christmas dinner to the kiddies,
Wednesday evening. And if you
don’t believe that the kiddies
enjoyed the repast, you have an
oiher think coming. They just
didn’t even leave the crumbs
iebind. Thanks! !
The shrimp cannery closed
down yesterday and will remain
. losed until immediately aftei
New Year's when the pickers and
crew will return to work.
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Announcement:
Ernest Kirberger announces that he will be in the market
again for fresh caught furs, legally taken and sincerely
advises trappers to bring their collections in as fast as they
are obtained. It is better to deal with the man who has
given fair and square results.
Ernest Kirberger
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“Where Your $ Has More Cents”
General Merchandise -
- Fishermen’s Supplies
E. W. Harris, Proprietor
Sitka - - Alaska
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HOONAH
Flection of officers last week
p’aced in office Frank O. Wil
liams, president; Oscar Osborne,
vice president; Robert Grant,
secretary; Thomas Lawrence,1
i corresponding secretary. Wil
iliams and Osborne were dele-|
'gates to the Yakutat convention
I and they will carry the “spirit of
I Yakutat” through the year.
On the 11th of the month,
President Williams called a meet
ing of the Brotherhood and the
hall was crowded with the peo
ple of Hoonah awaiting with in
terest the address by the Presi
dent. After the ceremonial and
ritual, eighteen new members
joined the Camps—ten going in
to the Brotherhood and eight
into the Sisterhood. Among the
men, three associate members
being inducted.
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ANGOON
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The Salvation Army held revi
val meetings lasting eight days
and the Greek Orthodox Church
members came from other towns
to dedicate their new church
here—taking nine days to make
dedication.
The Hoonah Hi arid City bas
ketball teams came over to show
us how to play ball. In the game
between the Hi and Angoon A. N.
B., the Hoonah hoopsters had
things pretty much their own
way during the first two quar
ters. After the intermission the
Angoon boys came out with their
belts- hitched tighter and when
the referee blew his whistle the
score stood Hoonah Hi 20 - An
goon 19.
The Hoonah City and Angoon
Town teams tangled with little
hope that Angoon would make a
showing. Hoonah made a quick
start but were checked shortly
and then it became a matter of
just counting Angoon scores—
final result: Hoonah City 17 -
Angoon Town, 55.
The third day, Hoonah Hi and
Angoon A. N. B. tangled again.
13 to 0 in Angoon’s favor the
first half, and then Hoonah took
a spurt and when the final
whistle blew7 the score stood
Hoonah 23; Angoon 30.
The Hoonah Boys left for Sitka
where they will tangle with the
several teams over there.
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Pat Kelly, of Ketchikan was
sentenced to the Washington
State Reformatory, for robbing
the Olympic Drug Store.
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The Good Will of cur fdrcns end friends is cne cf our
most valued assets — the only one that money
cannot buy - Your Good Will.
The Spirit of the Season brings to us renewed
appreciation of old associates and of the
value of Good Will.
May Your Christmas he a Merry one and
Success attend Your New Year,
Is the wish of
Schmit’s Smart Shop
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SOVIET ADMITS
PLAN LAGGING
Admission that Russian indus
try has failed to fulfill complete
ly the 1931 part of the five-year
plan was made by Pravda, semi
official newspaper. Pravda add
ed:
“However, we learned to build
machinery in 1931, thus freeing
ourselves from machinery im
ports, and wo solved the syn
thetic rubber problem. We also
finished the third year schedule
for tractors, oils, and electro
technical machines.
“But the qua’ity in many
lines was most poor. This blot on
the Soviet escutcheon must be
removed in 1932.”
Pravda declared failure of the
transportation system to uphold
its end of the schedule was the
chief reason for the disappoint
ing results. Failure of many or
ganizations to introduce cost ac
counting systems and otherwise
adapt themselves to the new
order of things as laid down by
Josef Stalin’s July speech also
contributed.
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Senator Shotridge of Cali
fornia, starting fo~ Washington,
where his colleague, Senator
Hiram Johnson, is already mix
ing anti-administration political
medicine, says that he, Shot
ridge, will urge congress to re
strict Fillipino immigration.
Since it is the policy cf this
country to accede to the demand
that Asiatic competition be kept
out, Senator Shotridge does not
see why an exception should be
made in favor of Filipinos, mere
ly because Uncle Sam rescued
them from Spain, and spent
many millions giving them pub
lic schools and good roads.
American sugar growers think
they should be protected from
free competition of labor in the
Phillippines, represented by ad
mission of Filipino sugar to this
country tax free of tariff.
Senator Shotridge intends also
to oppose the suggestion that
Japanese immigration be per
mitted upon a “quota basis.”—
Star.
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ALASKA’S NEED
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In his annual report to the
secretary of the interior, Gov.
George A. Parks of Alaska says
that more than 1,000,000 seals
are in the government herd on
the Pribilof Islands. When the
first conservation measures were
taken, twenty-cne years ago, it
was estimate that the herd had
dwindled to 132,000 seals. Dur
ing the last fiscal year the value
cf the skins marketed was $621.
767
Not all the conservation poli
cies of the federal government
have prospered as well. Had pe
lagi sealers and private hunters
been permitted to pursue their
destructive calling, there would
be no sealsskin coats today, ex
cept such as the kitties might
provide.
It is worthy of note that the
governor of Alaska has recom
mended some important changes
in governmental policies this
year. He would reopen the Yu
kon River to commercial fishing:
repeal restrictions on the loca
tion of placer claims, and declare
an open season on fur-bearir.g
animals to relieve hard-pressed
trappers.
Whether Congress will listen to
Governor Parks’ sound advice
can only conjectured. It long
has been the habit of the legis
lative branch of the government
to pass laws affecting the wel
fare and progress of the north
land and then to leave them long
after the need has passed and
when everybody would have
them repealed.—Seattle Times.
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WOUNDED MAN TAKEN
FROM HOSPITAL BED
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A mob recently invaded a hos
pital, abducted a wounded negrc
and hanged him in the public
square. Then they soaked hi.
body with gasoline and burned it
The negro, Mac Williams
earlier in the day shot and killer;
i Ills employer, Daniel J. Elliott
[67, then shot himself. He wa;
taken to the hospital In a serf
ous condition. j]
A mob of 4000 stormed the
hospital, guarded by deputies,
and'lynched and burned thej
i negro.
While the main body of the
mob menaced the sheriff and his
deputies in front of the Penin
sula General hospital, six leaders
s’ipped in a side door, took
Williams, heavily bandaged,
from his bed, and hustled him
to the courthouse plaza.
One of the mob tossed the end ■
of a rope over a tree limb in the
yard and the other end was fas
tened around the negro’s neck.
Eager volunteers hauled him off
the ground, where he hung for
about 20 minutes.
Then the body was cut down
and carried to the edge of the
negro district. Gasoline was
poured over it and ignited. The
crowd shouted and applauded as
the flames leaped high against
the black sky.
“What soever ye would that
men should do unto you, do ye
even so unto themf’—but do it
first is the modern version.
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CHLOROFORMED, PICKED
BIRD RUNS AROUND
STARK NAKED
George O. Holden, Pueblo mail
carrier, is chicken hearted, so he
faltered when it was time to kill
the Thanksgiving turkey
Holden secured some chloro
form and used that method in
stead of the ax to kill the fowl.
,'He and Mrs. Holden picked the
feathers from the bird and plac
ed it on the back porch for the
right to cool. Next morning they i
| found the turkey running a- J
! round stark naked. The chloro- '
form had failed to kill the tur- \
[key. ;
j A neighbor used the ax so the '
Holdens had a turkey dinner. '
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ANNUAL FUR SHOW PLANS
TAKE FORM ;
Final preparations are being '
; made this week for the second 1
■ annual Anchorage fur show and !
indications are that there will ■
be a great variety of live fur
bearers, raw pelts and made-up
fur on exhibition when the show '
opens at the Community build- i
ing. i
Those in charge of the show
have the assurance that many
fur farmers will have animals in
display, including foxes mink,
beaver, German fitch and fur
rabbits. The German fitch is
new to che district and another
innovation wih be performing :
mink on their exercise wheels.
The collection of raw pelts, it :
:s believed, will be the largest ;
.ever exhibited, and the public ;
will be given opportunity to j
make purchases at reasonable <
! prices. The fox pelts will include I
;blue, silver, red and cross, and, j
in addition, there will be mink, i
ermine, marten, otter, fitch, j
lynx, coyote, wolf and many j
others. The finished furs will in- \
elude chokers, scarfs and other J
i fur pieces, and these also will be j
| offered for sale at reasonable \
| prices. \
Several new features will be !
introduced in the amusement
line and there will be a number
J of valuable prizes given away on
| the closing night of the show,
including a beautiful beaver
I coat. There also will be a fashion
show on the following night.—
ALASKA FARM STATISTICS
J The final census bulletin deal
ing with Alaska has just been
published by the department of
commerce. It gives statistics on
Alaska farms on the basis of the
census taken in October. 1929.
At that time there were 509
farms in the entire Territory
containing 525,942 acres. Of thao
amount 8,825 acres were improv
ed, 104,245 were wooded ove.'
end 412,872 were unimproved.
Farm lands and buildings
were valued at $2,857,185.
The First Division came first
in number of farms, having 202
|as against 187 for the Third Di
vision and 111 for the Fourth.
I Only one farm was listed in the
Second Division. First Division
[ farm lands and buildings were
( valued at $1,137,919, Third Divi
, sion at $1,191,104 and Fourth
. | Division at $528,162. j
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COLISEUM
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
John Barrymore
in
“Moby Dick”
A BIG PICTURE FOR A BIG DAY
Remember “The Sea Beast” ?Its much better
on the Talking Screen
SATURDAY ONLY
“Too Young To Marry”
With
Grant Withers and Loretta Young
A heart warming Comedy Romance-so human
you laugh through your tears.
SUNDAY and MONDAY
Ruth Chat ter ton
IN
“The Right To Love”
See this Great Star in her greatest
dramatic role.
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WISHING $
You a Christmas, brimfull l
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of joy, and a New Year,
crowned with Success. i;
BRENNAN’S
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This season of
Cheer and Happiness
Gives us food for thought, but
nothing says all we'd like to say quite
so well as this good old phrase -
A Merry Christmas
Sanitary Market
We serve those who wish to en
joy their Christmas dinner with
out the drudgery of putting it
up. We aim to please!
Grand Cafe
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