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PETERSBURG, ALASKA, AUGUST 29, 1930
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NO. 6
Old Puzzle of
North Solved
Thirty-three yars ago, the An
dre Expedition from Europe start
ed in a balloon for the north
pole. This pioneer air expedi
tion was never heard from since
an much was the conjecturing
as to the fate of the men.
Last week was published the
finding of the remains of two of
the members of this expedition,
preserved by cold, near Franz
Joseph Land, in the north polar
legions. They had flown from
Spitzbergen with one other man,
whose body has not yet been
found.
The two bodies were found
at a camp which they had made
on Victoria Island, which is but a
few degrees from the north pole.
They apparently had drifted sev
eral hundred miles from their
starting point before they made
a landing. They built a shelter
under a cliff and died of starva
tion and cold. One of the men
found was identified as Andre.
The log of the remarkable ex
pedition was recovered.
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Condition of Lumber
Market
Lumber production reported
by 349 mills to the West Coast
Lumbermen's Association for
the week ending August 9th was
46.33 per cent of capacity. This
figure compares with 43.05 per
cent of capacity for the preced
ing week and with an average
of 63 per cent of capacity from
January 1 to June 1. Operating
on greatly reduced schedules
since the week ended May 24,
mills in the Douglas fir region
of Oregon, Washington and Brit
ish Columbia have reduced their
output during the eleven weeks
by approximately 492,712,000
feet. This is more than three
weeks’ production for the entire
industry at present operating
schedule. Production during
the past ten weeks has everaged
1 06 per cent under orders re
ceived.
Notes From
Wrangell
Robert Shonwald has purchas
ed the waterfront property on
Front Street belonging to the
Moose Lodge.
Bill Lucas has purchased the
Morris property in the Stand
ard Oil district. The property
was formerly owned by Fred
Gold.
Peter Casie has sold his pro
perty at the north end of town
to Mrs. Jessie Eyon. Mrs. Eyon
plans to establish a fur farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Grant have
purchased the Frank Adams re
sidence near the Episcopal
church.
A. Lemieux has purchased the
residence property of the late
Maurice Healy. The property is
on Church street.
Albert and Mrs. Dubke were
arrested Sunday morning on a
drunk and disorderly charge. Mrs
Dubke charged her husband with
criminal assault on her daughter
so the Commissioner bound him
over to the next term of the dis
trict court.
On a charge of grand larceny,
Marshal Campbell picked up
one Sullivan. In his possession
was a part of the cash and a
check belonging to plaintiff.
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Sigurd WaUstedt, "Alaska’s
Bull Moose,” is a locM visitor.
May Hold Public
Fisheries Hearing
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| Charles R. Pollock, state su
!pervisor of Fisheries, has askec
Senator Fred Norman of Wash,
to again notify those interestec
in the fishing industry of Willa
pa Harbor that if there are anj
changes in the fishing season ir
that district that the depart
ment will hold a public hearing
at South Bend within the nexl
month.
I It is the desire of the Fisher
ies Department that the fisher
men interested in all classes of
gear, the cannerymen and fish
buyers, to get together and sug
gest any changes that will be a
benefit to the industry on Willa
pa Harbor. The department
will be glad to consider such
suggestions at a hearing and if
such meeting cannot be con
viently held and individuals
man notify Senator Norman of
his desire for a hearing before
the department and if it devel
ops that there is sufficient de
mand for changes, Senator
Norman will arrange for the
public hearing and general no
tice in advance through news
papers.—Chinook Observer.
As Catch Should
Be All Over
The record of salmon caught at
Excursion Inlet by fishermen op
erating for the Puget Sound
Canning Company, is as follows:
Providence .
Andew Z. ..
Johnny E. .
Unity.
Fannie ....
Elizabeth ..
Tanka ..
Martha J. ..
Granda ..
Eureka ..
Annie ..
M. E. C. .. .
Bessie M. ..
Eagle March
Kitty.
Pigeon ..
94,910
81,263
79,123
48,821
46,476
46,115
37,604
33,037
29,817
27,900
27,790
27,171
22,433
16,693
7,773
3,573
In the “good old days” with
a pack of 75,000 cases the Alas
ka Packers’ Association at Wran
gell operated 20 crews and NO
TRAPS The smallest catch by
the seiners was never below 30,
000 and up to 200,000. With a
average catch like that and the
prices of today, what a mint this
would be for the fishermen—and
for the business man.
JESUIT PLANE TO START
NORTH ON SATURDAY
On steamship Aleution leaving
Seattle Saturday, the airplane
Marquette Missionary, is expect
ed to be aboard. The Bellanca
six-passenger cabin craft, equip
ped with a 225 horsepower
Packard Diesel motor, was
knocked down and packed into
boxes after its flight to Seattle
from New York City. When the
plane reaches this Territory, it
will be reasembled and then
based at Holy Cross, on the Yu
ikon River, headquarters of Je
| suit missionary work in Alaska.
, The plane will be accompinied
north by Brother J. Feltes, S.
J ,Indian pilot, and Father Phil
lip Delon, S. J., in charge of Je
suit missionary activities in the
Territory.
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Warren K. Billings says that a
senator hired him to carry dy
namite. Most senators try to
carry their own—and some of
them carry enough to jar the
reactionary members of their
parties.
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C. Wilson left for WrangelL
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Four Purse Seiners Return
South with $75,000 Earnings
Anacortes American
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Les than two months ago,
' bands blared and whistles blew
las four little purse seine boats'
pulled out of the Anacortes har-'
bor bound for Alaskan waters.
Today, those four little boats
rest once more in waters of Pu
Iget Sound. This week they'
pulled into the local port minus ^
| the welcome of brass bands and j
j the toot of the whistles—but i
: richer87090$$$$$ TURN h.mirqll
| some 30 men aboard them were
i more than $75,000 richer than
! when the whistles blasted their;
farewell.
( An unusual run of salmon in |
the Icy Straits where all four of |
the Anacortes boats made their j
catches netted the men the mon!
ey they bought back to invest!
IN ANACORTES.
The Rio Rita, launched in Se- j
attle and fitted just in time fon
its maiden cruise, the President!
Coolidge, the Veribas and the!
Hollywood were the four boats |
which put into the local port!
this week, but their season’s
work is not over. They will con
tinue fishing in Puget Sound
waters until the salmon run
here is over.
The boats struck it lucky in
i the Icy Straits when the largest j
| run of fish in the history of:
j Anchorage, Alaska, hit through,
the straits. The Rio Rita made
a catch of more than 175,000,
fish, the President Coolidge, 130,
000, the Veribas 120,000; and the
Hollywood, 180,000.
AND IN ALASKA
This summer a large consign
ment of lumber for road con
struction work was landed with
in a few yards of the smaller off
the two Ketchikan mills Fir
lumber from Seattle Tor Alaska
construction, specified by the
federal forest bureau, landed al
most in the yards of* a local
lumber mill. Talk about carry
ing coal to Newcastle—
Now, if Seattleites can object
to importation of Indiana lime
stone on Washington projects,
how much more should Alaskans
object to importation of lumber
for bridge and road work—and
worst of all, land that lumber at
the gates of a sawmill which is
absolutely starving for orders.
Yet the fool Alaska mill men and
not a few of the loggers fight
Paul, the Alaska Fisherman and
the Alaskan—the only person
and publications fighting to
bring real prosperity to the Ter
ritory. Along about election
time, the canners “buy” these
mills by giving them nice fat or
ders for lumber and between
election times let them starve.
Smart business men—those!
Legion Play Has Whole Town Talking
Since Local Cast Puts on Production
The American Legion play,
“The Whole Town’s Talking”
held the boards last Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings at The Coli
seum Theatre and was enthusi
astically received by large audi
ences which were present at the
two performances. The present
ation was very successful both
from a financial standpoint and
for entertainment value. The
members of the cast were most
excellent in their various roles
and Mr. Sanford Dodge again
, lemonstrated his ability as a di
rector. The play told the story
of a match making-father as
sisted by the girl’s mother and
j proved all over again that the
| “best laid plans of mice and men
aft gang aglae,” as Bobby Burns
would say. Carroll Clausen has
played the part of a taxi driver
so often that he says he is going
to blossom out as a taxider
mist. Mrs. Ellen Hasbrouck
played the part of Mrs. Henry
Simmons. Her consistent im
J personation did much to make
the play a success. Miss Irene
iRunstad as a somewhat spoiled
land petted modern girl had the
j part of the so-called leading
lady. As might have been ex
pected Miss Irene looked and
acted her part in a manner to
I completely win her audiences.
I Tryve Strom added his laurels in
!the somewhat thankless part of
| Roger Shields. Trygve is becom
ing a real matinee favorite. Ches
ter Binney was the big hit of
the show and Guy Skyman had
everything to put the part over.
Guy was a riot, no less. Miss
Julia Wasvick was very good as
Letty Lythe, the movie queen.
She was so convincing at the
end of the second act that she
practically stopped the show,
Mrs. Nellie Harris as “Sadie
Bloom” proved that she is capa
ble of handling much heavier
! parts when the occasions offers.
Hank Hasbrouck as a theatrical
director and ex-prize fighter,
had one of the most important
! roles and was quite at home be
PORTLAND GETS STAMPEDE
The 1931 Yukon Sourdough
Stampede will be held in Port
land, was tire decision of the
hundred or more ’stampeders
who attended the convention at
Vancouver, B. C., last week.
More than 100 “sourdoughs”
who were in the stampede to the
gold fields of Alaska in 1397 and
1C98 and now residents of Ore
gon, attended the meeting at
Vancouver. They were headed
by W. H. Downing, president of
the newly organized Association
in Oregon, who presented to the
meeting an invitation to hold its
next- annual meeting in Port
land. A formal invitation from
th Portland Chamber of Com
merce was also placed before the
convention.
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Recount -,cf Votes
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Necessary
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A recount in 25 precincts ha-3
given J. C. Moreland a lead of
17 votes over Congressman M
A. Michac'son for the Republic
an nomination in the Severn1'
District cf Chicago.
Michaelson ;s serving his fifth
term. His political troubles be
gan about a year ago, when
Uncle Sam went after him on a
bootlegging charge.
U. S. RULERS ON INCREASE
James W. Gerard, former am
bassador to Germany, has added
five names to his list of fifty
nine “men who rule the United
States.”
In a pamphlet indorsing the
crusade of Lord Beaverbrook and
Viscount Rothermere for empire
free trade and a high British
tariff, published in London re
cently, Mr. Gerard wrote of
“forty men who rule the United
States.”
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The Forest Service has com
pleted the construction of a trail
from Sandy Beach to the Boy
Scout Camp. The next need is
a highway from Petersburg to
Sandy Beach.
Lind footlights. Miss Henri
etta Dahl and Miss Mildred Jo
hansen with personality-plus
added immensely to the enjoy
ment of the play. Miss Jessie
Anderson as the maid won ap
paulse and laughter. Jimmie
and Bobby Cawthon sang some
very clever character songs dur
ing the intermissions, their act
was well received. The whole
production was a theatrical
treat which will be long remem
bered in Petersburg. It is hoped
that more of these enjoyable
events will be promoted for this
community.
Two Gold Star mothers, Alas
ka’s contribution this year to the
many from all parts of the na
tion who will visit the graves of
their sons were recent passen
gers to Seattle on the steamer
Yukon.
Mrs. Dora Ida Johnstone of
Ketchikan and Mrs. C. M Eok
nr n of Anchorage were the two
mothers who were met by Cant.
He tv M. Andrews, head of the
United States Quartermaster de
pot, Seattle.
They left on the Milwaukee
for New York and then will em
bark for France to visit the
Mmise-Ar sonne American Ceme
tery there.
Mrs. Johnstone has lived in
Alaska for 11 years and Mrs.
Eckman for flit con.
A laska Poiver
Installation
Plans for the construction of
a hydi oelectric development
costing $3,000,000 and having an
ultimate capacity of 20,000
horsepower capacity were an
nounced last week by Willis T.
3itcheller, president of the Port
land Canal Power Company,
which was recently organized in
Seattle for the purpose of car
rying out the enterprise.
Last w;eek the first survey
party left on the motorship Nor
do of the Northland Transpor
tation Company for Hyder, at
the end cf Portland Canal, Which
will be the scene of activity ii
charge of Edwin R. Wright, re
sident engineer of the company.
It is planned to start actual con
struction as soon as plans can
be completed and necessary de
tails worked out.
The initial installation will
have a cnnnoitv of not less than
10,000 horsepower, with the pos
: ibility that this will be increas
ed to 15,000 horsepower in case
dens now under wray in the dis
1 net make it necessary to have
this capacity available,
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Industries which close their
doors against workers more than
45 years old may have to change
their policies if the trend in
longevity continues to increase,
according to the Bureau of Cen
sus.
The 1930 census will probably
show a larger percentage of
persons over 50 and a shrinkage
of those under 20.
In 1860 the census showed
that only 9 per cent of the Unit
ed States population was more 50
years of age, while the 1920
count showed that this group
formed 16 per cent of the total
population. The less-than-20
population in 1920 vras 10 per
cent under the 50 per cent fig
ure of 1860.
The advancement in medical
science and the decline in the
birth rate play a large part in
explaining the changes in fig
ures at both ends of life’s calen
dar, according to the report.
McGowan has a 4,385-foot hole
with no oil at its bottom and
Union Oil spent $200,000 making
that hole. A great many do not
have that much to make a hole
with.
A lot of hole have cost consid
erable more than that. Hole-in
the-Wall for instance.
Einar Hagen left for Juneau.
Booze Fight in Wn.
Is Political Scrap
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The former prohibition en
forcement official, Lyle and Whit
ney still hold the front pages of
the Seattle daily papers. Hub
bard, rum runner, former mem
ber of the Olmstead gang, pro
hibition agent, deputy sheriff-,
was busy discrediting his own
j sworn statements in the former
Olmstead trial. Nonchalantly
[admitted that his previous tes
1 imony was false. Olmstead, de
! bonaire rum king of Puget Sound
I now decorating McNeil’s Island
had his innings in court in the
effort to send his convictors to
be his associates at the big pris
on island.
On the other hand the defend
ants maintain their innocence
and from the trend of evidence,
it will be some job for discredited
witnesses and convicted rumrun
: ners to get their stuff over.
To the spectator with a mind
open to conviction it appears
| that defendants are having the
better of the argument. Certain
ly giving the benefit of any
"reasonable doubt” the defend
ants will be acquitted.
On the cthe rhand the charges
of “grease” money and contribu
tion ' to political campaigns puts
still another complexion on the
whole stinking mess.
T!:d Record of a
Maybe the fellow who has
'oen out of a job since last fall
ren find some consolation in the
rm:-annual report of the First
National Bank of New York.
Ally way, the report proves that
conditions are ‘‘fundamentally
sound”—for those who own
stock in that institution.
During the six months end
ed -Tune 30—a period of wide
. pread business and industrial
depression—stock in the First
Nath nal earned $102.40 a share.
The stock has a par value of
$100 a share. In other words,
every $100 invested in that stock
brought a return of 102 per cent
in six months’ time, or at the
rate of 204 per cent a year.
Some interest! And it was a
bank.
Typhoid Breaks
Qut at Klawock
Archie Demmert of Klawock
was removed a short time since
>o the Wrangell Hospital where
his malady was diagnosed as ty
phoid, sintce when two other
cases have developed.
Dr DeVighne took typhoid se
rum to the village and inoculat
ed the reside nts of the village,
in this he was assisted by Mrs.
''gnes Fletcher, government
nurse
Lack T sewer system. Lad san
itation and improperly guarded
water supplies were held account
able for the outbreak. The doctor
stated that he would not be sur
prised if further cases developed
as there had been a considerable
number of active contacts.
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Down in Arkansas, a man was
tried for assault and battery
jwith intent to kill. The state pro
jduced as evidence the weapons
used—a rail, a gun, saw and
rifle. The defendant’s counsel
exhibited as the other man’s
'weapons a scythe blade, pitch
i fork, pistol, dog, razor and hoe.
I After being out several hours,
the jury returned their verdict:
“We, the jury, would have giv
en a dollar to see the fight.”