VUL. 1
Petersburg, alaska, march, 22, 1929
NO. 36
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O'Malley Asks Information
On Alaska [roll Fishing
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Fisheries
Washington,
Address all Communications to
Commissioner of Fisheries
Washington, D. C.
In reply refer to file
17
February 23. 1329
Subject: Regulations affecting
salmon trolling in southeastern
Alaska.
Mr. Eric K. Johnson, President
Alaska Trollers’ Association,
P. O. Box 1806,
Ketchikan, Alaska
Dear Sir:
Delegate Sutherland recently
called at this office to discuss
and leave your letter to him dat
ed February 6, 1929, in regard to
the desire of the Alaska Trollers'
Association that a change be
made in the regulations pertain
ing to salmon trolling in south
eastern Alaska.
Careful considtration has been
given to the various matters
presented by you. As a result, a
number of questions occurred to
this office concerning which an
expression of your views is de
sired.
What percentage of the catch
consists of fish under 6 pounds?
What is the maximum, the
minimum, and the average num
ber of trolling lines per boat?
How many hooks are ordinari
ly used on each trolling line?
According to the best inform
ation available to you, how many
trolling boats are operated in
southeastern Alaska by resident
trollers, natives and whites, and
how many come into southeast
ern Alaska each season from
outside?
How many of these boats are
ordinarily operated in t h
months of January, February
and March?
Information along the line o
the foregoing will be useful t<
the Bureau in its further con
ideration of any possible modi
hcation of the existing regula
ons.
The Bureau is not satisfied a;
o the effectiveness of your pro
ofed regulation making it un
lawful to catch for commercia
use any king salmon that wouk
dress under six pounds. It u
felt that some better and more
easily enforced plan can be de
veloped. Since you have brought
up the subject, this office haj
developed a feeling that the
closed season of three months
from January 1 through tc
March 31 is less effective as a
conservation measure than al
first contemplated. It may poss
ibly develop that this closed sea
son can be reduced or even elim
:nated, in which event, of course
more effective restrictive meas
ures would be necessary.
It might be inferred from
your letter of the 6th instant
that the Alaska Trollers’ Asso
ciation desires to avoid anything
other than possibly a very nom
inal restriction of salmon troll
ing operations. The Bureau feels
however, that the fishery has sc
expanded that something effect
ive must be done to curtail op
erations in order to conserve the
valuable runs of king salmon.
Very truly yours,
(signed) . HENRY O'MALLEY
Commissioner
WTB-MET
Copy to Delegate Sutherland
Copy to Seattle Office
News From Kake
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Parties of men and boys scour
ed the woods here Thursday
night in search of George Skeek
who had failed to return from a
hunting trip in the timber back
of the village. Friday morning
he was found in an exhausted
condition near Pt. McCartney
about five miles north of here.
He had gone beyond the range
of hills that form the watershed
draining towards Kake and did
n’t find a creek leading to the
beach until nightfall, necessitat
ing to sleep out. He had been
without food for 24 hours when
found.
Willie Dugaqua was painfully
injured Thursday when a heavy
pole he was carrying with two
companions, slipped out of their
grasp, falling on Dugaqua. In
juries to the back will keep him
in bed for several days.
Speed was shown Thursday
when a committee of village men
erected a new string of light
poles from the light plant to the
northwest end of the village.
Wires are now being strung.
Kake athletes defeated the
crew of the Cedar, in two fast
basketball games here Friday
night. The scores were 13-5 and
19-9.
David Bean, member of the
Petersburg Camp of the Alaska
Native Brotherhood was brought
back from Juneau last week. He
had gone there for medical care
but when his case was declared
hopeless, he was brought back
to Kake. He died on Tuesday
morning at four o’clock in a
quiet manner. He showing nc
A LITTLE INDUSTRY
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One does not get an idea oi
the value of the shrimp plant tc
the community until facts ana
figures are secured. Since the
20th of January the trawlers de
livered 3,531 boxes of shrimp tc
the cannery; the pickers got
165,000 pounds picked in that
time leaving a nice payroll ir
the various business establish
ments on the streets that would
'not be here otherwise.
The crab cannery is setting
out their nets and bringing in a
fair lot of crabs fof this time oJ
the year. The pack of the same
company at Cordova will begir
about the 25th of this month
They, having just completed a
new cannery building and instal
ed a freezer. Much snow has
hindered work up their.
The shrimp fleet is laid up foi
annual overhauling and repairs
Robert Allen and Jack D(
Saurter will install the new boil
er at the shrimp plant. Th(
boiler will probably be on th<
docks by the end of the month.
--r2-thel esh ute -ea -nfds
BUREAU TRANSFER
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Smitl
for the past several years ir
charge of the Bureau operation;
ferred ocScowT e ffl vgk cl
were appointed in charge of th<
Industrial School at Eklutna.
fear tho he realized that he wa
at death’s door. With a cheer
ful good-bye to relatives, hi
j closed his eyes and went to th<
Great Beyond.
City Council Closing
Adminstration
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y The City council mei in
i oily Han Monday evening witn
5! Mayor Swanson presiding.
, j The report oi the Treasurer
1 was red, showing $4,000 on
f i hand.
} Marshal Nelson reported a to
tal oi zy dog licenses collected.
Governmental Uedtape
E. J. Guerin, Engineer in
charge of the Public survey of
fice, Juneau, in a letter to the
5 council, advised it that it wouiu
be necessary for the city to re
apply for the new cemetery site
by legal subdivision after the
piac ui the survey had been
s hied. This will be done tnru
the General Land Office in the
near future.
Cutnorizes Blanket Contract
1 The Signal Corps offered a
blanket contract for electric ser
vice to the cable office. The pre
sent rate oi $7.50 a month will
continue.
Presents Lumber Claim
Sing Lee presented a bill oi
$61.05 for lumber furnished the
City some time back. This was
from a supply of lumber whicn
he purhcased from Hasbroucke
i when the local mill was in oper
! ation. Delivery was made to H.
: Wick, then city marshal and was
; credited to the Alaska Spruce
1 Mills, indebted to the city. Ac
cording to statements made, Mr.
Hasbroucke authorized the trans
1 fer of the lumber to the city to
be credited to their acount.
On motion by Hanseth, the
claim was laid on the table for
further consideration.
Would Buy Junk
McKee and Williams made an
offer to buy the Fordson tractor
seized by the City from the mill
for delinquent taxes. Council
was willing to sell but as no of
fer as to price was made, the
matter was deferred until a val
uation could be secured.
Transfer of Funds
On motion, $91.00 was order
ed transferred from the general
fund to the interest fund for
payment due March 15th.
Frame Sues Time;
For Libel
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Based on a page advertise
ment appearing in The Times oi
October 3 last under the head
ing “Joe Magiil’s Answer to Dai
Sutherland,” Arthur Frame, An
chorage attorney and Senator ir
the present legislature from the
Third Division, yesterday (Mar
13) started suit against the An
chorage Daily Times and Chas
j. Fisk, editor, for $50,000, alleg
ing that by reason of the publi
cation of the advertisement,
m the complaint as “false, scan
dalous and defamatory libel” the
plaintiff has been “brought into
^uuiic scandal and disgrace ana
greatly injured in his good name
and humiliated and caused to
suffer great mental distress,” for
which he seeks damages in the
sum $30,000.
It is further alleged that in
“publishing said libel the de
fendants were actuated by hat
red, malice, spite and ill-will to
ward the plaintiff and by a wan
ton and reckless disregard foi
his rights, and by the desire to
injure him,” and that for this
reason the plaintiff is entitled
“to have and recover from the
said defendants and each or
either of them the further sum
of $20,000 as punitive damages.’
Anchorage Times.
Needs More Funds
The School Board requested
the council to advance $1500 ad
ditional funds for payment Oj.
teaeAers’ salaries. Five thou
sand dollars having already been
advanced the Board, the Coun
cil requested that it give an ac
counting of its expenditures.
Councilman Hanseth, moved,
and seconded by Johnson, that
city warrants discounted by the
B. M. Behrends Bank of Juneau,
due April 1st, be paid. This mo
tion was carried and payment,
ordered.
Pete Behrs is in from Rock>
Pass this week.
1 etersburg First All Alaska Champion
Fairbanks Loses Two Out ol Three Games
j The Champions of Southeast
j ern Alaska, after being tied up
! in snowbanks, blizzards and by
' grizzly, polar and Kodiak bear,
on the Alaska Railroad, arrived
at destination. Hopped into
j
j gym suits and took a trouncing
j from Fairbanks by the tune of
16 to 11. The boys were un
able to find the basket though
■ they had many chances at it.
; End of first half 11-1 in favor
of Western Champions. The lo
cal boys came back strong in the
• second half and by clean, fast
; teamwork, they scored 10 points
• and held opponents down to 5;
; the score being 16-11 when the
; whistle blew.
In their telegrams to home
1 fans and the Old Guard, the
boys expressed confidence in
themselves and the result was
evident in the score of 18-17.The
i Southeastern Champs smoth
i ered the Westerners by fast
5 plays and clever teamwork. -The
> score at the half was eight all.
J In the third quarter Petersburg
had a lead of 16-10 which Fair
‘ banks strove to overcome in the
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j fourth. Within one point of ty
j'ing the score, Fairbanks’ hopes
; went glimmering for the Peters
'burgans held their own and.
thereby took the series to the
third game for honors.
On the third game rested the
claim to title of Champions
All Alaska and the silver troph>
put up as a prize by Fairbanks.
The boys with the confidence
of having won the second game
and having gotten the measure
of their opponents thru the
first game, came back with the
determination to win. The
story is now history—Petersburg
will always be remember as hav
ing won the first All Alaska
Championship.
Every report from the boys at
Fairbanks speaks of royal treat
ment by Fairbanks team and
residents. The refereeing was to
the satisfaction of both teams.
As compared to the champion
ship series at Juneau, it was as
day unto darkness. The feeling
that has been engendered by the
the most unfair unsportsmanlike
treatment by the Gastineae
capital boys will ever remain a
blotch upon their athletic his
tory. Will go down in local his
tory a kindly feeling for the boys
and fans of Fairbanks for their
sportsmenlike conduct through
out that series.
The team will most likely be
on the returning Aleautian.
; Henderson Is Ousted By Senate
Breur, Cordova, Appointed
-me senate was swamped with
■ applications for the position of
i! Commissioner of Education to
• i succeed Lester D. Henderson,
i1 encumbent. The Board on Mon
day elected Mr. Brewer, princip
i ai of the Cordova Schools. :Sen
1 ator Dunn and Governor Parks
: favored reappointment of Hen
derson but failed of their effort
to get the reappointment. Re
cent editorials in the Juneau
Empire indicate that they have
not yet gotten over the set-bacK
to the program of the federal
democratic political machine,
l The senate has been very busy
having had fifty bills introduced
I while twenty-six were intro
duced in the House.
School Bill Passes
Yesterday the Senate passed
the school refund bill.. Amend
ments to the bill puts Juneau
and Ketchikan on a 75 per cent
and all other towns an 85 per
cent refund basis without Reser
vations.
Cannery Sanitation Bill Before
The cannery sanitation bilV
was passed by the Senate andis
now before the House Commit
tee on Fisheries.
Favorable Report on Workmen’s
The House Judiciary Commit
tee favorably reported on the
Workmen’s compensation act of
the last legislature. This was
one of the bills which was held
by Attorney General Rustgard
as to its legality owing to hav
ing been signed by the governor
after the legislature had ad
journed sine die.
Would Change Legislative Date
House
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Compensation
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A memorial has been intro
| duced to change the date of
! legislative sessions. Indications
are that in the Senate Com
mittee of the Whole, it would
meet with such opposition that
it will fail of passage..
Elevtive Auditor
Representative -Donnelly in
troduced an elective auditor
treasurer bill which is similar to
that introduced by Senator
Dunn. The Senate Judiciary is
to consider Senator Steel's
Board of Control measure and
it will likely recommend the bill
with seme slight amendments.
Visit Mines Today
The legislature took part of
the day off yesterday and as
guests of the Alaska Juneau
Gold Mining Company, visited
the mines at Junejuu
Watson Jockeys for Posittion
Harry Watson, secretary to
the governor through his sup
porters claims that he has ten
votes from the House and three
from the Senate for position as
auditor. Opposing candidate to
date had not been selected.
Dimond Fathers Paul’s Bill
Senator Dimond introduced a
bill which is an act to provide
for the discharge of poor con
victs confined in jail or prison
solely for the non-payment of
fine or fine and costs. This is
a measure introduced at the last
legislature by Representative
Paul but which because of pock
et veto by the governor failed to
become law. It is said that the
measure will pass and be ap
proved.
soening rune cans in
Petersburg
A s^om piane lor t*iG Interna
tional Airways Company caiie^
in at Petersburg ior on Wednes
day about noon. Members of the
Commercial Club went out on
Robert Allen’s boat, Peggie LU,
(.owed tne plane to the Standard
Oil dock and met the passen
gers and crew. On tne craii
! were P. G. McCarthy, head ox
the party, Capt. E. J. A. Kir*.,
pilot, George Lortie, mechanic,
Mrs. McCarthy and Mrs. Jack
McCord, passengers fair. Mrs.
McCord is wife of Jack, known
as a real Alaskan pioneer.
The airplane is a five passen
ger plane with a 425 horse pow
er motor. About an hour was
taken to arrive from Ketchikan.
Mr. McCarthy‘said he was not
speaking officially for publica
tion and preferred not . to be
quoted as to the plans of his
company other than that they
were making a survey with the
intention of putting on a 32
passenger plane with a year
around service. He did not com
mit himself in any way as to, his
observations, other than it was
a beautiful country and that
they had a wonderful trip.
A lunch was given the visitors
after they had fueled up their
machine, they proceeded to fuel
up themselves. The Peggie
towed them out to the north end
of the Narrows as they requested
but owing to choppy tide-rips
they were unable to take off and
had to come back into the Nar
rows to get their take off. The
last seen of them they were soar
ing north up Frederick Sound.
rmuuus iviuau>ii\J\ uuiwi^u
TO PETERSBURG
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Charles Wakefield Cadman,
world famous musician and com
poser will be in Petersburg on
April 5th and will give a con
cert on the same date in the
MacGregor Theater. Mr. Cad
man spent considerable time on
Indian reservations where he
studied and secured motiffs for
some of his famous pieces.
As the writer remembers, Mr.
Cadman is a personal friend of
Mr. Turney, printer and musi
cian at Chemawa, Oregon In
dian School.
Mr. Cadman was born in John
stown, Pa., in 1881 of a musical
family. His great grandfather
Samuel Wakefield, built the
first pipe organ west of the Al
leghenies and was also author
of a book on harmony. Cad
man’s musical education was
gained in Pittsburg and later he
studied in Southern Austria
with a class in instrumentation.
He also had the advantage of
orchestral criticism from EmU
Paur, conductor of the Pitts
burg Symphony Orchestra. He
was also a church organist for
12 years.
Cadman has been a prolific
song composer, he having con
tributed more than three hun
dred to that literature. Some
have had the most extraordinary
popularity and are familiar to
the ears of music lovers the
world over, such as “From the
Land of the Sky Blue Water”
and “At Dawning.” Several
orchestral works, song cycles,
choral works and part-songs for
mixed, male and female voices
are also to his credit.. He has
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