VOL. 4.
PETERS JURG, ALASKA, JULY 4, 1930
No. 51.
Shark Eat Salmon
Offshore fishing on the nortt
coast has been hard hit in the
past week by the sudden appear
ance of swarms of blue sharks
according to trollermen operat
ing out of Grays Harbor. The
“tigers of the deeo” found off the
coast are reported to be of a
small harmless variety, but dan
gerous to salmon. They have
been arriving in increasing num
bers lately and practically have
driven away big schools of sal
mon which were frolicking or
the banks up until a few days
ago.
..Salmon catches .during the
past few cUys have fallen to the
lowest ebo of the season and
nearly 200 beats are now tied up
at Westport cove awaiting devel
opments.
. .Besides the sharks, other forms
of sea life are reported preying
on the salmon. Many salmon
bought in here show scars in
flicted by sea lions and seals.
One fisherman reported he
hooked an eight-foot shark on
his trolling line and worked wPh
the monster an hour. Finally
the shark broke away, straight
ening the hook, to the relief of
the fisherman. Another troller
man brought in a 200-pound
skate and placed it on the West
port wharf for inspection.—The
(Chinook) Observer.
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THE RED CROSS CARRIES ON
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More than twenty-two thou
sand Christmas bags are being
prepared by the American Red
Cross for soldiers, sailors and
marines on foreign duty, accord
’ng to a statement received from
Pacific Branch Headquarters, at
San Francisco. They will be
shipped by Army and Navy trans
ports later in the summer to sta
tions in China, the Phillippines,
Hawaii, Alaska, Guam and Sa
moa.
Volunteers in the Red Cross
are now at work filling these
bags with articles the enlisted
man away from home can use
and enjoy. Writing paper, play
ing cards, pocket diaries, knives,
pencils, handkerchiefs, pipes and
“housewives” are gifts which
have proven most popular. The
bags are of cretonne in cheerful
colors and frequently are the on
;v Christmas remembrances
some soldiers receive.
Due to the expense involved,
the Red Cross thought for a time
that it would be forced to discon
tinue this work, which it has
been carrying on since the War.
The suggestion brought a vigor
ous protest from the military
nd naval authorities, who de
clared the cheer conveyed by the
bags was of material value in
keeping up the morale of our
fighting forces overseas. The
organization then pledged itself
to continue and called upon its
3,000 chapters to cooperate
Many thousands of bags have
already been received in San
Francisco and the quota is ex
pected before the end of summer.
They must all be filled and ready
for shipment by August in order
to catch the transports sailing
for the Far East
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The gasboat Ida May was cap
tured by the Marshal’s boat Hel
mar last week and held by the
Federal authorities at Juneau
On board were Mr. and Mrs. M
F. Boyer and Ed Hibler who are
charged with vrlaticn of the Na
tional Prohib t on Act. Bond
were set in the sum of $3,000.
When gossip meets rumor th
Recording Angel w**4®8 short
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Halibut Tagging ]
The schooner Dorothy, Capt. ;
Hvatum, is in northern waters \
tagging fish and making a study ;
of the halibut fisheries. Center \
cf operations is from the Aleu- '
, t.ian Islands to the Bering Sea.
The Dorothy has been under <
charter to the International Fish l
eries Commission investigating t
ihe halbut fishery of the North
Pacific waters. On the present !j
trip, H. D. Dunlop is in charge of
the scientific operations. Ij
Fish Regulatsons
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Supplementary regulations is- «j
sued by the Bueiau of Fisheries
extended the close period for ♦]
salmon in the Yakutat area from *j
36 hours to 120 hours in the Dry ♦]
bay area. The period beginning j
from Friday afternoon remains
closed until the following Wed
nesday, 6 p. m For the balance
of the area, the close season is
a GO-hour period beginning Fri
day evening at six o’clock. 3
Rats
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Ever since the days of the Pied
PiDer, rats have been a nuisance.
Now, however, the scientist has
found a use for this animal,
which through scientific re
search is contributing to the
health and wellbeing of man.
The rat has become a benefactor.
Rats fed on liver develop acute
kidney inflamation and die with
in a short time. It has been
shown that a liver diet in per
nicious anemia may cause seri
ous symptoms of poisoning, but
properly prepared extracts are
beneficial. Use of inorganic
minerals in treating nutritional
anemia has been demonstrated
by tests on the Sanitary rat col
ony to be extremely effective.
Rats in the last stages of illness
were brought back to health in
[two or three weeks.
. .Anemia was produced by feed
ing the rats milk, which is low in
iron. When inorganic iron so
lution was added, the rodents
coon were well again. The lab
oratory has a national reputa
tion for its anemia research
work.
The modern baby probably
owes most to the white rats of
the laboratory. Even babies of
Egypt suffered from rickets. To
day’s baby, however, takes his
sunshine direct or bottled. The
rat in the laboratory cage re
vealed the correct diet for the
infant in its cradle.
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AMERICAN VESSELS SEIZED
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Three American trolling ves
sels were seized in Canadian wa
ters during the past week. The
boats are the Tillie M., Sunrise
and Queen City. The skippers
are respectively O. C. Jensen,
M. L. Sandberg and John Thor
gerson. Proceedings will be start
ed against the boats at an early
date.
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FOOD SHORTAGE FEARED
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A shortage of flour, sugar and
coffee is feared at Point Barraw,
Alaska’s most northen village A
southerly wind has made hunt
ing conditions for the Eskimos a
difficult matter but conditions
have not become serious.
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I PACIFIC ON MAIL ROUTE
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’ The Pacific of Juneau is back
again on the mail route, this
time between Juneau and Pe
tersburg and way ports. The Pa
i cific iso ne of the real old timers
•! among the craft plying Alaska
' -voters. .
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When in the course of human events, it be
comes necessary for one people to dissolve the po
litical bands which have connected them with
another and to assume among the powers of the
earth the separate and equal station to which the
Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them,
a decent respect to the opinions of mankind re
quires that they should declare the causes which
impel them to separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pur
suit of Happiness. That to secure these rights.
Governments are instituted among men, deriving
their just powers from the consent of the govern
ed.
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Tourist Travel is Poor
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The Alaska tourist travel is not
breaking any records this year,
judging from the passenger traf
fic on the various steamer lines
This year, the era of reverse
prosperity and general business
business conditions throughout
conditions thruout the United
States and Canada may be blam
ed for the small traffic. Says
press: “The traffic this year will
the Juneau press: “Traffic this
year will not be as heavy as has
been experienced during the
past few “prosperity” seasons.
Whatever the reason business
trade feels the effect of .this
GOVERNOR’S SALARY
The Senate passed a bill fix
ing the salary of the governor of
Alaska and passed the measure
on to the House The present
salary of the governor is $7,00C
and the bill proposes to make it
equal to that of the governor ol
Hawaii.
The Bristol Bay area made £
gain 33 1-3 percent in popula
during the last decade. Reads
big but as a matter of fact th<
population increased from 966 t<
1,283—a large proportion o:
which may be classified as gov
ernment employees and visiting
schoolma’ams.
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A USELESS NECESSITY
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Uncle Sam has an army of ci
vil workers now numbering 587,
665 or an increase of 18,950 ove
the fiscal year ending July 192i
Alaska has its share in this use
less army with a total of one ou
of every dozen, total populatioi
Hawkesworth Is
Acting B. E. Chief
Charles W. Hawkesworth, dis
trict superintendent of the U. S.
Bureau of Education for the
I First Division was appointed
[Acting Chief of the Bureau’s op
i erations in Alaska in place of
' Jonathan H. Wagner, resigned.
Mr. Hawkesworth returned to Ju
neau from Seattle this week
! with a force of six for the office.
He will have direct supervision
of all of the affairs of the Bureau
throughout the entire Territory
| and will direct the affairs from
his office in Juneau.
Originally trained for the min
istry, Mr. Hawkesworth felt that
the educational field offered as
great an opportunity for charac
ter development as did the min
istry. He went to Point Barrow
a teacher where he learned
to know and understand the
Eskimos; he was transferred to
Hydaburg where he first came
in contact with the Indians of
■ the First Division; after teaching
at Metlakatla for a while. He
1 then was appointed district su
: perintendent, which office he
> has held for a number of years.
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r Miss Dorothy Chisholm and
Mr. W. P. Johnson were married
' in Juneau last week. Mrs John
|son is a daughter of Mr. Chis
holm of Wrangell.
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r Dr. Fred Davidson, biologist ol
l, the Fisheries Eureau has re
- sumed his studies of salmon ir
t Alaska with his station neai
l ] Wrangell.
Huston May Resign
Again there is talk of Claudi
us H. Huston’s resignation as
Chairman of the National Re
publican Party. A council of the
leaders has been called to meet
in Washington on the 7th of
July. Senator Fess of Ohio, Post
master General Brown, Presi
dential private secretary Wal
ter H. Newton and Walter Head,
Chicago banker are named as
probable successors.
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A CHANCE FOR PETERSBURG
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Down at Clear Lake, Iowa, is
Sam Kennedy, Jr, who has made
the limelight of publicity, has
done so by delivering more than
22 carloads of onions, onion sets
and potatoes each year. He does
this on 400 acres of peat land
and he rents 30 acres more. He
also produced the highest sugar
beet yield in the Minnesota-Io
wa territory of the American Su
:gar Beet Company, for four of
the last five years. ,
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Packers Fight for Fish
Libby, McNeil and Libby and
j the Farwest Company of Anchor
jage staged a battle recently for
fish from the Tyonek Reserva
tion in the Cook Inlet Area. The
j matter was being investigated by
the Bureau of Fisheries and by
the Bureau of Education. But
unwilling to wait for depart
, mental ruling, the compaines en
i tered court with their troubles
The court awarded the fish to
the Farwest Company, which is
' I a successor to McGill Interests oi
1 Anchorage.
FIRST INDIAN GIRL PILOT
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With her light sport airplane
laden with beaded gifts from the
Indian tribes of the Pacific North
west to President Hoover, win
some Mai’y Riddle, 20-year old
Quinault Indian maiden will fly
from Portland about the 25th of
£ugust, alone across the conti
nent to Washington, D. C.
A year ago, Mary Riddle, whose
Indian name is Kus-de-ca, flew
to Chicago with an air trans
port company. She was so im
pressed with flying that she de
cided to learn to handle a plane
herself, and enrolled with Tex
Rankin in Portland. She made
marked progress under his tute
lage. Her first public appear
ance was made when she rode
out to her plane in full Indian
costume on an Indian pony dur
ing the recent Portland Rose
Festival, and flew it alone for 15
minutes before 30,000 spectators.
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The postponed Sunday School
picnic will be held at Sandy
Beach this Sunday, if the weath
cr permits. Otherwise, morning
worship at the church at 11.
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YOUNG MAN wishes position
on fox ranch the last part of Au
gust; able and willing worker
wishes to connect with steady
job—Write Thomas Ringen, Pe
tersburg.
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SUCH IS LIFE
Did you ever notice how much
bke a harness life is? There are
traces of care, lines of trouble,
bits of good fortune and breach
es of faith. Also tongues must
j be bridled, passions curbed, and
Everybody has a tug to pull thru
• Fur Farming Haywire
l One of the largest of the early
’ day fox farm ventures to the
I west of Seward began in 1908 at
! Sand Point when Capt. Andrew
! Grosvold put 22 silver greys on
! the island. He constructed a
• large corral around which ran
’ 450 feet of fencing and sunk in
• to the ground at some points to
• a depth of 18 feet; bedrock. On
• top of the fencing rose to a
• height of 10 feet in addition in
; dined toward the pen. Buried
; In the soil was another three
; foot strip of net.
! But with all this expense and
! painstaking care so that the fox
! should not escape, seme did;
! three of them to be exact.
; Over $100 each were paid for
’ the original animals and at the
• end of three years the first kill
• was made, Capt. Grosvold receiv
• ing less than $40 each for the
! skins. He then gave up the en
^ terprise in disgust, only some
• years later, to again take anoth
• er chance, but this also he gave
- up owing to market conditions.
• After all efforts had been made
■ to run the fox into pens, or to
; trap the remainder, he gave or
; ders to open gates and permit
; the fox to escape. Today, it is
; said, there are innumerable fox
• overrunning the island. It is al -
• <o said that a trapper claims to
• have captured two red fox on the
; mainland and released them on
l the island. So for many years
|* now, the fox industry on this is
land has been passed but the
I nens, with long lines of fencing.
> and fox houses, may vet be seen
> scross the creek from Sand Point
;! oroper.—Seward Gateway.
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I: Graves Successor
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I* Jule B. Loftus, Associate Bio
f ’ogist of the U. S. Bureau of Bio
logical Survey, graduate of the
Alaska college has been appoint
ed Territorial veterinary teu -
geon and livestock inspector by
Governor Parks.
Mr. Loftus has been doing spe
cial work for the Biological Sur
vey on its New York fur farm.
He will come to Alaska very
shortly to assume his duties.
Dr. Graves, who resigned from
that position recently, is now lo
cated on the Washington-Idaho
stateline near Spokane Bridge
where he has purchased a fur
farm. He plans to specialize on
blue foxes.
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CANNERY NOW READY
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Wrangell Narrows Packing Co.
at Scow Bay, is ready to begin
canning salmon Mr. Haugen
has made a heroic effort to get
his cannery ready for the first
run of salmon following the col
lapse of the new building during
the course of construction.
Petersburg plant of the Pacific
American Fisheries Co., canned
the first salmon of the season on
June 30. The day is not so far
back when Mr. Nicholson, super
intendent of this big cannery de
livered to Northwestern Fisher
es by the 30th of June, more sal
mon than the average crew these
days catch in a whole season.
GRIGSBY CONFIDENT
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George B. Grigsby, Ketchikan
man and Democratic for Dele
gate to Congress is in Juneau
and is planning on “beginning
his campaign early and prose
cuting it vigorously throughout
the Territory. Mr. Griggsby de
clares that he has received re
assuring information from all
parts of Alaska, and he feels con
fident of success at the polls in
November.”