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SOUTHEAST ALASKA
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FOR ALL ALASKANS
VOLUME NO. VII.
NO. 9
PETERSBURG, ALASKA,
SEPTEMBER 16, 1932
Subscription Price $4 per yeal
Senator Dimond e
Hurt by Plane
Anthony J. Dimond, Demo
cratic candidate for delegate tc
congress, was seriously injured
and almost killed by the whirling
propeller of the airplane in
which he was campaigning, hos
pital attendants said last Friday.
As he was standing near the
p’ane Wednesday at Iditarod the
propeller smashed the Valdez
candidate on the left shoulder,
cutting through clothing, slash
ing the flesh to. the bone and
breaking his colar bone in three
places.
The force of the blow knocked
him unconscious and hurled him
into the Iditarod River. Witness
es pulled him out.
His rescuers sent him by auto
mobile to Flat several miles away
where a trained nurse dressed
his wound. He flew to Fairbanks
Thursday evening and was treat
ed in the hospital there. Attach
es said he would be discharged
in a few days.
‘Gold Ship’ Stops
At Cordova
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The “gold ship” Valencia com
manded by Capt. Louis Knalfich.
put into Cordova last week on
account of engine trouble after
having been buffeted about for
several days in extremely heavy
water.
The ship had been to Hage
meister Straits in the Bering
Sea, where there is a landlocked
harbor. Aboard was a party of
twenty, composed of an assayer.
a mineralogist and miners, who
had taken from the Neely group
ctf twelve claims forty tons of
sacked ore. Samples exhibited
at Cordova showed considerable
gold to the naked eye. Seattle
and Anacortes capitalists backed
the trip.
The ship will return to Seattle
after a cruise of 5,000 miles.
Mining men aboard said the larg
er gold veins showed from $10 to
$25 a ton, with exceptional valu
es ranging up to several hun
dred dollars in the smaller veins.
Local Democrats received
quite a national jolt when tlr
primary elections in California
gave the Republicans 850,000 to
500,000 for the Democrats.
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Donald Armour of Ketchikan,
manager of the Piggly Stores of
Alaska, has been in Petersburg
for several days looking over the
business of the local store.
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C. B. Halverson was registered
at the Arctic Hotel the fore partj
or the week.
Tom Scott returned from Lynn
Canal where he spent the past
several weeks prospecting for the
illusive metal.
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Aaron Bean who went up the
Stikine River last week, return
ed yesterday, enroute to Kake.
He reports very little berries in
that section—'too much rain is
said to be the cause.
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The Community League will
hold its regular meeting next
Tues ’ay evening at the Lutheran
Church.
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The. P.T.A. held its first meet
ing of this school year in
school auditorium last Wednes
day evening with Mrs. E. S
Hungerfozd, president, presiding
JAPAN FLIERS
PLAN U. S. HOP
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The newspaper Hochi Shimbun
announced it is sponsoring a
‘ Japan-America good will flight”
across the North Pacific and
that the three flyers would hop
off from Tokyo, Saturday for
Samushiro on the first leg of
the attempt.
There they plan to await fav
orable weather to cross the
ocean, possibily next week, to
San Francisco.
The monoplane they will use
has an estimated flying range of
nearly 3,000 miles. It is equipped
with one 350-horsepower motor.
Stops are planned for Samu
shiro, and Nome and Fairbanks
Alaska, but emergency supplies
have been laid down at Nemuro,
Paramushiro, White Horse and
Kazelton, Canada, and Seattle.
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Bureau Heads
Visit Petersburg
Dr. Paul Gordon, Director of
Education, Indian Bureau in
Alaska, N. Lester Troast, archi
tect and district superintendent
and Miss Sather connected with
the office, passed through Peters
burg enroute to Wrangell last
night when the Admiral Rogers
was in port.
It is the plan of the depart
ment to open the Wrangell In
stitute the first of October in a
very limited way, Dr. Gordon ad
vised. Further cuts in appropria
tions made it necessary to cut
down teaching and employee
force and to limit the pupils in
the school this year. However
the plans for the year are being
carried out even if limited and
hopes that next year will bring
forth appropriations from Con
gress for the school. r
At present there are two other s
industrial schools in operation r
in Alaska. When it was suggest
rd to Dr. Gordon that one of
them be dropped and the effort j
of the department centered in
two school*—one for the South
east and the other for the Wes1
ward section, he thought that it
would aid in curtailing overhead
but did not agree that it would 1
be practical. The objections be>
ing that the interests of the
three sections are so different ‘
that it would hardly be possiblr 1
to operate a course in education
effort suitable to all sections un
der the suggested plan.
Various leaders of the Alaska
Native Brotherhood have been
discussing this plan and believe
that it is feasible. And it is pro
bable that it will be one of the
topics before the convention
which will be held in Juneau be
ginning November 14 th, this
year.
Dr. Gordon and Mr. Troast
plan to remain in Wrangell for
a while lining out the work and
| getting ready for the opening of
I the school.
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Since the deer season opened
many hunters have been bang
ing away ammunition with vary
ing degrees of success. Plenty of
game in spots and plenty of spots
where no game is shot—by some.
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Master Dicky Gribble is slight
ly peeved that The Alaskan for
. pnt to mention the fact that he
left for Portland this summer
for medical treatment. But he
promises to let us know when he
is ready to return so that we will
not fail to make mention of his
return. His physical disabilities
| overcome, he is now visiting in
'Beattie with relatives. ,; j
Ketchikan Demos Throw
Overboard Party Discord
With the customary pre-elec
tion ardor, the democrats of
Ketchikan and adjacent pre
cincts met in the Pioneer hall
recently and laid the first plans
cn which they intend to elect
their candidates in the fall ©lec
tion.
Aroused by the large gather
ing—76 men and 10 women—the
various candidates and main
springs of the local democracy
gave eluoquent addresses on the
creed of Thomas Jefferson and
the interpretation it should be
given in Alaska.
That organization should be
the avenue to a successful cam
paign was the idea of all of th;c
active democrats present and
with that thought in mind the
assemblage went immediately to
the task of perfecting a well
oiled directing body.
E. C. Austin was elected pre
siding officer and Walter P.
Sharpe jr. was elected secretary.
After a series of formal and
informal caucases between mem
bers of the various precincts re
presented it was decided that the
two precincts in the city of Ket
chikan should have one directing
body of five which will be called
the central committee and which
will have acting charge of the
campaign and all democratic
matters coming before the party
in Ketchikan. A. H. Ziegler, Mrs.
Agnes Reinert;, E. €. Austin, W.
L. Martin and Walter P. Sharpe
sr. were elected to this body.
That oratory is and should be
practiced in all political meet
ings was obvious during the hour
or more when the meeting was
not considering the serious busi
ness of organization and several
sparkling political speeches were
made by the various candidates
Indians Die I
Of Cough Malady
Pilot Harry Blunt, returning
last week to Anchorage, reported ;
that whooping cough or a simi- :
iar malady had caused the death •
of at least twenty children dur- :
ing the past two weeks in the 1
Xuskokwim valley.
Blunt also stated that there
was a great deal of illness among
tne Indians and that in his opin
ion they were in dire need of
medical attention.
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William (Bill) Gribble cele
brated his birthday yesterday
He is not telling how many
birthdays he had had—but pst!
He isn’t paying any more school
taxes.
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Staff Captain Joseph Acton of
Wrangell plans to be in Peters
burg today and will remain over
Sunday.
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Miss Myrtle Dunkelberger re
turned Monday night on the Yu
kon from Wrangell where she
spent the summer with relatives.
She was entered in the high
school immediately/
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The Wrangell Institute will
open some time in October when
students will be accepted. Only a
a small force of teachers will be
employed this year as there has
been a further cut ordered in
the school appropriations for the
| Department in Alaska.
and the more prominent mem
bers of the local democracy.
N. R. Walker, candidate for
the office of territorial senator
was the first speaker. Mr. Walker
stated that he was pledged to the
ideals of the democratic party
and would support with all his
might the entire ticket. He said
that the democrats, if elected .0
office both in the Territory and
nationally, would bring some de -
gree of happiness to this un
happy territory and in conclu
sion soundly trounced in general
all the present republican office
holders.
J. W Kehoe, candidate for ter
ritorial legislator, followed Mr.
Walker and claimed that altho
he was the babe of the local de
mocrats he was thoroughly im
bued with the principles of the
party. Mr. Kehoe advocated
svreeping out of Alaska the pre
sent republican office holders
from Idaho, Ohio and all places
except Alaska. Mr. Kehoe said he
would vote the democratic tick
et straight.
F. J. Baronvich, candidate for
territorial legislator, voiced his
opinion as being in favor of ter
ritorial control of fisheries.
A. H. Ziegler, who will be the
logical choice of the central com
mittee for chairman gave a brief
address and pleaded with the as
semblage to forget the primary
and work for party solidity.
Mrs. William A. Holzheimer in
a few apt words presented the
case for the women present.
John Frame, E. C. Austin, W.
T. Mahoney and Hans Anderson
gave short talks before the meet
ing was adjourned.
The meeting was called by W.
A. Holzheimer and W. T. Mahon
ey. divisional committeeman.
New Buildings
For Alaska
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Postmaster Charles M. Perkins
announced recently that he had
received word that the Postoffide
Department intends to spend
five million dollars on new post
office buildings in thirty-four
Pacific Northwest cities shortly
and that bids would be called for
The amount includes four
hunded dollars each for Ketchi
kan and Anchorage and thirteen
cities in the state of Washington
will get buildings costing from
eighty to seven hundred and
ninety thousand dollars each.
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1
John Sales returned to his(
mining claims across the nar
rows this week only to find that
a common ordinary pack rat had
been up there and stolen all of
his grub and supplies. He had to
return* for more.
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Oscar Wikstrom who has a
cabin and garden up Petersburg
Creek district went up there.only
to find that some one needed his
grub awful badly—too badly for
Oscar’s comfort. House breaking
and robbing of cabins in Alaska
used to be a hanging crime and
from the looks it should be made
so again. > ! '< PfliS’K!!
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MacPena and family who have
been spending the summer in
Wrangell writes friends that
they plan to return to Peters
burg very shortly.
WOOD, G.O.P. STALWART
SEES NEW CAMPAIGN
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An admission that a drive is
cn to extend the Hoover war
debt moratorium came from Rep.
Will R. Wood of Indiana, an ad
ministration stalwart and the
Republican leader on appropria
tions in the house.
This significant development
followed publication by the
Ilearst newspapers of the six
point plan of Montagu Norman,
governor of the Bank of England,
for the “liquidation” of Europe’s
debts to the United States.
The Indiana congressman de
clined to disclose the source of
his in formation, but said:
“It looks to me like there will
be a new move for cancellation
of the war debts or an extension
of the moratorium.
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Tammany Support
Goes To Roosevelt
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Tammany Hall extended the
olive branch to Governor Roose
velt and thereby greatly in
creased his chances of capturing
New York’s electoral vote.
Offered by John F. Curry, Tam
many leader, the Democratic
state committee unanimously
passed a resolution extolling
Roosevelt and Garner and urg
ing a united party front in their
support. The committee decided
to hold the state convention in
Albany October 3 and 4. These
are the same dates set for the
Republican state convention at
Buffalo.
When last Friday’s meeting ad
journed, Curry and his friend,
John H. McCooey, “boss” of
Brooklyn, visited the executive
mansion at the governor’s re
quest and chatted with him for
half an hour. Roosevelt said
ater:
“We talked about the tempo
rary and permanent chairmen!
)t the state convention, merely
iiscussing a lot of names.”
Tammany’s unexpected ges
ture of friendliness towards
Roosevelt was taken to mean
;hat the New York City organi
sation will support his candidacy
iespite the Mayor Walker re
moval hearings. Roosevelt had a
ousy day greeting visitors and
preparing speeches for his West
ern trip which starts Monday
night.
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It is reported (unconfirmed)
that two investigators are in
Petersburg from Pennsylvania
to look into the disappearance ot
one Rosko who left in a rowboat
which he borrowed last summer
from Oscar Parks. Complaint
was said to have been made to
the Governor of Pennsylvania
and he sent the men up to look
into the matter.
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Marshal Pointer, former resi
dent of Petersburg, was sentenc
ed to pay $250 and serve sixty
days in jail in Wrangell for pos
session of liquor. Norman Bakke
got the same kind of a jolt with
only 30 days on a similar charge.
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Mrs. Katherine Osborne of
Wrangell and Miss Margaret
Smith of Metlakatla are the
teaching force in Angoon.
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The people of Kake have peti
tioned Dr. Paul Gordon, directoi
r of the Indian Bureau activities
I in Alaska, for the retention ol
Miss Butler, nurse In that town
She was ordered transferred re
{ centty.
Maine Jobless
Refused Vote
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Democratic protest against
the action of the city registra
tion board in striking names of
350 “depression paupers” from
the voting lists appeared to have
little chance of success before
state election.
Mrs. Edward F. Wellman,
board chairman, ordered the
names stricken from the lists in
accordance with a state statute
providing that such action be
taken against persons receiving
! public aid within 90 days of an
election.
Herbert E. Holmes, city cor
poration counsel, and also De
mocratic candidate for state sen
ator, protested vigorously, and
dispatched a telegram and letter
of complaint to President Hoov
er.
Holmes further stated that he
v/ould carry to the Maine Sup
reme court the fight to restore
the ballot to disfranchised vot
ers who have received city aid.
“The depression has taken a
man’s job and now the board of
registration has taken his bal
lot,” Holmes said.
Holmes appealed the decision
of Superior Court Judge Harry
Manser that a man who received
| city aid within a ninety-day
period preceding a state elec
tion is a pauper.
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Wrangell Girl On
Trek to Yukon
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Miss Frances Tamaree, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Tam
aree of Wrangell, former resi
dents of Petersburg, was com
missioned as nurse in the Indian
Bureau and ordered to report at
Mountain Village on the Lower
Yukon River. She left Wrangell
on the steamer Yukon for her
destination. Following her gradu
ation from the Elizabeth Hospi
tal as a nurse, she took post'
graduate work at Medical Cent
er, New York city and is a re
gistered nurse there. Returning
home early in July she rested up
and visited with her relatives
and friends and when ^she has
• eached her destination will be
several thousand miles away
from New York.
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LAST SHIP AT
POINT BARROW
The long period of winter iso
lation faced Point Barrow as the
North Star, the last steamer of
the season to arrive, unloaded i',s
cargo and prepared to return
south. Within a few weeks at the
most, the port will be icebound
till next summer.
Two of the passengers on the
vessel were C. W. Hawkesworth,
chief of the Alaska bureau of
education, and C. J. McGregor,
a meteorologist. McGregor wi’l
spend the winter at Point Bar
row.
James Ford, a young Smith
sonian Institute worker who has
been a year gathering specimens
cf various kinds, will sail south
on the vessel.
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Delegate James Wickersham
spoke before the people of Fair
banks recently carrying his poli
tical record to the people and
. asking for their vote for return
• to office. He also spoke over the
5 Anchorage radio station.
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Frank Preuschoff of Lung Is
- land, has been In town for mail
and supplies.