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VOLUME NO. VI.
NO. 45
PETERSBURG, ALASKA,.
MAY 27, 1932
Subscription Price $4 per yeai
Former Alaskan
Locates Here
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Former well-known Alaska
physician and surgeon returned
last week to make Petersburg
his future home. Dr. Thomas
Runnals hardly needs introduc
tion to Alaskans, having first
made his initial trip to Skagway
in July of 1897, when Skagway
was spelled Skaguay. His father
was a noted surgeon, member of
the Royal College of Surgeons,
London, England. He had charge
of the first postoflice at Skagway
and was also surgeon for the
Royal Northwest Mounted
Police.
Dr. Runnals, Jr., is a graduate
of the University of Oregon, re •
ceiving special honors in ana
tomy, medical jurisprudence. In
1911 the Doctor took special
work at St. Mary’s, London, Eng
land. In 1912 he married Miss
Mary Elsie Manson, graduate
nurse of Hanneman Hospital,
Good Samaritan Hospital, Port
land, Oregon.
Dr. Runnals was for seven
years leading councilman, presi
dent of the First Orting Im
provement Club or Chamber of
Commerce, local surgeon for the)
Northern Pacific Railways be-1
sides attending surgeon for
numerous logging companies.
The Doctor volunteered his
services during the World’s War
end was honorably discharged
by the President in 1919. Many
former Alaskans who served will
recall the doctor as supervisor
officer at Camp Dodge during
the terrible epidemic of influ
enza of 1918. Following the war,
the Doctor accepted the position
of Chief Surgeon for the White
Pass & Yukon Railroad at Skag
way for four years. He returned
to Puyallup, his former home for
several years. At the request of
the Pacific American Fisheries
he established the first hospital
at Squaw Harbor in 1928 and the
following year at King Cove,
Shumagin Islands.
Dr. Runnals is a Brother of
the Arctic Night besides num
erous other fraternal organiza
tions.
The Doctor has taken tne
rooms formerly occupied by Dr.
Jones over the cable office. He is
accompanied by M. W. West
holm, who will spend the sum
mer with him assisting the Doc
tor in his uses of treatments
where infra, violet and electri
cal sunlight treatments are re
quired. The Doctor has written
several medical articles appear
ing in the Medical Sentinel,
Portland, Ore.; Medical Journal.
Albany, N. Y., on “Recupera
tive Powers of Age,” “Conditions
Existing Between Facial Neural
gia, Frontal Headaches and Den
tal Necreosis.”
Heart and lungs, male and fe
male diseases are the Doctors
Republicans Go
To Convention
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To attend the Republican Na
tional Convention at Chicago,
which convenes on June 14, next,
United States Marshal Albert
White, Alternate Delegate, and
National Committeeman-elect
Edward A. Rasmuson of Skag
|v/ay will leave Juneau on the
steamer next Monday.
Mr. Rasmuson will attend, also,
the meeting of the Republican
National Committee, represent
ing National Committeeman
E. Lathrop, whose proxy he
holds.
Dr. W. H. Chase, Mayor of
Cordova, and one of the two
elected Delegates from Alaska to
the G. O. P. gathering will not
be able to attend, he has ad
vised Marshal White. The latter
had not expected to go to Chi
cago if the Cordovan had made
the trip.
Karl Thiele, Secretary of Alas
ka, and the other delegate, will
leave Juneau Tuesday on the
Princess Norah for Vancouver
and will go East ovei the Cana
dian Pacific. He will visit his
mother in Toledo, Ohio, for sev
eral days prior to the convention.
Schilling’s Products
Get Fine Demonstration
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Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Crewson
demonstrated Schilling’s Pro
ducts in the Sanitary Market
yesterday until five o’clock. “H
I-*.” made and poured the coffee
made from Schilling’s Best while
Henrietta Dahl served' the dainty
buscuits and cake in which
Schilling’s Products were used.
Mrs, Crewson did the honors
around the Flamo Stove and
kept the hot biscuits and cakes
coming to accomodate the many
people who came to sec and en
joy the demonstration. The art -
istry that goes into good pastry
was evident in the skill with
which Mrs. Crewson made the
cake and biscuits. And “H. B.”
knew how to make real good
coffee and made it from coffee
so that even the most finicky
left with only words of praise.
Mr. Crewson says that they will
be back in Petersburg in thirty
days when they will give an
other such demonstration.
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The following members of the
Petersburg School faculty left
for the south on the steamer
Alaska: Misses Hannah Ander
son, Bertha Garner, Dorothy
Scott, Thomas Winsdor and A. R.
Eoyer. They plan to take fur
ther studies at the University of
Washington or Normal Schools
during the summer.
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Clifford Wayha was arrested
during the week on a charge of
assaulting Henry Phillips, Jr.
Sentenced to 30 days in jail he
appealed his case and was re
leased on bond of $300.
specialty besides general sur
gery. Talking to the Doctor he
said: “I expect to live here in
Petersburg for" a great many
years and hope to build my own
permanent home. Petersburg
has a fine climate, location,
water and there is no reason
why it cannot be one of the
great centers of Alaska. This is
my home now and I am for
Petersburg, first, last and all the
time.” Mrs. Runnals and daugh
ter will join him very shortly.
Memorial day
Hawley of Oregon
■ Loses Out in Election
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Willis C. Hawley of Salem, for
years a member o£ Congress
from the First Oregon Congres
sional District, Chairman of the]
Ways and Means Committee in j
the National House of Repre
sentatives after the retirement
from Congress of Joseph WT.
Fordney of Michigan and until
the Democratic ascendency, was
defeated for renomination in the
Republican primary by James
Mott, State Corporation Com
missioner. With but a few scat
tering precincts to report, Mott
is leading Hawley by 900 votes.
The reported precincts gave
Mott 30,958 and Hawley 29,972.
Hawley is Chairman of the Re
publican House caucus, and co
author of the Hawley-Smoot
tariff.
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INVESTIGATING MAYOR
OF NEW YORK
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Mayor James Walker of New
Tory City is before the Seabury
Investigation Commission in its
effort to trace political grafts in
that city. He admitted yesterday,
receiving $246,000 in stock pool
in which he had no investment
The Commission reports that all
but $87,000 of its one quarter of
a million are spent.
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Miss Ora Kuykendahl, mem
i ber of the faculty of the Sheldon
Jackson School at Sitka, was a
passenger bound for the states,
on the Admiral Rogers. She had
in charge several girls who were
returning to their homes from
school.
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Robert Cogo of Hydaburg.
former postmaster of that town
was recently placed under arrest
and taken to Ketchikan on a
charge of shortage of postal
funds during his administration.
Seattle Ordered to
Curtail City Expenses'
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Members of the Retail Bureau
of Seattle, Wn., have refused to
accept city warrants and ail
banks refuse to honor city war
rants until the city nas reduced
its expenses.
Mayor John Dore will enter
office the first of June when it
is expected he will institute
radical innovations in govern
ment in the interest of economy.
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The U. S. Indian Bureau
school closes today, ending the
first nine-month school term in
the history of that educational
system in Alaska.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Koehling
er and two children left for the
States on the steamer Alaska.
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Mr. C. S. Hubbell, member of
the firm of Hubbell & Waller,
contractors, left for the south
this week.
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Dick Hanson and Dick Burch
acting independently, shipped
out six boxes of trout this week.
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Walter Johnson ana Andrew
Johnson, not related, were ar.
rested in Wrangell for larceny of
a row boat belonging to David
Johnson. Walter alleges rJiat he
was induced by Andrew to make
the trip to Wrangell and that
Andrew declared that he sor
rowed the boat. Subsequent de -
velopments indicate that the
boat was not borrowed.
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JAPAN COALITION CABINET
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A national coalition cabinet
was formed under Admiral Saito
with General Araki as War Min
ister in dicates the retention of
■ military power over Manchuria. ,
W ickersham Gets
Road Money
The threat against the War
department road and trail work
in Alaska was silenced again
when the House voted by fifty
six to fifty-one to retain the ap -
propriation of three hundred
and fifty-four thousand, three
hundred and ten dollars for the
road work in Alaska.
The motion to eliminate all
road work of the War Depart
ment in Alaska was made by
Chairman McDuffie, of the House
Economy committee, who de
clared that too much money was
being spent in Alaska in propor
tion to the population benefitted
and that this appropriation
should be eliminated entirely.
The motion was vigorously op
posed by Delegate James Wick
ersham, who told the House of
the value of Alaska to the Unit
ed States, and who won on the
narrow margin of fifty-six to
fifty-one votes.
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Rhetorical Contest to be
Held by Bureau School
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The Indian Bureau School
closed this week and they will
hold a rhetorical contest Monday
in the Presbyterian Church with
the following program and con
testants:
“Tapestry Weavers”-— Clarabelle
Johnson; “Psalm of Life,”—Julia
Joe; “The House by the Side of
the Road,”—Harry George; “The
Sand Piper and I,” Henry
Adams; “Courage,” —John Ber
keley.
The winner of this contest will
be eligible to take part in the
final contest at Juneau before
the convention of the Alaska
.'Native Brotherhood This is an
annual event sponsored by the
Brotherhood with the coopera
tion of the Indian Bureau
Schools and was the direct ef
fort of Charles W. Hawkesworth
to promote the use of correct
English.
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PACIFIC FLIER AWAITS WIND
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Nathan Browne, trans-Pacific
flier is in Seattle awaiting fav
orable south winds to take oxf
cn his attempted flight to Tokio,
Japan. He must arrive in Japan
by the first of June in order to
receive the $30,000 prize offered
for such a flight—the last date
of crossing the Pacific being the
first of June under terms of the
prize givers.
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Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Harley of
Oyster Bay. Duncan Canal was
in town for a couple of days. He
is very enthusiastic about his
oyster plantation. The seed he
planted last year is doing ex
ceptionally well he states.
Capt. C. R. Bell of Kake was in
town during the past week at
tending to his fishbuying and
stcre business. He returned the
fore part of the week. Mrs. C. R.
Bell left for a lengthy visit in
the states.
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ALIEN HELP BANNED
BY ALASKA RAILWAY
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All aliens in the employ of
the Alaska Railway, officials an
nounce, are to be dismissed and
in the future all contracts will
be confined to American citizens.
An investigation is under way
to determine the citizenship
status of all employes.
Leaders Lay Threat
Before Congress
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Senators Watson, of Indiana,
and Robinson, of Arkansas, floor
leaders, issued statements no
moves for adjournment and r.o
recess for the national conven
tions will be considered until the
tax and appropriation mea
sures are enacted, assuring the
Government’s credit for the new
year.
Senators Reed of Pennsylvania
and Moses of New Hampshire,
issued a joint statement an
nouncing they will stay in the
Capital to finish their jobs. Boch
are scheduled to take important
parts in the conventions.
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Denali Conquered
By Mountainiers
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A. D. Lindley and E. Strom
who recently visited in Juneau
reported their trip up the peaks
of Mount McKinley. It required
the intrepid pair 38 days to
make the trip up the 17,000 feet
of rugged mountain and 10
hours to return—the return be
ing made without sleep.
Lindley shows marks of the
hard climb having three fingers
on his hands frost bitten as a
result of exposure. This was a
result of effort to operate a
fractious camera.
The death of two members of
the Carpe Vosmic Ray expedi
tion perhaps saved the lives of
the men for they would have
gone over the same crevasse but
for a rope which they returned
to camp to get. The men broke
through crevasses but the rope
saved them.
The last camp up the mount
ain was 17,000 feet up and the
last climb, the balance of 3000
was comparatively easy. They
returned to their last base camp
and from taht point it took them
40 hpurs to traverse ground
which it took them 38 days to
reach.
Mr. Charles Duval went to Ju
neau during the week to appeal
committment of his sons Lewis
and Ivo Duval to the st. An
thony Reform School, Idaho.
Attorneys appealed on ground
this court was without jurisdic
tion, the charges involving
felony, and should be presented
to the grand jury. The boys are
out under bail of $500.
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H. L. Coleman of Juneau and
Ketchikan is in town with a
load of women’s dresses and
supplies which he is selling
through Campbells’. He says that
conditions in Juneau and Sitka
are very good but that the far
ther south one goes the worse
the conditions. He plans to leave
for the Interior country shortly.
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Mrs. Pete Sather killed a bear
the other day near Point Fred
erick. She did not care much to
kill it except it looked at her too
sassily—from across the creek.
A chunk of lead- in the right
spot, a fairly good rug in the
Sather home. Mrs. Sather tells
that the wolves and bear have
done considerable damage to the
c!eer in that section.
Capt. W. H. “Billy” Fawcett,
wealthy Minneapolis magazine
publisher, was granted a divorce
from his wife, Mrs. Antoinette
P'ischer Fawcett.
By terms of a settlement, Mrs.
Fawcett receives $60,000.