VOL. 4.
PETERSBURG, ALASKA, MARCH 7, 1930
No. S7.
Wickersham's
Record of
Accomplishment
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In selecting a successor to Dan
Sutherland, it is fortunate for
the voters of Alaska ,that they
have the choice of a big, broad
minded. intellectual statesman
of strong convictions and cease
less energy. In Judge James
Wickersham, the Republicans
have a candidate whom they
know can go to Washington and
secure for the Territory all that
any representative could pos
sibly demand or secure.
It is no idle boast to claim
big things for Judg* Wicker
sham, for he has proved his ab
ility to get them. During his
various terms as Delegate to
Congress, he has a record for big
accomplishments that would be .
to the credit of any member of
the House or Senate. And his
past service should prove a val
uable aid in smoothing the road
to the end that the further
needs of Alaska will be carefully
considered by Congress. i'
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There should be no hesitancy
upon the part of Republican vot
ers, at the primary election on
April 29, 1930, in selecting Judge
Wickersham as their standard
bearer. He will carry on to ul- i ‘
timate victory and satisfactory
accomplishments. During his
past service in Congress, Judge
Wickershcm c±rs£ .enact
ment into law of the following
—among many measures that
nave been of great importance
to the Territory:
The Organic Act of Aug
ust 24, 1912, creating the
Alaska Legislature and giv
ing Home Rule to the peo
ple of Alaska.
The permanent location
of the Territorial Capital at
Juneau.
The construction of the
Alaska Railroad costing
$65,000,000.
The construction of the
Alaska Agricultural College
and School of Mines at Fair
banks, with land grant sup
port.
Creation of the Mount Mc
Kinley National Park.
The establishment of the
Public School System in
Alaska,
Possibly one of the most bene
ficial efforts of Judge Wicker
sham, and one that will always
be remembered with gratitude
by the fishermen of the Terri
tory, was his prevention of the
passage of the notorious Alex
ander Fish Bill. This measure
had for its aim to give title to
all salmon areas in Alaska to the
cannerymen, and to exclude all
free fishing.
KAKE BAND RETURNS
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The Salvation Army Band o.
Kake returned home last v/eek
from their visit to Vancouver
Victoria and Westminster. They
broadcasted over CKWX at Van
couver, played in a theater in
Vancouver and were tendered
receptions in Victoria and West
minster.
The band was under direction
of Walter Williams of Kake
FATHER OF HI WAY PROJECT
IN PETERSBURG
Mr. Donald McDonald, engin
eer for the Alaska Highway Com
mission, father of the Pacific
Yukon or International Highway !
project, was a Petersburg visit-■1
or while the steamer Northwest- j'
ern was in port last Tuesday. Hoi
lias been making an extended!
trip to the States at his own ex- j
pense in the interests of the pro- j
position in order to enlist the I
support of manufacturers of j
automobiles, camping equipment j.
and accessories. The commer-;
cial Clubs and business organi- j
nations throughout the country!
are taking the matter up and j i
giving it a great deal of favor- ;
able publicity. i -
At The ALASKAN office, Mr. h
MacDonald spoke interestingly:;
if the many phases,of the work ! ;
:»f getting such a project before
:he people. No less than six dif- '
''erent routes have been pro- j1
posed and commercial organiza-j
ions in the various towns are i
^ying with each other to gain |"
preferment for their particular i I
districts. * j .1
The success cf this project,
opening up the last link of a :
notor highway from Old Mexico *
hrough the United States and (
Canada to Fairbanks in Alaska,1
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prove of immeasurable ’ bene
it m opening up the great vir
gin hinterland of the Northwest.
New Industry for
Petersburg
Without blare of trumpets, the
Lincoln Manufacturing Com
pany, one of the latest addi
tions to Petersburg’s industrial
family, under the efficient man
agement of Olaf Arness, has
quietly set about the develop
ment of an industry which is
; doing its part to bring this city
to the fore as a manufacturing
center. During the past several
months Mr. Arness has improv
ed his process for manufactur
ing spruce oars from native
stock and is now turning out a
product that is rapidly demon
strating its superiority over the
ash oars imported from the
States. A very gratifying whole
sale trade is being developed.
New machinery has been install
ed recently which greatly in
creases the capacity of the
plant.
POINT BARROW ICE BOUND
Inhabitants of Point Barrow
expect to lose their summer un
less ice conditions change. Ser
geant Stanley Morgan in charge
of the radio staff at that point
hi a message to the War Depart
ment stated that the winds are
packing the ice along the coast
and forming bars from 25 to 40
feet high and no southerly
winds. Ships may be kept out of
this section because of this.
The Ford, Capt. Ole Brensdal
was the first vessel to sell its fare
of halibut in Juneau. She had
5,000 pounds receiving a price of
15 and 11 Vi- The Sunset of this
port was second to arrive and
her loa dwas 6,000.
The P. T. A. meeting hav been
postpones a week in order that
its program shah not interfere
with the Commercial Club plaj
Rustgard’s Platform
Favors Trap System
.... From Juneau Empire ..
Close and friendly co-opera
don between Territorial and
Federal agencies and an amend
ment to the Organic Act such
'as will not only give us as much
ipme rule as was invariably
granted other Territories, but
vhich will enable us to gradual
y assume more and more of the
'unctions of government until
!ull Statehood is attained,” are
he first two of 2.3 specific planks
A the platform of Attorney
general John Ru- .tgard on which
le is making the race for the Re
mbUpcui nomination for Dele
gate to Congress.
Not content with a mere gen
■ral pledge of support to the
loover administration, he sets
p specifically the matters in
irhich co-operation will be given,
,nd with unusual frankness,
)l£dges himself on several -sub
ects of importance.
There is no more dangerous—
lolitically—issue in Alaska than
Ish traps. In the past, candi
[ates for Delegate have not been j
tnminciful of the dynamite in itj
nd let it rest'altogether in their i
ilatforms or treated it with gen- |
ralities.
Not so Mr. Rustgard. There is
io hedging in his declaration
that:
<fi also believe that owners of!
"ffipfih' #£E|»s httJ
be protected in such ownership
AGAINST ALL INTERFERENCE
except by the Government, and
to that end should receive leases
for their trap sites for a fixed
period, subject always to revoca
tion and whatever rules and re
gulations the Government may
see fit to impose,”
CO-OPERATE WITH O’MALLEY
Nc” does his platform end
there in dealing with “loaded”
questions. For some ten years,
Alaska’s representative in ConV
gress has devoted most of his
time to attacking the United
states Bureau of Fisheries, sub
stituting^ that Government agen
cy as a main political issue for
the “Guggen helms” which was
the war cry of his predecessor
: “O’Malley” and “Hoover” took
the place of “Steve Birch” and
the “Guggenheim Trust.” Evi
dently Mr. Rustgard is convinc-'
ed that such a policy is not on
ly futile but costly to Alaska. He
proposes a change and declares: <
“I propose to cooperate with !
the Bureau of Fisheries in se
curing the best possible fishing
regulations and intend to do all
in my power to secure such leg-1
islation as will leave the fish
eries of Alaska open only to bona
fide residents of the Territory
wherever that is practical and I
where, by such policy, the settle
ment of the Territory can be ma
terially stimulated.”
DEFENDS FOREST SERVICE j
The Forest Service, which has1
been attacked by the Paul fac- j
tion and its allies for its pulp
development policy, is defended:
by Mr. Rustgard. The recom
mendations made by Gov. George
A. Parks in his last annual re
port are unreservedly endorsed.
Eleven requests made of Con
gress, or Executive departments
by the last Alaska Legislature
are specifically supported.
The last Judiciary Act of Con
gress deprived Alaskans of the
virvl-it nf onnaol in micrfpmpnnnr
criminal cases. The Virgin Is
lands is the only other unit un
der the American flag so treated.
Mr. Rustgard advocates a
change and declares he will work
to obtain legislation to cure the
defect.
PLATFORM IN FULL
His platform in full is as fol
lows:
..“It would seem obvious that
the peace, progress and prosper
ity of Alaska demands the clos
est and friendliest possible co
operation between the Territor
ial and Federal agencies within
the Territory. .With all the nav
igable waters, 89 per cent of the
land, the fish, the game and the
wild fur bearing animals under
the jurisdiction and control of
the Federal Government, and
Continued on page 3
Ketchikan
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At a special meeting of the
j Brotherhood last week- in the
lower rooms o fthe Y. P. A. C.,
| Ed Ridley was initiated into the
organization. This camp, one
of the hardest to organize, will
L become one of the strongest in
, the organization. After the
j ihee ing th Sisterhood served a
I delightful lunch.
FISHERIES REGULATIONS
Supplementary fishery regula
! tions issued by the Bureau ol
j Fisheries clamp the lid down
: harder on gillnetters in the Ko
jdiak district and lighten the
trap regulations in the South
eastern district by opening areas
to traps' that have been closed
heretofore.
J. Frank Galbraith, pioneei
trader and packer of Telegraph
Creek, B, _C., died on the 27tf
j of February of paralysis. He i:
j survived by four growTn children
Frank Galbraith is. known th<
world over and has man]
friends who will regret his de
mise.
She Wants Young
Fortune
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..Ernest .Schoenwald, .former
manager of the Petersburg Pack
ing Company, is named defend
ant in a $25,000 slander suit filed
by his ex--wife, Henrietta
Schoewald, who asserts that Mr.
•Shcoenwald called at her apart
ment on February 20 and asked
her to aid him as he had an in
jured ankle. He accused her of
taking $530 of his money and
called the hotel employees and
informed them. He also injur
ed her arms, she alleges.
Mrs. Schoenwald declares she
has been injured by her ex-hus
band’s statement to her friends
to the effect she attempted to
rob him. She alleges she called
her lawyer who urged Schoen
wald to make a charge against
her but he refused in the pre
sence of detectives.
; j The Schoenw^ilds were divorc
T ed two years ago. They had eight
. children all of whom are dead.
WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES?
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On Thursday and Friday
nights of next week at The Mac
Gregor Theatre, we will find out
what happened to Jones.
Under the auspices of the
Commercial Club, an “all-star”
cast has been working hard and
faithfully for the past month
preparing for the presentation
of a three-act farce comedy
concerning the ludicrous diffi
culties of the famous Mr. Jones,
traveling salesman. Difficulties
and complications extremely
amusing, and becoming worse
confounded at every turn follow
in such kaleidscopic succession
that the audience wonders how
he can possibly extricate him
self. The play is a scream from
curtain to curtain.
All proceeds cf the perform
ance will go to defray the deficit
which has accrued in connection
with the trip of Petersburg’s All
Alaska Champion Basketball
team to Fairbanks.
The prices of admission have
been placed unusually low for a
performance of this character I
in order that a greater number 1
of people may have an oppor- !
tunity to see and enjoy the;
Play.
Hesse Makes His
Campaign Talk
‘•I would like to have the peo
ple know- that l am running and v
what my qualifications are,”!
writes William A. Hesse, demo- j
'•rat candidate to the office of
Territorai engineer, at the forth
coming primary.
“Personally, I cannot and will
not ask any one to vote for me,
nor will I make promises to po
liticians in trade for their sup
port. There is only one promise
that I will make and that is if
elected I will fulfill the duties of
the office to the best of my ab
ility. I am necessarily obliged
to trust to luck an dthe influ
ence of my friends.”
Mr. Hesse passed through Se
ward last month at which time
he made public his intention of
filing. He is now located at Ket
chikan and plans to make that
his future home.—Seward Gate
way.
Down at Ketchikan the demo
crats have been trying to induce
Mr. Hesse to withdraw his filing
in the interest of “harmony” in
Hie Democratic ranks. Which
“harmony” is a plan to eliminate
Judge Wickersham by throwing i
the Democratic party strength j
to the support of Attorney Gen- ;
eral Rustgard. The balance of
fhe filing on the Democratic
ticket are “harmonious” and
but for the monkey wrench
thrown into the gears by Hesse
the plan would have been car
ried to a successful conclusion.
When approached in Ketchi
kan by Democratic party lead
ers and asked to withdraw his
tiling, Mr. Hesse replied by ask
ing why. Mr. Sommer, incum
!for the past eighteen years, was
! not asked to withdraw in the in
terest of harmony. He has not
been answered yet.
The CommereiaL Club will
meet hereafter at the Grand
Cafe. Meetings are held each
Wednesday at 6 30 in the even
ing.
Empire Report
Indian Suit Is
Malicious Lie
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The Juneau Empire under the
heading of “special dispatch to
the Empire” printed a story
reporting that the bill before
Congress to permit the Haida
and Thlinget Indians of Alaska
to sue for dispossession of their
lands, was thrown out of the
Committee before it was for
consideration, is an inexcusable
breach of newspaper ethics and
a deliberate prevarication.
A telegram from Dan Suther
land to Judge Wickersham here
with printed is self-explana
tory:
Washington, D.C. March 5,
1930, James Wickersham, Ju
neau.
Referring your February fifth
there has been no action on bill
to enable Indians bring suit
C ourt of Claims stop Secretary
Interior been asked for report
which has not been made stop
\m assured full hearing on this
measure before subcommittee of
Committee on Claims stop Wire
me official collect name of paper
date and text and press source
in Washington of dispatch pub
lished in Juneau stop Cannot
nnrnnco nf
nrocc nr_
ganization in sending out such
stuff and am sure Alaska news
papers doing considerable fak
ing stop will trace matter this
end if you will wire me exact
data (signed) DAN SUTHER
LAND.
When questioned Editor John
W. Troy of the Empire .stated
that the telegram was from Tom
IMarquam who is in Washing
ton.
WThen William Paul, one of the
attorneys in the case was inter
viewed here last week, he knew
nothing .of .the matter other
than as published in the Em
pire. . He expressed himself as
believing it fake press stuff for
the purpose of confusing the
Native voters of the First Divi
sion and to create friction with
in the Brotherhood.. He dis
credited the Empire’s source of
information because as one of
the attorneys in the case he
certainly would be advised direct
by Delegate Sutherland and not
have to secure his information
by grapevine and moonshine
telegraph.
Hoonah ... ..
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Eight feet of snow here this
year. This is the deepest it has
been in several years.
Hoonah has been very quite
this winter. The Brotherhood is
getting on its feet and into har
ness. Last letter reported eight
new members initiated. One of
them being Frank O. Williams.
Frank is a graduate of the Shel
don Jackson School at Sitka and
is the kind of membership we
need.
Jacob Pratt took unto him
self a wife on the 24th of Febru
ary. A member of the local
Camp and active and his wife
joined the Sisterhood. We hope
there will be more rtiarriages so
that our membership may grow.
Pete Behrs arrived in port
1 from his ranch in Rocky Fan..