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PETERSBURG, ALASKA, MARCH 21, 1930
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No. 39
Contempt Case
Decision Out
Louis Seltzer, Editor, and Carl
ton Matson, editorial writer of
the Cleveland Press, Cleveland,
Ohio were adjudged not guilty
of contempt of court by the Ap
• eiiate Court of that district.
They were held in contempt of
court by the district court for
criticising the court in an ac
tion restraining a sheriff from
stopping a betting method at a
race track. The judge fined
them $500 and 30 days in jail.
n appeal the Appellate Court
did not sustain decision of the
,ower court.
Taku Wins Tussle
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As a last protest against com
ing spring the old Taku cut up
a few capers last week taking
toll of Scow No. 2, in tow of the
gasboat Marguerite of Wrangell,
Capt. John Erickson. The tow
line parted a number of times
and finally had to be abandon
ed. The Diamond K Packing Co.
ore owners of the property.
The Marguerite called in at
this port to make report to the
Customs Department and to the
owners. To date the outfit had
not been recovered.
“Digest” Liquor
Poll Kinda Damp
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The Literary Digest is making
a national poll on the question
of Prohibition, Repeal, Modifica
tion or Enforcement. The first
tabulation, covering mostly the
“wet” states, indicate 118 for
repeal, 91 for modification and
80 for enforcement.
It is expected that this poll
will give quite clearly a cross
section of the wish of the coun
try. The presidential polls un
dertaken by this publication
have been only a small percent
age off from correct totals.
Pioneer Resolutions
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The recent convention of
the Alaska Pioneers saw pass
age of several resolutions among
which is one asking for revised,
amended and codified law af
ecting voting and elections.
The rights of women should
l e established by passage of
a community property law in or
der to protect women in their
hghts. This law was shuffled in
:o the discard by the majority
"'"'-’hers at the last legislature,
’wr resolutions passed had
'o with the Pacific-Yukon
' a Highway project; a re
-®5t that the next legislature
"^rrpriate funds for the sup
~~t. of old timers as a substitute
the maintenance of the
we ^t Sitka. ,
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FF.FfP PLANT CLOSES DOW>
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imp plant discontinued
‘w on the 15th on ac
f -he six weeks closec
Smoosed by law. Thi;
" ’ affords an opportunity
• overhauling boats and gear
"Hie Rogers will clean up th<
last of the shipments of shrimj
meat, amounting to about 3^
tons.
Prosperity Strikers
Are Gassed
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Last Saturday the police of
Washington, D. C., dispersed a
gathering of unemployed on
“Unemployment Day” in front of
the White House. Several were
injured in the struggle. In the
general melee a tear gas bomb
was released, driving the demon
strators in all directions. Six
leaders were arrested.
Labor troubles in New York,
and Detroit predicted the de
monstration at the National
Capital. A riot was precipitated
in New York in which several
policemen and citizens were in
jured. On the same date, 7th
;n Detroit, 12 persons were injur
ed and 171 arrested during a 90
minute battle. Police attempted
to disperse a demonstration of
unemployed and for an hour and
a half there was a small sized
riot before the crowd was dis
persed. ....
Justice Homes Passes
89th Birthday
—
Associate Justice Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, of the Supreme
Court of the United States cele
brated his 89th anniversary by
listening to the Senate wjiich
gave him tribute on the 8th of
this month. Senator David I.
Walsh of Massachussetts inter
rupted the tariff debate to call
attention to the birthday of Jus
tice Holmes; recalling* the '2?
years of service on the Supreme
Court.
. .Justice Holmes along with
Justice Louis Brandeis have be
come famous because of their
dissenting opinions which are j
literary classics. The third lib
eral justice is Mr. Stone, form
er attorney general.
Justice Holmes, son of Oliver |
Wendell Holmes, famous for his:
literary achievements in Ameri
can literature.
UNCLE SAM GRABS CRAFT
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The steamer Chief Capilano,
one of the largest British freight
ers on the Pacific Coast was
boarded and seized by Deput;
Marshal McDonald of Washing
ton inside the international
boundary out bound from Van
couver with Canadian wheat.
This action is the result of
the wrecking of the Maquilla on
the Aleutian Peninsula last year
vrhereby Dant and Russel of
Portland have been attempting
to collect $20,000 for loss of car
go on the wrecked craft; the
libel followed.
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ROMEO AND JULIET COMING
A comedy of college life, vi
! brant with thrill and humor, is
“The Sophomore” a Pathe Pro
logue coming to the Coliseum
[ on Saturday. It is a college play
put on by an all masculine cast
The story is adapted from a se
rial running in College Humor.
^ Its mirth provoking sequences
. are capably handled by a cast
r which includes in addition tc
Lddie Quillan, in the featured
i role, Sally O’Neil, Jeanette Loff
) new Ayres and Jimmie Aldine.
► The picture is an ail talking
{ production.
Try and
get eTn now*
Local Talent
Guests of Club
The members of the cast in
the local talent play “What
Happened to Jones” were the
guests of the Commercial Club
at its weekly dinner Wednes
oay evening. The Club took
} his pleasant means of showing
its appreciation of the efforts
of the players to meet the un
fortunate deficit which has aris
en in connection with the trip
nf*' Petersburg- All Alaska Cham-'
pion Basketball team to Fair
banks last year. The net pro
ceeds from the play amounting
to $106 was turned over to the
Commercial Club to apply on
that account. The meeting was
given over to informal expres
sions of thanks and good natur
ed pleasantries which everyone
enjoyed.
The members of the cast, and
the Commercial Club as well, de
serve the thanks of the entire
comunnity for their unselfish
efforts and responsibility which
, they take upon themselves for
| this obligation is a debt of hon
lor resting upon all the citizens
I of our town.
TRANSFER OF PROPERTY
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The following action was tak
en in regard to the Lutheran
church by City Council.
Whereas the Lutheran Church
is contemplating the construc
tion of a new church on Lot 9 in
block 5 and requires an addi
tional 15 feet in order to con
struct the building planned;
Resolved that the Mayor and
Clerk be authorized to execute
deed, of conveyance to the Lu
theran Church covering South
15 feet of Lot 8 in Block 5 for
me consideration of $1.00, it be
ing stipulated that said proper
ty be used for the construction
of new church; construction to
be commenced within a yar.' -
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MAKING A SAHARA IN CAL.
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The Federal Prohibition de
partment made a raid on the
Silva Brothers bonded ware
house near Sacremento and seiz
ed 200,000 gallons of wine.
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The bodies of Col. Ben Eilson
and his mechanic, Earl Borland
were on board the Alaska south
bound thru the Narrows this
week.
CHANGES IN U. S. B. E.
Several changes have been
made in the personnel of the U.
S. Bureau of Fisheries, locally.
S. R. Duke, former mate on the
Brandt, promoted to captain and
assigned to the Petrel, succeed
ing Hank Thorpe .resigned.
Cr.pt. Hofstad, asigned to Auk
let, relieving Capt. Tibbets, re
tired. Joe Paulson assigned to
the Scoter, Bristol Bay, succeed
ing Capt. Nels Rogne, resigned;
Capt. West, command of the
Eider and Capt. Anderson, the
Penguin.
Eielson Party
Passes Thru
Ole Eielson, father of Col Ben
Eielson, Mrs. Borland, wife of
Earl Borland, William Robert
and Earl Elsworth Borland, her
two children, Capt. T. M. Reid,
S. McCauley and W. Hughes,
Canadian fliers who have been
searching for the missing avi
ators and Commander Siinenov
and mechanic of S. S. R., passed
tnru on the steamer Alaska with
the bodies of Col. Eielson and
Borland.
The body of Borland will be
interred in Seattle after which
Mr. Eielson will accompany the
body of his son to Hatton, N. D.
where the final services will be
held and will be attended by the
Canadian fliers who will then
return to their headquarters in
Toronto.
The party was given warm re
ceptions all along the coast on
this trip.
. .Ten planes will form an aeri
al escort to the steamer Alaska
on arrival in Seattle. Elaborate
ceremonies are planned at the
eulogistic ceremonies in the Se
attle* Chamber of Commerce.
Eight North Dakota National
Guardsmen arrived in Seattle
on the 19th and will meet and
escort the body of Col. Eielson to
his home in North Dakota for
burial. Each guardsman is a
Legionairre and a personal
friend of Col. Eielson.
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GIRL MAKES NEW RECORD
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Elinor Smith, aged 18 years
established a new altitude re
cord by climbing 32,000 feet thif
week. Previously the record was
held by the late Marvel Crosson
sister of Joe Crosson intimate
friend of the late Col. Eielson.
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Scout Agent Be in
Alaska
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A letter from Fred E. Baker,
Field Secretary of the Seattle
Council indicates that a special
worker will be placed in Alaska
this summer to help in the fur
therance of the Scout program.
More definite announcements in
regard to this feature are ex
pected shortly.
. . Ilev. W. J. Maakestad, Scout
master .of .Petersburg .Troop,
feels greatly pleased and en
couraged at the support which is
being accorded the Scout work.
Several recent meetings have
been led by citizens qualified to
!speak to the boys on subjects of
, vital interest.
The regular meeting on Thurs
| day evening of this week was in
charge of A. B. Holt, who in
structed the Scouts in the art
1 of flag signalling. t
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New Firm Buying
Here
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Mr. O. D. Leet, Alaska Repre
sentative of the firm of Melchior
j Armstrong and Dessau, is ~ * a
! business visit in Petersburg. Thi
j company has taken over the in
terests of Alaska Fish Brokerage
• Company and operations at Pe
tersburg, Wrangell, Juneau and
Ketchikan will be under that
name.
Andrew J. Engstrom of Wran
gell came over Sunday and will
buy halibut for the new com
pany in Petersburg this season
The fish is being shipped thru
the firm of Sebastian-Stuart.
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LARGEST BANK IN NEW
YORK
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The Chase National Bank oi
flew York has formed a merger
with the Equitable Trust Com
pany of New York, which in turn
?s absorbing the Interstate Trust
Company. This new Chase Na
lional Bank of New York City
will be capitalized at $148,00C
with an equal amount in surplus
and reserve of $32,000,000.
Capital assets will be increased
to $493,000,000 through associat
ed securities companies. Com
bined deposits will total $2,073,
< 44,656 and resources of $2,814,
■ 535,635.
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ILomens to Sell
Stock
The Lomen Reindeer Com
pany of Nome has been author
ized to sell stock in the sum of
$100,000 by Charles Bowen, State
Blue Sky Law Supervisor of the
State of Washington. Forty
thousand shares will be offered
the public at $10 par. Outstand
j ing stock of 200,000 will be sold
| to the Interstate Sales Publicity
Company, a Lomen subsidiary,
at $7.50 a share.
Body of Marshal
Remains Unfound
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Efforts to locate the car and
I body of U. S. Deputy Marshal
i Frank Sayres of Ketchikan was
unavailing after Ernie Copeland,
had made two dives in the bay
to find trace of car or body.
Sayres was seen going over the
Alaska Steamship dock by sever
al men standing in sight of the
dock and they gave the alarm.
What caused the car to shoot
off the dock was not known and
it was not immediately learned
who was the occupant of the car
Copeland was down in 40 feet
f water twice looking for Sayres
nut owing to tidal conditions
md darkness did not find any
trace. A ledge a short distance
from where Copeland searched,
t is thought would have stopped
progress of the c'ar. Others be
ieve that on account of the tide
unning so strong and equipped
with balloon tires it is probable
chat the car would travel a long
distance and the driver never
found.
Plan: Hum
Disappoints
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There are about 200 kindly
souls in the prairie hamlet of
Lett, about 30 miles out of Re
tina, Sask., who have never ev
?n seen an airplane. However, a
:ew nights ago, just as most of
:he villagers were preparing to
etire about 9 o’clock, there arose
on the cold night a jerky hum
From a hurried village confer
ence emanated the conviction
that an airplane was circling ov
erhead and trying to find a land
ing place.
Some one telephoned Regina
to find out how to prepare a
landing place. The first requis
ite seemed to be to shovel the
snow off about an acre of prairie,
ond the second to light flares.
Snow is snow out on the prairies
and all the available man power
shoveled for hours to move a
mountain of it. Flares were
’ighted. No airplane. The hum
however, persisted. They wait
ed until dawn before a keen in
tellect detected that the hum
originated in a break in the ov
erhead electric power line.
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APPOINTS ELECTION BOARD
The City Council at its meet
ing Monday night appointed the
following as an election board
for the forthcoming city elec
tion: judges August Rhyd, Peter
Sommer, Jack Heikelman, L. T.
Swanson and William Gribbla
will act as clerks.