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The Alaskan., 1930-01-31
POLICY HANDICAPPED

When Victor H. Elfendahl, president of the Association of Pacific Fisheries declares that We think we have inaugerated notable conservation measures, kut we have only started, judg- ing by this Canadian action, :" ne admits the allegation of Alas kans that honest conservation of the fisheries has not yet been attempted and that more drastic measures in harmony with the Canadian policy are necessary,
 The day has passed when the condemnation of the Bureau of Fisheries brings criticism from thoughtful AlaSkanS-and can rerymen. The entire fabric of cur economic system is wrapped up in the fisheries. Complete destruction of the fisheries by kidding" conservation regula- tions can no longer be tolerated.
 The continued support of the O'Malley system of parcelling cut waters as a special privilege and the illegal definitions of the law by underlings of the Bureau Of Fisheries has driven too many residents out of the Territory.
 It is time every citizen of the Territory quits kidding himself by bunkum propaganda put out by organs which profit from the system which makes peons of freeborn citizens.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31
VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE

The Yukon-Pacif1c Highway, as it is now being termed in the North, is to be virtually an ex- tension of the Pacific Highway now extending from San Diego to Seattle and Vancouver. Going north it will follow in the vicin- ity of Hazelton through the highly mineralized belt in the the vicinity of Portland Canal end the famous Premier mine, and also through a similar re- gion to Atlin, Whitehorse and Fairbanks, hooking up with Dawson, Mayo and other i'm Eortant interior and Coast points of Alaska and Yukon.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31
ANTI-REDUCTION BILL

A bill designed to prohibit the use of food fish for reduction purposes in Alaska has been in troduced in Congress by Dan Sutherland, delegate from the Territory. The measure is iden- tical with the bill which MT. Sutherland foStered two years ago and which failed of passage. W hile herring operators have been watching the situation closely, they feel inasmuch as Congress declined to act on the previous measure, there is little likelihood it would destroy the industry at this time. This is particularly true as the present administration is dedicated to farm relief" and the Suther- land measure, by cutting off an important source of fish neal, would undoubtedly in crease the cost of that increas- ingly vital commodity to the farmer.-Pacif1c Fisherman.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31
PLETHORA OF WOMEN PUTS
 DANISH MEN ABOVE PAR

An Associated Press dispatch Of recent date declares that a survey disclosed that 25 per cent of the children of Copen- hagen are born of unmarried pa rents. In Danish towns illegit- rlccy reaches IA per cent and in rural districts 8 per cent.
 The Danes are usually liberal toward marriage. They recog- 1lize the rule which permits un- married school teachers to have children. This position is based cn the ground that every woman las a right to raise children and that there are not enough hus- bands to go around.
 Danes marry late in life. Sev- enty-five per cent of the men between the ages of 20 and 29 are unmarried.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31
THUMBS TO NOSE

The herring reductionists and The Pacific Fisherman stick their thumbs to their noses at Alaskans and their fisheries and tell them to like it. Supine and spineless, many of them do. But another chapter remains to be written. Opening paragraph is like this Oldest Herring Reduc- ton Plant Will not Operate This year, Account No Herring. Oth- CT Plants to Follow Suit Later"
 As usual, it is the Alaskans who will be holding the empty Lag.
 Rememebr those thumbs-and like it!
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31
HALIBUTMEN WILL NOT FISH

In consideration of market conditions and particularly the large stock of frozen halibut from last season still remaining i'll storage, the the halibut fish |ermen of Juneau, Petersburg, Ketchikan, Prince Rupert, Van Icouver and Seattle, acting on |the suggestion of the fish buy CTS have agreed to remain idle in port until after March 1st, al though legally the open season flor fishing will begin on the morning of February 16th
 This will give the market de- 'roand an opportunity to catch
 up with the offerings and may also result in the saving of lives and property on the banks. There is a growing conviction amongst the fishermen that the Iclcsed season should be extended to more fully cover the season in which severe storms may be ex- pected.
 While this twO-Week post ponement of the haibut season is entirely voluntary on the part
 of the American fishermen, due to the consequent low prices which would result if the sea- son were actually opened Feb ruary 16th, it would seem inn
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31
GRUNT-NoT CHUCKLE

We'll we see where Henry C'Malley, commissions of U. s. Fisheries, got harpooned again the other day by a Well-knoWn alleged Alaskan residing at Washington. We can vision O'Malley's grin and chuckle from here.-Seward Gateway.
 If O'Malley grinned and chuck led over the forceful blows giv- en the Bureau of Fisheries by Delegate Sutherland, then Hen ry is thicker skinned than he las evidenced in the past. The blows brought grunts, and not gr;ns and chuckles.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31
GOVERNMENT MAKES DRIVE ON VIOLATORS

There are about 400 persons, including public officials under Federal indictment for conspira- cy to violate the Prohibition laws.
 Tn the Federal District Court at Oklahoma, 1O2 persons are accused of conspiracy and their trial was started Wednesday.
 Cheyene, Wyoming, South Texas and Northern Idaho are ether court centers where vio- lators of the liquor laws are be- ing tried.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31
CHICAGO IS BROKE

The Chicago public schools may have to be closed on the 1St of February because of the mud died financial condition of the city.
 "I cannot see how it i5 pos sib,e to continue the schools next month" H. Wallace Cald- well, president of the board of education said at a recent meet ing of the board. Even if we pass the budget we cannot get the funds.
 The school crisis is brought about by the fact that there is no market for 1880 tax anticipa- tion bonds.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31
NO PLACE FOR TOOLS

Coroner James N. Whitfield of Richmond, Va, declared that the death of Mrs. D. w. Timberlake Of that city, was due to the pre- sence of a pair of surgical fore cps left in her left side, in the abdomen, following an operation three years ago.
 The length of the forceps was i've inches. The physician in charge of the autopsy testified that he and three internes were present when the forceps were discovered.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31
MULE HAD REAL KICK

A jug of white mule" was left in an oven of cookstove in a Springfield, Oregon restaur- ant. It exploded, rocked the building, shattered the plate glass and sprayed the cook. It was thought by neighbors that a bomb had been exploded in the building. Proprietor jailed for driving while drunk forgot to tell his cook to remove the mule from the oven before it got a real kick.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31

Notice i5 4oreOy given by the undersigned, administrator of ,he estate of John E. Stewart, de ceased, to the creditors cf, and RI regs2rs having claims against, the said deceased, b ex- albit them with necessary foEc1 CTS, within six months Gter the first publication of thi, pot:ce, to, the said admiristrat- sr a5 Petersburg, Alaska.
 Dato3 at Peer burg, Alaska this seth day of December, 1929.
 c. R. Bell
 .at nublf3at,ol 1-10-1929. L1s. pl1l,cat ol 2-7-I920.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Petersburg Lutheran, Rev. ". j..
 Nlaakestad, Pastor Sunday 0CnooI meets at ID ain. MoLn4ng WOrsnip at II, Ser Evening services at 8 o'clock. A cOrmal we4come to all.  At The Presbyterian Church Mrs. Wm. Tamaree, Layworker Sunday School meets at 10:3O Christian Lndeayor at 3 D. m. Morning Worship at II a. m.
 A cordial welcome to All.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31
so!

The marriage of Miss Hilda Nystrom to MT. N. O. Hardy of Juneau, recently took place in Seattle. MT. Hardy will be re- for what he tired to co while in the legislature and failed because right thinking blocked his moves.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31

Construction Of a new road along the Tulsequah River, a tributary of the Taku River in the newly discovered Taku min ing district is announced from British Columbia. Work there on will begin as soon as feasible in the spring. This road, which begins in Canada will be the first road built by the provincial government to cut through the panhandle. It will open ID one of the most promising
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31
IN THE PROBATE COURT FO-. TEtE rErz7n SCunC PRECINCT
----.Le-AU UE AAAoAA h the Matter of the Estate of Amy Hogue Risce, Deceased NOTICE OF HEARING ON
 FINAL ACCOUNT

Notice i5 hereby given that Louis r, Paul, has this day filed his final account of his admins tration of the estate of Amy Hogue Risce, deceased, and that the above entitled court has made m order fixing the 18th day of March, 1880, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon of the sid day, at his office in the Town of Petersburg, Alaska, as the time and place for a hearing thereon; all heirs, creditors or other persons interested in said estate are hereby notified to then and there appear and show cause, if any they have, why said final account should not be approved and allowed
 Done at Petersburg, Alaska, this End day of December, 1929. SIGNED c. CLAUSEN,
 Probate Judge.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31
Izzy Goldstein and family re- turned home this week.

c. T. Gardner returned this week. He has been busy south getting his political fences fix ed.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-31

perative that something be done
 to combat the importation of Japanese halibut into Seattle.
 It is reported that four million pounds of Japanese halibut were imported into Seattle last year
 at six cents per pound. That is four cents under the lowest
 price American fishermen can accept and remain in the busi- ness.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
SMYRNA ROTARY CLUB NEWS
Program Was in Charge of Rev.
EsselI II. Thomas

The weekly dinner meeting of the
Smyrna Rotary Club was held last
Thursday evening at the Wayside
Inn. w. w. Hynson, president,
presided. Bill Kenworthey led a
spirited song fest during the din
ner. Everybody enjoyed singing
with Bill. Rev. E. P. Thomas re
firing chairman of the program
committee, took charge of the pro-
gram and delivered a very able
address using as his subject THE
Peacemaker." He said in part
that the one great virtue of Ro-
tary was for International peace,
since it has embraced all the Ma
tions of the World in its member
ship, and outlined very effectively
the word Peace as it effects the
individual, State, Nation and Ma
tions. The club voted its moral
support in helping make the pro-
posed swimming pool for Smyrna
which is being backed by the City
Council, a success. The district
conference was held at Collegeville
Pa, Monday and Tuesday of this
week, July 21-22, at which many
Rotarians attended. w. w. Hyn-
son and Robert H. Denney repre-
sented the Smyrna Club. The SUBJ
ject for the next Thursday club
meeting will be why Rotary Ro-
tates," to be given by a surprise
speaker. Visitors, Frank M.Jones
of Georgetown Club; Jesse A. Har-
mon, Russell E. Wilson, Charles
Matthews and c. M. Hograth of
the Dover Club.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
ROAD BUILDERS MEETING
Review the Advance Made Toward
Improved Highways in Recent
Years in This State

Advancement made in road con-
struction by State and by the
three counties was the subject of
addresses and discussions at the
summer meeting of the County
Highway Officials Association of
Delaware in the Belhaven Hotel,
Rehoboth, Thursday afternoon. r.
C. Hill, of Georgetown, county en-
gineer of Sussex county, presided.
Congressman Robert c.. Houston,
made an interesting comparison
between the roads of today and
the roads that existed when the
first automobiles made their ap-
pearance. He recited the difficult
ties that the drivers encountered
in the years gone by in travelling
the roads and then called attention
to the great road systems through
out the country, States and coun-
ties today. Charles E. Grubb,
former county engineer of New
Castle county and now engineer
executive of the county highway
officials division of the American
Road Builders Association, said
he will always have an interest in
the roads of Delaware although he
has given up his direct ties here.
His new work will send him back
here often, he said, in telling of
the duties of his new office, which
will take him to counties in all
parts of the country. State High
way Engineer w. w. Mack spoke
on secondary roads and of the pro-
gress that has been made in road
building here. George S. Williams
president of the State Board of
Education, spoke on the relation
ship between schools and good
roads, reciting the advantages
that good roads give the schools.
He told of the great strides made
in schools and roads in the past
ten years. Other speakers were
Ralph L. Morgan, Levy Court
Commissioner of this county;
County Engineer Alban B. Shaw,
j. d. Brown, clerk of the New
Castle County Levy Court; Coun-
ty Engineer Clark of Wicomico
county, Md, and A. o. H. Grier,
editor of the Every Evening. The
road officials were welcomed to
Rehoboth by Mayor Henry w.
Conant, who predicted that Reho-
both ten years from now will have
a summer population of $4,000
people.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
DELMARVA TOURIST TRAFFIC
To RESORTS SHOW INCREASE
WOODLAND BEACH, A NEAR
BY RESORT, IS POPULAR
RehObOth Having the Greatest
Boom in Its History and Still Go
ing-Ocean City, Md, Too

Touring traffic and resort busi-
ness on the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula
has increased so far this season,
between Is and 20 per cent over
any previous year, according to a
statement just issued by the Del
Mar-Va Eastern Shore Associa-
tion. While an annual check on
tourist traffic taken by the asso-
citation in June gave evidence of an
increase of approximately "a per
cent these present figures are bas-
ed upon business returns at the
leading resorts as well as in form
al checking of visitors and auto
mobiles. These facts are supple
mented by statements from hotel
proprietors and through banks
used as repositories by the hotel
and resort business men, which in
all instances show increases rang
ing from II 1-2 to 18 per cent. The
.Del-Mar-Va Association is assist
ing in gathering data which will
be published as recreational sta
tistics and from the information
already obtained Del-Mar-Va will
undoubtedly make an excellent
showing as compared with many
other resort sections. 1t is said at
association headquarters that the
steady and impressive growth in
the tourist traffic industry as well
as resort business is due in ma
terial extent to association adver-
tising throughout other sections of
the country directing attention to
the Peninsula and also that an i'm
portant factor lies in that the
State highway department have
completed such a splendid network
of high type highways. Checking
the last weekend Rehoboth Beach
experienced the largest regular
weekend crowd on record. This
did not equal the Fourth of July
weekend, but by check more than
5000 foreign licensed cars were
noted crossing the bridge entering
the resort. Ocean City. Md, en-
joyed a large number of visitors
also equaling if not exceeding sew
eral recent week-ends. COLCHESTER,
Betterton and other resorts on the
Chesapeake bay as well as the
smaller resorts on Delaware bay,
including Woodland Beach, all re-
port more business this season
than during any like period in
past years. Authorities on resort
sections believe that the Peninsula
has before it a greater future in
resort development than has any
other section on the Eastern At
lantic Seaboard, because of its
many natural attractions. Notice
able during the last weekend were
the large number of visitors from
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and New York.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
GOVERNOR BUCK ENDORSES
AUTO INSPECTION CAMPAIGN
GIVES APPROVAL TO TESTS
TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS
Necessity For Safe Car Operation
Becomes Imperative as Autos
Multiply Due to Fine Roads

''The car inspection campaign
has my full APPROVAL" declared
Governor c. Douglass Buck, in a
statement issued at the State
House last week He was speak
ing of the second annual car in
spection campaign being conduct
ed from July Is to September 1
by Secretary of State Grantland in
cooperation with the Delaware
Safety Council. In my inaugural
address I referred to the increas-
ing number of fatal accidents on
our highways. 1t was a source of
much satisfaction to me to know
that Delaware's reduction of fatal
motor vehicle accidents in 1929
was the greatest of any State sin
the Union. This reduction, which
amounted to Is per cent as COM
pared with the 1928 record, is even
more laudible in view of the 13
per cent national increase in mo-
tor vehicle deaths in the same
year. To date in 1880 we have
improved our remarkably fine rec
ord I am sure that the added
safety On our Delaware streets
and highways in the past eighteen
months, as indicated by our sta
tistical record, is due in no small
measure to the greatest apprecia-
ton of our motorists of the neces-
sity for safe car operation. Keep
ing our motor vehicles in efficient
operating condition with special
emphasis on good brakes, legal
headlights and proper steering
gear adjustment is bound to pro-
duce added public safety. 1 ask
the prompt and complete co-opera-
ton of all Delaware motorists IN
the Secretary of States compaign
covering the inspection and ad-
justment Of the car safety factors.
This joint effort of the Secretary
of States office and the Delaware
Safety Council means much to
every citizen in the State" In
connection with automobile light
ing requirements, the Secretary Of
State has given approval to the
use of thirty-two candle power
bulbs in legally approved and
properly adjusted headlights.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
CONDEMNED NEGRO TO DIE
Theodore Russ Loses Out When
Court Refuses a New Trial

Despite the fact that he has less
than two days to live, Theodore
Russ, negro, calmly waits in his
cell until he takes the short walk
to the little yard behind the power
house of the New Castle County
Workhouse on Friday morning,
there to pay with his life for his
criminal attack on Mrs. Mary
Reed, a white woman of Woodside,
on February 81 last. There is but
one chance that Russ will escape
the death sentence. The only av-
enue of escape open now is by a
stay of execution from the State
Board of Pardons, which seems
most unlikely. The Court of Oyer
and Terminer, sitting in Dover,
Friday, refused the request of his
counsel for new trial on the
grounds of newly found evidence
1t was the second setback of plans
of counsel, the State Board of Par
dons having refused to commute
the sentence to life Imprisonment.
Only last minute reprieve order
from the Board of Pardons to the
governor can stop the execution by
committing his sentence to life
Imprisonment or deferring it, to
permit the filing of new briefs by
counsel.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
MIDDLETOWN GIVES PRIZES
Smyrna Firemen and Many From
Smyrna Witness Big Parade

Wednesday night last was Fire
mems Night at Middletown, held
in conjunction with the Volunteer
Hose Company carnival and drew
the largest crowd of people to the
town that the oldest residents can
remember. 1t is estimated that
between 5000 and 1000 people
witnessed the parade which con-
sisted of 18 fire companies, six
bands, and two Ladies Auxiliaries.
Smyrna turned out with its Fire
Company, Band and large num-
ber of Smyrnians. The judges,
William N. Donovan, Daniel w.
Stevens and w. Lee Pennington,
awarded the prizes to the follow
ing companies: Milford, longest
distance. $40 in gold; Chestertown,
Md, best band, $40; Viscose Co,
of Marcus Hook, Pa, SIS for the
best appearance, and $40 for the
best fife and drum corps; Elsmere,
$40 or the most men in line, and
Chesapeake City Ladies' Auxiliary,
$40 for the best appearing ladies'
auxiliary.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
HAS YOUR AUTO A STICKER (?
If Not, You Are Urged to Have
Your Car Tested at Official Station

Many automobiles bearing the
small red sticker having the seal
of the state on it attesting to the
fact that the car has been inspect
ed and passed as to safety factors
at one of the official state inspec-
tion stations have been noticed in
this vicinity during the past week.
The large majority of car owners
are taking advantage of the op-
portunity afforded them for free
inspection of the mechanism of
the cars at specially designated
garages in the Car Inspection
Compaign being conducted jointly
by the Secretary of States Office
and the Delaware Safety Council
in the period from July Is to Sep
tember 1, inclusive. While cars
may be adjusted and repaired in
any garage or service station the
official inspection and red stickers
must be obtained in one of the
fifty official inspection stations
designated for the work. In Kent
County the official inspection sta
tions are: Ennis & Deakyne,
Smyrna; Kenton Garage, Kenton;
A. A. Davis, Dover; F. L. Hardes-
ty & Sons, Dover; Camden Garage,
Dover; FELTON, Repair Shop, Eel
ton; Warren T.Moore, Harrington;
Pennington Garage, Pennington;
Frederica Motor Co., Frederick;
Wright's Garage, Milford.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
GIRL SCOUTS CAMP ON SHORE
CentrevilIe, Sudlersville, Green's
borO, Md, Groups at BoOkers' Beach
Chester River Near ChestertoUn

Centreville, Sudlersville and
Greensboro Girl Scouts are at
Bookers' Beach, on Chester River,
for a two weeks encampment un-
der the supervision of Miss Sarah
Spencer Roe, scoutmaster, assist
ed by Miss Gwendolyn Eichorn,
Miss Mary Catherine Tolson, of
Centreville; Misses Ruth jackson,
Beatrice Vaughn, Nancy Smith,
Elizabeth Christian, Virginia Hor-
sey and Mildred CHM, of Green's
boro. The scouts in camp are,
Centreville and Sudlersville =
Sarah Mitchell, Mary Ruth Cross,
Mary Emerson, Virginia Mans
field, Elva Eichorn, Ihis Eichorn,
Marion Brown, Elsie Wharten,
Adeline Hayden, Dorothy Hopkins,
Mary Emma Taylor, Doris Moore,
Betty Walls, Dorothy Phillips, Ag-
nes Emerson, Lucille Lutz, Mildred
Booker, Dolly Price, Naomi Moore,
Jean Sherman, Peggy Bryn, Nettie
Mandrell, Ellen Flick, Frances
Gwynn Metcalfe, Mary Carey Met
calfe, Martha George Roberts, Hell
en- Anderson, Helen Roe Roberts,
Phyllis Walbert, Priscilla Brown.
Alice Welch, Margaret Kahl, Mir
lam Clark, Sarah K. Roe and Hell
en- Roe, Observation-Disclosures Hor-
sey, Hateva Smith, Claudine Raw
lings, Betty Orrell, Ruth Cooper,
Anna Clails, Peggy Smith, Isabel
Haupt, Eleanor Taylor, Sarah
Woodward, Anna May Porter and
Mamie Mashold.
Smyrna times., 1930-07-23
FIRST REGISTRATION DAY
Registrars Emily w. Spruance and
Grover King, Put on Few Names


Grover King, Put on Few Names
The first days registration in
Kent county for the coming cleo
tion, was apparently light, reports
from the several districts of the
county showing less than 300 new
registrations while quite a few
transfers were made in all of the
districts. Miss Emily w. Spruance
registrar of the First District, put
on two new names and Registrar
Grover c. King put on three
names. There were also 20 trans
fers noted in the two election dis
tricts. In districts where the reg
istration books are practically fill
ed by the registration of the past
four years, new books were furn-
ished by the State Department as
the law allows. Concerning sug-
gestions as to making transfers of
the names from the books which
have been in use for four years it
has ben found that there is no law
warranting such transfer and con
sequently it could not be done.