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The Alaskan., 1931-05-22
KETCHIKAN

Deputy Marshal William H Caswell returned to Ketchikan on the Alameda, after trans ferring Mcdonald to McNeil's Island. Mcdonald was convict ed of the murder of George Mar shal last October.
 Carl R. Carlson, teacher here for the past two years, has been elected as principal of the Kay nj to succeed George V. Beck elected principal of the Peters burg High school.
 Browning his years of work Henry Haldane, native artist is painting a picture in the Salva- tion Army Citadel Though partially blind he has done much fine painting.
 Andy Engstrom who recently came here from Petersburg, is right up to his neck in halibut He is buying for Melchoir, Arm strong and Dessau.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22
YAKUTAT

There is plenty of local labor to take care of the needs of Va kutat. Like the Juneau Cham Der of Commerce, we are invit- ing labor to stay away.
 The fishing season opened on the 18th. Thank O'Malley from whom all Alaska blessings flow.
 The Retriever and motorship Washington arrived and are now ready to operate.
 Yakutat now has a Chamber of Commerce. We just had to follow Klawock, Hydaburg and Craig to learn what it's all about. When some white men come to us with words of love, and pats on the back and then begin to organize us, we wonder just what kind of an aX we have to grind and whose neck it is to cut off.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22
JUNEAU

David Waggoner makes a bet ter skypilot than automobile pi- lot for he has had better success in the former than the latter. Recently Rev. Waggoner left for the States to attend the Gener- al Assembly of thet Presbyteri- an Church at Pittsburg. He got him a car and was enjoying the sights around Seattle when he turned his machine killapie and thereby Mrs. Waggoner broke a rib, another woman in the car had her collarbone broken and T man in the car had several busted ribs. It is believed that John Brown of Hydaburg was the other passenger. Rev. Wag- goner had planned on going east in his car but he abandoed his plan and went by rail.
 The Taku mining bubble has been badly busted and opera lions are mostly individual pros pecting. Capt. Bill Strong has sent his riverboat Jeanne, Capt. Eddie Kalkins in command, to the Stikeen River where it will try to compete with the Bar rington fleet. "Gentleman Un- afraid" is a worthy competitor.
 Governor Parks fired the first baseball of Juneau's ball season.
 Attorney General John Rust gard left for Anchorage from whence he will proceed to Fair banks to give the commence ment address at the College ex- ercises. Incidentally John iG building up political fences fol future elections.
 The halibut men were offered 7A-4A cents, new grading, take it or leave it and most of 'em arc taking it.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22
By J. R. JUSTICE
In Seattle Star

Both the Alaska Legislature and the Illinois Legislature would lend aid and comfort to the bootlegger. Bills were pass ed by each law making body to abolish state enforcement of the Volstead Law. Tn Illinois the governor vetoed the bill. The Alaskan effort at annulment must have the approval of Con- gress. In each case, therefore, the bootlegger gets sympathy but no aid.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22
Raced With Thaw

His face blackened and cracked by exposure until he was hard ly recognized, Father Hubbard stumbled into Holy Cross, win ner by but a few days in a ter rife race against the spring thaw, which would have made the trails impossible and ma rooned him in the Arctic wastes to die.
 Hardly able to realize his vic tory over death, the priest, sob ping, clasped his faithful dogs and submitted to the tender ministrations of the residents of the little town. Many of the seasonedt old-time ARaskans lnarveled at his hardihood.
 On special leave of one year from Santa Clara University, California, Father Hubbard left Seattle last January on his fifth annual trip of exploration in Alaska. His special purpose was to make motion pictures ot primitive life among the natives and depict the hardships of the missionaries in the Northern Territory.
 Through all the Terrible ex- ;oerience on the long mush, he managed to preserve his pre- oious pictures and arrived ir Holy Cross with 10000 feet o1 film.
 For most of the 1,600 miles Father Hubbard was forced tC nlush ahead of his dogs, fight ing his way through storms blown over Bering Sea, and of- ten caught out in the open tun- dra in subzero weather at night while blizzards hoWled.
 From Nulato the daring priest mushed on over Kaltag portage To Unalakleet, filming the ESki- mos in the sealhunts and in such primitive pursuits as mak- ing fire by friction and fishing through the ice.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22
KAKE
E. E. Murray, superintendent

E. E. Murray, superintendent of the A. P. s. Corporation can- nery here went to Juneau and brought himself back a brand new bride. If he only had to go fishing now to support that wife of his, perhaps he would try to be more generous in his terms to the fishermen.
 King salmon have been run hing a bit better lately and some hard earned dollars are begin ming to find their way to Pe- tersburg Wrangell and Juneau. No siree, you don't hear of any of lem turning our money down but they don't give us any sup port when we call for help to make more.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22
WRANGELL

A new building to replace the Presbyterian Church, destroyed by fire last winter, will be con- structed this summer at a cost of $15,000. Bids will be opened tune 23rd when the contract is to be awarded. The building, 37X70, will have rooms for the Sunday School, social parlors and kitchen, and a main audit orium.
 Mrs. William Tamaree, who recently returned here from Pe-
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22
personal matters.

The trapperS are all turning fishermen now and chasing after those pieces uf silver with the picture of Liberty on one side and the Eagle on the other. And to think there is a bounty on the eagle.
 Only one of our canneries will operate this year Tough to be a little fellow but when the lit tie fellow refuses to stand by other little fellows, what can they all expect?
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22
tersburg had a fall and strained

tersburg had fall and strained her ankle. She is up and about her duties again.
 George Bottler, contractor ar rived last week and work on the new school house commences very soon.
 The commissioner handed fines of $10 each to Willie and Charles George and Isaac Ka- tag; $40 each to Harold Huff and Homer Bradley and $25 to Joe Johnson. He sent Agusto Casi- ong, Filipino to Morningside Sanitarium.
 Oscar Wikstrom, after being l1 Petersburg for several years returned to his old stamping grounds and will fish with Clyde Sheldon. {.
 Paul Owens has delivered his first load of sand for the new school house.
 Rev. Pederson left for the General Assembly, Pittsburg.
 The Chamber of Commerce is taking up the matter of wages on road work and they are writ ing to different towns to estab- fish a standard wage scale.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22
PRIEST BEATS DEATH IN
LONG TREK OVER ICE

How the Rev. Father Bernard R. Hubbard, internationally known as the "Glacier Priest, " oattled death in many forms during a lone mush over 1,6OO miles of Alaska'S worst winter trails, was told recently in one of Seattle's daily papers, from cables sent out from Holy Cross on the Yukon. Father Hubbard was rccuperating there after his thrilling adventure.
 The message from Holy Cross was the first news of the noted Priest in the middle of Febru- ary.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22

and game law insofar as 1t was invoked by the fish and game commission to prohibit ship .nent of salmon caught outside the three mile limit into San Francisco and other bay cities over water on which there was a closed season. The higner court affirmed the lower court decisions.
 Now, don't wax sarcastic and start making applications!
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22
The Open Forum
May IS, 1881

May Is, 1881
 Editor The Alaskan:
 The Point Agassiz dairy and produce problem is looming up somewhat large. It seems that with Seattle to draw from, for those who would choke to death every local enterprise that does not originate right in the town of Petersburg, it will not take so much produce to fill a market that is already glutted with Se- attle goods. There are some in Petersburg who should be taken to task by that body they call the Commercial Club for the practice of making eXorbitant charge for commodities that! are at this time down from 40 to 50 per cent from where they were when the present local price levels were established. Take for example scratch feed and egg mash, oats and rolled wheat. Go and find what they are asking for it now and com pare them with the prices ask ed Q year ago; then compare the Seattle price of a year or more ago with the price in Se- attle today. Then anyone can easily figure out where the To- : cal dealer stands.
 i The Point Agassiz farmers have for years taken ' cents per quart for their milk. To this is added 3 cents for transportation and the Dairy Grocery has add ed from 75 to 100 per cent for merely bottling and retailing it. Then some people wonder why i the town does not use more milk. The reason is obvious. The price is too high; the gap i between the producers and the consumer is too large and also the milk is below par as in many instances the milk is dumped into cans and rushed to the boat while warm and the lid on tight. The writer on many an occasion : helped to unload cans that were still luke warm when it had ar rived in town. Likely they were showed into the cooler and for gotten till bottling time came around. If the milk turned sour before that, just send it back to the farmers and let them take the loss. Another thing against this way of handling, is that the milk when bottled after several hours in that can is not uni form some of it being way be- low standard as the mixing is not properly done and there's too much chance for using a cream ladle before the milk is bottled. And so the product does not meet with the approval of the public and the Agassiz farmers are blamed for deliver !, ing blue milk. In other words 1 they are blamed for a wrong which they did not commit. It is the dealer who must be blam- cd and no one else. I know the 1 farmers and their milk, both. That is why we are bottling our own milk at home and putting it on the market at fair price, and thereby giving our patrons a f1rst-class quality product at a price unheard of in Petersburg. ] We are out to do business with honest people in an honest way. Anyone wishing to prove us to be l in the wrong are welcome to 1 start anytime. The good cows are getting better at Point Agas- sig.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22
Despite his own condition and

Despite his own condition and the fact he was racing against the thaw, the priest halted time and again to minister conSola- tion to inhabitants of the epi- demic-stricken villages.
 He will remain in Holy Cross until the end of May, then plans to fly south to meet a party of students.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22

Old hens are mighty fiighty, but they can't fly. .. '. V. ". A sheer is the devils smile. '.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22

The supreme court recently held valid the California fish
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22

Here's to cold and troubles; may most of them be in your head. A flask on the hip has brOt many a lie to the lip.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22

The tattler who tattles to yo., also tattle sto the other fellow.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22

Wear an American Legion Aux Hilary poppy.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22
HAYNES

Louis Shotridge arrived here and has been taking care or
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22

Yours Truly,
 Edward RanaSSead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01

1874 2 ga - 6
extras. D-Partly stock.
H-Paid so far this year.
stock. L - Payable when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01
STATISTICS SHOW
CHANGES IN 1880
Comparisons Give Clear Pic
ture of Conditions Prevail
ina in Year Just Ended.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, January lit obvious
ly was to be expected that Dun's sta
tistical record for 1880 would reflect
the economic 'readjustment that has
been practically worldwide in scope.
The year just ended was without
parallel in various respects, and the
indices which measure commercial and
financial movements revealed striking
changes. AS was natural in the cir
cumstances, the principal barometers
of trade pointed sharply downward,
with the declines made the more con-
spicuous by the comparisons with the
high figures for 1929.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01

Colored glass. on a framework of res
inforced concrete, has been used In q
new church In Dortmund. Germany, Civ.
is lighted at night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01

ton oficer. also Is indicted on the
same charge.
Order for the transfer Of the cases
was signed recently by Judge H. @.
Mcdowell of the Federal Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01

Commonwealth attorney for Amherst
County.
De Board and Stinnett were indicted
at the recent session of the Amherst
Circuit Court on charge Of numbering
Ernest G. Grant near Snowden Novem-
Der IL. v. o. Smith, a State prohibi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01
VENUE CHANGE IN WET
MURDER CASE OPPOSED
Amherst County Attorney Planning
to Fight Order for Trials
in Federal Court.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va, January L.
Plans to fight the transfer of juris-
diction in the case Of Frank De Board,
Federal prohibition agent, and Talley
Stinnett, deputized Federal prohibition
officer, to the Federal District Court
here, are being made by Edward Meeks,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01

Money to Loan
Secured BY hrst deed Of trust ON real estate.
Prevailing interest and commission.
Joseph |. Weller By sId M's ssh 3 F NV. IS'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-22
WORLD GRAIN
SURPLUS SET

Washington, May 18.-The total
surplus of wheat for export and
carryover in the four principal ex-
porting countries of the world on
May l is estimated by the depart
ment of agriculture at 703 million
bushels.
The surplus on that date last
year was Gil million bushels and
in 1929, 701 million bushels.
The department said that on this
basis there would be an abundant
supply of wheat for next year de-
spite some indications of decreased
acreage in the four countries-Ar-
gentina, Canada, Australia and the
United States.
Requirements of the importing
countries the department said,
during May and June are expected
to be considerably larger than last
year and perhaps as great as in
1929. However, it is also to be ex-
pected that some supplies will still
be forthcoming from Russia, which
was not an exporter In the spring
of 1929. While their surplus ap-
pears to be smaller. it is likely
that exports from the Danube
countries may be somewhat larger
than the spring of 1929. Conse
quently present conditions point tx
a world carryover on July 1, 1881
about as large as that of July 1
1929; somewhat larger stocks il
non-European exporting countrie
being likely to be offset by smalle
stocks in Europe"
The United States carryover ha4
been estimated at 275 million bush
els and 200 million bushels Of
July 1.
The department said that ney
domestic wheat may be expected t
sell at lower levels than those nov
prevailing for old wheat. Relativel
smaller supplies of hard sprin
wheat, it was said, however, ma
result in smaller prices, change
being necessary in the adjustmen
from supported to a nonsupport
ed market after the grain stabil!
cation corporation stops its pul
chaseS
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-22
ALL NORTHEASTERN MONTANA IS
STIRRED BY BIG GOLD DISCOVERY
Fever Seizes People When Story of Rich Find Near Wood
Mountain in Saskatchewan Percolates- Many Sheridan
County People Rush North to Stake Claims.

Northeastern Montana is in the
throes of a real old fashioned gold
rush. Hundreds have gone to some
place near Wood Mountain in Sas-
katchewan, Canada in search of
the alluring metal and to-. stake
Claims while the stalking is good.
A carload left Plentywood Mon
day. Several autoes went from Out
look, Raymond, Redstone, Scobey,
Homestead and Froid on the same
day, responding to news of fabu-
lous find that had been made in
the above vicinity.
Tuesday it was reported by radio
at Mooe Jaw that three men who
had been out about a week had
appeared in Wood Mountain witch
$500 worth of nuggest and dust
which they had taken from a find.
This stirred things UP more.
Those in the rush have not yet
returned, so no definite infonna-
ton is at hand than the above in
REGARD to the discovery. A Great
Falls paper had the following ar
ticle in its Tuesday edition:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-22
LONDON WHEAT
CONFAB BEGAN
MONDAY MAY Is

London, May 16.-The American
delegation to the international
wheat conference arrived today to
participate in the sessions begin
ming Monday with a view to dis
posing of surplus wheat.
The conference also will work
out some permanent and practical
scheme to benefit farmers thruOut
the world, if possible.
The American delegation includ-
ed Nils Olson, S. R. McKelvie and
Alonzo Taylor. All declined to
comment on the prospects for the
conference.
The European union study COM
mission of the League of Nations
appointed wheat delegation last
winter and it met in Paris in Feb
ruary in an effort to eliminate flu
ture wheat SURPRISES in centra
Europe. A month later about 81
nations were represented at con
ference in Rome. Neither confer
ence achieved anything definite.
Tire was general belief, howev
er, that the sessions which will b.
inaugurated here next week vii
meet with more favorable circum
stances. 1t will continue in session
indefinitely in an effort to reliev'
heavily congested grain markets.
The conference is primarily 70
exporting nations. The countr1e
represeted will be Argentina, tn
United States, Russia, Poland, In
dia, Canada, Australia, Czechoslo
vakia, Holland, South Africa, Ire
land, France, Germany, Rumanis
Jugoslavia, Latvia, Hungary, Els
thonia and Bulgaria.
In the last few days the dele
gates of most of the countries hav
met privately for conferences b.
lieved to have laid the groundwor
flor successful meeting.
It was pointed out that Canad
and the United States are particl
larly interested in the outcome {
the conference in view of the ia,
that they hold the largest stool
of surplus wheat.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-22

The Montana State Board of
Equalization did not lower the val
uation of the 500 Lin railroad this
year, the first time it has not low
cred it with each assessment for
the last three years. Five or six
years ago the 500 Line paid taxes
on a valuation of over a million
dollars, due to the efforts of Sen.
TAYLOR who secured a raise thru
his activities on two different oc-
casions, but for the last three
years that railroad which passes
thrugh one of the richest farming
sections in Montana, has been able
to secure a reduction yearly until
If now stands at $630,O00 for the
mileage in Sheridan county. The
road asked for a valuation Of 108,-
900 which that road will probably
get next year. This valuation is
about third of what the Great
Northern railroad pays on its mile
age in this county.
The above valuation is fol-
traclage only. The valuation OF
trackage when the railroad is il
more than one county is placed b,
the state tax commission, some
times called the state board o
equalization. The valuation on de
pots, freight houses. section hous
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-22
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION LEAVES
VALUATION OF The 500 Line Low

es and stockyards ct cetera is set
by the county assessor.
Telegraph, telephone and power
lines, being in more than one cOun-
ty, are also assessed by the board
of tax commissioners.
Valuation of State Railroads
The assessed valuations made by
the state board of equalization of
the railroads in Montana are:
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific 3d.
TIA ,949; Burlington, $6,779, 357;
Milwaukee, $51 ,3O8, 500; 500 Line,
$630,0OO; Northern Pacific, $751;
Ala, 973; Great Northern, $86,894,-
824; Montana Southwestern, 49,
sol; Oregon Short Line, $685.
100.
The operating property included
SLAB miles of single and double
track, excluding side track.
Last year the railroads paid S.
258, 419 IN taxes in Montana.
There is no excuse for the 500
Line valuation of $630,0O0 in this
state, and the commissioners Of
Sheridan and Daniels counties
should take steps at once to gel
the valuation on that road increas,
ed to a par with the valuation OF
the Great Northern Bainville-Op-
helm granch line
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-22

which boy and girl are picked by a
committee composed of the mem
bers of the high school faculty,
Supt. Stegner and two members of
the Auxiliary. This is a rather
novel feature which will be observ-
ed with considerable interest as
other organizations may initiate
the idea if the experiment works
out we'll. This award is based up
on scholarship, leadership, charac-
ter, behavior and personality.
The motto of the class is Sue
cess-the Thing" Class colors are
Green and Gold. Class Flower is
the Yellow Tea Rose.
The class officers are: President
Frederick Grave; vice-president
Lottiebelle Domonoske; secretary
treasurer, Marion G. Donaldsoni
class advisor, Anna Njaa.
Presentation of Diplomas
The diplomas will be presented
by Supt. W. E. Stegner in behalf
of the school board of District NO
20 and the faculty of the h1gl
school to the following graduates
CLASS ROLL
Rigmor T. Brinkman, Vivian Da
Wis, Lottiebelle Domonoske, Leo )
Donaldson, Marion G. Donaldson
Marie Louise Ertner. Margaret Z
Fiske, Beatrice Jessie Goltz, Nil
dred Myree Goltz, Frederick "
Grave, Sylvester A. Gross, Dag
nv M. lessen, Edward johnson
Garnet ]. johnson. Alden T. Klov
stad, Dorothy M. Leibach, Palm
A. Lidahl, A. Edie M. Matkin, E
vira Mensing, Evelyn Marion NIL
err. Beulah l. Nelson. Howard Ne
son. Norman w. Palubicki, Waite
H. Rasmussen, Gladys Glenol
i Redden. Merle J Risa, Stanley !
Rue, Percy A. Smith. Palmer
: Stenehiem, Marguerite Van he
), Lawrence w. Ertner.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-22

out at least some of it's
pledges and to meet the new
demands of the masses which are:
Distribution of the lands to the
users; separation of church and
state; expulsion of the Jesuits and
other monarchist church orders;
adjustment of nobility and priv
ileges of mobiles and clergy and
not only the abolition of the mon
archv but the confiscation of all
pyal estates and property includ-
ing the estates and property of the
grandees, besides other democratic
reforms.
The government has seized AL
fono'S property and estates. 1t has
ordered the Jesuits to leave and
has closed the royalist papers.
Most of the nobility and high cler-
gymen have emigrated to France
and more are going. The monar-
chist headquarters are closed and
many of the supporters of the ex-
lied king who were responsible for
the execution and torture of the
people during the past ten years
have been arrested and jailed to
be tried by a court set up for the
purpose. The people demand their
lives.
The masses are now preparing
for the election of a constituent as
sembly which will occur on June
q when delegates will be elected
to lay the foundations of the new
Spanish government. The election
is bound to go left with the ex.
pulsiOn of the Jesuits and the mon
archists and the closing of thei1
papers. The fight will now b
wages between the radicals and the
rich republicans. All elements arr
preparing for the campaign.