June 8, 1917 – A regular meeting of the town council was held, present were Mayor Otness, Councilmen Israelson, Krackle, Steberg, Stoft and Swanson. The clerk was instructed to write a strong letter to the chairman of the territorial road commission, requesting that an appropriation be made for completion of the Petersburg-Scow Bay road; also, if there were funds available for waterway improvements, that such funds be appropriated for the purpose of dredging out the sand banks in the narrows in front of Petersburg. The sand banks were creating a great hindrance to navigation and delays o...