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October 19, 1917 – A petition for a cable to Petersburg is being industriously circulated by citizens of Wrangell this week. The petition is being liberally signed. To the Hon. Chas. A. Sulzer, Washington, D.C.: Dear Sir - We, the undersigned residents of Wrangell, Alaska, respectfully request that the U.S. cable be extended to the City of Petersburg, Alaska. This is urgently needed to facilitate the movement of fresh fish and other business which is fast developing to large proportions. October 16, 1942 – As a gesture of goodwill to Pet...
October 12, 1917 – Olaf Arness made a business trip the first of the week to Ketchikan, where he was called to confer with Robert B. McClary, of the signal corps, U.S.A. Mr. McClary stated that it is essential that the government get all of the aeroplane spruce in the country, and he was anxious to learn of the condition and prospects for operating the big mill at Petersburg. Mr Arness was able to give assurance that the mill will be running next spring. October 09, 1942 – A new course in First Ade is being taught in the Senior High School und...
October 05, 1917 – A remittance from the clerk of district court, amounting to $3,067.60 was received by the town treasurer. The sum is derived from four licenses of local saloons for the six months ending December 31 and twelve mercantile and miscellaneous licenses for the year ending June 30 next. At the regular meeting of the council, claims aggregating $2,349.47 were approved and ordered paid. These claims included the sum of $775.35 owing to the Western Electric Company and the other bills met cleaned up practically all obligations due, r...
September 28, 1917 – Between sixty and seventy dollars has so far been subscribed for the soldiers’ tobacco fund, started last week by Petersburg camp of the Arctic Brotherhood. It should be noted contributors to this fund that the money is to be expended directly by the local A.B.’s. When all have contributed who wish to, or within a couple of weeks, an order will be placed with wholesalers for the tobacco, to be shipped directly to the soldier boys in France, with request that notice of its having reached them be mailed to the A.B.. Septe...
September 21, 1917 – The blue clay under the concrete foundation at the light and power plant having become soaked up during the recent heavy rains, the light service is now somewhat “on the blink”. At a special meeting of the council it was decided to have L. J. Isrealson make temporary repairs by wedging up the foundation under the engines; also to change about the exhaust pipes to go straight through the roof, and to dig deep ditches on three sides of the building. It is planned to keep one engine in operation at night only while repair work...
Chase Lister (Left) and Alysa Thomassen (right) both ran in the Mitkof Middle School Cross Country meet against Ketchikan on Saturday....
Joni and Camden Johnson dance at a concert performed by Gamble and the High Costa Living at the Sons of Norway Hall on Saturday....
A break in the rain and clouds gave way to a rainbow last Thursday, over the Petersburg Creek....
September 14, 1917 – Jacob Johnson, I. J. Erickson , and Dr. J. L. Buckley received notice last week that, upon recommendation of Governor Strong, President Wilson has appointed them members of the exemption board for the town of Petersburg. The appointments to the board, the governor’s letter states, are in the nature of a draft, and they are advised that the board will in all probability continue in existence during the period of the present war. “The duties of the local or city, exemption boards,” the instructions read, “are broadly,...
Cross Country seniors Erin Pfundt, Julia Murph, and Maddy Parker were honored at a dinner this weekend, hosted by Meghyn Parker....
The body of 24-year-old Jase Payne was found late Monday near a dock at Rocky Point Resort in Petersburg, Ending what had been a four-hour search by family members, state troopers and local police. Alaska Wildlife Troopers were notified at 6:52 p.m. on Monday that Payne was missing, last seen on the dock of Rocky Point Resort about 10 miles south of town. “Family members had been conducting hasty searches of the nearby Wrangell Narrows with no results,” wrote a press release from the State of Alaska daily dispatches. “Petersburg Alaska Wildl...
Aria Swanson with the cookies she decorated, all with a rainforest theme during an Rainforest Festivial event with Sally Dwyer at the Public Library on Saturday....
Kade Norheim looks at fungi during a Rainforest festival event called Bioblitz at Sandy Beach Park on Sunday. The kid-friendly event was hosted by Ron Hamill, Joni Johnson and Karen Dillman....
Pia Reilly, left, is an artist from Petersburg who had a joint gallery show on Friday with Kerstin McKee of Issaquah, Washington. Both born in Sweden, McKee said she gravitates toward sensual details of nature in her acrylic paintings. She also featured hand-made pottery, which she favors equally with drawing. Reilly, whose large photo hangs behind, said living Petersburg brought out the color in her work, adding that despite being asked all the time, it is difficult to quantify how long it...
A Blue Heron studies its reflection in the water along the shoreline....
September 7, 1917 – When the period for military registration in Alaska closed, 189 men between the ages of 21 and 31 had received cards from Registrar Otness. A summarization of the cards show that of the 145 citizens and declarants who registered, 101 ask no exemption, 33 have dependent relatives, and ten, including officers of the geodetic survey, indicate occupational exemption. The remaining 44 of the total are aliens, two of whom are from enemy countries. So far as reported, all residents of Petersburg subject to registration are b...
