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December 9, 1921 The Sons of Norway appointed a committee of three to have charge of their hall and to see that a dance is given there every Saturday night during the season. The first of the series was given last Saturday night and was enjoyed by all those present. The Petersburg Orchestra has been secured to furnish the music for the dances. December 13, 1946 LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! It begins to look as though this will be remembered as the “winter of the big snow.” Total fall to 10 o’clock this morning is 65.1 inches, and that makes well...
December 2, 1921 A rutabaga weighing 27½ pounds, was raised by D.W. Kirk of Wrangell and is on exhibit in that city. Mr. Kirk had one weighing 56 pounds, but a horse discovered it and sampled it, making it unfit for exhibition. Several 35 pound rutabagas have been raised by him. December 6, 1946 The High School Athletic Department has purchased an all-electric scoreboard with the proceeds of the Athletic Benefit Dance which netted the $450 necessary. Ten turkeys were taken away to grace Thanksgiving tables. Gill Joynt made a score of 15 out of...
In November of 1942, the Alaska Life magazine provided helpful household tips under the heading "Specific Jobs for Women," declaring that homemaking was "America's biggest industry." Families were asked to cut down material needs, save rubber by driving less and carpooling, and to conserve clothes and food-though war efforts rather than conservation were the motivation for frugality. "Health, efficiency and the fighting spirit are all improved by the right food, and almost everyone has...
November 25, 1921 Treed by hundreds of wolves and forced to spend the night in the top of a tree in almost zero weather after having been lost for two days, was the experience of Magnus Johannsen of Petersburg, late last week. He was rescued by a searching party at the head of Duncan Canal last Sunday. November 22, 1946 Chin Soon, for thirty years an Alaskan, is on his way this week to his old home in China. For eleven years Chin was owner of the City Cafe and previous to that time he operated a restaurant in the building now occupied by...
November 18, 1921 There’s been an almost unbelievable rapid growth of the fox fur farming business in Southeastern Alaska since the first permit was issued to Jim York of Juneau in 1914. Petersburg is the center and principal headquarters of this business and there is more Petersburg money invested than from any other town. Sixty three permits have been issued for farms on islands in the Tongass Forest and of this number twenty five, or nearly half are held by Petersburg men or concerns. Each farm represents an outlay of several thousand d...
You may have seen these anchors around town without knowing exactly what they were used for. In 1880, the salmon canning industry expanded their floating fish traps to Southeast Alaska, though indigenous stationary traps had been in use long before that time. Strong tidal currents and rocky, deep locations required good anchors to hold floating traps in place, as well as a watchman to keep an eye on the trap 24 hours a day. Floating fish traps were controversial because of their efficiency and...
November 11, 1921 The laboratory equipment for instruction of the classes in general science in the Petersburg School and which was ordered several weeks before the opening of the present school term arrived on the last trip of the Spokane and is now installed in the school. The equipment costs about $200 and is most helpful in teaching this course. Baramoters, fine scales, test tubes, and hundreds of other articles used in experimental work are included in the equipment and general science has now become one of the most popular of the courses...
