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Newspaper

Petersburg Weekly Report

Location

Petersburg, Alaska, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1920

Page

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Scow Bay plant details and Cannery rebuilding plans

Jonés, superintendent, describes Scow Bay plant operations using tusks and offal, daily raw material intake, and multi stage processing. He notes the new screw press will increase capacity and that Hawaii sugar growers demand fertilizer from plant by products. Hogue touts readiness for increased business and Mt Point Packing cannery to be rebuilt this season after a fatal fire.

Ed Pe _Jonés Scow Bay Alaska Sel. Hogue Citizens Wharf Co

Plans for Petersburg Fourth of July Celebration

Fire Department members rapidly plan a public Fourth of July celebration in Petersburg. They have raised funds to include all ages in a morning parade led by ex service men in uniform with color guard and the rake band. A patriotic address and bandstand exercises will follow, weather permitting, then afternoon sports for all and an evening dance at the S. of N. Hall lasting into the early hours.

Petersburg Josigy Teitosthe S. of N. Hall

Juneau hotel owner and attorney general visit Petersburg

Local residents James McCloskey proprietor of the Alaskan Hotel in Juneau and J C Murphy Territorial Attorney General spent several days in Petersburg this week. They traveled from Sitka Hot Springs aboard the Spokane and headed home on the City of Seattle. C A West brother of Mrs L A Woodward arrived from Wrangell and will stay several days as Mrs West and children, who came on the City of Seattle, plan a visit before returning.

James McCloskey Juneau J. C. Murphy Petersburg Sitka Spokane Seattle C. A. West L. A. Woodward Wranell Mrs. West Carrie W. B. Rogers Ind King Alaska Anna Morrison L. J. Morrison Ube wWll

Petersburg Seaboard Notes On Prospecting Travel and Local Events

The article chronicles visits by seasoned prospectors Frank McCurdy and W E Perkins to Gambier Bay and Petersburg, a Seattle yacht party touring southeastern Alaska, new trolling gasboat Dorothy, cannery tender Billy R returning to service, and the Admiral Evans ferrying cannery crews north. It lists Petersburg locals and visiting figures, piling camp closures, a birth at the Larson home, and an upcoming free science lecture by William W Porter of New York City.

Admiral Evans Anchorage Government Railroad Dundas Glacier Bunter Bay Petersburg J. A. Harlan John Dillon Thomas Stewart Robert. Brice Jacob Anderson Wm. Barton R. F. Anderson Nine Richards H. Guymer L. A. Villina T. D. Walker Hang Nelsons B. By. Watts G. A. “Walilixe Martin Strand Juneau Christian Science Society William W. Porter C. S.B New York City Echi First Church of Christ Boston Eden

Fire Claims Six at Balworal Apartments in Vancouver

Six people died when a blaze swept the six story Balworal Apartments in Vancouver Sunday night. Three were trapped in an elevator wedged between floors. One identified victim is Charles Dennehy of Pacific Steamship Co and Miss McLannan among the deceased.

Vancouver Charles Dennehy The Pacific Steamship Co Miss McLannan

Olaf Arness Granted U S Patent for Scow Bay Homestead

Olaf Arness has been granted a patent by the U S Land office for his Scow Bay homestead claim after advice from Juneau. He located and has lived there several years and ran a saw mill on the land before abandoning it to buy the Petersburg Mill.

Olaf Arness U. S. Land Office Scow Bay Juneau Arness Petersburg

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S. L HOGAR Ceris Tveten Sec Treas the Citizens’’ Wharf Citizens’ Co-Operative Wharf CO C. O. Parks Wharfinger Whare Ripley Fish Co Pier 1 Sdrwin Ripley, Pres Gen. Myr Chas. Mann Andy Anderson Sunde Bldg Bank of Petersburg Frank McCurdy Standard Oil Co Ketchikan W. E. Perkins American Can Company Canco Gambbier Bay L. Hogue Trygve Dorothy L. J Wast Billy R Hume Co Theiboat Packing Co Marion Delaney Ruth Rogers Mia Howell Miss Rogers Neil McDonald T. J. McBride Carl ‘Larson Wiss London Londonderry Washington H. S. Cumming Democratic National Committee Wilsons San Francisco New York James M. Cox Otto Smith Pacific Coast Kansas City Frank P Walsh Federn Industrial Relations Commission Warren G. Adrding Ireland Johnson Wilson Dublin Federal Grand Jury
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