FISH CANNERS’ GROUP
FILES EXPORT PAPERS
Association Will Ship Salmon
to Foreign Countries, Feder
al Trade Commission States.
The Salmon Export Corpora
tion, of Seattle, Wash., has
filed papers under the Export
Trade Act (Webb-Pomerene
law) with the Federal Trade
Commission, for the purpose of
exporting salmon.
The principal office of the
corporation will be in Seattle,
Washington. The officers are;
D. E. Skinner, president; L.
J. Hull, vice-president; P. J.
Andrae, secretary; and G. L.
Wakeman, treasurer. Member
companies are: Alaska Consoli
dated Canneries, Sunny Point
Packing Company, Petersburg
Packing Co., Stuart Corpora
tion, Pioneer Sea Food Co.,
Emel Packing Co., Pyramid
Packing Co., Alitak Packing
Co., Carlisle Packing Co-, Hid
den Inlet Canning Co., Shep
ard Point Packing Co., Pioneer
Packing Co., Deep Sea Salmon
Co., Copper River Packing
Co., Kodiak Fisheries Co., Geo.
T. Myers & Co., all of Seattle,
Wash., Astoria & Puget Sound
Packing Co-, of S. Bellingham,
Wash., and North Pacific Trad
ing Co., of San Francisco,
Calif.
The Export Trade Act grants
exemption from the anti-trust
laws to an association entered
into and solely engaged in ex
port trade, with the provision
that there bs no restraint of
trade within the United States,
or restraint of the export trade
of any domestic competitor, and
with the further prohibition of
any agreement, understanding,
conspiracy or act which shall
enhance or depress prices or
substantially lessen competi
tion within the United States
or otherwise restrain trade
therein.
NEW MARSHAL
ORGANIZES FORCE
Albert White, who was re
cently confirmed as Marshal of
the First Division, has made a
few changes in the personnel
of his office. Deputy Marshals
Pryde of Hoonah and Steve
Grant of Craig have resigned
with no one as yet appointed
in their places. Deputies Camp
bell of Wrangell and McGreg
or of Petersburg have been re
appointed as well as Elmer
Reed the Deputy at Juneau.
Truesdell of Juneau has re
signed to take active charge of
his gun store in Juneau and
W. M. Eddy, a well known old
Alaskan was appointed in his
place. Julius Yaeger, another
well known Alaskan has also
been appointed as deputy and
will spend the summer on the
gas boat “Jazz” patrolling the
cannery districts. R. E. Hum
ber of Ketchikan has resigned
to become Chief of Police of
that city, and O. E. Kuchen
becker and William Pickett,
associates of Marshal White in
Idaho enforcement work have
been appointed as deputies at
Ketchikan. It is not known
what other changes will be
made.
CITIZENSHIP CL A SSES
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Report of Commissioner of Ed
ucation.
That the public school short
course in Citizenship conduct
ed during the school year 1925
26 proved attractive to students
is evidenced by a report re
cently issued by Lester D.
Henderson, Commissioner of
Education, A total of 308
adults took advantage of this
opportunity to improve their
understanding of English,
United States History and
civics, and general elementary
school subjects. Of this num
ber 101 were aliens, 98 de
clarants or holders of first
papers, 23 petitioners or appli
cants for second papers and
86 citizens of the United
States.
During the course of the
year three students took out
final citizenship papers, four
teen made application for second
papers, and fourteen took out
first papers. Approximately
two hundred Citizenship Night
School Certificates, provided by
the Territorial department of
education, were issued to
students whose attendance and
progress was such as to war
rant the statement that they
had acquired a fair knowledge
of United States history and
civics*
Schools were maintained in
eleven communities as follows:
Chichagof, Douglas, Fairbanks,
Juneau, Kasaan, Kennecott,
Ketchikan, Latouche, Peters
burg, Sitka and Tenakee. The
school term ranged from twelve
to twenty-four week in length
with the exception of Sitka
where poor attendance made it
necessary to discontinue the
sessions at the close of the
first month.
The total cost to tne l er
ritory was $3,421 or $21vl2 per
capita for the 162 students in
average daily attendance. Eight
een teachers were employed.
Nationalities represented in
the enrollment with the num
ber of each are as follows:
Americans 39—White 16, Ne
gro 1, ALASKA INDIAN 22;
Austrians; Belgians 2; Bul
garians 1; Canadians 1; Czecho
slovaks 1; Danes 2; Dutch 3;
English 1; Filipinos 8;. Finns
46; French 1; Germans 18;
Greeks 8; Hungarians 1; Irish
3; Italians 11; Japanese 5;
Jugo-Slavs 4; Montenegrins 2;
Norwegians 98; Russians 13;
Swedes 32; Swiss 2.
The Citizenship school at
Kasaan, with Mrs. . Kathryn,
D. Seller as teacher* is report
ed to have been the largest in
the Territory Mrs, Seller al
so had the distinction of teach
ing the largest one room school
in the Territorial system.
Two negros had been sur
prised while robbing a hen
farm of chickens. Running
along the road, putting the
farm as far behind them as
possible, the one negro remark
ed to the other: “Rastas, .what
for all dem flies follow us?”
“Flies, nigger?” replied the
other, “dems not flies, denTs
buckshot.”
Ike—“Say, Mike, how many
pails of cement did you. carry
up the ladder this afternoon?”
Mike— “Sh—sh— I’m gettin’
even with the boss; I’ve been
carryin’ the same one up and
down all day.”
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