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The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

clerk be instructed to advise Mr. Churchill that the council would pay all school tax advertising for this year and undertake to get reimbursed for same from the Territory.
 The clerk read communication signed by M. Mckinney. Nicholas Nussbaumer. P. c. Mccormack, Donald Sinclair, Alex Vreatt, and T. J. Case in which they peti- toned the council to open up a street and construct a roadway from Church street to First street. On motion the petition of the above property holders was granted and the street committee was instructed to prepare speciti- cations and advertise for bids.
 The clerk was directed to send communications to the owners of automobiles, cautioning them not to exceed the speed limit.
 On motion the clerk was in- structed to notify all persons hay ing water faucets outside their houses that same must be put in- side within 30 days or water will be disconnected.
 The town marshal was empoW- cred to shut off the water of all persons who have failed to pay their water rent.
 The street committee, which was appointed to investigate the school situation and take such steps as they saw fit. reported that they had given the school board assurance that an addition would be built to the school house during the summer.
 The clerk was instructed to write to the Territorial Road Com missioner regarding a road to the Standard Oil station.
 The town treasurer reported $3, APO. 51 in the general fund and s1, Al. 75 in the water fund. TL ,,oo n o,1oo;ol ,,ooot;pr al
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10
Found-A couple of keys tied together. Finder may recover at Sentinel office.
Advocates Trial of Hun Leaders.

If Hindenburg and Ludendorff are guilty of offenses against humanity they, and not some of their under lings, should pay the penalty. It would be a farce to let them go and to convict their subordinates; and it would be farce to try to impress the German people with the inviolable majesty of international law while fearing to try leaders who are in po- sition to arouse public clamor in their behalf. By all means let linden burg and Ludendorff be among the first to answer. They stand as heroes be- fore their followers and no lesson would be more impressive to those fol- lowers than the spectacle of their lead CTS brought to book.-Exchange.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10
Proceedings of Meeting
 of Wrangell Town Council

There was a long and tedious session of the Town council last Thursday evening. The Mayor and all members of the council were present.
 Mrs. M. O. Johnson, Mrs. Jess Neville and Mrs. J. w. Pritchett appeared before the council as a committee from the Civic Im- provement Club. The purpose of their visit was to request the council to have metal containers for garbage placed on the streets.
 The council members were unanimous in the opinion that metal containers for garbage would be a very good thing, but owing to the heavy expense the town is under at this time the council is forced to pursue a poli- cy of retrenchment. The Mayor appointed Councilman Donald Sinclair a committee of one to obtain prices on metal containers and report at next meeting. It was also the unanimous opinion of the council that something should be done in the meantime toward ridding the town of so much rubbish. Accordingly, Tues day, June 8, was proclaimed day for a general cleanup of the town and the clerk was instructed to have handbills printed urging everyone to clean up his premi- ses on that date.
 The clerk read the resignation of Thomas Dalgity as a member of the council on account of hav- ing been appointed Deputy Uni. ted States marshal. The council were of the opinion that the two offices did not conflict and no ac- tion was taken on the resignation. Unless there is some objection on the part of the Department of Justice Councilmen Dalgity will continue on the council.
 The clerk read the resignation of L. M. Churchill as school tax collector. MT. Churchill gave no reason for his resignation, but one of the councilmen stated that MT. Churchill's reason for resign ing was on account of his being expected to pay the school tax advertising bill out of his commits sion. The last Territorial legis- lature passed a law requiring the school tax collector to publish in a newspaper in his district a no- tice setting forth that the tax inn posed by the act is payable. The law requires that this notice be published at least once a month during the period within which the tax is payable. The legisla- ture made no provision for the payment of this advertising bill. When MT. Churchill took up the matter with the Territorial au- thorities he was given to under stand that it was assumed that he would pay for the advertising out of his commission. A motion prevailed that the council refuse to accept his resignation, and the
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

Work on the erection of a hos pital and laundry in connection with the Pioneers Home at Sitka will begin within a short time. At the last session of the legislature STA. 900 was allowed for the construc. ton ot hospital and $oooo tor a laundry,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

MILLIONS FOR OIL LEASE OWNERS when wildcat" wells strike in same territory. Thou sands of wild cats drilling in Tex as and oil prices jumping. Now is the time to buy and hold for big profit. My leases near drill ing, $50 and up. Write for free map. OWNER, 7O5 Carter Bldg, Houston, Texas.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10
Showino Kaisers Viciousness.

The Germans, in setting fire to the Louvain library, totally destroyed not only the printed books numbering from 25O.OOO to 300,0OO volumes and nearly 1000 manuscripts which the library contained, but also the famous university halls. thus destroying In three days that which had taken five centuries to build up. Only once be- fore ill history has such a disaster been inflicted upon the world. when in A. D. 643. the Caliph Omar, with blaspheMy only equaled by that of the kaiser. destroyed the library of Alex andria in the name of God. and that is of very doubtful authority.-Chi- cago Evening Post.
 Have Evidence Against Germans.
 Evidence of German crimes Is fur nished by NJ. Delannoy. librarian of Louvaln: Henri DavignOn. secretary of the Belgian commission of inquiry Paul Lambotte. director of the art gal leries of Belgium. and NJ. Lamy. sec retary of the French academy. The latter, 1t was said. has made a most telling indictment of those who were responsible for acts of savagery.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

An immense whale was found on the beach near Cape Douglas and
 it is being hauled to Teller for use as dog meat. It was encased in a thick coating of ice when found and frozen so solid that chips flew in all directions when axes were used in chopping the carcass to pieces.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

Mrs. A. R. Hoare, wife of the Episcopal missionary who was re- gently killed near Candle, Alaska, has demanded a full investigation of the murder. Mrs. Hoare was an Alaskan missionary herself, meeting and marrying MT. Hoare in the North.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

Joseph J. Meherin of the broker age firm of Olson & Meherin of Ju- neau will go down the river from Whitehorse to it's mouth in a gas- boat operated by himself.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

Miss Kane, Government school teacher at Kokrines, Alaska, says the Natives in that vicinity stam- peded tn hunt muskrats when they heard that the price had gone to S8 per skin.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

Work has started for the season on the Petersburg-Scow Bay road. It is said that S3o, GOO will be spent there this season and that between 30 and 35 men will be employed. Two miles of road will be built.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

The Midnight Sons," a social organization of unattached males, gave leap year party at Cordova a short time ago.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

P. Molmark arrived from Ketchikan on the City of Seattle and left today for the Towers camp where he will take a posi- tion as cook.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

To take care of the frenzied traf. fc, an automobile siding is being constructed at Wrangell between the machine shop and the electric light plant. Douglas Island News.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

Leo Mccormack returned on the City of Seattle yesterday from a short business trip to Se- attle,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

Miss Evelyn Berg and her friend, Miss Foss, of Ketchikan, are guests of Mir. and Mrs. Lud- wig Berg.
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THE WRANGELL SENTINEL
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Entered as second-class matter at the Wrangell, Alaska, post office, under
 Act of Congress of March 3, 1878.

Mrs. B. Y. Grant left last week for Juneau to enter St. Ann's hospital. She was accompanied bp Mrs. s. C. Shurick.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

John Kinkala of Craig shipped ten tierces of mild cured on the Jefferson Tuesday evening.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10
Outboard Motors

The Wisconsin Outboard Motor now has an agency in Wrangell. Ed Grigwire has 2 few on hand for immediate delivery. Call and see them. If
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

L. A. Olson shipped three boxes of fresh fish and one tierce of mild cured on the Jefferson Tues day evening.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10
St. Philips Church
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 Theme of the sermon Stirred Up, for What?" The fellow that is never stirred up is dead. By what, and for what are you stirred up?
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

Dr. James H. Condit, superin- tendent of Presbyterian Mission s in Alaska has been instructed to visit Point Barrow this year.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

B. Y. Grant left on the City of Seattle yesterday for Juneau where Mrs. Grant is in the hos pital.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

For the shave and haircut of satisfaction go to Ed Grigwire's shop, opposite the Drug Store.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

H. J. Noble, Alaska represent ative of Albers Bros. Milling Co.,. i, of Portland is in Wrangell this week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

Alfred s. Berg left yesterday for Ketchikan.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

Frank Andrews of Craig is in Wrangell today.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1920-06-10

Mrs. Elizabeth Morton. field representative of the Red Cross, arrived in Wrangell on the Spo- kane Sunday morning. On Tues day afternoon she addressed the local branch of the Red Cross and made arrangements for a course in home nursing to be given in Wrangell this fall. She left for Ketchikan on the Jefferson Tues day evening. Mrs. Morton has been in Alaska several months.
 Nrangell now has an organlza- ton known as the Nut Club. The Douglas Island News says many citizens of the town are qualified for membership. .-VaIdez Miner.
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There was a special meeting of
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04

systems of communication between the
airplane observers and the ground.
Homing pigeons were used success
fully on some Of the California fires
last summer, and wireless telephony
also offers many possibilities along
this line.
Hand grenades and gas bombs are
also being mentioned as possibly prac-
tical for use in the fire fighting work.
The forest products laboratory at Mad
ison. Wis.,, is now experimenting with
gas bombs and grenades, in an effort
to make them light enough and mex
pensive enough to use in fighting the
fires,
Among ether things mentioned for
use in practical fire fighting are fire
plows and a high power water pump
driven by a gsoline engine and built
SO lightly that the entire apparatus
oan be carried on horses back or
mounted on q litter and carried by two
mon, These engines are now being
used successfully In BritiHh Columbia.
WIRELESS TELEPHONE
ut has long been tho opin.ou os for
est officers that wireless teienhony can
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04

approximately $4,000. while suppress
sion expenditures were approximately
$4,000. On the Payette. seven arrests
were made for leaving camp fires. Six
convictions were secured. five In the
state courts and one in the federal
court. Penalties in these cases were
fines Of from $25 to 500.
CAMPERS CAUSE FIRES
Conditions wero very similar al.
though not quite a. severe on tho
Weser forest, with headquarters at
Weiser. Supervisor J. B. Lafferty re-
ported total OF ~ fires during the
season, all but nine of which were con-
fined to areas of less than 10 acres.
About 1000 acres were burned over on
the Weiser. Damages were held to ap
proximately $1,000, and suppression
costs to approximately 5000. SUPER
visor I.afferty emphasizes the fact that
SO per cent Of his fires were known to
be of human origin. He believes that
next to lightning. the most prolific
source of fire Is the lighted ciraget
carelessly thrown into inflammable
material alongside the roads and trails
by careless visitors to the forests.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04

"All told, the past season is consid-
cred by far the most severe, from the
standpoint of fire hazard, that the for
est service has ever had to contend
with. This is true not only OF the
southern Idaho region but even more
true of northern Idaho, Montana and
throughout the northwest generally.
AiRPlANE PATROL
Tn all probability the fire detection
system of the forest service will be
strengthened next summer by the use
Of airplanes to a limited extent for fire
patrol work. Last season this work
was inaugurated in California, Oregon
and Washington, in cooperation with
the war department. and while as yet
in the experimental stage, sufficiently
good results were secured to warrant
an extension of the plan this coming
year. It Is probable that the two air.
plane patrol routes will be established
In the southern Idaho territory, the
machines covering the routes assigned
at least once every other day, Steps
are now being taken looking toward
training observers for this aerial pat
rol, and also to develop more adequate
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04

be utilized advantageously in the work
ing out of the fire problems in the ma
tional forests. but for various reasons
the actual trying out of the wireless
telephone in national forest operations
was not undertaken until the summer
of 1919
AT that time r. b. Adams, telephone
engineer for districts l and of the for
est service was detailed by Forester
Henry 5. Graves to study the subject
and to ascertain what equipment was
best suited to the accomplishment OF
the purpose contemplated. Wireless
experts of the war and navy depart
ments were consulted and the plants of
the General Electric company and the
Western Electric company were Wis
tied in order to secure the best up to-
date information. 1t is largely due to
the helpful suggestions which tele-
phone Engineer Adams received from
war and navy department officials that
his work in the field has been so sue
cessful.
After considerable experim entail
work. two wireless telephone sets of
type apparently best adapted to the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04
Total of 163,778 Acres in
Flames Together With 49,
40 Acres Open Land-De-
stroys 100000 Feet.

Five hundred and seventy-two for
est fires during the summer OF 1919
burned over 163,T7S acres OF timbered
land and 1890 acres open land, de-
stroying 190,O00,000 feet OF lumber
The startling figures are shown in
the annual report of Emile Grandjean,
Forest supervisor of the Boise reserve.
WINE THIS loss was a staggering blow
TO the forest service and was brought
ABOUT by an unusually dry summer.
the result OF the great conflagration
means that additional precaution will
be taken i'm the future against reoc-
currence. Wireless telephone systems
arc to be installed within big reserves,
airplane patrol will mark another fea-
ture OF modern protective plans.
Through the addition of the Thunder
Mountain district to the forest reserve.
approximately 100000 acres has been
added to the forest reserve in Idaho.
In his comprehensive and detailed
report. Supervisor Grandjoan tells of
the forest fires of 1919, the losses in
the various reserves. cost OF lighting
fires and plans of the service for 1920
as follows:
The snowfall throughout southern
Idaho last winter was considerably be-
low normal in the high mountains and
II came in the winter after the ground
was frozen solid. 1t did not pack down
% Soiiu as wien tHc uOl
spring days came, 1t went off with a
rush. In most places the snow was
all gone before the frost was out of
the ground and the moisture all ran off.
The unusually dry summer after the
condition just mentioned caused the
extremely severe fire season. There
was no rainfall for $50 days, ending
Sept. ). Fortunately there were fewer
lightning storms than usual or forest
fires would have been even more
numerous, as the duff and litter were
as dry as powder and every spark
or bolt of lightning would start fire.
laboring under serious handicap In
the way of personnel. During the pre-
, ceding two years the greater financial
inducements in private life and the
calls for men for military service had
drawn from the forest service "A large
number Of it's experienced field Off
GERS The spring of 1919 found the
service i'm southern Idaho with n rela-
lively large proportion of practically
unframed and inexperienced men on
its rolls.
DAMAGE BY FIRES.
ION the forests of southern Idaho.
a total of 572 forest fires We're re-
ported during the season. One hun
dred and thirty-seven of these burned
over in excess of 10 acres each and
1ge fires are known to have been
caused By lightning Campers using
the forests for recreation purposes
caused q fetal of 237. Tho fires burned
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04
Of DOLLARS DAMAGE Done
DURING 1878 BY FIRES IN NATIONAL
FORESTS IN THE STATE Of IDAHO

over 163,77S acres of timber land and
IL, 120 acres of open land, or a total
area burned over of approximately
10000 acres. One hundred and
ninety million feet of good tim
Der was destroyed or damaged to the
extent Of almost $1es,000. Damages to
reproduction are estimated at $4,000
and to forage. approximately $1,000. To
cxtinguish these STE fires, the forest
service expended approximately $751;
900.
On the Boise forest the fire season
opened about Is days earlier than US
ual, or about June 10. and the main
extreme fire hazard ended with the
showers of Sept. 5. The fire season
did not definitely end. however, before
the heavy rains the last of September.
Sixty-two fires occurred in the Boise
forest, all but 10 of which were held
to areas of less than 10 acres. The
supervisor force caused the arrest and
prosecution Of three persons charged
with carelessly leaving fires on the
forests. One Of these cases resulted
in a $3.50 fine for the offender Another
was settled for on an actual damage
basis. while the third was dismissed
for lack of proof. In and adjacent to
the Boise forest, We found the gen.
eral public extremely willing to COOP
crate with the organization in fire
protection. The Highland Livestock
company and the Mcleod and McPher-
son Livestock company rendered es-
pecially valuable cooperation.
STOCkMEN COOPERATE
"The heaviest expenditures in the
southern Idaho territory, as we'll as the
heaviest damages, were incurred on
the Idaho forest, with headquarters at
Mccall, and the Payette forest with
headquarters at Emmett.
supervisor Mann also reports ex-
cellent corporations in fire protection
work on the part Of the stockmen and
others using the Idaho forest He es-
pecially mentioned L. G. Seawell who
contributed the use Of two pack horses
for So days each and one 2-ton truck
for two trips from Mccall to Burgdorf
for hauling men. r. A. Van Sicklen,
J. +. Clinton, J. B. Gowan. Gilman
Bros, Andrew Little. Stanfield Bros,
Andrew Nelson and others furnished
similarly valuable assistance to the
service organization during this siren
uous fire period. The Idaho reserve
had total of 6s fires, "a of which
burned over in excess of 10 acres each.
Lightning Is known to have caused SO
Of these. campers is, while 16 were of
unknown origin. A total Of $4,000
acres were burned over and suppress
sion expenditures on the Idaho totaled
approximately $4,000.
Conditions on the Payctte forest
were a very close parallel to those on
the Idaho, although various factors
made 1t possible for the Payette organ
ization to handle a greater number of
fires with somewhat less damage and
at considerably smaller expense. The
Payette had "a fires during the sea son.
all but 20 of which were confined to
areas of less than 10 acres, Seven
thousand eight hundred acres were
burned over. The total damage
TO forage resources was estimated at
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04
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SECOND KING
WILL FORGED

Chicago. Ill. Dec. 10.-Circuit judge
Baldwin today sustained the probate
courts refusal 10 admit TO probate
the elleged second viii Of James c.
King, millionaire lumberman- The
first viii. as probated, left between
100000 and s5.0O0.000 70 the James
C. King Home for Aged Men, which
King founded. The original decision
branded the second viii a forgery.
CASTOR C. Means, Of New York and
Concord n. c., business manager for
Mrs Maude king the widow, who
was mysteriously shot 20 death near
Concord August % 1917, claimed 10
have found the second win about five
weeks before the shooting, although
&c was not offered for probate until
about five weeks before the shoot
ing Means was tried and acquitted
Of the charge Of murder.
Testimony IN the case was devel-
worked for Capt Boyd, representa-
TO the entrance Of the United States
into the war, that Mrs. King had
paid hlackmail Of 100000 and $4,000
10 two women who claimed TO know
events in her life before she married
King in 1901 when he was % years
old and that Means had a contract by
which Mrs. King was TO give him ST.
600. 900 should the second will be held
valid.
The original win was executed be-
fore the millionaire's marriage, but
BY agreements and settlements Mrs
king received nearly Sl,OoO,Ooo, viz
tually all Of which she had spent be-
fore her death.