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The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-10-02

when seen Dy tue Sentinel re- porter J. U. Calvin said: Il was moer than pieased with what saw and found during the short time that 1 was in the diggings.
 Gold Pan Creek on which Grady and Ford made their discovery is only about eight miles long and empties into Little Eagle creek. Grady creek is the main tributary and should have been classified as the main Gold Pan creek. On Grady Creek pretty well up coarse gold was found running as high as 75 cents to the pan.
 Gold Pan creek is ideal for placer mining, and is really a poor mans creek, as it cuts through the formation and is from five to eight feet deep. |. < The. formation is schist, greensboro and porphyry. The schist being very much deconposed gives a soft bedrock. The creek has grade of five per cent which offers an easy opportunity for put ting in bedrock drains.
 There is sufficient water sup ply in the creek for all sluicing pur- poses. In the immediate vicinity of the creek timber is scarce and scrubby and is mostly balsam. . -"I, myself, banned the ground on Gold Pan creek where Grady took out coarse samples of gold amount ing to $75. and found 1t to be as Grady had. represented. Pieces of gold weighing from 10 cents to 36 were taken out by Grady and Ford but were not taken from bedrock. .Theya4sfound place on the aide of the creek where the rim rock was exposed and, from this rim they took out $75 in very coarse gold.
 a My intention was to try and reach bedrock while on the proper ty this fall. But we were caught ir 8 blizzard %. and - about eighteen inches of snow. fell while we were there. We were living under fly and everything we had with us in the way of supplies we had packed in on our backa We therefore had but little time after stalking our claims to do anything but to, get out of the country. I have sent back an outfit of supplies and min ing tools on the Hazel B No. 1 and will have them taken over to Gold Pan creek this winter % that I shall be able to get some holes down to bedrock during the month of March. A number of other Wrangen men are doing the same thing. I am also having 2080 feet of lumber whip sawed and taken to my claim during ,e winter,. and I know of, several others who are having lumber whip sawed during the winter.
 'It is Q large placer placer coun- try clear from Eagle to Muddy and we'll worthy of prospecting. but I would not advise any one to % in before March or April.
 (Continusd e Lest Paesl
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-10-02
Seventeen.year Old Indian Lad Was z Hung Up Head Downward and Left to Freeze to Death in Zero Weather. Murderers Were Captured and Are
 Now In Wrangell In Charge Officers
 Who Are Taking Them to Vancouver

1 day they came upon a hole which had been scratched out by wolves down to some heavy old blanks. The officers made a larger opening, and upon removing the blanks found the body of boy with his hands tied behind him.
 One of the Indians happened along as the body was being dug out and was terrified, believing that another witch had told the officers where the body was buried. The Indian also believed that he heard the dead boy speak to the Mounted Police who had dug him up. After that it was easy to get a confession from the Indians.
 The confession was that Edy, a squaw, had tied the boy Moccasin up head downward to drive the evil spirits away because Big Aleck had had a dream that the boy was a witch. A girl named Lucy came along and found the boy before be was dead and wanted him cut down The Indians claim that they cut him down before he was dead but killed him by hitting him on the head with rock before burying him.
 Inspector Sandys Wunsch also holds a commission as a magistrate. He arrested Edy, the squaw and her three brothers, Dan, Jimmy, and Clem, and also Big Aleck, and took them to Liard for a preliminary hearing. The hearing brought out further revolting factts. and the h. spector decided to take the prison CTS to Vancouver to await trial in a court of competent jurisdiction.
 The prisoners talk a little English but are primeval in appearance. They all wear rioccasins and the men are fitted out in overalls and cheap coats from the trading post. Their hair is unkempt and they are dirty and uncouth in appearance. The expression in their eyes is like that of newly captured wild ani- nal. They are not sullen or stolid, and are rather poor specimens phys ically. In scarcely any respect do they show any of the qualities tra- ditionally attributed to the North American Indian. The squaw has two year old child with, her which she is still sucking. Two other small children were left behind.
 On this trip the prisoners are hav- ing their first contact with civiliza- tion. The steward on the Stikine River boat said they ate ravenously of meat, but regarded the bread that was offered them with suspicion. On their way from the boat to the jail they stared at the three story Wrangeu Hotel building in wondert- men, and when they saw Jack Gurr riding a bicycle they all stopped and stared at it in amazement.
 A small child playing near the cus- toms house was holding a cat in its arms when the prisoners passed through the court house lawn. This not only attracted their attention
 but aroused their deepest interest. They had probably never before seen a domesicated animal other than a dog, and they regarded the sight of the child holding it's pussy cat with more consternation than the ordi- mary person would look upon a circus
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-10-02

expeditions where trained men were needed.
 He is a marksman of internation- al reputation and has participated in matches of the Canadian Revol- yer Association. making his records in 1921, 1922, and 1923. In 1922 he broke the worlds record for which he received gold medal. Last year he shot with the Canadian Rifle team at Bislsy. England.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-10-02

Officers of the Canadian Royal Mounted Police arrived in Wran- gell Sunday afternoon on the Hazel B No. with five Indians whom they are taking to Vancouver to await trial on the charge of mur- der.
 Because he was believed to be a witch a seventeen year old Indian lad named Moccasin had his hands tied behind him and was hung up head downward and left to freeze to death when the temperature was below zero. Later he was taken down and buried. and it is believed that he was buried alive.
 It is a matter of common knowl- edge among prospectors in the Li- ard district that Indians throughout the vast stretches of Yukon Terri tory. Northwest Territory. and Northern British Columbia be- lieve in witchcraft, and are likely at any time to torture or murder any one of their number suspected of be- ing friend or companion of the evil spirits.
 The five prisoners are in charge of Inspector T. V. Sandys-Wunsch and two constables of the Canadian Royal Mounted Police. When seen by the Sentinel reporter Captain Sandys-Wunsch stated that his re- port could be made only to his su- perior officer in Vancouver, and that all he could say was that the success of the patrol was largely due to the pluck and stamina of the two young constables, H. W. Nevill and c. R. Martin who accompanied him.
 Mining men arriving here on the same boat with the prisoners state that Frank Bass, store keeper in charge of the Hudson's Bay trading post at Liard, reported to govern ment authorities that Big Aleck, a Cree Indian from the Mckenzie riv- CT, had told him of the murder of an Indian boy charged with witch craft by Nomad Indians from the Nelson river while the latter were camped forty miles below the Liard post.
 Superintendent R. s. Knight of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, sent out a patrol to investigate. In- spector Sandys-Munsch and Consta- .bles Nevill and Martin arrived in " hIdu6cAl cdIiy III JuAS anu Sooh the river boat to Telegraph Creek The trip into the wilderness where the murder was reported was one of hardship and was reached after travelling hundreds of miles on foot with pack dogs and navigating the swift waters of the upper Liard in a canoe.
 Big Aleck became apprehensive when he was finally located by the officers and flatly denied that boy had been killed in that vicinity The officers remained camped near the Indians notwithstanding their evident hostility. A few days after their arrival one of the Indians fir ed at Captain Sandys-Wunsch. The Captain did not return the fire al though he holds the worlds record for revolver shooting and could eas fly have dropped the fleeing Indian
 The officers remained in the vi cinity of the Indians for two week. fin their efforts to get a clue. Ons
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-10-02
Send Extra Supplies

The Hudson's Bay Company sent up an extra shipment of supplies on account of the gold discovery. and 1t was necessary for Captain Barring ton to put both of his, river boats into service during the closing trips of the season.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-10-02

The Guild will meet tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at, the Guild room with Mrs. F. H. Gold as host ess Preparations are being made for the annual Christmas sale which will be held early in November.
 The regular monthly, meeting of the Civic Club will be held Saturday afternoon at the library.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-10-02
Freight With Dog Team

Sam Brown who came out Sunday left on the Northwestern for, Cor dova to get his dog team. He will return next month and will do freighting to the diggings during the winter.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-10-02
Game Abundant

George Drapish, a minerwho has been in new camps in various parts os the world, says that he has never before been in . mining locality
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-10-02
MORE CLEAR SPRUCE
 SHIPPED TO ENGLAND
 FROM WRANGELL MILL

The big motorship Oregon called at this port Monday night to take on a cargo of 75,000 feet of clear spruce which is being shipped to England
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-10-02
Will Winter On Diggings

Charlie Olson, left here -IWednes-i day morning on the Hazel B No. 4, and will spend most of the winter on the .diggings helping to get a camp established.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-10-02

Where Lnere. was such an abundance vl mlIu saIne as ne saw on ms trlp 10 tue new dlggIngs. ne not only saw nerus ot CvarlDou,s but moose mountain goats, rauDiLs, grouse, etc.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28
Dog Does To,vn's Greeting

A huge st. Bernard dog is the re-
ception committee at the little mining
village OF White Horse. Alaska. Tour
lists returning here relate how i'm
pressed they were with the cordiality
of the unique welcome accorded them
there. Mrs C. C. Puffer of Brockton,
Mass, world traveller, told this story,
according to the New York World
"As we alighted In the town we
were met by a large curly-haired st.
Bernard dog. He carried a sign which
read. Reception Committee of White
Horse. Welcome. Shake
"We stretched out our hand and the
smiling dog with massive head and
kindly eyes raised a powerful paw for
our handclusp
AT the slightest squeeze of his foot
the big dog welcomed every one by a
hoarse bark, which Immediately start,
ed all the malamutes in the village,
until it became one bowling pande-
monium"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28
Dog Must Stay Out

81 don't mind the children having a
dog" explained TrumbuI avenue
woman recently, "but hereafter the
animal has got to be kept out of the
house while I'm cooking. l had just
made batch of light rolls, and had
them in pan in front of the fire to
raise. They had Just got a good start,
and l left the room. When I came
back, the dog had got into the kitchen
some way and was just finishing the
last of the rolls. They must have been
pretty good, too, for he swelled up
until he was almost twice as big
around MS he ought to be- 1t didn't
do him any permanent damage ply
slcally, but l guess it hurt his feelings
when ] told him what I thought; any
way he wouldn't look me in the eve
for a els"-Detrolt News.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28
Poid in Adpnnce

John c. Coolidge President Cool
idge's father who recently celebrated
his seyenty-ninth birthday at Ply
mouth, vt, has a quiet and trenchant
wit, He said at the Plymouth gen
eral store the other day
"There are only two kinds of hus-
bands, namely, the henpecked hus-
band and the despot.
"The henpecked husband gives in
at once. The despot gives in after
supper"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28
PENTINENCES

A big word can he used over and
over again until 1t looks like shabby
old hat
Men are likely 10 lose interest in
their backyard garden when the onion
crop is exhausted,
Some smiles ought to be practiced
before the mirror and some look as
II they had been.
Don't think that the brotherhood of
man can ever be brought about by
licking men into IT,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28

Last Friday the English "
class gave four minute orations.
Topics were chosen by each midi
vidual and worked out in theme
form and memorized. We hope
to achieve great success by doing
this work in leading up to the
commencement exercises.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28

LaSl thursday ana rFluug INC
Sophomores, instead Of giving a !
program read their paper called
the Funny Foolish Frosh." This
paper made fun of and ridiculed
The Freshmen in all ways. The
following selections are two pages
of this paper written by the Soph-
omore English class, This is the
editorial page:
eve all know that the Fresh
men are as green as grass. Fresh
men always are. 1t takes them a
whole year to learn how to con
Itrol themselves and behave like
nice little boys and girls.
" 1t takes them about fifteen
minutes to get TO and from class
es, while all the other pupils are
always on time.
Already the initials and car
features of many freshmen have
been seen in different parts of the
building. They can't help them
selves, SO we will have to just pity
them.
con entering classes they inn
mediately start using crasers and
chalk for projectiles, dividers for
boomerangs, and maps for barri-
cades.
"When the freshmen entered
the Burton high school they We're
compelled to take various mental
tests, the results of which are as
follows: Irwin S. Cobb was a
baseball player; the battle of Lex
ington was fought in 1920; Mayo
Brothers are manufacturers of
cough drops; Madras is a pre-Vol-
Stcadian drink; Robert LaFollette
is Frenchman who came to this
country during the War of the
Revolution.
Another department of the pap
er was called Household Hints. "
Dear Ingrid:
When Bill Odion comes to see
ycu and you are busy, have him
peel your potatoes, so you won It
spoil your hands.
"a mother of children, who are
sick, should go to dances and let
her husband mind the children,
and then he will know what it is
like.
Instead of sweeping the floor
LEI the wind blow in.
1.-TWO ways of washing floors
are to bore hole in the floor then
take a hose and wash it, and the
water will run out of the hole;
the other way is to take the roof
off the house and Jet the rain
come in.
"Ques. Florence: 4 have to
do the dishes and I want to know
how | can get out of it,
cans. If you have to do the
dishes and you don't want to,
inst break them and that will be
all there it to it.
"Ques. Margaret: How can
| keep my shoes from wearing
out?'
cans. To keep your shoes
from wearing out, wear them on
~ when you sleep,
"Ques. Grace: How can 7 keep
my cooking from buning?'
cans. To keep your cooking
from burning keep it away from
the stove.
"Ques. Olaf: How can I get
fruit and ink stains off my new
suit so my mother won t know the
difference?'
cans. To remove fruit and ink
stains from your new suit, cut the
spots out and patch the hole.
"Ques. Grace: How can II
keep the color in my dresses?'
Ans. To retain the color in
your dresses don t wash then"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28
IT is SAID THAT

The itiuawnr musician steals many
a march on the composer
1t takes lot Of sand to enable a
man 10 so up in a balloon,
The model husband is all right pro-
yided he is a working model.
The Oldest Inhabitant never boasts
of how lazy he was when a boy,
The chronic borrower, like a good
photographer is an expert retoucher,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28

The play "The Neighbors"
a literary sensation, which was
written by iona Gale, one of the
popular writer's of the day, was
successfully given by the Burton
P. 7. A. The proceeds will be
used for a new roof on the play
shed at Burton grammar school.
The program commenced with in
terpretive dancing by Virginia
Morrow, accompanied by Helen
Tjosdale, pianist. Next followed
a song by Mrs. Shattuck.
The cast follows: Inex Abel
Miss Gernaey; Ezra Williams
Mrs. Haley; Mis- Moran-Mrs.
Stone; Grandmother Mrs, Po-
age; Mis- Trot-Mrs. Watson
Mis- Abel-Mrs, English; Peter
(the bashful boyJ-Don Parker.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28

A mistake was made in last
weeks printing concerning the
two programs. The Coop stunt
was put on at the G. A. C. party
instead cf being in the Junior
class play.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28
ADVERTISING RATES

10 cents per line for first inser-
ton; 5 cents per line for each adj
ditional insertion,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28
MISCELLANEOUS

Storage batteries sold, rented, re
paired and charged Radio parts,
machine work, generator and
starter work a speciality. Wash
ON Machine Shop.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28

Highest prices will be paid by
II, P. Babcock for beef, veal and
pork, also hides. H. P. Bah
COCK, Phone Red 1873, vashon,
1924 If
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28

PUREBRED Jersey Duroc Boar
service. Fee $3.50. Kinnic-
kimick Ranch. East Of Center.
11-21pd.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28
BURTON HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
By Senior English Glass.

minister. Afterward Bon Bon
tavors containing fancy caps
were distributed among those
present, Then they departed TO
the gym for fake track meet.
Robert Stewart was elected cap
tain of the Washington team and
Sydney Coates captain of the Cal
itornia team, while Clyde Oils
acted as referee. Other exciting
games were played until time for
the refreshments.
With grand march, after
matching partners they filed into
the Domestic Science room. Here
the room was beautifully decorat-
ed with crimson and black crepe
paper and green foliage. The
girls were each given balloon
squawlers, so with the victrola
playing there was noise aplenty,
At 10 30 the party ended and the
students left for home.
Douglas McClinton was the
host at a supper given for the foot
ball team last Saturday evening
at 5 30. Twenty-Five guests We're
present, including Mr.. Leggett
and Mr.. Haley and Al Hotchkin
of Cove. At 1880 the guests de-
parted as the majority of them
wanted to go to the show.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28

R. B. HAYES of Portage is in the
market for beef, pork and veal.
Phone. Black TIP. 43t7p.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28

Burton Sheet IEotal Works
Furnaces and stoves rebuilt and
repaired. Cutters and spouting.
Sheet metal work Of all kinds
done Estimates free. R. c..
BEANMER, Burton, Wash. Next
to luayutone Press. Phone Red
1921
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28
FOR RENT
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-First class forest
wood delivered within a rcas-
enable distance. Red 1873. 11-7-4t
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28

MORE of those fast-growing baby
Berkshres for sale. j. w. P.
Dunlap. Phone Red $40. 1912
Evening star., 1924-05-11

used as storages for tools and auto
mobile accessories. They contain
curious radio receiving sets invented
by a local radio engineer. Each out
fit weighs thirty-five pounds. The
control switches for operating the
suit case set are on the outside and
are the only external evidence that
the receptacle is anything other than
a travelling bag. A very small coil
aerial is wrapped snugly around the
framework of the amplifier receiver
unit. The entire equipment packs
tightly in the suit case.
This portable set can be used either
with ear trumpets or with a loud
speaker. It has a maximum receptive
range of 500 miles. 1t can be used
either in portable, or non-portable
form. It is special boon to the
camper, SPORTSMAN. angler. golfer or
vacationist who wishes to take radio
with him into the country, woods,
wilderness or mountains. This re-
ceiving outfit is ready for use at any
time, merely by switching control
button which lights the flaments of
the six vacuum tubes
+, Uncle Sam reports that the revenue
cutter service is equipping the new
rum chasers" with special radio
equipment, to be used in curtaifing
the surreptitious traffic in intod-
cants Radio thus viii aid in running
Evening star., 1924-05-11

John Barleycorn to cover along our
coast lines. The rum chasing radio
sets will work around 140 meters and
will have a telephone range of ap-
proxin.stely fifty miles. They will
consist essentially of telephone appli-
ances made as automatic as possible.
1t will require the services of train
ed man to start and stop them, but
any layman can use them
The average Washington amateur
may not appreciate how the radio
problems of the United States Navy
are quite different from those of the
general run of land setups. On a bat
tleship the radio transmitting and re-
ceiving stations often are in opera
tion at the same time and they may
be located only'a little distance apart
As a result, powerful interference OBJ
tains, and apparatus has to be used
that is expressly designed to with
stand the terrific turmoil of such in
terference. On land and in the latitude
of Washington the degree of Sc
lectivity is not nearly as important.
The great majority of commercial
radio sets are wholly unsatisfactory
for naval use at sea, as where they are
employed under battleship conditions
the interference often develops to a
stage where u actually paralyzes the
tubes.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
The Help That Helps.

A BRAHAM LINCoLN'S good COM
1 mon sense is witnessed by almost
every act of his life. His sound views
on indiscriminate charity and the
best means of encouraging thrift and
industry are shown by the follow
ing letter to one of his brothers.
which is among the well known Ward
Hill Lamon collection of Lincoln manu-
scripts:
Dear Johnson: Your request for $50
I do not think it best to comply with
have helped you a little you have
said to me. We can get along very
well now, but in a very short time I
find you in the same difficulty again.
Now, this can only happen by some
defect in your conduct-what that de-
feet is think ! know; you are not
lazy, and still you are an idler
you are now in need of some ready
money, and what l propose is that
you should go to work, tooth and
nail, for somebody who will give you
money for il and then to secure
you a fair reward for your labor,
now promise you that for every dol
lar you will, between this and the
first of next May, get for your labor.
I will then give you one other dol.
lar. You have always been kind
to me and l do not mean to be unkind
to you. On the contrary, IL you will
follow my advice you will find it
worth more than eight times $50 to
you. Affectionately, your brother,
- A. LINCOLN.