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The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11
BLUE FOX FARMING
(By J. Davies

That the potential as we'll as the actual value of the Fox Fur Farm ing industry is gaining the earnest attention of the United States Gov ernment is shown by the fact that during the past several months, three members of the Biological Sur yey have made intensive surveys of the problems which exist here.
 Assistant Chief of the Biological Survey, MT. w. c. Henderson, has just completed a two months inves- tigation of the wild life of Alaska and spent a great deal of his time with the fox farmers. MT. Tender son attended the Southeastern Alas ka Fair, held at Juneau, and con- ferred with members of the South eastern Alaska Fox Farmers As sociation, who were there AS re- suit of his findings during his in yestigations in the Territory this summer, MT. Henderson has prom ised that more adequate game laws for the preservation of wild life will be obtained, and many of the parts of the bill which will be presented to Congress will deal particularly with the fox farmers problem.
 Dr. Buckingham, veterinarian with the Biological Survey also made an extended trip to Alaska during the summer and rendered much valuable advice on breeding and care of animals He addressed the Chambers of Commerce in each of the principal cities and visited at many fox farms.
 One of the oldest and most inter esting fox fur farms in the Ketchi- kan District is that of "The Alaska Fur Farms, Inc.". located on High and Patterson Islands about twenty miles from Ketchikan, Alaska.
 This company which is owned and controlled by prominent business men in Ketchikan, started their work about four years ago with twenty pair of blue fox on these two islands, which comprise about eight hundred acres of land.
 The farm has now nearly five hundred pair of foxes on the is- lands, aside from the number which have been sold to other farmers The Alaska Fur Farms kept all of the filters bred during the first and second years and sold forty pair dur. ing the third year they were in op. eration. This year. they have ship
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

MT. Albright holds the position of head installing engineer for the Harris Ice Machine Go. of Portland He has been loaned byhis companyto Mir. Klevenhusen for the purpose of putting his Wrangell plant in shape to resume operation. MT. AL bright spent some time in Wrangell some years ago at the time he built the Columbia & Northern plant. and during his present trip has been busy renewing old acquaintances.
 Mir. Albright states that Mir Kle- venhusen, who is now residing al the Palace Hotel in San Francisco expects to come to Wrangell himself in the early spring.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

ped out about fifty pair and with the orders which they now have will have shipped out in the neighbor- hood of two hundred pair. In addi- tion to the shipping that the farm has done it is expected to take lim- ited number of pelts. The quality of the petls is attributed to the feed ing methods which the company em- ploys The diet is composed largely of cereals and vegetables all of which are thoroughly cooked before being fed to the foxes.
 Very little meat is fed and almost no unccoked food. To the manner in which the foxes are feed is cred ited the fact that never, since the company was started has there been a single case of sickness among them and even in Alaska, this is an un- usual record.
 Through the selective breeding and the diet system employed. this farm is raising fox that is slightly larger than the wild foxes usually found and with a higher grade of fur. This farm is one of the model fur farms in Alaska and the breed CTS and belts taken from these is lands have won the highest commen dation.
 During the past season pairs have been shipped to Toronto, Winnipeg. Calgary. New York State, Minnesota. Ohio, Montana, Wisconsin, Wyo- ming, and a shipment is contem- plated to a farm in Norway.
 One of the big problems which confronts the fox farmer in Alaska is our national bird, the eagle. Ex- act figures as to the number of foxes which are killed by this bird are not available but the eagle has been the subject of much legislation in the Alaska Territorial Legislature. The Government offers a bounty of one dollar for eacn eagle killed and many fox farmers give a bounty to their men in addition to the Territorial bounty for eagle claws. The eagle also preys upon the fishing industry in Alaska but the loss does not begin to approach that sustained by the fox farmers and MT. w c. Tender son, of the Biological Survey, has taken the situation in hand and will attempt to obtain higher bounties on the eagle.
 MT. Howard, who is president of tue aidoha 1T UT 1T al 1hNs, 6iNCo hhS same bounty as the Territorial gov ernment for eagles. During a re- cent month, more than 150 of these birds were killed by Mir. Towards men.
 It will be noted that the eagles are all large and powerful and it is not difficult for them to make off with one of the valuable animals.
 The foxes have been so we'll taken care of that they are very tame and are easily trained The foxes which readily become pets, frequently eat from the table with the superin- tendents of the ranch. - Black Fox Ma gaZine.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11
TIMBER LAND SET ASIDE FOR
 USE OF ALASKA RAILROAD

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. s. A 10-mile strip Of land, including an area five miles wide on each side of the Alaska Railroad in Matanus- ka, Susitna, Nenana River and Gold stream valleys, has been set aside by executive order under recommenda- tion of Secretary Work to permit us6 of timber thereon for ties and bridge construction on the railroad.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11
BOOKS FOR SALE IN SETS

The following books, in perfecf and comparatively new will be sold for cash, at a low figure I need the shelf space for other books soon to arrive:
 Mary Roberts Rinehart-12 vols Rohmer's Oriental Mystery Tales III vols.
 Charles Dickens-6 vols. Morgan Robertson's Short Stories g vols.
 ROBERT JOSEPH OWEN
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11
ST. PHILIPS CHURCH SUNDAY, DECEMBER, IA

10:15 A. M Morning Prayer with interpreted service.
 11:30 A. NJ. Church School
 7:30 P. NJ. Evening Prayer. Popu- lar service. Special music, readings and address. Offering for Christmas expenses. It is the aim of the churches to provide a Christmas for every child in town, and this can not be done unless those interested in the churches help. So we ask foI help.
 Rev. H. P. 'Corser, Rector
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

Dr and Mrs. J. H. Condit of Sitka were aboard the Rogers Sunday. They were returning from Sedro Woolley where they had been to the bedside of their son, Donald, who has been seriously ill, but who Is now improved.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11
New Years Eve Dance

The Redmen's Lodge will give their annual dance on New Year s Eve. Arrangements for the dance are in the hands of competent com mittees and big time is promised.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

Miss Lorena Wigg returned on the Alaska Monday evening from Seattle where she recently under went an operation for appendicitis from which she is making good recovery.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

Miss Lulu Stapleton arrived from Duluth on the Admiral Rogers to visit her sister, Mrs J. c. Calvin. Miss Stapleton is not a stranger in Wrangell, having spent a summer in the Calvin home here seven years ago.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11
Chr Ghurrhrs PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SUNDAY, DEC. 14,1924

10:30 Morning Worship 12:00 Sunday School 6:30 Christian Endeavor 7:30 Evening Lecture: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD" Come and bring a friend.
 Robert Joseph Diven, D. D.,
 Minister
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

Mrs. George Bidwell returned on the Northwestern from Juneau where she has been visiting MT. and Mrs. Tip Oneel since Thanksgiving
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

s. s. Thornton has sold his cottage near the Government Reserve to Louis Scribner. MT. and Mrs. Ned Lemieux will continue to occupy the cottage.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

The A. B.'s announce a dance on Saturday night, December 20, at Redmen's Hall. It will be a Hard Time, Old Time, Barn Dance with music by the Old Time Orchestra
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

Mrs. T. J. Case was called to Ketchikan this week on account of the serious illness of her mother. Mrs. Mary Bsronovich at Carter Bay
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

Everyone doll up in Old Clothes and come for a good time at the A. B. Barn Dance, December 20th.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

A son was born Thursday morn ing, December II, to Mir. and Mrs. Otto Teller.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

The older the clothes, the more appropriate they will be for the A B. dance.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

Christmas Cards in Stock Christmas card stock on hand at the Sentinel office for last minute orders.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

A lot of fun for all at the A.B. Old Time dance.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

J. H. Wheeler of Petersburg was 8 visitor to Wransell Sunday.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

Quadrilles n everything at the A B.'s Old Time dance.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11
Cold Storage
 Developments

E. Albright, who came north last week on business connected with the reopening of the Columbia & North ern cold storage plant, leaves for Portland on the Northwestern.
 When seen by the Sentinel report CT MT. Albright stated that he is highly gratified over finding the plant in such excellent condition, and that comparatively little work will be required to put the plant in shape to resume operation. He said: "The building is 95 per cent as good as new, and the piling under the building is sound and good. The machinery is in Al condition. ] could not detect any wear in the cylinders with calipers. The re- frigeration piping is as good a!
 
 the day is was installed except in one room where the rust is slight. There are also several pipes in the ice tank that will have to be renew ed, but these are very small items. The insulation is just as good as ii was the day the plant was complet- ed.
 "Our biggest job will be the dock which is in bad shape, though not SC bad as I had expected to find it. The dock will require considerable re pair work We will also construct new dock out to deep water where the big steamers may dock at all tides. I have already made draw ings and received bids for the con struction of the new dock as we'll as for the repair work on the present dock.
 A Public Cold Storage Plant
 "The plant will be operated as commercial cold storage plant; that is, we will freeze halibut and salmon for any one and place same in stor- age. It is MT. Klevenhusen's inten tion to have space to rent at all times, and also keep on hand suf ficient supply of ice and bait to out fit all fishermen in need of such supplies. Mir Klevenhusen will also conduct an extensive mild cure busi ness A new building 70 feet by 250 or 300 feet will be erected or the reef. Here small boats can tie up at any time and unload their fish which can be weighed, washed and put into the sharp freezer with the minimum amount of handling.
 s'The storage plant at the start will have a capacity of 42 cars of frozen fish instead of 35 cars as previously reported. After the plant is in operation it is very likely that the capacity will be considerably in- creased.
 T am greatly pleased at the way Wrangell has gone ahead since I was here before. The 24-hou1 electric light and power service is going to mean more to the town than is probably realized at this time. When I get to Seattle I am going to have conference with MT Gartley and if we can come to terms our plant will use electric power.
 "As you stated last week, I am under contract to make a machinery installation in Mexico in January, but I expect to return to Wrangell by the middle of February and to have the plant ready to resume oper- ation by April l."
 MT. Albright holds the position of head installing engineer for the uorr;S Too Moohina Ca of Dort1ond He has been loaned byhis company to
The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-12-11

Remember the A. B. Barn Dance is an Old Clothes dance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
FANS TO SEE TIGERS
 PLAY REDS TUESDAY
Hendricks, Who Succeeded Pat Moran, Cobb
 Blue And Others Coming Here

the 300 division. But last year he slumped. A few cracked ribs made it impossible for him to maintain his pace as batsman. This year he is in fine physical condition and should again be numbered among the leading batsmen of his league when the season closes.
 One Of BasebaPs Marvels
 These are not the only stars that the
 George Dauss, the veteran right Magic City fans will be anxious to get line on, however, for in addition to the large number of former Barons there aressonne of the game's outstand- ing performers on the lineup of one or the other of the teams.
 There Is George Dauss for instance. handler of the Detroit Americans, is one of the marvels of baseball. At the be- ginning of last season the prophets of the game were predicting that it would be Dauss' last in the majors. They had him tagged as all through and saw him departing for the minor leagues. But, when the season of 1925 was completed Dauss proved to be one of the very few pitchers of the year who had won 20 or more games.
 Dauss enjoyed one of the best sea- sons of his career in 1928 because he got an even break in luck, Previous to that he carried probably more tough luck around with him than any man in the big leagues. He was losing games by one and two runs and he was in no way responsible for these defeats: whenever the Detroit infieId was due for bad day 1t happened to be a day when Dauss was pitching. He rarely got good support. Last season there was a change and Dauss had about as much good luck as bad luck with, the result that he made a record for him. self. T5E
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
PAINTERS WILL PLAY MARION AT OWENTON TODAY Hamilton Or Adams To
 Pitch For Southern , Aggregation

The Birmingham-S Partners will play Marion institute Cadets Mon day afternoon at 8 o'clock on the field at Owenton. This will be the third game of the season with the Cadets, the Partners having won the first two by scores of to 1 and to 1. Hamil- ton or Adams will probably pitch for the Southern nine. i-s have been practicing will be used for the game. Work will be done on the infield Monday morning, getting it in shape for the contest. The field is situated off the college campus on Green street and the Tidewater car line.
 The contest Monday will be the sec- ond one for the Panthers on local grounds. The Furman nine defeated them in the first, to 0, Saturday on Berry field at Howard college.
 Good Pitchers
 The Cadets have staff of good pitchers, but were unable to do any, thing with the slants of Graham and the other Panther twirlers in the first two games at Marion. The pitchers who will work for the Panthers Mon day are rated as pair of stars, and in either choice the locals will have a crack twirler in the box Hamilton has & 'fooler" that few batters can connect with when he has it working right, while Adams has a steamy ball that gets by many batters.
 Marion will also play the Panthers at Owenton Tuesday, which will con- clude the weeks activities for the To- calls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07

that is the classification under which men who know him and his doings at the University of Alabama place Champ Pickens. The latest~feat of this en- thusiastic booster of all forms of Ala bama athletics, from tiddlywinks on up, is the drafting of a huge poster, four feet by one yard in dimension, adver- Using the homecoming day on Noyem- Der s. A little early! Yes, quite so, but that is the sort of a man Champ is. He believes in doing things right and doing them early. So 5000 posters will go out over Alabama sometime before September on 'Introducing the 1924 Crimson Tide"
 The poster has photo across the top of all the eligibles for Ala bama's 1924 grid machine inter posed in a huge wave-the sweep Of the Crimson Tide. Down one side Is the picture of Wallace Wade, head coach, and under him Bully" Vandegraaf, freshman coach and former Alabama star. On the other panel is Dr. George H. Denny, pres ident of Alabama, and under him "Hustling Hank" Crisp, basketball coach. At the bottom center is picture of Wade. Crisp and Assist ant Coach Russ" Cohen. Reading matter is lnterspersed.
 So when the University of. Kentucky Wildcats battle the Crimson Tide on November 8, Alabama will be well in- formed of the event for 1t will be well covered with such posters.
 
 Did you know that when Earl Whitehill went to the Tigers that 1t meant $500 apiece to each member of the team. It did. The Detroit management has prepared infOr- nation on the various players for the sport writers and the descrip- tiOn of WhitehilPs work declares that Earl pitched CObbs men into second place last year. He came out of the south just in time to fur nish the punch that landed Detroit half game ahead of Cleveland, the data states.
 Here's the rest of it: "Just what this left-hander will do this year is one of the games interesting problems. He showed an excellent curve last autumn and it was the curve ball that enabled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
HOWARD TO PLAY ALABAMA TODAY Guy Morton To Pitch In
 Cleveland Game
 On Friday

Howard college Bulldogs are off today for Tuscaloosa to take on Coach Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson nine. With two victories over Auburn it will be rather ferocious pack of Bulldogs which roll into the Druid City and with Ham" Stevens in the box it will be a nine hard to down when 1t gets going on Denny field.
 Although the Howard team was beat en by Furman on Berry field Friday 1t was no fault,of the pitcher or neither the batters for Snake" Rains gave up the comparatively small number of seven hits, while his teammates crash ed IS times safely, including five dou- bles and triple and only two runs came of it all. However, wet field and dreary weather played a leading role in the game and the breaks went against the locals. f
 Then Alabama's soaring nine will have its hands full. if comparative score goes for whit, for 1t was with great difficulty that the Crimsons emerged the victor over the University of Ten nessee nine for they got only four hits and these grouped in the ninth counted for three scores. s
 Alabama is getting all popped up for the invasion of Cleveland and the homecoming of three brilliant stars of the Indians who hold a degree from Alabama, Joe and Luke SeweIr and Riggs Stephenson. With Guy Morton. a Lamar county boy, who got his start In the box with the Fayette high school team, on the mound for Cleveland. it will be 8 strictly Alabama state affair and with the big program arranged by Champ Pickens and other Alabama authorities the day will be a gala be- casion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
CHICK PITCHING STAFF IS STRONG Team That Will Take The Field Is Practically
 Complete

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 6.-(Special.) A dearth of exhibition games, an cpl demic of influenza, and week of rainy weather have done anything but good for the Chicks. The team, however, has developed slowly until it is possible to name the men who will start the sea- son as Tribesmen.
 The opening lineup against Little Rock will be something as follows:
 Morrison, center field
 Gleason, second base.
 Wade, left field.
 Carlyle, right field.
 Taylor, third base.
 Anderson, first base.
 Lamotte, shortstop.
 Kohlbecker and Yaryan, catchers.
 Kelly, Mitchell, Reil, Warmoth, Rog- CTS, Fowlkes and Merz, pitchers.
 Mike Massey or Holt Milner will be used in the utility capacity, with Chief Johnny Dobbs, once more in uniform, on the coaching lines.
 OutfieId Is Complete Switch
 The Chick outfield boasts complete change from 1923. Wade and Carlyle are youngsters, the former playing part of the season with Nashville last year, and Carlyle playing in the Sally league. Both are possessed with fine throwing arms and have hit consistently in exhibition games. Morrison was secured from St. Paul, and while a fine fielder, is not an impressive hitter He will act as the balance between the two\youngsters in the outer gardens. The infield is rounding into shape Tommy Taylor at third is in fine con. ditioni Bobby Lamotte, at short is over weight, but is coming around; Billy Gleason is being pushed by Mike Mas sey for the second base berth, but seems to have the edge. Tobe Edwards Georgia Tech star; J. B. Hamilton, Cot ton Stater and Cy Anderson, former Lookout, are working at first. Ander. son Is the logical choice, although both Hamilton and Edwards are showing promise, especially the latter Pitching Staff Is Strong
 The Chick pitching staff, on pre-. season reckoning, is strong. Hy Fowlkes and Monroe Mitchell are ir condition to pitch, something they have not been for years. Reil, Merz, War. moth and Rogers are going good, while there are others who have shown plenty of stuff, but have no contfol.
 The Chicks have a busy week ahead of them, after a week of almost abso. who have been in the hospital with tho lute idleness. Mitchell and Rogers the order named, Dobbs will have his flu, have recovered. With the Giants Red Sox, Pirates and Tigers here i1 squad picked by the seasons opening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
TO RESUME GOLF
 TOURNEY TODAY

PINEHURsT, N. C., April 6.-Bright, fair weather today gave promise of good weather Monday with probability of resumption of play in the annual North and South amateur golf tourna- ment, which was postponed for the last two days on account of rain. Con- testants, after two days of staying in- doors, tonight were preparing for keen competition with resumption of the sec ond round of qualifying tests.
 The tournament started on Thursday. when B. T. Merriman of Waterbury Conn, led at the end of the first IS holes with score of 75, was halted at noon Thursday when officials declared the nine-hole morning round cancelled and play delayed a day. The incIe- ment weather continued on Saturday ana the tournament was postponed un- til Monday.
 As a result of the -two-day delay, it Is not expected that the finals in the tournament will be reached before Fri day, although originally set for wed lnesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07

will Jack Hendrix be able to keep the pace of Pat Moran? Can he take up the fallen mantle of the miracle man" and carry on? These questions are pertinent for followers of the Cin- cinnati Reds and local fans who have watched the progress of this team will in some manner be able to draw conclu- sions when the Reds battle the Detroit Tigers at Redwood field on Tuesday afternoon M ~ S
 Another ot the sidelights of this con test win be the comparison Of first basemen--the great JalSie Daubert and the renowned Lou Blue. John McGraw and Babe Ruth say that Blue is the game's best first-sacker., However, fans to take the word of even sos great au- thorities and, are, in short, from Mis- souri," ii.s.t
 Blue Is spectacuIar,
 Blue and Hal Chase would have caused endless arguments had Blue played in the days of Chase. Blues style is just what Chase's was. He has the same dexterous move, the agility, the speed, the quickness. He flashes over tho first base territory as Chase did when Hal was at his best.
 Not alone is Blue a sa8e first base man, getting everything that comes anywhere near him, but is also a spec tacular first baseman. He takes care of chances that no other first base man can handle and he executes them thrillingly. His play sparkles at all times, carries an amount of genius uncommon in the men that have played and are playing the position. Blue has an artistry that is rarely found in baseball.
 Blue was also sensational batsman before last season. He was lodged in