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The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
OUTLET FOR PEACE RIVER

The Canadian National and the Canadian Pacific Railways presi dents personally will do their ut most to arrange for the construc- ton of a joint line of railway which will tap. and afford a short ter and cheaper outlet for the im- mense, fertile and neglected Peace River country to the Pacific coast, which with transportation such as is suggested is estimated as being capable of supporting a million people
 This conclusion of the railway heads was the definite result of the Peace River Railway Confer nee held in Ottawa on January 9, attended by the Premiers of B. C. and Alberta, Premier Mackenzie King and George P. Graham, Min ister of Railways.
 Cooperation appears to have been the keynote of the conference, and a big immigration program is also planned for Canada's last and most fertile west.
 It is anticipated, according to a report from Ottawa, that President Beatty, of the C. P. R. and Presi- dent Thornton, of the c. N Rvs, will be in position to announce a decision on the route to be chosen, in about six weeks. The informa-
 oil from different surveys is nearly completed and is now avail ale.
 The alternative routes under consideration are:
 ! A line from Eentrance, east of the Yellow Head Pass, on the Canadian National, to McLennan, n the Edmonton Dunvegan line in the Peace. This route is said to be favored by the C. N R. engi- neers.
 ?. A line through the Peace River Pass to Stewart, on the Pa cific coast.
 3. Through the Pine Pass to Prince George, thence to Vancou- yer via the P. G. E. Ky. or tn Prince Rupert via the C. N. Ky.
 4 A line through the Pine Pass to Prince George, thence south to connect with the c. P. R. at Rev elstoke or Ashcroft. This is re- ported to be the c. P. R. solution to the problem.-Portland Canal Stewart, B. e. News.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
Salvation Army
 To Conduct Training
 Session in Wrangell

Colonel George Philips of Win nipeg, arrived on the steamer Princess Mary Tuesday to conduct Training Session during the month of February for Native en- yoys and ergeant-majors from the several Salvation Army corps in southeastern Alaska. The work will be given in the Guild room and about twenty Natives are ex- pectel to attend the session.
 Colonel Philips assisted Colonel Knott during the Salvation Army Congress which was held in Wran- gell last November. He has been an officer in the Salvation Army for 42 years during which time he served for seven years in Winni- peg where he conducted the Army Training College, and four years as a member of the staff of the Toronto Training College.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
PETERSBURG HARBOR
 VICTIM SEVERE STORM

The Petersburg harbor which is unusually we'll protected and gen. orally very calm, on Monday night, January 18th, witnessed the worst storm in twelve years.
 The San Juan and another gas boat were torn from their moor ing and washed ashore. The Belle, owned by S. D. Charles, got afoul of a broken piling, filled with wa ter, and sank at the float.
 A great many boats were slight ly damaged from pounding against one another, as the floats were crowded with boats. Although the storm lasted but two hours, it was so severe for awhile that it threat ened to carry away the float Petersburg Herald.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
SWedes Have Had a Supply of Timber for
 A Thousand Years

STOCKHOLM - Swedens work of forest conservation has managed to keep the lead in the neck-to- neck race with the rapidly increas- ing output of industrial products, according to government report in which the statement is made that Sweden has "an inexhaustible gold mine in her forests
 This assurance is regarded as of great importance to the nation, since about 60 per cent of it's ex- ports consists of lumber, wood pulp, paper and other forest prod ucts. In 1923 these exports alone amounted to value of about s1s9, 100000, and in the twelve months ended last June, upwa rds Of s19,000,000 of Swedish wood pulp was shipped to paper mills in the United States.
 The forests in Sweden which have been drawn upon for commer- cial purposes for at least 1000 years, now cover about 52 per cent of the total land area of the coun- try, and consist principally of spruce and pine.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
DOUGLAS WITHDRAWS
 FROM SCHOOL MEET
Decided By School Board That Preparation For Meet Re-
 quires Too Much Time

Deciding that more time from regular school work and more money than can well be spared from the community are required to send representatives to the Inter School Meet to be held in Ketchi- board has placed a ban on further preparation for that event on the part of the pupils of the Douglas school.
 Needless to say, considerable dis appointment is felt by many of the pupils of the school over the decision of the members of the board and a number of them de- clined to enter the basket ball games played at Juneau last night, expressing the sentiment that, if they are not to go to Ketchikan, they have no further interest in the Channel contests.
 There has already been several hundred dollars raised in Douglas to defray the expenses incident to sending a delegation to Ketchikan but the school board takes the stand that the money cen be spent more advantageously at home and in connection with the school where, it is claimed, a number of improvements are required if the school is to be kept up to it's pres ent high standard.-Douglas Island Department in Stroller's Weekly.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
Delegate Proposes
 New Plan for Care
 Of Alaska Insane

Delegate Sutherland has intro duced an amendment to the appro- priation measure providing for care of the insane of Alaska whereby the Secretary of the In terior is authorized to conduct an investigation and report to Con gress on the advisability of estab- fishing an institution for the in sane within the territory of Alaska
 In explaining the proposal to the house, Mir. Sutherland said the amendment is intended to provide for caring for the insane of Alaska directly by representative of the government. that is, with a view of doing away win the present system of boarding insane persons where there is an opportunity of profit and consequent possibility of their treatment not being what it would if they were taken care of in an institution provided by the govern, ment.
 In reply to MT. Sutherland, a member of the subcommittee said that it has been felt for some time that the element of profit ought not to be permitted to enter into the care of the insane and the Sutherland amendment would offer a basis for Legislation which the committee could consider with ref erence to a better situation. The amendment was agreed to.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
Will Be Added to Burlington Fleet To Help Take Care of the
 Increased Traffic
Beginning With the Opening of Navi- gation There Will Be Boat Leav- ing Wrangell to Go Up Stikine
 Every Forty-eight Hours

The finest equipped river boat in the world of the twin screw tunnel type will be built in Wran- gell within the next ten weeks and will be ready for operation on the Stikine at the opening of nayi- gation early in May when gold seekers from everywhere will be rushing into the Cassiar.
 The new boat will be an addi- tion to the fleet of river boats on the Stikine owned by Capt. Sid Harrington, the best known rive navigator in the North.
 The building plans for the new boat were drawn by L. H. Coolidge, naval architect, who in designing the boat made use not only of his own practical and technical knowl- edge, but also of the knowledge gained by Captain Burlington fror' many years experience in navigat ing northern waters.
 f1dZSl D 4NO. VIII DS lAc AcL- of the new boat, which will be 90 feet in length with a 25-foot beam powered with two 90 h. p. Eastern Standard gas engines of the lates type. The engines have a 6k inch bore, 8 inch stroke. develop ing go h. p. each at 500 revolutions per minute. The propellers will be of the Coolidge type 29x31 and may be raised or lowered to mee' the changed conditions encountered at various places along the river. The speed of the boat will be 15 miles an hour when travelling up stream.
 There will be 22 staterooms ex- elusive of the quarters for the crew. The dining room will take care of 24 persons at sitting The social hall will be of adequate size.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29

The boat equipment will include Kohler electric light plant of no voltage, and the boat will be brilliantly lighted throughout. For travelling by night, powerful searchlight of 200 candle power will be provided which will enable the pilot to almost see around the next bend in the river.
 Only the choicest grade of cedar and fir will be used in the con- struction of the house. A crew of experienced boat builders head ed by Emerson Reed arrived from Seattle on the Princess Mary Tues day to begin construction work. Among the other members of the crew are Captain Martin and J. Morrison of Seattle Jack Bags of Wrangell will also be on the job.
 The electrical and all other equipment entering into the con- struction of the boat with the ex- ception of the engines are already on the ground. The engines have been ordered from Jersey City and are to be delivered in Wrangell on February 10. It is therefore not expected that there will be any delay in rushing the boat to com pletion in ample time for service as soon as navigation opens on the Stikine.
 The boat will accomodate 50 passengers comfortab bly,, but in an emergency special hunks could be set up and from 75 to 100 passen- gers carried. In addition to the passengers the boat can carry 70 tons of freight.
 Beginning with the opening of navigation there will be a boat leaving Wrangell to go up the Sti- kine every 4S hours
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
CANADA TO SELL HER
 WOOD PULP LANDS

WINNIPEG Forty thousand square miles of pulp wood land in Manitoba will be sold to the high est bidder by the Federal Depart ment of Lands to encourage the development of the paper and pulp industry in Western Canada, ac- cording to an official announce ment.
 The timber limits which run along the east side of Lake Winni- peg. constitute practically all the pulp wood in the province. Under the terms of the sale. it is an- nounced, the purchaser will be re- quired to erect within one year pulp and paper mill at cost Of not less than s2.000,000, with a daily capacity of 100 tons of news, print per day. The purchaser Will be entitled to cut three million cords of spruce pulp wood.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
CaSSiar District Will Be Heavy
 Gold Producer

VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. A William Sloan. minister of mines. told the British Columbia Chamber of Mines last night that the miner al production of the province will exceed $50,000,O00 this year. De- velopment in mining will exceed anything heretofore seen, An area of 150 by 175 square miles north of the Stikine River. toward the Eagle creek country. which no white man has ever visited, will be explored this summer. He said this district was of glacial origin and the geological formation indi- cated it was rich in minerals.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
DR. OWENS STORIES
 WIN HIGH PRAISE

: The Century Company, publish CTS of the St. Nicholas Magazine have the following to say about a story written by Dr. Diven:
 There are some stirring stor- ies in the February St. Nicholas The opening one is Skiing for Life" by Robert J. Diven, who gave us Jack Frost's Christ. mas" that thrilling tale of the Christmas number of the maga- zine.
 In Skiing for Life" two Nor wegian boys, fresh from their native land, disbelieve the warn ing they are given about Alas kan wolves. Their skill with skis, however, saves them. Man ming Lee has made two excellent illustrations for the story.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
ESKIMO PRISONER
 CANNOT WITHSTAND
 MANITOBA CLIMATE

WINNIPEG After serving , months in Stony Mountain Peni- tentiary for the murder of New foundland trapper at Ponds Inlet, Labrador, in October, 1920, Noo- Kud-Las, an Eskimo, will be parol- ed and transported to his native haunts when the next Arctic sails from Quebec, it has been an- nounced.
 The unfavorable effects of the mild" climate of Manitoba proved to be very trying to the native of blubberland. and his condition, both physical and mental. prompt ed the federal authorities to parole him before the heat of another Manitoba summer He was serving a 10-year sentence.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
VALUABLE SHIPMENTS
 OF BLUE FOX PELTS

Since Christmas there have been about eight hundred blue fox pelts shipped out of Petersburg. All of around the town. The belts are valued between eighty and one hundred thousand dollars.
 There have also been great many pairs of live foxes shipped out for breeding purposes in the past few onths.-Petersbur Her aid.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
CHIC KNIT DRESSES

Any woman that can walk and talk that will wear one of our Chic Knit heavy stocking knit dresses that retail for $5.50 can sell from 12 to 15 every day. Some thing absolutely new that is sell ing like hot cakes. To save delay send us Money Order for s4.95, bust size, your height and weight and color desired We will send sample dress and complete selling outfit. Will refund your money by return mail if not satisfied.
 Chic Knit Dress Company,
 302 Couch Bldg, Portland, Oregon.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
FISHING HOLDS FIRST
 PLACE IN ALASKA

BELLINGHAM- Although gold IS popularly considered the most valuable product of Alaska. tha value of fish caught there has eX- celled the precious metal D |. date. declared Archie W. Shields Alaska Manager of Pa sifie Amer can Fisheries, before the Libera. Club Both industries have pro- du cd more than fifty million dol lars, he said. Shields emphasized the great good the introduction of reindeer to Alaska has done. He says they afford subsistence and clothing for the natives.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
SALT REPLACES TABLETS
 AS GOITRE PREVENTATIVE

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.,- So successful has been the campaign successful has been the campaign through the public schools to stim- ulate general use of iodized salt as goitre preventative that the pub lie health department here has suspended the practice of admins tering iodine tablets to school children.
 A survey of the families from which the children come shows that iodized salt is being used gen. erally in the city, Dr. c. c. Glenn ems, city health officer, said.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
NOTICE TO PARENTS

The attention is desired of all parents who have children in the Grade School that beginning with the new semester, January 26, the ringing of the morning bells were somewhat changed The first bell rings as usual. viz, at S:30; the next bell sounds at ten minutes of nine, at which time the doors will be opened; and the last bell rings at nine as has been the case.
 Geo. A Shumway, Principal.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29

The St. Valentine Day tea and food sale which the Civic Club is planning will be held at the l- brary Saturday afternoon, Febru- ary fl. Contributions of home cooked food will be gratefully re- ceived. The Library has proven it's worth to the community but can continue to function only through the good will and generosity of Wrangell citizens.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
WW Go Up The Stikir1e
 Ouer the Ice

NJ. H. Willis and F. J. Smith ar rived from Anchorage on the Ala meda last Friday. Both men are ex. perienced mushers and are headed for the Cassiar. They brought their dog teams and sleds with them, and since their arrival have had the teams out for a drive each day in order to get them in condi- tion for the trip up the river.
 The Anchorage Daily Alaskan Of January If prints the following regarding MT. Willis departure for the Cassiar
 "Of for the Cassiar district where he expects to make fame and fortune, Milton Willis, better known as the "Cassiar Kid" de- parts for the new placer fields Willis has been employed as chef at the Anchorage Bakery for the past year. Yeast Foam Losey," proprietor of the popular eating establishment, almost broke down when he first learned of Willis de- cision to leave for new fields.
 During the past three mouths Willis has been absorbed in the m teresting task of gathering together first class outfit. Among the many articles selected is many items of. as expressed by Willis. pure virgin wool A number of gold pans, all creased. are neatly packed away and as a health pre- caution, MT. Willis has had his socks thoroughly renovated by the dry cleaners. Numbered amid the outfit, are four, two bushel socks made of stout canvas. It is fully expected that these will be sufti- cient in size to hold the first sea sons cleanup.
 During the time MT. Willis been a resident of Anchorage he has made a host of friends who sincerely are sorry to hear of his departure. He has been an ardent sportsman, following the rod and gun in season. Mrs. Willis and son, departed for California some weeks ago."
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
E. A. ALBRIGHT MARRIED

The report comes from Portland that E. A. Albright, the refrigera- tion engineer, was married recent ly. MT. Albright is expected to ar rive in Wrangell next month to overhaul the Columbia & Northern cold storage plant preparatory to resuming operations.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29

l.. c. Scribner left for a short trip to Ketchikan on the Alaska which was in port "Wednesday evening.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29

Capt. and Mrs. s. c. Burlington arrived from Seattle on the Prin- cess Mary Tuesday evening.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1925-01-29
Juniors Raise $115.50

The Junior Red Cross has raised the sum of s115.50 toward the building of the Community Hall. It was previously announced that sum of about s150 could be ex- pected if every school pupil "came across one hundred per cent. However, this ideal was not at tained. The following table gives the various sums that were given by the different rooms of the school during the ten weeks:
 High school. .$24.60 Seventh and eighth grades. .20.20 Fifth and sixth grades. 1850 Third and fourth grades. .25.25 First and second grades. 1920 Ungraded ..9.75
 Total ........-. $115.50
 Geo. A. Shumway, Treas,
 Wrangell Junior Red Cross.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-16
MILAN LUSK TO PLAY
NEW WALTZ BY DAWES

Milan Lusk, violinist. Of Illinois,
who returned to America last fall
after q successful tour Of Europe
during which he had the honor of a
command appearance" before the
Queen of Rumania, has been COL
laborating with Vice President
Dawes in a new musical compost.
ton, entitled 1.-The Lady Hamilton
Waltz"
The waltz has just been com
pleted and will be played by Mr..
Lusk from the manuscript this
evening, for the first time on any
stage, at the Music Revue, which
is to be given in the ballroom Of
the Mayflower Hotel, at $50 o'clock
This is the first concert in the
spring festival Of All-American
artists, the series being given under
the auspices of the music depart
ment OF the National Council o.,
Women. of which department Mrs
David Allen Campbell is chairman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-16
Drath rotices

FLETCHER--On Sunday. March Is
1925, MELVINA FLETCHER, in thu
ninty fifth year of her age.
Funeral services at the Zion w esley
Methodist Church Tuesday, MarcI
II, 1875. at p, m. Internent ..
Harmony Cemetery. -
CANTOR Sunday. March 10. 1925. a
street northeast, HELEN WOODS
MacGREGOR CAN'T, wife of the
late Warning w. CAN'T.
Funeral from above residence Tues
day, March ~, at p. m. Burial Al
Lewinsville, Va.
JENKINS = Suddenly, Saturday, March
IA. RAYMOND EDWARD JENKINS.
Eta (nee Knott) Jenkins.
Services at o'clock, Tuesday, 81
lila Florida avenue northeast. Burial
at Glenwood Cemetery.
LYDDANE-On Sunday. March Is, 1925.
at her residence, the Parkway, AIS
Kenyon street northwest. SARAH G.
LYDDANE, beloved sister OF Virginia
Lyddane and Mrs. Rosa A. Stack,
and aunt of Arthur l.. Lyddane.
Funeral will be held from her late
residence on Wednesday. March IS, al
$3.50 q. m. thence to Sacred Heart
the repose Of her soul. InteFment al
Mount Olivet Cemetery
McCREERY-On Saturday. March IL.
1925. at her residence. 232 Eleventh
street northeast, LORETTA w. Nc
CREERY, widow of John L. McCreery
and mother of Mrs. Arthur Bassett
Sperry. grandmother of Mrs. Charles
H. Moore. in the ninety-sixth year
Funeral services at her late resi-
dence on Tuesday, March II, at II
a. m. Friends invited.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-16

Gently held q conference with Doc
tor william e. Burdick. of Balh-
more, who is superintendent OF
physical instruction In the public
schools Of the State, for advice as
to the kind Of play devices to be
provided.
For the two purposes indicated
the Parent. Teacher Association plans
to raise at least 81 1000. and as one
means Of obtaining funds will hold
a series of entertainments. The
first of these will be a card party,
and will be held in Masonic Hall,
at Bethesda, the last week in
March. 1t will be in charge Of a
committee consisting of Mrs. III. j.
Wild, Mrs. Albert Klaas. and Mrs.
H. Latane Lewis.
Silent reading contests among
the public school pupils OF Mont
gomery county have been arranged
for by a committee of teachers,
consisting Of Mrs. Grace Ryan,
chairman; Misses Helen Wood, Ruth
Burroughs and Ella Umbeck and
Frank w. Watkins, who were named
by the Montgomery County Teach
ers Association.
Two groups will compete sep
arately, the rural schools OF one
and two teachers composing group
No. /, and the larger schools OF
three or more teachers forming group
No. 2.
Medals, donated by the Mont
gomery County Federation Of Won
ems Clubs, will be the prizes, and
in addition ribbons will be awarded
The Reverend Ignatius Smith, OF
the Catholic University Of America
will deliver an address in st. Mary's
Hall here tomorrow evening. II
will be an important part OF a
program arranged by st. Mary's
branch Of the National Council OF
Catholic Men in celebration Of st.
Patricks Day. Father Smith has
a nationwide reputation as lee.
tuFer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-16
Births, Marriages, Deaths
Phone Notices to Main $3.50, Obituary Desk
4. WOODS MACGREGOR CAN'T.
Phone Notices q

Mrs. Helen Woods MacGregoI
CAN'T; a member of the d. A. r
and active in the family clan OF
MacGregors that is settled in parts
Of Maryland and Virginia died yes
terday at the residence of her
daughter. Mrs. Jessie w. CAN'T
Myer, 407 B street northeast. Mrs.
CAN'T was sixty-eight years old at
the time Of her death. She was
the widow OF Warning w. CAN'T
and will be buried in the cemetery
with her husband at Lewinsville,
Va. The funeral service will be
held from the home of her daugh-
ter tomorrow. She is survived be-
sides her daughter by another
daughter, Miss Helen Woods Can't
and q son Edmund,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-16
ST. ANTHONY PLAYERS TO
GIVE "PEG o. NY HEART"

''Peg O. Ny Heart" famous Irish
comedy, win be presented tomorrow
night by the st. Anthany Players
in st. Anthony's Hall. Twelfth and
Monroe streets northeast.
Miss Florence Brady Mattimore
will take the leading part. Others
in the cast include Elizabeth M.
Mattimore, j Herbert Walsh, Louis
c. Bishop, Richard L. Price, Ber-
nard Connolley, Edward J. Frank,
Anna Mae Eitzmorris and Thomas
j Rrnsnan