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The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15

A committee composed of Leo Mccormack, Arnt Sorset and w. c. Waters, representing the Comner- cial Club and the Town Council, met with Dr. Cooper the night of his arrival and presented Wrangell's argument as to the merits of the Shoemaker Bay site, located about four miles from Wrangell. Their argument, both written and oral, gave evidence that Wrangell has given much thought and time to making comprehensive survey of the proposition. Early the next morning the committee took the vis- iting party to Shoemaker Bay for a personal inspection of the site.
 Advantages of Site
 Advantages of the tract as a site for an industrial school were shown as follows: the protected harbor, the southern exposure, beautiful sandy beach, ample water supply, the agricultural and dairying pos abilities, a location far enough from town to be a separate com munity, yet near enough to have the advantage of the towns utili- ties, such as telephones, dock facil- ities, hospital and medical aid, fire protection, electric current, frequent mail service, telegraphic service, churches, etc. The committee point ed out that all these are factors which loom greatly in reducing the initial cost of constructing such a school as is proposed and insure a minimum maintenance cost. In ad- dition to these advantages the tract is centrally located in the district and the town of Wrangell has all ways shown an interest in the well fare of the Indian population.
 May Move Offices to Alaska
 When seen by Sentinel reporter, pr. Cooper stated that through his trip he had gained an insight into the needs and the scope of the Alas ka work that would have been inn possible otherwise. Commenting on the problems confronting the Fed eral schools of the Territory he said, q am looking into the possibilities of moving the Seattle offices of the Alaska Division of the Bureau of Education to Alaska. It seems to me there would be great advan- tage in an Alaska location. The purchasing agent, perhaps, needs of fices in Seattle, but the educational job is in Alaska and should be ad- ministered from Alaska"
 The Forest Service boat, Ranger 8, was placed at the disposal of Dr. Cooper for the trips between Wran- gell and Ketchikan. The party left Wrangell for Klawock Sunday morning. Dr. Cooper said he be- lieved he would be in a position to make his recommendation of a site shortly after his return to Wash ington the latter part of this month.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
AIRPJANE HIGH ROAT
 AT PIT. WARDE CANNERY

The seine boat, Airplane, Captain Henry Johnson, which fishes for the Pt. Warde Cannery, was in Wrangell Sunday afternoon. The crew comprises Captain Johnson, Jack Stokes, Pat Sullivan and Bar ney Berg. Stokes said the Airplane with a record of 22,OOO fish caught up to last Saturday night, is high boat at Pt. Warde, and that the boat is said to be bringing in more fish than any of the Pt. Warde traps. He admitted that the crew might be plain lucky, but it was his conviction it was the way they worked, the nine to twelve sets they made each day, that were responsi- ble for the fish caught, rather than the good offices of Lady Luck.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
COL. QUINLAN RETURNS
 TO WASHINGTON OFFICE

Col. D. J. Quinlan, accompanied by Mrs. Quinlan, was a passenger aboard the Princess Louise Friday night returning to Seattle after spending a month visiting the Ter ritory in his official capacity as special representative of President Hoover in addition to his office of Special Assistant to the Chief Coor dinator of the United States.
 He finds government in Alaska has suffered from a lack of coordi nation and said the need is to elim- mate unnecessary functions and wipe out waste in Territorial and Federal activities.
 Personally, the colonel is very much interested in the Territory. He believes it has a wonderful fu- ture and is just on the verge of coming into it's inheritance"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
Peter McGregor
 Died Wednesday

Funeral services were conducted by the Rev H. P Corser at St. Philips Episcopal Church this af- ternoon for Peter McGregor, who passed away Wednesday, August IA, at the Wrangell General Hospital, from cerebral hemorrhage.
 Little is known of the family con- nections of MT. McGregor beyond the fact that he was born in Scot land 65 years ago. He sometimes mentioned that he had a brother and sister living in South Africa.
 Peter McGregor lived 20 years in Wrangell. Ten of those years were spent in the employ of Grant & Darwell. He was a man of in tegrity, scrupulously honest and up right in all his dealings and his passing is mourned by all who knew him.
 Interment was made in Redmen's cemetery. The pail bearers were Harry Coulter, Leonard Campbell. L. A. Olsen, J. G. Grant, I. c. Bjorge and Charles Darwell.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
NEW SCHEDULE FOR
 ALASKA S. s. BOATS

The Alameda arrived in port at one o'clock Tuesday morning north bound on the southwest Alaska route. With the sailing of the Ala meda Saturday morning the Alaska Steamship Company went back to Saturday instead of Sunday morn ing sailings. After the Aleutian was wrecked it was necessary for the Yukon and Alaska to make round trip every two weeks, sailing from Seattle on Sunday mornings. The Alameda has now been withdrawn from the southeast Alaska route and placed on the southwest Alaska route. The three steamers will now make round trips every three weeks and each one will again call at Wrangell southbound.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
Return to Alberta

A. L. Gordon and R. B. Eaton, mining men from Alberta, Canada, who have been Investigating the mineral possibilities of the Porcu- pine in the Stikine area, returned to Wrangell on the Hazel B No. 2 Friday evening. They took passage on the Prince George Sunday even ing for Prince Rupert enroute home. They brought out ore samples that look promising and whether or not they return to the Porcupine this season will depend on the assay values.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
Hadlund Believes National Fur Show
 Will Help Alaska

Jack Hadlund, Monte Carlo is land fox farmer, was in town over Sunday on a brief business visit.
 MT. Hadlund returned last April from a four months trip to Middle West and Atlantic coast points to look up the fur business. For a number of years he has been agi- tating for a National Fur Show, and he is extremely gratified that such a show is now under way, as he feels that it will mean a great deal in the stimulation of business for Alaska fur farmers.
 He said that during all the time he was on this trip he saw but two women wearing blue fox fur pieces and he believes that National Fur Show will give Alaska fur farmers an opportunity to acquaint the pub lie with the beauty of blue fox Fur farmers in the states" he said, ''are raising silvers and skunks. They market the skunk as stone marten, but it is the same old skunk, nevertheless. The Amer ican women are not buying blue fox because they are not acquainted with the fur, and blue fox is shipped to foreign countries where it is difficult to supply the de- mand." It is his belief that if American women get accustomed to the blue fox, the demand will come and then an American market will be assured at London prices.
 The first National Fur Show, said MT. Hadlund, will be held by Sears, Roebuck & Co.,, at Chicago next year from April Is to May 1. Cash awards amounting to $5,000 are offered to fur shippers, the awards being made in addition to the high est market price.
 In addition to his interest in the blue fox business, MT. Hadlund has unbounded faith in the future of mink farming in Alaska. "In a few years" he declared, Hundreds of thousands of dollars will be in vested in Alaska mink farms and will be bringing good returns"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
Alaska Edition Delayed

The publication of the Alaska edition of the Woman's Forum for gell solicited local ads some time ago has been somewhat delayed pending the arrival of other Alas ka ads and articles, according to word received here from the pub fisher, who adds:
 We think you will be pleased with the Alaska edition as we have several new cuts and the articles sent by the women are refreshing and interesting.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
Prof. and Mrs. Beattie
 Aboard Student Ship
 Enjoy Wrangell Visit

W. c. Beattie, professor of edu- cation at the University of Oregon, at Eugene, Oregon, was aboard the Queen Sunday morning, accom- panied by Mrs. Beattie. Both MT. and Mrs. Beattie were graduated from the U. of o.
 On August ', 1902, Mir. Beattie left Eugene with his bride enroute to Wrangell where he would begin his second years work as principal of the Wrangell schools. It hap pened that 27 years later, accom- panied by his wife, he left Eugene on the same date to board the Queen at Seattle for the Alaska cruise.
 When news of this was learned on the boat, a wedding cake, deco rated with 27 snowy mounds, ap- peared on the Beattie's table at dinner.
 From the Wrangell schools MT. Beattie went to Sitka as superintend- ent of the Sheldon Jackson Scrool. Under his direction the school ad- vanced enormously and many of the present buildings were erected. In 1911 the Bureau of Education per suaded him to enlarge his field of influence by becoming superintend- ent of Government schools in Southeastern Alaska. This position he held until 1916. From 1917 to 1919 he was in charge of the in- dustrial division of school work al Metlakatla and from there went to Oregon, where after teaching in the normal school at Monmouth, he joined the university staff.
 While their boat was in port here, Professor and Mrs. Beattie happily engaged every moment in renewing acquaintance with old friends and remarking the changes in Wrangell since they were last here "Reminiscences galore were indulged in, including the time little Leonard Campbell ran home and amazed his parents by asking his father to promise if his mother died he would get Mrs. Beattie for his second mama.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
University Holds
 Summer Session AboardS. s. Queen

The Admiral liner, Queen, under charter for a University of Oregon summer session cruise to South eastern Alaska, arrived in port here Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, with 185 passengers aboard.
 Students are taking regular uni yersity work, for which they wll receive full college credit. Courses were specially selected for this tour, and include geology and geography of Alaska. Art of Alaskan Indians, anthropology, literature of the Pa- cific Northwest, feature writing, camera reporting, school systems, and others, all taught by regular university professors.
 Prominent members of the facul- ty aboard the student ship include Dr. John Duncan Spaeth, professor of English at Princeton, who is teaching Literature of the North west while on this cruise; Dr. c. N. Reynolds, professor of sociology at Stanford University, who is teaching anthropology; Karl On thank, secretary of the university, who is director of the tour; Albert Sweetser, professor of botany, Prof. Noland B. Zane, professor or art, Professor w. G. Beattie, professor of education, and others.
 Students came from many states in the union for the cruise, and one, Richard Give Mears, came from Exton, England. All students will return to Eugene August 21, and will spend the next 10 days in study on the campus, after which examinations will be given.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
UNIVERSITY TOUR
 UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS

Campbell Church, Jr., accom- panied by Mrs. Church and his sis ter, Miss Adelaide Church of Eu- gene, Oregon, was aboard the Queen in port here last Sunday. MT. Church for some time has been en- gagged in the business of securing bookings for the charter of the Church yachts, Westward n d Nooya, on Alaska cruises. He had charge of the boat end of the Uni versity cruise aboard the Queen.
 This is the first time in the his tory of American education that an institution of higher learning has sponsored such tour and it has been such an unqualified success that second cruise will be under taken next summer. So that it will be available to more students the larger steamer, Dorothy Alexander, has been secured by MT. Church for the 1880 cruise.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
HONEYMOONERS PADDLE
 IN SEVENTEEN FIT. CANOE
 FROM TACOMA TO JUNEAU

MT. and Mrs. Jack Calvin arriv- ed in Wrangell Sunday evening on the 47th day of a honeymoon trip which started at Tacoma where they embarked in a 17-foot canoe for Juneau They have padded the entire way with the exception of Queen Charlotte Sound which they crossed in a steamer. MT. Calvin is writer and former newspaper man now residing at Carmel, Cali fornia. His wife was formerly Miss Sascha Kashevaroff, eldest daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. A. p. Kashevaroff, of Juneau. They resumed their trip on Monday after noon setting out in the teeth of a heavy rainstorm.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
LAKINA IN PORT HERE
 MONDAY AFTERNOON

The steamer Lakina was in port Mon day afternoon southbound
 Roundtrip passengers aboard were: MT. and Mrs. E. Graves, Gila Bend. Arizona; D. M. O'Brien, Seattle; Anna O'Brien, Seattle; Ethel R. Butler, Denver; Lulu Johnson, North Bend, Wash; Lydia L. Fricke, Klamath Falls, Ore. At Port Arm strong the following took passage: Mrs. H. Hansen and R. B. Weiss for Ketchikan; Mrs. Karl Hansen and three children, and Miss Louise Orr for Seattle. The Lakina carried full complement of freight includ
 ing 45,000 cases of salmon, and fish meal and herring. 1900 cases of the salmon pack of the Wrangell Packing Corporation, and 96 blue foxes from the Monte Carlo Far Farms were taken on at Wrangell.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
Boats Meet At Wrangell

The Neill Transportation motor ship, Prince of Wales, met the Dia- mond T in Wrangell Sunday morn ing. The Diamond is under char ter, taking the run of the Estebeth, now undergoing repairs for recent accident at Port Alexander when her keel was torn out. Captain Chris Johnstad of the Prince of Wales reported good runs of king salmon at Sitka, but practically no fish in Chatham Straits. Fish were plentiful at Cordoya Bay but grew scarcer from Craig on north. The Coleridge in tow of the Prince of Wales from New Port Walter was transferred at Wrangell to the Diamond T to be lowed to Ketchi- kan for new crankshaft.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
Will Train For Nurse

Mrs. Aileen Burnett returned on the Admiral liner Alameda Tuesday morning from Port Townsend where she has been employed at St. Johns Hospital for the past three months. After a two weeks visit with her mother, Mrs. Jennie Mulcahy, and her daughters Angeline and Agnes, she will leave for Pasco, Washing ton, to enter the nurses training school at Our Lady of the Leurdes Hospital at that place.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
HORRIBLE MURDER OF
 YOUNG MINNEAPOLIS GIRL

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 15.-Doro- thy Aune, 12-year-old Junior high school girl, was found murdered in a street gutter. The body was bound with wire and thrust into two gunny sacks, Dorothy was th- daughter of Andrew W. Aune, a carpenter, and has been missing since last Tuesday when she left home on an errand to a nearby grocery store.
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
GIRLS BAND TO GIVE DANCE

The "San Su Strutters." the novelty girls jazz band, who are making a tour of Alaska and who will appear at the Starland theater on next Tuesday night in a snappy musical. song and dance program, have arranged to give a dance at Redmen hall on Wednesday night, August 21. These talented girls have the reputation of being the best girls dance orchestra on the Pacific coast and have been greeted by capacity crowds wherever they have appeared in Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
NEW AIRPLANE COMING
 FOR YUKON TERRITORY

SEATTLE, Aug. 9.-A Ryan G. passenger plane, destined for use in the Yukon Territory, has arrived at the Boeing Field which will be the temporary base until flown north by Pilot W. M. Patterson.
 The plane will be operated by the recently formed Yukon Airway and Exploration Company, Ltd, to provide passenger, mail and light freight service between Whitehorse and the Mackenzie River and Tele- graph Creek points.
 Six months of the year the plane will be equipped with skis and the rest of the time with pontoons.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
States Under No Obligation To Enforce Prohibition
 Believes Governor Ritchle

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Aug. 15.-"States are under no obligation moral or legal, to enforce prohibit tion," Gov. Ritchie of Maryland declared here in a public address. "The eighteenth amendment i'm poses no obligation upon states to pass prohibition enforcement codes" he asserted.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
WILL ERECT MEMORIAL
 TO TEX RICHARD

HENRIETTA, Texas, Aug. 15.- This town of which he was marshal and long his home prior to his stampede to the Klondike, is plan ming to erect a quarter-million dollar memorial to Tex Rickard. nde wor k. ."E Inriss -tamdol
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
PROHI AGENTS ARREST
 MAYOR, CHIEF OF POLICE,
 225 MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN

HAMMOND, INDIANA, Aug. 15.- Two hundred twenty-five men, women and children, including R. P. Hale and James Began, mayor and chief of police respectively, of East Chicago, were arrested Tues day night by 25 prohibition officers from Illinios and Indiana on war rants charging violations and con- spiracy to violate the Volstead Act.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
DIES FROM INJURIES

SEATTLE, Aug. 15.-Frank P. Mullen, for many years a prominent councilman, died this morning from injuries received when he was run down late yesterday afternoon by an automobile driven by Roy G. Murphy, Los Angeles tourist.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
Proposed Industrial School Site Inspected By U. s.
 Commissioner of Education
Advantages of Shoemaker Bay Tract Shown by Comprehensive Survey Made by Wrangell Men. Dr. Cooper Looking Into Possibilities Moving Seattle Office to Alaska.

Dr. John S. Cooper, U. s. Com missioner of Education, who has been in the Territory for the past month on a trip of inspection, ar rived in Wrangell on the Yukon last Saturday night. He was accom- panied by Mrs. Cooper, their sons, Curtis and John, and daughter, Elizabeth, who continued on the boat to Seattle to await his arrival on the Dorothy Alexander the fol- lowing week.
 As Commissioner of Education, Dr. Cooper has charge of the Blu reau of Education which has a wide matters. and under which he ad- ministers the schools for the native children in Alaska. He also has charge of the medical relief of na- tives of Alaska, supervises the reindeer industry in Alaska and ad- ministers the endowment fund for the support of colleges for the bene- fit of agriculture and mechanic arts.
 During his stay in Alaska, Dr. Cooper not only gained a good idea of the native work through visiting many of the Federal schools, in- cluding the Industrial Training Scrool at Eklutna, but he made it point to confer with many citi- zens of the Territory in an endeav- or to gain the Alaskan point of view. His inspection trip necessi- tated travelling by steamer, gasboat, rail and airplane. The latter mode of travel enabled him to reach number of points on the Yukon and to go into the Interior as far as Fairbanks where he visited the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines and conferred with President Charles E. Bunnell rela- tive to teacher training work for Alaskans for service in the Federal schools and other educational mat ters.
 Objective of Trip
 An important objective of Dr. Jooper's trip to Alaska was to se .ect a site for an industrial train ing school to be built in southeast ern Alaska. He was joined at Ju neau last Saturday by M. L. Mer- ritt, Assistant District Forester, and Charles W. Hawkesworth, District Superintendent for the Alaska Divi- sion of the Bureau of Education, in charge of schools in Southeastern Alaska.
 The itinerary of the party provid- ed for stops at Wrangell, the Mason homestead near Petersburg, Kla- wock, Metlakatla and Ketchikan, to inspect sites proposed for the in- dustrial school. From these sites Dr. Cooper will select one to be recommended to Congress at the time estimates are submitted to cover the cost of constructing the proposed school.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
SEATTLE CITY EMPL0YES
 GET SALARY INCREASE

SEATTLE, Aug. 15.-Salary in creases of half a million yearly were voted yesterday afternoon by the City Council to. municipal street railway men, technical engineers and other city employees.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
Fox Shipment

Forty-eight pairs of blue fox breeding stock were brought in Sunday from the John Cleary fox farms at Strait Island for shipment to Seattle. Their value is estimated to be around $20,000.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
Logan Jones Tires
 Of Frontier Life;
 Leaves For Quebec

Logan Jones who has prospeeted and trapped at McDames Creek for the past eleven years, arrived on the Hazel B No. ? last Friday and took passage on the Prince George for Prince Rupert enroute to Que bee where he will visit a niece.
 Jones left his New Brunswick home 46 years ago when a boy of 20, and has followed the mining camps of the frontier ever since. His first trip to Alaska was made several years before the Klondike strike. He recalls Wrangell as a town composed mainly of Indian shacks, totems and saloons. Ketchi- kan, he said, consisted of one twelve by eighteen shack and a lit tie burned down cannery. Juneau was reported as having but one white woman.
 During the years he spent at McDames Creek he banned gold in summertime and trapped through the winter. He said it was diff cult to clear much money on ac- count of the high prices for supplies mentioning, for example, that can of milk at MeDames costs 50 cents, fifty-pound sack of flour $11.50; $1.25 per pound; butter $2.50 for a two-pound can and everything else in proportion.
 When Wrangell friends inquired about the Dave Wing family, Mr Jones answered that they were planning on staying on their min ing property through the winter Wing, he said. is now making a cleanup, and while results are not what he had anticipated, he is not discouraged. He reported that Joel Wing ran quite a trap line last winter and that he and his father did very well on their catch of fur. Mrs. Wing is reported as being in good health and Walter as growing fast and getting to be a great help to his father.
 MT. Jones said the saddest event in his district in recent months was the death of Amos Godfrey who was buried by a cave-in on July s. MT. Godfrey was noted for the presist- ence he displayed in developing his property on McDames Creek in the old mining town of Centerville.. He had spent years driving in a main tunnel with frequent side drifts, looking for the main channel. The main tunnel was timbered and he had started to timber the side drift which he thought looked promising, and in fact was in the act of put ting up a timber when he evidently saw the dirt move overhead, for he said to John Henshaw just behind him. "I'd better get out of here" The cave-in occurred that moment and buried him completely. Hen shaw was buried up to his knees and had a hard time getting clear. Henshaw and John Campbell who were partners on the lay, went for help At two o'clock the next day the partners, Matt Jettland, a man named Brown and MT. Jones suc- ceeded in getting out the body which they brought down in stretcher to Jones' place and from there took it on a caterpillar from the Pendleton mines to McDames Creek where burial was made. A dozen miners and over 100 Indians were present at the funeral
 Logan Jones feels that 46 years of adventurous, frontier life is enough and he is going back to civilization and stay-at least, he will stay awhile,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
Here From Vancouver

Mrs. M. J. Jekill, mother of stan ley Jekill, arrived from Vancouver on the Princess Alice last Saturday morning and will spend the re- mainder of the summer in Wrangell.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-08-15
ROGERS NoRTHBoUND

SEATTLE, Aug. 15.-The Admi- ral Rogers sailed for Skagway and way ports this morning with 147 passengers, of whom 133 are round trip excursionists.