The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-10-31
P Years Ago

papers were received by this office recently. The following news items are reprinted as they appeared in the issue of the Alaska Sentinel, published by George Snyder at Wrangel on November IA, 1907:
 Michael McNurney went to Ju- neau on the Humboldt.
 c. F. Stedman and family have moved into one of Jack Mantle's houses near Stikine avenue.
 Dr. Emery made a professional visit to Klawack by the last trip of the mail boat Teddy.
 A warehouse is being built on the approach to the Reid wharf, for the storage of gasoline. Marshal Grant made an official trip to Petersburg, Friday, return ing Saturday in the Far Niente.
 The first mink of the season was bought by F. Matheson last week. A native woman brought 1t in.
 Mrs. I. M. Hofstad came down from Scow Bay in the Seattle, to visit with relatives and frients.
 Sergeant Williams has moved his family into the rooms recently va- cated by Attorney Rodman.
 Louis Olsen left on the Humboldt for the Narrows, to fish for her ring.
 Capt. A. K. Rastad has been laid up with rheumatism for the past several weeks. He is improving, however.
 Capt. Roy Cole, after visiting relatives at Haines, returned on the Seattle. He and Claire Snyder are off to the west coast, prospecting.
 Peter Jensen, Sam Cunningham and Frank Lyon returned Sunday night from their weeks hunt on Duncan Canal. They got but little hunting, owing to indictment weather.
 The trappers are getting out to their various trapping grounds and before long the furs will commence to come in. A good season is ex- pected.
 Peter Jensen last Sunday picked up the yawl lost by the Burnside's steam launch at Dry Straits several weeks ago The boat was in perfect condition and was high and dry on an island over in Blind Slough.
 Wrangell doesn't put on a great many frills, or fill the atmosphere with boom talk, yet every avail able house in town is occupied. AL most every day one hears inquiries after houses. Here is a chance for some landowner to build a few houses and make his idle land re- turn an income.
 An infant son of MT. and Mrs. F. c. Congdon died in Wrangell. Fri day, Nov. 8, 1907, aged six hours. MT. Congdon was in Petersburg at the time and the Far Niente was despatched to bring him to town. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. H. P. Corser at the family residence on Sunday, interment be- ing in the Wakefield cemetery.
 Geo. Klaquist returned home on the Humboldt after an extended trip south He left Chris Fletcher nightwatching at a sawmill in Washington. While away George saw Dr. Stanton, Fred Carlyon and Frank Snyder, all of whom were in good health and spirits. Frank is at work plumbing in Seattle.
 E. P. Wellesley and B. Tucker, father and brother-in-law, respect ively, of Earl West, accompanied the latter to Wrangell from Michi- gan, and will make this their home. MT. Tucker brought his wife and two children. The three gentlemen above named and Orville and Bert Palmer went over to Farm Island last week, to hunt ducks and pros pect for trapping ground.
 The Honolulu Bulletin Pacific Coast tour, enroute to Juneau via the steamer Humboldt, arrived in Wrangell Tuesday night. The young ladies are all college gradu- ates and several are teachers. Their fathers are prominent business men in Honolulu. The young ladies are
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