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The Washington times., 1931-06-22
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recommend Kling-it is guaranteed
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17
Asbestos Mine Will Increase
 Output

A, de Roux. general manager and half owner of the Shiedley- -Roux asbestos quarries sixteen miles rom Douglas was a passenger aboard the Northland in port here northbound the latter part of the week.
 MT. de Roux believes his Quarries are the only ones ln Alaska having any commercial value and he thinks it very probable that in a few years the output will become one Of the principal industries in Southeastern Alaska.
 The Shiedley-Roux quarries are situated on the northeast part of Admiralty Island. The value of asbestos ranges from the poorer grades at $40 to the finest quality at S350 a tons Asbestos is found Tn combination with tale from which talcum powder is made, ranging in value from S15 to S25 a ton.
 Hundreds of articles in daily use require asbestos in their construc- tion. The Alaska asbestos is claim ed to be almost free from any im- purities and practically the only process needed to prepare it for use by manufacturers is the separation of the fibers.
 Over $75,000 has been invested in the development of the quarriesI and the owners plan to operate on an increased scale this summer
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17
Jack Steele To Prospect Bars
 On Stikine
OLD TIME MINER BELIEVES GOLD RECOVERY FROM STI- KINE RIVER BARS BY HAND WAS SMALL IN COMPARISON WITH REMAINING VALUES

Jack Steele returned on the Ad- miral Rogers Sunday morning from Seattle and Victoria where he spent the greater part of the winter
 Steele, who is an old time miner of the Cassiar will spend the coming summer prospecting number or the lStikine river bars with Keystone drill, looking to future dredging development.
 Sixty years and more ago, many of the bars were worked by hand methods and with nothing but the old rockers and long toms, the gold recovery was high. Old records in the gold commissioners office show that Bucks Bar alone produced over $4O,0O0 in coarse gold
 Steele believes that far greatef values remain in the bars than have ever been taken out and he will give up the summer to see if the drlt reports back up this belief. R. p+ Brum and Dub Smith will work for him. The three men will leave next Sunday on the Hazel B Not 3's first trip of the season.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17
WORLD NEWS RECEIVED B
 GASB0AT RADIO

King Alphonso XIII with thd Queen and over a million in money and jewels arrived in Paris, al though the Royalists are still i1 control in Spain.
 Laborites have won in the Brit ish Parliament, giving Ramsay Mac donald a vote of 251 against 205; majority of 46.
 Lieut.. Wood, U. S. Marines, was killed in a brush with Insurgents in Nicaragua.
 The town of Shelton, Wash, hai pledged itself in the sum of $156,4 900 to retain it's pulp and papel mill which was making arrange ments to move to Alaska.
 Gar Wood in four trials to hang up a new speed record at Miam. made a speed of 103.07 nautical miles for one lap.
 Owing to Mayor Cermak closing down the lid on all sporting events in Chicago, he has refused tha Schmeling- Stribling, heavy weight championship battle to take plaos there on Soldiers Field as scheduled The bout will now take place iu Cleveland on Jury third. Betting 's even, but the interest taken in tia contest equals that of the Dempsey Tunney fight.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17
OVER MILLION HELPED
 BY RED CROSS CARE

by Red Cross chapters, which were usual staples, such as corn meal flour, land, meat, beans and pota- toes, such items as canned salmon, cabbage, tomatoes, vegetables and milk were provided, each order being adapted to the special needs of the family for whom it was issued. Where pellagra threatened, eggs, yeast and other preventiyes were given.
 Thousands of Volunteer Workers
 Many thousands of volunteer through their local Red Cross chap perience and efforts as in other Red Cross disaster operations, They searched out needy cases in their communities, many persons being restrained from asking assistance be- cause of pride. Chapter committees investigated circumstances, distributed food and clothing.
 More than 500 carloads of food stuffs were contributed. These were given free haulage by railroads. Farmers of more fortunate sections embraced the opportunity to help their pastoral cousins of the af- fected area. Shipments ranged from live poultry to fish, from grain to grapefruit. Carloads of flour, eggs, beans, vegetables, onions, rice, corr, and mixed vegetables were included
 None Starved
 As the result of co-ordinated Red CrCss chapter efficiency, not one au- thenticated case of starvation as a result of drought has been uncovered
 Large quantities of new and used clothing were distributed. In direct consequence many school children resumed their studies who had been kept at home for hack of sufficient protection from the elements. In some instances, rural schools that had been closed were enabled to reopen as result of Red Cross | relief work.
 States involved were: Alabama Ar kansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mis- sissippi, Missouri. Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ok lahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia. | States Hard Hit
 Many of these states had been hard hit by a succession of floods, I crop failures, low prices and eco homie denression and drought con stitGted n climax to the cycle of distress.
 Wherever went" wrote one observer, T made point of asking
 it would l,ve happened if the Red
 ICES had not bee.i able to respond
 w4dsly scattered points, from
 Id .lg citizens, came the answer that undoubtedly there would have
 eA n11y deaths directly from
 .l,atioA, with epidemics preying upon the undernourished.'
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17
TOWN COUNCIL MEETS
 FOR REORGANIZATION:
 AUDITS ANNUAL REPORT

tunes in the General Fund made during each month.
 STREET; Only work absolutely necessary should be undertaken this year. Recommend that the street commissioner should give little closer inspection to roads and walks in order to avoid possible accidents. Recommend that cleats be laid on street next to Post Office.
 FIRE COMMITTEE. Recommend careful check-up on equipment be made at least semi-annually. Take up with phone company the matter of night alarms. Recommend that at least one member go around with Fire Chief and make thorough inc speetion of stoves, stacks, etc. about August 1st. In case of defective equipment owners should replace same by Sept. 1st. or be fined. Recommend that the fire siren be noe sounded at noon on Sundays.
 HEALTH AND SERVICE: Recom- mend that this committee discuss with the Health Officer the con- ditions in the schools That they get his opinion with reference to general vaccination of the pupils for small pox and diphtheria. Request that they investigate the necessity of the city employing a night watch man during the summer months.
 LIGHT PLANT: Recommend that the light plant committee AT ONCE make every effort to dispose of the light plant and franchise so that the city may be reimbursed for is expenditures at as early a date as possible.
 TOWN OFFICERS: Recommend the Appointment of MT. L. B. Chis- holm as Clerk and wahtever other offices he may hold. Also Mir. Lloyd as Street Commissioner.
 Mn Chisholm stated that a re- quest had been made by the school- board that the Council give consid- eration to a plan to send Supt. Ras- mussen to Juneau on the first boat on business connected with refunds on new equipment for the new schoo'S ( The approval of the plan was given
 The school-board was requested to remove all the school equipment now housed in the old high school building to the upper story of that building in order that the lower floor might be used fon storage of building materials during the con- struction of the new building, if de- sired.
 Four lots from the Gartley-Gurr Addition were reported as having re- verted to the city in lieu of assess ments and in this connection, be- fore adjournment steps were taken to dispose of a number of vacant outlying city lots at reasonable prices the matter to be handled by the Fin ance Committee and the Town Clerk
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17
Navigation On Stikine Opens
 Next Sunday
Captain s. C.. Harrington And Per sonnel Of The Hazel B Fleet Will
 Be Ready To Make First Trip of
 The Season Sunday, April 20.

Captain and Mrs. S. c. Barring ton, Miss Maud Sterling. MT. and Mrs. Hill Harrington and son Billy arrived on the Admiral Rogers last Sunday morning. With the arrival next Sunday of A. W. H. Smith, F. Il. Sterling and Jack Wilson the personnel of the boats of the Bar rintgon Transportation Co. will be complete as all of the employees will be in Wrangell by that time.
 Due to the mild winter the st1- kine river is free from ice and navi- satlon Is made possible at an early date this year.
 The first trip of the season will De made next Sunday by the Hazel B No. 3 and Hazel B No. E. Ca paelty cargoes and full passenger list are booked for the trip.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17
Rich Find On Big Missouri
 Property

Discovery Of a high grade gold vein ranging around four feet in w1arh on the Big Missouri property of the Buena Vista Mining Company turing the past week is currently re- ported in Hyder and Stewart, says the Hyder Herald.
 As it is the policy of the Con- so1idated Mining and Smelling Co.,, controller of the property, to re- concerning development results, no official confirmation of the reports is obtainable; but sufficient in formation regarding the discovery has leaked out as to leave no doubt that a strike of unusual magnitude and nchness has been made.
 The big gold vein appears to have been cut in one of the northerly drifts otr main tunnel in the Buena Vista claim. It is understood that the vein runs in a northwesterly direction and is a part of the large silicified porphyry zone which eX, tends practically the whole length of the Big Missouri property. The ore is understood to be of the same free milling type characteristic of the rich but narrow gold veins previously found on the property and is heavily impregnated with stringers and blebs of the yellow metal over the full width of the vein.
 Although it has been definitely known that some very rich ore has been passing through the mill dur ing recent weeks, indications point to the new ore body being by far the richest and most important so far discovered in the mine or district. High gold values are known to be carried in numerous narrow quartz stringers scattered in belts of varying width through the silicified zone, which is said on reliable authority to range up
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17

Mayor Diemaht, retiring at his own request last night after four years of active service, called the Council to order at o'clock and presided over the transaction of routine business incidental to the closing of the fiscal year The an- nual report audited bp Miss Irene Coulter was read and approved be- tore adjournment sine die.
 With the personnel of the Council unchanged, the newly elected mayor, c. P. Kirtland, took the chair ya- cated by Mn. Diemart and a stand ing vote of thanks was immediately extended the retiring mayor for his four years of work on behalf of the city by a motion made by A. Sorset and seconded by H. R. Coulter. MT. Diemart voiced his thanks for the vote of appreciation and pledged his support to the new city ofgani zation.
 Mayor Kirtland complimented the Council on the work of the past year and announced that he was making few changes in the personnel of the committees. He stated, how- ever, that he was adding a Judici- ary and Election Committee to have supervision of all elections and to make the report following each election.
 The committees follow: Finances Campbell, Sorset and Coulter; Stre,e Coulter, Olsen and Nolan; Fire, Nolan, Campbell and Hanford; WateG Sorset, Campbell and Coulter; Health and Police, Hanford, Olsen and No- Ian; Judiciary and Election, Olsen, Sorset and Hanford; Special, Light Plant, Sorset, Hanford and Campbell.
 The Council unanimously reap pointed L. B. Chisholm as Town Clerk with other duties as formerly. Other appointments were: S. D. Grane Town Marshall Dn. H. c. Turner, Health Officer; Chet Lloyd, Fire Chief as recommended by the Fire Department and Water Commissioner and D. A. Lindman, recommended Dy Iu6 lI6 AOA III Marshal. The latter appointment carries no salary.
 The following recommendations were made to the Council Committees by Mayor Kirtland with explanatory remarks, copies of the recommends tions being given the member:
 FINANCE: General scaling dow of all civic expense. A balancing of the normal civic expenditures agains our tax and license income An an nual appropriation of $5,OO0,. 90 from the Water Fund to pay the school bond interest and to create a sinking fund for the retirement of the bonds Recommend reading at each regula meeting a statement from the Treas' urer showing receipts and expendS
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17
POSTER CONTEST

The local Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary has ordered 500 peoples for this year, and the ladies hope to be able to dispose of all oa them this year.
 In order to stimulate interest ths American Legion Auxiliary is offers ing three prizes for the best postec that will be submitted in a conte' advertising the poppy sale and significance The first prize vii be book valued at $2.50, seco 1 prize a $150 book and third priz a $1OO book The posters will I'd numbered and judged and placed in the windows of the business houses during the month of May.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17
JAPANESE AVIATOR WILL MAKE
 TWO ALASKAN STOPS

Japanese residents of Wrangel are very much interested in tLd forthcoming flight of the famou4 aviator, Yoshihara, who will leaya Japan on April 26 to fly to Wash4 ington, D. c. He plans on five oG six stops enroute, two of them be+ ing scheduled for Dutch Harbor ana Juneau, Alaska. This will be tha first attempt to cross the Paeif.d Ocean eastward and is considered extremely perilous.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17
WATERFRONT NEWS FROM THE
 HEAD OF THE BAY
(By the Port Warden

Last Wednesday the Hazel B No. 4 of the Harrington fleet of river boats was launched and lowed to the dock by the good ship 'Togo. ] The Hazel shieed at Walter Dy4 gert's new river craft, rameless ar& numberless for the present, but she had Togo and so she made it. Next day the Hazel B No. 3, the best river boat of the Harrington fleee also took the plunge, but passed Dygert's "what-is-it?' disdainfully. knowing hen own superiority. Ths Hazel B No. 5 and the Hazel B No 2 are being prepared to take tfa water.
 Livesay's new boat, being bui by himself in Joe Lorberter's 1 cooper shop, is nearly planked and will be ready in a month.
 At the Anderson Shop, George BidwelPs cruiser, "Vigilant," is being painted and new propellcr has been fitted. The cannery tender "Etolin," formerly belonging to bufneII luleI CdhHSiy lS hlSo p0ih5 overhauJed The trolling fleet 5 lying idle in the bay, trollel claiming that they can only get tel cents a pound for large red king salmon.
 Andy Barlow says that Jess JohE- son has oyerhauled his engine, ground down the piston rings, ani now his engine runs fine.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17
CREW ARRIVES FOR CASSIAR
 HYDRAULIC MINES, LIT.

A. H. Bryant, manager of ths Cassiar Hydraulic Mines, Ltd, hn engaged passage for himself and crew on the Hazel B No. 3 sailing for Telegraph Creek next Sunday cd the first trip of the season.
 The following men who arrive from the south during the week w ' be members of the crew: w. D. Mt+ Donald, A. W. Alliott. Lawren 1 Shorthand, Aroh Shields. Glen Fr;+ ter, Lee Considine, W. T. Moody, Local men who will work for MT. Bryant during the summer will in clude Frank Bobner John Granta Jr., Brando Rossini and Ralph Des vinney.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17

More than 1OO,OOO,OOO persons in S62 drought-stricken counties of 20 States came under the care of the American Red Cross in what devel oped into the most extensive relief operations in half a century of min istering to stricken humanity.
 Measures to lessen the severity of the blow inflicted by drought were taken as early as last September, when seed was distributed to more than 5S,000 families for the plant ing of rye and other pastures, and to more than 27,000 families for the planting of kitchen gardens. The expenditure for this purpose amounted to $326,S0O. Green vege- tables were made available up to he first of January.
 Early in February another Red Cross garden program got under way and 507,000 packages of seed were distributed in 15 states. Quar- ter-acre plots were planted to beans, beets, cabbage, carrots, collard, sweet corn, kale, lettuce, mustard, okra, onions, peas, spinach, squash, tomatoes and turnips. Once again were farm families given the op- portunity to participate in their own salvation.
 A comparatively mild winter con- tributed to the success of the Spring and Fall seed campaigns. Many l. bitual single-croppers were in- troIuced to the advantages of kitch- Dn gardens, balanced cropping and at.mced diet Numerous land owners have expressed the opinion tAat this constitutes the one ap- parent blessing to come out of the drought catastrophe. The United States Department of Agriculture and the local county agricultural agents and home demonstration ngents cooperated in making this part of the relief operations out standingly successful.
 Balanced Meal Serve1
 Red Cross feeding was aimed al adequacy and scientific correctness as well as simple economy. In large numbers of schools, where childrer were found to be attending with itt.c or nothing in their lunch boxes, hot meals were served al noon. A typical menu consisted of vegetable soup and bread one day thick beef soup or stew with vegetables another day; cocoa ol milk and cheese, peanut butter or jam sandwiches, third day.
 In some places where lunches were not served in the schools, bu 5"o provided for in the regular fesl orders each family having fcheol ehildren re eived extra staples fir sefool lunches including peanu 'ntte~ -a'sirs, prunes and tomatoes He'd Croes nutritionists instructed the preparation of 1sr --~7
 County health officers and private physicians commended the adequac. of rations procured on orders issue,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17
AUXILIARY EXPLAINS
 ITS PUFFY PROGRAM

r1ppy "onk as having nigh the apeutIc value.
 veterans with any form Of com inoHlcaDle disease are not permitteo to make popp4es. h some cases the worK Is gwen to tue WlYes of theaa men, speclaI workshops being ss- 1aDllshed Tor them outside ths hos pltaIs. The money they earn heIps them keep their families together until thelr husbands can recover heatth and agaln become wage earn CTS.
 Ill a number of cities conVales- cent workshops are established by tue Auxiliary where veterans who nave been discharged from the hos pltal put are stIll In such condition that they cannot do regular work are gwen employment making sop- pies. These shops employ scores of men dunng the winter and oftsn are the means of saving a veteran and his family from becoming ohafges of charity.
 Ine maternal TOT the pOppiss is
 
 oy the Auxiliary. The Auxiliary pays the wages of the men weekly throughout the manufacturing pep- lod. The distribution of the flowers and the promotion of the sale is handled by the Auxiliary, all in advance of any revenue from the sale or Popptes. The program con stitutes a business project of large scale and requires the borrowing of many thousands of dollars each year to finance the work.
 The manufacture of the peoples is in charge of the Department or ganizations of the Auxiliary, some manufacturing only enough for the sale within their states, while others make large quantities ion sale in states where no peoples are made. The program is centralized through the national organization, depart ments desiring to purchase poppies sending their orders to National headquarters from where the orders are distributed among the manu- I featuring departments. The units which conduct the actual sale of the poppies order their supply from their department organization in most cases.
 The poppy sale now takes place almost everywhere on the Saturday before Memorial Day. The 1929 National Convention at Louisville Kentucky, urged that this date be adhered to wherever possible. In some pants of the South the sale takes place on Armistice Day, local custom making this day the most practical for the activity.
 The sale is conducted entirely by volunteer workers and every penny received goes into direct relief for the disabled men and the dependents of the dead and disabled. The (Cnufinuad m Page 1 rnl SN
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17

The Auxiliary's poppy prog. a q begins in the late fall and carry winter when the manufacture of tLs ! poppies is begun by disabled yes erans in government hospitals and i1 special convalescent workshops maiL@ tained by the Auxiliary. Throughout the winter and spring months tn disabled men are given profitable em- ployment shaping the little red flowers. The program comes to q climax in May when on the Sat+ urday before Memorial Day in mosS communities, the sale of the poppies takes place on the streets.
 The work of making the peoples is a true GOd-send to many hundreGa of disabled veterans. They are paid one cent for the flowers they shape and if not too badly disabled can earn a fair days wage without exerting themselves to a hanmfu, extent. The work is only given to men receiving little or no govern ment compensation and for many ia is the only possibility of earning money during the year.
 As each completed poppy leavea the hands of a disabled man means one more penny for the ne4 cessities and comforts not supplied by the hospitals, one more penny added to the little store for thJ veterans use when he goes iron the hospital to face the battle ce winning back a place in the eco homie life of he country, or O. more penny to buy food, fuel and clothing for his family at home. The men beseech the Auxiliary tu be permitted to make more and and their eagerness to help them- selves through earning money rathec than to depend on charitable dona- tions awakes the highest admiration
 Only as many poppies can be mada as are ordered by Auxiliary Units. It is a happy day in a hospital or workshop when a large order for poppies is received. That means work for eager hands and the earning money for men who have been in long enforced idleness. It means money to send home and | relief from worry over families left destitute.
 The poppy making has a bene- ficial effect in addition to the money it enables the veterans to earn The hours for sick men in the hos pital are long and monotonous. Ia idleness their minds are prone tl dwell on the hardships of then antilles or on their own disabilities Mental depression inimical to re-
 every results. But men whose fingers are busy with bright rot noppy petals do not give themselves up to depressing worry. The hours are made shorter for them and they are given a new interest in life. The occupational therapy depart ments In ts> hospitals recognize tha
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17
New Books Ordered

The annual refund for the library amounting to $143.5O this year. was received by the Civic club recentIv aAd following its arrival, the library board met and ordered fifteen new books. The titles of these will ba announced as they are received.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-04-17
Violet Ray Lamp Arrives

The violet-ray lamp which was ordered for the hospital recently arrived last week and has been in stalled. The price of the treatments has been made as low as possible with due consideration for service and outlay in order that all who need them may be able to enjoy their benefits at a nominal cost.