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The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25
MISSING MEN

Inquiries have been received con-
corning the following persons sup
posed to be in Alaska:
Paulus Pieter Vreeswijk- Born
in The Hague, Holland, February
II, 1880; left st. Paul, Minnesota
seven years ago on his way to AL
aska.
Alfred A. Hoyt-An American
age 81 years, and his wife, Ruth
age 80 years, along with their
three children, a girl, Mary Vir-
ginia, age years, and twins, a
boy, John Alfred, and a girl
Thomie Lee, age 6, left the city OF
Glendale, California for, (as per
the inference of Hoyt) Russia, but
recent developments strongly indi-
cate foul play, while on the other
hand We have been informed that
Hoyt was seen in Juneau. The
family has not been heard from in
year.
Any one having Information
about the above persons, please
communicate with the Governors
Office, Juneau, Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25
NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL
ELECTION

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
That on Tuesday, April 5, 1882,
the annual election of town Off
GERS and members of the school
board for the town of Wrangell
will be held. The polls for said
election will be situated in the
City Hall on second street (former
Grade School Building) of said
Town of Wrangell. The poles will
be open at o clock a. IN. ON the
morning of Tuesday, April 5, 1892
and will remain open until 7
O'Clock p. M. on the evening of said
day.
The following officers are to be
elected on Tuesday, April 5,1932:
Mayor. Cor one year,
Three members of the Common
Council for a two-year term.
One member of the school board,
to serve three years.
Qualification for Voting
Section Is of Chapter 81 OF the
Laws of the Territory of Alaska
provides that
In all elections for members
of the council, mayor, and other
officers, as well as members OF
the school board, the qualitlca-
tions of the electors shall be as
follows, to-wit
EVERY person above the age
of twenty-one years who is a
citizen of the United States, and
who has resided continuously
one year next preceding the
election in the Territory of Alas
ka, and six months next preced-
ing the election within the limits
of the city, shall be entitled tC
vote at any such election"
The election officers who have
been appointed by the Town Coun-
ell to hold this election are as fol
lows.
Clerks-L. B. Chisholm, Mrs ]
| c. Johnson.
Judges. M Churchill, E. F
Grigwire, Harry Ferguson.
Dated at Wrangell, Alaska, this
18th day of March, 1882.
L. B. CHISHOLM,
Town Clerk
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25
ONE VIEWPOINT OF TARIFF

We have been hearing more and
more of late about our declining
foreign market, due to the efforts
OF our American free traders to
make capital out of the depression
by claiming it was result OF the
Smoot-Hawley tariff bill. Such Ell
torts are of course more than child
Ish, as anyone can soon see. In the
first place our exports were decl1n-
ing before the Smoot-Hawley tariff
was passed and they have continued
70 decline, not because of the bill
out because OF the world wide con-
ditlons. Part of the decline is due
to the lower values of the COM
modities exported and part is due
10 the fact that the stagnatton of
world business has made it impos-
sible for our consumers or manu-
tacturers, to use as much OF our
produce as in normal times. This
mas been true of countries of South
America, against which We have no
Tariffs, as in Europe where there
is always less demand for our fin
lshed products than our raw mate
rails.
Nobody has yet been able to
make out a good case for the
theory of lowering the tariff, to
increase our trade abroad. That
this is true can be gathered from
the fact that in every major cam
paign for generation in which
the tariff has been an issue, the
free traders have lost. 1t is diff
cult to convince the American
people, most of whom are producers,
that it would be wise to open up
to cheap and unfair competition,
the richest market in the world,
in an effort to gain across the sea
a market which exists principally
only in the imagination of the free
traders themselves.
Americans consume 80 percent
of what they produce, and there is
a reason. The reason is the Ameri-
can standard of living which gives
every American, no matter how
humble, the right to expect neces-
stiles and semi-necessities which
for the wealthy in every other
country in the world. Our auto
mobiles for all of the people, our
radios, our iceless refrigerators and
various other household necessities,
are abundant proof of the fore
going statement. In what other
nation in the world is the ordinary
citizen equipped with such modern
conveniences as these? And as our
productive genius improves new
sources of demand from the people
come into view.
There is no such market in Eu-
rope and will not be in this gen.
GRAFTON at least. In Europe the
workers live on a different scale
The theory of cheap production
still holds because the producer
has his eye on the foreign market
and has no sympathy with the
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25
NEW EASTER DATE

Many times it has Deen proposed
to establish a more nearly uniform
date for Easter Sunday, but tradi-
ton and custom are hard to over
come, so the old method of calcula-
ton, established by the council of
Nice more than 1000 years ago,
still prevails.
Under this system Easter may
fall as early as March % or as
late as April rs, and all movable
feasts of the church are governed
by the date of Easter. Easter is
unusually early this year. falling
on March 81.
The British House of Commons
once passed a bill proposing that
the legal date of Easter be the
first Sunday after the second Sat
urday in April. 1t was not in
tended that the British should try
to put this proposal into effect
alone, but the idea was to call a
world conference to consider joint
action of the nations on the sub
ject.
There are many reasons, business
and social, to commend the new
plan, but inasmuch as such an
innovation would clash with long
established religious custom it is
doubtful that it will be able to
command support in ecclesiastical
could not be given practical eff
lect.-Ex.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25
Then They Paid Up Promptly!

Once upon a time, says the Wash
ington Newspaper, there was an
editor who never dunned his sub
scribers and yet they always paid
up. Whenever the name of one of
the delinquents appeared in the
local news he printed the name up
side down. Everyone in town knew
what the inverted type meant and
those who were behind hurried to
send in their checks lest they too,
be treated in a like manner.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

Professor gazing at the stars) :
How bright Orien is tonight
Murphy (the gardener) SO thot
be Organ is it? Thank goodness
there's ons Irishman in Hivin, any
how!
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

A most enjoyable dance was
given in the sample room at the
Wrangell Hotel, WednesQ might,
March %, 1917, in honor of the
birthday of ]. G. Grant. Upon So
licitation Mr.. Pennycock responded
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

Judge-Have you anything to
offer the court before sentence is
passed on you?
Prisoner-No, your honor; me
lawyer took me last dollar.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

The cuckoo may De goofy
bird but he manages to keep
himself from being knocked off
for the Christmas dinner
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

American ideal of a big market
at home. He is always convinced
that there is greener grass in the
next meadow, and he knows there
is much greener grass in the Unit
ed States, if he could only invade
lit with his cheap commodities pro-
duced at something a little more
than starvation wages.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

A young man fell into a state
of coma. but recovered before his
friends had buried him. One of
them asked what it felt like to be
dead.
Dead" ne exclaimed. 81 wasn't
dead, and l knew l wasn't dead,
because my feet were cold and !
was hungry"
But how did that make you
sure?"
"Well, l knew that if l were in
heaven l shouldn't be hungry and
that if I were in the other place
my feet wouldn't be cold"
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

Uncle Sam will recover from the
present depression, not because
Santa Claus brings him miracu-
lous fat foreign market but be-
cause he is tightening up his belt
and preparing to look after bis
own children first. And when Uncle
Sam once gets on his feet things
will begin to brighten up for the
rest of the world. Nothing would
so help world confidence as def
mite indications that business was
on the upgrade in the United
States.-Frank Litschert in ma
tional Affairs"
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

Last week two masked men en-
tered the store building of the
Chichagof Mining Company, gagged
and bound two men sleeping in a
room and got away with gold bar
estimated to be worth $4,000.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

The Chinese treasury is empty
but we can't be patronized on tha1
account.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

The residence of Frank Adams
was burned to the ground yester-
day afternoon. Most of the house
hold effects were saved.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

1t is true that European nations
have tariffs but these are political
tariffs enacted principally in an
effort to get the better of the
other fellow in the matter of for
eign trade. They have little or no
conception of the American idea
which because of our high stand
dard of living is to equalize the
cost of production at home and
abroad.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

F. E. Moore, superintendent OF
the Vermont Marble Company at
1ohetn, maui eiA0 TIP i~%e Tvran
CELL this week on the Vermont. He
was accompanied by Eddie Lynch.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

The Isle of Man, we read, has no
public debt. But think of the wars
she has missed.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

Subscribe to the Sentinel.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

Mrs. R. N. Cole who returned
last week from a trip to the states
will leave on the Uncle Dan today
for her home in Klawock.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

with several Scotch songs during
the evening.
The steamship Prince Rupert of
the Grand Trunk Pacific line on
Friday morning went ashore on
Gam Island while running full
speed at high tide. She is now
high and dry on the beach and
badly battered. 1t is believed that
after the necessary repairs she
will have to be launched in order
to get her afloat again.
Ed Kalkins, who has been chef
at the Bon Alaska mines for the
past few months, is taking a few
weeks off. In the meantime he is
assisting his fathsf, A. j. Kalkins,
install a new gas engine in the
river boat, Rex.
Mrs. Cornelia Hatcher, presi-
dent of the w. C. T. U. of Alaska,
arrived in Wrangell Saturday. In
the afternoon she spoke to the wo-
men of the town at the town hall.
In the evening she delivered an
illustrated lecture on THE High
Cost of Low Living"
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25
Is YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
News Items Taken From The Files of o.

The only woman nominated for
any office at the city caucus held
Thursday evening, March %, 1917,
was Mrs. NJ. o. Johnson whose
name was placed in nomination
tor member of the school board.
Other nominees were as follows:
For mayor, f. Matheson, w. H.
Warren; For eouncilmen, J. G.
Grant, Thos. Dalgity, C. NJ. Coulter,
Pat LOTUS, Ed Lindman. Glenn
Diemart, M. Mckinney, Geo.
Barnes, Joe Baronovich, Jack
Bjorge, T. J. Case, L. C. Patenaude,
Jess Crowle, Ernest Campbell, Don
aid Sinclair, Arnt Sorset; For
School Board, Mrs. M. o. Johnson.
H. P. Corser.
The retiring officers are: Mayor
j. G. Grant, Councilmen l.. C. Pat
enaude, Frank Spaulding, Arnt
Sorset, NJ. Katzenmeyer, F. B.
Leonard, Adolph Engstrom; f.
Matheson, member school board.
Leo Ludekens, w. Sornberger
Union Bay Saturday.
d. A. Matheson and John Nc
Callum arrived from Calder on the
Uncle Dan yesterday.
Hon. P. C. Mccormack was re-
Gently installed as a trustee of the
grand camp of the Arctic Brother
hood.
Mrs. Bertha SHELTON returned on
the Princess Sophia Tuesday from
visit with her mother, Mrs. A.
Lemieux, at Corvallis, Oregon.
Senator Charles Sulzer, who ten
dered his resignation as member
of the Territorial Senate when a
certificate of election to the office
of Delegate from Alaska, was
delivered to him, was aboard the
Humboldt this week enroute to
Washington. He was accompanied
by Edward Emil Hurja, young
Alaska journalist, who will serve
as his private secretary.
Walter Woodbridge, the marble
man, arrived from the states a
few days ago. His partner, Isaac
Lowry, will join him in the near
future.
Mrs. R. N. Cole who returned
last week from a trip to the states,
| will leave on the Uncle Dan today
| for her home in Klawock.
F. e. Moore, superintendent OF
| the Vermont Marble Company al
| 1okeen, maui tIip i.>se %vran
| CELL this week on the Vermont. He
was accompanied by Eddie Lynch.
The residence of Frank Adams
was burned to the ground yester-
day afternoon. Most of the house
hold effects were saved.
A most enjoyable dance was
given in the sample room at the
Wrangell Hotel, WednesQ @night,
March %, 1917, in honor of the
birthday of ]. G. Grant. Upon So
Iioitaf nv DopnuoooI,
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

with several Scotch songs during
the evening.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

Mrs. Bertha Shelton returned on
the Princess Sophia Tuesday from
visit with her mother, Mrs. A.
Lemieux, at Corvallis, Oregon.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

Walter Woodbridge, the marble
man, arrived from the states ;
few days ago. His partner, Isaa,
Lowry, will join him in the neal
future.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

Hon. P. C. Mccormack was re
Gently installed as a trustee of thu
grand camp of the Arctic Brother
hood.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-03-25

Leo Ludekens, w. Sornbergel
and John Kassunk were in from
Union Bay Saturday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-26
Fire Destroys Home
Near North Redwood
Redwood Falls Department Call
ed to Vance Schweinfurter
Home Sunday

A fire of unknown origin complete
ly destroyed the home of Vance
Schweinfurter, four miles north of
North Redwood, Sunday morning
while the family was in church in
Redwood Falls.
The Redwood Falls fire department
was called but the fire had gained a
start before it reached there. Because
of lack Of water, the firemen con-
fined their efforts to saving the other
buildings.
The only clue to the origin Of the
fire is that it may have started from
a small fire which was started early
Sunday morning by Mrs. Schwein-
furter to take the chill off the house.
She threw few cobs into the fur
mace and checked it before the fami-
ly, with the exception of Mr.. Sch
weinfurter. left for church.
Mr.. Schweinfurter left the house at
the same time his family did and
walked through the field inspecting
fences. When he returned, he noticed
smoke coming out the grove and
many cars parked in the yard and
Continued on Page 12)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-26

Republican conventions to represent
the old second district in Congress.
Other arrangements include a
parade through the streets and to the
lake where a special program OF
music, prayer and distribution of the
flowers and a salute by the Company
L firing squad will take place.
The parade will start at the armory
after the program at 9 a. m. The
band will play several numbers. The
flag assembly will be given and will
be followed by the invocation.
Following the address by Mr.. Web
err, the roll call of the Grand Army
of the Republic will be read. The
armory services will be closed with
the benediction.
March Order Announced
The parade will form at the arm
DRY and march to the lake headed by
the American flag and the colors of
the participating groups followed by
the city band, firing squad, Civil War
veterans, Spanish-American War vet
Grams, American Legion, Woman's
Relief corps, American Legion Auxi-
liary, Camp Fire girls, Boy Scouts,
Girl Scouts and school children.
From the lake, cars will carry the
participants to the cemetery where
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-26
Garden Club Plans iris SholD
Prizes, for Exhibitors, Require
ments of Show; Classes
Announced

The Better Flower and Garden club
will stage an Iris show at the II. w.
Schmidt Motor company Wednesday,
June 1, with prizes offered in many
classes, it was announced this week.
There will be no admission charge
or entry fees but cash prizes will be
awarded and Holm and Olson, florists,
will offer a grand prize.
The following rules governing en-
tries and group classifcations were
prepared by the club officers.
Rules
All entries must be in before II a.
m.
Entries must be staged under num-
bers obtained from the management.
Vases and containers must be fur
nished by the exhibitor.
In awarding grand prize all firsts
shall count five, seconds, three, and
thirds, one.
ALI Iris must have been grown by
exhibitor.
Each group will be awarded first
and second cash prize and ribbons will
be awarded to all firsts and seconds.
One exhibiting in class II cannot
exhibit in class III or vice versa.
Continued from Page Two)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-26
40 Redwood County
Men on Paving Crew
Three-FOurths Mile Laid Since
Work Started Friday
Near Vesta

More than three-fourths of a mile
of paving had been poured on High
way ID near Vesta up to Tuesday
night when the work was delayed be-
cause of rain. Sixty thousand feet
remain to be paved between Vesta
and Redwood Falls.
Tuesday was the best day the paw
ers have had since they started as
they paved more than 1,400 feet.
Since their start, work has been hind
cred by bad weather and preliminary
check-ups.
Routes have been changed consider
ably with the start of the paving. The
detour to Marshall follows Highway
No. A, south Of town, turns off to
Wabasso and goes through Milroy.
The road out of Milroy leads to the
paving near Marshall. The Lyon
county seat may also be reached by
going west on Highway IA to the
Wabasso corner turning south into
Wabasso and from there over the re-
gular detour.
At the present time to reach Gran
lite Falls and other towns northwest
of here, the detour starts at the Bel
view corner where Number 81 leads
to Belyiew and then west. The road
is also open to the Delhi corner where
it can be taken north to Delhi and
then west to Belview.
DovoI NoorIx, Mil
The crew of approximately 125 men
started Friday but shut down work
Saturday after paving three hours
and did not resume work until Mon
day when they put in nearly a full
day.
The work is being done by the Mo-
Ian Brothers Construction company
of Minneapolis. Of approximately
125 men working on the job, about
40 are from Redwood county. Some
of the Redwood Falls men on their
crew when they left here last sum-
mer after paving Highway IA from
here east, are still working with
them.
The crew will finish the paving to
Redwood Falls before starting west
from the same corner to connect with
the paving from Marshall.
Averaging approximately 1900 feet
week, the crew should reach Red
wood Falls in approximately two
months.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-26
VESTA OIL STATION
RAzED BY PLANTED
EXPLOSIVE TUESDAY
Unknown Vandals Use Bomb or
Dynamite to DemOlish
Schiller Station
SHERIFF HUNTS CLUES
Car Tracks Show Raiders Left
Hurriedly; Explosion
Shakes Homes

A Standard oil station operated by
John B. Schiller at Vesta was demo-
lished by the explosion of dynamite
or bomb Tuesday shortly before 4
a. m.
Sheriff L. j. Kise and Deputy
Sheriff Harry Beatty were called by
the owner Immediately following the
loud report, and are trying to find
some clue which may lead to the APP
prehension Of the party or parties
responsible.
Car tracks revealed that the per-
sons perpetrating the bombing plant
ed the explosive material in front of
the station and left in hurry to be
as far away as possible when the ex-
plosion occurred. Sheriff Kise found
that the car had gone west after the
material had been planted and the
tracks showed that the wheels skid
ded on the corner near the station.
Owner Hears Explosion
Mr.. Schiller stated late Tuesday
morning that he was sleeping when
the explosion happened. The loud
noise awoke him and he dressed hur-
riedly and went to see what was
wrong. He felt the house shake and
heard several windows in his home fall
to the ground. Other neighbors re-
ported broken windows and shaken
homes.
When he reached the filling sta
ton, he found most Of the building a
total wreck. The front end was
blown into small pieces and married
pieces of wood and other material
were found several rods away. The
three pumps which stood in front
were shattered and the glass gas
containers broken. One Of them was
blown partly off it's foundation and
the metal structure around the base
was torn off.
Two doors, one leading into the Of
flee and the other to the rest room,
were blown from the hinges and torn
into bits.
Church Windows Broken
The Catholic church which is locat-
ed across the road from the station,
was badly shaken by the report and
scattered stones broke several of the
windows.
Mr.. Schiller's home is located di-
rectly in back of the station and part
of the home protrudes past the sta
ton. Stones also broke several win
dows in the part of the house which
was not sheltered by the back of the
station.
The owner of the station stated
that he knew of no one who would
want to dynamite his station.
Because of a hole which was blown
in the ground, Sheriff Kise believes
dynamite was used. Otherwise, he
stated, the explosion would have
worked up instead of down. He be-
lieves two sticks of dynamite were
used.
The station is located on Highway
No. ID in the southwest corner of
Vesta on the new road. It was built
by Mr.. Schiller last fall. Previous to
that time, he worked in the round
house near his present home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-26
Annual Poppy Sale
To be Held Saturday

Poppies will bloom in Redwood
Falls Saturday to remind citizens of
the wooden crosses along the battle
front in France. Preparations for
the annual sale of the American Lee
gion Auxiliary are now complete,
Mrs. Fred Macs, chairman of the
committee, has announced.
A large corps of women and girls
have volunteered to distribute the
peoples on the streets Saturday and
has been divided into teams. The
peoples, each bearing distinctive
label showing it to be the veteran
made product of the Legion and
Auxiliary, have been received from
Minneapolis where they were made
by needy disabled veterans.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-26
BIG SIX LEAGUE
=. STARTS SEASON

Big Six baseball teams opened the
season Sunday with three close
games, won by Wabasso, Lucan and
Springfield.
Lucan won at Lamberton in a
Suggest, IL to II while Wabasso de-
feated Sanborn at Sanborn, 6 to 5.
Springfield was the only team sue
cessful on its home diamond, winning
from Wanda, to 4.
Sunday, Lamberton will play at
Wabasso, Sanborn at Wanda and
Springfield at Lucan.