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The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06
Wrangell Gets Legal
Advice Liquor Control

The Town Council recently re-
quested an opinion from the law
firm of Hellenthal & Hellenthal, o.
Juneau, which acts as city attorney
for Wrangell regarding the right
of an incorporated town in Alaska
in the matter of liquor control. The
firm by S. Hellenthal, under date
of March 2S, replied as follows:
1--WE are of the opinion that the
sale of Intoxicating liquor, if the
present bill becomes a law, will be
entirely under the Board of Liquor
Control, and that the cities will
have no right to control the same
except that the Board of Liquor
Control may make provision that
the applicants get the endorsement
of the City Council before a license
can be granted to them, or some
other similar provision. And ex-
cept further, that the City may be
able to provide by ordinance for
the time of closing such places, I'M
less the Liquor Control Board fixes
a definite time for such closing
in which event, it is questionable
whether the City will have the
right, and we are of the opinion
that they will not,
Cities Cannot Control Liquor
'As we understand it, the Liquor
Control Board is about to enact
regulations under which almost
anyone can procure license to sell
hard liquors. but under said regu-
lations such liquor must be sold in
original packages, and are not to be
consumed upon the premises. And
as we understand it, they will also
make a regulation that hard liquors
can not be drunk in public places.
"At this writing, it is mere
guess what the regulations will be.
The above is gained from opinions
expressed by various members of
the Liquor Control Board, which
opinions they are apt to change.
I'VE are of the opinion that the
Liquor Control Board has no right
to authorize municipalities to con-
troll the manner of liquor dispense
ton, except as above stated"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06

The last regular meeting of the
present town council was held
Thursday night in the city hall
with Mayor Thomas Dalgity and
Councilmen Campbell, Angerman,
Sorset and Hanford present.
Financial Report
The finance committee submit
ted the following report for the
month of March
General receipts --$ $50, 511.14
Light Plant receipts 1870 1,71O.5 81
Balance in General Fund 2,299.08
Balance in Light Fund 10000
Claims amounting to $2,769.39
against the general fund n d
s1,58749 against the light fund.
were ordered paid. :.
Election Board
Angerman, chairman of the
Judiciary committee, reported that
the election board for the recent
city election was so satisfactory that
he recommended each member be
appointed to serve on the board for
the Territorial primary election on
April "a. Accordingly, L. M.
Churchill, E. F. Grigwire and A. M
Myers were appointed judges and
Mrs. j. w. Mason and Miss Etolin
Coulter, clerks on the board.
Police Report
Hanford read the following re-
port from Night Marshal Clarence
Bradley: Eight arrests made, two of
which were turned over to the
Deputy United States Marshall;
fines collected by the city, 500;
one traffic slip given out; IA street
lights replaced during the month;
tax collected on six dogs, totaling
SIS; one dog killed.
On March 10 the police commit
tee ordered all beer parlors closed
at 2 a. m. and each place was so
notified by the city clerk. This
order has been observed by all
places so far, the report states.
L. M. Churchill was appointed
Territorial School Tax collector.
Miss Irene Coulter, assistant
cashier of the Bank of Alaska, was
appointed to audit all city accounts
for the fiscal year.
Harbor Improvement
Correspondence read by L. B.
Chisholm, city clerk, included let
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06
DarWell Leads Ticket
IN Municipal Election

AS a result of the city election
last Tuesday, C. p. Kirkland, vice
president of the Bank of Alaska,
will be mayor of Wrangell for the
coming year. Mr. Kirkland was
elected to the same office three
years ago but refused nomination
for a second term.
The name of Thomas Dalgity,
present incumbent in the mayors
office, who refused nomination for
another term, was written in on the
official ballot by Is voters.
The three men elected to serve
on the town council for a two-year
term were A. r. Brueger, packer of
fresh and frozen fish, L. NJ Camp
bell, of the firm of Campbell Bros,
general merchants, and Arnt Sor-
set, a partner in the City Meat Mar
ket with H. R. Coulter, who was
elected to the council without OPP
position to serve one-year term.
Charles Darwell, owner of the
Wrangell Telephone Company, was
elected without opposition to fill a
three-year term on the school board
Mr.. Darwell was elected last year
to fill the third year of the term
for which Dr. o. H. Whaley was
elected in 1881.
The vote received by each candi-
date was as follows:
c. P. Kirkland, 100.
A R. Brueger, 50.
l.. NJ Campbell. 139.
George Gunderson, 50.
Arnt Sorset, los.
George sumption, SO.
H. R. Coulter, 139.
Chas. Darwell, 142.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06
JACK WILSON AND MISS HANSON
TAKE OVER WRANGELL CAFE

The Wrangell Cafe, which has
been conducted by Tom Fujita for
several years, was taken over on
April 1 by Miss Ruth Hansen and
Jack Wilson, who are operating
under the same name and with no
change in prices from those estab-
listed by Fujita.
Wilson, who is famed for his
good cooking, has been with the
harrington Transportation company
for several years. During the past
winter he was associated with
James Nolan in the Blue Plate Din
ners served at the Den O. Sweets.
Miss Hansen recently resigned as
superintendent of Wrangell General
Hospital to go into business as a
change from hospital routine.
The two partners started out with
a rushing business Sunday which
has continued through the week and
that their venture will be most sue
cessful is the general prediction.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06
TOWN TAKES STEPS TO GET DREDGED
HARBOR MATERIAL FOR STREET FILL

ter from 1t. Col. C. L. Sturdevant,
District Engineer, U. S. Engineer
Office, War Department, at Seattle,
written In answer to the city clerks
letter expressing the request of the
city council that the dredged ma
terial from the proposed Wrangell
harbor improvement be made avail
able for filling Front street.
Colonel Sturdeyant regretted that
the War Department cannot spscify
such method of disposal.
The project, he said. If author
lied, contemplates harbor improve
ment only and the work must be
performed at the lowest unit cost,
hence the acceptance of bids can
not be influenced by method of
disposal Or type of plant.
There is a provision in the speci-
fications for this work, however,
which will permit the contractor to
place the dredged material behind
suitable bulkheads, if he so elects.
and the colonel states that the
Engineer Office would interpose no
objections to such disposal.
Upon receipt of Colonel Sturde-
wants letter, Mr.. Chisholm wrote to
James G. Truitt, associate engineer,
in the same office, requesting that
city authorities be notified prompt
ly upon acceptance Of bids for
Wrangell Harbor improvement, in
order to allow them time in which
to formulate an agreement with the
successful bidder for filling por-
tons of the townsite.
Mr.. Truitt assured the town coun-
ell that it's request would be COM
piled with. He pointed out that
there is no assurance that the sue
eessful bidder will bid the work
with a type of plant capable of
making the fill desired, hence it
would probably be preferable for
local interests to make such ar
rangements with prospective bidders
as to insure the use Of hydraulic
plant. Colonel Sturdevant, he stat
ed, will furnish the Wrangell au-
thorities with a list of the individu-
ais and corporations receiving
copies of the specifications, when
they are issued.
Upon motion the council ad-
journed to meet upon call when the
city books have been audited.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06
WOmen's Club To Hold
Sat. Luncheon Meeting

The Women's Civic Club will hold
a luncheon meeting Saturday, April
6, at Loo o'clock in the domestic
science room at the high school.
The purpose of the meeting is
get-together of members and all
women of the community who are
interested in the aims and ideals
of a Woman's Club. Attendance at
the meeting does not commit one
to becoming a member or to con-
tinuing if already a member
Interest in the club has been
steadily declining for some time and
often times lack of a quorum has
prevented a meeting from being
held.
1t seems advisable at this time
either to disband the club and aban-
don its chief project, the public Ii
brary, or to broaden the activities
of the club, such as Incorporating
.ome much-needed features of the
P-T.A., without reviying that or
ganization separately.
A Junior Club, the membership
to include the younger girls OF the
community, is a suggestion that is
meeting with a great deal of enthu-
siasm in the plans for community
activity.
These and other suggestions will
be discussed Saturday. The lunch
con will be prepared by Miss Doro-
thy Johnson and Mrs. H. R. Coulter
A charge of 35 cents plate will be
made to defray the expense.
ALI Women Invited
The plans for the luncheon were
made only a few days ago and it is
therefore impossible for the officers
to get in touch with many of the
women who may be interested in
the projects of the club, chief among
which are a bathing beach for the
summer and play ground apparatus
for recreation centers. Any woman
of the community who is willing to
join in this movement whether as
a member of the club or not is cor
daily invited to attend the luncheon
but the reservation must be made
before 500 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing with Mrs. Wheeler at the drug
store, in order that adequate pre-
parations for food may be made.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06
HARD LIQUOR
Big QUESTION
TO ALASKANS

Harry G. Mccain, city council
man and candidate for the legis-
lature in the forthcoming territorial
election, today assaulted the regula-
tions proposed by the territorial
liquor board for dealing with hard
liquors when repeal becomes effec-
tive here, says a recent issue of the
Ketchikan Chronicle.
No Perfect Method
practically all of us can agree
on two propositions, Mr. Mccain
said. First, that there is no method
of controlling the sale of hard
liquors which is perfect. Second, it
is our duty to find the best method
possible.
1--WE all seem to be fairly we'll
agreed that the territorial board of
control has failed completely to pro-
vide a sensible solution of control.
The plan proposed by the Juneau
board is, in my judgment, about the
worst that could be devised-except
possibly wide-open, uncontrolled sa-
looms.
Cities Requests Ignored
THE best method of handling the
sale of hard liquors which has been
brought forward, according to nay
belief, is the plan of municipal con-
troll proposed by the local council.
Practically all the other cities in
the Territory have Joined in endors-
ing this idea. Yet the territorial
board has almost completely ignored
the request of the cities which held
the overwhelming majority of the
Territory's population.
Hard liquors are going to be
sold in original packages-not by
the drink. Therefore there ought to
be just one such place in Ketchi-
kan. 1t ought to be run either di-
rectly by the city government, or by
some person who has the capital to
finance the business, and who will
operate the store in the interests OF
all the people of the city We must
realize that there is a moral angle
to the proposition, as well as an
economic interest. The city ought
to have the revenue to be derived
but it is the duty of the council
also, to see that the business is
handled in way that will have as
little evil effect on public morals
as possible There is no use to wink
at the fact that the business of sell
CONTINUED on Page Four
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06
MISS WEIGHTMAN SUSTAINS
SEVERE BURNS IN ACCIDENT

Miss Margaret Weightman, gov
Petersburg, is making a good re-
covery from painful burns which
she received on the morning Of
March %. While Miss Weightman
does not know positively the cause
of the accident, she believes that in
reaching across an electric hot plate
the back of the sleeve of her uni
form caught on fire.
She had no intimation that her
clothing was on fire until she was
suddenly enveloped in flames. She
had the presence of mind to roll up
quickly in heavy blanket while
her dothing literally burned off
her back. After the flames were ex-
tinguished she was able to telephone
for nurse and the doctor.
Her left arm and side and back
were painfully burned, the deepest
burns being on her back.
For the past thirty years Miss
Weightman has been engaged as a
nurse and hospital executive for
the office of Indian Affairs. Her
stations have ranged from remote
places In the interior of Alaska to
wherever there are Indian reserva-
lions in the States and the need OF
a nurse for Indians. She was trans
ferred to southeastern Alaska about
ten years ago. In all the thirty
years, this is the first occasion
when she has been absent from duty
on account of sickness or accident
to herself.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06
HIGH SCHOOL INVITES PUBLIC
TO TAKE TRIP ON BRINY DEEP

Better get your passport pictures
taken and be ready to say Bon
Voyage" to all your friends because
you're all invited to take a trip on
the good ship IS. s. Bel Saute" in
the very near future, with group
of high school students.
This isn't just another case of
a postponed sailing date due to re-
modelling the ship. Mr.. Feeble has a
perfectly good rowboat down in the
work shop that needs only funnel
TO be a stream-lined steamer. And
we're seriously considering hi-jack-
ing few life-savers from the
steamer Yukon on its next trip.
Surely if they can spend 100000 on
derecoration they wouldn't miss a
life-saver or two.
But we have to sew gold braid on
the Captains uniform, grow o mus
tache on Count de-Boeuf. find
nice deep sounding cathedral bell
and teach our gobs the hornpipe,
However when we get our crew Or
ganized and our passenge rlist COM
plete, ship Ahoy.p 1t will be gala
occasion! Watch for further an
nouncements as to sailing date.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06
WITH THE FISH BUYERS

During the week the following
in and sold fors various prices.
The Cold Storage bought 5000
lbs. from the T 704 at 6-3 " C and
1000 lbs. from the North Pole for
the freezer at 5-3c.
A. R. Brueger bought 1000 lbs
rom the S G S for 51a-31ac and
$500 lbs. from the Mary for 6
and 4e.
The Cold Storage bought $500
lbs. from the Seven Bros. at 6-4c.
The Sea Bird brought in $4,000
lbs. and sold 10000 lbs. to A. R.
Brueger and 5000 lbs. to c. c.
Mundy for 6-4c.
The following halibut shipments
were made on the Alaska sailing
south Saturday:
C. C. Mundy, 5000 lbs.
A. R. Brueger 10000 lbs.
Wrangell Cold Storage 5000 lbs
The remainder of the halibui
was put in the freezer
Sam Roman, delegate of the
Wrangell organization of the Alas
ka Trollers' Union, reports that the
trollers' tie-up is about settled, as
six out of eight Seattle buyers have
signed up to pay 1857 cents fol
kings at the base and the other two
are expected to sign up soon.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06
MARIJUANA NARCOTIC
USED FOR "RHEUMATlSM'

Arrested in Ketchikan Thursday
night for possession of two pack
ages of marijuana cigarettes, Ed
ward (Panama) Davis, bootblack,
was bound over to the grand jury
Friday morning as result Of his
hearing before United States Com
mission e. c. Austin on charges of
violation of the federal narcotics
act.
A quantity of the narcotic was
also found on the premises of his
also ofund on the premises of his
home on Barney Way which Off
GERS searched after his apprehen-
sion. His excuse for having 1t was
that he is a chronic sufferer from
rheumatism and that he used it to
treat his condition.
He is being held In Jail, his bail
bond set at $4,000.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06
CWA CREWS TO BE REDUCED
WEEKLY UNTIL APRIL Q

Mayor Dalgity, chairman of the
employment board for the local
CWA projects, received a telegram
Tuesday from A. F. Ghiglione, CWA
supervisor, informing him that all
CWA work ends April 26.
1.-THE following Wrangell quotas, -
states the telegram, must not be
exceeded for the weeks ending April
twelfth, nineteenth and twenty
sixth, respectively; 80, % and Ia
each, counting the foreman"
Mr.. Ghiglione's instructions were
to complete existing projects in
preferences to starting new work
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06
Truitt Is interviewed
On Liquor Situation

The Ketchikan Chronicle reports
the following interview with James
S. Truitt, Territorial attorney gen.
eral and member of the liquor con-
troll board:
The problem of how. to deal with
the question of dispensing with hard
liquor in Alaska is serious prob
lem, Mr. Truitt stated. Each solu-
ton presented is accompanied by
numerous evils and the question on
hand, he believes, is to meet it with
the one that has the fewest encum-
brances to temperance.
A member of the liquor control
board, but not expressing himself
as necessarily being of the same
opinion as the other members of the
board, Mr.. Truitt states that for the
present he believes that hard liquor
should be sold in the original pack
ages only.
The liquor may not be consumed
on the premises and any dispenser
of hard liquor should be required
to post a large bond with the board
to cover possible misdeeds. ITS
easier to retain his money than to
get it from him later" he explains.
This, he believes, will be conducive
to care in handling the spirits.
Wines and beers, regardless of
alcoholic contents, he states, should
be sold as they are now, consump-
tion on the premises being permit
ted.
Because the Territory has no
funds to set up in business and
the credit of the Territory should
not be imposed upon to furnish the
funds, Mr.. Truitt states that until
the legislature meets next year.
territorial dispensaries are out of
the question. He does advocate, this,
however, as the eventual method for
handling liquor.
He does not favor municipality
owned and operated stores because
they cannot be kept out of poll
tics" What recourse a city might
have for law enforcement when the
Territory operates liquor stores, re-
tanning the revenue derived from
them, was not suggested by Mr..
Truitt.
| He admitted that problem
would present itself If individuals
here are licensed to sell liquor and
after a time deprived of the right
in order to make room for the terri
torial stores. The firms dealing in
liquor would be deprived of a
source of business and revenue
when such a change is made but
that will be partly overcome he
states, by their knowing when they
start selling that it is only tenn
porary arrangement.
'The state of Washington, where
liquor was sold for a time by every
one in any business, was a mess"
Mr.. Truitt says, land we want to
avoid that condition. In contrast.
the state of California was orderly
and the advent of hard liquor was
met with decorum. Individual firms
dispense whisky and spirits there.
but no drinking is allowed on the
premises.
I'VE want to deal with the prob
lem before us in such a manner as
to cause the most consistently tenn
perate conditions and at the same
time do away with bootlegging.
Both are essential to be taken into
consideration" he stated, adding
that his action as a board member
wspld tallow thia rule.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06
HOTEL ARRIVALS

The following persons have reg
istered at the Wrangell Hotel dur
ing the past week:
Ole Jacobson, Karl Thiele, Herb
Kittilsby, Mr.. and Mrs M. G. Shain
Miss Ruth Hansen, Ed Johnson, L.
c. Sorenson, Edward Cool, Chef
Johnson, G. H. Tozier, G. e. Robin
son, Clarence Peele, Ted Kirkman
John Ekoff and Jack Pratt.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06

Precipitation:
Total, 5.73 inches; greatest in "a
hours, rs; date, March IA.
Snow:
Total snowfall, Ill inches. On
ground 18th, inches; at end OF
month inches
Number of Days:
With OIL inches or more precipi-
tation, 10; clear, IL; partly cloudy
8; cloudy, IL.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06

A twelve by fourteen guest house
is being built for DR.. Scruby on
Wrangell Highway, to take the
place of guest room addition. The
house is twelve by fourteen and is
built of logs to match the Sruby
home, which is one of the most mod
ern and desirable places in Wrangell
aistriet
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06
COAST GUARD
UNAVAILABLE
FOR WRANGELL

The Chamber of Commerce held
its regular luncheon meeting in the
Wrangell Hotel dining room We'd
nesday with C. P. Kirkland. the
president, in the chair. Members
present besides the chairman were
H. P. Corser, DR.. Whitehead, L. NJ.
Campbell, F. G. Hanford, L. r.
Jackson, w. C. Waters, DR.. Scruby,
Charles Benjamin, James Nolan, ].
G. Grant, A. R. Brueger and R. w.
J. Reed Guests present were V. L.
Boardway. Chef johnson, G. H. To-
zier, NJ. E. Leblanc and ]. M. Wy
skoff.
Among the correspondence read
by Secretary James Nolan was a
letter from Captain L. C. Covell,
Acting Commandant US. Coast
Guard Excerpts from his letter fol-
low.
Receipt is acknowledged of your
letter of February 26th, setting
forth the desirability of having a
Coast Guard vessel stationed at
Wrangell, Alaska, for affording
Coast Guard protection and service
in that immediate locality.
THE representations set forth in
your letter have been carefully not
ed, and l wish to advise you the
existing situation as 1t affects the
availability of Coast Guard vessels.
The appropriation for the Coast
Guard for the fiscal year beginning
July l, 1894, is approximately
$1,000, 900 less than the appropria-
ton for the current fiscal year. This
has made necessary the decommis-
sioning of all the destroyers, APP
proximately rs smaller vessels, and
all the Bases except three. In these
circumstances l feel certain you will
realize our inability to assign any
vessel to Wrangell at the present
time
This office has been pleased to
receive your views on the need OF
Coast Guard protection in the wa
ters in the vicinity of Wrangell,
which will receive consideration in
any future planning"
ECW Camps
j. M. Wyckoff, district ranger,
us. Forest Service, addressed the
club on the subject of the ECW
camps. The enrolment period of the
present ECW camps expires April
15, he stated. Those now employed
who wish to re-enroll must do so
between April 1 and Is. Under the
regulations, he said those now en-
ployed who do not re-enroll during
this period are not eligible for en-
rollment later during the six
months period beginning April Is.
Up to Wednesday noon, all but
three of the Wrangell crew had sig
nified their intention of quitting
April 10 or before. Obviously it
would not be good business. he said.
to maintain a camp comprising a
foreman, cook and two laborers.
II the Wrangell camp is reduced
to three or four, 1t will be consoli-
dated with the Petersburg camp,
II there are sufficient n ewenroll-
ments at Wrangell to warrant a
separate camp, the Wrangell camp
will be maintained until 1t Is found
advisable to place the crew else
where.
Roadside Clearing
With respect to roadside clearing
which the chamber had requested,
Mr.. Wyckoff explained that it is the
plan to carry this work throughout
the length of the ECW project. II
there are any of the roadside resi-
dents who feel that the road in
front of their property is being neg
Continued on Page Three)
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06

Rev. Russell F. Peterson, pastor
of the Presbyterian church in
Wrangell, and as chairman of the
National Missions Committee, head
of the Presbyterian work in Alaska,
left on the Yukon Monday night to
attend a meeting of the Presbytery
which is held this year at Skag-
way.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06

Six-year-old Wallie Johansen was
taken to the hospital Wednesday
night suffering from acute appendi-
citis. The appendix had burst and
an operation was performed immedi-
ately by Dr. Whitehead. The small
patient is reported to be making a
good recovery.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06

M. G. Shain, accompanied by his
wife and daughter Arlene, arrived
on the Northland Friday to enter
upon his new duties as bookkeeper
for the Diamond K cannery. They
are occupying the Ole Johnson
apartment recently vacated by Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Jacobson.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-04-06

j. B. Gottstein, wholesale grocer
of Anchorage, was a Wrangell wish
tor while the Yukon was in port
Monday night. He was in port
home from an extended trip to the
Ssakss, N far east m New York