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The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15

The main part of the town coun-
Gil meeting held Thursday night.
June Z. with Mayor Kirkland and
Councilmen Anderson, Bru eg er,
Coulter, Campbell and Hanford
present, was taken up in discussion
of ways and means to combat the
evils which have sprung up in
Wrangell in the wake of legal sale
of liquor.
I'VE are confronted with a seri-
Gus question" said the mayor" one
that we did not expect. I know that
I did not expect it nor did any OF
you, and l am sure the people who
voted in repeal. did not anticipate
any such situation, but the liquor
is here and the problem before us
is how best to meet it.
Il do not believe" he continued,
that people should have to toler-
ate the drunkenness we have been
having. There is no need for DRINKS
staggering around the streets at all
hours of the day and night, and l
think we should take measures to
CHECK H. "llhOub waiting "Hs
longer"
The mayor had the full support
of the council. Each one expressed
with more or less emphasis his opin-
ion of the situation. 1t was decided
to instruct the night marshal to be
more strict in his police duties and
that if the present cells at the city
Jail were not sufficient to hold
those arrested to construct addi-
tional ones.
Work for Prisoners
1t was advocated that plenty of
work be provided to keep busy
those prisoners who have to work
out their fines. On the subject of
feeding the prisoners, it was re-
ported that some one had been
found who would feed them at so
cents a day so the town need not
hesitate about making arrests for
fear the food bill would be Excess
sive.
When the matter of the BLACK
list" was the subject of discussion,
it developed that a list of the ha-
bitual drunkards of Wrangell had
been furnished each of the vendors
of the seven beer parlors and five
liquor stores with the request that
every form of intoxicating liquor be
denied to them, and that most of
the vendors showed a spirit of CO.
operation.
30-Year Old Ordinance
Hanford, chairman of the Health
and Police Committee, stated that
Ordinance No. 4. passed on Sept.
"a, 1903, had never been repealed.
He read the following section:
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15
PAUL SEEKS
ItkR. FUNDS
fOR INDIANS

JUNEAU. Alaska. June IA
suit to enjoin the Territory from
paying pensions to aged persons,
mothers and others for relief from
restitution, or indigents was filed
in federal court here Saturday by
William L. Paul, attorney, for
Charles Demmert, Indian business
man of Klawock.
The constitutionality OF the pen
sion law is attacked, especially that
portion which prohibits pensions to
persons eligible to receive aid from
the department of the interior
which is allegedly discriminatory
against persons OF Indian blood.
The much-debated issue of
whether natives have a legal right
to share in the Territory's pension
allotments was first thrown into
the courts in Juneau court more
than two months ago by Lily Scott,
an Indian woman, who through her
attorney, Paul, filed a petition for
an alternative writ of mandamus
against Governor John W. Troy in
the federal district court.
Mrs. Scott sought court order
directing the governor to pay her
monthly allowances aggregating
$40 for the support of four minor
children, under the so-called terri
torial mothers pension act.
Scott Case Test
The case generally was regarded
as a test to the constitutionality of
the Territory's pension law, all of
which limit allowance from public
funds to persons ineligible to re-
ceiye aid from the department OF
the interior.
In the past year a considerable
number of natives have made ap-
plications for grants from these
funds, all of which nave been de-
MED by the board having juris-
diction over them.
The mandamus method was used,
Mr.. Paul said at that time, so that
ii the suit was successful it would
not tie up pension funds. Had ac-
ton to enjoin the Territory from
paying any allowances been taken
successfully, on the ground of lille
gal discrimination, then no pen
sions could be paid for mothers or
the aged INDECENT.
Controversy Long
The controversy over payment of
pensions of all kinds is of long
standing. 1t has been fought on
the floor of several sessions of the
legislature, and during one session,
Paul, as a house member, Is said
to have given notice that unless
the statutes were changed he would
tie up all pension funds. At that
time the working of the laws was
changed and the crisis was averted.
At the last session of the legis-
lature an amendment was written
into all of the pension laws exclud
ing from their benefits all persons
who are eligible to receive aid from
the department of interior. Since
then the boards have ruled that In
dams are eligible for federal assis-
lance and therefore not entitled to
territorial pensions.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15
Mrs. Forrest J. Hunt
Passes Away Tuesday

Mrs. Forrest ]. Hunt, pioneer
Wrangell woman and resident of
Ketchikan since 1900, died at Ket-
chikan General Hospital Tuesday
night, June II. Death was caused
by internal hemmorhages and all
ments due to high blood pressure.
She had been i'll only since the pre-
vious Sunday morning when she
suffered a stroke.
Mrs. Hunt was born in 1865 of
a pioneer family in Pierce county,
Washington, her father and grand
father having crossed the plains in
1874 to settle in Tumwater, Wash
ington. She was married in 1880
and in 1898 brought her four chill
dren to Wrangell to Join Mr.. Hunt
who had come here a few months
previous, when Wrangell was the
gateway to the Klondike via the
Stikine river.
In 1900 the family moved to Ket-
chikan, but Mrs. Hunt never lost
contact with Wrangell friends nor
interest in her first home town in
Alaska.
She was a public spirited woman.
active in many lines of public work.
She was a member of the women's
auxiliary of Pioneers of Alaska.
served many years as an officer in
the Legion Auxiliary, was char
ter member of the Eastern Star
chapter at Ketchikan and its first
worthy matron. In 1928 she was
appointed N tional Republican
Committeewoman for Alaska, the
first Alaskan woman to gain such
recognition. She was one of the
founders of the Women's Chamber
of Commerce. Shortly after moving
to Ketchikan, she organized and be-
came chairman of the Library As
ISOLATION, serving continuously as a
member of the board until her
death.
Mrs. Hunt is survived by her
husband and three daughters, all
married and. living IN Ketchikan.
Her two sons, Dale and Elmer, pre-
ceded her in death.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15
FISH SPLITTERS WALK OUT
ON NON-UNION SALMON LOAD

The Alaska Trollers association
showed it's hand" at Ketchikan
Monday morning when officials
pointed out to fish-house workers,
starting to split a load of salmon
brought in by John Kayser on the
boat E. Nielsen, that the vessel was
non-union and "blacklisted."
The load was not sold but was
being handled by the workers hired
for the job by the boats operator.
The load amounts to between 1000
and 5000 pounds and about 1000
pounds had been transferred to the
dock when the workers quit.
Kayser is splitting the fish on
the dock but remains undecided as
to what to do with the fish in his
boat. None of the workmen will
touch it, they state.-Chronicle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15
Courtesy Committee
Added to Civic Club

The appointment of a courtesy
June meeting of the Women's Civic
Club by Mrs. M. o. Johnson, presi
dent.
The members of the committee
will have charge of the entertain
ment provided by the club for
those whose visit to vrangell would
be of community interest, such az
battle fleet officers, etc.
The full committee appointments
for the coming club year follow:
Recreation Committee Lower
Beach, Mrs. w. C. Waters, Mrs. F.
S. Barnes, Mrs. r. N. Scruby; Upper
Beach-Mrs. j. H. Wheeler, Mrs.
May Gartley, Mrs. H. r. Coulter.
Miss Dorothy Johnson, Mrs. Carl
Jacobson, Mrs. Oscar Carlson; Park
Miss Marjorie Major, Mrs. C. C.
Mundy, Mrs. E. C. Anderson. Mrs.
Lulu Chaplin.
School Committee-Mrs. NJ. o.
Johnson, Mrs. I. C. Bjorge, Mrs. E.
M. Campbell, Mrs. ]. w. Pritchett
and Mrs. 2. M. Bradford.
Courtesy Committee-Mrs. A. w.
H. Smith, Mrs. F. s. Barnes and
Mrs. r. w. J. Reed.
Library Board - Mrs. Barnes.
Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Geo. Fabricius.
Hospital Committee-Mrs. H. D.
Campbell, Mrs. Reed.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15
NORTHLAND HERE THURSDAY
WITH HUNDRED TONS CARGO

The motorship Northland arrived
here at o'clock Thursday on her
first trip north for a month, and the
first in port of the U. S. public
carriers in the Alaska service since
the separate settlement with the
striking seamen and longshoremen
last Friday.
The ship had a capacity cargo and
passenger list from Seattle, 100
tons of cargo for Wrangell being
consigned to merchants and the
Diamond K cannery. Her ports of
call north are Petersburg, Juneau
and Douglas only and she is sche-
duled to call here fastening south
bound Saturday morning in the
hope that strike conditions will per-
NIT a speedy return trip.
Passengers arriving on the North
land were Geo. C. Francis, A. H.
Eikles, F. C. Harvey. Mrs. G. w.
Fairbanks, Mrs. Ray Hammer, and
Mrs. C. L. Weis, all from Ketchi-
kan. Owen Swenson took passage
from Wrangell to Juneau.
Among the other passengers
aboard were John Marti, Walter
Matt and Sidney Graham, who came
north to work for a dredging COM
pany in Wrangell Narrows; Mrs.
C. E. Zimmerman, wife of the fox
rancher on Brothers Island, re-
turning to Petersburg from a trip
to the States; Donald Armour, own
er of Piggly-Wiggly stores in Ket-
chikan and Juneau; Mr.. and Mrs.
Glen Bauer, of Claremore, Oklaho-
ma, who were enroute to Juneau to
take charge of Mendenhall Dairy;
Mrs. A. Forsythe, wife of mink
rancher on Glacier Highway, Ju-
neau, Mrs. H. Mclean and son Her
bert, Mrs. W. Scott and son Rob-
ert, returning to juneau from a
trip in the States. The majority of
the others of the 81 passengers.
were fishermen and miners enroute
to Juneau.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15
0NEEL RETURNS FROM 5000
MILE AIR TRIP THRU ALASKA

L. T. Zip" Oneel has spent the
week in Wrangell as the guest of
his wife's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. NJ. Bidwell Mr.. Oneel was
sent to Alaska about two months
ago to make a business survey for
the Shell Oil Co. He has travelled
six thousand miles through the in
terror by airplane.
On his return to the coast at Sc
ward he had to take passage on a
freighter to juneau. due to the
waterfront strikes in the States. He
was met at Juneau by Mrs. Oneel
who had secured passage from
Wrangell on the coast guard cutter
Morrio. This is his first visit to
Wrangell since he left the employ
of the Darlington Transportation
Company several years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oneel will spend
next week at Ketchfkan and then
pstnkn ta thstr homs In Seattle
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15
TRoLLERs VOTE TO STRIKE
IF SALMON PRICES ARE CUT

The Alaska Trollers association
countered buyers request for a re-
duction of 2 cents a pound for
white king salmon and 3 cents a
pound for cohoes Tuesday night, ac-
cording to the KetchIkan Chonicle,
with the ultimatum that unless
buying was resumed before Monday
at the original contract minimum
prices they would strike and hold
out for a 2-cent raise on the price
of all red king.
They met there Wednesday after
noon in the Deep Sea Fishermen's
union hall. Letters from four buy
ers stated that they were willing
to start buying Immediately, with
the designated cut and some with
limitations. Others failed to men
ton the date on which they would
start.
Fishing there ceased by action of
the union officials when the water
front strike made 1t impossible to
import materials for packing the
salmon. That was three weeks ago.
Economic conditions, having been
forced down to a point where they
cannot bear as high price as is
demanded for the local pro-
duct, allegedly is responsible for the
request for the cuts. A contributory
cause allegedly is that fish are
as yet of an inferior quality.
In explaining the determination
of the trollers in demanding a
higher price If they tied up, one
man offered the estimate that the
larger boats were losing on an
average of SIS each day they held
out after Monday. This, he belived,
would be made up by increasing the
price as the strike held. They in
sist that they will hold out in the
strike because they cannot fish at
cost or better for smaller price.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15
NEWS FROM
ALL OVER
THE WORLD
GREAT BRITAIN REFUSES TO
MAKE WAR DEBTS PAYMENT

The United States Tuesday night
sent strongly-worded note remind
ing Great Britain that its credit
standing is involved In its debt to
the United States and suggesting Of
fers would be considered for read
justing the debt for payment in
goods and services.
Referring to the recent British
statement that England could not
to pay her, the note replied that
the British government had Dor
rowed under its own name on its
own credit standing.
The British recently informed
the United States that the existing
system OF nter-governmental war
debt obligations had broken down
and eontended that the British
funding agreement was unreason-
able in itself and inequitable as
compared with the treatment &C
corded the other debtors. On origi-
nal advances of 1000, 900
Great Britain had paid S2.025, 900
while the amount now owed was
$4,713, 7S5,000.
In addition, her payments had
been far in excess of all those of
the other debtors, she said. Further
more Britain had suspended pay
ments OF her debtors on $780,
100000 of war advances. Improve
ment in her budgetary situation was
beside the point, being due to ''un-
precedented sacrifices" by her peo-
pie. Also, payment of inter-govern-
mental debt was related to the bal
ance of trade, not to the volume of
internal revenue, the note contin-
ued.
And in the long rum it added,
international transfer would be
impossible without a radical al
teration in the economic policies
of the United States"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15
Yale Men Prospecting
In CaSsiar Min. Dist.

Samuel w. Mills of New York
and Douglas McCrary of Calvert,
Texas, arrived in Wrangell Tuesday
morning and left early that after
noon on the Hazel B No. 2 of the
Darlington transportation Co. for
Telegraph Creek to spend the sum-
mer months prospecting in the Cas-
star mining district.
Both young men are Yale stud
ents. They left New York City
Thursday on ranscontinental
plane of the United Always for
Seattle. They were forced down
three times enroute, once in Nebras-
ka by a sandstorm, again by a
snowstorm in Utah while they were
grounded several hours by hun
dred-foot ceiling at Burley, Idaho.
The delay put them into Seattle
Friday evening, thirty hours after
leaving New York instead of the
scheduled eighteen hours. Fortu-
nately the waterfront strike did not
interfere with their getting to
Alaska as they were able to secure
passage on a C.P.R. steamer the fol-
lowing day and a week from the
day they left New York they were
in Telegraph Creek ready to start
on their summers adventures.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15
Mining Engineer Visits
Baker Island Property

j. G. Calvin and r. S. Oliver,
mining engineer of Anaconda, Mon
tana, returned the first of the week
from a trip to Baker Island where
Mr.. Oliver examined the molybe-
mum gold property of the San An
tonic Metals Co., of which Mr.. Gal
win is president.
The trip out was made in c. F.
Hurley's gasboat, Bear, with a crew
of four men whom Mr. Calvin had
intended leaving at the property but
on arrival he found that every
building had been looted, every
tool, all the assay equipment, even
the doors and windows of the build
ings had been taken. There was
nothing left in the cook house ex-
cept four walls and a roof, the big
steel range having been moved out
along with the dishes and kitchen
utensils. Meals were cooked by
campfire and the little stove in the
galley of the gasboat, and the re-
turn trip to Wrangell made as
quickly as possible.
However, Mr.. Oliver sampled the
property and will have the assays
run upon his arrival in the States.
He intends to return here in few
weeks.
The property was taken up by Mr..
Calvin some years ago. 1t has an i'm
mense tonnage of carefully surveyed
gold and molybdenum ore bodies as
saying as high as $21 per ton at the
old prices for gold. 1t consists of
twenty-six and fraction claims To-
Gated CONTINUOUSLY and extending
1900 shoreline feet on Baker Is
land, about 100 miles from Wran-
CELL. The mineral deposits of gold
and molybdenum are located on the
shore line of Bucareli Bay and San
Antonio Bay. which afford a nat
ural iand-locked harbor with cheap
water transportation.
In 1892 Mr. Calvin engaged
Lynch Bros. to diamond drill the
property, with two crews of drillers
and a diamond setter. Four drill
holes were sunk, the deepest being
400 feet. The cores showed molyb-
denite carrying gold values for the
depth and when drilling stopped II
was still in ore.
For any operations or develop
ment of the property Wrangell will
be the base in order to avoid send
ing boats around the dangerous
watsrs Of Cape chaeon-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15

Word was received here this
week of the marriage In Juneau Of
Mrs. Helen Young of that city and
Chef Johnson, we'll known Alaska
travelling salesman, on Thursday
night. June Z. The ceremony was
performed by IS. Commissioner
John F. Mullen in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Lyle Hebert. H. C. Dunlop
and Mrs. Ida Hansen acted as best
man and matron of honor.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15

Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Berg who
moved from Wrangell to Bellingham
some years ago, arrived here Sat
urday and will be guests during
the summer in the home of their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. C. Mundy. Mrs. Berg has
been Ill during the week hut II
Iuneh 0nnaRsa ta1n1-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15

Bill Henning arrived last Tuesday
from South Prairie, Wash, on the
Ohio, cannery tender Of the Wran-
CELL Packing Company, for visit
with his brother-in-law and sister,
DR.. and Mrs. r. N. Scruby. He
spent a few months in Wrangen two
yeaKa ago
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15
GOVERNMENT WILL MOVE
500 FAMILIES FROM S. OAK.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 12-
More than 500 farm families, vic
tins of the drought in South Dako-
ia, will be moved to better land
within the state as one of the gov
ernment's major steps toward meet
ing the gigantic relief problem
caused by the drought, it was an
nounced here today.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15

Miss Frances Clark arrived in
Wrangell this week from Seattle
where she has spent almost two
years. She will be the guest of her
grandmother, Mrs. Emma Case, for
the summer,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15

D. Doremer will arrive on the
steamer Alaska tonight to take
place as operator at tbs local sig
,naR CaEn0 a1efsa.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15

The Bills Club has announced its
annual dance on the Fourth of July.
but has not settled such details as
music. hall, etc. all Of which viii
- snnaunesa vssx shnR111A
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15

Mrs. Homer Bradley returned
home this week from Seattle where
she has lived during the past year.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1934-06-15
Alaska OutbOrne Com
merce is Cut 500, 900

Alaska's outborne commerce for
the month of May as complied by
James J. Connors, Collector of Gus
toms, at his headquarters in Juneau
showed a decrease of over one hun
dred thousand dollars from May,
1888, in shipments of Alaska pro-
ducts, exclusive of minerals.
The decrease was almost entirely
in fish and fish products due to
the tie-up of boats by Alaska fish
ermen and then by the longshore
strikes which stopped all move
ments of ships of the Alaska fleet
after the southeast Alaska fisher
men had started fishing.
Furs and fur skins showed an
increase. May, 1898, shipments to-
tailed s24,919, while May. 1894
shipments were valued at $63,213.
The output of gold, however,
more than doubled in May of this
year. Gold shipments were valued
at s434,39S in May, 1888, and at
$S79,64S in May, 1894
Curlos ..............$ 10
Evening star., 1934-04-14
CHURCH TO RECEIVE
new MEMBER GROUP
Metropolitan Baptist Pastor An
nounces Two Sermon
Themes.

At the Metropolitan Baptist Church
tomorrow morning DR.. John Compton
Ball will speak on "The Outstanding
Text Of the Baptist Denomination" :"
A group of new members will be re-
ceived into the church. DR.. Ball Will
have for his evening text GODS
Christos for Life's Crises" This serv-
ice will be preceded by the admin
istering Of the ordinance Of baptism.
The Shaver Bible Class for men
meets in the church auditorium at
GAS. The B. A. U. meets at GAS
pm, with the Christian Endeayor as
guests. The subject Is 1.-THE Enthu-
siasm of Paul" Mrs. William Has
ker Is leading.
The Woman's Missionary Society
will meet Monday at 7:45 pm. Mrs.
Walter will speak on Waking to
World Vision" Tuesday at z pm,
meeting of the Teacher Training
Glass. Studies in New Testament"
followed by People Called Baptist. :"
are being taught by Miss Maude
Saunders. Wednesday at 10 am. the
Ladies Aid Society convenes for all
day session. Wednesday, 7:45, meet
ing Of the Bible School Conference.
Charles Trainum will speak on
Paul's Life Attributes, as Applied
To Teachers" A social will follow.
The teachers of the Sunday school
will meet Thursday at pm, when
Mrs. E. S. Fakes will discuss Our
All for the Kingdom" Prayer and
praise service, conducted by the pas
tor, will follow, after which Mrs. Has
ker will teach a class In the studies
of the Book of James.
Evening star., 1934-04-14
UNIVERSALIST TOPIC
TO BE I'M IMMORTALITY
DR.. Perkins Will Discuss "Why
One Man Believes" Tomorrow
Morning.

'Why One Man Believes in I'm
mortality" is the sermon topic Of DR.
Frederic w. Perkins tomorrow at II
o'clock in the Universalist National
Memorial Church. The work Of the
Women's National Missionary Asso-
citation will be presented by Mrs.
William H. McGlauflin in a brief
talk as part Of the service. This
is in recognition of national Womens
day, which will be celebrated to-
morrow in Universalist churches
throughout the country.
At the church school worship serv-
ice at 1915 the junior boys. under
direction of Edwin Smallman, will
present a short play from the life
Of David The adult class Of the
church school will meet at 1915, fol-
lowing the church service.
The Mission Circle will meet Tues
day for luncheon and business meet
ing, followed by the study program
Miss Eleanor Bonner will present an
Illustrated talk on Where Paul
Journeyed."
The annual meeting of the Church
School Association will be on Thurs
day night, preceded by supper at 6
o'clock and the monthly business
meeting at $50. On Friday at 7:30
the Boy Scout troop will meet in the
Weston room.
Evening star., 1934-04-14
BAPTIST MEMORIAL
VOCATIONAL WEEK
DR.. G. G. Johnson to Speak To-
morrow on What Shall
I Do, Lord9'

In connection with Vocational En-
phasis week in the program Of the
Baptist Student Union, DR.. Cove G.
johnson, pastor Of the National Bap-
tist Memorial, will speak tomorrow
morning on What Shall Do, Lord?"
In the evening he will give another
Of his Messages of Books of the
Bible for Men of Today" his special
subject being Real Religion-the
Letter Of James"
The Anna B. Hanson Circle will
meet Tuesday at 80 pm. with Mrs.
George Edelin,, 1906 Porter street, and
the other missionary circles as fol-
lows: 2 pm, Ella Marie Holmes
with Mrs. Lula Singer, 1928 Columbia
road; Ann JudSon with Miss Emma
Venable, 1903 Columbia road; Dr.
Marion Criswell with Mrs Frank Co.
burn, 1873 Columbia road; DR.. Lena
Benjamin with Mrs. Bessie L. Brown,
1858 California street; Emma G. Gill
with Mrs. Russell Warner, 1860 Park
road, and Wednesday, at pm, Olive
Love with Mrs. E. F. Downing, 1921
M street, and at 2, Kathleen Mallory
with Mrs. r. E. Pidgeon, 4440 Reser-
voir road.
The subject of the service Thurs
day evening will be Obedience to the
Heavenly Vision"