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Evening star., 1935-11-13


the advent of the Infant destined to bring
a new philosophy into the world and to
change the whole of civilization.
HIDDEN WAYS. BY Frederic F. Van de
Water Indianapolis: The Bobbs-
Merrill Co.
David Mallory, young newspaper re-
porter who is down and out in New York
and working as a switchboard operator
in fashionable apartment house, and
Miss Agatha Paget, an elderly cripple
with a keen sense of humor, are the
high lights of this interesting and mysti-
flying tale of murder in locked and
empty apartment. Not empty in the
sense of being tenantleSS-for a most
peculiar family Occupies the rooms-but
the murder seems to have been commit
ted when the three Ferreters were absent,
and the victim appears to be an unknown,
black-bearded man whose entrance into
the closely guarded abode of the exclu
SiveS is as much OF a mystery as the
identity of the person who killed him.
While David is 1escuing Miss Agatha
from the wreckage of her wheel chair
she discovers that he is no menial by
choice but an intelligent young man re-
duced by necessity to work at anything
he can get. She hires him to do some
genealogical writing in which she plans
to disclose all the family scandals and
skeletons and thereby make of her beau
tiful niece and worthless nephew two
honest, upright citizens without the
backing of the family name. David
accepts the Job because of the pay and
the opportunity to be near the lovely
niece, but he also cherishes the hope
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
EZRA WORKERS MAKE GOOD PROGRESS
 AND GIVING SATISFACTORY SERVICE

Workers on the four local EZRA projects are making good progress and giving satisfactory service, ac- cording to a statement made this week by Harry Coulter. supervisor for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. Four projects are under way and 1t is hoped that au- thority to start on a new one will be received within the next few days.
 0utcroppings of rock frequently present obstacles to the work es- pecially where new ground is being cleared on St Michael street and Church street. Experienced men have been placed in charge of the blasting operations, however, and the work goes forward with steady beat of jack-hammers and drills.
 retaining wall composed of slabs of shale from the beach close at hand has aroused much favorable comment by persons who viewed the work at the end of Shakes street the last few days. A buttress of slabs has been erected on each side of the street to a height of four or five feet. the escarpment slanted inward, the intervening space being filled with broken rock and dirt
 Old Landmark Passes
 A log house built of hewn tim bers is being moved to make way for the continuation of St. Michael l. I1 1II aft house. and was built by William Tamaree some 50 years ago. It Is a well-known landmark of Wran- gell and bears witness to the splen- did craftsmanship of the builder. In tearing the building apart each timber was carefully numbered so that the structure may be re-as- sembled with each piece in it's pro- per place.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
Campbell Resigns As
 Red Cross Executive

At the meeting of the Wrangell Chapter of the American Red Cross held last night, vice-chairman H D. Campbell resigned his office as chairman of both the chapter and the relief committee. AS he offered his resignation he expressed his confidence in the work of the American Red Cross and desire to continue a member of the Wran- gell Chapter, and in expressing his appreciation of the loyalty of fel- low members of the executive board said that he must be relieved of duties connected herewith.
 Fred G. Hanford was elected act ing-chairmaH of { he Executive Board to serve until the next an nual election of officers. James No Ian, US. Deputy Marshal, was elect ed member of the executive board. and the board requested MT. Han ford to ask Mir. Nolan to serve as chairman of the relief committee.
 c. Don Miller who has been ac- tive in the Red Cross Roll Call for several years was elected a mem Der of the executive board
 The board authorized the pay ment of $21.60 incurred by commit tees on relief and Christmas cheer.
 One of the members said that it will take two men to do the work of the retiring chairman, as MT. Campbell has put his heart and soul into fair ministry of relief in the Wrangell district. He not only served faithfully on committees of the greatest importance through the year, but for years has been the chairman who has conducted the Annual Red Cross Membership Roll Call.
 Wrangell Chapter received this year The Honor Certificate for Distinguished Achievement in the Annual Roll Call' signed by Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ma tional Chairman John Barton Payne. This honor has come to Wrangell principally through the efforts of MT. Campbell.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
ANDERSON IS
 READY FOR
 DAM PROJECT

4. B. Anderson, low bidder on the Wrangell dam project to be built from PWA loan and grant funds, returned this week from trip to Seattle. He has completed his part of the contract. He has furnished the required bonds and insurance and acceptance by the Juneau office of the Public Works Administration will undoubtedly follow very soon.
 According to PWA regulations, work on the project must begin twenty days after acceptance and be finished in 12O days after starting.
 The project involves the clearing of approximately nine acres of tim Der for a new storage reservoir and construction of a new dam. The new reservoir will feed into the present one, water running over the top of the dam into creek chan nels leading to the present dam. The distance between the faces of the two dams is 2700 feet. In case of a shortage of water valves will be opened in the bottom of the new dam and the project assures Nran- gell a full supply of water for all needs. both for domestic and in dustrial uses,
 Mir. Anderson has secured odin Jensen of Ketchikan % be foreman in charge of the work. Mir. Jensen is we'll known for general eonstPuc- tion work, trestle. clearing, pile driving, etc., in which he has been engaged for several years in south eastern Alaska.
 He will bring two donkey en- zines from Ketchikan, one for clear ing and one for the pile driving and dam censtruetioR. A road to the project will not be built, the en= zines taking in supplies over the hill somewhere between the l. P. Nore home and the city light plant.
 It is Jensens intention to work a crew of from ten GO twenty-five men. The wages paid. stipulated by the PWA contract forms, will be 6oo. s0f. and S1.2o an hour.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
SEeY. PERKINS DENoUNCEs
 TOWNSEND PENSION PLAN

NEW YORK. - The Townsend plan for paying pensions of s200 a month to persons over 60 years of age was termed economically and socially unsound," yesterday in an interview with Francis Per kins, secretary of labor, for a magazine article.
 Miss Perkins, however, favored an old age pension which would give adequate relief. She said the Townsend plan would take SEA- 900, 100000 a year which was more than one-half of the national in- come. She pointed out that this was equivalent to giving nine per cent of the population more than one-half of the entire income of the country.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
PASSENGERS PRAISE CAPTAIN
 ODSEN OF STEAMER VICTORIA

The Alaska Steamship company office in Seattle has received a let ter signed by 133 passengers of the steamship Victoria praising Captain Fl. odsen for the 'masterly man ner" in which he saved his ship from the rocks of Johnstone straits. in a blinding snowstorm.
 The Victoria returned to Seattle with only slight damage.
 For 30 hours Captain Odsen held the Victoria in the narrow strait. beating back and forth be- tween the rocks. in a 60-mile gale and with snow and fog so thick you couldn't see four feet ahead. He kept her off with only a slight bump, and when he finished his trick he couldn't read. because of staring into the storm" said one of the passengers.
 During the storm. the Victoria g passengers held dance and played bridge.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01

The continuation of Church street from the Episcopal church to the bridge at Sawmill creek. is pro yiding work for a crew of 20 men. Three men were at work on the school grounds early this week and crew of 20 went to work there this morning, grading. draining and beautifying the grounds.
 Crews Rotated
 A rotation of the crews is being planned in order to provide work for a greater number of men About 250 have registered for relief, and it Is desired that all be given an opportunity to earn something. Men with dependents will be em- ployed for longer periods than those who only have themselves to look out for. The latter class may be changed every week or so if de- mands for relief are insistent
 United States Commissioner John w. Stedman, who is chairman of the local board. wishes the public to have a better understanding of what the EZRA means. "These pro- jects." said MT. Stedman. "are not unemployment projects. Men who made good money last season. and have managed their resources in such way that they are not in actual need. are asked to leave this relief work for those who have been less fortunate.
 Those who are in need of imme- diate relief" he explained, may register at the office here and the case will be investigated by a regu- lar case worker Each case Is treat ed separately on It's merits. R. J. Suratt. who was appointed to look after this work beginning last Tuesday. will make every effort to ascertain the neediest cases and re- port to this office"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
3l MEN LOSE RELIEF JOBS,
 CHIEFLY FROM INT0XICATI0N

Orders issued to Ketchikan relief work crews last Friday call for more production" according to the Chronicle.
 With the coming of the thaw late this week outdoor work is made simpler, 1t Is explained In the past leniency has been shown because of the handicaps the fro- zen ground presented to the crews.
 Street crews are to be made smaller and more men will be placed on other civic improvement projects.
 Following the policy of utilizing the relief work for the neediest cases officials of the administration have barred 31 men from the rolls for various reasons, chiefly that of being intoxicated either on the job or at such a time they should have been at work,
 Twenty-one men were barred for this reason and ten were barred for having been found to be In no im- mediate need of aid, but so repre- senting themselves.
 During the week ending Friday the Ketchikan relief rolls employed SS0 men exclusive of administra- ton aid. A total of 9S65 man-hours was worked for which $7790 will be paid out.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
Million and Half Funds
 For Alaska Air Fields

At the suggestion of pr. Ernest Gruening, Director of the Division of Territories and Island Posses sions, Delegate Dimond recently prepared and submitted a program for air development and eonstrue- tion of air fields in Alaska. This program was made up after con sulting the Alaska Road Commits sion officials, the Bureau of Aero nauties, the Army Air Corps and many others.
 It calls for an integrated system of routes touching practically all points of Alaska and would require an expenditure of approximately $1,5O0.0OO.O0.
 It is planned to construct Class A fields, or to improve the present fields in order to make them Class A fields, at the following places: K h k n, Juneau, Boundary, Tanacross, Fairbanks, Panama, Nu- lato, Koyuk, Nome, Nenana, Me- Grath, Flat. Bethel, South Fork, Sqwentna, Anchorage, ward Copper Center. Valdez and Cordo- va, and auxiliary fields at many other places to serve all the re- quirements of air travel and com merce.
 4 route has been planned from ketchikan to Juneau and thence along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska to Cordova and Valdez with auxiliary fields at five places be- tween Juneau and Cordoya. The existence of these fields would make this route much more attractive than it is at present with no land ing field existing between Cordova and Juneau.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
RED CROSS FURNISHES
 NURSES FOR FIVE SISTERS

TORONTO. The Canadian Red Cross Society will continue to pro- vide nurses for the Dionne quintup- lets as long as circumstances re- quire their services, Dr. Routley, the director of the society, said. He explained that the society has made no financial contribution toward the hospital especially erected for the five. little sisters, but from the beginning has furnished the nurses, which has cost the society s256 monthly.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mrs. May Kems and George Takuguchi were united in marriage Tuesday evening at the Presbyteri- an manse, the Rev. Russell F. Ped ersan performing the ceremony in the presence of Mrs. Pederson and E. Tnoba.
 The bride came from Petersburg to Wrangell several months ago. The groom, known to all as "Georgie" has been a resident of Wrangell since gold rush days. He has been > valued employee of J. G. Grant at the Wrangell hotel for nearly 30 years The newlyweds have gone to. housekeeping in Takugushi's apartment above the Sentinel office.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
Juneau LongShOremen
 Refuse UnIO d Yukon

Exchanging their street clothes for overalls, Juneau merchants. under protection from the US. Marshars office and the Juneau po- lice Department, worked for an hour Monday afternoon unlading perishable freight from the Yukon. berthed at the Pacific Coast Dock. This action was ne essitated when the regular lengshoremen went on strike at 3:39 o'clock Sunday morning after all mall and half of the express had been taken off the vessel,
 R J. MeKanna and Horace Adams, gent and assistant agent, res pectiveiy, for the Alaska Steamship company, continued unloading un- til stopped from work by the strik= ing iongshoremen and the ware house doors closed.
 The strike Is an outgrowth of longshoFe difficulties dating back to last summer. Following a Coast wide strike in the summer. Juneau longshoremens pay was raised to S5 cents an hour. On December 31 they threatened not to work boat then in port if they were not granted pay of 95 cents an hour for day work and s1.40 an hour for overtime and Sunday and holi- day work. This is the Seattle scale
 Peace efforts failing the Yukon sailed for Seward Monday night with a27 tons, including perish abies. practically all Juneau's freight, aboard. The Seattle district office of the International Lon, shoremen's association has bran l. ed the Juneau strike as "unauthor' lzed"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
CITY WATER TURNED ON
 AFTER HEAVY RAINFALL

The light snowfall of last Fri day gradually turned into heavy rains over Saturday so that on Sum- day morning the city water supply was turned on and by night most of the town, after being shut off for eleven days, again had city wa ter. The main was frozen near the Ferguson home on cassiar avenue and residents of that section did not get water until later.
 School resumed the nine o'clock opening hour Tuesday. due notice having been given on Monday, much to the. relief of mothers who objected to having two lunch hours.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
TRAPPER SICK ON KNIK RIVER TAKEN BY PLANE TO HOSPITAL

Isaac Morton. old time resident of Anchorage and vicinity, who has been trapping of late on the Knik river, was taken seriously Ill sev- eral days ago in his cabin in that area. He was found lying in help less condition in the cabin by C.. Gangdon, another trapper, who happened to call at the place.
 Gangdon took Morton on his sleigh and carried him to his own cabin, and then mushed 20 miles into Matanuska where he reported the case to Anchorage by telephone.
 Pilot Ray Peterson of the Star Air Service flew out to Knik river next morning, and landed on lake near Ganden's cabin, picked up Morton and brought him to Ancher- age, and he was taken at once to the hospital for treatment,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
CHILDREN AT CRAIG
 RETURN TO CLASSROOM

The Moose hall of Craig has been rented by the school board for tenn porary school quarters and classes now are being held as usual. The necessary work to transform the hall into classrooms was completed and classes resumed Monday morn ing.
 No supplies have been received from Seattle as yet and books were borrowed from the government school at Klawock. Home made tables are being used for desks. All books and furniture in the school building were destroyed by fire last week.
 The city water limo, frozen since December 22, started running yes- terday, 12 hours after the Libby, McNeill and Libby line broke.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
Fish Dock Notes

L. Engstrom shipped 252 lbs, of fresh salmon purchased from local trollers at 19, 10, and 2 cents. Shipment was made on the North western, southbound from January 25.
 A. R. Rrueger purchased shipped fresh 557 lbs. of salmon u' the Norco Sunday.
 The Reliance Shrimp comD"9" shipped 1900 lbs. shrimp meat on the Norco.
 The Stikine Sea Foods company shipped 5000 lbs. shrimp meat, 3s5 lbs. shrimp in the shell, and S6 lbs raw shrimp on the Norco.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
Pilot On Mercy Flight
 Former WrangeIl Girl

Mrs. George Sheppard formerly Miss Frances Tamaree. daughter ot Mir. and Mrs. William Tamaree of Wrangell, recently became serious ly ill at her husbands trading post, Chevak. on the Boring Sea.
 MT. Sheppard. who has an anna teur radio telephone license, con taeted an Anchorage airplane via Marshall and Nome. Pilot Barnhill made a heroic night flight across the frozen Arctic wastes but was unable to reach Chevak because of storms he encountered after leav- ing Mountain Village.
 Mrs Sheppard's parents received cheerfully worded radiogram on Jan. Is, stating that their daugh- ter was III on account of kidney complications. The second wire stated that she had been operated on at Mountain Village on Jan. 23. that her condition was seri- ous, but reactions good and that the doctor was optimistic. The fol- lowing account of Pilot Barnhill's flight is taken from the Anchorage Times:
 ANCHORAGE, Jan. 15. Flying alone and answering an sos emer- gency call from an amateur radio operator at Chevak, on the bleak and isolated coast of Boring Sea, Pilot W. H. Barnhill, in a McGee Airways Stinson cabin plane hopped off from Anchorage at $40 last night to hasten to the relief of Mrs. George E. Sheppard, at Chevak. cri- ticaliy i'll and in danger of dying.
 With no beacons save the stars on his long course, Barnhill rose high above Anchorage and shot out direct for McGrath He arrived there at 1920, midnight, and with aid of gasoline flares. set out on the field by the people of McGrath, landed safely. He refueled there with the aid of Miss Helen Koenig, noted 1S-year-old aviator's me chanie, and attendant for planes landing at that port, and one of the famous Koenig family of 22 children. Fifteen minutes later Barnhill took off again and headed for Mountain Village. otherwise known as Andreafski, old trading post on the lower Yukon. Adyices had been sent forward all along the route by radio broadcasts from Sta tion KFQD to have everything in readiness along the route, and to mt out the gasoline flares If tho flier arrived in the dark.
 Rarnhill zoomed into Mountain Village a little before 10 o'clock T-'esday morning. and there TO
 .'a'ad. snat"hed a bite to eat. tool
 nr Ccrthell. physician in atten- lance at the Mountain Village ho~ -'+ai. end I } minutes later took oF 9atn for Chevak. All went wei " +i'l we'll ont toward Chevak, w';. lies along the exposed coast betv'eO.. the mouth of the Yukon ane ~ mouth of the KuskOkwim. There T. ~an into a snowstorm. and seei"" his fuel would not hold out. forced to return to Mountain Vii lage after having been away fro',a the place two and half hours
 Picking up a nurse from the Mountain Village hospital and ta'-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
CRAIG APpER DENIES
 WOLVES TORE HIM TO PIECES

CRAIG, Alaska, Jan. 3O.-Deputy United States Marshal Arthur Bogue today investigated the story of Manuel Sores. trapper, and his wife being torn to pieces by wolves while sleeping in their tent four miles from Craig, and reported that he found the man and his wife all right. They had no knowledge of the story. although they informed the deputy marshal that they had seen 22 wolves in one pack and had shot three.
 Word of the trappers supposed death also was received in Ketcht- kan by an inmate of the federal jail.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
SEED TAKEN FROM
 EAR AFTER 25 YEARS

EVANSVILLE. Ind. - A sum- flower seed was taken from the ear of Miss Margaret Cough by an ear specialist after she complained of head pains and fainting spells.
 The seed had been placed there .25 years before by her brother, when she was one year old. Her brother suffered similar experi- ence 10 years ago, having put seeds in his own ears at the same time.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01
.HAIDA HERE
 ENR0UTE TO
 CORDOVA BASE

The U.S.S. Haida. C.G., with Commander F. J. German in com mand, doeked al Wrangell Tuesday afternoon and remained In port un- til Wednesday morning The Haida is detached from Seattle where she has been stationed since 1921, mak- ing only an annual cruise to the Boring Sea. but will now be per manently stationed in Alaska with Cordova as its base The transfer of the Coast Guard vessel will in- crease the population of Cordova as forty-one members of the officers and crew are moving their families to Cordova
 The personnel of the ship con- sists of Commander F. G. German, It. Commander A. c. Richmond. Executive Officer. It. Commander B. c. Wilcox. Engineer Officer, It. L. c. Gibson. Navigating Officer, It. J. D. Harrington. Assistant En- gineer. Ensigns G. D. Leslie and Clarence Speight. pr. J. NJ. Wolfe of the US. Public Health Service who recently arrived from Wash ington. DC, and a crew of ninety five enlisted men.
 Father NJ. J. Smith, a Catholic missionary enroute to Prince Ru- pert, was a guest on the ship. AS the Haida did not call at Prince Rupert, he continued the journey. Father Smith. a former All-Ameri- ofa for the Haida's basketball team which played here Tuesday eve ming.
 The Haida has a length of 250 feet and has 5000 hp. It is equip ped with modern electric drive, and carries modern self-bailing life boats, qualified divers and diving equipment. The Haida has a four bed hospital, a surgeon, a trained pharmacist and nurse, and all equipment necessary for a major operation. The vessel is armed with five-inch guns, a three-inch anti aircraft gun. machine gun and rifle 75 men, and carries an experienced gunner and a large quantity of de- molition mines for the destruction of derelicts or channel Instructions
 The radio equipment of the Haida is unequaled on the Pacific. The radio personnel consists of a chief operator and three assistants. Under favorable conditions they have no difficulty in establishing with vessels north of Virginia to Boston, Mass. During times of gales or other adverse con ditions two operators are placed on watch, each operator maintaining a watch with different wave lengths on each ear, thereby covering the entire range of radio communca- tiSn
 Commander German is US Commissioner and Executive Officer Richmond Is a US. Marshal, In view of the fact that all Coast Guard of f1cers are customs and immigration officers, the Haida is well equipped to apply force In the preservation of law and order.
 When the purse selner Agnes foundered in a gale in the Straits of Juan de Fuca recently the Haida participated in the rescue. Five men were lost in this disaster Three weeks ago. the Haida floate6 the Victoria from Pointer island where she went aground.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-01

Capt. Jas. Griffith, head of the Coastwise s.S. and Barge Co.,, one of the founders of Oriental trade out of Seattle, and dean of coast shipping men, sailed recently from San Francisco, on a trip to Sydney, Australia, accompanied by Mrs Griffith. Capt. Griffith is not far from so years of age. He Is a fre- quent summer visitor to Wrangeli aboard his yacht, Sueja III.