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The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22
COOPER HAS HAZARDOUS
 TRIP DOWN STIKINE RIVER

After spending four days and three nights getting down the low CT 25 miles of the Stikine river, F. A. Cooper arrived home Wednesday for brief stay.
 Last fall Cooper and Ben Cam bron built cabins on the American side not far from the boundary and this is the first time in four months that Cooper has seen another person except Cambron. The two men have cabins six miles apart and each runs his own trap line.
 Cooper has made very satisfac- tory fur catch. He caught a num- Der of wolves and says that reports of the country's being infested with wolves is not only true but that there are far more wolves than those passing through the district had realized.
 He left camp at o'clock Sunday morning, pulling a heavy sled, and expected to reach home about 2 o'clock Monday morning, but the condition of the Stikine made travelling a slow and hazardous proceeding. He went through the ice on Sunday and again on Mon- day. He succeeded in getting out but it was slow work getting his clothes dried over fire of wet wood. He slept the three nights in damp blankets.
 Cooper considers that he came through the ordeal pretty we'll for a man nearly Fl years old.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22

U. S. Commissioner J. W. Sted- man, chairman of the local FERA board last Friday received a tele- gram from Gov. John W. Troy, ad- ministrator of ERA, authorizing the resumption of work on former bas- is of approved EZRA projects, Sat urday morning, employing not to exceed fifty of the most urgent needy men after careful resurvey of all applicants.
 Crews on the projects were se- lected and eighteen put to work on Shakes street under Fred Wikland, foreman, and eleven on the school grounds.
 Indigent Cemetery
 The board this week received ap- proval of one more project with authorization to spend $2,7O0 for improvement of the buryin 2 grounds lying between the cemetery owned by the Redmen's lodge, and the beach. The town, as on all pro- iects, has agreed to furnish all ma terials necessary. It will also fur nish truck hire amounting to $330.
 Under present conditions, the government pays $15 to the Red men for each indigent lot within the cemetery. After the completion of the new project, all burials at public expense will be made in the indigent burying grounds.
 Confusion Exists
 Much confusion exists in the minds of citizens rega ding the work lists of the two government work plans under way in Wrangell.
 The Public Works administra- tion, under which the new city
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22
Chamber Petitions for
 Better Mail Service

A petition to the Post Office De- pertinent to award a full mail con tract to the Northland Transports tion company was initiated by the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce at it's luncheon meeting in the Wran- gell hotel Wednesday.
 The petition reeounts the disad- vantage of receiving full mail but once in ten days during the winter months. The Northland Transporta- ton, it states. has a boat in port weekly at Wrangell and it's other southeast Alaska ports of call, but it's mail contract provides only a first class service, and magazines and parcels are left in Seattle three or more days, waiting for an Alaska Steamship company boat
 The chamber members feel that that the mail situation is an un- warranted deprivation and are pro- ceeding with determination toward securing better service.
 The Game committee, c. P Kirt- land, chairman. reported that in response to a request from H. R. Terhune of the U. S. Biological Survey, for an expression as to the best dates for open season on mi gratory fowl, the committee, as authorized by the chamber, had for warded two recommendations.
 The first choice, in the event that the duck season is again cut to thirty hunting days, is to stag
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22
NEWS FROM
 ALL OVER
 THE WORLD

SAN FRANCISCO.-Arm in arm two pretty former San Francisco girls hurtled 1900 feet from a plane over England to their deaths today. Their spectacular plunge from their chartered plane occurred over Upminster in sight of scores of workers, who told how the girls remained locked in the embrace from the moment they left the plane until they struck the earth. The girls were Elizabeth Dubois, 23. and her sister Jane, 20, daugh- ters of Lieutenant Col. and Mrs. Coert Dubois, former residents of San Francisco and Sausalito. Du- Bois is American consul general at Naples, Italy Friends revealed they had left on the Paris plane, torn with grief over the deaths of two men on the big British seaplane, Ace of Diamonds, which smashed into a hillside near Messina, Sicily, killing nine persons, just six days ago.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22
Tentative Plans Made For Park Improvement

J. M Wyckoff, forest ranger of this district, is leaving tonight for his headquarters at Petersburg, after spending the past three days in Wrangell on official business.
 He was particularly concerned with improvement to be made shortly at the recreational unit within the United States forest which serves as a city park for Wrangell
 Approximately $2O,0O0 is expect ed to be available very soon for this project and tentative plans for it's expenditure include building a con crete wall to enclose a swimming pool along the beach, construction of a log community house contain ing a large living room with fire place at both ends and corridors leading to bath houses. Playground equipment will also be installed and five or six outdoor fire boxes built for picnic purposes.
 A beautiful stretch of woods across the road from the present recreational grounds may be util- ized for an additional play unit. Two more parking areas for cars will probably be a part of the i'm provement.
 The improvement will be made under the direction of the Forest Service and is no part of the vari- Ous governmental work relief mea- sures.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22
Believed Two Went to
 Death Stormy Night

John Haig and Treyo Strand are believed to have been drowned in the storm on Friday night, Febru- ary 2, while returning to Wrangell from a trip to Toms creek.
 Haig, who is said to have been nearing so years of age, and Strand, 24, left Wrangell that morning to get trolling poles at Toms crek, a distance of 25 miles. Both men had resided here only since last fall, and it is said, were not familiar with the waters of this district.
 Strand left his boat in the inner harbor in charge of Howard Gra- ham, to whom he stated that he would be back by the next night. After a few days had passed Gra- ham made two trips out looking for the men.
 Chris Peterson came into Wran- gell last week and upon hearing that the men mere missing said that he was anchored in his troll ing boat at Toms creek and talked to the men upon their arrival there. He saw them come out of the woods late in the afternoon with poles which they lashed to their gasboat and then started back to Wrangell Shortly after they left, Peterson said, a storm blew up and it turned black very quick ly
 It is believed here that in the darkness the men struck a rock, very probably Young's Rock on the reef in the mid channel course of Chichagof Pass and the boat sank in the deep water near the reef. So far, not a piece of debris has been found.
 Grover Foster and Collis Green who were appointed by U. S. Com missioner Stedman to conduct a three-day search for the men re- ported that they left Wrangell on February 12, went to Toms creek, then to Sunny Bay, and anchored that night at the lower end of Zimovia straits.
 The next day all of the harbors in Ernest sound were searched and they anchored at Niblick island for the night. They came back to Wrangell and on February 15 went to Burnett inlet and Steamer bay. They interviewed fox ranchers, trollers and trappers but received no information regarding the men.
 The commissioner asked L. Chill berg of the Customs service to noti- fly the coast guard service at Ket- chikan but it is not known here definitely whether a cutter will be sent up for further search.
 The authorities have, as yet, no d a regarding Haig. Strands home is in Rochester, Washington, where his parents and a brother and sister survive him.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22
WRANGELL TEAM TO PLAY
 3 GAMES AT KETCHIKAN

Wrangell high school basketball team, accompanied by Coach Geo. F. Fabricius, will leave for Ketchi- kan on the Victoria, due in port tomorrow.
 They will play three-game conference series with Ketchikan high school A single win by Wran- gell will give 1t the right to meet Juneau for the championship of southeastern Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22

NEW YORK.-Chairman Jones of the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration, thinks there is no dan ger that railroads and steamboats will go out of business.
 Speaking before the New York Traffic club last night, Jones said a single authority should control all interstate traffic, buses, air planes, railroads and steamboats.
 He thinks the authority should have power to fix rates and regu- late service. All that Is needed, he believes, is a code for fair compe- tition between the various kinds of commercial transportation He be- lieves that railroads now losing money sould be abandoned in favor of improved highways and motor service.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22

The name of Ole Johnson as donor of a mans dress shirt for one of the prizes at the Firemen's Hard Times dance tomorrow night, was inadvertently omitted from the list given to the Sentinel for pub lication, though 1t is shown with the other prizes, thirty-five in all. in a window at Campbell Bros. store.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22

WASHINGTON a burst of enthusiasm for better preparedness, the house today voted mandatory increase of Il, 1000 enlisted men in the regular army. An amendment to the war department supply bill, offered by Representative Thoma- sonfi Texas, democrat, was adopted by a vote of 97 to 66. It added $11,0OO,O0O to the bill for 11,000 men as the first actual step in in- creasing army strength to 165,0O0 men,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22
LIGHT RATE SCHEDULE MAY
 BE CHANGED IN FEW MONTHS

w. J. Mcintosh, manager munich pal division, Fairbanks, Morse & Co.,, through whom the town has purchased extensive improvements for the city light plant, will leave on the Norco tonight for a trip to Juneau before returning to his Se- attle headquarters.
 He intends to return here in August when installation of the new generating unit has been complet- ed, and will spend ten days or more making a careful analysis of the present rates with the view Of changing the entire rate schedule.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22

WASHINGTON. - Senator Bill bo Mississippi Democrat, arrived in the Senate this afternoon with a beautiful sinner on his right eye and a bandaged cut on his right temple At the same time, Senator Huey Long, Democrat of Louisiana, showed up with a bandaged left hand. Newspapermen. who could add two and two. said left hand right eye" so Huey was asked, Did you get that bandage by lead ing with your left to Bilbo's eye?" "Oh, mo-" replied Long, Eve got a case of athletes foot in my hand"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22

DIES MONIES. - The Iowa state senate yesterday passed a bill pro- hibiting campaign speeches by ra- on election day. The bill which now goes to the house, also barred the use of the loud speaker and the distribution of campaign literature at polling places.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22
Fish Dock Notes

The Stikine Sea Food company shipped 5000 lbs. shrimp meat and 96 lbs. of raw shrimp on the North land Wednesday morning.
 The Reliance Shrimp company shipped 1900 lbs. shrimp meat on the Northland.
 A. R. Brueger purchased 126S lbs. trolled salmon this week at 16, 10 and ' cents. 1037 lbs. fresh sal mon were shipped to Whiz Fish Products on the Northland and $500 lbs. frozen red kings to Northern Products.
 O. c. Mundy purchased 105O lbs. salmon which will be shipped fresh on the Victoria.
 The local cold storage machinery and ice chute are being overhauled. A result of this overhauling is that a finer ice is now being turned out through the crusher.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22

LONDON.-The British steamer Branksome Chine, it's steering gear broken, is wallowing in heavy seas south of Iceland and taking water at it's fore peak, according to in- formation received by Lloyds to- day. The Danish steamer Scandia reported it was enroute to the ves- sells assistance.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22

Thor Hofstad was elected presi- dent of the recently organized Com mercial club at Seldovia, according to the Seward Gateway.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22
CARD PARTY

The Women's Civic club will hold a card party in Legion hall, Tuesday night March 5. Fifty cents admission includes refresh ments.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22

MT. and Mrs. Ralph Bontrager moved this week into the Louis Scribner residence property on FuFt street.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22

Miss Margaret Weightman, gov ernment nurse, returned on the Northland from Petersburg where she is stationed alternate months from wEnDealR.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-02-22

WASHINGTON.-By one vote the Senate today sided with organized labor and against the administra- ton in the relief bill controversy by adopting the McCarren amend ment requiring payment of pre- vailing wages on emergency public 'yorks. The vote for the McCarren amendment was A to 43. Just be- fore the vote a letter from Presi- dent Roosevelt was read asserting that existing wages would be pro- to ted in administrating the bill. The vote, after two days of i~asor defeat for the Roosevelt forces in the long relief contest Just before the vote, Senator Glass said he had substantial reasons to believe President Roosevelt would veto the 1880 million bill if it reaches him containing the prevail ing wage amendment.
 MOSCOW. - Official organs of Soviet opinion upbraided Germany today with accusations of plans for aggression in both eastern and cen tral Europe On heels of the appro- val of the London agreements eX- tended by Maxim Litvinoff, com missar for foreign affairs, on the condition they are made effective in their entirety, the authoritative press pictured the Nazis as hungry for war under the disguise of dip lomatic catering General display was given charges by the Czecho- clcyakian newspaper, Nardoni Po- litika, that Japan, Germany and Poland were preparing for war against the Soviet union.
 MOJAVA.-A new gold strike in this section, four miles from the now famous Golden Queen mine, near here, today had aroused new excitement in this little desert mining town. T. M. Bright, a pros pector for many years, made the strike, according to Cecil Burton Of the Burton Hrothels mining in terests. The strike was described by Burton and Bright as the rich est in the history of this region.
 SAN QUENTIN PRISON.-Recu- perating from serious injuries suf- fered when he was slugged by es- caping convicts a month ago, War den James B. Holohan left today for ten-days' rest at his apple farm near Watsonville. He was ac- companied by Mrs. Holohan. Act ing Warden Julian H. Alec said that Holohan will endeavor to take up his office duties for short peri ads each day. on his return.
Evening star., 1935-09-07

THE surname Lawson originated
with the personal name. Law
renee. Law was at one time familiar
abbreviation for Lawrence, and Laws
son-Lawson-developed as a family
name.
The armorial bearings given here
were borne to America by the Vir-
ginia line of Lawsons, the first rep
resentative being Rowland Lawson.
His will was probated in Lancaster
County, Va, in 1861, naming his chill
dren Rowland, Elizabeth, John, Henry
and Letitia. The coat of arms here
displayed was found affixed to the
will of Rowland Lawson, jr, which
was probated in 1706. The arms are
similar to those of the Lawson family
of Brough Hall. Yorkshire, England,
and signify close relationship of the
families.
Rowland Lawson, jr, had sons.
Rowland and Henry. Descendants of
this family are still found in Vir-
ginia and other Southern States. In
the New England States there were
several first settlers-Christoph
cooper, who settled in Exeter, Mass,
in 1889; the Rev. Deodate Lawson,
son of the Rev. Thomas Lawson
of Denton. County Norfolk, Eng
land. who took the oath of a freeman
in Boston in 1880. and preached in
Salem, now Danvers, Mass, in 1888
(Copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1935-09-07
Bedtime Stories
Mr.. Quack's S Dismay.

Never once did she forget to watch
sharply for the presence OF any
neighbors who might have a liking for
eggs. She took every care that long
experience had taught her how to
take
There were eight big greenish-white
eggs in that nest, and how proud she
was of them. How carefully she COW
cred them with the down blanket
when she left them to get her food.
How anxiously she uncovered them
when she returned. She was very,
very proud of those eggs, was Mrs.
Quack.
Then one day when she returned
she had one of the, worst shocks of
her whole life. Yes, sir, she did so.
She had not suspected that anything
was wrong. She had become so used
to going and coming unseen that she
had grown to feel that her secret was
absolutely safe. So unsuSpectingly
she hoped up to the edge of that
old stump and looked in. Alas! That
soft. warm blanket made from the
down taken from her own breast was
torn and scattered. Three eggs were
missing. A hasty look around dis
covered the shells of two of them on
the ground Mrs. Quack knew instant
ly who had taken those eggs.
1T is the work of Blacky the Grow" "
gasped Mrs. Quack. There is no
doubt about it, and this means that
he will sooner or later get the other
eggs. 1 can't stay on the nest all the
time. and he will be watching to see
when I leave. Oh, dear! Oh, dear!
| What shall do?"
There on the edge Of the old stump
Mrs. Quack stood, the very picture of
dismay. 1t would have been bad
enough under any circumstances, but
| to have this happen when she had
been so sure that the nest was COM
plete secret made it seem worse than
it would have seemed otherwise.
Far over in the Green Forest she
heard a sound that made her shake
with rage. Cav, cav, caw!" came the
voice of Blacky the Crow, and she
was sure that there was note of
triumph in that voice.
THE black robber!" exclaimed Mrs.
Quack. He thinks he's smart because
he found my nest and stole my eggs.
He knows well enough that I'll leave
I this nest now. 1t is useless to stay.
He'll simply keep coming until he has
taken all the eggs. There isn't thing
I can do about it. If am going to
raise a family this Spring I will have
to build another nest. but where, oh
where, shall hide it?"
tCopyright. 1880
Evening star., 1935-09-07
Natures Children
Dusky Salamander Desmognathus Fusa)
BY YLILLIAN cox ATHEY.

THERE is always something OF
interest happening among the
outdoor people. If you are
Il patient, you may be glad you
took the time to be quiet on your
ramble through the woods. A handy
log or fiat rock offers a convenient
seat. It's discomfort is soon for
gotten when the denizens in these
places find the vibration of your
footsteps stilled. You may not know
it, but the moment you step within
their domain, many two, four, and
six legged creatures are aware of your
presence.
The experienced trailer, as soon as
possible, finds a place where he can
be least observed, and practices the
priceless art of being still. Animals
are only conscious of you as moving
object. When you stop moving, they
resume their activities. Then you can
see funny doings.
The tree trunks have intriguing port
holes. occupied by many friends of
yours, perhaps squirrel, an owl or
a woodchuck. The quick pattering
of feet over the dry leaves all about
you, and the sigh of colors that dart
past you. are positive proof of your
statuelike pose.
From under discovered stone
scurires a dusky salamander. His
Evening star., 1935-09-07

youth has been passed in the tadpole
stage, in the lovely marsh nearby,
where his closest neighbors were the
tadpoles of toad and frog.
In your Natures Children" scrap
book, you will find the life story of
his red-spotted and marble cousins
Most salamanders lay their eggs IN
the water of some pool or marsh. A
few species give birth to young. Those
Matching from eggs go through tad
pole stage. Some of them are so
eager to get into the woods of their
ancestors. that they leave the birth
place with a little tadpole-like tail
still on.
There are 70 kinds of salamaaders
in North America. The commonest
member is the red-back, to be seen
in any woods under the decaying logs
and stones. The member pictured
here is dull in color, resembling the
dry leaves over which it scurries.
Evening star., 1935-09-07
DR.. ALBERT MCCARTNEY
WILL OCCUPY PULPIT
Covenant-First Presbyterian Min
lister Returns From New
England Motor Trip.

DR.. Albert Joseph Mccartney,
minister of the Covenant First Pres
byterian Church, and his family
return to the city, having motored
through the New England States and
part of Canada. He will occupy the
pulpit tomorrow morning, delivering
the communion address. The morn
ing service will be in celebration of
the sacrament of the Lords Supper.
Paul M. Walker will lead the gen.
eral Sunday School class at 10
o'clock. The Sunday School will re-
sumo its services September % at
Gas am. Rally day will be observed
by a special service for all members
of the school,
The Covenant Fellowship and the
Westminster group will resume their
Sunday evening meetings September
%.
Evening star., 1935-09-07

Excerpts from Thomas "Mignon"
and "Cavalleria Rusticana," by
Mascagni, will be heard on the Blue
Room Echoes program over WRC at
Ais, featuring Joseph Blume's string
ensemble ana Bradford Reynolds,
tenor. Reynolds will sing II Pitch My
Lonely Caravan" and LESS That the
Dust" from Observation-Disclosures
-Four Indian Love Lyrics"
The capture of the notorious Ma
chine Gun Kelly will be dramatized
over WRC at on the "G-Men"
program.
Evening star., 1935-09-07

world will ever think of looking in
this old stump for nest. A safer
place 1 cannot imagine. No, sir, I
cannot imagine a safer place"
Mrs. Quack didn't share her secret
even with Mr.. Quack until after the
nest was completed. She knew that
he would keep away from there. She
knew that once the eggs were laid
Mr. Quack would have very little in
tereSt in the nest. He would be more
concerned with his own affairs. You
see, he is naturally selfish and more
than willing to leave all family cares
and responsibilities to Mrs. Quack.
Now, of course, Mrs. Quack had to
leave that nest and her precious eggs
every day in order to get food. My,
my, how careful she was when she
left it and when she returned to it!
Evening star., 1935-09-07
MAJOR FEATURES AND PROGRAM NOTES.

Another program Of Spanish music
will be broadcast from Ontario,
Canada, over WJSV at 9.
A special program to Copenhagen,
during which natives of Denmark
residing in the United States will
extend greetings to their countrymen,
will be presented over WMAL at S.
The occasion is the observance of
Sightseeing Day." national holiday
in Denmark sponsored by the Danish
Press Club.
Everett Marshall, former baritone
at the Met" and now screen and
Evening star., 1935-09-07
The Old Gardener Saws :

Amateurs often make the mis-
take Of planting their Spring
bulbs too near the surface of the
ground. Shallow planting brings
the danger of having the bulbs
heaved out when the ground
thawS and freezes in the course
Of the Winter. Most daffodil
bulbs should be planted 4 to 6
inches. measuring to the top. OF
course more shallow planting is
needed for small bulbs and they
can be protected by covering the
ground over them with straw or
some kind of litter when cold
weather comes. 1t is a pretty
good rule to have the tops of all
bulbs planted to a depth of four
times the diameter of the bulbs
themselves.
Copyright. 1880