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The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05
WORLD SHORT-WAvE RADIO
LOG ON SALE BY DEPT COM

The owner of a short-wave radio
set, without a World Short-Wave
Log, is almost as lost as would be
a ships navigator without a COM
pass.
Recognizing the trend of the ra-
dio receiving set industry toward
the "all-wave" receivers, and an
ticipating the growing need for a
comprehensive list of short-wave
radiophone stations to facilitate the
use of these sets by the buying
public, the Department of Com
merce, Bureau of Foreign and Do
nestle Commerce, last August COM
piled a log, or directory, covering
data on some 2400 short-wave ra-
dio stations throughout the world
1t was compiled from official and
unofficial listings containing basic
information obtained from publica-
lions of the Bureau de IUnion In
ternationale des Telecommunica-
lions, the British Broadcasting cor
poration and the U. S. Federal Com
munications commission.
Up to that time 1t was the most
complete work of its kind available
anywhere and thoroughly indispen-
sable to owners of short-wave sets.
The log met with such instant ia
vor that the supply was quickly ex-
hausted. To fill this unprecedented
demand the bureau has just pub
lished a revised and enlarged edi-
ton of this log. Its size is by 10
inches, and its 1873 pages, in addi-
ton to carrying the station lists,
has the following charts World
Time Zones, Foreign Pronuncia-
tions, distances and much other
material that is of vital concern to
users of short-wave sets.
Many were disappointed because
the first edition was not sufficient
to meet the demands. For fear that
this edition may also fall short,
those who wish a copy should place
an immediate order While they last
they will be on sale at 25 cents a
copy at the Seattle District Office
of the Bureau of Foreign and Do
nestle Commerce, 500 Federal Of
flee building, Seattle, Washington.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05
Neil Heard Serves Jail
Sentence In Libel Suit

Neil Heard, secretary of the
Alaska Mine Workers union at Ju-
neau and editor of the Alaska Labor
Dispatch was found guilty of Grim
NAL libel in the US. commissioners
court last week.
He was sentenced to four
months suspended Jail sentence
and $500 fine. He is now serving
out the fine at the rate of 81 a
day.
The suit was an outgrowth of an
editorial in which accusations were
made against Isadore Goldstein,
mayor of Juneau, regarding a city
sponsored balloting for the work
ers of the Alaska-Juneau Cold
Mining company. Specific para
graphs in the charges against
Heard We're taken from the editori
al, one OF which read.
There seems to be possible sub
sanitation of ugly rumors now cir
eulating that Ivy will receive $25
for every vote cast up to 800 and
$50 for every vote above that num-
Der"
The prosecution was directed by
Assistant District Attorney George
W. Folta. assisted by H. L. Faux
ner, city attorney for Juneau. Sena-
tor Henry Roden was defense coun-
sci. Folta's plea to the jury for
conviction declared that Heard
wrote the editorial with malice in
his heart. He stressed the differ
ence between fair criticism of pub
lie officials allowed the free press
and character assassins as he la
beled Heard in his capacity as an
editor.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05
SURATT GIVES IMPRESSIONS PEOPLE,
CONDITIONS IN MATANUSKA VALLEY

out the difference between the meu
of 98 and the Matanuska colonists.
The men who blazed the first trails
in the North, almost without ex-
ception, came here to make a mil
lion dollars and return to the
States as quickly as possible The
Matanuska colonists, on the other
hand, haven't the slightest hope of
ever becoming millionaires. They
came to establish homes. They
brought their children, a few heir
looms, a few household treasures.
II is my earnest belief, after spend
ing a week in the valley, that the
majority of these settlers will make
good, and that their descendants
will be a credit to the Territory.
Arctic Eden
The broad valley of the Matanus-
ka lies between lofty mountain
ranges which encroach gradually
on the river near its headwaters.
Cottonwood and willows are found
in the lowlands, while on benches
birch, poplar and spruce predomi-
AAefANs AC 1OAAAAA III I4dI9 res
poets, resembles the Stikine above
the canyon, but is less rugged, the
soil is richer, and vetches and
wild grasses grow more luxuri-
antly.
At Matanuska Junction the brill
car, which serves the colony daily
when there is no regular freight or
passenger train, leaves the main
line of the Alaska railroad and pro-
ceeds nine miles over the Chicka-
loon spur to Palmer, which is the
headquarters for the AFRO, Alaska
Rural Rehabilitation corporation).
The first glimpse of the colony
is the camp of the Transient
Workers, two miles from Palmer. It
is a tent city, resembling a mill
tary encampment, with administra-
Continued on Page FourJ
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05
By Richard suratt

when we heard that Pathe
News had summoned Richard Sur
att to Matanuska to photograph the
new colony the Sentinel realized
that it was getting break. Every
Alaska newspaper would like to
send its own representative there,
to listen and observe and write
down his observation. We feel that
Mr.. Suratt. by reason of his train
ing as a news cameraman and writ
er, is especially fitted to report on
this much-talked-of project. Ed
How did you find things in
Matanuska? Just what seems to be
the trouble up there?"
These questions seem to be
uppermost in the minds of Alas
kans today News of the valley and
its settlers is eagerly sought after
wherever the steamer stopped. 1t is
a topic of universal interest in the
North, for the government has
committed itself to a momentous
terprise-momento not because
of the outlay of money, but because
OF the human element involved
1t is no simple task to uproot
200 families and transplant them
in new country. Many Alaskans
were frankly skeptical when the
plans for the colonization were I'M
folded, and subsequent events have
led, in many instances, to open
condemnation of the entire project.
Oldtimers, recalling their own
hardships and privations, betray
their indignation at the way these
latter day pioneers are being
pampered.'
They ride the cushions where
We had to mush."
The writer of this article has the
highest regard for the men and wo-
men who pioneered Alaska but a
sense of justice impeIs him to point
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05
OF WRANGELL MEN
PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY

E. R, Sharnbroich and H. G..
Sharnbroieh received the sad mes
sage last Sunday that their mother,
Mrs. Ida Sharnbroich, had passed
away suddenly that day at her
home in Port Angeles, Washington.
No particulars of her passing
were given in that or subsequent
messages. She had not been we'll a
part of last winter but her condi.
ton was not deemed serious and
she seemed quite all right when
her son, Howard, had left her the
previous Monday to spend the sum-
mer in Wrangell.
Mrs. Sharnbroich spent a week
N Wrangell in November, 1892,
having come north to be present
at the wedding of her son, Dick,
to Miss Marjorie Johnson. She was
guest in the M o. Johnson home
and her passing is regretted by all
who had the pleasure of meeting
her at that time.
She is survived by four sons and
two daughters.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05
Navy Destroyer Perry
Here On Alaska Cruise

The United States Navy destroy
or Perry came into port Tuesday
light without formal notification
o Wrangell authorities, so that no
.orm of entertainment had been
provided for the 116 men aboard.
The destroyer left early the next
morning for Ketchikan. to remain
there over the Fourth.
The Perry was southbound on
an Alaskan cruise, made from Sc
attic to Skagway in company
with the destroyer Zane, which did
not visit Wrangell on account of
having been stuck in the mud for
five hours when she went too close
to shore Tuesday afternoon. in or
der that the men might try their
luck fishing up the stream from a
bay which had been recommended
to them.
In addition to the commissioned
officers and regular crew the Per-
ry carried "A student cadets in the
Reserve Officers Training Corps
unit at the University of Washing
ton. Forty cadets from the Univer-
sity of California were aboard the
Zane.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05
Mrs. Paternaude Passes
Away In North Dakota

Word of the death of Mrs. Mary
Patenaude on May 80, at the home
of a brother in Berthold, North Da-
kota, was received here this week.
Mrs. Patenaude was born in
Norway SO years ago but came to
North Dakota as a child. She was
married to l.. G. Patenaude in Ia
coma and came with him to Wran-
CELL in early days. Since his death
five years ago she has lived almost
entirely in the states, and was in
Wrangell last for a time during the
summer of 1898.
j. w Redden, Seattle attorney
representing the heirs, arrived in
Wrangell Monday and spent the
first part of the week in looking
after his clients interests. He was
joined here by R. E. Robertson,
well known Juneau attorney, who
was appointed administrator of the
estate in Alaska.
Mrs. aPtenaude died without a
Will. All of the aPtenaude proper
ties, which were formerly extern
siye, are said to have diminished
greatly during the past few years.
The heirs to the estate are two
sisters OF Mrs. Patenaude's, Mrs.
Malina Heiser. of Los Angeles and
Mrs. Julia Biorge of Mondave,
Wisconsin, n d three brothers,
Louis lverson, Donnybrook, NORTH
Dakota, Peter Iverson, and Ivor O..
Higgins of Berthold, North Dakota
Mrs. Heiser, no visited Wrangell
a few years ago, is expected to ar
i've here soon to look after her sis
ter's personal possessions.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05
new HOME
PRAISED BY
GRIGWIRE

Supt. Eiler Hanson and his
aides are the finest bunch of fell
lows to be found anywhere. stated
E. f. Grigwire in a letter three
weeks ago to the Wrangell Sentinel.
Orig" entered the Pioneers Home
at Sitka the first of June. He
STAYED off the day as long as pos
sible but his arch-enemy. asthma,
made it impossible for him to long
er earn his own living so he asked
for admittance to the Home, main
tanned by the Territory for the men
who pioneered Alaska
The new Home is not entirely
finished on the inside, writes Orig
wire, as there are a number of
rooms to be furnished and they are
now working on the laundry which,
when it is finished, will be second
to none in the country. The house
is filled to capacity" he said,
there being about 100 in the
house, so it is a very hard job to
give individual care to every one
but it is surprising to see how
nearly Mr. Hansen comes to doing
it,"
Excerpts from a second letter re-
ceived this week from Grigwire
follow:
q haven't changed my mind
about this being the finest place
in Alaska for the old boys to pass
the remainder of their lives, for
the longer you know the people
lCnntinned. ON Pace Twol
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05
EVELYN BERG SOLD TO GROUP
45 KETCHIKAN BUSINESSMEN

The steamship Evelyn Berg ar
rived in port Tuesday morning
with S. G. Bartholomew. former
cannery superintendent at Ketchi-
kan, as its new skipper.
The vessel which was owned by
j. E. Berg of Ketchikan and oper-
ated by the Ketchikan Steamship
company between Seattle and
southeast Alaska ports, was recent
ly purchased by the Ketchikan
Transportation company. A group
of IS Ketehikan business men fin
anced the deal.
c. C. Mundy will continue to act
as agent for the steamer in Wran-
CELL.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05
C0RTELYOU WILL EXAMINE
BAKER ISLAND PROPERTIES

A. c. Cortelyou of Hermosa
Beach, California, arrived in Wran.
CELL on the Yukon Monday and was
taken by c. F. Hurley the following
day to Baker island where j. G.
Calvin had preceded him the previ-
Gus week.
Mr.. Cortelyou is a mining engir-
eer and was sent by Mr.. Galvin's
company to make further examina-
ton of the gold and molybdenum
properties in which Calvin has
been interested for several years.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05
ELKS AND FAMILIES WILL
PICNIC SUN. AT MILL LAKE

Through a Misunderstanding a
picnic and fishing trip at Mill
lake by the Elks for their families
and friends, was announced in the
Sentinel last week for the follow
ing Sunday. The correct date is
Sunday July 7.
The Hazel B No. 2, which has
been engaged for the trip, will
leave from the Mccormack Dock
No. 2, at o'clock in the morning.
AS announced last week the
Eiks will furnish cold meats and
coffee and the ladies will take
salade, cakes and the rest of the
lunch desired for their own family
or group.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05
Children S Parade Was
Big Feature of Fourth

While Wrangells Fourth of July
celebration opened officially with
the big Legion dance the night of
the third at A.N.B. hall, the chill
dren's parade at IL o'clock the
next morning drew the first crowd
of interested spectators to Front
street
The parade was sponsored by the
Women's Civic club and the res
ponse was sufficiently gratifying to
assure a bigger parade next year
with other features added. With
The cooperation OF the Fourth o.
July finance committee, first prizes
of $500 each and second prizes OF
$1.00 each were offered in four di-
visions.
As there were no entries in the
vehicle division, four prizes instead
of two were given for decorated doll
buggies, Lille Broad and Wilma
Ann Dunkelberger winning firsts
and Robin and Yolanda Ferguson
| seconds. Walter Carruthers had the
)est decorated bicycle and Jacqua-
were tied for second best accordiE-
to the decision of the judges.
As a hula-hula girl, tiny Barbara
Kohl walked away with first prize
for character costume and Mary
Wigg as Uncle Sam, who led the
procession, won the second. Mamma
and papa Dionne with their quin-
tuplets were represented by Phyllis
MacCreary and Eleanor Mccormack
who wheeled five dollies in one
| buggy down the street to the great
amusement of the onlookers.
The parade as a whole was con-
sidered a decided success, and in
awarding the prizes, the judges
| took workmanship as well as beau
ty into consideration. In addition
to the main prizes, each child en-
tering the parade was given 25
cents by the Fourth of July COM
mittee.
The rainy weather of the early
morning hours having given way
to occasional glimpses of blue
| skies, the Civic club concessions
were pldCeQ Oul-OI-QOOTS ana QlQ a
steady business all day. The pro-
| gram of sports began at 100 and
was carried out by the sports COM
mittee as scheduled with the ex-
ception of the slim horse contest,
always a favorite, which had to be
omitted this year because the
horse" could not be found, much
to the regret of those who count
on the good laughs which this con-
test usually provides.
A committee of ladies sold hos
pital tags during the afternoon and
the Elks dance in the evening was
a hospital benefit also. The pro-
ceeds from both will be used for
special needs.
The day was brought to a close
with fireworks from di fere n t
parts of town and if the children
who had enjoyed one grand day
of noisy celebration were filled
with regret as they fired the last
cracker, there is no doubt that the
adults who had tried in vain to eX-
clude the popping from sensitive
ear-drums, heaved a sigh of great
relief.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

In response to word brought to
Wrangell by VIM. Wels that AL
Cramer was not we'll, A. R. Brue-
ger sent the ARB back to Point
Baker Wednesday afternoon o
bring Mr.. Cramer TO Wrangell.
Chad Wyatt went out on his boat,
the Etolin, to be in charge of the
PIT. Baker station temporarily. Mr..
Cramer was brought in to Wran-
CELL the morning of the 4th, and
was Immediately taken to the hos
pital where he is reported to be
resting quietly.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05
Glacier Bay Claims Are
Showing Good Values

Louis F. Paul returned Wednes-
day afternoon from Glacier bay by
way of Juneau. He was accompan-
led by his family and his nephew,
Kendall Paul, of Juneau.
Mr.. Paul has spent the past two
months at Glacier bay in develop
ing "a group of quartz claims which
we're taken up last spring by
Hoonah Indians. He has acted
chiefly as boatman between the
amp and Juneau, the base of sup
lies 120 miles distant.
Previous prospecting at Glacier
1ay has all been done ON the west
eide of the bay which would seem
be the logical location for min
raj deposits, but discovery of gold
bearing quartz was made last
spring by a Hoonah Indian named
Sinclair who was out hunting por-
cupine with three other men ON
he east side of the bay.
The discovery claim lies 500 feet
rom Sinclair's camp which for
generations back has been the CEN
ter of the regular camping and
hunting grounds of his family, so
that his possessory rights are clear.
After the quartz discovery the four
men of the party decided to go into
partnership, stake claims and start
development work, but they soon
found that they had to have
money. They put their case before
W. L. Paul, Juneau attorney, who
furnished financial backing, formed
company composed of twelve men
of Indian blood and two white men
and development work started at
once.
The men have made fine show
ing Assays on tunnel driven 40
feet in, runs about $13, to $50.
Values on a ledge adjoining dis
covery ran $106 with a surface
shot Mr.. Paul states that indica-
tiops are that this vein widens and
that values are more even than on
discovery. Late assay reports on
ore unquestionably much richer,
were not available when Paul left
Juneau.
Sufficient machinery has been
gathered for a small stamp mill
which will be in operation this
fall. 1t will handle ten tons of ore
daily which will be run down to a
concentrator. All but four of the
men left Glamier bay for the fishing
season. Those remaining on the
property are doing further work on
the tunnel and putting up tram
ways.
There is a whole mountain OF
ore" stated Mr.. Paul today. "The
lodges on the surface do not look
like quartz but they all widen out,
then penetrate through the oppo-
site side of the mountain which is
1000 feet high with free milling
gold at the top"
There will be at least twenty
children of school age when the
families return to Glacier bay in
the fall. They have made applica-
ton, says Mr.. Paul, to the Bureau
of Indian affairs for school and
have been assured by DR.. Ryan
that one would be provided.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

The ARB Packing Co. made it's
first shipment of canned fish on
the North Sea when it shipped
1000 cases " lib. flats of Alaska
red salmon. The second shipment
went out on the Aleutian and con-
sisted of $50 cases lib tall Alas
ka reds.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

Miss Lucy Wood returned on a
resent boat from Seattle where she
has lived the past year and half
with Mrs. A. B. Anderson and chill
dren during Mrs. Anderson's ILL.,
ness. She is the guest of Mrs.
Charles Burch and intends to spend
the sammey here
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

The Rt. Rev. G. A. Rix, Bishop
of Caledonia, returned Friday from
a two-weeks' visit to Telegraph
Creek. Bishop Rix's headquarters
are at Prince Rupert and from
there he directs the affairs of his
six thousand-mile bishopric which
includes the area between Ocean
Falls and Atlin and from Queen
Charlotte islands to the province
of Alberta.
At Telegraph Creek he visited
practically every home, and admin
istered the sacraments of commun-
ion, confirmation and baptism in
the mission church.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

Miss Grace Carruthers, eldest
daughter of Major and Mrs. w. j.
Carruthers, arrived on the Princes
Charlotte to spend the summer va
cation in Wrangell. She has been
a student during the past year at
Alberta college, Edmonton.
Wrangell passengers aboard the
Yukon which arrived in port here
Monday evening were: A. C. Cor
telyou, Frank Hosono, Geo. A. Mad
den, Marjorie Ryan, J.. w. Redden,
j. w. Redden, j. y. Wooster, Mrs.
Ward and ehiId-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

r. Bartlett, topographer who re.
Gently went into the Dease lake
country on Canadian survey ex-
petition, had the misfortune tc
break his left leg in an accident
last Thursday. The members of his
party did a fine piece of first aid
work and in getting him down the
mountain. An amateur radio tele-
phone set at Dease lake caught
Prince George which contacted the
Strong plane at Telegraph Creek
Bartlett was brought to Wrangell
Saturday afternoon and is receiy-
ing care at Bishop Rowe General
hospital
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

Bernard Acton arrived this week
from Edmonton to be the guest OF
A. Rasmussen and his foster son,
Dick Johnson, during the summer
vacation. He reports that his IA
ther, Major j. Acton, is now at a
conference of Salvation Army divis-
ional commanders in Toronto.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

Ruth Talmage. small daughter OF
Captain and Mrs. Kenyon Talmage,
arrived from Juneau this week to
spend the school vacation with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A.
Lindman.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

Passengers leaving Tuesday on
the voyage of the Hazel B No. 2
were Bishop Bunoz Griffith Jones
and Richard Whiteside for Tele-
graph Creek and Bob Krieger for
Clearwater.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

Harold Thomas left Monday for
Bremerton where me was called to
resume his former work at the navy
yards. Mrs. Thomas will remain for
a while longer with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. G.. Grant.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

Mrs. E. J. Davis of Hillsboro,
Oregon, arrived here on the motors
ship North Sea last week to join
her daughter, Miss Verna Davis,
and son, Richard, who came north
several weeks ago,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

A baby boy that was stillborn
was born Sunday afternoon to Mrs
John GREGG of Telegraph Creek al
Bishop Rowe General hospital.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05
NEWS FROM
ALL OVER
THE WORLD

WASHINGTON - A compromise
banking bill is assured passage at
this session of congress, according
to Mariner Eccles, governor Of the
Federal Reserve board, who de-
clared that the changes in the
banking bill which had e e n
recommended by Senator Garter
Glass of Virginia, chairman Of the
senate finance committee, We're sat
isfactorv Eccles has been working
very close with President Roose-
welt and has received assurance OF
quick action in the senate on the
compromise bill. The house already
passed the measure as Eccles want
ed it and so this agreement brings
to an end a siX-months battle be-
tween Eecles and Glass.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05


LONDON - The members of the
House of Commons opened up and
Britain's minister at large, today
because he had offered to cede a
strip of British territory to Abys-
sinia. The members of England s
powerful ruling body expressed
themselves as being outraged be-
cause they were not consulted III
the matter and because of Captain
Eden's assumption that they would
be willing to cede British soil.
Eden tried to calm the members by
complaining that the offer was
only tentative and that at the most
it was only a suggestion for the
solution of the problem.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

CANNON, Ca, July 4-Governor
Talmadge told a big Fourth of July
crowd today that he believed Sec
rotary of Agriculture Henry A.
Wallace should be ousted from Of
flee. The governor declared that he
was out to fight Wallace to the
finish. He said he was bringing
Secretary Peace of the Iowa far
mers union and Milo Reno to Geor-
gia to assist him in the anti
Wallace campaign.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

BOISE - Farmers report getting
new high prices for their young
lambs and are shipping them at the
rate of ten thousand a day.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

PORTLAND, Ore. = Sawmill and
timber workers union officials said
today that the return of several
hundred loggers to the camps next
week is the next possible develop
ment in the local strike situation.
This announcement was made fol-
lowing a series of loggers meetings
here, but the names of the com
panies with which the agreement
apparently had been reached were
not revealed. In Portland the mill
strike 81 tua t i on remains I'M
changed.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-07-05

.NEATTLE.- Captain c. E. Pear
son of the US. Naval corps was
busy today buying a sawmill and
well digging equipment for use in
Uncle Sans colony project in the
Matanuska valley. He said that he
was acting as advance for S. R..
Fuller, the new administrator for
the project and that he will have
all needed equipment as well as a
coast guard cutter ready for the
leaders to leave for the north next
Saturday.