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Evening star., 1935-08-18
Engineers Have Faith in Driver.
THERE never has been any question

Engineers Have Faltn IN Driver.
THERE never has been any question
- in engineers minds but that
Campbell, given the surface, could
travel 800 miles an hour in Bluebird
, His nerves are of steel, despite his
years. Theoretically, Bluebird should
speed $50 miles an hour under perfect
! conditions.
There's a baronetcy waiting him
at the first Kings orders" following
the time he breaks 800" Hell
probably quit then. retire as he said
he would. Lady Campbell and Jean.
who suffered greatly at Daytona
Beach, wish he would, but fear he
won't.
Little Jean says:
"Heis always been saying he'd stop,
but he's always going on and he's
always fooling with motors out in the
garage. I'm sure he'll be all right,
always. He's doing the thing he
loves to do. He tells Mummy and me
not to worry, SO we won't"
They honestly try not to.
Evening star., 1935-08-18
Setting Records Since 1928.


THE first time he came over, in 1928,
he boosted the world speed mark
to 206.9 in a Napier Bluebird Spe-
cisl, and he might have been satisfied
except that his arch rival, Major
Henry Seagrave, later killed setting a
new speed boat record in Italy, lifted
the mark to 22458 in 1929 Back
came Campbell, and up went the rec
ord to 245733 in 1881. then 253 968
In 1899. then 272l08 in 1888, all at
Daytona Beach.
Twice this last time. harassed by
bad weather. by the realization that
his tires weren't strong enough for
the speeds he sought. by his desire to
put on a show for those who came
to watch, Campbell took chances that
nearly cost his life, just as speed
racing took the lives of Ray Keech,
Frank Lockhart, Lee Bible and others
before him.
Once he was roaring down the
fumpy beach at better than 200 miles
an hour when the cowling on one
side of his motors tore loose, covering
some of the exhaust outlets, re-
directing the stream of flame and
poisonous gases from the motors back
into the cockpit with him.
Evening star., 1935-08-18
bR|TON TO SPEED
ON UTAH'S PLAINS
Believes Salt Beds Track
Best for Supreme Test
of BIuebird.
BY EDWARD ]. NEIL,
Areoeta fad Dress Gnnrfs Urifar


N IEW YORK, August 1.-THE
little man with the big thun-
derwagon, 50-yeal old Sir
Malcolm Campbell. will be on
the high seas again this week, head
ing for probably his final shot at roar
ing glory on the salt plains Of Utah.
In his head again is the dream Of
800 miles an hour in the siX-tan me-
chanical monster of an automobile
engineers say is the finest machine
ever put on wheels. the monster he
christened Bluebird and af1ectionately
calls "the old lady
It's the same Bluebird, the same
''old lady that carried him to a new
speed record of 276.8l6 miles an hour
only last February on the sands at
Daytona Beach, Fla, twice carried MIN
to the edge of the most fearsome death
a man might face on land-and twice
carried him out again. There have
been no major changes in construc-
ton, few minor adjustments.
Will Use Old Bluebird.
y bllC SolllC 1OW
blue thunderbolt, $500 horsepower
from two aviation engines under her
hood. four wheels at the rear instead
of the conventional two to give her
better traction. He rides in the same
tight cockpit, just big enough to hold
his l2o pounds, his white helmeted
head rising just high enough to let
him peer through a glass windshield
only a few inches high. Behind him
a huge rudder, big enough to direct
the biggest transport plane, splits the
wind and holds him straight on his
course.
I'll do it this time" the slight,
nonchalant little Englishman said be-
fore sailing, land then I'll chuck it.
Ill be satisfied with 800 miles an
hour"
But he said similar things several
times before. He said that about 200
miles an hour when he first came to
Daytona several years ago and shot
his racer over the golden sands of the
most beautiful beach stretch in the
world.
Evening star., 1935-08-18
TRACK MARK TIED
BY STOOL PIGEON
Outsider Captures Feature
at CumberIand-DaiIy
Double Pays $34.20.

- CUMBERLAND, Md, August II
Stool Pigeon. owned by A
L. Redan of Washington and
~ trained by Thomas O'ConneI
Bonham, stunned a crowd of $500
when he broke on top and raced FIVE
eights in 0:56 to win the Old Export
Purse, the days feature. to equal the
track record.
Overlooked in the wagering, Stool
Pigeon, skillfuliy handled by Raymond
Booker of Belair, paid si7.20 when
he whipped Mrs. NJ R. Waughs
Crossing Over. C. Youngs Take Of,
and four others.
Following the race, Harry A. Man
ley. of the company from which the
race derived its name. presented Own
er Redan with a handsome silver
trophy.
No Races Tomorrow.
THE sum of s34.20 was paid the
holders of daily double tickets
when Aella, owned by Mrs. G. Hutch
ms of Hagerstown, won the days
opener and L. Rodriguez's Whiskora
scored in the third. The latter S
straight price in the regular parimu-
tuels was Sl1 go.
For the third time in the meeting
the five-eighths track record of 0:56
was equaled when Mrs. H. Horst S
Flosilda bested six opponents in the
second.
There will be no racing Monday
but the sport will be resumed at
pm. Tuesday.
Evening star., 1935-08-18
Twice Near Death.

REFoRE he could bring the car te
careening halt he was semi
unconscious from the gases. and the
exhaust flames had scared his shoes
and clothes.
Again on the final run. when he set
, the new record on tires so badly torn
that the rubber tread not only was
sheered away but the torn cord fabric
hung down from the shoes like wool
from a sleeps back, he swerved once,
coming out of the measured mile, and
his tracks showed he was less than
six feet from soft sand and a cata-
paulting death inside his six-ton
juggernaut.
He wasn't satisfied as he went back
to England with Lady Campbell and
12-year-old Jean, his daughter, who
. watched him race this year for the
first time. He felt that sand surface
no longer would hold him at the
speeds he sought. He went back to
the insurance business that has made
him very wealthy man.
Discusses Salt Bed Track.
RUT he kept writing and asking
about this other place in America
where the surface was smooth and
hard, where there was unlimited
distance to get up speed, and unlimited
distance in which to stop after he
had gone his fastest mile-the salt
beds of Utah.
John Cobb, British driver who set
. host of new records there for dis
tance speeds few weeks ago, brought
glowing accounts of the terrain back
to London to Campbell and imme-
diately he announced he'd try again
He needs l5-mile straightaway, I
miles to get rolling, one measured
mile, more to stop. He needs a sur
face hard as a rock to give him per-
feet traction.
=, Two engineering problems perplex-
ing him he undoubtedly has solved
One was better tires, the other was
adapting Bluebird's motor from the
moist sea level atmospheres of Day.
= tona Beach to the rarified air of the
salt beds. The second problem is one
OF superchargers.
Evening star., 1935-08-18
Dominates Running.

THE chestnut son of Golden Broom
dominated the running for viz
tually the entire distance under Silvio
Coucci's smart handling. At the fin-
ish ne was two lengths in frWt of
the 3-to-2 choice, Elmer Dale Shaffer's
st. Bernard, victor in the Kenner
stakes, while Count Arthur, repre-
senting Mrs John D. Hertz, was
beaten a length for the place. Then
came Alfred G.. Vanderbilts FLY
Good Gamble, topVeight of the field
with 40 pounds; Warren Wrights
Skip 1t. Walter NJ. Jeffords Firethorn,
Mrs. Dodge Sloane's Young Native
and Conny Smythe's Direct Hit.
Coucci hustled the Southern owned
colt to the front before reaching the
first turn. He then sat down and did
a faultleSs job of nursing his mount
along with daylight advantage over
st. Bernard. Lester Balaski tried
hard to make the Shaffer colt gain
on the leader as they swung around
the last bend, but Gold Foam an
swered the challenge by drawing far
ther away when Strengthened out for
the run home.
Evening star., 1935-08-18
e Mark Still Campbe$ Coal Crawford Would Race Speedboa Here
GOLD FOAM WINS
TRAvERS STAKES
Horse Claimed Three Weeks
Ago for S. 900 Scores
Brilliant Victory.
BY the Associated Press

bF tIle AbSOClhleu IIeSS.
= ARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y,
August 17.-Goid Foam, claim
ed for $4,000 by z. J. Benja-
min, New Orleans banker.
from Alvin Untermyer less than three
weeks ago. joined come of the Nations
greatest thoroughbreds of the past
today when he whipped seven other
3year-olds in the sixty-sixth running
of the Travers, oldest of the countryS
turf classics.
With Omaha. 3-year-old champion,
unable to fulfill his engagement, the
race drew a rather mediocre field.
but Gold Foam turned in a brilliant
performance in covering the IA miles
in 2043s. He was winner Of an allow
ance race the last time out, but lacked
strong support today. paying IL to l
after winning the purse Of Sl4,675.
Evening star., 1935-08-18

Our report for bass anglers Is
rather discouraging. From Riverton,
Va, we receive word that both the
north and south forks of the Shenan-
doah are very muddy, and both rivers
in the same condition at Harpers
Ferry.
Evening star., 1935-08-18

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The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-06-21
MRS. WELLESLEY UNDERGOES
OPERATION IN KET CHIKAN

Word received from Ketchikan
this week stated that Mrs. Nellie
Wellesley who underwent a major
operation at Ketchikan General
hospital on June u, was making a
good recovery.
Mrs. Wellesley, who has not been
well for some time, took passage
from Wrangell on June 10 to Seat
tie enroute to Aberdeen, Washing
ton, to be with a daughter living
there.
She became so i'll that she left
the boat at Ketchikan. Doctor
Turner performed a major opera
tion the next day. Her condition,
while serious for a time, became
definitely better and she expects
to return to WraRgell in about two
weeks.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-06-21
Fish Dock Notes

The Reliance Shrimp Co. shipped
1900 lbs. shrimp meat to Washing
ton Fish & oyster Co. on the North
Sea.
The Stikine Sea Food Co. shipped
$500 lbs. shrimp meat and 1880
lbs. crab meat on the Alaska and
500 lbs. shrimp meat on the Aleu-
tian.
C. c. Mundy shipped to Chase
Fish Co. Pill lbs. trolled salmon,
purchased at 5 and 3, on the North
Sea, 1900 lbs. at 7, 5, and and
1897 lbs. outside small reds at 6
ON the Alaska, and 400 lbs. at )
and 3 on the Aleutian. Mundy
shipped to Washington Fish &
Oyster Co. 5155 lbs, at and 8,
on the North Sea and 44OO lbs, at
s, and 8, on the Aleutian.
F. Churchill shipped to San
Juan Fish Co. $500 lbs. salmon at
and 3, and 300 lbs halibut at
4 cents on the Alaska, and 5000
lbs. on the Aleutian for which he
paid and and 8 cents for mild
cure
L. Engstrom shipped $500 lbs.
fresh kings, and 2 tierces mild
cured on the Alaska and 5000 lbs.
fresh and | fierce mildcured on
the Aleutian to Sebastian Stuart
Fish Co. Engstrom paid and 3
for local trolled salmon and 7 cents
for the mildcured.
A. r. Brueger shipped 28
tierces mildcured and $500 lbs
fresh kings on the North Sea to
Whiz Fish Products, and tierces
mildcured on the Alaska. $500 lbs
white kings, 924 lbs. cohoes and
1920 lbs. halibut were placed in
storage.
On the Aleutian Brueger shipped
Is tierces mildcured and 1881 lbs
fresh king salmon. With the excep-
tion of a portion of the halibut
which was purchased locally at )
and 4, this fish was purchased at
Cape Pole and PIT. Baker and trans
ported to Wrangell on the ARB 8
and the Seabird.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-06-21
FORMER WISCONSIN FARMER
HEADS MATANUSKA COUNCIL

PALMER, Alaska-Still the scene
of excited activity, P liner is
booming" again with a Matanuska
colonists council organized to aid
in community b u s ess. Harry
Campbell, formerly of Abrams, Wis
consin, heads the council.
A month after the first contin-
gent of middlewest farmers and
their families arrived from the
states, the settlers are now located
in comfortable camps and supplied
with fuel, food and necessary COM
forts.
Mrs. Neil Miller, formerly of
Blair, Wisconsin, was elected coun-
Gil secretary at the organization
meeting. The initial business before
the council was problems of santa
ton, community supplies, credits
and materials and equipment
Over the wide stretch of the
colony, building sites are now
being located and cleared, in prep
aration for the building of log
cabins. In the woods crews of men
are getting out logs.
Authorities have also received
word that so more transient labor
ers, to be recruited from Washing
ton state woodsmen, are to be sent
north shortly to be added to the
construction division.
The arrival of the first shipment
of cows and horses from the states,
trainload of them, was welcomed
by the farmers, and more are to ar
rive shortly on the steamer North
Star.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-06-21
DORIS BARNES PRESENTED IN
PIANO RECITAL AT PORTLAND

DOrisanne Barnes, 14-year-old
daughter of Mayor F. S. Barnes, re-
turned this week from Portland,
Oregon, where she completed her
freshman year in high school. Be
sides her high school studies she
carried heavy work in piano dur
ing the year and on the evening of
June 10 was presented in piano re-
cital by Esther Gsx Todd of the
Todd School Studies. Alison Hunt
ley, vocal student, assisted in the
recital.
Miss Barnes was presented in
eight selections Moment Musical,
Schubert; Prelude, Chopin, Waltz
in A Flat, Brahms; Cradle Song,
BrahmsGrainger; County Gardens,
Granger Grande Valse Caprice,
Engelmann; Jeunesse, Nancy; Ca
price Viennois, Kreisler.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-06-21
TOWN MAKES AMENDED APPLICATION
MORE PWA FUNDSFOR WATER SYSTEM

of the town would be paralyzed. A
good deal of water is lost through
numerous leaks in the structure.
Proposals for repair and estimates
will be given later in this report.
% Years in Service
The transmission line, viii h is
If the creosote-impregnated, Wire
wound, wooden type, has delivered
water to the main at the city Ii
mits since the construction of the
lower dam. and was in use before
that. 1t has now been in service for
IS years, and its condition is quite
poor The wood is becoming rotted
and the wire-banding is failing in
numerous places; a great deal of
water is being lost This line has
cutlived its period of usefulness
and should be replaced soon.
Whom the lover dam was con
structed. the towns population was
about 600 The only industries at
that time were a salmon cannery
and a sawmill. At the present time,
the population Of Wrangell is over
one thousand The water-consun-
ing industries are three salmon
canneries, two crab canneries, two
shrimp eanneries, one cold storage,
and one sawmill As these indus
tries are very dependent upon the
water supply. and as the bulk of
the towns revenue in taxes is de-
rived from said industries, the fin
ances Of the town would be ruin
ously hampered should the deple-
ton of water cause curtailment of
Industrial operations at the peak of
the summer season.
Revenues Affected
Not only are the towns revenues
affected, but the income of the
population is derived practically
completely from the continuous
operations OF the canneries during
their seasons.
CONTINUED on Page Four
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-06-21
Wrangell Men Sponsor
New Boy Scout Troops

w. B. Hubbell, field scout eXecu-
tive, Boy Scouts of America, visited
Wrangell this week southbound on
an official trip to Alaska, whose
Boy Scout troops are under the SUI
peryision of the Seattle Area Coun-
ell.
Registered troops in the Terri
tory include those at Ketchikan,
Juneau, Sitka, Anchorage, Seward,
Cordoya, Valdez, Fairbanks, Nome
and Seldovia. The troop at Skag-
way which had been dropped for a
time has recently registered again.
The newest troop is in the Mata-
nuska valley colony. The Hearst
correspondent, h o accompanied
the first contingent of colonists,
was a former Boy Scout, and OF
ganized a troop aboard ship on the
way north.
The number of boys in a troop
is limited to 80 and some of the
Alaskan towns have more than one
troop. Sitka has two with a cub
pack for boys from to y years.
Juneau has three troops and will
have six by the end of the year,
besides a Sea Scout ship. Boys who
Continued on Page Four)
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-06-21
Children S Parade To
Be Feature of Fourth

To usher in a Fourth of July that
the citizens of Wrangell hope will
be a memorable one, the women of
the Civic club are sponsoring par
ade for the children and asking the
cooperation of all interested citi-
zens in making it a success. The
hour for the parade and the line
of march will be announced next
week.
First and second prizes will be
awarded for the best decorated doll
buggy in the parade.
A first and a second prize VIII
be given for the best decorated We
hicles. This group will include
kiddie cars, wagons, tricycles, etc.
Two prizes will be given for the
best decorated bicycles, first and
second. This competition is limited
to young people of 16 years and
under
For children who do not possess
bicycles or other vehicles and do
not enter in the doll buggy sec
ton, prizes will be awarded fist
and second, for the most outstand-
ing character costume.
AS departure from the pao
grams of recent Fourth of July
celebrations, the Civic club will
have concessions this year for the
amusement of children and adults
and for the benefit of a treasury
that is somewhat depleted at a time
when money will be needed for
some civic projects that the club
is sponsoring. Not since the P.-T.A.
had concessions to raise money for
the school gym have such plans
been formulated as are being car
ried out this year. All that is nee
essary is that the weather man will
be kind. The holiday spirit of the
Wrangell people can be couHted
upon to do the rest.
Two fish ponds will be in opera
tion for the children, a five and a
ten-cent pond A shooting gallery
will be set up and a ring-a-peg
booth, both with attractive prizes
For adults, a horse-race will af-
ford interest The hours when
these concessions will be open to
the public will be announced next
week when all plans for the cele-
bFation have been made.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-06-21
Line TESTS
RUN IN new
CANNERY

Twenty-one cases of half-pound
flats of choice blue-back eohoes
from the Cape Pole and PIT. Baker
districts were packed at the newly
constructed cannery on the McCor-
mack Dock Wednesday afternoon
under the supervision of Mr.. Ralph
Hendricks, representing the Amerl-
can Can company. Mr. Hendricks
arrived via airplane Monday morn
ing from his headquarters in Ket-
chikan, and returned on the Aleu-
tian.
The new cannery, owned and
operated by A. r. Brueger, with
Grover c. Coffin its foreman, is
equipped with one line for hand
filled pound flats and half-pound
flats, one line for machine filled
pound tails and a reforming line.
all supplied by the American Can
company.
The fish are slimed and butchered
in the fish house at the end of the
dock and trucked across to the can
merry The hand packers are supplied
with white rubber aprons and
white cotton knit gloves With the
butchering and shining being done
in a separate building, cleanliness
will be a principle feature. The test
made Wednesday afternoon proved
the machinery to be in perfect
working order, and the finished
product was unanimously declared
to be a tasty success.
The fifteen hundred pounds Of
blue-backs brought in by the ARB
from Cape Pole Thursday after
noon were put through with the
same success. Operations will be
continued as the cohoes are brought
in, the season opening locally June
25
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-06-21
SENATE "FR0SH" PLAN
BATTLE HUEY'S TACTICS

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The SEN
ate's freshmen" here served notice
that they have cast off their swad-
ding clothese in rough and tum-
BILE finish fight against the tactics
of Senator Huey Long of Louisiana
Their spokesman, Senator Lewis
Schwellenbach, democrat of Wash
ington, announced, I'VE are not
going to let him continue to use
the senate as a medium for making
himself a fascist dictator of the
United States"
Complaining that the senate's
leaders have been "too polite" to
combat effectively Longs filibusters
and obstructionism, the far west
erner said that the newcomers are
going to be lust as rough as
Huey. There will be no compromis-
ing. We have watched him obstruct
for five and a half months and we
are tired of it,
SchWellenbach emphasized that
he is speaking not only for him
self but for eight other first term
ers. Longs lengthy filibuste
against the NRA was the specific
instance which drew the new
eomers' attack.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-06-21
CANADIAN NATL STEAMERS
STARTED ON SUMMER SERVICE

With the arrival Sunday after
noon of the Prince Rupert, the
C a n a d i a n National begins the
Southeast Alaska service for the
next three months.
The Prince Rupert sailed from
Vancouver last Monday night at 8
O'Clock, the Prince George will sail
next Monday night and both yes
sells will alternate thereafter
The steamers are scheduled to
arrived in Wrangell every Sunday
afternoon southbound at o'clock
and will remain in port two hours.
They will not call in port north
bound.
The Prince Robert will make
four additional 11-day cruises to
Skagway, via Taku Glacier, Sitka
and Juneau, leaving Vancouver at
8 pm. on June %, July 8, July &c
and August 8, and calling at Wran,.
CELL southbound ON July 6. July 20.
August 3 and August IL.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-06-21

The town council at a recent ses-
sion made an amended application
for PWA funds for further improve
ment of the city water system. i'm
order to lay a new pipe line from
the old dam to the city power plant
and for repairs to the old dam at
an additional cost OF approximately
$4,000.
The application was accompanied
by the following report prepared by
Frank P. Barnes, PWA engineer for
the Town of Wrangell:
The watershed area serving the
town of Wrangell consists of a for
ested ridge, running approximately
north and south, and having an al
titude of about 200 feet. The wa
ter is derived solely from snow
fields and run-off rain water.
The average snowfall on the
ridge during the winter is between
four and five feet; this snow is
completely melted by the first of
July.
The average annual rainfall is
about 125 inches distributed fairly
evenly throughout the year. but
during a dry year the rainfall is
as low as fifty inches.
As the watershed area is fairly
limited and as the streams are not
supplied by glaciers or perpetual
snowfields, it is imperative that all
water coming into the storage area
be efficiently impounded, and con-
served during transmission into the
town.
The lower reservoir was con-
structed in 1917. 1t is of timber
obstruction. mud-ftlled Up to the
present time, repairs on this dam
have been minor. The dam is rather
saturated with water, and while
the timbers are fairly sound. rein
forcing is essential. If this dam
should give way, the water system
The Wrangell sentinel., 1935-06-21
ELKS CONDUCT FLAG DAY
PROGRAM FRIDAY NIGHT

Flag Day was observed by local
Elks last Friday at their lodge
rooms with a ritualistic program of
historical value including several
patriotic songs. This marked the
first Flag Day observance held in
Wrangell for many years, if at all.
Several visitors were present, the
ceremony being open to the public.
The Flag Day observance is man
datory with the B.P.O. Elks and
Wrangell members plan to give it
more prominence next year by en-
listing the cooperation of school
children in a flag ceremony that is
decidedly educational