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The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12
HARRINGTON BOAT LEAVES
ON TELEGRAPH CREEK TRIP

The Hazel B O. left port Tues
day afternoon with the following
passengers for Telegraph Creek and
Stikine river way ports:
A. B. Cumming, BIC. manager of
the Hudson's Bay company; Mrs.
Cummings and their daughter, Miss
D. V. Cummings; John Gregg, of
the Hudson's Bay company at Tele-
graph Creek; Hon. F. M. McPher-
son, minister of public works,
British Columbia; J. c. Brady,
district engineer, public works, B.
c.. J. B. Blick, mining man enroute
to Dease lake properties; P. c. Mil
Ter of Prince Rupert, who is taking
a holiday at Boundary where his
son, Duncan Miller, is Canadian
customs collector; ]. G. Grant, who
with his brother-in-law, T. H. Dug
gan of Denver, is making the
roundtrip; A. B. Richie, Ross
Morrison and e. o. Soule.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12

The regular meeting of the city
council adjourned from Thursday
night, July 4, was held last Sat
urday night with all members eX-
cept Councilman Brueger present.
r. A. Gridley, state engineer in
spector, PWA, was present and read
a telegram from Governor John W.
Troy, quoting from Hacket, as
sistant administrator, that the fed
eral government was favorable 10
cancelling PWA dockets 4455 and
44S3, and considering one general
street and sewer improvement un-
der a 45 percent grant and 55 per-
cent loan as had been requested by
the city council.
Mr.. Gridley proceeded to explain
in detail the advantages and proce-
dure as to the cancellation and re-
filing for a new and larger pro-
ject. Docket 4455 provides for a
PWA loan and grant of $1,000 to
build a retaining wall on Front
street and for a back fill, while
Docket 44S3 is in the amount of
PI O1uVU LOT sewer SYSTEM LulOuB IL
the hospital district. OF these
amounts 80 percent was a grant of
money and 70 percent loan.
New Application
Under the new arrangement, all
of the streets of Wrangell and the
sewer improvement will be in one
project. After a better understand
ing of the subject on the part of
the council members, Councilman
Ole Johnson introduced a resolu-
ton authorizing the mayor, city en-
gineer and city clerk to execute
and file an application on behalf
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12
HALL-CHRISTIANSEN

Mrs. Ella Hall and Mr.. Edward
Chistiansen were united in mar
riage Saturday evening, July 6, at
Mrs. Halls home on Church street.
The ceremony was performed by
Judge John w. Stedman in the
presence of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ludwig Berg, who are
here from Bellingham, Washington,
her son, Melvin Hall, her sister
and brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. c. Mundy, and niece and hus-
band, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Taylor.
Mrs. Christensen has lived the
greater part of her life at Wran-
gell. Mr.. Christensen came here
three years ago from interior Alas
ka, where he spent several years
after coming to the Territory fom
Boise, Idaho. Both have a wide cir
Gle of friends who wish them every
happiness.
The newlyweds left on the Alas
ka Monday enroute to Sitka where
Mr.. Christensen will be engaged
in construction work at the Pho
neer's Home for the next two
months. Due to the scarcity OF
houses in Sitka, Mrs. Christensen
will return to Wrangell in a few
days
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12
GEORGE SUMPTION HEADS
REDMEN FOR COMING YEAR

The Redmen lodge held its
meeting Saturday night, having
given up its regular meeting night
on Tuesday of this week out of
courtesy to the Eastern Star, which
had its highest ranking officer as
visitor at special meetings on
Monday and Tuesday nights
The following officers were In
stalled by the Redmen:
George Sumption, sachem.
F. S. Barnes, senior sycamore.
John Seyerson, junior sycamore.
F. G.. Hanford, prophet.
L. M. Churchill, chief of records.
l.. A. Olsen, keeper of wampum.
S. Cunningham, collector o
wampum.
Oscar Carlson, trustee.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12
ASKS new PWA GRANTS FOR
GENERAL STREET and SEWER PROJECT

of the Town of Wrangell, and to
furnish such information as may be
requested in connection with the
application Upon completion of the
application the resolution requests
the mayor to make application for
the recession of dockets 4455 and
44S3
J. X. Brown was appointed to
fill the vacancy on the school board
caused by the death of Charles
Darwell. He will serve as treasurer
until the April election. A petition
signed by So residents, asking for
Mr.. Browns appointment had pre-
yiously been filed with the clerk.
Payments Deferred
A communication r o m Fair
banks-Morse company granted the
councils request that revenue Ger
tificates of $500 each for the
months of June, July, August and
September. would be endorsed to
mature at the end of the series
for the payments of the new gener-
ating unit of the light plant.
Expenditures made in connection
with the new building and install
lation of new equipment made it
impossible for the certificates fall
ing due in those months to be met
out of revenues as provided by the
contract. They may be retired.
however, at any time the light de-
partment as sufficient excess
earnings.
Claims on the general fund
amounting to STATES and on the
light department amounting to
SI890.99, were ordered paid when
funds are available.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12
Eastern Star Leader
Visits Alas. Chapters

Mrs. Frances Haun, most worthy
grand matron of the general grand
chapter of the Order of the Eastern
Star, arrived here Monday from
Ketchikan ON the steamer Alaska
to visit the subordinate chapter at
Wlangell.
She left for Petersburg on the
Aleutian Wednesday afternoon and
will visit Juneau, Douglas and
Skagway chapters, then Dawson in
Yukon territory; on American soil
again she will visit Fairbanks,
then fly to Nome and back to Fair
banks, thence by the Alaska rail-
road to Anchorage, and Seward, by
plane to Valdez and by plane again
to Cordova where she will board a
steamer direct for Seattle.
Mrs. Haun, whose home is in Mi
Ian, Tennessee, was elected head
of the Eastern Star last November
at the grand lodge session in Tam
pa, Florida. The territory under
her supervision embraces the Unit
ed States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba,
Puerto Rico, Hawaii, the Philip
pines and the Canal Zone. Since her
induction into office she has visited
chapters in the Canal Zone, Mexi-
co, Cuba, and New Brunswick in
addition to many grand lodge ses-
sions in the United States. Her
itinerary is filled without rest I'M
til next November.
1t is Mrs. Hauns first trip to
Alaska and she is delighted with
the country. She was not prepared
for the scenic beauty, nor such ad-
Vancement in the mode of living
Her idea of Alaska as a land of
ice and snow, and of a people liv-
ing in crude mining camps, few
comforts in life, was quickly dis
PEELED at Ketchikan and again at
Wrangell. For the rest of the trip
no amount of evidence of comfor-
table living by the people of the
North, she stated, can surprise her.
She expressed deep appreciation
of the hospitable manner in which
the Alaska Eastern Stars had re-
ceived her. Wrangell chapter, to a
member, fell under the charm of
her personality, and derived much
benefit from her instruction and
the inspiration of her talks.
Mrs. Haun's visit is the first
made by any official since the in
stitution of the Wrangell chapter
nine years ago. The chapter is said
to be the only one ever instituted
in a town without a Masonic lodge
and the progress made by the
members was declared by Mrs.
Haun to be most praiseworthy and
to compare favorably with the
larger chapters in the states
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12
D. RICHFIELD IN ENGINEERS
DEPT. SHIP ON ORIENT RUN

Donald Richfield is one of the
witnesses called in the trial in San
Francisco this week of Salvatore
Grimaldi, seaman on the SIS. Presi-
dent Coolidge, who was indicted
last May for murder on the high
seas of Edward Perry. Grimaldi is
charged with having stabbed Perry
to death in an argument over
piece of soap.
The tragedy happened off THE
coast of Japan in the engine room
of the President Coolidge. Rich
field, who is a member of the en-
gineers department, was at work
in the engine room at the time and
helped carry Perry on deck.
This is the only cruise for the
Wrangell boy which has been
marred by tragedy since he left
year ago last April He has seen a
good part of the world since he
went to Seattle at that time to
sign on the freighter Derblay on
which he made a trip to Seward.
He then secured a berth on the
lI6ISuleT EuWlH CHIlSlldnSel, Oh
the Sudden Christensen company
and made two trips from Seattle
to New York through the Panama
canal. Returning from the second
trip he signed on the President
Coolidge, one of the Dollar Steam
ship eompany's two superservice
boats running from San. Francisco
to the Orient. The roundtrip Is
made in AZ days and the ports of
call are Honolulu, Yokohama,
Shanghai, Kobe, Hong Kong, and
Manila.
The Coolidge is all-electric, is
653 feet long with S1-foot beam
and has a displacement of 1880
tons. Six decks are devoted to pas
senges accommodations.
Young Richfield is enthusiastic
about his work and is keenly en-
joying the seafaring life.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12
DU POINT EXECUTIVE HAS DELIGHTFUL
3O-DAY CRUISE And Big GAME HUNT

Lee Considine returned the first
of the week from being out two
months as guide with big game
hunting parties who had the Camp
bell Church yacht Westward under
charter
The last party, composed of R.
Z. NJ. Carpenter, vice president OF
the Du Pont Powder Co., Mrs. Car
penter, their sons, Robert and Will
liam, and Harry Lance, field man
for the Academy of Natural Scienc-
es in Philadelphia, boarded the
Westward at Wrangell on June 10.
They left the yacht on July 10
at Petersburg where they ended a
12O0-mile cruise along the main
land and throughout the islands of
southeast Alaska. The first ten
days were spent hunting bear on
Admiralty, Chichagof and Baranof
islands A bag of five bears, three
brown and two black, were taken.
Mrs. Carpenter went along and
watched the hunts each day but
did no shooting herself. Her great
est interest lay in collecting and
classifying the wild flowers and
she was much astonished at the
profusion of colo and variety of
flowers she found in Alaska.
Bird Specimens
Mr.. Lance did little hunting. His
objective on the trip was to collect
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12
YACHT STAR DUST WILL CRUISE
MONTH IN Sc. ALASKA WATERS

The yacht Star Dust, which was
in Wrangell two days of last week
is expected in port again next
week. The party aboard includes
Mrs. Birdella Ball, owner, her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne Ball and grandson, Kramer,
and her daughter, Mrs. T. Travis, of
Los Angeles with her two children.
The party is spending a month
this section of southeastern Alaska,
much of the time being spent in
Duncan canal and adjacent areas
where the fishing is particularly
good.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12

small birds for his museum. The
birds were taken with little 40
gauge shotgun, using dust shot,
which killed without injuring the
plumage. He secured scores of
choice specimens.
The party spent another ten
days in fishing. Light canoes were
portrayed into several lakes for
trout. On salt water the men
trolled with light tackle for king
salmon which afforded them a good
many exciting hours. Two porpoises
were taken with a shoulder gun
shooting an arrow harpoon, whose
head was connected to light tackle
with wire leaders. After the por-
poises were shot a small boat was
lowered for the fishermen in which
they fought a hard battle before
landing the fighters.
The big boat followed behind and
the excitement was tense when a
12-foot shark, which had gotten
the blood trail of the wounded por-
poises in the water, took out to get
a prize for himself. The shark
was shot and killed by Ed Jahnke,
big game guide of juneau, from the
deck of the yacht.
Whale Hunting
Two days of the trip were spent
chasing a pair of big humpback
CONTINUED on Page Four
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12
Fish Dock Notes

The Stikine Sea Food Co. shipped
5000 lbs. shrimp meat to Haines
Oyster Co. on the Yukon.
The Reliance Shrimp Co. shipped
1900 lbs. shrimp meat to Wash
ington Fish & Oyster Co. on the
Yukon.
L. Engstrom shipped l tierce
mildcured kings to Sebastian-Stuart
Fish Co. on the Northland.
C. C. Mundy shipped 694 lbs.
iced trolled kings to Chase Fish
Co. on the Northland and Asa lbs.
to Washington Fish & Oyster Co.
on the Northwestern. Prices paid
were 5 and 8.
F. Churchill shipped $500 lbs.
iced trolled salmon to San Juan
on the Yukon and $50 lbs. on the
Northwestern, prices and 3.
A. r. Brueger shipped tierces
mildcured kings on the Northland,
and tierces mildcured kings and
one of silvers on the Northwestern.
The ARB Packing Co. made its
third shipment of canned salmon,
3177 cases, on the Northland.
The following items were omitted
from last weeks Sentinel:
F. Churchill, representative of
San Juan Fish Co., shipped $500
lbs. trolled kings, bought at g, 5
and 8, on the Aleutian. San Juan
made shipment of 1900 lbs. frozen
halibut livers on the North Sea, the
price of livers being 4O%c per ID.
L. Engstrom, buying for sebas-
tian-Stuart, shipped 500 lbs. fresh
trolled kings on the Alaska, and
400 lbs. on the Aleutian, prices 8,
5 and 3.
A. R. Brueger shipped Is tierces
mildcured kings on the North Sea,
2 tierces on the Alaska, and z
tierces on the Aleutian. The ARB
8 arrived from Cape Pole July 8,
bringing 1888 lbs. trolled salmon
and 1884 lbs. halibut from PIT.
Baker and 1866 lbs. salmon and
1925 lbs. halibut from Cape Pole.
On the 4th, the ARB 3 arrived
from PIT. Baker with S31 lbs.
trolled salmon and 497 lbs. hall
but.
C. C. Mundy shipped to Chase
Fish Co. 1867 lbs. trolled kings on
the Alaska and 2465 lbs. on the
Aleutian. and 1856 lbs. trolled
kings to Washington Fish & Oyster
Co. on the Alaska. Prices paid were
and 8.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12

All Alaskans visiting the San
Diego Exposition are particularly
urged to see the exhibits of the Ford
Motor company. Fourteen historic
travel routes which once played i'm
portant roles in the march of civili-
cation have been reproduced in this
exhibit, Roads of the Pacific -
Among these is the Richardson
highway which is reproduced in
200foot section along the side
of an arroyo back of the Ford
building. The terrain has been
Handicapped to suggest the country
SIDE threugh wkieh tbe road passss.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12

Louis Lemieux arrived from Ju-
mean Monday night, especially to
visit his mother. This is his first
trip home In several years that he
has not combined business with
pleasure. Mr.. Lemieux, who was
manager for several years of Coli
scum theaters In various southeast
Alaska towns, is now apartment
house manager for w. d. Gross in
juneau. He has 81 apartments un-
der his management.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12
GUNNER ENGSTROM BUYS
NEW HOME IN SEATTLE

Gunner Engstrom, who wa S
transferred last spring from the
Wrangell radio station to the Sc
attic office of the US. Signal
Corps, recently moved into proper
ty which he purchased at 149
North 144th street.
In a recent letter to Wrangell
friends he said: I'VE are we'll and
sure enjoy the nice weather. Betty
and Thelma both tan, but being a
Swede l sunburn, which isn't so
pleasant, especially when someone
says Hello by slapping me on the
back" He sends regards to all
friends.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12
Public Enemy No. One
Makes Life Miserable
AT Matanuska Colony
By Richard Suratt
Continued from last week.

There is an air of restless actiyi-
ty about the Matanuska ebony. So
much must be accomplished within
the next two months Across the
railroad tracks from the little tent
city a crew of transient worke, 3
we're busy slashing and clearing
ground for the school and admins
trative buildings. Big yellow cater
pillars and tractors snort and clat-
ter past; heavy trucks rumble by,
raising clouds of dust; a big yell
low 50-passenger bus, which later
will be used to transport the Chi
dren to and from school, rolls up
to the administrative tent and
stops. "All aboard for Camp 2 and
Camp s."
Several of us climb aboard and
the bus rolls on. There are four
of these buses in operation between
various camps. There is no charge
for riding and it is the only means
of conveyance to headquarters
camp where the eommissary is To-
Gated.
Graveled Highway
We are on the Wasilla road, a
well-graveled trunk highway. The
country is fairly level, and we'll
timbered, with here and there u
small clearing where someone has
settled. Oats are about six inches
above ground, kitchen gardens are
coming along nicely Every mile or
On of
work, clearing and grubbing roads
which will give access to the 40
acre farms.
A colonist and his wife hail us
at a crossroad. They have fishing
rods and are off to some little
lake for a mess of trout.
Il thought you folks came up
here to farm?" reproved the bus
driver, as he opened the door for
them.
I'VE thought we'd take a day
off and fish" the farmer grinned.
Man, if you could see the way
those big rainbows take a fly!"
I'VE were luckier than most of
the colonists,' explained the wo-
man. We drew forty that is
partly cleared and has a house on
it. All we need now is horses. Well
draw them tomorrow"
Grab a Cat
From the brow of a hill a go
foot spruce log comes hurting
down and lands in pile of other
logs OF about the same dimensions.
Two men with peavies and caulked
boots leap toward it. Close to the
pile of logs other men are setting
up a portable sawmill.
IF you're looking for action"
the bus driver announces, with a
backward glance toward me, here's
the place to find it. The loggers are
mile back in the timber. Grab a
cat" :.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12
Tourist Travel Sets
Pacific Coast Record

Having just returned from Cali
fornia, where he spoke before SER
vice clubs, hotel mems associations,
advertising clubs and travel Or
CARNATIONS, Ray W. Clark, presi-
dent of the Pacific Northwest Tour
list association, told the Seattle Ad-
yertising club that undoubtedly
this would be a bumper year for
tourist travel to the Pacific Coast
and Alaska. Thousands are Oh
their way and they will come in in
creasing numbers as the season adj
Yances.
Mr.. Clark gives many reasons for
this stimulated urge to travel this
year. One is believed to be the vast
increase in railroad advertising
urging people to travel and offer
ing inducements for this travel,
among the inducements being new
and faster air-cooled streamline
trains and low rates. Another
which appeals to the motorist is
the completion of Highway No. 10,
the OFT hern trans-continental
highway, which is through route
now since the completion of link
in Montana.
Tourist Inducements
Thousands are coming to the
coast to see the fair at San Diego,
and perfect highways on the Pacif-
ic coast offer another inducement
to the motorist to see the entire
coast. The much speeded up rail
and air travel brings Alaska closer
each season-one can now see Alas
ka by air, which puts the whole
Territory into the itinerary of
even the busiest executive. At the
present moment the steamship lines
report waiting lists of passengers
eager to go to Alaska.
In his talks to various California
organizations Mr.. Clark stressed
the fact that the Pacific coast and
Alaska have the finest stock of
scenic merchandise to be found any
place in the world. This was the
main theme of his talk to the con-
yention of the Hotel Greeters of
America which met in Los Ange-
les on June 6. The Hotel Greeters
of America were the originators of
the slogan "See America First"
Mr. Clark pointed out that the
Continued on Page Three)
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12
Part of Naval Vessels
On Cruise Alas. Waters
Will Visit Wrangell

The chamber of commerce, which
several months ago extended invi-
tations through Naval officials for
the vessels of the Naval flotilla to
visit Wrangell while on the Alas
kan cruise scheduled for this sum-
mer, finally succeeded in having
Wrangell included in the itinerary
of several of the smaller boats ana
the Pensacola.
Fourteen cruisers and sixteen
destroyers will visit Alaskan ports
between July 10 and August 1. 1t
will be the largest single flotilla
ever to make a cruise to Alaskan
waters.
For some time it had seemed i'm
possible to get the Pensacola to
come to Wrangell as she was sche-
duled TO sail south Immediately
from ketchikan for fleet week in
Seattle, but late this afternoon
James Nolan, secretary of the
chamber, received a telegram ad-
yising that the Pensacola will ar
rive in Wrangell on Saturday, July
20, and depart on Monday, July %.
Commander Herbert Y. Wiley,
who will be aboard the Pensacola
is a boyhood friend of DR.. r. n.
Scruby of Wrangell. Their fathers
were partners in business for a
number of years, and the friend
ship which started between young
sters in a baseball lot of a small
Missouri town and has continued
through various parts of the world,
will be renewed again when the
Pensacola drops anchor in Wran-
CELL harbor
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12
COLD WET WEATHER PREVAILS
ALL DURING MONTH OF JUNE

The promise of a long, sunshiny
summer last spring has not materi-
allied SO far this year, May and
June were both cold and rainy
months. Wrangell gardens, usually
so luXuriant at this time OF year,
are backward by about three weeks
The flowers that are blooming pro
fusely over town are late, and
would usually be at this stage by
the middle of June.
The following summary of June
weather is from the report of {.
w. DeRemer, cooperative observer
at Wrangell for the US. Weather
Bureau:
Temperature
Mean maximum, 58.1
Mean minimum, 52.1
Maximum, 65; date, June Z and
80
minimum, "A; date, June l and 4
Greatest daily range, II; date,
June
Precipitation
Total, $50 inches
lreatest in "a hours, 1.O3, date.
June Is
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12
REV. WANNER WILL HOLD
SERVICES SUNDAY. JULY 81

Members of st. Philips Episcopal
church received word today that
the Rev. NJ. L. Wanner OF Ketchi-
kan will not be able to hold ser
vices here next Sunday as planned,
but will be in Wrangell on Sunday,
July 81.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12

Miss Aida Lewis returned on the
Alaska Monday from Poulsbo,
Wash, where she has lived with
her brother-in-law and sister. Mr.,
and Mrs. Oscar Bergman, for the
last year and half. She was gradu-
ated In June from high school and
intends to enter the University of
Washington this fall.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12

The regular luncheon meeting
of the Women's Civic club will be
held Saturday at l o'clock at the
Legion hall. The hostesses will be
Mrs. A. w. H. Smith, Mrs. Ernest
ARdsrsSn and Mrs. Thes. Lloyd.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12

Captain Erickson of the fishing
tender Sunday was Joined here last
Monday by his wife and step
daughter, Emogine Bow, of Seat
tie. They have taken one of the
Vreatt apaFtmsnsGA.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12

WANTED - Katie Georges on i'm.
portant business. Write your
brother, A. F. Georges, SIT N.
street, Baise, I6aba.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12

Mrs. N. J. Wellesley has returned
from Ketchikan where she recently
underwent a major operation from
which she is making a good re-
covery.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12

Mrs. Ruth Crompton and small
son Billy of Yakima, Washington,
arrived in Wrangell on recent
boat to spend the summer in the
home of her sister, Mrs. Ralph De-
venny.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1935-07-12

Ray Day, mechanical superfn-
tendent of the Juneau Daily EN-
pire, was a passenger aboard the
motorship North Sea in port here
yesterday, He was returning home
frGm tFip to Seattle.