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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-05-07

Sections Of Concha Beach, in
Spain, have been set aside for
bathers who wish sun baths in ma
tural suits.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
GUY HANSON WINS SECOND
 AWARD IN FUR SHIPMENT

Guy Hanson who has been fish ing in outside waters since early summer, found on his return % Wrangell this week, a letter maii- ed on June IS from Sears. Roebuck and Company. enclosing Certifi- cate of Award for the second most ably prepared shipment received by their fur department during the during the year A check for $50 a. companied the shipment.
 Hanson placed second with shipment last January of seven mink caught on Kuiu island He states that although he has trapped for years he obtained much yalu- able information from Sears, Roe bucks booklet, Tips To Trappers," which was directly responsible for his having been able to prepare the shipment so we'll.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
CHURCHILL DALLAS GET
 AWARD KETCHIKAN FAIR

l.. NJ. Churchill received a first award in the floral division of the Ketchikan Fair by an entry of dah- Has.
 MT. Churchilps garden has been exceptionally beautiful this year and his dahlias were gorgeous both in size and coloring. For weeks he supplied friends with dahlias meas uring ten to twelve inches across in a riot of lovely colors. those of the rich creamy yellow, being the favorite of most people. His dal- lias have sturdy stalks which hold in good position the weight of their profusion of blossoms.
 During the middle of August his garden was especially attractive Great bushes of hydrangeas were n bloom. and beds of gladioli in every delicate shade of coloring shared honors with the dGhlias.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
Teachers HOnOred At
 Civic Club Reception

Plans were made last week at the Women's Civic Club for a receptiah to the teachers to be held at the public school tonight (Friday), and all parents and other adults of the community are cordially invited eo attend. Mrs. A ". H. Smith, Mrs. I. c. BjoTge and Mrs. Ernest Ander- son have charge of the affair.
 Members of the club gathered at the dugout last Saturday for an aft. ernoon meeting which took the place of the regular luncheon meeting for September. Routine business wa transacted and reports were made of distinguished visitors who were met during the summer by club committees, among them Mrs. Seth T. Arkills of Globe, Arizona. presi- dent of the Western Federation of Women's Clubs. letter from Mrs Saddle Orr Dunbar, first vice-presi- cent of the General Federation, ex- pressing appreciation for the pleas ure of her visit here earlier in the summer, was read, and the thanks M lnC NtuU HUI lilt use OI lllE T res byterian church for the Keep cOn- cert were extended.
 An overwhelming sentiment in favor of the continuance of lunch con meetings instead of the sugges- tion to convene at 2:30 prevailed and simplified system for arranr- ing the earlier-hour meeting was discussed. Mrs. c. W. Miller ex- tended an invitation from Institute members for the club to hold the October meeting there Transpor- tation will be provided for all who , an go and due notice will be giv. l all members in regard to the cars and time of leaving. Luncheon will be served at 1:3O and the business meeting will follow.
 Following the business session, Mrs R. F. Pederson and Mrs. 2. M Bradford were hostesses at the so. ial hour which followed Four new members were added to the club roll.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
COLISEUM RESUMES
 MATINEE TOMORROW

The Coliseum Theatre will resume Saturday matinees tomorrow after noon at ? o'clock, the doors open ing at 1:30, according to J. R, Brown, manager, who states that he will endeavor to continue the arrangement for matinees for the rest of the year.
 The prices will be five, fifteen and twenty-five cents MT. Brown urges mothers to bring their chil- dren to Fridays show of next week to see Shirley Temple in "The Littlest Rebel"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
Alaska S Eight Million
 Salmon Pack Needed

Alaska's record pack of more than 8,00O,000 cases is expected to find real welcome from housewives in the United States this fall, a report issued by the Seattle headquarters of the Canned Salmon Industry de- clares. The study points out that conditions now apparent in the market indicate that the heavy pack will be needed to meet the expected shortage in other foods.
 While first results of the drought in the midwest may be to depress meat prices, since the shortage of forage crops will necessitate the slaughter of large numbers of ami mals, it's effect over the year as a whole will be to create a shortage of meat, leading to continued high meat prices.
 Prices of competing varieties of fish, which in the past have exerted an even stronger influence on Can ned Salmon sales than meat prices, may also be considerably higher this year than last. There appears to be a shortage of mackeral in Cali fornia, with the pack currently a. bout 40 per cent below last year It is still early for the big run Jf this fish, and the pack may pick up, but at present the short supply is causing prices to work upward The excellent statistical position of certain canned fish products indi- cates that prices of these items will remain firm.
 Reports from eastern jobbers and large retailers indicate that stocks of canned salmon now in the trades hands are exceptionally low for this time of year. Movement of rail cars last month of Alaskas silver harvest out of Seattle to eastern and midwestern markets was mo | than twice the movement during August a year ago.
 The report also points out that on August l, the last date for which figures are available, there remain ed in packers hands only 349, 9,33S
 (COntiRned On Page FOurl
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
Wrangell Girl Enjoys
 Trip Across Continent

Miss Betty Barnes. daughter of Mayor F. S. Barnes, of Wrangell. returned to Portland recently from an interesting trip across the con- tinent
 She left Corvallis last June at the end of her junior year in Oregon State College, for White Silver Springs, West Virginia, to attend the national convention of Chi O. mega, as representative from her sorority house of which she is pres ident. She made the trip in com papny with the representative from the University of Oregon. East ward they travelled the northern route across the United States to New York City. visiting on the way many places of interest, including Niagara Falls, Boston and Philadel- pria.
 After leaving New York the young ladies visited Washington, D. c. Miss Barnes had a delightful LiiiC uuIi IHe IOhNChLlOH dlL' I which she parted from her Oregon companian and took the direct southern route to New Orleans and across to Sulphur Springs, Texas. to visit her uncle, brother of Mrs. Barnes.
 From Texas the young Alaskan went to Los Angeles where she spent nine weeks with her mothers siste.'. and is now visiting her grandpar- ents in Portland. Here she will be joined this week by her brother, Frank P. Barnes, and the two will have ten days together before he leaves for Stanford and she returns for her senior year at Oregon State College where she is enrolled in the home economies department.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
Russian Held Brutal
 Killing Adam ZaIinskY

.U# details ot the killing Of sdam Zalinsky, 45, at Crab Bay. dear Xa.dez. were received at Cor. aoya. says the Times, following the return of Assistant United States Attorney Warren A Taylor. who went to the scene to make an in- yestigation.
 As nearly as could be determined bv medical examination. Zalinsky was shot in the head about July l5, and was left to die. However, the wound was not fatal, and about two days later the killer returned. and finding his victim still alive, hit him such a vicious blow behind the head with a rifle that the stock was broken from the barrel.
 Death was apparently instantan- eous at that time, and the murderer then fastened about 50 pounds If iron to the body and threw it into the water. The weight was net enough to keep it from drifting, and it was washed up on the beach, where it was found on August 30.
 Alex AleXnit was taken into GUS tody by authorities iI connection with the crime and is being held in the Valdez jail pending further developments in the case. A few days before the killing of Zalinsty, Alexnit had killed dog belonging to the murdered man, and it is be Heved that there was considerab 2 hard feeling between the two men
 A search is now being made for the stock of the broken gun, as only the barrel was found in the cabin. Authorities believe that the missing portion of the rifle would be all im- portant clue in the case.
 Alexnit is quite well known a. round Prince William sound by the name of Russian Alex" and sever al years ago he was tried for the murder of two fishermen at La touche, but was found not guilty
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
Wrangell Institute
 Enrolment Now 1O2

Mrs. Martha Refsland, assistan nt supervisor of elementary education for the bureau of Indian affairs ln the southeastern Alaskan district arrived on the North Sea for an official visit to Wrangell Institute. She will be here until the arrival of the Victoria.
 One hundred two students IF HOW enrolled in the senior class and three are doing post graduate work
 A get acquainted party was he'd in the gymnasium Saturday night with the 37 old students helping tt manage the party with staff assist ance..
 Instead of the students coming in town for church services, Sun. day morning chapel service will be held this year at 9:30 on Sunday mornings. Wrangell ministers, the Rev Russell F. Pederson, pastor oi tthe Presbyterian church, Brigadiel w. J. Carruthers, of the Salvation Army. Arnold krout of St. Philips Episcopal will take turns in having charge of the services. Special ar engagements have been made for tn; two or three Catholic students tC come into town to church.
 On last Sunday afternoon a meet ing of the Student Body Associa tion was called by the retiring pres ident. Morris Grant, who read anC explained the constitution of the organization ard introduced How ard Williams, the incoming presi 5ent
 New students were introduced and Mrs. Refsland gave a talk at tht Wednesday afternoon assembly this week.
 The boys dormitory of which c E. Silver is master, held e eection' this week for officers to serve dur. ing the first term. Harry See wa. elected president, Morris Grant, vice president and Paul Bayou, secretary treasurer. The marshals are Lin. coin Peratovich, chief, Sylvester Peel, Frank Perez and Calvin Rob. erts.
 The work of laying the founda' tion of the new boat house Is pro gressing rapidly under the supervis ion of Walter Rudolph, assistant vocational teacher.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
WRANGELL BOY OUTFOR DEGREE ENGINEER

Frank P Barnes, city engineer af Wrangell for the past year and half, lendered his resignation last week and left Tuesday on the Yukon eu- route to Stanford University at Palo Alto, California. for two years of graduate work leading to a degree Tn electrical engineering.
 Young Barnes was graduated from Stanford in 1894 with B. 4 degree in engineering. The gradu- ate work determines the field in which an engineer specializes and Barnes will study electronies.
 This includes everything in the field of electro magnetics. the en- tire range of radio, television apd sound in pictures
 He became interested in radio when a freshman in high school ln Portland Oregon. and through courses offered in the Y.M.C.A. passed his examinations and became a ham operator when but fouf- teen years of age. During the s,.m- mer vacation at Wrangel that yea1 he proceeded to decorate the walls of his room with an imposing array of cards from other "hams' wlth whom he had talked in all parts of the world. Many of these contacts formed through the magic of radio, ripened into friendships which have survived the ten years of time
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
DREDGE COMPANY TO PUMP
 GOLD FROM BOTTOM OF SEA

Gold pumped from the bottom f the sea, is the plan of Capt. John c. Benson, president manager of the Alaska Bay Shore Dredging Company, who arrived in CordoVa recently to spend some time in ex- amining beach placer localities pre- paratory to bringing up a dredGe. equipped vessel early next year Middleton island will be the first prospect visited by Benson.
 The company will equip one ship and possibly more with powerful suction dredges and gold recovering machinery and move to the loca- tions recommended by its engineers. Standing offshore at a distance that will be regulated chiefly by th ] draft of the vessel and the slope of the beach, the dredge will take the gold bearing sands from under the sea to the machinery aboard the ship and extract the gold. The cost of this equipment, Benson says, is low compared with land dredges since the tremendous cost of overland lTdHSpOTldllOH Will De ellnlnaIeC thus allowing sand of very low gold content to be worked. The dredgu and all equipment. it is estimated, will cost about S5,000.
 He pointed out that the Nome beaches have been worked for 39 years and are still producing the same high pay that they did at the time of discovery. A dredge such as his company plans to operate could mine the sands below the bar rier of the water line where they a.e undoubtedly very rich
 Captain Benson is an old-time Alaskan and was among the early miners on the beach at Nome. He also worked the Mother Lode i California and has been associated with mining in America nearly ever sine he arrived from Hammerfest lanrv years ago in his own vessel
 The dredging company. who's: headquarters are at Spokane, is in. corpOrated under the laws of the state of Washington. Thure Gus. lawson of the Gustavson Logging Company of Vancouver, B. C., is 6 large stockholder and Hawaiian capital ia also said to be interested in the yenture.-Cordova Times.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
METEOR FALLS TOO NEAR SMITH FOR COMFORT.

A meteor falling close to J. G. Smith aboard his gas boat Sunday night between 8:30 and o'clock, came perilously near to causing him to pile up on a reef.
 Mir Smith was returning to his fox ranch at Vank's island four miles across the harbor from Wran- gell. He says that he saw the fall ing star high in the skies and was watching it with interest. He was following the shore of the island and just as he was about ready to turn into the bay where he lands his boat, the meteor came rushing earthward at a terrific rate of speed and fell into the water only a few feet to port of the boat
 The meteor looked, he states, like an inverted parachute; the bottom a blazing ball of fire not larger, per haps, than six inches across. with flames mounting up and outwards, the whole of such dazzling white brilliance that he was blinded and lost controi of the boat. When he recovered his sight he was on the verge of Vank reef.
 Mir. Smith does not like to think of what would have been his fate if the gasboat had been a few feet further to port and in the path of the meteor.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
Glacier Bear Killed
 LituYa Bay District

Pete Lydall of Lisianski Straits made rare kill on September End. "hen he bagged a glacier bear in the Lituya Bay district. Lydail brought out not only the skin and the skull but also the complete skeleton to his Lisianski cabin anC plans to ship them to the Smith sonian Institute at Washington.
 Lydall had lost his salmon troll ling boat and was walking on tt beach near Lituya looking for it when he encountered the bear The animal apparently was nervous and not of the disposition of many of Alaska's friendly bears, for he inn mediately turned to attack the fish erman. but was shot and killed.
 The gIacier bear Is said to be a distinct species and is believed to have developed from the black bear family, but now has many differ ent characterizations. The feet, for instance, are almost identical with those of the. polar bear. The skin of the one killed by Lydall is a bluish gray color. The fact that these bears can climb trees, which feat they can accomplish with re- markable speed, binds them to the black bear family for neither I brown nor grizzly bear can climb after it is two years old.
 According to game wardens, a. bout once in three or four years is one of these animals found. There is nothing superior about the qual- l ity of the fur, and the skull is less majestic than other bears and the jaw undershot. But their scarcity and their habits in frequenting gla. cier country, has made them an ob- ject of interest with scientists.
 To Hunt For More
 Lydall had been told of. the gla. cier bears by Joe Ibach, a register. ed guide at Lisianski Straits, and advised that the Smithsonian Insti' ute is interested in them. Lydall says he believes there are more oi them near Lituya glacier, and he | intends to try to get a male and a cub to complete the family. The one he killed was a female.
 The glacier bear are not known tc exist anywhere in the world except in the vicinity of Alaska glaciers Several have been taken in past years, on the Stikine river, above the boundary. They ibernatt for a longer time than other bears and never go far from the ice even for Information. They do not eat fish, existing largely on squirrels marmots and berries.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
WRANGELL STUDENTS WIN
 AWARDS AT JUNEAU FAIR

Wrangell grade school pupils re- ceived awards in the Southeast All aska Fair at Juneau last week in the seventh and eighth grades, do- mestic arts division as follows: Pa tricia Wies, second in still life wa ter color; best page free-hand let tering: first in still life charcoal
 Elouise Wellons, second in still life charcoal; best water col ,l painting.
 Glenora Thomas, Best original let. tered advertising poster.
 Marian TkaTaa&. hest eOlOr chart
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
Regulations Changed


 Meanwhile PWA regulations had been changed so that grants of 45 per cent were made. at the time Front street contracts were getting under way, the town applied to the government for $55,OOO additional funds, of which the government would loan $3O,25O and give out right $24,75O.
 With this money the council could have completed all contem- plated improvements including re- building the remainder of Front street, roads, building of coneret sidewalks on Front street, replace ment of all worn out water mains building a vault in the city hall for safety of public records, cont pletiOn of the sewer system, and can struction of a city float near the Boardway cannery, so that the larg- CT boats could land there, and those aboard come up town directly with out the long walk around from the head of the bay.
 Assessments Not Understood
 Alaskan towns are prohibited by law from incurring @ bonded in- debtedness in excess of 10 per cent of their assessed valuation Wran- gell property has been assessed for years at a low valuation with a 2G- mill levy. The council proposed to raise the assessment to real values and levy a lower millage, making no difference whatever in the a. mount of taxes paid. except in those instances where the council, sitting as a board of equalization, adjusted certain properties.
 This intent was carefully explain ed to taxpayers but few understood. On receipt of notice of assessments, property owners were indignant and besieged the council with protests. The threat of increased taxes to an alarming extent was feared by the great majority of property holder and they used their privilege as free American citizens to protest in very audible tones of voice.
 Citizens Reverse Opinion
 Now, that more time has been given to thinking over the matter, many citizens believe that as an economic policy and for the welfare of all, the council should proceed as first intended: raise the assessed value of property, lower the tax rate and get additional money so that the town may secure the per manent Improvements it should h ave. As conditions now stand. with the exception of the new daln, nothing is finished and many now believe the town should discari temporary makeshifts and provice needed public improvements by talk ing advantage of the government PWA building plan.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
SALVATION ARMY WILL
 HOLD RUMMAGE SALE

A rummage sale will be held in the Salvation Army hall sometime in October, probably the tenth
 Mrs. Carruthers asks that anyone having discarded articles and gar ments which they wish to send to the sale. to notify her and a mess enger will call at once for the par eel, if 1t is not convenient for the donor to deliver to the Carruthers home.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
DAVID DAVIES BUYS MCKINNEY HOMESTEAD IMPROVEMENTS

David Davis last week bought the c. E. Mckinney homestead improve ments and with his wife has moved into the house. He has filed on the land and the young couple can take much pride in their new home.
 The tract, which comprises little over twenty acres, is irregular in shape being much longer than wide. It adjoins the street above the city light plant and is a very rice piece of property
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18

Jim Nolan, popular nephew of Mrs. w. T. Hale. who has been em- ployed in the Wrangell Packing Company offices, during the sum- mer, left on the Princess Louise fo- his home in Eugene, Oregon. He will enroll in business administra- tion at some college next week b tt had not definitely decided where at the time he left Wrangsll.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
UNION OIL BARGE BRINGS
 10000 GALS. STOVE OH

Stove oil is now available from F. G. Hanford, Union Oil commits. sion agent at Wrangell, the Floss Barge Company having brought a first shipment of 10000 gallons this week. The stove oil is a It fined diesel oil of 34 gravity and is almost as clear as kerosene. Ii sells for one cent more per gallon than Diesel. Call Hanford for a tl ial order adv.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-18
SENTIMENT GROWING AMONG LOCAL
 CITIZENS FOR FURTHER PWA LOANS

Ross Gridley. PWA auditor for Alaska and Boyd Yaden, PWA en- gineer. arrived here last night on the Northwestern for a final in- spection of all PWA dockets located at Wrangell.
 During the past year and half Wrangell has constructed s70,009 of public improvements, which have cost the city $51,OOO, the remain der being government grants. Pro ject 4484 built a dam, water trans mission line and water mains on Front street with hydrants and ser vices at a cost to the city of $32,- 900. The government grant on this project was $13,000.
 Under Project 4455 a gravel fill replaced the plank street on Front street from where it joins Stikine avenue, to the beginning of the slab street opposite the Tamaree property; built a retaining wall and sewer at a cost to the city of 1000, the government grant being $6,O00.
 The loans, totaling $51,OOO, draw interest at per cent, the interest and retirement payments being in equal annual amounts for 25 years.
 Abundant Water
 Local eannerymen told MT. Grid ley today of their appreciation of abundant water during the past sea son. The summer was abnormally dry, but not a cannery was handi- capped in operation by lack of wa ter, as had been the case in the 1884 and 1885 seasons. Last year the canneries reported a loss of $55,- 900 in fish spoilage and curtailed operation from lack of water. This loss fell directly on Wrangell resi- dents in lessened pay checks for workers and loss of pack tax $ which derive directly into the town treasury.
 Built For Permanence
 The city council last year, faced by the immediate necessity of rs- building Front street had to decide whether to rebuild temporarily or for permanence. After much exam nation the council decided that it would be better economy to fill with gravel permanently than to rebuild a plank street The question was put to the voters and carried with only neglible opposition to the PWA bond issue.
 The gravel fill made an adequate water main and sewer on Front street imperative, which raised the cost, so that the sewer for the hos pital district could not be included in the project
 The Front street project as let to contractors was not a complete job inasmuch as available funds were not sufficient for surfacing. The council deemed it advisable to start the work and finish with additional funds.