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The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11

The main part of the meeting of the City Council at it's regular meet ing on September 3rd, was concern ed with acceptance of street and sewer project No. 4455, constructed under a PWA contract. Boyd Yaden, PWA engineer, NJ. J. Neill, PWA auditor and F. P. Barnes. city en- gineer. were present at the meeting. Council members in attendance were Mayor F. s. Barnes, Councilmen Mcbride. Antonich. Augerman and Campbell
 City Engineer Barnes stated that the contract was substantially com pleted with the exception of a very small amoun of work delayed by reason of the non-arrtyal of curb lumber.
 Augerman introduced a resolution which carried unanimously to the effect that the council tentatively accept the project contract subject to final acceptance by the city and PWA engineers, their report to form the basis for further action by the town council.
 Concrete Sidewalks
 Following discussion of the need of sidewalks on each side of the re built portion of Front street, mo
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
MINING LITIGATION SETTLED
 FOR $25,OOO AT FAIRBANKS

For $25,000 a settlement was ef tected recently at Fairbanks of the lawsuit of Lester B. Walbridge against the New York-Ala3ka Gold Dredging Corporation, which oper- ates on Bear Creek in the Lower Kuskowim district Under terms of the settlement, Mr Walbrtdge re- ceives $10,000 now $7,50O next January and $7,500 next May.
 MT. Walbridge was manager of the company's mining property and operations from 1922 to 1928, and in that time he earned salary and advanced money which he claims were not paid him. He instituted suit for recovery ill 1928.
 The suit has been tried twice Both times, Mir Walbridge obtained judgments, the last time for $37,000. Each time the judgment was re- yersed by the Circuit Court of Ap- peals, sitting in San Francisco, and sent back to the United States dis trict court in Fairbanks for re-triaIs
 The order of settlement on joint motion of the attorneys in the case, was entered by Judge Simon Hellen- thai The attorneys are John L. Me Ginn for Mr Walbridge and R. E. Robertson of Juneau and John B. Miller of Fairbanks for the New York-Alaska company. Milton S. Dill lon, an attorney of New York who is secretary treasurer of the com pany was in the city and took part in the settlement negotiations.
 Judge Hellenthal, who is the jur- ist for the Third Division with head quarters at Valdez, presided in the case because Judge Harry E. Pratt of the Division was an attorney in the litigation before his elevation to the bench.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
HOTEL ARRIVALS

The following persons have reg istered at the Wrangell Hotel dur ing the past week:
 Arthur Eide; James Allen, Peters burg; John Jones, City; Charlie Early; H. Pederson, Petersburg; Axel Christianson; J. c. Smith; ; Geo. R. Sylverster; J. A. Fraser, Prince Rupert; J. V. Boys, Mrs. J. Gregg, Telegraph Creek; L. Mel dahl; A. A. Anderson; John SeIs- tad; M. Gurman; Mary Alice Shields Bert Scanal; Alex Holden; Wilson Foster; Billy James; Louis Grant; Inez Friday; H. Harris; Sue E. Harding; B. Leseth; Virginia shedd; Mary McLaughlin; Harriet Caldwell; Vincent Songson; Ben Bellamy; James T. Gillen ST. and son; Mrs. D. H. Konichek and son f; Fred Munster, Cordova; Bill Linde- berg, Seattle; Chas Moore; H. A. Scanlon; Oscar Wikstrom; H. V. Adams; MT. and Mrs. N. Dixon, Petersburg; c. Dodge; Frank Par rish; S. Fleming. Portland; Thos. F. Cobbs, Los Angeles; Steel Hyge- land; O. W. Harrison; Leonard Tai beck, Dr. and Mrs. J. Weaver, Jr., Greeley, Colo; M. A. Silliman; T. E. Hankins, Frank Bobner. John McEwen. Telegraph Creek.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
Teachers Represent
 Many Sections of US.

The Wrangell Public School op- ened Tuesday with each of the teachers in place, and an enrolment of 164 students, of whom 129 are in the grades and 35 in the high school
 In order to meet the teacher re- quirements for an accredited high school, and at the same time. stay within the school budget, Supt. A. Rasmussen some years ago inaug- urated a system whereby the sev- enth and eighth grades do not have separate teachers, their classes be- ing taken by the high school teach CTS.
 The Wrangell teachers represent several sections of the United States. The new members of the faculty are Miss Sue Harding of St. Paul, Minn.. Miss Mary Me Laughlin of Chicago, Miss Mary Alice Shields of Minneapolis d Miss Virginia Shedd of Georgia.
 Of the remaining faculty members who were retained from last year, MT. Rasmussen is from Indiana, MT. Fabricius and Mrs. McDade are from Iowa, Miss Caldwell from Washington, MT. Cline from Calif- ornia and Mrs. Coulter from Mon tana. Mrs. McDade is the only teacher who had experience in Al aska schools previous to coming to Wrangell
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
STRIKE C0MPELS CLOSING OF
 C0RD0VA CRAB CANNERIES

CORDOVA, Sept 3. Closing of two Cordova canneries will undoubtedly result in the loss of the complete pack to local operators, according to cannerymen here who have SIS pended operations due to the strike of Copper River Northwestern Rail road employees, with longshoremen striking in sympathy.
 The Gulf Packing Company has ceased packing crab, dispensing with the services of 20 cannery workers and seven fishermen. The Northern Seafoods Company closed a week ago.
 Gamers are of the opinion that the complete pack will be loss and that the demands of the market can be met by Southeastern Alaska can neries
 Captain A. E. Lathrop, Alaska Capatalist, announced that he had definitely cancelled plans for cor structing a new warehouse for fish boats near the Glacier Packing Company. Inability to secure mater .al for the $30,O0O project due to q freight embargo at this port was given as the reason. Two carpen- ters also thrown out of work be cause of Capt. Lathrop's announce ment have already left for the States
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
MRS. KONICHEK HERE WHILE
 c & G BOAT WORKS SUMMER ST

Mrs. D. H. Konichek, with her small son Peter, arrived in Wran- gell this week to stay here while the Westdahl coast and Geodetic Survey boat, Coast on which her husband is one of the three officers, is at work in Sumner straits.
 Mrs. Konichek came north last May and in following the West dahl around has lived in Skagway Haines and Juneau previous to com ing to Wrangell.
 Her home is in North Dakota and she is very thankful to have escaped the intense heat of the past sum- mer and to have experienced in- stead, the beautiful weather of southeast Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
MARY JOYCE SOLOS AFTER
 FIVE HOURS INSTRUCTION

They picked the Wettest part of Gastineau Channel 10 give Mary Juyce her ducking when the plucky owner of Twin-Glacier' lodge set another record for Alaska women making a solo flighg after only five hours of instruction.
 Miss Joyce is the last of the six members of the Gastineau Flying Cuh to take up the little Acronica for a sole flight. Due to her difficult ty in getting to Juneau from her Taku Lodge, all the other members have piled up their hours far be- yond hers, and when she had built her time to five hours, Sheldon Sim mons and Jimmy Rinehart, both of whom have instructed her, decided that she could try it alone without further training. The average tune for dual instruction is ten honrs, and no women and few men in AL aska have equalled Miss Joyce's time.
 The new pilot is looking forward to her next degree-when she takes the little plane alone to ner Taku Lodge.
 In addition to the six members of the club, Mark and Joe Storms, Tony Karnes, Sonny Lund and Bud Bod ding, twenty of the B students training on the Aeronica have a. ready soloed.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. George Avelino was dismiss sed to her home from Bishop Rowe General Hospital on last Friday with her baby daughter who was born August 29.
 Mrs. Jack Stokes, who left the hospital last week re-entered Mon day morning as a medical patient.
 John McEwen, old-time resident of the upper Stikine river, arrived here last night on the Hazel B No. 2 enroute for hospital care at Prince Rupert. He registred at Wrangell Hotel but was compelled to enter the hospital here during the night. He is reported much bet ter today
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
MURDERED BODY FOUND
 IN WATER NEAR VALDEZ

Federal authorities in Valdez were notified Friday that the body of a man was floating in the bay at Knights island, and on Saturday morning, U. s. Commissioner Mar tin Harrais, Dtputy Marshal Ken Swift and Wm. Y. Smitheringale chartered Capt Jim Dolans gas boat and made trip to the scene. Upon arrival they found that the body had been seen by natives but owing to their intense fear of a dead body, mad been allowed to float away. A short search by the off cers found the body of Adam Eel inski washed up on the. shore at Crab Bay.
 The body, which was badly de- composed, had a piece of casting used by the deceased as an anchor for his skifi, and stone tied to.it. It also had a gunshot wound in the abdomen and the skull was badly crushed in the back, just over the termination of the yertebrae. From the appearance it had been in the NdlEi ECNNA al dcAg , do lllG u ob1 H 1N1 mutiliated it, and the action of the water hat left only a skeleton held together by the skin and particles of flesh.
 Commissioner Harrais impaneled a cOroner's jury, which brought in a verdict of death from a fractured skull, as the bullet wound was not found until a post mortem was held by a medical student at one of the canneries. The remains were buried later on Chicken island, by a quartet of young natives.
 That the deceased was murdered is beyond doubt, but evidence show ing why or by whom was lacking. As the government makes no appro- priation for such matters without special permission received from Washington, the party had little time or money at their command.
 Valdez Miner.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
TROY MORROW OPENS DRUG
 STORE IN MIG CORMACK BLDG.

Though much work remains to be done and a great part of his stock is still to arrive. Troy Nor row this week opened his new phar- macy which he will conduct under the firm name of the Morrow Drug Store, in the half of the remodeled P. c. Mccormack building, adjoin- ing the Lemieux building.
 Mrs. Morrow, who arrived here on the previous trip of the North Sea, has settled the new apartment and is enjoying her work in the drug store as her husbands right hand man."
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
Students Come By Gas
 Boat, Plane, Steamer.

.-lty#9Gree students of the l20 -Npeeted have arrived at WrangeIl Institute for the new term which opened Wednesday. It will prob ably be the first of October, Diree- for Charles W. Miller believes. be- fore the entire student body is en- rolled
 The students now here arrived by gasboat. steamer and plane. Four flew from Juneau Wednesday night when they found that it would be cheaper to divide expenses on a plane than to wait over until next week for a steamer. Fifteen students from Klawock aboard the Valiant arrived here last night two day3 overdue on account of being storm bound enroute, Four other Klawock students made the trip yesterday by plane.
 Walter Rudolph. prominent mem Der of the Alaska Native Brother hood and well known Wrengell boat builder, has been added to. the Institute staff as an assistant in the vocational training department
 Mr. Rudolph will teach bcat building and with a group of stI- dents will begin at once const uc- tion of a modern boat shop which win be located OH the water front at thewestern side of the campus
 Of his own croice, Mr. Rudolph will not occupy an apartment in the staff house but will live in a cabin on the highway noer the school.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
DIMOND GRATEFUL FOR
 VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

The following message was re- ceived yesterday by the Sentinel from Delegate Anthony J. Dimond at Ketchikan:
 twill you permit me through your columns to tell the people of Wrangell how deeply grateful I am for their renewed expression of con- fidence in my work as public ser want of Alaska and for their sup port of policy and program of par ty."
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
WRANGELL
 CASTS $40
 VOTES TUES.

Voters of Wrangell and Stikine precincts showed more than twice as much interest in the Territorial elections this year, a total of $40 ballots having been cast last Tues day in contrast to 157 cast two years ago.
 The voting strength of the two precincts is estimated at a little over 500. There were 266 ballots cast in Wrangell precinct, 51 in Stikine and 23 absentee ballots had pre- viously been sent to Juneau. Can didates received the following vote:
 Wrangell precinct-Dimond, 158; Gore, 1O8; Mccain, 104; Roden, 46; Truitt, 104; Boyle, 13S; Cole, 113; Smith, 5; Hesse, PA, Storey, 1O8; Nelson, 5; Shepard, 8S Walk CT (Norman RD 131; Zeldenrust, 24; Anderson, 96; Davis, 118; Green 128; Henning, 93; Jenne, 115; Nc Call, I; Price, 115; Race, IT; Walker GA. P), S7; Wilson, 116.
 Stikine precinct - Dimond, 41; Gore, 10; Mccain, 5; Roden, !; Truitt, 36; Boyle, SC; Cole, 12; Smith none; Hesse, 36; Storey, Il; Nelson, none; Shepard, '; Walker (Norman RD, 34; Zeldenrust, g; Anderson, 30; Davis 28; Green, 28, Henning, g; Jenne 29; Mccall, 5; Price, 13; Race, IS; Walker GA. P.) s; Wilson, Is.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11

The c. P. R. Steamer Princess Maquina was sent north this week on it's annual September trip with freight for Yukon Territory. It will be in port here southbound Sunday and passenger accommodations will be available at Wrangell, according to word received by Campbell Broth CTS, local agents.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11

Mrs. Ralph Mize left with her lit- tie daughter on the Yukon for Ju- neau for a visit with her father and friends.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11

Clearance sale on house dresses, silk dresses, rain coats and hats, at attractive prices. Sale starts Tues day morning. September 18th
 THE DRESS SHOP.
 Mrs Belle Mcbride.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11

Geo. F. Fabricius IS reported to have won the envy Of many a hum ter when he brought in a fine moose this week
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11

Captain Hill Harrington and family have moved into the apart ment left vacant last week when Captain and Mrs. S. c. Harrington left on the North Sea. for Seattle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11

 VICTORIOUS
 THRU ALASKA

Ketehikan. Sept. 11-tSpecial to the senttneD-A general election summary of the Territory is over whelmingly Democratic. All incum- bent Territorial Officers apparently are assured of reelection. winning all four divisions. Democratic Legislative candidates are also apparently certain of win ming with the exception of Andrew Nerland of Fairbanks and Harry Race of Ketchikan. Nerland being third high Race is fourth high. leading Jenne by 175 votes. Twelve precincts in the second division give Dimond 7O9, Gore PIT. Mccain 199. Roden 325. Truitt 388. Boyle 527 Cole 273. Smith 52. Hesse 586, Storey 276. Ketchikan. Sept. II = Especial to the SentineD-First Division to- tals received to date in Tuesdays Territorial election are as follows Dimond. 1527.
 Gore. 779.
 Mccain, 611.
 Roden. 744.
 Truitt. 98S.
 Boyle. 1895.
 Cole, 1015.
 Smith. 221.
 Hesse. 133S.
 Storey. 1121.
 Nelson, 121.
 Shepard. 1920.
 Walker, 2527
 Zeldenrust 424.
 Anderson 2271.
 Davis. 2318.
 Green, 2552.
 Henning l725
 Jenne, 2049
 Mccall, 442.
 Price, 1902.
 Race, 22z4.
 Walker, 78O.
 Wilson, 1922.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-11
Legion Elects RaynOr
 For New Commander

The Legion convention held last week concurrently with the Legion Auxiliary. elected at the close of sessions which were highly inter esting alike to visitors and dele gates:
 Commander - Sidney Raynor of Anchorage. first vice commander Stanley Nichols of Valdez; second vice manufactured Policy of Juneau: finance officer = Waino Hendrickson of Juneau. service of ficer-M. L. Stepp of Ketehikan. judge advocate John Miller of Fairbanks.
 Historian-Paul Herring of Cor doya; chaplain-Charles sheldon of Seward; sergeant at arms - John Wierenga of Haines; department ex- ecutive committee = Neil s. Miller of Anchorage and John Pegues of Juneau; national committeeman A. E. Karnes of Juneau; alternate national committeeman-Ed Delan- ey of Valdez.
 Anchorage will be the scene of the 1887 convention.
 Women Elect Officers
 Mildred Culver of Anchorage was elected president or the American Legion auxiliary; Ruth Chase of Ketehikan first vice president; FL eanor Marsh of Anchorage second vice president; Olive Elliott of Ju- neau secretary treasurer; Signe Thomas of Valdez chaplain; Della Dunham of Fairbanks sergeant at arms; Josephine Shaldon of Seward historian Edna Policy and Alba New man of Juneau, executive committee women; Theo McKanna of Fair banks national executive committee woman; Mildred Culver of Anchor age first alternate; Elizabeth Nord- ling of Juneau second alternate.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-11
COMPILING RECORDS
FOR REVEALING JOB
Data on Property Adjacent
to Each Tract Is Being
Assembled

Compiling of records in the way of
preliminary work for the quadrennial
revaluation of property next year is
under way at the court house under
direction of the board of county COM
missioners.
number of workers are active in
the task, which may require several
weeks.
What is being done is to take a
certain lot or tract of land, and then
ascertain the valuation of all land
that bounds it on all sides, so as to
obtain the relative and proportionate
valuation.
Those engaged in the present task
are having nothing to do with the
actual revaluation of property They
are merely assembling data for the
use Of committees who will be named
by the commissioners early in the
new year to have in hand the actual
responsibility of placing values on
real estate
County commissioners are not hap
Ply over the huge loss of taxables that
will result from the adoption of the
constitutional amendment in last
weeks election which exempts the
first $1,000 of valuation on all pro-
perty where it is owned by the oc-
cupant. They are worrying over the
prospect Of an increased tax rate as
the result of this radical departure
from custom and see only one prob
able alternative and that is to get
the revenue, by raising tax rates, I'M
less. some new source of income
should be discovered.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-11
ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CENTRAL PRESS
High School Departments
Put On Show OF Activity
Elaborate Program Tuesday Night Draws Large Crowd
Part of Schools Observ ance of American Edu-
cation Week, Ma tionwide Event

All departments and activities of
Henderson high school participated
in the program on School Demon
stration Night" given Tuesday even
ing in the auditorium of the school,
and attended by an audience that fill
ed most of the lower floor of the hall.
. Faculty members of the various de-
partments had arranged the numbers
given by their students, giving an
idea of the work being done in each
section. The audience more or less
marvelled at the accuracy and faith
fulness of the program by compari-
son with the actual work of the
classes.
After brief remarks by Prof. w. D.
Payne, the principal, in introducing
the program, a musical program was
given by the glee club and several in
dividual music pupils. Miss Dorothy
Jones directed the glee club, and Miss
Bessie Mae Johnson accompanied the
group in their number.
Work of the library consisted of a
slIit in which the facilities were pre-
.ented in their inadequacyy before
the new school was built and the
change made possible by provision of
the added quarters. A demonstration
by the English department had to do
with pronunciation, spelling, reading
of good literature and the like, with
about a dozen boys and girls taking
part
Z, History Family of the Henderson
High School, was the theme of a
81, iot; ;oI
'AVhy Study Them Anyway?' was the
WY the foreign language department
Presented their part of the program.
Value of mathematics in practical
everyday life was shown in a num-
Ger by the "Math' department, and
most OF the audience gained a pretty
good ilea of the value of science in
practical living from the program of
the science department.
A demonstration by the new com
mcycial department of the high school
included the giving of dictation, typ
ing and then the reading of the typed
manuscript.
= Coach l.. L. Miller presented a
group of students costumed as repre-
Eentatives of many different kinds of
sports at the high school, including
Physical education work. "a Sound
Mind in a Sound Body" was the
theme.
:, The home hygiene class, under di-
rection of Mrs. Leon Wick, gave a de-
fnonstration of caring for sick pa
ticnts in the home that elected. the
approval and applause of the audience
Y Parents of school pupils and the
general public were invited to the
program, which drew perhaps the
fhost representative audience of
school patrons that has yet assem-
bled in the new high school. Nothing
of the kind has been attempted here
before, and the work was something
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-11
Henderson Daily Dispatch
VARIOUS CHARGES
BEFORE THE MAYOR
Mayor Irvine B. Watkins
Passes Out Fines and
Sentences

Various charges were heard at to-
days session of municipal court with
Mayor Irvine B. Watkins presiding.
Joe Thompson pleaded guilty to be-
ing drunk, and was sent to the roads
for 80 days.
George Evans, Negro, was charged
with possessing illicit whisky for sale
and with trespassing. He was dis
missed on the possession charge, and
prayer for judgment was continued
as to the trespassing charge upon
payment of the costs, showing good
behavior for two years and remain
ing away from the property of Mrs.
G. w. Dunkley.
Henry Williams, Negro, pleaded
guilty to speeding, and was fined
$3.50 and costs of court
Ed Card was dismissed when tried
on trespass charge.
Thomas E. Faulkner, charged with
operating cafe without license, was
freed on mol pros.
Dewitt Davis, Negro, had PRAYER
for judgment continued upon payment
of costs when he was tried for driv-
ing an automobile with improper
NJ ohCO' LIZ WoS oAOO 1C4ulICu 10 re-
pair his brakes.
On charge of driving with i'm
proper brakes, Hedrick Faulkner had
prayer for judgment continued upon
payment of the costs and repairing of
his brakes.
Bill Edwards and Harvey Edwards
were charged with stealing three
loaves of bread and butcher knife
from w. r. Lanier and they pleaded
guilty to forcible trespass, and pray
er for judgment was continued upon
payment of the costs, and keeping the
peace toward Mr.. Lanier and staying
away from his property.
Floyd Flummer, Negro, tried on
charge of being drunk on September
"a, 1884, was sent to the roads for 30
days.
In another warrant Plummer was
given an additional 80 days for being
drunk
A thirty day road sentence was
imposed upon Frank Welch, Negro
for being drunk
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-11
Arnnistice Is
ObservedBy
Local Group
Flags Displayed In
Business Section AS
Legion Prepares
Program

Armistice Day was observed here
today, with streets decorated with
american flags and With barbecue
and speaking tonight under auspices
of Henderson Post, No. go, of the
American Legion, with Legion and
Auxiliary members present.
Other than the Legion program
there was no formal celebration in
the city. though some notice of the
18th anniversary of the ending of the
World War was taken in various
schools Of the city, it was understood.
Major Thad Stem, former mayor of
Oxford, and World War veteran, the
choice of Legionnaires here as their
speaker tonight
A barbecue was arranged in the
armory of Company c, with the adj
dress by Mayor Stem following. In
other years the Legion has had
dances following the speaking, but
this feature was omitted this time.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-11-11
ROTARY MEET WAS
AT BUSY BEE CAFE

The regular weekly meeting of the
Rotary Club was held last night in
the private dining room of the Busy
Bee cafe with j. r. league in charge
of the program.
Mr.. league presented an interesting
program in the form of a question
naire on the counties in North Car
DINA. This was very Informative, aid
ing the members in becoming more
acquainted with the State.
Mr.. Harvard. of Scoggin Chevrolet
Co., was a guest of J. w. Jenkins at
the session. and c. G. Patterson came
back into the club, after a leave of
absence.
The club will continue to meet at
the Busy Bee until further notice.