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The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
Mundy Ships Fresh
 Salmon To England

A shipment of 7,SO0 pounds of frozen large red king salmon will leye Wrangell on the North Sea to- nIgnt desuned for Ostend. England, by way of the Panama Canal.
 The shipment, prepared by c. c. Mundy, agent for Oxenberg Bros, is one of the first in several years of thls class of salmon to be sent from here to European countries. Frozen fish can be sent by water from Wrangell To England at eXa tly the same cost as shipped to Prince Ru- pert and thence by rail to New York.
 MT Mundy, who has been con du,ung his main operations in fish buying at Petersburg since last ye IT., mas spent the week here. He states that fishing is very good out from PetersUurg. Last week he packed 25 tlerces or salmon for which he paid Zl cents Tor large reds, 13 cents Tor small reds ana g cents for sii- yers.
 He shipped Is tierces on the Northland and seven tierces on the North Sea and has approximately 140,OOO pounds of salmon now in the freezer at Petersburg. He has three buyer boats out and about 30 boats which fish out of Petersourg and deliver directly to him each week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
HOTEL ARRIVALS

The following persons have reg istered at the Wrangell Hotel in the past week:
 Joe Prescott, Henry Bradley Wrangell; S. c. Els, Irling Thomr- son, Hugh Campbell, Eric Solheim: John Hatten, K. L. Van Fleet, Fred H. Magill, Dale Brouillard, Peters burg; R. L. Willett, Ketchikan; Mrs. W. H. Harrington, Billy Bar rington, w. H. Darch; Melvin Gadd Mike Loftus; E. Warren; A. Fully; T. J. NismIra, Sedro-Woolley, Wash Martin Tomich; Everett c. Talbot Chas. L. Blair, John Davis, E. D Bowen, Seattle; Hugh Harris; Al Zuver; P Gomez; Herb Coleman Ketchikan; J. E. Boyle, Juneau; L E. Lively, Seattle; Tom Uglandi Geo. S. Briggs, Santa Ana, Calif.i Otto c. Schallerer, Ketchikan; J Brown and wife, Telegraph Cree,i David Ames, North Easton, Mass. Amory S. Lawrence, Ponkapoagne Mass. Charles P. Lyman, Boston Earl W, Fisher Sr., Earl w. Fishel Jr.,. Seattle; Lester w. Hogan Rockport, Illinois; J. J. Wilms Verne Smith, Ketchikan; N. A. Me Eachran. Seattle; H. Gill; Mrs. N Mcdonald, Juneau; H. A. Nelson Tacoma.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
Dredging Starts For
 Small Boat HarbOr

Dredging operations to provide a small boat harbor at Wrangell, got under way Thursday with L. L, Meadows of Custard, Meadows, 0ia x Co.,, in charge. The dredging is being done by use of the slack line method with a three-yard Crescent heavy duty scraper.
 Boat owners are warned to look over the harbor at low tide in order to see tn eposition of the anchors and cables stretched for dredging boundaries. These are submerged al high tide and can damage a boat running inso them at certain water stages.
 The area to be dredged is approx imately 15O by 400 feet to 9 feet in depth at mean low tide. It runs par allel to Shakes island. By agree ment with the town, the contractors will dump the dredged material in a stock pile on the mud flats at the island. While it is estimated they will remove 1S,000 yards, the loose material, after taken out of the close packed harbor floor will measure about 24,O0O yards.
 Three thousand yards of this dredged material will be loaded di- rectly on city trucks for street fills. The company is dumping now along the pontoon bridge in order to create a roadway over which the trucks may pass.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
Tentative Plans Made
 For Home Maker S Club

All woman interested in forming Home-Mdker's Club are asked lo come 10 the Home Ec. room Of thg hign school at 2:30 tomorrow alter noon. Work on huck towellng, crocheting or sewing problems lor the home will be gwen helpful at tenuon at the first meeting.
 The Home-Makers Club is sug- g,sted as the result of the recent visit of Mrs. Florence Syverud oI the University ol Alaska Extension sei . vice. There will be no dues, and the club if formed, will meet once a month with local leadership and un- der Mrs. Syyeruds direction where ever possible.
 On her recent visit here Mrs. Sy- Nerud gave an excellent talk to the small group in attendance at the school house on home making in lhe highest sense of the word and the nome-maker's contribution to the health, happiness and financial well Deng oI the household. Tomorrow s meeting was planned at that time.
 Those who come tomorrow Are ,5Ked to bring materials on which ,ney want help, and the necessary threads or yarns, Mrs. P. c. Me Cormack, American Home Chairman of the Civic Club will have charge of the meeting and if enough wom- an are interested, a definite Home Makers Club will be organized.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
Mining Men Prospect
 Stikine Placer Beds

Earl W. Fisher ST., his son, Earl Fisher Jr., of Seattle and Lester W. Hogan, of Rockfort, Illinois, came out from the Cassiar on the Hazel B. No. Monday to take passage south.
 They spent the summer prospect ing on the Tahltan river and the Stikine lava placers, WheEe aeI had a sH1Bn7toF ts6f lEillIs. alaey sbhtal aIrne taeez gravel. but mad mot Haaehed bed rock before hfVfng to move the c d. gtHessabazazslalgII WGtela s.aln river.
 Two mics above Tahltan village, Fisher reports, they established a camp at the lava beds and found good colors on the Stikine. While prospecting the possibilities of ln old river bed under the lava, they found bedrock at such an angle that they could not continue work wi.l- out tunneling, so further investiga- tion was deferred until next year.
 Mr. Fisher, who has prospect9d and mined for years in all parts of Idaho and Oregon, declares there are wonderful mineral possibilities in the Cassiar but that it is not a poor man's' country. Prospecting is expensive and man going in without capital, hoping to strike it rich, and make his pile quickly, is almost certainly doomed to dis lp- pointment.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
CALIFORNIAN BACK FROM
 SEVENTH HUNT IN CASSIAR

George S. Briggs of Santa Ana, California, came down from Tele- graph Creek Monday on the Hazel B No. from his seventh big game hunt in the Cassiar.
 Outfitted by Robert Hyland, wiCh John Craig as guide, MT. Briggs had a 4O-day hunt in the Caribou mou r. tains. He brought out, as usual, a number of trophies, but takes his greatest pleasure in a grizzly beaI specimen
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
JUNEAU CLOSES SCHOOLS FEAR
 OF EPIDEMIC

Juneau schools were closed for two weeks Monday after a three year-old boy was stricken with lu- fantile paralysis, following the death from the disease the previous week of Roy McMath, 27-year-old Juneau resident who had returned from Ketchikan eleven days before becoming i'll. Dr. W. ". Council, Ju- neau health officer, ordered al children between the ages of one .snd Is years to be kept at home and not allowed to mingle with other children at all No children between those ages will be allowed to leave Juneau unless they have been iso- lated at their home for two weeks. Any child under IS who enters the city must remain there in isolation.
 Dr. J. H. Clements in response to an inquiry from the Sentinel this morning stated that the doctors uf southeastern Alaska do not antici- pate an epidemic of infantile para,y- sis. It is the wrong season of the year for the disease to persist much longer.
 All due precautions are taken at WrangeI. The school children are inspected each morning by Miss Ar mine J. Stinger, public health nurse and parents are warned to be par ticularly careful to watch symptoms of even a slight cold in their chil- drnn
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
WRANGELL MEN BUY ' ACRES
 SHUSTAK PIT.

A real estate deal was completed last week. which, it is believed, will eventually bring an important pay roll and industry to Wrangell, wuen F. G. Hanford, Karl Thiele and II. Kittilsby purchased the tract of land on Shustak point belonging to the Matheson estate, and Lot 2S with half of lot 27 from Mrs Clarence Lewis.
 The Matheson tract containing five and three-Quarter acres, has been on the market for many years at a low price without finding a buyer. Five years ago Mr. Hantord asked the Town Council to purchase the tract in order to have it avail able for an institution which might be secured for Wrangell.
 The Council held that the town could hot put money into a specula- tion and che motion was defeated.
 The property bought from Mrs. Lewis contains two acres and was held by her on an unrestricted deed issued from the General Land )f- flee.
 The new owners of the property paid in each instance what the own CTS asked Tor their holdings While they have not announced the pur- pose of the purchase, it is generally believed nere that a new cold stor- age is in the offing. The site is ideal for such a purpose and all develop ments point to that as being the ob- jectiye of the new owners.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
AFTER 20 YEARS SEPARATION BROTHERS MEET IN WRANGEII

Syerre Larsen was delighted with a surprise visit last Friday of hls brother Arthur whom he had last seen as a nine-year-old boy in Nor way.
 Arthur Nelson came to the Uni ted States in 1924 and for several years was employed as an able sea- man on steam schooners plying the west coast. He came to southeastern Alaska last year during the fish ing season without seeing his broth CT, but this year made a special trip in from Pt. Baker. He is leaving tonight for Ketchikan enroute to Seattle to again sign 8 schooner,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01

"-lncluu2S ALaSka DIOWu pear.
 A tabulation of the estimated mum Der of tur-bearing animals in the United States on December 31, 1856 as compared with the same date a year previous, also compiled by tae forest servlce, was made available here today by Mr. ArchbOld.
 Although now decreasing in the Territory, the 2500 otter in Alaska comprise an important part of tne total estimated number of 6769 n all the United States. Other fur bearing animals of Alaska comprise only a small percentage of the to,dl number of the various species in the nation.
 The report shows that in Alas1a beaver, fox, marten and mink are increasing. The number of muskrat in the Territory remained the same Tn 1g36 as in 1885.
 The tabulation Of the number of various fur-bearing animals in na- tional forests of Alaska December 31, 1936, compared with a year pre- vious is as follows
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
NORTH SEA TO TAKE g
 WRANGELL PASSENGERS SOUTH

The North Sea arrived from The south early Monday morning. Takiug passage from Wrangell for portts north were W. Anderson and R. L. Willet for Petersburg.
 Southbound tonight twenty-three sons are booked to Seattle from WrangelI. The are: Miriam Grant, John Halland, Mrs. Joseph Sumption, Mrs. Lowell Sturdevant Bonnie and Berkeley Sturdevant Mrs. Fiini Arola, MT. and Mrs. Belt Mills, Husn Campbell, Grover Cof- fin, MT. and Mrs. Arlo Mills.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
FIVE WRANGELL CHILDREN
 ENTER SKAGWAY MISSION

Clare Casey. Nora Case, Rather inc and Roy Churchill and Betty Blake left on the Northwestern Sat urday to enter the Catholic mission school at Skagway. They were in the care of Mrs. A Lemieux, who is stopping off at Haines to visit her son, Ned Lemieux and family al .ChilkOOt BaFTaeka4
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01

The information shows a total of 2697225 acres of national forest area set lside as game refuges in the Territory. Three refuges in Ton gass national forest total 454,o51 acres; three refuges in Chugach na- tional forest total, 2,242,544 acres.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
FORESTRY CENSUS SHOWS INCREASE IN ALASKAN GAME AND FUR ANIMALS

Listing 4500 grizzly and brown bear and 67OO black bear in the na- tional forests of Alaska, the most recent census of big game animals in the United States compiled by C.. NJ. Granger, acting chief of the ior- est service, points to Alaska as vir- tually the country's only source of grizzlies for game.
 The tabGlated report made avail able here by c. M. Archbold, dis trict ranger for the forest service, explains that grizzlies are found in the nation Il forests of only five oth- CT states, totaling only 709. com pared with the 4500 in Alaska.
 Considered in the aggregate, most of the big animals are increasing in numbers, Mir. Granger pointed out in his report. However, one of the problems of the forest service is the unsatisfactory status of mountain sheep and mountain goat, he eX- plained
 Efforts Fail
 Pointing out that the present range of mountain goats is limited to Alaska and five states, the report explains that there is a percent. decrease in the total number of an-I imals in the national forests of the| country in the past three years. However, the decrease for 1886 from 1885 is only 1 per cent
 The report points out also that. 'in spite of the efforts by all in- terested agencies" to give mountain sheep protection. the animals are de- creasing.
 Moose are increasing for the first time in several years; elk increased per cent during 1886; deer ln-I creased 12 per cent during the per- iod, and black bears increased per cent. The comments by Mr Granger did not include a comparison of the number of grizzly bears with orc. vious years.
 The estimated number of big game. animals in the national forests of, the Territory as of December 3lI
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01

Lee Bunnell, former operator in charge of the Wrangell Signal Corps station, with Mrs. Bunnell and two boys, passed through here Wednes- day night on the Yukon enroute to Seattle, where he has been transfer red.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01
l: FISH DOCK NEWS :.
By AL CRAMER)

Lennie Engstrom, for the ConsoIi- dated Company this week bought 10000 pounds of kings at 21-13-10. Half his purchase was mild cured and the other 5000 pounds went into the freezer.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01

Present prices are higher than they have been for many years, this early in the fall, due both to market conditions and the high quality of the fish.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01

Have a shower at Lowell's Bar Der shop. -adS
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01

Wrangell Cold Storage is prepared to receive about 75 barrels of fresh herring for freezing. They are not large herring, but just the size the trolling fleet requires.
 H. H. Hungerford, manager of the Cold Storage, will freeze 1000 bar rels of herring, if the herring can be obtained.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-10-01

A. R. Brueger bought king salmon, echoes and black cod from Septem- Der 20 to September 30, his purchas- es totaling 6,644 pounds large red kings, 1,340 pounds small reds, g. 776 pounds white king salmon, 4,- 381 pounds echoes and 1886 pounds of black cod.
 Salmon prices paid were 21-19-10- and 3 cents per pound for the black cod. He has for shipment 0n the North Sea tonight 5 tierces mild cure salmon, 12 barrels hard salt salmon and 15,OOO pounds of frozen fish.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-02-17
only think of amusement.

only think of amusement.
 Now l have little book that might assist you in helping us as well as yourself if it is possible to get you to look at this subject as l do and many others, but it seems no one has the opportunity or maybe the ability to promote as successfully as you certainly have all the projects you have tackled, so, I am begging of you to consider this my appeal to you for your assistance in trying to get us on our way in starting our Volunteer Fire Company and acquiring the necessary equip ment to make us second to no other city or town in Alaska.
 We have the men, the will, the strength, and with the financial help, which is here, we believe when called on and necessary providing we prove that we are worthy and have half the interest that is shown in playing ball, dancing, dog racing and all other kinds of sports. This is really a necessity and should be provided first, then we could have a good team to enter all the sports and show how the fire laddies keep in trim for their duty when call ed on to fight fire, or even sacri- flee their all in the performance of their duty.
 Hoping this may interest you as much as the ball games and dog races and try and give us a boost to get started, I am sure you will not be sorry. thank you.
 Yours truly, A Wouldbe Vol
 unteer,
 (Name withheld by requesD
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-02-17
Most Prosperous
 Enjoyed Alaska
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 JUNEAU, Feb. IT, - With a total commerce of $115,9l3,581 last year Alaska enjoyed one of it's most prosperous years in hist ory, it was revealed today in the annual report of the Collector of Customs J. J. Connors.
 The greatest single increase was in the shipments of canned salmon, which reached it's highest peak in both pounds and value. with total of 407,619,414 pounds valued at $46,173,176.
 The shipments of gold and sil- yer were the largest since 1909 and aggregated $16,870,58O. Fur also increased.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-02-17

of brand new goods. Nothing shOpWorn or out of date. A nice new school house with a grand gymnasium, but just one mom- ent please.
 We had a fairly good fire eq- uipment before our last fire that nearly ruined the Town and ev- erybody in it, Just suppose we took the same interest in trying to put ourselves in a position that another catastrophe like the last fire could never get the best of our fire equipment and crew to fight it of, by having enough men trained in the fire fighting maneuvers and suitable equip ment to meet the demand should it arise.
 Most small towns, and even the rural districts have equipment and volunteer department or company who take an interest in preparing themselves to go into battle knowing that they have a good chance to win, if confidence and ability will do it, and those others who are property owners think enough of protecting their property to do their utmost to make things agreeable and satis- factory for the fire fighting crew, by giving them good quarters to live in, good mess house to eat in, the latest and best equipment to handle, practice and fight with when the demand is made on them, try and make the position a desired one, with many more applications for memberhip than can be accommodated.
 Now, My dear MT. Nosey I am going to ask you to try and give us little publicity for the pur- pose of promoting a volunteer fire department so that we all may have a chance to save our homes and property in case the fire dem on should visit us again.
 You have been successful in getting full houses at the ball games, have worked up quite sentiment in the Queen Carnival Contest, would it be asking too much of you to use a little of your talent in assisting us to or ganize and equip a good volun- teeer fire company here in this town to protect the property and lives of our citizens?
 We must remember all play and no work will make Jack dull boy, just as we'll as all work and no play will, so it behooveS us to try and ometimes think of our duty as good citizens, and not
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-02-17
Wants Nosey To
 Help Volunteer
 Fire Dept. Here

February 9th, 1887. My Dear Nosey:
 must admit that you are cer- tainly a rustler and a good pub licity man for the Ball Games and Dog Races. You sure draw the crowd at the games regard less of how hard the times are according to common talk, but let us figure it out.
 We now have a lot of nice new business buildings with full lines
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
'S.P.C.A. BEGUN
|. INALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. 4.-Or.
ganization of a Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
is being perfected here under super,
vision of Mrs. Herbert Gilmore,
president Of the Washington HUI
name Society.
Officers of the new society are:
Mrs. Marion Durphy, president;
Miss Mary Louise Nicol, first vice
president; DR.. Francis I. Bloise,
second vice president; Miss Blon-
dell Malone, third vice president;
Mrs. F. 1. BloiSe, secretary; Harry
F.. Kennedy, treasurer and at
torney, and Miss Florence A. Long,
publicity chairman.
Members of the board of di-
rectorS will include C. C. Carlin,
jr.; William S. Snow, Miss Fannie
Carter, Mrs. Fannie N. McCone,
Mrs. John o. Herrick, Mrs. James
A. Long, Mrs. Harry N. Cootes,
Mrs Arthur M. King, Mrs. Charles
Green Sawtelle, Miss Helen Chap
man Calvert, Miss Esther Green,
Mrs. Frank Mason billiard, Rath-
bone Smith, John w. Tullock and
the Rev. Robert c. MaSterton.
To help start the society, Mrs.
Gilmore has contributed a life
membership of 500 in memory of
her late husband.
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
Capital Subsidy Vital

scale as possible in order that
the number falling in Glass (iii)
may be reduced to a minimum.
Public credit and other powers
should therefore be used effec-
lively to promote the provision
of an adequate supply of good
dwellings to be let at rents as
low as possible consistent with
good construction and real eco
nOmy.
80. For Class (iiD the required
housing must be accepted as a
necessary part of subsistence,
and the necessary amount of aid
must be provided to prevent
these tenants from falling below
the standard for decent living.
Inasmuch as aid or subsidy
should only be given to the ex-
tent and for the length of time
needed, an annual or periodic
grant is usually preferable to a
write-Off of part of the capital
cost of the housing.
40. Owing to the extra ex-
penSes involved in slum clear
ance, lOw-cOSt housing can sell
dom be provided on the cleared
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
NAHO For Unity

Out of this trip came the Balti-
more conference. Out of the Balti-
more conference came NAHO's
housing program for the United
States And out of NAHO'S paper
program, in two short years, have
come the beginnings of a national
housing program closely following
| its recommendations, and the pat
tern for things to come, following
the enactment of the Wagner houS-
ing bill
Although NAHO itself is but two
years old it has served to bring to-
gether the scattered housing ideas
of the country, worked closely with
national and local agencies in
carrying on an educational cam
paign calculated to arouse public
opinion to the necessity for vast
national housing "putsch," and
brought to the support of the Wag-
ner bill the principal public and
private groups concerned with the
housing problem.
NAHO's was not a voice crying
in the wilderness. The real evange-
lists of the American housing
movement, as we'll as the pioneers
who ventured into the forests Of
opposition and travcrsed the plains
of prejudice, to blaze a trail for
others to follow, came long before.
1t is NAHO'S good fortune, follow
ing in the path of these earlier
disciples of a new day. to find the
soil fallow and ready for the
plough.
Coleman Woodbury., executive
director, with headquarters in Chi
cago, is frequently seen in Wash
ington, in conference with housing
administrators and financial Spe-
cialists here, as we'll as with legls-
lators A close student, he has
brought to the housing movement
mind filled with the pertinent
facts relating to American and Eu-
ropean experience, and has aided
in the development of a national
viewpoint and national concious-
ness of housing needs.
The Washington times., 1937-02-04
Location important

"14. Great care must be taken
in the location of the new dwell.
ings to weigh the advantages
and disadvantages of IOw-cost
sites on the outskirts of cities
and of more expensive sites
made available by slum clear
ance. Such questions must be
determined for each develop
ment on the facts and local con-
ditiOns.
The following points should
be remembered:
"(a) The aim is to secure low.
cost housing; therefore extra
costs for the purpose of town i'm
prOvementS or to benefit owners
or mortgage holders in decaying
areas should be met from other
sources and not charged to the
housing. If charged against the
housing, these costs will increase
the rents or diSSipate the hOus
ing funds.
"(b) Standards of accOmmO.
datiOn and equipment, while
they should be adequate for
family life, should be ecOnomi-
cal, bearing in mind the need to
maintain the values and low
maintenance rates over the long
period of amortization.