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Evening star., 1938-04-26

Fortunately for declarer West did
not open a spade. lead that would
have been devastating. Instead he
chose the king of clubs, and declarer,
after winning with the ace, promptly
played the ten Of hearts When West
failed to cover, spade was thrown
from dummy. Declarer followed with
the ace, king Of hearts, discarding two
more spades. On the fourth heart
lead Vests queen fell and Unsteady OF
trumping declared discarded dummy's
last spade. At this point West had
nothing to lose by playing the queen Of
clubs, and had he done so, the con-
tract would have been set. However,
for some unknown reason, West de-
cided to force dummy's trumps and led
the ace of spades. Declarer next
trumped club in his own hand and
ruffed his other spade in dummy, and
as Vests queen of clubs had fallen, he
now played the jack Of clubs from
dummy, discarding his last heart.
West trumped the jack Of clubs, but
since his king of diamonds was now
blank declarer picked up the rest of
the trumps.
Vests play of the ace of spades was
indeed atrocious. If he had played
the queen of clubs, declarer would
have trumped. then ruffed spade
in dummy and discarded his other
spade on the jack Of clubs. Vests
correct play would then be the ace
Of spades. If declarer trumped in
dummy, discarding his heart. he would
have to lead a club and West would
be able to overtrump with the king.
If declarer chose instead to trump
the spade in his own hand, East hold
ing four trumps would win a trump
trick,
Evening star., 1938-04-26
Burial of Blackbird.
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
Poor Defense.

TO BID and continue bidding ON a
completely trickless hand is an
unpleasant task but in today's hand
North did his duty nobly. Naturally
he had no wish to bid but his partner
insisted that he continue to respond
by series of forcing bids. When
North's painfully weak hand was
spread on the table South was sorry
he had been so insistent.
North and South vulnerable.
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Evening star., 1938-04-26
A CHERISHED possession of Chris

a CHERISHED possession Of Chris
tian Hiltner, Philadelphia Daily
News employe. is remarkable Vic
tory Medal with eight bars attached
After enliSting in 1916 Hiltner al
the age OF % saw action in 1918 in
four consecutive defensive engage
ments: the Somme, March 2l to April
2: the Asne, May 27 to June S; the
Montdidier- -Noyon, June 9-l3; and
the Champagne Marine. July 1913.
He next served in four of1enSives in
the same year: the Aisne- -Marne,
July 18 to August 5: the Somme,
August 8 to September II: the Oise-
Aisne, September to october IL; and
the Somme OF October IL to No
vember IL.
Burial of Blackbird.
A victim Of smallpox. Chief Black
bird of the Omaha Indians died in
1900 with the request that he be
buried sitting on his favorite horse
Accordingly. his body was seated
on the animal and led to the summit
Of a hill near the Missouri River in
what is now Nebraska. Sod and dirt
were piled about the animal until q
great mound buried both.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-06-10
Olive Cove Lbr. Used
 Salmon, Shrimp Boxes

Bill Camper and Peter John came in town Tuesday on the O-Pal with 1000 feet of lumber from the Olive Cove Lumber Go. on Etolin Island The cargo included about 150O board feet of red cedar for boat and house material and $500 feet oi spruce pieces for one hundred each of 100 and 500 pound capacity shrimp and salmon boxes.
 The material for the 100 pound boxes were for Reliance Shrimp Co, that for the larger boxes for Wran- gell Cold Storage and c. c. Muady.
 Captain Bill Camper reports that he has sufficient orders for lumber to keep Peter John and himself busy every day of the week. His sawmill has a capacity of approximately a thousand board feet per day, but Bill is looking forward to the day when he can replace his present one-surface planer with one which will plane all fuur surfaces uf a piece of lumber in one operation.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-06-10

fin, Verna Kaer, Mable Woods, J. R. Brown, Coliseum Theatre; Aired Bernard, John Olsen, L. B. sturte- want, Fred Sakagami, S. Larsen, L. NJ Green.
 Warren Todd, Joe Prescott, Chas. Power, c. B. Clark, Roy Lindsley, c. D. E. sennell, Norman Bakke, c. W. McLain, John s. Stevenson, Carl 422ahhagefR2,n 422ahhagaefR2n' La trick Tnds Kelly Hilmer Nellie Messinger, Alice Wies, Ed Lindman, Lee Ellis, W. Shadesty. Larry Jensen. Eugene L. von Cohen, Elias Siyertsen.
 Alfred E. Danfelson, F. D. Win ston, Mrs. H. Bowman, Harold An derson, c. J. Deveney, Andrew Pe- terson, Oscar Carlson, John Had land, Henry Monsaas, Fred Roman, J. L. Dolan, N. J. Shelley, L. N. Nelson, Al Hansen, Fred Me- Elhany, Mike Loftus, Edward Berk- eley, Chas. Moore, Andrew Bakke, R. H. Armstrong, Miss Gladys E. Newman, Clarice Wellesley, Howard Messinger, s. W. Jenkins, Andy Johnson, Mrs. Albert Roaming.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-06-10
Permanent Committee
 Bevier Playfield Fund

By resolution the city council at it's meeting on Thursday night of last week appointed a permanent committee comprising the mayor, president of the school board and the president of the Women's Civic club and Library Association Inc, of Wrangell to be known as the Beyier Playfield Endowment Fund Committee.
 The committees duties. it was de- clared. shall be to receive and dis purse all money belonging to and in connection with said endowment fund: to make such expenditures from said fund to carry out the pur- pose and intent of the benefactor as the committee may decide upon; and to file for record with the city council an annual report of their doings."
 The action of the council makes the members of the committee at the start to be Mayor Van Fl. Fisk, F. & Barnes and Mrs. NJ. O. Johnson.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-06-10

A pack train of 62 horses, the largest to leave Telegraph Creek in many years, arrived at Dease Lake last Friday, according to word re- ceived here.
 The pack train was enroute to the new Muddy river mining dis trict and about 25 of the horses car ried freight for S. c. Harrington, who left here two weeks ago with three men to prospect creeks in the district and also to develop some property on Boulder, a tributary of the Little Muddy. After the initial trip the pack train will operate be- tween the lake and the Muddy Dis trict, freight being brought by truck to the lake.
 Each week since navigation opened on the Stikine, there have been a number of men interested in mining, pass through Wrangell on their first trip into the Cassiar at tracted by the new placer discov- cries and development on Boulder. OVNSh Ol Nl6hI pidhSo ho'S tohSAi men into the district from Atlin, who have come from Fairbanks, Dawson, Vancouver and Seattle.
 The reports coming from the Mud dy district are very encouraging and it is evident the Cassiar will have the largest placer gold output this season in many years.
 There is not a stampede into the country, but what is even better declare those who are In close con- tact with the situation, there are 8 number of substantial. experienced men in the district who are going over many of the innumerable creeks which have never been pros pected.
 Early day miners going through the country found good prospects ha2 not enough to work hy hand
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-06-10
JUNE THE SIXTH

To Members of Wrangell City Council:
 We the following citizens of Wrangell petition that the opening and closing hours of the liquor stores and beer parlors be not ex- tended, and music not allowed in such establishments.
 Arnold Krone, Mrs. F. s. Barnes, Mrs. Ernest Anderson, Mrs. z. M. Bradford, Mrs. Julius Mason, Helen Clements, J H. Clements, Mrs. L. E. Osterman, Mrs. J. c. Johnson, Chas. Benjamin, Mary Ferguson.
 Russell F. Pederson, w. c. Waters Mrs Geo. M. BidwelI, B. E. Sinclair, w. L. Eastaugh, Paddy Thomas, Jim Berkeley, c. c. Mundy, A. Vreatt, J. Coulter, Leo Mccormack, George Sumption, R. J. Murphy, L c. Bjorge, z. NJ. Bradford, H. B. Thornquist, o. R. Keeney, Chas. Wagner, Mrs. NJ O. Johnson, Ethel Beilby, Elen Peterson, Hilja Prusi, Lempi Fykerude,
 W. J. Carruthers, Mrs. James Simmons, Fred Wigg, Louis Wigg, Mrs. Louis Wigg, G. c. Clark, Mrs. Mike Williams T. H. Fletcher, Mrs. Peter Johnson, Mrs. Walter John- son, Mrs. Ken Halverson, Mrs. Hen- ry Bradley, s. Lanado, Mrs. James Bradley, Mrs Mary Brumbaugh, Mrs Tom Ukas, Tom Ukas, Martha Ukas. Charlie Jones, Mrs. Charlie Jones, Richard Jones, Mrs. Clara Stokes. Mrs. Jessie Barlow, I. More, Mrs. Bob Wigg, Mrs. M. Wigg, Carl W. Stoekel Mrs. Harry Olson, Harry ol- son, G. Carruthers, Mrs. R. F. Pe- derson, K. J. Johansen, Helen Pres- colt.
 Mrs. Wm. Tamaree, William B. Byrd, Sarah E. Pritchett, Mrs. H. D. Campbell, Mrs. Josephine Mason, Mrs. w. T. Hale, H. D. Campbell, Mrs. Carl Arola, M. 0. Johnson, B. c. Brodhead, Mrs. Urho Kanerva, Mrs. R. G. Lloyd, Mrs. J. W. Petti- crew, Mrs. H. A. Wells, Meredith Mitchell. Mrs. M. G. Shain, Mrs. Nels Stensland, Margaret Magnus- sen, Mrs. Carl Jacobson, Carl Jacob son. Mrs. w. C. Waters. John Freel. Anna Rreek j
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-06-10
LETTERS
Wrangell Alaska June 10, 1938

Wrangell, Alaska
 June 10, 1958 Editor Sentinel:
 I should like to correct the state ment reported in last weeks Sen tinel to have been made to the city council that the Standard Oil Co.,, was reluctant to pay water rent at the harbor station as there is no water on the city float and the fish ermen are all served from the Standard Oil float.
 was transferred to Wrangell in 1883. No water bills for the station had ever been presented to me, until several months later a Standard Oil official on an inspection trip of AL aska stations, asked when in Wran- gell why we were not paying water rent. I told him no bills had been presented. He then instructed me to insist on paying for the water ser vice. Accordingly, the city set a rate of S1.50 per month. At that time water was piped from the house occupied by H. Wellons, across the bay to the station. The company paid for the pipe line and main tenance as long as it was used. We had so much trouble with freezing in winter time that late in the summer of 1896 the company offered the City Council a donation of $200 towards having a new main put in along the highway. The offer was accepted but the work was not done until early in the spring of 1897. A check for .s200 was given to the city upon completion of the main and as water rent bills were no longer presented by the city. spoke to Mayor Barnes about it. He told me he did not think we should pay anything until the city had extended the main to the city float ''As long as this tap is serving not only your customers but much oi the entire bay-fishermen and those ! living in tents anod cabins in this area" he said, there should be nc l charge for water"
 No bsll has been presented since
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-06-10
-:FISH DOCK NEWS:-

The Wrangell Ice and Storage Company made the following ship ments to San Juan Packing Co., this week: 6705 lbs, S83 lbs, and 32OO lbs. salmon at 71a-4. To the New England Fish Co. they shipped 5000 lbs. salmon also bought at 71a-4.
 ARB No. 10 left Wednesday even ing with 52,000 lbs. of salmon for Seattle, price paid 7h-4.
 ARB Go. put in the freezer 5,131 lbs. halibut. On the North Sea they shipped 10,141 lbs. salmon; To be shipped on the Northiand are 19 tierces of salmon, 15,O0O lbs. fresh salmon and 100 cases of crab meat.
 ARB No. arrived with 5000 lbs. salmon, 2500 lbs. halibut from Cape Pole. from Pt. Baker 2500 lbs. sal mon and 1O59 lbs halibut.
 ARB No. will arrive here from Seattle Sunday and load for another trip.
 c. c. Mundy this week bought 22,049 lbs. kings at 7h-8-4 and 7S1 lbs halibut at 5h-4.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-06-10
HAZEL B NO. 9 TAKES EIGHT
 PASSENGERS TEL. CREEK

The Hazel B. No. 2 on It's trip to Telegraph Creek Tuesday morning carried a heavy freight cargo and eight passengers.
 MT. and Mrs. L. P. Caus, c. Mills paugh and Francis Moon were en- route to Dease Lake where they are going into the Liard on a prospect ing trip after the men have built a boat at the lake.
 J. R. Shiell mining man of Mel son B. c. who spent last summer in the Cassiar is returning to McDames where he is looking for property for investment
 c. R. Burley of Ketchikan was to meet T. A. Best at Telegraph Creek and go in with him to Mosquito Creek on George Adsit's property.
 Bishop Coudert with Father Car pentier is on an inspection trip of Catholic mission work from Tele- graph Creek to Liard Post. From the latter point the bishop will fly to Edmonton while Father Carpentiei will remain in the country for the summer. He arrived in Wrangel just a month after leaving France but is becoming very proficient 1T using the English language.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-06-10
INSTITUTE
 COMPLETES
 FISHING UNIT

Smoked salmon will be on the menu at Wrangell Institute this fall as the result of a fishing unit re- gently completed there
 During the past term a poll of the student body revealed a unanimous sentiment in favor of native foods as a supplement to the regular diet. The present unit designed to pre- gare smoked and kippered salmon native style is the answer to at least part of the program which will be gradually introduced to fulfill this demand.
 AS the first step of the project, approximately an acre of ground was cleared and filled, roads to the site were made and graYeled and the beach cleared of logs and debris. The smokehouse which is sixteen feet square. and two stories high was framed with logs and poles and roofed with shakes made by stu dents from the standing timber on the Institute property. The students also made their own splitting froes. The building will accommodate from TOO to 1000 salmon depending on variety. Smoking will be accom- plished by the cool smoke method, the smoke being led underground through a tile conduit from an out door furnace constructed from a loo gallon gasoline drum.
 A years supply of alder was cut and seasoned for smoke wood.
 The shining shed is II feet by 16 feet, entirely of rustic construction with shake roof and concrete floor. Room is provided for eight workers at the shining table Water has been piped in from the school system and every preeaution has been made to make the unit sanitary in every respect.
 On a fill nearby are the drying racks of pole construction. A Hume from the shining shed conducts re- fuse to the creek. Curry will be carried to deep water by boat
 All the work was done in occupa- tional time by school boys under the direction of Walter Rudolph, car pentry and boat building instructor, and E. L. Keithahn, specializing in native crafts.
 If successful. the unit will be eX- banded to include the canning off fish next season, tentative plans calling for a fifteen case retort to be operated by the high pressure boiler already in use at the school.
 Seined fish will be purchased by the Institute this year for the smok ed salmon and for cold storage stocks. During the coming winter the Blue Bell will be converted into a seine boat for the purpose of enabling the Institute to catch it's own fish in the future.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-06-10
HOTEL ARRIVALS

Registrations at the Wrangell Ho- .el in the past week are as follows:
 Lyle F. Hebert, Juneau, H. J. Baker, c. A. Pangborn, Ken Ed wards, Seattle; Ethel Roberts; Dr. J. w. Edmunds: Mrs Roland Hal dane; A. H. Guthrie; Dave Lewis Wm. Keay, Seattle; c. R. Burley; Oscar R. Hart; R. J. Mcclure; H. c. Stryker, San Francisco; MT. and Mrs. W. H. Burlington; Billy Bar rington; A. c. Thomas, Proctor, Vt; J. R. Shiell, Nelson, B. C.; H. A. King, Yreka, Cal; F. Moon, Van couver, B. C. Millspaugh, Yancou- yer; A Van Mavern, Juneau.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-06-10
PETITION FOR LONGER HOURS DENIED
 BEER PARLORS AND LIQUOR STORES

trouble" he stated with people hol- lering. making a disturbance and determined to get into our place af- ter closing hours"
 Want A Good Time
 "In the summertime, he reminded ed the council. "The rlshermen's hours are broken up. They work hard and when they get into town they want to have a good time; if they cant get it in Wrangell they go where they can get it."
 T think as far as the open hours are concerned" he said. 'I can see the viewpoint of grocery stores who feel they don't get their share of the money, but l look at it in this way: We want to draw all people to a halfway open town they will buy whiskey and beer but will also get some groceries and clothes, go to the barber shop and other places before they leave town"
 What we want" Miehaelson said. "is more the privilege to stay open if we want to. Much of the time we don't care if we open up before 10 o'clock or noon, but we want the privilege of opening at 2 o'clock if. for instance. a boat is in port"
 The morning hour is not so es- sential, Mrs. Sorenson said, as the night hour. She inquired if there were any way a provision could be made for the liquor stores md beer parlors to stay open during the hours requested, when boats were in port, and observe present hours at other times.
 Music Question
 Mrs. Roaming, referring to sec tion ? of the municipal liquor or dinanee, asked if a photograph or radio were a musical instrument. The section reads as follows:
 No beer parlor, liquor store, cafe or beverage dispensary within the Town of Wrangell, Alaska, shall permit dancing within the premises, or permit any musical instrument to be used by patrons or for their en- tertainment.
 The ordinance was passed in De- tober, 1885, and from motives of economy was never puDtlsheu, cut was posted i'll three places As a con- sequence few residents nave known anything about it's provisions
 A perusal of the ordinance reveals fragrant violations of every section, and the Mayor Monday night re- quested the police committee to confer with Chief of Police Chet Lloyd and insist upon compliance of the ordinance
 At the close of the session, Coun- cilman Hansen moved that the liq- uor ordinance remain unchanged, Campbell seconded the motion which upon vote was supported by Hansen, Campbell and Hungerford. Opposing votes were cast by Cunningham and Ronning.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-06-10
CREW START WORK
 STREET FILL

A crew of 20 men started work Monday morning on the Front street fill. following word from Gov ernor John ". Troy Saturday chat W. P A. funds were available in the amount of $4.6O0 to start work on Wrangell street and sidewalk improvements.
 These funds it was stated, were based on labor set up as follows
 Unskilled laborers 6,760 hours at 60 cents per hour. total $4.056; Two foremen at 75e per hour, total $500: equipment rental of two one-ron trucks at $500 per day, total s244. Working hours not to exceed hours per day nor 16 hours per week excepting foremen who may work AS hours per week. The Town of Wrangell to contribute materials and supplies as follows:
 300 gal. gasoline at 2Oc total $50.
 20 gal. oil at s1.0O, total 20.
 m 1t. lumber at $50, total 150
 50 sacks cement at S1, total 30.
 50 lbs. nails at 10c, total 5.
 Miscellaneous small tools 115.
 TOTAL MATERIALS s4O0.
 Our present understanding"
 fContinued on pape Two4
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-06-10

The petition of beer parlor and | liquor store owners for longer hours of sale and music in theiI establishments was denied by the city council at a special meeting held Monday night at the city hall Present hours are from 9 am to midnight week days and noon to I7 p. m. Sundays. The petition asked that these hours be lengthen- ed so that beer dispensaries and liq- uor stores could open at in the morning and remain open until 1 O. clock after midnight.
 In support of the petition Tom Michaelson. Melvern skelton. Mrs. Helen Roaming. Mrs. Mary Grant and Mrs. Inga Sorenson were pres ent at the meeting.
 Mrs. Sorenson in addressing the council said she wondered if those people who signed petition against the extension of hours realized what they were doing.
 Boat Trade
 This does not affect local peo- ple," she stated, but people pass ing through on boats. as an in stance of what the boat trade means last summer I took in s6O off just one boat and if I can do that in my little store, you can see what boat trade means to all the liquor stores."
 She called attention to the fact that while the town received only 5000, approximately. in liquor rev. enues three years ago that rev enues last year amounted to over $60O0.
 During the tourist season if a boat gets in at 11:30 at night, !" she continued, I've have no way to get the trade we feel we are en- titled to-" She pointed out that tourists came up town and finding beer parlors and liquor stores clos ed, wandered around the streets making a lot of noise and carrying on to another town the money they might have left here
 sunday NlghT Sales
 She stressed the points that other towns had more liberal kodrs than Wrangell, that Canadian boats do, nor carry Hquor-sI stocks aDUaru ands liquor dealers lose in not being able to sell after o'clock Sunday eve nings.
 Tom Michaelson, following Mrs. Sorenson said that ESQ far as the people in Wrangell are concerned, they only have a certain amount to spend for liquor or beer and it makes no difference so far as they are concerned whether the stores and beer parlors are open two hours or 24."
 He said that unless the hours were extended more police patrol would be necessary; that there is less disturbance on the streets while the places are open than after they close. We have had a lot of
The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-06-10
Extension Of Liquor Hours Has
 Support and Opposition

Petitions for and against the ex- tension of open hours for beer dis pensaries and liquor stores were presented to the city council Monday night
 Mrs. Mary Grant called attention to the fact that the petition for ex- tension had TIT signatures and the opposing but 90. Our petition" she saiu' h01s- '1IA= ,sssaes of influential people and represents the maJoI 4ey of taxes paid, counting the ARB Packing Co.,, Frank Barnes and others"
 Mrs. Grant is the largest indiyid- ual taxpayer in Wrangell.
 At her request the petitions and signatures are published. As is in- evitable in any list of signatures, some names were smudged and three difficult to decipher, may be wrong. The remainder follow the lists ac- curately.
 Wrangell, Alaska
 June 2, '38
 To the Honorable Mayor and the Common Council of the Town of Wrangell:
 We, the undersigned respectfully petition that the hours of the Beer Parlors and Liquor Stores be extend ed from seven A. M. to one A. M. on every day of the week, and to be permitted to have music in our es- tablishments.
 George Shakes, John Rotayk, Her man Schwedler, c. s. Woodruff, L. Desmond, H. A. King, Dan McCnl- tough, w. c. Lewis, c. V. Lewis, Nick Simaris, L S. Daers, G. J, Ben nett, James Adams, G. c. Mathews, J. A. McKown, w S. Hulse, V. Bat ikis, Russell Grande, D. w. Gay, James Harvie, Donald A. Stickney.
 Nick Gilk, W. G. Hanson, John Braken, Louise Larson, Jack Fuma, Mike Lynch, Gene Warwick, w. A. Swenson, Lawrence Stout, Pete San dal, David Starr, T. Gaughan, C.. Kilkinny J. Shakinaw, w. Hoag- land, Roy Ruttan, E Morke, w. 4bO1 ooSAt I NhOA bOAA David F. Lewis, Ruth A. Claus, A. J. Engstrom, W. A. Lucas, Martha Ukas, Mrs. E. Goodrich,
 John Maxand, George B. Case, R. Curtis, H. Wellons, F. Wigg, Lena belle Greene, Marjory Binkley, A. L. Dunkelberger, Percy 0glesbee, Henry Bowman, Don Mclean, Mrs. John Maxand, Chas. L. Sadler, E. Morke, Elmer Young, Nels Stens- land, I. c. Bjorge, R. Wheeler, Jas. Johnth, Mrs. Jas. H. Wheeler, Ted Hethcock, Joe Johnson, Mrs. M. Hanford, o. K. Bakke.
 A. R. B. Pkg. Go. Alfred Cramer, J. Clark, Brick Sulheim, Ethel Tozter, A. W. Powell, J. o. Peterson, Neil Grant, Eilert Holbeck, Mrs. Tillie Carlstrom, E. F. CarlsSrom, as above but no music Peter Wick, Al Lund- borg, F. S. Barnes, J. B. Cauley, Martin Massin, Frank Reed, J. Fish CT, G. C. Foster, E. V. Clark, R. Suratt, Jr., Mrs. Maggie Collier, Fred Dahl. F. Desmond, G. M. Smith
 T. V. Garry, Chas. Thompson, c. Don Miller, Elmer Prescott, W. A. Coulter, F. Churchill, J. Stokes, Mrs. Lillian Stokes, Jennie Dahl, c. F. Dygert, A. Vreatt, Mrs. Neil Grant, Otto Teller, Jr., W. Clements, Tom Michaelson, Lee Considine, Charles Wright, J. R. Shiell, Richard Harris, Chas Behan. Mrs. ]. H Greene, Pete ) Ivesson. Mary L Grant. C. B. Caf-