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The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-11-25

ANNUAL DINNER
THANKSGIVING

The annual Thanksgiving dinner
was enjoyed by members of the Pho
neer's lodge Monday night in the
banquet room of Red Mems hall.
A turkey dinner was prepared by
Chas. Roos.
The Wrangell IgloO Of the Pho
neers, which until a few years ago
had a large membership has now
dwindled to eight men. They are s.
Cunningham. Fred stackpole. L. A.
Olsen, John Olson, Martin Taffuld,
Chas. Roos, Peter Rescue Pete Pc
terson and S \. HarYie. At the
dinner Monday night all were pres
ent except Peterson and Haryie,
who are away from Wrangell this
winter.
The Pioneers meet once a month
and have a supper each meeting.
Since Henry Dannenberg death
some years ago, Chas. Roos has been
chef. He provides a different menu
each month In October he had
chicken and dumplings and roast
pork is on the boards Tor the De
cember meeting. In January he will
start all over again. No matter what
the menu, the men always have a
bottle OF soda pop (and it is actual
~ soda pop to drink before eating,
and they finish with black coffee,
disdaining sugar and cream as be-
ing unsuited to men who pioneered
Alaska.
The igloo probably would have
been forced to dfsband by this time
except for the generosity and
thoughtfulness Of William Lloyd,
by the terms of whose will the sum
of 1920 was turned into the local
treasury of the Pioneers. Due to this
fund the lodge is enabled to pay
hall rent, keep up its small current
expenses and retain its charter.
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For First Time Wrangell Turkeys
Grace Thanksgiving Tables

For the first time in the history
of Wrangell. home grown turkeys
graeed Thanksgiving tables yester-
day.
The turkeys were raised by Gif-
ford Close who lives on the Oscar
Carlson property just outside the
city limits on Zimoyia strait Last
spring Mr. Close shipped in Is
turkey eggs which he placed in an
incubator with chicken and duck
eggs.
Twelve little turkeys Matched
and of these he raised nine. OF the
three that failed to survive a hen
killed two and only one just up
and died His success refutes the
common idea that turkeys will not
thrive in this rainy climate. They
have to be cared for, Mr.. Close says.
and his turkeys had a large rooted
shed with board floor to run in
when the weather was too rainy.
Mr.. Close freely acknowledges
that while they were his turkeys
and he raised them, Mrs. Close did
a lot of the work. As Thanksgiving
drew near he had numerous re-
quests for the turkeys. but not un-
til he began killing and dressing
six of them did he realize they were
too large for what the ordinary
family wants. There were two hens
which dressed IA pounds apiece but
the other four ranged around "a
pounds so that his six turkey or
ders averaged 20 pounds apiece. He
has three turkeys Left, a hen and
two KabhlsEH for Christmas. bat he
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hates to think what their weight
will be by that time.
Chickens are less care. Close finds
and do not require the range of tur-
keys. He Matched Is chickens along
with his turkeys and since midsum-
mer delicious fried chicken has been
a frequent item on the family table
Twenty-Five little ducks were al
so Matched in the incubator, and
ducks, Mr. Close declares, are the
most satisfactory of all poultry to
raise They take care of themselves,
are happy in the rain and are a
minimum of trouble after they pass
beyond the little duck stage when
they have a weakness for wandering
out in the brush and getting lost
He tells an amusing story in this
connection. He gave three two-day
ducks to Mr.. and Mrs. Chef Steear,
who live on the highway adjoining
the Carlson place Steear built tenn
porary pen for the little quackers
and that afternoon when he and
Mrs. Steear drove into town their
little dog was left to guard the pen.
Upon returning home the ducks
were gone SO enlisting the help of
the dog they began carefully
searching the brush which fringes
the woods back of their house. The
dog entered with enthusiasm into the
search until he suddenly stopped
with symptoms of being very sick
little fellow and in a moment up
came three little duck bodies, which
was the way he had taken of prov
ing himself as q number one watch
dog 0E babs duska.
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Prospects for a lively basketball
season looked up this week when
Bill Grant and Howard Messenger
called for a turnout for the forma-
ton of two teams.
Evidences of a rebirth of oldtime
interest in the popular Alaskan
sport were manifest when Grant
announced there was to be a reor-
ganization of the cohorts of the old
Wrangell Town Team into a club
known as the Wrangell Merchants
Team.
The boys have been assured Of the
cooperation OF local firms in the
purchase Of new uniforms. The suits
are TO be green and gold with the
name of a business sponsoring the
organization on the back of each
jersey. The names of the local
firms to be represented on the court
by a player are. The City Market.
The Wrangell Sentinel, Wheeler
Drug Co. Campbell Bros. Chas.
Benjamin. Wrangell Hotel. MeCor.
mack Dock Co, Den O'Sweets. Am
erican Bakery, and the Stikine
Liquor Store.
The tentative lineup for the team
is Laurie Brood. Carl Johanson.
John Everson. Bill Grant, Hall Fer
guson. Jack. Urata. Sig Veseth. Lar
~ Bahoyec, and Bob Urata.
Grant announced further that
tickets would be on sale BY the
twenty-ninth for a dance TO be Civ
en- on the third OF December to raise
funds for the purchase of a new
ball. They expect to practise three
days each week.
The Zimoyians. the team whose
Johnson, Howard Messenger, Jimmie
Berkeley, John Grover, Al Rinehart,
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WRANGELL MERCHANTS PARTICIPATE
BASKETBALL TEAMS

Bill Eastaugh. Carl Messenger. Al
bert Teller. and Dan Barlow, prom
Use to give the Merchants club a
stiff run for basketball laurels
throughout the winter.
Members of WrangeIl High
Schools memorable championship
High School team are divided be
tween the Two units Grant. Fergu-
son, brood. Bahovec and Jack Urata
of the Wrangen Merchants were
all mainstay hoopsters for WrangelI
High Everson and Johanson have
many seasons of experience. The
former. a steady hard consistent
fighter. the latter. given 10 quick
flashy exchanges that have many
times chalked up a ringer in an
emergency. may be depended upon
To hold UP their ends.
Johnson. Berkeley and Rinehart
represent the champions in the Tim
oYians. Johnson and Berkeley com
posed the stone wall" defense
which saved many a game in high
school
Coach Ralph Mize of the Institute
Tigers reports that his team will
consist of the same lineup as last
season with the exception of stan
Peratoyich. With this opportunity to
work together for another winter
it is expected that all teams will be
evenly matched
Mize has received an invitation to
play Petersburg on their own floor
on the 18th of December He has
not yet accepted.
No schedules for outside games
were available from either Of the
local teams but it is expected that
games with the Institute will pre-
cede an expected tilt with one of
the Petersburg league teams.
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support VI PA.
Refused By Keller

ANCHORAGE - Charging that
". b. Keller superintendent of
schools. has refused 10 cooperate
with the Teachers Assoeia-
ton in Anchorage because he be
lieYes the aim of the PIT. a. is to
see that he is not rehired as super
intendent next year," Mira. Robert
B. Atwood rendered her resignation
at a meeting of the executive COM
mittee.
Mrs. Atwood told the executive
committee she thought II best to re-
sign in view Of the fact that the
Anchorage school teachers nad vot-
ed To ignore the PIT A. aud take
no part in its program. One meeting
has been held with no teachers
present. Several teachers have de-
clined invitations to take part.
Their action, Mrs. Atwood stated,
definitely eripples the work of the
PIT. A. which was organized TWO
months age with LOO members, for
1t Is founded primarily on the CO.
operation Of teachers aud parents
for the benefit OF the children who
come under the jurisdiction of both
The action of the teachers was
based, it was said. on what they
call loyalty 10 their superinten-
dent
"Innumerable residents of the city
have asked me and other members
Of the PIT. A, Mrs. Atwood said in
her resignation, what are you going
TO do about Mr.. Keller?' Ny reply.
and as TAR as l know the reply Of
all other members, has been, As
long as l have anything to do with
the policy of the organization, the
PIT. A. will never interest itself
in the dismissal or rehiring of Mr..
Keller or any OF the teachers
Mrs. Atwood recently completed
ner tenure OF office as president OF
The Alaska Federation of Women's
Clubs.
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Institute Dance And Floor Show
Outstanding Success

Marked by the excellent disci-
pline maintained in the hall, Wran-
gell Institute students made an out
standing success of the dance which
they gave at the A. N. B. hall Sat
urday night.
A huge lantern frame covered in
the blue and gold school colOrs was
suspended from the high ceiling
with streamers in the same colors
carried to the edge of the balconies,
to form the central decoration.
The. students made striking pic
ture themselves, with the girls in
pretty vari-colored floor length
dancing frocks, the greater part be-
ing their own work in sewing class
es, and the boys in dark suits, well
groomed and we'll behaved.
The dance was given to raise
funds to finance the school annual.
Receipts crossed 1856 and the ex-
penses were light as the hall was
donated by the A. N. B. and the
Institute Tooters furnished the
music.
A midnight floor show occasioned
enthusiastic comment from the large
crowd present. The first feature was
advanced marching drills by 20
girls from the gymnasium classes
taught by Miss Byrdie McNeill. The
girls were in bell hop uniforms of
white and red adapted to gymnas-
ium work. They carried through
intricate drills in perfect order and
precision. The drills were followed
by a stringed instrument medley OF
three hGys freH tina school oretes-
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HAS
800 RADIO
STATIONS

The old mukluk telegraph had its
day-and it was good in its way
but Alaska Of 1888, rapidly modern
fzing, uses more radio telegraph aud
radlophone than any other region
under the American flag.
Spanning vast distances and link
ing lonely outposts with population
eenters, radio helps make one Dig
family Of Alaskans.
There are more than 500 COM
mereial stations. radiophone aud
radlotelegraph aud 300 amateur sta
tons in Alaska, according to Stacy
". Norman, inspector for the Fed
eral Communications Commission,
with headquarters at Juneau. These
totals include the aeronauLIcat sta
tons, but do not INCLUDE the sta
lions OF the Alaska Communications
system Of the signal Corps.
In addition to the signal Corps,
commercial, aeronauticaI anu ANA
teur stations in Alaska there are 3
other radio broadcaslng establish
ments. KIDD, Anchorage, Amy,
Juneau and KGBU, ketenlkan.
A fourth may De added TO tnls list
in 1899, Fairbanksans hope. A con-
permit has been granted
by the Federal Communications to
the Midnight sun Broadeasung Co.,
for the establishment Of a station
in Fairbanks, call letters kFAR.
Tentative plans call Tor transmit
ter station three miles out of town,
and studios in the fourth floor OF
the Lathrop Building.
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COUNCIL AWARDS STREET BID
10 S. W. JENKINS, ART LARSON

The contract for labor only on the
replacement of a 126 foot section
OF the approach to the old Column
bia and Northern building, now
owned by the Town of WrangeIl,
adjacent to the Redmens Hall was
awarded to S. W. jenkins and Art
Larson for $3.50 on bids submitted
10 the city council.
Work on the section is already
under way. 1t is to be composed Of
thirteen bents 16 feet wide of three
piles each and an average height of
II feet.
The order for 469 lineal feet OF
piling was filled by Pettierew and
Lloyd at Il cents per foot.
The new wharf IS being built TO
allow access to the Columbia and
Northern building which is in good
condition and is to be used for the
storage OF city trucks, graders, and
other equipment which is now oc-
cupying space on the streets.
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ira.
Cecil Wentz, acting as master OF
then stated that they
had prevailed upon their beloved
to play cello solo. That
evidenced by the affectionate burst
of applause from the students which
showered upon Mr.. George S. Bar
rett as he stepped upon the stage.
Two well rendered selections by
the mixed chorus and one by the
girls chorus, showed excellent prep
aration and the many fine voices
among the students. A dance med
ley which concluded the program,
received such hearty applause that
the participants responded to an
encore. The program lasted nearly
an hour.
Miss Marie Alexander of the In
stitute staff had charge of the dance
and floor show. Miss Ruth Gauger
the costumes and Miss
Byrdie Mcneil the march drill and
dances, Mrs Clarissa Ursich taught
the choruses which were directed
that evening by Mr.. Barrett to her
at the piano. Mrs
Ursich also accompanied Mr.. Barrett
for his cello solo.
Orchestra members were Evans
Gunyah, leader, who played trumpet
and saxophone, Frank Kato and Dan
Dewitt, saxophone, Thomas Hubley,
banjo, John Kato, guitar, William
Chuck drums, and Thompson Per-
atovich, piano.
The floor show program with the
Continued on paas fQugt
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Hansen Bros. Building
Boat DR.. Z. J. Wheeler

Numbers of fishermen each week
gaze with envy at the new combi-
nation seIne-troIling boat now being
built for DR.. Eugene J. Wheeler at
the Hansen Brothers Boat Shop.
ALI Hansen, designer and builder
said today that the new craft which
is AZ feet long with an Il it. 5-inch
beam and a depth of six feet will be
launched the latter part of December
at a cost Of $4,000. She will be com
pleted about the last of February.
The workmanship meets the ap-
proyal of even the many kibitzers
who have gone to the shop to look
the vessel over thoroughly. She will
be powered with 40 h. p. Standard
gas engine.
An innovation new in Alaska boat
building, according to Hansen, is
the detachable keel which is bolted
on. Should the keel become damaged
the necessary replacement requires
only the removal of few bolts.
DR.. Wheeler plans to place the
new boat in the capable hands of
Andy Bake who is an experienced
seiner and troller and halibut fish
erman.
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-:EDIT ORIAL:-

Adjustment OF fish traps. long
agitated by Alaskan fishermen has
in the past few months been given
new impetus by the cutting inius-
tice of the Bureau of Fisheries pol
icy in recent years OF in
ereasing the licensing of new and
more efficient devices for operation
until in the past season the number
of fish traps in Alaska were far
greater than they had ever been be-
fore.
Mindful of the fact that the few
Independent trap operators are not
a menace to the fishermen, much
of the propaganda in past years cen
tered on curtailment of traps in an
effort to keep in bonds the big
packers, but now a force is moving
steadily and inexorably to the abol-
ishment of traps and the small trap
owners are slated to suffer for the
sins of the big operators whose
greed for traps has found full ad-
Yancement in the hands of L. S.
Commissioner of Fisheries Frank T.
Bell and his agents.
Win Or Starve
Despair of getting any considera-
ton by present officials. together
with the low price of salmon last
season, the cause of which they at
tribute directly to traps, determined
the fishermen to make a united
stand for their adjustment It's win
or starve, they say.
The Alaska Salmon Purse Seiners
Union in convention at Sitka last
October presented two resolutions to
their rank and file as solutions. One
provided for the complete abolish
ment of traps in one year. The other
was a more conservative plan for
their adjustment over a three-year
period. The latter resolution was
presented by John H. Hadland of
Petersburg and would determine
the curtailment of traps, according
to the number of lines the canneries
operated. According to Hadland' s
proposal the first year two traps to
line would be allowed, the next
year one trap, and the remaining
year would mark the complete abol-
ishment of traps from the waters of
Alaska.
Five Year Plan
The Unity Labor Conference held
at Ketchikan recently formulated a
plan whereby traps were to be cur
tailed at the rate of 20 per cent
a year, allowing five years for their
complete eradication. The plan was
agreed to by the Alaska Fishermen s
Union which has a great number of
its membership working ON traps
and trap gear.
The Wrangell Chamber of Com
merce members at their meeting last
Monday discussed the trap situation
and while they have not yet arrived
at definite policy. they voted to
send representatives to the Peters
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burg Chamber in the hope that the
TWO organizations will work togeth-
er on a measure to offer the com
ing legislature through the Terri
toriar Chamber of Commerce that
would tend to alleviate the present
situation.
Favors 60-Hour Closing
When asked for his own views, F.
S. Barnes, president of the Wrangell
Chamber of Commerce, who also is
president of the Wrangell Packing
Company, and for 80 years has been
actively engaged in fish packing in
southeastern Alaska, stated today
that he favors a 60-hour closing
period each week for fish traps. He
explained that fish travelled at the
rate of % or 80 miles each day on
the way to their spawning grounds.
Those calculations, he said were
based on experiments made with re-
leased tagged salmon. If traps were
closed at p m. Saturday, he con-
tinued, until a. N. Tuesday,
instead of the SO hours from p. m
Saturday to a. m. Monday, as at
present and grant but "a hours grace
at the beginning OF the closed period
for brailing. 1t would allow a better
distribution OF fish along any given
coastline The punishment for the
violation of any closing rule, he be-
lieyes, should be the confiscation of
the offending trap rather than a
fine.
Time For Reimbursement
Mr.. Barnes also fayors the five
year plan for adjustment of traps
as outlined by the Unity Conference.
1T is the best plan yet submit
ted, he said. I'VE must work out
the situation in a level-headsd way.
To clamp down too suddenly on
traps might serve only to paralyze
the industry for two or three years
/ and only the larger companies are
financially able to shut down. We
must be fair and allow a sufficient
time for readjustment to such a
radical change"
E. C. Sukow, secretary
VI the aidShd OdiIlOA VI &c OCln-
ers Union, recently returned to
Ketchikan from a prolonged trip to
San Francisco where he conferred
with Harry Lundeberg, head Of the
| Sailors Union of the Pacific with
which the seiners are affiliated. He
was assured of every support in car
rying out the fishermen's program.
He was assured also, he said, of or
ganizers to further strengthen the
solid labor front.
Fishermen's unions are putting
aside their fights between each 9TH
er to coordinate in a fight-to-the-
/ finish policy against their great
enemy-the fish trap. What final
, decision is to be made by the groups
as to the plan they will adopt and
put into action has not been re-
] leased.
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cries.
Mr.. Rain, who has been employed
for the ten years since his gradu
alton in the Fisheries department OF
the University of Washington. by the
[. S. Bureau of Fisheries. was Sc
lected for the place and his appoint
ment recently came through from
the Washington office.
Mr.. Silver was also boys adviser
and had an apartment in the boys
dormitory. Miss Marie Alexader
will continue with this phase of the
work which she has carried since
September and Mr.. and Mrs. Rain
will occupy an apartment in the
staff house.
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Captain Fred Gunderson is pre-
pairing to take the Alaskan to Seat
tie sometime between the first and
tenth of December. From Seattle he
will join his wife at Whitefish,
Montana, for the holidays after
which they will return to Seattle
until time to bring the Alaskan
hash early In the spring
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Eggs Canned 10 Years
Found At Circle City

FAIRBANKS - Eggs 10 years IN
the can. Eatable2 Yes. indeed. They
are Just as good now as they were
when placed into their container in
the days of '9S and then they were
a delicaey that could not be dis
tinguished in recollection in the Far
North. from the fresh variety cook
ed directly from the shell in the
States.
Tearing down an old building used
BY the North American Trading and
Transportation Company at Circle
City some cans of LaMonte's Desie-
Gated Eggs we're found Fred B.
Powers. agent of the Northern Com
mereial Company at Circle has writ
ten George Preston. manager of the
Northern Commercial Company 1t
Fairbanks
The eggs will be sent here TO be
made a part of the interesting win
dow display the NC Company's store
is making in its cooperation with
the approaching Days of IS"
celebration.
The LaMonte eggs used 10 be
packed in dry crumbly form yellow
in appearance Soaked and then
cooked in scrambled style, they made
an aDpetizing dish.
Owner of Poultry Product
The Northern Commercial Com
pany succeeded 10 the interests of.
the North American Trading and
Transportation Company and the
Alaska Commercial Company and
thus is the owner of the desiecated
poultry product just found
Mr.. Powers writes that one of the
cans of eggs was opened and it's
contents cooked. and that in the
taste and appearance of the result
ant food not the least trace of de-
terioration could be detected.
The Circle City district was struck
in the fall of 1893 when JOHN Gre
gor and Patrick Kinally found pay
on Mastodon Greek. Soon afterwards
the North American Trading and
Transportation Company. of which
John Cudahy, a famous Chicago
meat packer. was president, estab-
..shed a post there.
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The Legion Auxiliary cleared
$3.50 on the Food Sale which they
gave at Campbell Bros. store last
Saturday. The sale was in charge
of Mrs. o. r. Keeney, Miss Irene
Coulter. Mrs. Van III. Fisk and Mrs.
7. ". Carry
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Christmas tuberculosis seals will
5e mailed during the coming week.
6rangell citizens are reminded that
50 per cent of the proceeds remains
N Alaska. The committee in charge
of the sale anticipates a gratifying
response from the community.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Wheeler
came over from Petersburg Sunday
night to check out of their apart
ment in the Wheeler building as
they have decided to remain for the
winter in Petersburg where Ray is
pharmacist in his fathers drug
store.
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Otto Feller is leaving with his
sons. Otto Jr. and Albert for Peters
burg where they have been engaged
with their boat Christine II to fish
shrimp for Earl dinner.
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The Princess Norah arrived from
the south this morning with heavy
mail but no passengers for Wrangell.
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Early shoppers are reminded there
are only 80 days until Christmas.
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lcoRtinasd on pags fQart
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
Nev York Pays Homage
To Hughes and Crew

Hughes issued a statement In
which he explained his flight was
no stunt" but the carrying out Of
"a careful plan" He declared he
and his companions were not en-
titled to any particular credit
that they are not supermen.
Hughes rapidfire swing over
uncharted routes across an ocean,
over Wastelands and towering
mountain ridges more than halved
the record of 7 days 18 hours and
491a minutes established by the
late Wiley Post in 1888.
But the hero OF today-Hughes,
believes Posts achievement sur
passes his. Modestly accepting
the praises being showered upon
him, Hughes termed Posts solo
hop "the most remarkable bit OF
flying ever done and it never can
be duplicated"