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The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
Indian Restoration
Project Under Way

J. NJ. Wyckoff. forester for the
Notwithstanding district, arriY-
ed here this morning accompanied by
Linn Forrest of Juneau. Forest Ser
vice architect for Region 10, which
includes all OF Alaska.
Mr.. Forrest is here in connection
with final plans of a CCC project
fer the rehabilitation Of Shakes IS
land, where a replica of the old
Chief Shakes communal house will
be constructed the original totems
on the island restored. the debris Of
the island cleared and a bulkhead
installed.
We anticipate the work will be
slow until the fishing season is oy-
er, " Mr.. Wyckoff said this morning,
then we will put on as many men
as can be used 10 advantage until
the work is completed"
The project probably will require
a years time for completion. The
Forest Service has a complete plan
Of the original communal house on
the island The present building
stands on the site of the old one but
little of the original construction
remains, and most Of the structure
is built from sawed timber.
The old type Indian communal
houses used hewn cedar logs and
shakes. Instead of nails, wooden
pegs were used and also much wood
en- fiber. twisted, woven or braided
into rope The logs were used as
girders and the shakes were placed
upright for walls.
Through the past winter, begin
ming the first of October, the Forest
Service had approximately so men,
20 white and 40 Indian. under CCC
enrolment at Wrangell. They pro-
duced 5000 cedar shakes for use
in the vicinity of Juneau, there be-
ing no cedar north of Frederick
Sound, built an 800-foot dock at
Wrangell Institute, in cooperation
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
built a trail to the new reservoir of
the Wrangell city waterworks, hand
logged 100000 board feet of red
cedar for the Shakes island project,
built a wading pool at the park, en-
gagged in park maintenance and a
crew of three were employed in to-
TEN carving.
At present, a small crew is open
ing up a recreational trail to Rain
bow Falls. about a mile and half
above the highway near Wrangell
Institute.
The average Wrangell payroll
through the winter was 100000 a
month
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23

as a way of determining the wish
of the residents.
Mr.. White, the petitioner for the
cocktail license, then stated that he
did not wish to cause the city any
expense in connection with his IL
cense. He said he assumed, when
he submitted his petition, that the
council would be able to decide one
way or the other, but inasmuch as
the members evidently could not
come to any agreement, he would
withdraw his request at this time
Some discussion of the matter
continued, Councilman Johnso
pointing out that Ketchikan hat
granted IL cocktail bar licenses and
Wrangell at least one. In response
some one said that Petersburg die
not have to follow the example Of
other cities.
1t was then moved that the topic
be tabled until such time as it wal
necessary to consider IL again. Thi,
motion was carried
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
Petersburg Balks At Licensing
Cocktail Bars

At a special meeting of the City
Council, with all members present,
the petition of U. V. White for the
approval of cocktail bar license
was taken up. The Territorial law
was read and the matter opened for
discussion, reports the Petersburg
Press.
Councilman Fryer suggested that
the petition be approved and that
the council then take steps to have
the Legislature change the law at
a special session. Doubt was express
sed as to the possibility of accom-
plishing this. Councilman McDon-
aid said he did not care to vote on
any cocktail petition until he had
seen some indication of what the
Petersburg voters wanted, and sug-
gested a special municipal election.
The City Clerk read the Session
Laws of Alaska governing such
elections, showing that they can
only be held In connection with the
regular April balloting.
A straw vote was them mentioned
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
Mrs. Meadows Home
From Extended Trip

Mrs. NJ. L. Meadows returned on
lhe North Sea Monday from an eX-
tended trip in the states. She left
Seattle in April with her sister and
brother-in-law. Or. and Mrs. j. p.
Schultz of Bremerton They flew to
Minneapolis and from there Dr.,
Schultz LEFT for Rochester to attend
clinics at Mayo Bros. and the sis
ters went on to Chicago. Later they
took delivery of a car at Detroit
and drove 10 DR.. Schutt's former
home at Toronto. They visited
Montreal and other Canadian cities
and Buffalo and Niagara Falls in
the United States before turning
southwark visiting the principal ci-
ties of the Middle West and the Gulf
States. While Dr. Schultz attended
the American Medical Association
convention in St Louis, the ladies
visited in Kansas City.
On their way up the Pacific
coast they visited the San Francisco
fair, which they found very inter
esting and we'll worthwhile.
Mr. and Mrs. Meadows have taken
an apartment in the Wheeler build
ing and plan on permanent residence
at Wrangell.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
North Coast Makes
VagabOnd Cruise

The North Coast. OF the North
land Transportation Company, call
ed at Wrangell southbound Friday
from a special trip to the shuma-
gin and Kodiak island groups. In
response to the advertised sixteen
day Yagabond Cruise, seventeen
passengers boarded the Coast at Sc
attic. After a voyage of five and one
half days on the Pacific, freight
and cannery crews for Skinner &
Eddy were discharged at Standpoint.
The next stops were 300 miles east
ward in the Kodiak island groups
where freight and crews were put
ashore at Iron Greek for the South
western Herring Corporation which
operates a herring plant.
The scenery at Iron Creek is very
beautiful and in contrast to the bar
rem country at Standpoint where the
only vegetation is alder brush and
moss, passengers said, and this stop
was especially enjoyable.
The North Coast went directly
from Iron Greek to Port Althrop in
southeastern Alaska where freight
was unloaded, then 10 Sitka where
a big shipment of fish was taken
aboard from the cold storage. The
plant was reported to be very busy
with fish coming in faster than the
cold storage could take care of the
trips. But while the total fish sales
is heavy at Sitka, it is said, there
are so many fishermen out, the in
diyidual receipts are not high.
From sitka the North Coast pro-
ceeded to juneau, where some
freight was discharged and loaded
from the cold storage; Supplies
were discharged at Kake, but fish
loaded again from the Petersburg
and Wrangell cold storage plants.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
DestrOyers On Alaska
Cruise Call In Port

[. 5. s. destroyers Case aud Tuck
er. on a practice cruise to Alaska
with ROTC units aboard, were IN
Wrangell overnight Wednesday on
their first port of call since enter
ing Alaskan waters Tuesday.
Each destroyer carried eight of
ficers. 142 seamen and Do naval
R0TG university men. who are ON
their third and last summers cruise.
The California ROTC men are
aboard the Case aud the University
of Washington men on the Tucker
Enrolment in the Naval ROTC is
attained only after strict physical
and mental examinations Of univer-
sity freshmen and is for the four
year course. In 1887 the l. of W.
men were taken to Honolulu fer
their first practise cruise. They were
in port but one day when they were
sent out to help in the search for
Amelia Earhart They crossed the
equator and went as far south as
the Phoenix islands, before they
were GalleQ IN.
Honolulu was again their destin-
alton in 1898 and ON this occasion
they enjoyed five days in port. The
Alaska cruise will take them as far
as ley Straits. Both destroyers, due
back in Seattle on July 7, will spend
the Fourth in Ketchikan.
The cruise is made to familiarize
the reserve officers in ship handling
Non warfare subjects studied in
clude navigation, plotting, signaling
and seamanship. Target practice, of
course is the main objective of the
cruise.
In training to be officers they are
quarterer with the men on the de-
stroyers, they gain the seamen's
viewpoint and receive valuable in
struction.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
MISS FAYE PLANK VISITS HERE
AFTER ABSENCE TEN YEARS

Miss Fay Plank who was a mem
Der of the Wrangell high school
faculty in 1929-3O was a Wrangell
visitor for several days last week,
arriving here on the Denali and
leaving on the Prince George Sun
day afternoon. Miss Plank who help
ed the Civic Club install the present
card system in the public library, is
full time librarian in the Bremerton
high school of aboue 1900 students
and has been connected with that
school for the past five years. She
noted many changes and improve
ments in Wrangell particularly the
present school building, construction
of which was merely a dream dur
ing her stay here.
Miss Jean Rose, who taught at
Wrangell with Miss Plank, was
married in Seattle in 1882 to
Charles Vaughan, a Seattle teacher
They live in Miss Plank's house
with their six-year-old daughter.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23

sign
An executive of each cannery this
afternoon stated that he believed his
company will sign at the fish prices
given, but. according to what has
been told, there are other conditions
the eanneries can not meet.
These refer mainly to the section
Of the agreement voted on by the
seiners which stipulates that all
eanneries in the district must accept
so fish per share in 24-hour
period from each boat, provided that
boat fished in the district in 1898
The packers objection to this is
that at the peak of the season the
eanneries could be swamped by such
a provision and unable to use their
own fish.
The situation at present is vague
and indefinite and irritating to both
seiners and packers at Wrangell, al
though all concerned have hopes
that it will clear within the coming
week.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23

ing book, My Thirty-Fiye Years
at a Fishing Station" Part of her
manuscript is in German and part
in English. The book had been &C
cepted by the publishing firm of G.
F. Putnam's Sons, and after being
worked over by collaboration, was
slated to be published next year.
This trip was the first time either
Mrs. Hoelke or Mrs. Causey had
visited southeastern Alaska and they
were delighted with this section of
the Territory and planned to buy
home at Wrangell for the double
reason that they liked it here and
to be near the Oglends, who moved
here last year.
Mrs Oglend and Mrs. Causey were
born in the Shumagin island group.
one at Standpoint, the other at
Pirates Cove and have known each
other all their lives. Mrs. Causey was
christened as an infant by Mrs. Og
lends father, the Rev. Father Fred
Chebetnoy, Greek Orthodox priest,
and proudly displays a large lith-
ographed baptismal certificate print
ed in Russian with the seal of the
church imprinted in one corner in
the smoke of the candle used in the
ceremonial
Burial arrangements this after
noon had not been decided upon by
Mrs. Causey. She knows that it was
her mothers wish to be buried be-
side her husband and children at
Sand Point, but the matter of trans
portation presents such difficulties
that interment may be made in the
Wrangell cemetery.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
PICKET Line
WITHDRAWN
FROM CANNERY

The picket line established on
Thursday of last week at the Dia-
mond K Packing Company by the
Alaska Salmon Purse seiners Union
local, in protest OF trap prepare
tions, was withdrawn Friday night.
The local felt the picket line was
not effective as long as men of the
Alaska Fishermen's Union, a CIO
affiliate, were working behind the
line but members of the local union
could not receive clearance.
With the withdrawal of the picket
line a number of local union men
started to work at the cannery Mon
day morning in general preparation
for the canning season.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
PARK HOTEL CAN SELL
LIQUOR WITHOUT LICENSE

JUNEAU = Because the Mount
Mckinley park hotel is not a pri-
vate concern, it cannot obtain Ter
ritorial license for a cocktail lounge
or retail liquor license, in the opin-
ion of Judge Harry Pratt of the
Fourth division.
In denying the application, Judge
Pratt pointed out the hotel is oper-
ated by the Alaska railroad, a
branch of the department of the
interior. Territorial law only applies
to private concerns, he declared
The hotel can sell intoxicating
liquor without obtaining a license,
Judge Pratt said. The Alaska Rail-
road has applied for a free license"
ON those grounds.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
CAPT. DR0TNING BRINGS
AUKLET HERE FOR SUMMER

The Bureau of Fisheries boat AUX
let. Captain Daniel Drotning, ar
rived in port Monday night to be
based here for the summer. The
Auklet was tied up during the win
ter at Seattle for general overhaul
and paint job.
Fine weather was encountered all
along the way, Captain Drotning
reported, and the running time from
Seattle to Ketchikan was 70 hours
His crew this year includes Car
Svne, engineer and Jack Legge
cook
Leo Wadsworth came up on tbs
Auklet to be captain of the speed
boat Merganser at Wrangell.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
EUGENE NORRIS TAKES OVER
MEAT CUTTING AT WAITS

Eugene Norris arrived last week
from Seattle to work as meat cutter
in the new meat department of
Wyatt-Cramer's grocery store, Chad
Wyatt, proprietor.
Installation of the meat depart
ment required a number of changes
in the floor and shelving arrange
ment of the store which young
Wyatt has made with the help of
his father, S. NJ Wyatt.
Within a few days the supporting
posts in the front of the store will
be removed and new vegetable and
fruit stands installed in the addi-
tional space which the change will
provide.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
WRANGELL
PREP ARES
FOR FOURTH

Mayor Van H. Fisk this week ap-
pointed committee to make ar
rangements for a Fourth of July
celebration.
With the mayor as chairman the
committee members are Leo McGor-
mack, H. B. Thornquist, Leo Oster-
man. c. c. Mundy, Howard Messin-
ger and T. v Garry.
A program of sports for children
will be announced next week. The
entire celebration will be planned
for the enjoyment OF children and
early teen-age boys and girls.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23

Thirteen passengers disembarked
from the Princess Louise at Wran-
CELL Monday morning. They were:
Otto Heigl. Hazel Heigl, Everett J.
Hathaway, Barbara L. Sharnbroich,
Marjorie L. Sharnbroich, Lutte j
bearing, Joseph Kovacs, John Mil
cacz. Thomas A. Perry, Ian Bonter
Jack G. B. Egdell. James Kelly and
Mike Kosur.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23

Mrs. Edward Smith and thirteen
year-old son Edward left on the DEN
ali Wednesday night for their home
in Ketchikan after a weeks visit
with her sister, Mrs. Louis Wigg.
1t was the first time the sisters had
met i'm ten years
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23

The FOURTH of JULY comes on
Tuesday this year. Please send your
dry-cleaning and laundry next week,
if you want it for the Fourth,-as
early in the week as possible.
Wrangell Steam Laundry.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23
ALASKA STEAMSHIP co. WINS
HIRING HALL CONTENTION

EUGENE, Ore. = Wayne L. Nor
ris, federal maritime arbitrator, an
nounces a ruling in which he upheld
the Alaska Steamship company in its
contention it has the right to hire
hatch bosses and assistant foremen
without resorting to a union hiring
hall because such workers do not
ordinarily do longshore work.
The Princess Louise is due south
bound at o'clock tonight
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-06-23

The Alaska Native Sisterhood will
hold a sale of fancywork Saturday
afternoon at the A. N. B. hall. Cof-
fee will be served.
Evening star., 1939-07-06
The Political Mill
Sound Money Made 1910 Campaign Issue
By Presidents Victory on Monetary Bill

, velt's program, denouncing them as
ingrates and Tories.
The President is bent, according
to Senator Barkley, the administra-
ton leader of the Upper House, upon
having his way not only about the
money bill but also about the Bloom
neutrality bill, which the House
emasculated before passing, last
Friday night. The opponents of
this measure, which if adopted as
desired by the President, would re-
peal the mandatory embargo against
the sale of arms and munitions by
this country to any foreign nation
at war, say that the House. bv
very considerable vote, dealt the
Bloom bill death blow.
Opponents ENCOURAGED.
Not only did it put the House on
record against the repeal of this
embargo. now contained in the neu.
trallty law on the statute books, but
It greatly encouraged the oppon-
ents OF the Presidents demand for
repeal in the Senate. Senator Rem
nett Clark of Missouri, who has de-
nounced the administrations effort
to repeal the embargo, predicts that
II the Bloom bill, as originally pre-
sented, comes before the Senate
1t will be defeated by a majority
vote. 1t is clear, however, that
should there be any doubt about
such defeat, the opponents of
the bill would continue the debate
for weeks in an effort to kill it off
Inc Missouri Senator delivered
speech against the Presidents for
eign policy, as it relates particularly
to neutrality legislation, to a crowd
OF 10000 persons in Missouri Tues
day night, July 4. and received a
great ovation. He returned to
Washington by plane to be here
for meeting of the Foreign Re-
latlons Committee yesterday morn
ing, greatly encouraged. It is his
conviction, along with that of other
Senators, that the more this neu-
trality legislation is discussed the
weaker 1t will be before the peo-
pie. In fact, they say. they wish
the President would take this issue
to the country.
Hailed in Germany, Italy.
In Germany and Italy. the failure
OF the Bloom bill is hailed as in
dlcating there would be no CO.
operation between the United States
and Great Britain and France. in
the event Of European war. Presi-
dent Roosevelt said that the House
action would create sucn an impress
sion abroad. He could have avoided
such an impression. however. by
leaving neutrality legislation alone.
With the strong feeling existing in
both houses of Congress against
tampering with the arms enhargo.
he might well have 'ind nrst 'od that
an impression would be created in
Europe that Americans were divid-
ed and would not baci. whole
heartedly any effort to set them
into another conflict on the side of
France and England.
The Germans and Italians, row.
ever. who are now acclaiming the
House action, unless they are with
out understanding of the real feel
Evening star., 1939-07-06

DuehesS oi htnol' DlttereSC rival
within the Conservative party, faces
threat of the return of the fiery
peeress to position wherein she
can, if she wishes, be constructively
annoying.
Revolving from the Conservative
party last year, the duchess resigned
her seat in Commons as member for
Kinross, West Perth, and was beaten
in the election thus forced. Even
the magic of the Atholl name was
unavailing, although large part of
Perthshire is something like feudal
fief in the hands of the popular duke
and his hard-fghting consort, who
Waged her campaign squarely on the
issue of Mr.. Chamberlain's foreign
policy. And If she is returned. the
fight no doubt will go on, albeit a
continuance of the Premiers sitter
tone in speeches since Munichs
aftermath and the governments at
titude toward suspected plans Of
dictators may place her in the posi-
ton of fighter with nothing tan
gible to combat.
The duchess was born Katherine
Ramsay, fourth daughter of the
late Sir James Ramsey, Baronet of
Bamff, a historian of parts. Among
her various works of history and
travel is "Searchlight on Spain"
which attracted wide attention in
the British Isles. Politically su-
preme in Perthshire over a period
OF 15 years, she had always the
militant support Of the duke. whom
she married in 1899 when he was
Sir George Stewart Murray, Mar
quis of Rullibardino
released by Consolidated News Features)
Evening star., 1939-07-06

continued use of G. Gould Lincoln.
the $4,000 100000 stabilization fund.
The much discussed conference
report on the monetary bill was
adopted by vote of 43 to 80
with 19 members of the Presidents
own party voting against his wishes
at the end. Only one Republican,
Senator Borah of Idaho, supported
it. But Borahs vote, coupled with
those of Senator Norris of Nebraska,
Independent, and Senator La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin, Progressive,
turned the tide for Mr.. Roosevelt in
yesterdays voting.
Senators who argued that the
poWers-and the law creating those
powers insofar as it related to
them-died Friday night and that
therefore new legislation was needed
to revive them, admit they see no
way of challenging the action of
the Senate. If, perhaps, the Presi-
dent exercises his power to further
devalue the dollar, the matter might
be taken into the courts, but there
seems no other way. The President
has said the odds against further
dollar devaluation were very heavy.
Sound Money Now Issue.
The sound money issue, however,
has been made by the debate and
votes in the Senate on the Presi-
dents powers to devalue the dollar.
That it will go into the next cam
paign there is no question. Re-
publicans felt strongly enough about
this power to join with silver demo-
Gratis to boost the price paid by the
Government for domestically mined
silver
The result on the monetary bill
was near thing-a change of three
votes would have defeated the con-
ference report. 1t must, however,
be checked up as a victory for the
President. A few more such VIC
tories, with a deep wedge driven
among the Democrats, will not help
the New Deal administration.
The silver Senators, quite natu-
rally, are jubilant. They have
brought about legislation which fixes
a price the Government must pay
for domestic silver-a price 7 cents
higher than has been paid. The
price is pegged, while the law oper-
ates. The extra amount which will
be paid the silver mines, however, is
only few million dollars-a mere
drop in the bucket of Federal spend
ing as it goes today Republicans
who formed the coalition last week
to throw monkey wrench into the
monetary bill figured that would be
small price to pay to remove the
power over the currency from the
President back to Congress, where
the Constitution placed it.
Third Term Boom.
Just before the vote was taken
on the monetary bill conference re-
port yesterday, the Roosevelt third
term boom was brought into the
Senate debate. Senator Burke of
Nebraska, Democrat, who is strongly
opposed to third term for Presi-
dent Roosevelt or any other Presi-
dent, had placed in the Congress
sional Record a speech made by
Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania,
Democrat, demanding a renomina-
ton and reelection of the Presi-
dent. The speech, Senator Burke
said, was labelled a speech for a
third term, but in reality, if read,
would turn the people against an
other term for President Roosevelt
In his speech Senator Guffey as
sailed those Democrats who had op-
posed any part of President Roose-
Evening star., 1939-07-06
Memory Failure Pays

MIAMI, Fla. July (P.-Called to
bring five gallons of gasoline and
change for $40 to an automobile on
the highway, Service Station Man
S. c. Brown hurried off with the
gas, forgot the change.
The stranded motorist' drew a
gun demanded the $40. Disguised
by Browns money-saving memory
lapse, the would-be bandit threw
away the service truck keys and fled
in his car.