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The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25
Heart Disease Causes Death J. R.
Hickman At Ketchikan

KETCHIKAN = James Robert
Hickman, among the best known of
Alaska pioneers, died from heart
disease at his home here Monday
afternoon, August q. He had been
i'll for the past three weeks, and
about three days ago became worse.
He had been confined to bed at
home, but was conscious to the last.
When it was plain his condition
had become serious, an attempt was
made to get his Seattle physician, a
heart specialist, north. Pilot Herb
Munter left Monday morning for
Seattle, but he turned back when
word came from Seattle that the
doctor was on the way in another
plane and was due to reach Ketchi-
kan about that night.
He was 73 years old, born in
Nova Scotia November IT, 1855. One
brother, Fred, lives in Ketchikan.
A sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Ryus, came
north to visit in Ketchikan only last
week.
Mr.. Hickman was married a Sec
ond time in San Antonio, Texas,
early last year, to Mrs. A. Neubert.
After a wedding trip to Honolulu,
and a tour of the west coast, they
came to Alaska. Mrs. Hickman is
now in Ketchikan and was with her
husband in his last illness.
He was a member of the Odd Eel
lows, Eagles, Elks, Red Men, Pho
neers, Scottish Rite Masons, Com
mandry and Shrine, and of the East
ern Star.
Mr.. Hickman first saw Alaska In
1886, at the age of 90. He came
north aboard a square rugged sail
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25

ing vessel out of San Francisco, 60
ing to Cook inlet where he fished
gill nets for the Arctic Fish COM
pany He was back next year as a
machinist's helper. In 1888. he went
to Loring, near Ketchikan, again
as machinist's helper in the Alaska
Packers Association eannery. Then
in 1890, only "a years old, he be-
came foreman of the Loring can
merry. Three years later he became
superintendent, a post he held for
80 years, the while extending his
interests.
He built and patented the first
successful floating trap in the world,
and realized profits from it through
the Hickman Fish Trap company
which was dissolved in 1927 when
the trap patent expired.
Senator Hickman served one term
in the territorial house of repre-
sentatives and two succeeding terms
in the territorial senate, where he
fathered Alaska's first revenue act.
When he first went to Loring
there was a post office there, but
none in Ketchikan. In succeeding
years he played an important and
active role in building up the COM
munity He was for many years
president of the Miners and Mer-
chants bank. head of the J. R. Heck
man e Co., and interested in dozens
of other enterprises as we'll. In more
recent years he had liquidated many
of his interests.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at the Masonic Temple in
Ketchikan.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25
s0MMERS BID IS LOW ON PRA
EQUIPMENT DEPOT AT JUNEAU

The R. J. Sommers Construction
Company of Juneau was low bidder
on building a Juneau equipment de-
pot for the Public Roads Admins
tration, it's bid of $88,913.48 being
the best of three opened at the Ju-
neau office which has recommended
that the contract be awarded to the
Sommers Company. The warehouse
will be built this summer and fall on
the Glacier Highway just outside
Juneau city limits.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25
Seiner Grace Wrecked
Crew Narrowly Escape

The seine boat Grace of the
Wrangell Packing Company on tits
way to Wrangell was struck amid
ships at 4 o'clock Sunday morning
by the tender ARB No. 10 of the
ARB Packing Company.
The accident occurred at Two
Tree Point eight miles from Wran-
CELL. Four of the five-man crew on
the Grace were asleep at the time.
The bow of the Number 10 struck
half way through the Grace, shut
off exit from the foe sic The men
escaped through the skylight, over
the boat and onto the Number 10.
The Grace sank one minute after be-
ing struck.
The loss to the WrangeIl Packing
Company is set at 5000 with insur-
ance for $4,000 on the Grace.
There was no insurance on the
seine and other fishing gear. The
crew lost every personal possession
aboard Crew members were Willie
Willard, skipper, Ben Gross, engineer
Vern Cool, Denny Barlow and Mike
Lynch Jr.
The ARB No. 10 suffered a slight
damage that necessitated Bleaching
for temporary repairs, which it is
understood, will be overhauled at
the close of the fishing season.
The wrecked seiner has not been
located since the accident, but the
company this afternoon is investi-
eating the rumor that its wreekage
was sighted at Blind Slough.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25
Ketchikan Fair Under
Legion Management

The Ketchikan Industrial Fair is
being held at the Fair Building,
Ketchikan, Alaska during Septem-
Der l. 2, 8, and 4, under the man
agement of Ketehikan Post No. 3,
of the American Legion. Livestock
exhibits will be welcomed and space
will be furnished for all entrees.
A ten dollar prize is offered for
the most outstanding livestock ex-
hibit and first prizes of five dollars
for the best male mink, best female
mink, best litter mink kittens, best
coop of chickens and best box of
rabbits. Second prizes of three dol
lars and third prizes of two dollars
are offered on male mink, female
mink and mink kittens.
IN connection with the livestock
exhibits the management will have
d mutt show on the afternoon of
September 4. One $500 prize will be
awarded the most outstanding Mutt.
No pedigreed dogs will be permitted
TO enter.
Mr.. Ed Giese, former Ketchlkan
mink rancher, will be one of the
judges. It is hoped that DR.. Jules
Lotus, Territorial Veterinarian Of
Petersburg may be available as one
Judge.
Mink ranchers and owners of live
stock, tame or wild animals should
write or contact Livestock Commit
tee Members C. NJ. Archbold, Ralph
Gilman, Arthur Hodgman or Post
Commander Fred ], Van Glider, Fair
Manager.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25
Public Given Chance
To Express Opinions

Charles E. Jackson, acting COM
missioner of fisheries, stopped at
Wrangell for a short time Monday
night for a conference with Fisher
les Agent A P. Romine
Mr.. Jackson has announced that
the Bureau will conduct hearings at
Cordova. Kodiak, Petersburg. Ketch-
ikan and Seattle at the close of the
salmon season in connection with
fishery regulations for 1910.
He explained that these hearings
would be Independent of those CON
Quoted by the Congressional commit
tee but for convenience sake would
be held on days following the hear
ings of the congressional committee.
It will be the plan to alternate
the hearings between Petersburg
and Wrangell each year SO that at
the close of the season next year,
the hearing will be held at Wran-
CELL
Mr.. Jackson stated that it is the
purpose of the Bureau TO hold these
public hearings annually at the close
of the fishing season in order that
all persons concerned might have
an opportunity to express themselves
with regard to the regulations.
He states that in addition to oral
testimony at the hearings that writ
ten evidence in form of briefs will
be accepted by the Bureau of Fish
cries any time up until December l.
After that date neither oral or
written briefs will be considered for
the 1910 regulations.
The Bureau requests that those
desiring to be heard write or wire
the Juneau office SO that the neces-
sary arrangements may be made.
Mr. Jackson requests that all per
sons be prepared to make their ap-
pearanee between August 25 and
September 20, definite dates to be
announced later.
The following dates of hearings
which may be subject to change on
account of weather conditions and
plans of the Congressional party,
are: Cordova, August %; Kodiak
September 7; Petersburg, September
IA; Ketchikan, September 20, and
Seattle, September 26. Attention is
called to the fact that these dates
may be advanced four or five days.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25
GRANT ZUVER

Mr.. Fred Grant and Miss Nora
Rosalind Zuver were married Satur-
day night. Judge Richard Suratt
performed the ceremony at his Of
flee. The young couple were attend
ed by Mrs. Eric Peterson, sister of
the bridegroom, and Mr.. B. Y.
Grant.
The bride is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. AL Zuver, West Island fox
ranchers. She has lived in Wrangell
since last February when she came
here from Portland to visit her Sis
ter, Mrs. Manuel LOTUS.
The bridegroom is a son of the
late Alfred Grant. He came to Wran-
CELL with his parents when a small
boy and was educated in the local
schools graduating from high school,
class of IS. He is successful fish
erman.
For her wedding the bride wore
a black tailored suit with rose chif-
fon blouse and harmonizing Access
series.
A reception was held throughout
the evening of the wedding at the
Frank Churchill home. The newly
weds held open house the following
evening at the former g. A. Lind
man home on Stikine avenue, where
they have started housekeeping.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25
C. E. HAGIES NOW LIVING
AT BIWABIK, MINNESOTA

Mr.. and Mrs c. E. Hagie, Writin 2
to Wrangell friends say that they
made a tour of Western states this
summer and have recently returned
to Biwabik, Minnesota where Mr.
Hagie is superintendent of schools.
They had seen the Owens and the
Gurrs in Portland and had spent
some time with their son, Frederick,
in Crawford, Colorado.
Frederick, who was small school
boy when he lived in Wrangell, is
married and has a three-months old
daughter, jamie Jerine. He is EN-
ployed as cashier in his father-in-
laws bank at present but expects
to go into the grocery business for
himself next year.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25
THIELE AND KITTILsBY FLYING
FROM WRANGELL TO NOME

Karl Thiele, who is interested in
the development of placer properties
on the Kugruk, in the Nome area.
flew to Juneau Wednesday after
spending a few days at home. He
was accompanied by H. Kittilsby. At
Juneau they boarded a PAA plane
Thursday for Fairbanks and second
plane of the same company will take
them to Nome. They will return here
the latter part of November.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25
Five Arnold Survivors
Brought In By Cutter
Guneau Empire1


Eve survivors of the swamped New
England Fisheries tender Q. M. Ar
mold, which sank IN the icy waters
off Timbered Island last Friday
noon, arrived in Juneau Sunday
morning aboard the Coast Guard
patrol ship Cyane. and reeounted a
tale of narrowing adventure and
heroic effort TO save their own lives
and those of three drowning men,
all of whom were subsequently cut
adrift from their lifeboat after they
had persisted, in a struggle with the
elements which will be indelibly
printed on their minds as long as
they live Also aboard the Cyane
were the remains of Andrew Lee,
aged father Of the Arnold's skipper.
George Lee.
The survivors who arrived here
yesterday were Donald Mccullough,
second in command; Ed Megaard,
Knute solbeck. Otto Wage and Wal
ter Meeker. The five were taken i'm
mediately on their arrival to the Of
flee of Dr.. L. ?. Dawes, who exam
ined them and reported all but
Wage, who was sent to St. AIMS
Hospital for heat applications to his
knees. to be in good condition.
The story OF the Arnold disaster
and the ultimate rescue of five out
of the eight men aboard reads like
a page out of Jack London or Robert
W. Service and, like the heroes Of a
Service or a London yarn, the sur
vivors from Lynch Cove were album
dant in their modesty when inter
viewed. each heaping praise on the
other for individual courage and
quick thinking, without which all
would have persisted.
Heavy Sea Struck
Chatham cannery was the Ar
nold's last port when, on Friday,
August II, at $50 in the morning,
the tender put out for Steamboat
Bay, Moves Island Brailing some
traps on the way, the Arnold ar
rived at a point about one mile
west of Timbered Island when she
ran into a heavy sea. 1t was then
about o'clock. Tossing about in
troughs, with mountainous waves
rolling across her decks, the bat
tens of the Arnold's aft hatch cover
came loose and blew overheard. She
Immediately filled with water aft
and then started to fill around the
elevator and main hatch. In no time
at all the engine room became
swamped with water from the fish
hatch The engine on the pumps,
which were now working full blast,
was sWamped and at noon the main
engine. a 10 h. p. diesel, stopped
and the ship was abandoned at 12:-
20.
A two-man 14-foot skiff was put
overheard and held off at a distance
until all hands decided to abandon
ship. At first, true to the traditions
of the seas, Capt. Lee refused to
leave his post, He was persuaded,
however, and all hands jumped into
the water. Two men climbed into
the skiff and started to row, the
others hanging onto her sides.
In and Out of Water
Those in the boat took turns with
those hanging onto the little skiff's
side by changing places from the
boat to the water. The cook, Ernest
Krause, died within 10 minutes after
going into the water to change over
Continued on page FOUR
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25
PUBLIC FAREWELL MEETING
BRIG. AND MRS. CARRUTHERs

A public Farewell Meeting for
Brigadier and Mrs. Carruthers, has
been arranged for Sunday evening
at 1880 at the Salvation Army hall.
This will be the final meeting
held by these Army leaders before
they leave Wrangell for their new
appointment as Divisional Officers
for Saskatchewan, with headquarters
at Regina.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25

Miss Eleanor Cochrane of Cordova
who with her mother spent several
months in Wrangell six years ago,
passed through here on the Aleutian
Tuesday morning enroute to Cali
fornia where she will finish high
school next year. She is a half sis
ter of Henry Bowman.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25

Passengers on the Hazel B No. 2
for Telegraph Creek Tuesday after
noon were DR.. and Mrs. Arthur C.
Crookall, George S. Briggs, Belle Da-
Wis, VIM. D. Dodd, Henry w. Dodd,
w. A. Stewart, Vera e. Child, Mr..
and Mrs Ed Bloomberg, Mrs. E. A.
Young, Phyllis Young, Muriel
Young. Lorraine RHde.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25

The North Coast will call here
on a special trip to Sand Point in
the Shumagins, Monday night or
Tuesday morning, according to wore
received this morning by the Nc
Cormack Dock Company, local agent
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25

The mueh-publicized report on
Alaska by Undersecretary Slattery Of
the interior department emissions a
broad program of Development which
would utilize u vast reservoirs of
American capital now idle. q Am
erican technicians and labOrers
whose jobs have been displaced by
the rapidly changing economy of the
nation, % and finally asks "a prae-
ticabIe means" of securing needed
skilled labor from the four corners
Of the earth wherever it is impos-
sible to find American citizens who
are ready and able to fill the en-
ployment needs that these settle
ment projects will provide"
Thus. the report does not close the
door 10 American development. How
ever, it does recognize the plight of
the European political refugee and
seeks a place for him in the develop
ment of Alaska. While the report
nowhere mentions the Jews, people
generally understand that these are
the most oppressed peoples in Eur
ope and thus would be most likely
to want to move. However, the re-
port in no way excludes other than
Jews and by its very definitions
seems to foresee the immigration of
others if the immigration bars were
lowered.
Free From Preiudiees
The report also recognizes the
possibility of local hostility towards
immigration which might create diff
ficulties far greater than any inner
ent in the physical environment but
concludes that the people of Alas
ka are probably as free from ma
tionaI and religious prejudices as any
other people in the world. They are
themselves a melting pot of three
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-25

Continued on page four
The Omaha guide., 1939-05-06

community Improvement, but they
reach the maximum effectiveness only
with the support of an aroused public
opinion which understands their inn
iortance.
The commission also said "Your
commission feels justified in stating
that the principle and intention, fire.
quently avowed by the State Govern,
ment and the people of the State of
New York to accord all constituents
of the population equal opportunity TO
share in the rights and privileges of
citizenship, have been disregarded by
many local government authorities,
who have been reluctant to remedy
unfavorable conditions which make it
impossible for Negroes to share equal
ly such rights and privileges of citizen
ship.
Failure of these local govern
ment officials to act-and the addit-
ional fact that these conditions have
State wide implications and seriously
affect the general public welfare of
the State-makes it imperative that
action be taken by the State Legislat-
ure-Legislative action in the words
of His Excellency Governor Lehman
that will give real significance to the
declared principle of equal protection
of the laws, irresponsible of race, creed
O + color"
The Omaha guide., 1939-05-06
BUYERS GUIDE by
Clarence I'll. Peacock

After two years of study, the tenn
porary commission on the Condition
Of the Urban Negro Population" of the
state of New York, reports to the le-
gislature on their findings. In the sum-
mary of their report, they charge
wide discrimination of the Negroes of
New York numbering 100000, in the
fields of employment, housing, educa-
ton, recreation and disqualification.
Because the commission believes
this discrimination to have been prac-
ticed by local government agencies,
and by labor unions, they have propes-
ed fourteen legislative reforms. In a
joint statement used in the summary
Of the report, Senator Schwartswald
who was chairman of the commission,
and Assemblyman Andrews, vice
chairman said
eve realize that no successful at
tacks can be made on the secondary
problems of New York's citizens, I'M
til the basic handicap of inadequate in
come is removed. Bad housing, juven-
lie delinquency, high mortality rates
and attendant evils, will continue as
long as vast areas of possible and pre-
ferred employment are barred to a
large percentage of the colored popu-
lation.
1--WE realize that there is need for
State Wide action beyond what can be
accomplished through legislation a.
lone. Laws can set the pattern for
The Omaha guide., 1939-05-06

PLAGUE

The Georgia State Senate de-
cisively defeated a bill to levy a punt
tive tax against the chain stores of the
state. During the early stages of the
bills progress toward a vote, it was
believed that it would become law. But
when this possibility became widely
known, manufacturers, farmers, labor
union officials, real estate owners and
consumers raised so strong a protest
that enough Senators switched from
their previous position to defeat the
bill, 80 to Is.
About the same time a similar bin
was beaten in the Kansas Legislature.
Looking ove this years legislat-
i've sessions in general, it is no exag-
geration to say that there is a genuine
undercurrent of public resentment a
gainst any and all kinds of punitive
tax legislation which raises the cost Of
depressed property and rental values
by driving stores out of business, and
penalties the many to benefit the few
In several states strong support has
gathered behind movements to repeal
laws of this character passed by prev
ious legislatures. In other states, new
punitive laws have been buried in con-
ference rooms, due to the fact that
there wasn't enough support to bring
them to the floor for a vote. In only
n state has a new anti-chain law
been passed-and in this case, accord
ing to observers, the need for addit-
ional tax revenue superseded every
other consideration.
One interesting phase of the ques-
ton is that an increasing number of
thinking independent stofe operators
have gone on record in opposition to
soaking the chains" These men
realize that once the principle of punt
tive class taxation is firmly establish
ed, it will be only a matter of time I'm
til their own and other businesses
come in for attack. Unfair, unjust
taxation is like a disease-unless it is
firmly checked in its infancy, it is
likely to spread to plague proportions
and MO one will be safe from its ravag-
eS.
The Omaha guide., 1939-05-06

1.-THE soi-disant Liberals of today
are the people who feel that if they
adopt the identical measures and
methods used by Stain. Hitler. and
Mussolini, the results must be entirely
different because of the excellence
of their intentions-And it is no use
telling the perpetual-motion genius
that his machine, whatever it may be,
will not work because of friction and
the law of conservation of energy
He will only reply happily that in his
machine friction is eliminated."-lsa-
bel Paterson. a.
The Omaha guide., 1939-05-06
SAFETY FIRST

An authority on life insurance OBJ
serves that during depression, the
statistical and analytical sections of
the companies investment depart
ments have been increased, and more
and closer attention has been paid to
digging out investment possibilities.
The job this industry has done In
protecting its poicyholders, and at
the same time obtaining investments
which pay a reasonable rate of return,
has been nothing short of miraculous
And it wasn't done by accident. 1t is
the result of expert analysis of the IN
vestment field, under management
which holds as its cardinal principle
that safety comes first"
That's why, in spite of hard times
and ups and downs in the business
cycle, your life insurance policy will be
paid. in full, on the day it comes due
The Omaha guide., 1939-05-06

ly be at once followed by a really
strong drive on South and Central A
merica-in which case this nation
would be open for the first time in its
history to territorial attack and pot
tential conquest. Without debating the
merits of any of these arguments, it
can be said that the Presidents pro-
position has an excellent chance to be
made into law. Many a conservative in
House and Senate, as well as the New
Deal 100 per centers" are behind 1t,
in the belief that it represents the les
ser of two evils.
1t is a question, in the event of
war, whether or not we could aid the
democracies without aiding them even
tually with troops. Past history would
seem to answer No. Every expert is
convinced that the next war will see
incidents affecting American citizens
far more important, say, than the sink
ing of the Lusitania-a bomber, after
all, doesn't d~ifferentiate between ma
tionalities when it strikes at great cit
les. If Hitler fulfilled his rumored
threat, and sent a gigantic air fleet
over Paris and London at the outset of
hostilities, our emotions would be STIR
red to the utmost by the resulting slau-
ghter of non-beligerents. And then,
what?
The Presidents dramatic telegram
to Hitler asking him to pledge non-ag-
gression against 81 nations met with
thinly yelled derision in Berlin. The
d~ictators are desperate-faced with
the most pressing internal problems,
they apparently can see no solution
save to press on.
From our point of view, there is
ORE bright spot in the inter national
picture-our relations with Japan
have steadily improved. Japan, though
theoretically a member of the Rome
Berlin axis, seems TO be getting far
Their away from fascism. And, curious
ly enough, the improved relations lar
gely stemmed from a trivial incident.
When the late japanese Ambassador
to the u. S. died suddenly in this coun-
try, his ashes were sent home with
great formality ION an American bat
tleship. The Japanese are the most
formal of the worlds peoples-and
this gesture of goodwill found an i'm
mediate response in the Japanese
press, and in the feelings of the Nip
ponese.