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The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-07-21

per Canada College and other east
ern schools, three assistant leaders
and a doctor were organized by Mr..
Ignatieff in the summer of 1897 for
an expedition into northern Alberta
and British Columbia With Sc sad
die and pack horses and twelve
guides and packers they travelled
from Wembley to Mount Sir Alex
ander. the highest peak in the
northern part of the Rockies. in lit
tie frequented territory.
Going through McGregor Pass the
party cut a new trail down the Nc
Gregor river to its juncture with
Jarvis Greek and came out to the
c. y. Railway at Bend, B. c.. where
it entrained for Prince George.
From Prince George the expedition
was transported by truck to Summit
Lake thence proceeding in four 32-
foot boats down the Crooked and
Parsnip rivers into the Peace which
was followed down to Fort st. John.
Equipment Lost
The exploration party of last year
came to grief in the Wicked river
of northern B. c. So much valuable
equipment was lost that a party
was not organized for this year, but
groundwork is being laid for next
year. 1t is Commander de Marbois'
with his own money to determine
the best routes for exploration of
the country in northern B. C. be-
tween the Finlay river and the sea
coast.
Of necessity the first exploration
trips were confined to boys of veal
thy families who could finance their
share of the expense. Gradually as
funds accumulated from interested
men. scholarships were extended to
promising boys without financial
resources.
Magnificent moving pictures in
color have been taken of past ex-
ploration fields and in the past year
professionals have rearranged the
film making it into an outstanding
trayelogue, which is being shown
in England at the present time and
booked ahead at seventeen col
leges and four universities. 1t was
shown recently at Windsor Castle
before His Majesty King George v,
shortly after his return from the
Canadian tour
Commander de Marbois served II
years with the British Navy, sta
toned for a number of years in
Chinese waters. He has qualified as
Chinese interpreter. He took his
college degrees after doing navy SER
vice and entered education work. AS
do all leaders in the schools Explor-
alton Society, he serves in the expe-
ditions during his holidays without
pay
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-07-21
Cases Cancel Honolulu
Cruise For Alaska

Delighted that he and his wife
were prevailed upon to cancel a
cruise to Honolulu for one in south
eastern Alaska, L. E. Case, secre-
tary-treasurer of Richardson and
Holland, Seattle manufacturers of
ice cream, fountain and bakery sup
plies, was an interested visitor IN
Wrangell yesterday.
In company with Mr.. and Mrs.
H. B. Crewson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Elwood Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. Case
will spend a month or six weeks
aboard the cruiser yacht Madura op-
Grated by Crewson and Moore, Ket-
chikan brokerage firm, as a means
to reach their customers with great
er convenience than is afforded
statesmen by regular transportation
facilities.
The Cases were met by the Ma
dura upon their arrival in Ketchi-
kan this week aboard the North
Sea. The party left the following
day for Myers Chuck, then came on
to Wrangell leaving this morning
for Petersburg. They will then pro-
coed to Kake, Port Alexander,
Warm Springs Bay, Sitka, Tenakee,
Hoonah, Haines, Skagway and Jul
neau.
An unusual feature of the cruise
for the Seattle visitors is that they
do not plan to fish. Neither Mr.. Case
nor his wife like to fish, but they do
enjoy the scenic beauty and the rest
afforded by the southeastern Alaska
cruise and are much interested in
seeing the country.
Mr.. Crewson holds captains pa
pers and both he and Mr. Moore are
licensed pilots.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-07-21
Group Acquaints Young Canadians
With Unexplored Areas

Commander J. NJ B. de Marbois,
professor in the Upper Canada Col
lege of Toronto. and a leader in the
Schools Exploration Society of Can
ada, is in Wrangell on a filming
expedition in the interests of the
Society and to secure information for
an exploration party next year He
was joined yesterday by George F.
Moss, of Ontario, motion picture
photographer. and the two are at
Anan Creek today getting pictures
in color of the salmon runs and the
black bear in the Anan recreational
unit.
The object of the Schools Explor-
alton Society of Canada. a non pro-
fit organization is to acquaint young
Canadians with the unexplored areas
and resources of the Dominion and
to inspire them to take an active
part in the further development of
their country and through practical
experience to encourage them to
find their places in such construe-
tive pursuits as engineering, mining,
colonization and northern develop
ment in general.
Other detectives are to overcome
sectionalism and stimulate national
unity through a wider knowledge
of Canada; to foster that sense of
comradeship and cooperation which
rigorous living in the open can give.
to develop self-relianee, resourceful-
ness, self-control, courage, physical
fitness and endurance in boys and
stimulate their imagination and love
of nature and adventure.
Notable Patron
The society has for its patron His
Excellency the Governor General of
Canada, Lord Tweedsmuir and a
number of wealthy men in Canada
comprise notable list of honorary
presidents. n. Ignatieff, is director
and chief leader of the society
which has its origin in recent ex-
petitions and others extending back
to 1927.
In December. 1885, Ignatieff and
G. Andrew, assistant masters at Up
per Canada College, took 20 boys
of the college for a weeks tour Of
the mines and industries of northern
Ontario. The following summer he
took eleven boys, accompanied by
a director to the Peace river district
and journeyed with 81 saddle and
pack horses and five guides from
Wembley to Mount Robson, a dis
lance of nearly 800 trail miles IL
10 days.
The third trip was made in De
cember of that year when two as
sistant masters at Upper Canadt
College took 81 boys of the collegt
ON another northern Ontario tour.
Scale Peaks
Thirty-two boys drawn from Up
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-07-21
RUNS
ANAN AREA
VERY POOR

The total pack of the Wrangell
District for the week ending satur-
day, July 15. was 1927 cases in
terms of As one-pound tails to the
case. The total pack for the cores
ponding date in 1898 was S024
cases, and for the corresponding date
of 1897 it was $4,000 cases, but it
must be borne in mind that the
large area in Sumner Strait contain
ing a large number of traps was not
opened to commercial salmon fish
ing until July 20 this season.
There are six salmon cannerias
operating in Wrangell District this
season: ARB Packing Company,
harvest Fishermen, Inc. and the
Wrangell Packing Company all of
Wrangen; The Burnett Inlet Salmon
Company; the Nakat Packing Cor
poration of Union Bay, and the Pc
tersburg Canning Company. In adj
dition the shrimp and crab eanneryI
of Dean C. Kayler of Petersburg has
been packing salmon since June,
23rd. This cannery will probably
cease salmon operations when the
season, of which 52,091 were reds
opens August 1st.
Anan and the larger area that
connotes have yielded poor catches
so far this season.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-07-21

1T is very fitting that the clos
ing service in our trip through Al
aska should be in this church. !.
DR.. Frederick R. Thorne told his
audience at the Presbyterian church
Sunday morning.
The service was held as an OBJ
seryanee of the sixtieth anniversary
of the organization of the Presby-
terrain church at Wrangell. not only
the first Protestant church in Alas
ka. but the first American church.
Dr. Thorne, who is secretary Of
the Young Peoples Work under the
Board Of National Missions, was
commissioned to come to Alaska last
month TO gather material to show
by picture and story the results Of
SO years of endeavor in Alaska BY
the Presbyterian church. He was ae-
eompanied by Mrs Florence Hayes.
in charge of the publicity depart
ment for the Board Of National Mis-
sions and John Alternately of Win
ter Haven. Florida, student Presby-I
terrain minister. They carried 1900
pounds of modern Photographic
equipment.
Flew By Compass
Their itinerary took them over
the Richardson highway to Fair
banks, from which point they flew
in at their own expense to Point
Barrow. The trip over the EndicottI
mountains going INTO the Arctic,
was something never to be forgot
ten, said DR.. Thorne Then with
Pilot Gillian at the controls, they
flew by compass for over one hun
dred miles through a dense fog.
They circled Barrow in fog and then
suddenly came out into sunshine
with Barrow not over 200 yards
away into a scene that could not
have been more perfect had it been
specially staged for their arrival. |
The Eskimos were celebrating the
feast of the whales with the tradi-
tional blanket tossing. As the pilot
banked to make a landing the plane
in fog to emerge again |
in sun which shown so brilliantly |
at midnight that fine pictures in
color We're obtained.
Unusual Pictures
They were also fortunate in OBJ
tanning unusual pictures at Vain
wright of Eskimos in colorful par-l
kas, racing in three skin boats, |
fourteen persons to a boat, coming
directly at the church party busy
photographing from another skin
boat. Wonderful reflections in the
water were shown in the pictures
which we're taken at o'clock at
night.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-07-21
MRS. VREATT'S CHILDREN
TO HOLD FAMILY REUNION

Mr.. and Mrs Vreatt, who went
to Seattle last month for surgical
attention for Mrs. Vreatt, are leav-
ing for Portland this week, accord
ing to word received by Wrangell
friends, to visit in the home of Mrs.
Vreatt's son, Homer Worden.
A family reunion Is scheduled for
July rs at Portland at which time
Mrs Vreatt and her three children
and their families will meet to-
gether for the first time in many
Yeara
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-07-21
Dick Johnson Loses
Life By Drowning

One of the saddest accidents to
occur in Wrangen cost the life by
drowning Friday afternoon of Dick
Johnson, twenty-one-year old adopt
ed son of A. Rasmussen, while gill
net fishing near High island off the
mouth of the Stikine river.
No one will ever know the exact
circumstances of the accident Young
Johnson was using a small fishing
rig SO that the net was not at
tached to his gasboat but to the gill
net skiff which in turn was on a
line from the boat The evidence
would seem TO point TO the fact that
the engine was turned down and
Dick was pulling in his net when
the line parted. He evidently tried
10 make a quick but unsuccessful
swim for the gasboat. When he saw
he could not reach the boat, turned
back to the skiff. He was then swim
ming against a strong tide. H.
Heinbockle who had nets out a half
mile distant saw a splash between
the boat and skiff, heard sounds
which seemed to him like one crying
out in pain rather than for help. He
fastened to Dicks aid but when he
reached the spot, nothing could be-
seen of the boy. He believes Dick,
who was a good swimmer, was
stricken with cramps
Ernie sorenson5 fishing much
nearer to Dick than Heinbockle.
nevertheless saw nothing of the ira
gedy which had oYertaken him. The
two secured the boats, searched the
beach of High island. then came in
to town to report at the commits
sioner's office.
In the swift undereurrent of theI
Stikine, little hope was held for the
recovery of the body.
Richard Madement Johnson was
born at Valdez, Alaska, Nov. 4,
1917. He lived at the Draper Home,
Des Moines, Washington from the
time he was ten years old until heI
was fifteen. The next year he att
tended Wrangell Institute, where heI
attracted the attention of A. Ras-I
mussen, superintendent of schools at
WrangelI
He was adopted by Mr.. Rasmussen
and very deep bond of affection
and comradship prevailed between
the two. When Mr. Rasmussen went
to skagway where he has headed the
schools for the past two years Dick
remained at the home on Wrangell
highway. With the financial backing
of Mr. Rasmussen Dick started rails
ing mink that fall and was very
successful in the venture.
He was graduated from Wrangell
high school, class of 81, Throughout
the course was an outstanding ath-l
lete as well as student. He was also
outstanding in character and was
known for the fine, clean ideals he
quietly maintained. He was a like
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-07-21
JOEL WING,
School Tax Collector.

able boy of integrity, steadfast, in
dustrious and ambitious. The future
held much promise for him and III
doubtedly he would never have
failed to be a useful citizen.
Surviving is the one person closest
to him, his foster father; his young
brother Edward who for several
years has spent his school vacations
with Mr.. Rasmussen at Wrangell;
two sisters and two brothers at Ju-
neau and Sitka, and his mother at
Douglas
A memorial service will be held
at 1880 Sunday evening at the Pres
byterian church
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-07-21
OWNERS ASKED TO REGISTER
POWER CRAFT WITH C. of c

For use in compiling a question
naire of recreationaI facilities and
resources for the Alaska Planning
Council, it is asked that persons
with power crafts register with the
Wrangell Chamber of Commerce Civ
ing this information:
Name of the boat; name of the
owner; size of the boat; cruising
speed, whether gas or diesel pow
cred; passenger carrying capacity;
rental price per day.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-07-21
HAIDA OFFICER ASSIGNED
TO BYRD's EXPEDITION

1t Glenn Rollins. OF the cutter
Haida, at juneau, has received the
distinction of being included in the
officers personnel of the cutter
Northland for Admiral Richard
Byrd's Antarctic expedition.
Rollins will leave Juneau within
two weeks to join the Northland at
San Francisco, his wife sailing to
the Bay Region with him. The
built originally for ice
work. has been detailed to Byrd's
expedition for six months leaving
Boston in October.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-07-21
INSTITUTE | TAKES STUDENTS
TO HYDABURG CANNERY

TIL Institute returned to port
yesterday from a trip to the west
coast in which Geo. T. Barrett,
principal of WrangeIl Institute, &C
companied IT students, nine boys
and eight girls to Hydaburg where
they will work in the cannery dur
ing the summer.
Calls were made at Craig and
Klawock homeward bound and at
Klawock, Miss Ethel Roberts, In
stitute graduate, class of '36 was
taken aboard. She will serve as sec
rotary to Mr.. Barrett, Miss Lucille
Brown of Kecthikan having resigned
that position recently
Rev Arnold Krone made the trip
as the guest of Mr. Barrett.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-07-21
PRESBYTERIANS OBSERVE SLXTIETH
ANNIVERSARY WORK IN ALASKA

Church services began at 1890
with several baptisms aud the final
Amen was said at midnight Percy
Opooluk. a graduate of Sheldon
Jackson School, 3 lay worker in
charge at the Wainwright mission.
The church in recent years. said
Dr.. Thorne, has discovered the need
of bringing the mission field TO
the churches. The people of the
churches, who support the Alaska
missions do not know Alaska: they
vaguely think of Eskimos, igloos
icebergs and nothing else; nothing
of the work of the church. A picture,
he said, is a good avenue to tell
the people the true story of the
mission field.
Not A Pageant
We are not putting on a pag
cant. said DR.. Thorne. we are en-
phasizing realism not thrillers. The
visual program is being developed
with a part of the money heretofore
used in printing and distributing
leaflets.
The places visited in which the.
Presbyterian church is carrying on
work in Alaska included besidesI
Fairbanks, Barrow and Wainwright
Matanuska, Anchorage, sitka, Skag-
way. Metlakatla, Klukwan, Craig,
Hydaburg, Klawock, Hoonah, Haines
Palmer, Angoon, Kake, Kasaan, Ju
neau. Cordova and Valdez.
Many excellent pictures, all in
color movies, were taken of the
church's program in these places
and of nearby scenic attractions. In
southeastern Alaska, the mission
boat Princeton was put at their dis
posal and in the Wrangell area they
photographed lie Gonte glacier
Frederick Sound into which broken
pieces of the glacier float obliged
during the trip by having a par
ticularly large aggregation of ice
bergs in fantastic shapes, brilliant
ly colored in emerald and frosted
blues.
DR.. ThOTne's sermon was seYenI
in length and was a beautl-
full exposition of the Lords Prayer.
Preceding his part in the service,
frequent pictures were taken show
ing the congregation carrying cut
its program for the morning. A par
ticularly appealing part of the SER
vice was prayer of gratitude by
Mrs. William Tamaree, who as al
girl of fifteen sixty years ago came
under the influence Of the mission
airy service of the pioneers in Wran-
CELL, Mrs. Mcfarland, DR.. and Mrs.
Hall Young and others.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-07-21

Mrs. Clarissa Ursich of the Wran-
CELL Institute staff left on the North
Coast Saturday for Kefehikau
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-07-21
NOTICE

Important meeting StiBine Gill
METERS Association. AFL Union hall
Sunday, July %, D. m.
HOWARD CHURCHILL,
Pres.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-07-21
SCHOOL TAX NOTICE

In order to prevent any misan-
derstanding in the possible event of
$500 fines for delinquency, all
those who are subject to pay School
Tax are urgently requested to pay
same BEFORE Monday, August
8th.
JOET. WING
The Omaha guide., 1939-12-30
JIMMIE FIDLER PAYS
GLOWING TRIBUTE
TO HATTIE MCDANIEL
Compares Colored Star With
Immortal Marie Dresslel

Hollywood, Dec. % CAMP
Last Tuesday, in his syndicated,
nationally read movie column. JIM
mic Fiddler, ace commentator, paid
high compliment to the artistry of
Hattie MeDaniel's portrayal of
Scarlett O'Hara's nanny in "Gone
With the Wind" multi-million dol
dar film epic starring Clark Gable,
Vivian Leigh and Olivida de Havi-
land and others.
Declared Fidler: Hattie, with
n of the greatest dramatic per-
fofmances of all time. steals that
picture. Long after I've forgotten
their work 1.-THE other stars), I'll
still see the emotion-wracked.
ebony face of Hattie, tears coursing
down her cheeks as she pleads for
Olivida de Haviland's help outside
the room where S~caflett's and
Rhett's baby lies dead.
"fhe most ptejudiced critic alive
could not watch her work without
admitting that it is acting at its
Artistic best. And where does this
NEGRO artist go from here? Why.
back TO playing incidental, comedy
maids, of course. An actress COM
parable with the immortal Marie
Dresslcr, has flashed like a dark
meteor acros the screen-and now
must disappear because Hollywood
can't give her adequate parts. No
ones TO blame. least OF all the
producers who would ask nothing
chan to capitalize on her
ability.
The Omaha guide., 1939-12-30
BILLIARD BOOKS GAMES

New Orleans, La. Dec. 2S-The
billiard football eleven will ven-
ture far afield during the next two
years, it was disclosed today in an
announcement by Mr.. A. w. Dent,
chairman of the athletic commit
tee. Two-year contracts have just
been signed with Fisk University
and Talladega College which call
for a game with each school in its
home city in the course of two
years. The Fisk Bulldogs will jour
ney to New Orleans in 1910 for
their first encounter with the
Devils, and the Crimson Tornado
of Talladega will invade the Cres-
cent City in 1941.
The Omaha guide., 1939-12-30

confidence and with a conviction
that real and substantial progress
IS being made IN proper liquor
control" Sandal said. we wish
especially 10 congratulate The
State Liquor Commission for It's
wise and aggressive handling OF
the numerous problems which
Come up for solution from day TO
day"
The committee which Sandal
directs has actively cooperated
with the Liquor Commission and
county authorities by presenting
evidence in cases of liquor law
violation which have resulted in
revocation, suspension, c~ancella-
ton and denial of licenses and
padlocking OF unlicensed "joints."
During the Is months since
the organization of our Commit
tee" Sandal continued, 1--WE have
pursued a systematic policy of
cooperation with public officials
in lettering the conditions that
attend the retailing of beer in
Nebraska.
"0ur actions have demonstrat-
ed the sincerity of our program,
and we are glad to say that the
plaA and purpose of s~elf-regula-
ton within the industry as an aid
to the law enforcement agencies
has been cordially received by the
authorities, the press and the
public.
The brewing industry is
Fundamentally on the side of law
observance and law enforcement.
The State Committee viii con-
tinue in the future as it has in
the past to assist in improving
The conditions under which beer
is dispensed"
Among recent cases in which
Sandal has participated was one
involving the so-called Omaha
"dime-a-drink" girls. Testimony
by the Committees field mar and
others led to suspension of three
retailers licenses. The field rep
re%sentative since last May has
made more than 1000 inspections
of retail establishments in vir-
tually every county.
The Omaha guide., 1939-12-30
DEAN NJ. A. TALLEY
STIRS Los ANGELES
FORMER INDIANA
LEGISLATOR DELIVERS
81 SERMONS IN WEST

Los Angeles-Dean Marshai'
A. Tafley, secretary Of fell'loes
adneat,on of the National Bapt's.
Conventions has just completed
one of the most helpful preaching
and Teaching missions ever con
d,,ctad in Los Angeles, according
to reports of Baptist eaoers
here. A..
He came to the Coast as the
o.uest of the Young Peoples 0
Sress of the Western Baptist
State Convention which met re-
gently in Riverside, with tne
Second Baptist Church of when
Rev. VIM. Thomas is pastor
Leaders of the Congress were.
DIR. T. L. Griffith, had requisi-
toned DIR. Talley's services 10
outline a christian educa'lo.
for the congress which
The Omaha guide., 1939-12-30
WILL THE NEW YEAR
END THIS PRACTICES

LOUIE MONTGOMERY, great
little sable halfbaek of Boston coll
lege's football team. will again be
forced 10 sit on the sidelines while
hi white mates play Clemson col
leee in the Cotton bowl classic at
Dallas on Jan. l.. Curtis Stanford
president Of The Cotton Bowl A. A,
h an exclusive (U. P.) release had
the following to say on the sub
iect: We conferred with Boston
officials and Montgomery will
come to Texas with the team but
VII not play"
The terse statement from Bos-
ton seem TO convey that: "In view
of the general attitude towards
NEGROES in Texas. ii was deemed
advisable Montgomery refrain
from PLAYING" As year after year
these inequalities and mhuman pre-
iudiees ere heaped npon a people
number some t5,o000Oo in the
country, We etcrnaliy ask our
olives the question VIII this year
see ihe end Of sueh?e None Of us
are @oing 10 take these issues "
INC down as thoy say in the vetna
cular, still We can't hope To win
The Omaha guide., 1939-12-30

The fight alone or single handed. II
The New Year finds Us soliciting
the aid OF thousands Of white fri
ends who all along have been in
teilieent and human enough to
see the injustice Of such continued
procedure in sports and elsewhere
vel at least be in a fighting con-
dition TO successfully combat the
%caneeHous growth.
Let's get out and carry the ball
for little Lou Montgomery, Right
through the line and kick the win
ing point so squarely between the
goal posts that official will be con-
strained in the least to make a mis-
take in adjudging it fair.