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The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
SpOrtsnight Features
Enjoyed At Gym

The Wrangell schools sportsnight,
held last Monday evening in the
town gym and offered free to the
public. was well attended by an ad-
miring group of parents and inter
ested spectators.
The sportsnight, introduced this
year with the augmentation of gym
nasium equipment, is a gathering OF
both senior and junior high pupils
in competitive games and individual
performances under the direction OF
Mr.. Austin Moe, physical education
instructor of Wrangell schools.
Offered on the program were soc
Ger baseball by the 9TH and 8th
grade girls. Tumbling acts by high
school boys, Tumbling, basket-shoot-
ing and ping-pong by the high school
girls and horizontal bar work by the
high school boys. A fine exhibition OF
basketball between the freshmen
seniors and sophOmore-juniors, with
the latter emerging victorious in an
overtime contest climaxed the even
ing's entertainment. Between the
half of the basketball game Virgil
Neyman's diminutive soccer team,
composed of intermediate grade boys
provided a great deal of action and
amusement.
Superintendent of schools, George
J. Fabricius, thanked the audience
for their attendance and display of
interest. He explained also, that the
performances were by no means a
program of prepared entertainment
but an example of the regular rou-
tine work practised every day and
two nights a week in physical ed
ueation classes offered as part of
the school curriculum.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
Nome PrOspers By Dredging
Operations In District

A dredge of this size, which
costs in the neighborhood Of $175.-
600 takes ten men to operate The
small crew is possible due to ground
conditions on the Solomon River
which eliminates the necessity Of
thawing or pointing
The Harmon Company which OPP
crates three dredges near Nome. one
of them actually within the city lin
its, employs approximately 375
men. The large payroll is ne
cessary due to the utilization of
pointing crews and necessity of
pumping operations.
Labor conditions in Nome during
the summer are reasonably active.
Men on the dredge crews average
from 50 cents to $1.00 per hour for
IL hour shifts. A majority of the
workmen make their winter home
in Nome.
Mr.. Lee is scheduled to go South
on the Northland or Princess Norah.
He registered at the Gastineau Ho-
fol
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
Organizations Observe
AmericaniSm Week

Observance OF Americanism Week
in Wrangell, sponsored by the Elks
lodge, was opened by that organi-
cation in its regular lodge meeting
on the night OF March 1st with an
address by Past Exalted Ruler
James Nolan on the topic, "Ameri-
canism and the BPOE."
A patriotic sing followed the Elks
ladies night card party Thursday
night and on Friday afternoon an
Amerieanism program was held IL
a school assembly of the upper
grades and high school.
The winning essay in the contest
sponsored by the Elks was announc-
ed as having been written by Pa
tricia Wies, a high school junior.
The essay was read as a part of
the program by Miss Wies.
On Sunday, Rev. Arnold Krone
used The Church and Freedom
for his sermon topic at st. Philips
Episcopal church. Rev. Russell f.
Peterson spoke on Christian Faith
and Amerieanism" at the morning
service at the Presbyterian church
and Christian Citizenship at the
evening service.
AS a part of the Chamber of
Commerce program Monday noon,
Patricia Wies and Isobel Moore,
We're luncheon guests of the cham
Der. Patricia read the essay she mad
written in the Elks contest and Iso-
bel, 13-year-old eighth grade stu
dent, delivered an address which
she had written on the topic. MY
Definition of Citizenship" The Elks
contest did not provide a prize in
the classification of addresses, but
so excellent was the address which
she wrote that a special prize has
been provided for her. She is the
daughter of Mrs. Henry Wells.
A very fine program was given
at the Eastern Star meeting Mon
day night by Mrs. John Coulter,
Mrs. l. c. Bjorge and Miss Sue
Harding.
The American Legion and Auxiliary
held a joint program Tuesday even
ing at the dugout which was open
to the public.
Excellent addresses on American
ism were delivered by Commander
C. P. MacCreary of the Legion and
Mrs. o. R. Keeney, president of the
Auxiliary. allegiance to the Flag,
under the direction of Miss Sue
Harding, was sung by the Girl
Scouts. Community singing of pa
triotic and wartime songs, under
the direction of Mrs. Leo Oster-
man, rounded out the program.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
HOT SPRINGS
SITE CHOSEN
FOR PIONEERS

Goddard Hot Springs, Il miles
south of Sitka on Baranof Isalnd,
will become a second Pioneers Home
under terms of a bill which passed
the Senate Monday morning by a
vote of five to three The House has
already passed the bill
The plan is for use of the Hot
Springs resort to take care Of the
sitka homes overflow and waiting
list until larger quarters are avail
able, and thereafter to use 1t as a
Women's Pioneers Home.
Amendments adopted by the Sen
ate erased a section which provided
that the place become a future tu-
bereulosis sanitorium, and substitu-
ted the Women's Home idea, The
Senate also cut the appropriation
from $4,000 to $4,000. The price
asked by Mrs. Fred L. Goddard is
$4,000. This will be paid. What
the senate cut was an additional
$4,000 which would be used to re-
pair and maintain the place
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
CANNERY WORKERS REGISTER
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

J. B. Cauley, agent for the CWAU
announced Wednesday that the reg
ular meeting of the union has been
postponed until Friday the oath. 1t
will be held at the Sisters and
Brothers Hall After the general
business meeting a social committee
consisting of Mrs. Bessie McCul-
Tough, chairman, Mrs. Alice Wies,
Mrs. Dollie Davis, and Mrs. Paddy
Thomas, will provide entertainment
and refreshments for those present.
This is a new program, Mr.. Caul-
ey stated, that will be followed once
each month to stimulate interest in
cannery workers activities.
He announced also that he would be
at the AT of L hall Sunday after
noon from one o'clock until three
to assist members in registering tor
unemployment benefits, who were
left without work due to the closing
of the Reliance Shrimp Cannery on
February 16. Poor market condi-
lions in the states, were given by
the owners, George Sumption and
Neil Grant, as the reason for clos
ing operations.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10

Business manager of the Lee Bro
tiers Dredging Company Richard e..
Lee, arrived in Juneau aboard the
PAA Electra from the site of his
company's operations near Nome,
states the Juneau Empire of last
Saturday
On his way to Seattle and San
Francisco to purchase equipment,
Mr.. Leeeannounces that a new five
foot dredge will be installed and
ready for operation this spring on
their property on Solomon river,
about 80 miles east of Nome. This
will be the number two dredge for
the company as for three years they
have operated another on the same
river.
Additional expansion programs in
the prosperous Nome area includes
the installation of a dredge by WI.
Slack on California Greek eight
miles east of the Solomon River,
and one by Hugh E. Pierson and
Fred Dent in the Council District
north of Solomon river.
Eight Dredges Ready
A total of eight dredges will see
action on the Council and Solomon
Districts within so mile radius
of Nome, while in the Nome district
itself there are six scheduled to
start functioning with the spring
breakup. With the exceptions of
three new outfits, these have been
operating for several years.
According to Mr.. Lee, the new
dredge being installed by his COM
pany is capable of handling approx
imately 1900 cubic yards of earth
per day with buckets of five cubic
feet capacity.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
100000 Loan Made
Sitka Indian Corp.

KETCHIKAN Arrangements for
further government loans to Indian
corporations are to be made during
the next few days by P. J. Fitz-
simmons, IRA credit agent for the
bureau of Indian affairs, who ar
rived in Ketchikan from Juneau
Monday morning The IRA, he ex-
plains, is the Indian reorganization
act under which the government
makes loans to Indian corporations.
Mr.. Fitzsimmons will go to Ka-
saan tomorrow, accompanied by
Leonard G. Allen, bureau of Indian
affairs representative in Ketchikan,
to complete papers for preliminary
loans there. The. Kasaan natives. he
said are obtaining a preliminary
loan of $1,000.
The largest loan approved to date
for Indian corporations is $145,O00
for Hydaburg, he said. A loan Of
100000 has been approved for
Sitka.
Definite use of the funds for Hy-
daburg has not yet been determined
he said, but probably will be with
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
WORK PROGRESSING RAPIDLY
PELICAN CITY SAYS ELSWICK

Mr.. and Mrs Tom Elswiek ar
rived Wednesday afternoon on their
boat Thomas E. from Pelican city.
the site of the new Lisiansk Strait
cold storage project now in con
struetion, where Elswiek has been
employed since last November in
charge of a labor gang He reports
that the plant is progressing rapid
ly. Two stories of the main build
ing which measures 100 by 40 feet
have already been completed and
the third story will soon be up. The
dock is built with a two-storied fish
house so by 40 feet. Work on the
dam which will provide 500 horse
power through hydro-electrie
plant is half finished
According to Elswick's report.
Charlie Raatikainen, builder and
promoter of the new enterprise, will
soon be ON his way south for ma
chinery.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
Gross Theater Retrial
Held IN Juneau Court

Retria1 began in Juneau recent.
" Of a 4-year-oId court battle be
tween the Electric Research Pre-
ducts company and ". d. Gross, in
the district court Of Judge George
F. Alexander.
In 1885. Gross was given a court
judgment OF approximately 100000
for alleged loss of business and in
convenience following execution OF
replevin action filed by the re-
search company in connection with
theater sound and projection equip
ment purchased.
Gross is said to have originally
contracted for the purchase of the
machinery without contract for
weekly payments Such a contract is
said to have been negotiated some
time later for Gross's theaters at
Ketehikan and juneau, after which
Gross, court records reveal, com
planned of the lack of weekly ma
chine service and refused payments
on those grounds.
The repleyin action and a box OF
flee attachment followed, and Gross
counter sued in the district court,
receiving the 100000 judgment.
The case was appealed to the cir
cult court in san Francisco, and
grounds for retrial we're ruled, with
the result that the case is in the
district court again.
Attorneys for Gross are F. Il.
Foster and Jack Hellenthal New
York attorneys Homer Breland and
J. S. Ward are attorneys for the re-
search company.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
HerOiSm John Osborn
Saves Man From Death

The Juneau Empire Monday car
ried the following story relating TO
te heroism displayed in saving a
fellow worker from certain death by
John Osborn, Wrangell born young
man who has been with the U. S.
Bureau OF Public Roads at Juneau
for several years:
Two employees of the Bureau of
Public Roads narrowly escaped
death Sunday morning when a
heavy cascade of snow fell upon the
Thane road which they were en-
gagged in clearing of previous
slide.
Fred LORI, operating a bulldozer,
was struck by an icebalI and slump
ed unconscious over the wheel of
his machine.
He was extricated by John Os-
born his assistant, and carried a
distance of $50 feet over moving
snow to safety. LORI later recovered.
The new slide covered the road
to a depth of eight feet where the
two men had been working, conf
pletely covering Osborn's automobile
and leaving exposed only few
inches of the top of the bulldozer
from which LORI was rescued.
A crew that afternoon succeeded
in uncovering the buIldozer and
dragging it out of the slide No at
tempt was made however. to extri-
cate Osborn's automobile.
The slide occurred at about 9 o.
clock in the morning at Snowslide
Guleh, just below the City garbage
dump.
Osborn was standing near his
automobile some distance from LORI
when the slide struck suddenly
without warning. He ran to the
bulldozer, dragged LORI free before
the slide had covered the equipment
and then carried the 175-pound
LORI over the sea of moving snow
until they reached safety.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
Held
CONSTRUCTION
LANDING FIELD

Hope that Nrangell may eYeutu-
ally secure an airplane landing
field. was held by F. S. Barnes who
told the Wraugeu Chamber of Com
merce at its luncheon meeting Mon
day that although a bill introduced
into the legislature providing Ter
ritorial aid for a field to be built
here had failed of passage the
project was still a live one.
Chas. Burdick, OF the Forest Sery-
lee office in charge Of GGC activities
in Alaska, while in Wrangell last
week told Mr. Barnes that there
was possibility CCC crews could
lay the foundation of a field.
lie would go over the situation
around town, he said and see what
he could find from a survey of me
country back of MI Dewey.
If it is found there is a tract 5000
feet long, with les than a three
percent variation in grade. and 2O0
feet wide, the Forest Service will
clear ground. draw up a plat to
be submitted To the board OF aero
uautics for approval Gee crews
will then slice the ground and
drain it,
IT we can get that big a start,
said MI Barnes. by going from
one federal department to another.
[ am confident we can eventually
get landing field.
Il was quite pleased, he con
tinued, by the ready interest and
cooperation displayed by Mr.. Burd-
lex"
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10

Ketchikan from a coordination tour
of all the seiners aud trollers locals
in Southeastern Alaska gave lengthy
talks as to the present status OF the
organizations. They assured fish
ermen OF the pied Jed support Of
the Seamens union in any just ac-
ton. The chief purpose Of the Of
fetal visit to the locals was to as
certain the general feeling Of their
respective rank and Tile as to the
policy to be followed on many ques-
tons during the coming season. Re
.peated calls were made for opinions
on subjects important to fishermen
and cannery workers.
Trollers objected strenuously TO
the practise of SEEMING herring IN
Wrangell harbor and other trolling
ceuters.
After a two hour general session
the meeting was adjourned at 8 p.
m
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
Martha Plies Waters Where The
Weather Is Always Bad

of nowhere. One wind reached a
velocity of 100 miles per hour
last season."
In the Marthas cargo was ap-
proximately 1900 skins, mostly blue
fox, worth about $4,000 on the
outside market. The furs represent
about ninety per cent of the entire
Aleutian island catch.
Most of the furs will be sold to
the Seattle Fur Exchange, Pickard
said, while others will be offered
to the Lamson, Frasier and HUH
Company. London fur dealers with
offices at New York.
Special Permit
Although the furs are ordinarily
shipped outside aboard a larger YES
sci by mail, due to recent strike
conditions and uncertain shipping
schedules Pickard secured a special
permit from the Post Office Depart
ment to carry the cargo south him
self.
Pickard could tell a lot of tales
of the life in the north where few
white men live and the native trap
pers spend practically all their
lives. One brief story of the birth
of a child aboard the Martha was
wildly suggestive of China's life
and Pearl Bucks Good Earth.
Birth Aboard Ship
One day last December the Mar.
tina had stopped at the village Of
Atka, about halfway between Unal
aska and Attu to pick up a grouI
of trappers to transport them tt
Attu. Boarding the vessel at 4 o.
clock in the afternoon was a Is
year-old married native girl, who
wanted to be taken back to hel
family at Attu.
Four hours later while the Martha
plowed through a heavy sea baby
boy was born to the girl, her frs
child.
"She took the incident will
greater calm than any person
aboard" Pickard related "Ther'
appeared to be no distress what
soever Later that same evening sh,
was sitting drinking coffee ant
laughing with her friends. Whel
we reached Attu the next morning
and went ashore in a dory, sh
carried her son in her arms ant
walked home"
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10

Bound from Unalaska to Seattle
with a cargo of furs estimated at
$4,000 is the Martha, Diesel pow
cred craft operated by Captain and
Mrs. Don Pickard, reports the Alas
ka Press of Juneau. The vessel was
moored in Juneau to undergo an
annual inspection by government
steamboat inspectors.
Captain Pickard, formerly an en-
gineer aboard the motorship Patter-
son which has lain on the beach
at Cape Fairweather at the mercy of
a pounding surf since it ran aground
last December, has been sailing
aboard the Martha for more than
two years. He is buying the ship
from the Aleutian Fur Company and
will eventually make the Alaska
run as a free lancer.
In the northern waters the Mar
tina plies between Unalaska and At
tn, stopping at small islands en-
route to pick up trappers and drop
them off, to gather furs and leave
supplies for the natives. At various
times during the year Pickard also
carries freight to sections where no
other means of transportation is
available.
The Martha is a "a foot solid
looking vessel powered with an At
las-Imperial Diesel engine, speed is
about eight knots per hour.
1.-The Martha is ideally suited for
the trips it makes" Pickard ex-
planned. "a small boat with shall
low draft is what is needed to
get into the narrow passes and
around the reefs"
Weather Always Bad
AS for the weather in the south
western part of Alaska where the
Pickards spend the greater part OF
the year, tits always bad" accord
ing to Pickard. Severe gales ac-
companied by heavy seas cause
navigators constant worry, but the
Martha has been a fortunate
craft.
''If the weather is good for only
few hours you can't enjoy 1t,
Pickard said. "You spend all the
time fearing the storm you know
will eventually follow the calm. One
hour the sea may be peaceful ant
the next the barometer has faller
and suddenly gale will sweep ou
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
Trappers May Retain
Pelts And BOundies

JUNEAU - The bounty on wolves
and coyotes for The next Two years
will remain at $50 as before, but
Jhe trapper may keep the pelt and
dispose of it as he sees III sou-
trary to what Representative Smith
asked IN his original bill.
The House Friday afternoon pass
ed the Senate substitute for Rep
resentative Smiths bounty bill mucn
battled over in the lower house
early in the session.
As It stands now, the trapper
catches a wolf or coyote, presents
the pelt, together with the ulna and
radius bone of the left front fore
leg to a Wildlife Agent OF the AL
aska Game Commission or any agent
designated by the commission for
Identification.
An affidavit must also be sworn
10 before a Notary Public. Commits
sioner, or other authorized person,
as To conditions under which the
pelt was taken.
The Wfldlife Agent will remove
the bones Of the left leg, destroy
them, and will punch a hole in the
left ear OF the pelts, Whereupon the
hide will be returned to the trapper
and MS claim OF bounty forwarded
to the Treasurer.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
FUR VIOLATION BRINGS FINE
OF TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS

Harry Nixon was fined $25 this
week at Ketchikan by commissioner
e. C. Austin after pleading guilty
to shipping out furs from the Ter
ritory without making a report. He
shipped out three marten pelts last
April in violation of Alaska game
commission rules. At that time Nix
on was a registered fur buyer. The
complaint was filed by Gareld Ban
ia, wiIdlife agent.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
JOB IS COMBINING
PRISON EDITOR SAYS

BOISE, Idaho = Freedom of
the press note:
The editor of the Wall City
: Bulletin advised fello weditors,
combining duties make it i'm
possible to attend" a meeting
of the Idaho Editorial associ-
alton.
The Wall City Bulletin is
published by inmates of the
Idaho penitentiary.
: = = y y y .
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
WRANGELL INSTITUTE LOSES
MERCHANT BASKETBALL FIVE

The WrangelI Merchants Basket
ball team defeated the strong In
stitute quintet last Friday night in
the Wrangeu gym in what will
probably be the last game of the
season.
After playing nearly all of the
season without the services Of two
of their stellar performers, the Mer-
chants were reunited Friday night
and displayed championship form
as they outscored their opponents
by % points.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
ANNOUNCEMENT

DR.. 10y, Optometrist wishes to
announce that he finds it necessary
to stay in Wrangell another week.
He will be here until Sunday,
March 18th.
See him at Wrangell Hotel, room
10 for appointment
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10

in month. The Hydaburg residents
are undecided whether to build and
operate a salmon cannery, or build
it and lease it to private operators.
Ninety per cent of all the loans
are being used in the fishing in
dustry, he said, either for repairing
fishing boats or obtaining gear.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10

Mrs. Urho Kanerva and little
daughter returned this week from
an extended visit with friends and
relatives at Astoria.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10
RESERVATIONS MADE BY 112
FOR GOODWILL TOUR TO ALAS

SEATTLE = Interest in the Sc
attic Chamber of Commerce good
will tour to Alaska May Z to June
II is high, as evidenced by the 112
reservations already made. The good
will party intends to stop at .Ketch-
ikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau
and Seward where it will take a
special train for Anchorage, Mount
Mckinley and Fairbanks, visiting
Cordova on the return trip.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-03-10

The Food Sale given Saturday as
a hospital benefit by the Ladies Aid
Society of the Presbyterian church,
assisted by the ladies of the Assem-
bly, of God mission, cleared $45.20.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-05
New FOrds Will
Be On Display
Here Tomorrow

The new 1910 Ford V-8, featur-
ing finger-tip gearshift on the
steering column, will be on dis
play at the Ashe Motor Company
here tomorrow.
Enriched by refinements made
possible by the manufacture
under a single unified manage
ment Of five cars which virtual
ly bracket the motor car market,
the new 1910 Fords present not
able advances in styling, comfort,
convenience and safety.
Two V-8 engines are available,
an IS horsepower engine in the
Ford V-8 and the deluxe Ford,
with a so horsepower engine op-
tional in the Ford V-8.
The new cars also feature the
new sealed-beam headlamps,
which increase driving safety.
B. B. GRAPHICAL was in Char
lotte yesterday to get some new
cars.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-05
Three Injured
In An Accident
Yesterday, p. M.

Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Andrews and
her mother, Mrs. Hattie Sawyer,
were seriously injured in an I'M
usual automobile accident yester-
day afternoon near Warrensville.
The three were returning to
their home on Stages Creek in
Ford station wagon belonging
to Andrews, who was driving.
Instead of turning onto the
bridge which crosses New River
near Ex-Sheriff Henry Miller's
home, something happened to the
steering wheel and the car plung-
ed down an embankment and in
to the water, turning over as it
fell.
Mrs. Andrews and her mother
were thrown out of the car. Both
of them sustained severe cuts
about the legs and Andrews was
badly hurt, it was reported.
They were rushed to the Wilkes
hospital.