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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-17
Burial Groups Are To
Face Regulations

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! associations, mutual and otherwise,
are set to make him reach for the
headache powders during the next few
weeks.
Practically unknown until just a
few years ago, this type of insurance
has become so popular that the big
gest of health and accident companies
are taking cognizance of its cOmpeti-
ton. There have sprung up within the
past five years a multiplicity of CON-
panies, associations and groups all
contracting to pay hospital bills, and
in many instances other expenses of
illness, for a fee. Some of these are
purely mutual, and the premium
charge is flexible; others are frank
iy for the purpose of making money
for stockholders and the premiums
charged are fixed so as to leave a safe
margin At that, it is relatively cheap
insurance and low-salaried folk and
Wage-earners have spent a lot Of
money for the protection.
! Although definitely insurance bus
ness, these associations are not now
under supervision of the State Insur-
ance Department. That is what makes
the fight imminent. Old line CON-
panies, who have to meet the rigid
| requirements of North Carolina STATE
! .aw do not propose to allow such az
| i've competition to remain unregulat-
ed. A powerful lobby is being organic
| ed to look after the interests of the
! big companies, and the pickings are
| 100 luscious for the associations for
Them to sit idly by
| For years the mutual burial .aSsO-
Citations thrived in this State with
out regulation or supervision by any
state agency. Some of them were very
inc, were financially responsible, and
met all claims promptly. Others were
nothing but schemes for energetic or
ganizerS to take money away from q
gullible public, the individuals among
which did not like the idea of not be
ing properly buried when they died.
Commissioner Boney inspired the Les
islation which resulted in the past twu
legislatures in reasonably adequate
supervision of the burial societies
Now when man joins a burial So
ciety he can be confident that he will
sometime be buried, provided hi
.:eeps up his payments.
The present status of hospital care
associations is that of burial societies
live or six years ago. Inquiry at the
insurance department yesterday aft
ernoon elected the information thai
the department has no idea how many
such associations are functionin ?
what their capitalization or respon
5ibility amounts to, nor any other fac
which a sane business man woul;
want to know about a company in
;hich he invested money for any pur-
pose. Department officials were non
onmittaI about their attitude toward
proposed legislation, but. representa-
ives of insurance companies are be
ginning to-ialk.
The bill has not yet been written
Tut quite likely will be prepared thi:
week. Besides the powerful outsi6
obby which will try to bring the hos
pital associations under the l1sur
lncc department, the idea will hav,
lt lee: t one staunch champion On H..
floor of the Senate in the person %
Senator John Umstead Of Orange
those business connection is with
zig life insurance company
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-17

policy. If our highway revenues, to
gether with Federal aid funds, are
not adequate to properly maintain
our primary system, what is going to
happen to our secondary and farm
to-market roads if we take $1,000, 900
out of the highway fund and use It
for general purposes"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-17

Mrs Neville Chamberlain offers as
a remedy for seasickness: fix the
mind on something that isn't there.
Think about surplus in the United
States treasury, for instance.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-17

tener who loves music-a program
of high musical worth, intimate ap-
peal and great variety.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-17

Listeners could understand con-
yressmen's speeches better perhaps if
hey knew who were their CONNER
.cia1 sponsors.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-17

The Ionian Singers will appear here
under the auspices of Henderson Co
operative Concert Association.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-04
Seattle Girls Have Delightful
Vacation AT Wrangell

Waving gay farewells and calling
coming back next year. Patricia o.
Malley and jeanette deDerochers
boarded the Princess Charlotte Tues
day night returning to Seattle where
they are employed on the P.-I, Miss
O'Malley in the circulation depart
ment and Miss deDerochers in the
classified ad department.
Their two-weeks' vacation has
been delightful They arrived here
ON Canadian steamer in the MORN
ing of July 25 and left that after
noon on the Hazel B No. 2 for Tele
graph Creek. Gorgeous sunshine
streaming over the water and touch
ing the mountains in glory, framed
a never to be forgotten scene as the
craft swung out from the dock. They
found a delightful group of passen-
gers aboard and enjoyed every min
ute of the cruise. AT the boundary
where the boat tied up the first
night, a moon half full and unus-
ually brilliant cast a glamorous
glow over the river. Just at its
height at midnight the northern
lights added new beauty to the
moonlit night as the lights glowed
and faded, touching the mountain
peaks bordering the river and flam-
ing again into the overhead ceiling.
The girls were assured by the boat
crew that they had the show put
on just for their benefit.
On Wednesday night the boat tied
up at Butterfly creek. They had
moonlight again and the ships or
chestra entertained most delight
fully At Telegraph Greek they made
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-04

the trip to the Tahltan lava beds by
motor truck. Every moment of the
trip was filled with enjoyment and
the girls are very certain there is
not a comparable trip in the world.
Asked what they would always re-
member as the outstanding enjoy
ment of the trip the girls looked at
each other, laughed and in unison
cried, the food" Then in quick
succession they mentioned the cour-
tesy and fun provided by the boat
crew from Captain Hill Darlington
to Deaf Dan, the beauty of the
scenery, defying all description, the
grizzly they saw ON the river bank
and the innumerable glaciers along
the way.
Returning to Wrangell they were
lavishly entertained until their de-
parture by their old friends, the
Barringtons, and new friends gained
here.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-04
Defendants Ask Jury
Trial In Fish Case

Charged with fishing in a closed
area the seineboat Loeolite was
seized Friday by Bureau Of Fisher
les officers. Everett Pettierew Joe
Petticrew and their younger half
brother, Alan Mckay, were aboard
the boat.
In the hearing before L. S. Com
missioner Richard Suratt Saturday
afternoon, they were represented by
w. G. Stump. Ketchikan attorney,
who entered a plea of not guilty
and asked for a jury trial.
The commissioner released the
boat aud the men on their own re-
cognizance until a trial is held.
This probably will be next Tuesday,
that being the nearest date pros
ecuting attorney from Juneau and
defendants counsel can meet here.
The fish aboard the Locolite at
the time of seizure was sold for
$3.50 which is being held subject
to the judgment OF the court.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-04
Children Must Have
Physical Examination

During the month of July, ~
school children were examined by
DR.. Clements, with Miss Helen
Johnson, Public Health Nurse as
sisting. These examinations have
been made earlier than usual this
year in order that parents may know
of needed corrections and have an
opportunity to arrange for them to
be made before school starts in the
fall
Miss Johnson requests that all
children planning to enter school
in WrangelI next September, who
have not yet been examined, be
brought to DR.. Clements office Mon
day morning, August z, at 10 o.
clock.
In order that the doctor may
discuss with parents any special
problems, it is desirable that if
at all possible. one Of the parents
be present at the examination of
each child
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-04
TWO-WAY RADIO REGULATIONS
ORDERED FOR ALASKA PILOTS

JUNEAU - Licensed passenger
planes must carry two-way radio
communication equipment in the
near future, according to Dudley
Reynolds, assistant to the super
visor of the Alaska aeronautics and
communications commission. Glenn
Goudie, supervisor of the AACC, and
his office was directed to draw up
such a regulation at a recent meet
ing of the commission at Bell island
with Governor John W. Troy and
NJ C. Hoppin, new head Of the civil
aeronautics authority in Alaska.
Specifications and regulations for
enforcement of the new law will
force two-way radios on all passen-
ger carrying planes operating out
side of a 25-mile radius.
Right to make such regulation Is
granted in the 1897 territorial act
creating the Alaska aeronauties and
communications commission and de-
signaling its powers.
It was also decided at the meet
ing to draw up preventative regu-
lations governing blocking of facili-
ties for marine airplanes.
third decision of the body was
to install and operate new AACC
station at Goddard Hot Springs,
near sitka, the equipment coming
from st. Michael, where a Northern
Commercial company station has
obYiated the need for territorial
equipment.
Hoppin, expressing his common
dations of the work of the AACG,
announced at the meeting that he is
requesting an emergency appropri-
alton of $45O,OOO from congress to
operate meteorological and range
stations this year.
Governor Troy announced the ap,
pointment of Thomas A. Donohoe,
Cordova attorney and aviator, as a
member of the commission, filling
the vacancy created by the recent
death of M. D. Kirkpatrick.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-04
Heavy Road Machinery
Shipped DeaSe Lake

An eleyen-ton bulldozer with two
tons in parts, when mad arrived
from Vancouver Friday morning on
the Princess Louise constituting The
heaviest piece of machinery handled
by the Barrington's this season, was
taken to Telegraph Creek on the
Hazel B No. Tuesday afternoon.
The machine, valued at 100000,
was destined for the B. C. govern
ment road for which $4,000 was
appropriated to be built from Dease
Lake to Boulder creek. A winter
road was built last winter over
which much heavy mining equip
ment was taken into Boulder for
this seasons operations.
The bulldozer will put the winter
road into condition so that trucks
may get into Boulder. The As miles
of road can be built inexpensiyely
due to the nature of the route, much
of it passing over gravel bars.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-04
u. Aid Vocational
Education Alas. Ends

Federal aid for vocational edu-
cation in Alaska, which amounted tc
$11,511.39 in the last fiscal year
is now at an end, Territorial Com
missioner of Education Anthony E.
Karnes announced in Juneau this
week.
During the past two years the
Federal office of Education has ap.
proved the use of Federal vocation
al funds in matching the amounts
paid out by the Territory and the
cities in vocational classes, even
though the Territory appropriated
no special funds for these services
Use of Federal funds in the future
will not be given approval until the
Legislature appropriates funds spe-
cially for this purpose, Karnes said
In the future, the Commissioner
stated, the Territory and it's cities
will stand this extra cost, as the
courses are given regularly even
without Federal aid.
Inc commissioner has just senC III
his last annual report, and along
with it, returned to the Treasurer OF
the United States the sum of $67,-
947.11, which represents the unex-
pended balance of Federal funds.
Even though the last two Legis-
latures have not appropriated funds
RI match tho FedaraI funds for yo-
cational work, the Commissioner
announced that practically every
where he goes the people voluntarily
announce their interest in providing
education for the many who do not
go to college.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-04

William Berger came into town
this week from his homestead ON
Sergeif island, on his first visit
to Wrangell in three years.
Nine years ago he discontinued
his wood business and took up
1876 acres on Sergeif, where he
raises cattle, berries and vege-
tables. He has 25 acres under cul-
tiVation. In the rich island soil.
crops grow prodigiously and cat
tie thrive on the rich sedge. De-
spite an over abundance of rain
and an under supply Of sunshine
this season, Mr.. Berger says he has
surprisingly good crops. The great
err part of his strawberries softened
and spoiled on the vines in the past
week due to too much rain and a
lack of. pickers at the right time.
His trip to town was made to
consult DR.. Clements regarding a
bum leg that has caused him much
inconvenience for several years.
Mr.. Berger left his home near Chi
cago in 1896. He went first to Col
orado and Idaho and in 1898 was
one of the small army of men who
came to Wrangell in an effort to
reach the Klondike by way of Glen
ora on the Stikine river. He reach
ed Glenora but after looking oveI
the situation returned to Wrangell
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-04
Canadians Enjoy Trip
Illinois TO HazeltOn

Robert Carnahan, fruit grower
at LaHarpe, Illinois, accompanied by
Mrs. Carnahan are interested yisi-
tors i'll Wrangell today. They arrived
last night on the Alaska which they
boarded at Ketchikan.
The Canadians drove from La
Harpe to Hazelton, British Column
bia. In the past twelve years they
have had eleven long auto trips, but
they declare that the 892 miles of
the Cariboo trail from Vancouver to
Hazelton is the most beautiful trip
they have ever had. The road is
good all the way, narrow in places,
but not dangerously SO, and at many
points it is being widened.
They were at Hazelton when the
Canadian and American commission
ers were investigating routes for
the proposed international highway,
and their sympathies are all for the
coastal route.
From Hazelton the Canadians
travelled by rail to Prince Rupert
where they boarded a Canadian Ma
tional steamer to Ketchikan, then
came on to Wrangell last night.
They are leaving tonight ON the
Princess Louise for Prince Rupert
enroute to Hazelton where they left
their car.
AS soon as the international high
way is built they are coming back
to Alaska for a second visit.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-04
REV. PETERSON TO BE ABSENT
MONTH FROM DUTIES HERE

Rev. Russell f. Peterson, pastor
of the Presbyterian church at Wran-
CELL and chairman of the national
missions committee in Alaska for the
Presbyterian church. left Monday
night on the Columbia for Seattle.
Much of his time will be occu-
pied in church business but he will
have a brief visit with his parents
in Spokane before meeting the Cali
fornia Christian Endeayor tour at
either Seattle or Portland. The tour
will leave Seattle on August 16 for
southeastern Alaska cruise aboard
the steamer Alaska. Mr.. Peterson
will accompany the members
throughout the tour, leaving them
at Ketchikan southbound on August
rs.
During his absence services at the
Presbyterian church will be carried
on by the church elders and Mrs.
Peterson.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-04
NEWTPANSFORNER, METER EQUIPMENT
WILL Be USEn BY CITY AT INSTITUTE

/ that our bank has for years carried
the Towns deficit in the way Of
loans and warrants to enable the
town to pay its own expenses"
The bank is now paying in govern
mental taxes approximately $4,000
per year to operate in Wrangell,
stated Mr.. Thornquist. He said that
the bank pays a tax on its capital
stock at Anchorage none, however,
at skagway. He pointed out, in ad-
dition, that the City of Anchorage
carries in the neighborhood of $50
10000 ON deposit at all times and
athis amount increases during certain
times of the year, from which ae-
count the bank earns several times
more than the taxes it pays.
When the Town of Wrangell car
ries an account of that size or even
half" said Mr.. Thornquist. "let US
then talk taxes or comparison. IN
til such a time we feel it is to your
towns decided advantage to do all
it can to assist the bank here in
stead of running the risk of losing
it He said they would ignore any
tax statement sent until such time
statement was received which was
fair and just according to the facts
presented.
In the comment following the
reading of the letter, it was brought
out that the clerk, as tax assessor,
had raised the personal taxes of the
bank by $24.60, this representing
taxing $4,000 of the capital
stock of $25,O00.00, upon which no
previous assessment has ever been
made in Wrangell.
Under committee reports Council
man Wheeler chairman of Health
and Police, opened a discussion of
the garbage situation in Wrangell.
1t was proposed to draw up a gar
bage disposal ordinance as none ex-
lists, but no action was taken. The
clerk was instructed to inform all
restaurant owners that they must
stop dumping refuse on the water
front
The matter of fire hazards in the
town was discussed and Fire Chief
Lloyd was directed by the council to
begin the latter part of this month
continuing into September if neces-
sary, a systematic inspection of ey-
cry building in Wrangell with writ
tea report on each building as to
fire hazards. Every building, the
council insists, is going to be thor
oughly inspected and if a hazard
exists, such must Immediately be
remedied.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-04

The city council last n It auth
orized H. Wellons, city t plant
operator, to buy new mete equip
ment for use at Wrangell institute
which will cost approximately $500.
Mr.. Wellons explained lat when
the Institute was built. Mr.. Cray,
head of the Interstate Power &
Light Company, which owned the
light plant unit upon which the city
was making payments, did not APP
prove of the Institutes wiring in
stallation and insisted upon the
city's installing a meter ahead of
the transformer. In this way the In
dian Bureau for the past eight years
has paid the line losses. Realizing
they had made a mistake in their
wiring, said Mr. Wellons. the Insti-
tute is now changing their wiring
system and authorities ask that me-
tering be transferred from outside
to inside the transformer.
Prom the current sold to the In
stitute in the past two years" Mr..
WeIIons said, the city has averaged
a profit of $4,000 a month. With
the new meter system requested the
Institute will save $4,000 a month
and the city will lose about $1,000.
Bank Protests Tax Raise
The correspondence read by the
city clerk included a letter from H.
B. ThornQuist, cashier of the Bank
of Wrangell, protesting the action
of the city council when, sitting as
Board of Equalization. it raised the
assessed valuation of the personal
property of the bank. He said that
while he had not been informed why
the assessed valuation was raised
above last year, since the matter
had been brought up by the clerk
he assumed the raise was a part of
the banks capital stock.
It was Mr. Thornquist's conten-
ton that the Town of Wrangell is
not justified in including any part
of the banks capital stock as a tax
able item and said he thought it
most ungrateful for the Town of
Wrangell or any one connected with
it to bring up the matter Of capital
stock in connection with taxes or
even to suggest or consider it.
ct should not be necessary for
US to point out the ngratefulness
of such a suggestion" wrote Mr..
Thornquist, considering, not only
that we have taken such heavy loss
es in our bank here in Wrangell
that not during the time of any one
now living can we expect to make
up for them, but also considering
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-04
PRISONERS
ARE FLOWN
OUT TO JAIL

Constable ]. b. Gray, Of the Can
adian B. c. police with headquar-
ters at Telegraph Creek, arrived on
the Hazel B. No. 2 Friday night
with three Indian prisoners, two
men and a girl from the upper Lizard
district who had been sentenced at
Telegraph Creek and were enroute
to Prince Rupert Mrs. Gray acted
as matron for the girl.
Unable to secure accommodations
aboard the Canadian liner Princess
Alice southbound from Wrangell
that night, the constable Saturday
chartered the Jimmy Rinehart plane
10 Prince Rupert.
During Constable and Mrs. Gray's
absence from Wraugell their child
rem, Allen two years old and Byrl,
four years old, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs A. w. II. Smith.
On arrival at Ketchikan the
plane was held there by rain. so the
Canadian officer lodged his prison
ers in the federal Jail They we're
Bronson Tom, "a, sentenced TO
year for contributing to the delin-
queney of a minor; Dan Lutes, 40
sentenced to six months for viola
ton of the Canadian game act, and
Ida Allen 1t, bound over to the
superintendent of neglected chill
dren at New Westminster for an in
definite term. The men were sen
fenced to the Okalla jail, New West
minister.
1t was the first time any of the
prisoners had ever been out of the
B. c. wilds and they were enor-
mously interested in the sights at
Wrangell. They were very docile and
followed the constable without at
tempting to escape While at Wran-
CELL they were kept under custody
at the hotel.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-04
HAZEL B NO. 2 TAKES IN
HEAVY ROAD MACHINERY

The Hazel B No. Captain Hill
Darlington, sailed Tuesday after
noon for Telegraph Creek. Passen-
gers carried were ]. e. Moran, Max
Stevens, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Milotte
Constable and Mrs. ]. B. Gray, Byrl
and Allan Gray.
Passengers on the down trip arriv'
ing here Friday evening were ]. G.
Brady, Hugh Mcdonald, Constable
and Mrs. Gray and two children, P
w. Forrest, Alec Mcmillan, Bron-
son Tom, Dan Lutes, Ida Allen and
seven returning round trippers: John
de Marbois, Geo. Moss, Mrs. o. Gun
derson, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rasmus'
sen, Miss Patricia O'Malley and Mis-
Jeannet deDeroehers-
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-08-04
CITY REVENUES
FROM LIQUOR
GIVEN BIGCUT

Liquor revenue received by the
Town of Wrangell is now confined
to half the license money, City Clerk
L. B. Chisholm told the city eoun-
ell at its regular meeting last night.
During the 1897 council year hall
the liquor licenses and so per cent
of the excise taxes paid by Wrangell
liquor stores and beer dispensaries
and refunded by the territory to the
city amounted approximately to
$4,000.
Mr.. Chisholm recently wrote to
Territorial Treasurer Oscar Olson
calling his attention to the fact that
excise taxes for 1898 had not been
refunded.
In reply Mr.. Olson referred 10
Chapter rs which was passed by the
territorial legislature in 1887. It
provides for the disposition of liquor
licenses only, with no mention made
of excise taxes so the territory is
now retaining all of the excise and
refunding to cities only half the Ii
cense moneys collected within the
incorporated limits.
This action cut Wrangell's reve-
nue. from liquor sources to $3.50 IN
1898 and this year it IS anticipated
the revenue will be approximately
fifty dollars lower for the year.