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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30
PERSONALS

PERSONALS
Mrs. M. W. Lloyd, of Detroit, ar
rived yesterday to visit her sis
ter, Mrs. Claude Howell at her
home in the Carolina apartments.
Miss Mercedes Catherwood will
visit relatives in Augusta, Ca, and
Greenville, S. c., before going to
Sullivans Island for a short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. K. Hutto left
Friday for New Orleans, Los An
geles, San Francisco and Holly
wood. While away they will attend
the fair.
Miss Mary Mohr will return to
Charlotte today after spending a
week of her vacation in New York
city and a week here with her
parents.
Miss Flora Kate Bethea, of Lat.
ia, S. c., and Charles N. Rogers,
of Huntsville, S. c., are the week.
end guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
S. Matthews, Jr., at their home at
Ais South Front street.
Mrs. Herman w. Dukes and
daughter, Phyllis, and Mrs. Har-
riss B.. Stone, and daughter, Flo
renee, have returned to the city
from Newberry, S. c.
DR.. and Mrs. J. Watts Farthing
left yesterday afternoon for a
weeks trip to the western part OF
the state.
Miss Elizabeth Nance, Miss Hazel
Willis, Miss Annie Pate Scott, have
returned to their homes in Lumber
ton, after spending the past week
at the Way cottage at Carolina
Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Lowrimore and
son, Johnny, of Brooklyn, N. Y, are
the guests of Mrs. Lowrimore's par
ents, MI. and Mrs. J.. W. Meyland
at their home on Perry venue
Friends will be interested to learn
that Mrs. Annie Council, mother of
Mrs. George Sloan, of Audubon, is
slightly improved following an oper-
alton on Tuesday at Bakers hospi-
tai in Lumberton.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Wescott are
visiting in Richmond, Washington
and the Shenandoah valley.
Miss Mary Hall, of Decatur, Ca,
is a guest in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. Low at Sunset Park.
Cadet Ernest F. Peschau, Jr., has
gone to Tuscaloosa, Ala, where he
has entered the U. S. Army Air
corps.
Miss Betty Wingfield, of Rich
mond, Va, is visiting her grand
mother, Mrs. William l.. Berry.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Savage and
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Witherspoon are
spending the weekend in Florence,
S. c., visiting relatives.
Miss Helen Dobson and Miss Lou
Use Page have returned to the city
from Goldsboro, where they attend
ed the Walker-smith wedding.
Miss Jacqueline Willard, of VAN
pee, S. c., is visiting her sister, Mrs.
D. C. Seasons at her home in Chest
nut Heights.
DR.. John F. Reed, Of Norfolk, who
has been visiting his daughter and
son-in-law, Major and Mrs. Angus
tuS Norton, at their home on CneSI-
nut street, will return to his home
on Monday.
Mrs. E. N. Walker has returned
to her home in Atlanta, Ca, after
spending some time with her moth
er, Mrs. Arthur K. Mallard at the
Casa del Mar cottage at Carolina
Beach.
George Bethel, who is studying
at State college in Raleigh,
made his first cross-country flight
on Friday, when he flew here to
spend the night with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. P. Bethel at
home in Oleander.
Among those spending the week
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30
Saturday Hours
9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
DIAL 1911
July
4th Party Is
Slated At Club

Several interesting social events
have been PLANNED for this week
# the Harbor Island annex for the
MEMBERS and their guests. On
tuesday morning the weekly
bridge luncheon will be held at
u:3O o'clock and on Friday after
mon the weekly bridge tea will
be given.
Attracting much interest among
the members are the plans fer the
annual social event at the club on
tte Fourth of July, when many of
tbe members and their holiday Wis
itors gather at the clubhouse for
This special entertainment of the
summer Reservations for this par
tv may be secured by calling the
clubhouse telephone 1929. All res
ervations must be made by Tues
day noon, July 2. /
Marriage announced
Mrs. NJ. j. Curry, Of Wilmington,
announces the marriage of her son,
Frank E. Curry to Miss Sadie
Gladys Golf, of Bedford, Va.
The ceremony took place Satur-
day afternoon, June %. Rev. c. M.
Robertson, of the First Baptist
church, officiated at the ceremony
which took place at his home in
Thaxton, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30

To open a bottle Of soft drink
without having it overflow, tip
the bottle at a slight angle and
the cap slowly. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30

Miss Martha jackson Loft
in, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles I. Loftin, of Gastonia,
whose engagement has been
announced to Hubert Glenn
Whaley, of Winston = Salem.
The wedding will take place
in August. Mr.. Whaley is a
native of Wallace, and a for
mer resident of Wilmington,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30
Marriage

Uruguay does not have capital
punishment.
Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18

also-ran the first day, because Gran
dali was taking it easy. He had been
a jockey in his youth, and had won
a 100-mile race in Madison county II
years before by outsmarting IA other
riders. Practically all his life had been
spent around corrals and he knew his
horses
After covering the first half of the
PIG miles the first day he was too
sick to eat. He slept with his horse
in Billings stable and was off early
the next morning with two lemons
for nourishment.
No Riding Clothes
Crandall did not dress like a range
rider. He wore regular shoes and
trousers, while most of the other COM
petitors wore the usual cowboy boots
and breeChes. AS far as Mac was
concerned, he might Just as well have
put boots and chaps on the horse,
because he figured on doing his share
Of the trotting too. When the others
began to follow Crandalls strategy
they learned that they were dressed
for riding, not foot racing.
When Lavina was reached the SEE
ond day of the race the other men
stopped only 10 minutes to feed and
water their horses and then started
their desperate dash to the city hall.
Crandall was in no hurry. He rested
his horse for an hour and 10 minutes
before starting the return Journey.
Not once in the long Journey did
Mac think that he would lose. Before
leaving Lavina he stopped to tele-
phone his boss Conway, and calmly
announced that he was in last posi-
he would win the race.
The imperturbable Crandall then
started on the last lap. The other
horses had begun to wilt under the
heat and the enormity of their task,
but his bay stallion was fresh and
willing. One by one he passed the
other plodders and finally the leaders
ahead when he was telephoning.
Three miles from the finish line.
Muggins showed his heels to Goldbug
and Daily while Mac yelled his chal-
longing greeting
The pace at which the others were
travelling can be estimated by Macs
finishing 20 minutes ahead of his
nearest rivals. Ten miles outside the
city limits, IS impatient horsemen
paced him to the steps of the city
hall
Wins $500 Purse
Here the judges, John Ramsey. Bud
Littlepage and Gerald Patton, present.
ed Mac with the purse of $500 as the
flrst-place winner. The other two
prizes which were decided by the ~
inch advantage that Goldbug had over
Daily were $500 and 5000. This $1,000
had been raised by popular subscrip-
ton in Billings.
Bettors who had placed their money
at long odds on Muggins, and scores
of others who had taken Teddy against
the field, showered Crandall with gifts
and cash. The prize money had been
split with Conway, but the rider was
Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18

service. and as they proceeded down.
stream they made their craft pay its
way BY carrying passengers and freight
from own to town. In the course OF
time they reached the gulf and then
retraced their way back up the Mis-
SSsippi, headed for the Montana gold
camps
In the summer Of 1867, H. J. Wack
erin of Fort Benton. then a youth
OF II was living with his parents at
81. Joe, Mo Almost daily he had seen
the boats going and coming between
ST. Louis and Fort Benton. and he had
met and talked with many frontiers
men who had wonderful stories to tell
Of the Rocky mountains and the
wealth they contained Being a boy
of spirit his Imagination was fired
BY these stories and he determined to
seek his fortune in the far west. He
saved his money toward the purchase
Of passage up the river.
One day river steamer locked at
the wharf at St. Joe, westward bound
and ;oung Wackerlin strolled down to
the river TO look i over. The men
who came ashore looked different
from ordinary river men and attracted
his interest. He got into conversation
with the captain. who gave his name
as Miller, and to him the boy con-
fided his ambition to reach Montana.
Captain Miller offered to take him as
a passenger, and a bargain was struck
for passage to Fort Benton for $3.50.
The next day they cast off and the
boat continued on its way up the
Missouri.
Wackerlin a Crack Shot
At first the boy had no idea of the
character of the men who composed
the crew of the Richmond. He found
on board passengers, who. like him
self. had engaged passage to Fort
Benton, and some of these became
lifelong friends One was the late
Peter Walton OF Deer Lodge, for half
century a leading merchant OF
Powell county.
Young Wackerlin was a crack shot
with a rifle, and his craftsmanship
won the admiration OF Captain Miller
and his crew of desperadoes. The Xix
ing they took to him on this account
served to make his stay aboard the
steamer far pleaSanter than 1t might
otherwise have been.
AS he became acquainted with the
men of the Richmond, he gradually
Glacier County chief., 1940-10-18

the big winner All that he has left
OF the results of his feat are a pair
Of SPURS.
Muggins' peak of glory was even
more short-lived. He returned to the
livery stable and was soon sold to
haul delivery wagon. Crandall could
not bear to see such a stout-hearted
horse doing mental work, SO he ar
ranged to buy the animal. This was
year after the race and the horse was
then Z years old, but Mac felt that
Muggins had earned a pension. He
put it out to rove the range at Garvin
basin until the animal died 20 years
later
Mac Crandall was born in Virginia
City when 1t was a hel-roaring min
trade.
He has made his living breaking in
colts, training horses, and at the crest
OF his prosperity, owned a racing
string. Today he divides his time be-
shop and his corral on the north side,
where he rents saddle horses.
In spite of the fact that Crandail
has ample opportunity to tell Of his
exploits to customers in the barber
chair and equestrians who rent his
have heard the tale of Crandall's 216-
mile iaunt. The man who was at one
time the best known horseman in the
northwest modeStly nurtures the men,
ory of his most remarkable achieve
ment.
A dilapidated photograph of Mug
gins used to hang in the beer hail
next to the barber shop. But now
the race is all but forgotten, and the
picture of the stalwart Hamiltonian-
bred horse has been placed out of
sight.
Perhaps one reason why little Is
generally known about the endurance
race was because Of the tragic results
OF the shorter Women,S contest. After
this race, the owners were ashamed
to tell of the condition of the mounts
course at full speed. 1t is widely &C
copied that five horses died during
or shortly after the race, but the
names of only four of these are known.
The route, which actually measured
SO miles, passed through Billings three
times during the day. The horsewomen
left the city hall at a. m. on the
five miles west. They returned through
the city and followed the road east
to the Dove ranch, near the Huntley
bridge: The last stretch was the return
to Billings.
Although IA registered for the race,
ID unlucky horses entered, and before
full day had elapsed, almost half
of that number was dead. The winner
was Eunice Scott, who rode Doc
fast time OF hours and II minutes.
Only three other mounts finished
Buttermilk, with Marguerite Enocns
up; Mailer, ridden by Mrs. S. E. With
am of Pompey's Pillar, and Red Bird,
with Amanda Jones up.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-11

the pain isn't too great, she does
fancy work for the few pennies chat
she can earn. During the last eight
months she has earned ten dollars.
Ten dollars is a lot Of money when
you haven't any money at all, ~.
The doctors think she might be
made TO walk again if only she could
have the proper treatment and the
exercise that a sanitarium could
give But sanitariums cost money
probably s20o a month And there
isn't any money. It has been eight
years now She is thirty-tWo.
81 know there are many people
who have more cause for sorrow
than Z and 1 know that 1 really do
have much to be thankful for. -
Sure, she can be thankful for the
air she breaths, and for the sun
light that occasionally steals into
her window, and for the sparrows
that chirp in the caves - if there
are any sparrows.
It was 1882 that is happened
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-11
KlNY Staying ON
PROPER FREQUENCY,
MANAGER STATES

A statement that radio station
KINY is on its proper frequency
at all times and that the station is
SO closely guarded by the Govern
ment daily that it cannot get off
it's wave band without being Sc
verely reprimanded, was made by
Manager G. B. Arnold at today's
Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
Arnold said the signers of a re-
cent letter complaining about KINY
being "all over the diar had all
repudiated their statements asking
hat their protest to the Federal
Communications Commission be ig-
nored.
When KINY comes in at more
than one place on the dial, the fault
lies with the radio receiving set, Mr..
Arnold said.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-11
DISPUTE
SETTLED
ON SHIP
Mckinley Will Sail from
Seattle : Details
NOT Given

SEATTLE, Jan. led Coest-
er, Business Agent for the Sail.
Ors Union of the Pacific, said
the dispute which tied up the
steamer Mount Mckinley, has
been settled.
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany has announced new sail
ing date for January 20, at
a. m.
Coester did not give details OF
the dispute settlement.
The dispute arose last week
when sailors and firemen asked
their living quarters be moved
from the forecastle to amid
ships. t"t-
Meanwhile, the Alaska went
into commission to take the
Saturday sailing of the Alaska
Steamship Company to South
east and Southwest Alaska ports.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-11
sp sIssglz

LOS ANGELES Cal, Jan. IL
When a woman develops a fear
complex toward her husband, it's
time to cali quits to marriage
At least that was the contention
of Mrs. Margaret G. Bean. And it
won divorce from Leland G.
Bean.
Mrs Bean told Superior Court
Judge Georgia Bullock that her
husband had threatened her per-
sistently with bodily harm.
Finally, under the pressure Of
the constantly repeated threats, she
developed a fear complex Mrs.
Bean related.
All of which came under the
head of extreme cruelty" a situa-
ton which decided Judge Bullock
o grant divorce decree.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-11
POPULATION
OF ASkA
OVER 10000
Census Supervisor States
First Division Total
TO Be $4,000

Prediction that the 1910 census
will show Alaska's population to
be well above 10000" was made
today by Census Supervisor j. P.
Anderson. The 1890 total was 3d.
278.
Returns in the First Division in
dictate the population will run in
excess Of 25,000 in comparison with
the 1904 ten years ago, he said
Population schedules for four
Southeast Alaska towns where
enumerating is complete have been
placed in the mail for Washington,
Anderson said. Juneau, in the final
figure, will have more than $500,
he disclosed. The Channel popula-
ton he estimated at 1900.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-11
MORGAN REPORTS
SITkA IS BUSY

Sitka represents mice picture"
of building and progress, according
to Tom Morgan of the Columbia
Lumber Company, who returned
on the Northland this afternoon
after a roundtrip to the Historic
City with his wife and son.
Morgan said work on the new
Sitka Hotel is ahead of schedule
and considerable other building
work is keeping Sitkans busy.
The Sitka mill of the Columbia
Lumber Company is working stead
lily, Morgan said, giving employ
ment to quite a few local resi-
dents, and Petersburg logger Cor
don Mcdonald is logging across
from Sitka at Deep Inlet.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-11
BRISTOL BAY
REGULATIONS
Rou5ING IRE
WaIIgren Puts Fisheries
Men on Spot Before
House Group

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Repre-
sentative Mon S. Wallgren of the
State of Washington, told Bureau
of Fisheries officials testifying be-
fore the House Merchant Marine
and Fisheries subcommittee today
that 1910 regulations covering fish
ing in Alaskan waters are entirely
too drastic.
Wallgren questioned w. B. Bowers,
Chief of the Alaska Service, and
DR.. F. A. Davidson, Chief of Bio
logical Labora tories as to the reason
for the fifty percent curtailment OF
fishing in certain Alaska waters.
Wallgren said he had written
Ickes demanding a reason for the
curtailment and added he would
do his utmost to have the regula-
tons relaxed.
Bureau officials said they believed
the restrictions necessary and made
the best survey possible with the
limited funds at their command.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-11
RaIston Protests
As Street Crew
Sands Sfreets

Ninth Street and Gold Street are
closed to up-and-down automobile
traffic, and Chief of Police Dan
Ralston has set aside those streets
for children's coasting.
This morning at City Hall Gar
age, remembering his own coasting
days, Chief Ralston raised Cain"
with street crews that had sanded
some of the intersections,
TT slows the kids up too much =
Ralston complained-and the street
crews stopped their sabotage.
Ralston warned drivers against
traffic on the restricted coasting
hills and says every intersection
should be observed by a full stop
before crossing.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-11
Little. Port
Waller Had
Most Rain ]!
Station Reports 1888 In
ehes for Year Double
Juneau Total

Rainfall at Little Port Walter,
wettest spot in Alaska, was more
than twice that Of Juneau in the
year just closed, according to re-
ports received by the U. S. Wealth
er Bureau office here.
The Little Port Walter precipi-
tation total for 1899 was 255.23
inches, more than 81 feet of water.
Last year the Little Port Walter
station reported an all-time, all
Alaska high of 264-53 inches.
Latouche, which held the Al
aska record with 1926's 24814 inches
until last year, reported 2o6,93
inches for 1899. The normal at La
touche is 17B.79 inches.
Contrast Within Few Miles
At Warm Springs Bay, the Bar
anof station reported 1877 inches
for 1889. Just across the island at
Sitka the normal rainfall is mere
87.13 inches.
Juneau had 1898 inches in the
year just closed. Ketchikan had
$1,000 inches up to December !
Normal there is 1909 inches.
Contributing to the Little Port
Walter total was fall of 1891
inches in October, 1888 in No
vember and 1929 in December. La
touche had the wettest single
month, 40.68 inches in December
closely followed by 40.5l for thu
same month at Warm Springs Bay
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-11
Last Summers
Postcard
Finally Arrives

Mailed at Ketchikan last June 3D.
a postcard was received here yes
terday.
The slow mail was addressed to
H. B. Brown, who lives at 121 God
Street, by a friend who starts off
his message with: well, it's about
time I was dropping you a card. ;
The Ketchikan postmark on the
card is dated June %, 1899. The
Juneau postmark is January 8,
1910. Mrs. Brown found the card
in their postoffice box yesterday.
Postoffice officials were at a loss
to explain where the card had been
for the past six months.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-11
GoIdstein Rink
Is Out Of
Picture

The Goldstein Building skating
rink. where ice has formed in the
basement of the fire-razed structure,
is mo more as far as the Juneau
Police Department is concerned.
Chief of Police Ralston today
threw up his hands in despair and
said. IF the kids don't want skat-
ing rink there and keep throwing
debris maliciously on the ice, I can't
do anything about it.
1t had been planned to make the
old basement a downtown rink for
children.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-11

That's long time ago. If you were
only eight years old then, you are
sixteen now. Think of all the things
that have happened since you were
eight. There was Repeal of the Pro-
hibition act. DiIlinger was shot Al
fonso Of Spain had to flee on a bat
tleship. Then Hitler came. II was q
warm, sunshiny day when Austria
DISAPPEARED Then Czechoslovakia
walked the plank. There was a war
in Spain. And before that one in
Ethiopia. Poland was next. Since
1882 seven Rose Bowl games have
been played. Babe Ruth has faded
out of baseball. Tom Mooney has
been freed. And war, which has been
gathering all these years, has spread
like a sad. wild flame from one end
of Europe to the other
81 want so much some Of the
things life offers that can't be found
in rocking chair. I know many
people go through life crippled and
handicapped in many ways, and you
never heard a word from them how
unhappy they are-but I guess I'm
not big enough to take it. do not
mean to imply that I'm unhappy
It's just that I want more.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-11
CUSTOMS OFFICE
AT PETERSBURG
CLOSED FOR TIME

The u S. Customs office at Pet
ersburg will be closed temporarily
while the Deputy Collector there
gees TO Ketchikan for temporary
duty due to the illness CT the Depu-
ty Collector in Charge at the First
City. it was announced here to-
day by the Collector of Customs.
Deputy Collector J. J. billiard
will so from Petersburg to Ketchi-
kan on the Northland tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-11
new INITIATION
SHELTER IN Use

New balloon initiation shelter on
the roof of the Federal Building
was used for the first time last
night by the Weather Bureau. The
nightly balloon ascension was wit
messed by 20 Boy Scouts from the
Legion and Northern Light troops,
who paid visit to the local office.
A new coaxial lead-in cable for
the radio-sonde receiving instru-
ment is also ready for use.