The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-06-02
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This statehood business on which The Sentinel. among others, has baop laying considerable stress in recent months, isn't, by the way. new subject. particularly for the venerable old Sentinel.
 Among the filled away for refer enee and never found" material we recently uncovered in moving. we came across a copy of The Sentinel dated Jan. IS, 1916, at which time Paul F. StanhOpe was the editor Browsing through its columns we| found that 28 years ago statehood was showing its head as an issue or some moment. Said Editor StanhopeI in 1916: |
 !" In our last issue we published letter from Thomas B. Drayton, touching upon the issue of state hood for Alaska. This is an issue that is very prominent before theI people of Alaska today, and while Mir. Drayton's letter touches but one side of the subject, he brings many facts before us that are worthy of mention.
 statehood for Alaska, until the, last few years, was considered a dream of a futurist but the matter is being brought to the minds of the Alaska people in stronger terms each year And, while We do not state that the time is now right for admission of Alaska as state We do believe that the time is not far distant and that before many years have rolled away Alaska will be the 18th state and another star will be added to old Glory"
 Star isn't yet added, 28 years lat CT, but it might be significant that virtually every candidate who was lukeWarm on statehood in the re- cent primary was defeated.
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 Crystal Snow Jenne, who was rel gently appointed Postmaster at Jul neau, has told friends she will con- tinue to seek a seat in the TerritOr- ial Senate for which she won a nomination in the primary. It would appear to mean that Mrs. Jenne will not take the Juneau P0st-0ffiee or | will delay taking it over until after the next Legislature. Meanwhile, al push is being made in KetchikaR to get the name of Ragnar Hansen on the ballot, in the event Mrs. Jenne should withdraw. Hansen was a Democratic candidate for theI House in the primary. Joe Green, of Haines, however was next highI man to Mrs. Jenne in the Senate race.
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 An interesting item comes in: Former Mayor Harry Lucas of Jul neau and R. L. Los Bernard, for-I mer Vice President of Juneau's Wrong Way" Empire. have signed on as fish wardens with the fisher ies division of the Fish and Wild life service for the summer.
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 Stikine district is officially closed for the month of June, according to c. H. Baltzo, new agent here for the Fish and Wildliie, who succeeds Mark Meyer, who has been trans terred to Kodiak for the summer. At a meeting some weeks ago with Agent Meyer local fishermen recom- mended closing the area from June l to 26 to all types of gear. Bur eau needed the recommendation but extended the closed eriod for the fnll calendar month. For fishermen concerned, chart of the area affect ed is posted at the cold storage plant( Agent BaItzo reported.
 Meyer and Roy Lindsley, who also was here, left last Sunday on the fisheries vessel Swan for the West ward. Lindsley will skipper the Swan while Meyer will be incharge of the Kodiak district. Baltzo will be in charge here with Clifford Close as skipper on the Auklet and John Grover as engineer.