The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-01

concrete. A saving of many dollars
 to the taxpayers and which has proven itselI as satisfactory as the. more expensive concrete.
 He helped to secure Che present road to the Alaska Packers can nery, going to Juneau to talk to public rUaus officials and obtaining a 945,U0O appropriation for it's con suucuion.
 alnce I95I Fred t. Hanford has been memBer oI tne Hospital
 Board. A year ago when our hospi- cal was threatened with closing TOT Iack oI funds to operate it Fred nanIord was the man who instIgdL-I ed and ulrecteu the local hospital urige which netJea 5000 to keep Us uoOrs open.
 To go pack 10 the earlier days Iu 1882 an eastern firm endeaYoreu to buy the Hght plant from the city. us sale was seriously Contem- plated by members oI the town council oI that day. It was Fred HanIord who, almost alone, fought to retain 1t TOT the city and 1t Is to hIm tne thanks oI the town should go for his fearless, untrIug baJtIe to retain IL as d municipal pant.
 While Exalted Ruler oI the EIks Louge in I933, Fred HanIord was appointed a committee Of one JO confer with representative OI other organlzduous and take prop e F measures to carry out his amDGI0u tor children home in Nrangell. subscriptions were taken up and today the money couecled Is stuI in Jue Dank gathering interest and awaiting the uay When the home can De established.
 Dredging oI 0raugeu's inner harDOr to accommodate small DoaJs was accomplished when Fred nan lord, at hIs own expense, went to Juneau in March, l9o1. and secured l passage through the legislature of senate Bill No. 6g which approprI- aJed the necessary money TOT tnis work. He had previously made two trips to Washington, b. C., laying the groundwork for this necessary improvement.
 The Sentinel of January Il, l 1888 records: White and Native CCC crews were organized and put to work here Monday as the result Of the efforts of Mayor Fred G. | Hanford who contacted government officials and made the trip to Ju- neau for that purpose when it was learned that CCC work was not planned for Wrangell." Another in stance of Hanford's unselfish set ting aside or his interests to see that Wrangell was included in a ] nationwide program of improve ment.
 He secured the building Of the i bulkhead at the cemetery and the game reserve on Wrangell island for the preservation of wildlife. It was through his efforts that the Mongolian pheasants were brought here which are now propagating and will furnish valuable game birds in years to come Fred Han ford was one of the main organiz- CTS of the Stikine Sportsmen's As sociation and in appreciation of his endeayors was elected its first president by it's members.
 In 1887 Fred Hanford strongly advocated the building of a cold storage plant on Shustak Point. He wanted a plant of not less than two million pounds capacity. That the plant was not built does not detract from the fact that he is a man of vision, able to foresee the needs of the town and never be- comes discouraged over delay or failure.
 Among his more recent accom- plishments are the paving of Front street, a distinct addition to the value of the town; his successful efforts in getting Wrangell on the air mail map; he served as chair