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The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-01-05

have often observed and known the wolves to pick up small poison baits and carry these baits in their mouth for a considerable distance, only to spit them out when once they began to taste bitter. In this way. such bafts often become well scattered. In those days long gone by. large outfits, as well as some individual hunters. were prone to string out poison. and because of what I observed with my own eyes, ] then and there swore off from any union with any poison crusade.
 From my own personal experi- ence and observation, there hap pens to be only one safe and sane way of controlling such predators as wolves and coyotes and that is by such means as hunting n trapping those animals While some of the younger animals may be killed by the use of poison, never theless the ruthless slaughter of other fur bearers makes this meth cd prOhibitive. Personally, l have witnessed the effect of a small bounty and then later witnessed the stronger effect of heavy bounty. With a very heavy bounty of wolves, many hunters will be out after them and much more time will be spent in the pursuit. Consequently, many more animals will be killed and thereby the in- crease will quite naturally dimin- ish. Tn comparison, a heavy bounty should cost no more than a small one and would be much more ef- fective as it cuts down the in- crease. Furthermore, the Territory pays only for actual results.
 Yours very truly,
 OTIS H. STEER
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-01-05
BARTLETT HAS LEGISLATION
 PENDING FOR INDIAN s

The Executive Committee of the Alaska Native Brotherhood, through Secretary William l.. Paul Jr.. has been given the following proposed bill to be submitted to Congress by Delegaee-elect D l.. Bartlett.
 "A bill to extinguish the Indian title to lands in the Territory of Alaska.
 Be fl enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled That the Secretary ef the Interior is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the various tribes or communities of Alaskan Natives. for the absolute surrender to the uUtpd States by said natives Of all CT any part of their possessory rights to lands and waters in the said Territory not ac- tually needed for their own use. upon such terms as may be deemed just to said natives and beneficial 10 the United States, Provided, that any such agreement shall be effee- tive only when adopted and rati- fled by Act of Congress.
 Sec. 9. In agreeing with said
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-01-05
OF OFFICERS
 HELD BY EASTERN STAR

Masons and families of Eastern Star members were guests Tuesday night at a public installation of of ficers held by Wrangell Chapter No. Il, OES. Officers installed for the ensuing year were: Worthy Matron, Lempi Fykerudes Associate Matron, Irene Coulter; Associate Patron, Olaf Hansen. Conductress. Dorianne Barnes: Associate Con ductress. Helen Angerman. Secre- tary, ValbOrg Coulter, Treasurer, Doris Barnes; Marshal. Marjorie ThornQuist Organist, Dorothy Ot- tesen. Warder, Esther Johnson.
 Sentinel. Gus Johnson. Adah. May Gartley; Ruth. Helen Wells. Esther Bertha Hansen. Martha. Helen Clements; and Electa, Inga Carlson Sister Valborg Coulter was installing officer. assisted by Doris Barnes, installing chaplain, an q Edna Sinclair, installing marshal Unable to attend the installation were Sister Mabel Waters and DA tuner A&HbAuIA AdHlDDEils Wuts dt a later date. will be installed as Chaplain and Worthy Patron, re- speetiyely.
 Following the installation eere- monies, clam chowder, made from clans sent to the chapter by Mrs Frances Handy, was served by Mar iorie Thornquist, Esther Johnson. and Doris Barnes. During the sery- ing of the refreshments. Leonard Campbell acted as foastmaster, vel coming the guests and expressing congratulations to the outgoing of ficers for their work and coopera- ton in the past year Retiring Worthy Matron Valborg Coulter was presented with the past ma irons pin.
 The next meeting will be held on January 16, and all members are urged to attend and give the new a big send-off for their new year
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-01-05

natives upon the amounts to he paid to them under the provisions of the agreements to be negotiated in pursuance to this act. care shall be taken to obtain from the Tndi- ans, to the greatest possible extent their consent to receive for such building materials. fish ing gear. power plant apparatus. and other useful things and pro- jeets which in the ease of { h e and Haida Indians of Alaska. shall be suggest ed to the Secretary of the Interior by, and with the advice and con sent Of. a majority of a committee of Tltugit and Haida Indian lead CTS. one from each town and yillag in Southeast Alaska, to be appoint ed by the Secretary of the Interior a nd non negotiable government bonds, rather than money
 Sec 8. For Che purpose of nego- tiating the said agreements and de. fraying ahe necessary expenses tn- cident 10 such negotiations there Is hereby authorized 10 be appropriat- ed out of money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise ap- the sum of fifty thou sand dollars"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-01-05

Buy War Bonds and Stamps
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-01-05

righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mer- cies of the wicked are cruel"
 CT l just follow my consci- ence. will I not always do right2
 An it is a good conscience [ Peter 3:21. Beware of an evil con science. Hebrews 1922.
 Ed. Note. Address your questions 10 the Bible Question Column. The Voice Of Prophecy. Box 55. Los An geles 53, Calf Bible questions of general interest will be answered in this column as space permits.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-01-05
Control of Wolves Discussed In Letter
 To Game Official

Following is communication addressed to Mr. Jack O'Connor of the Alaska Game Commission on the control of wolves. written by Otis Speer. containing information on the control of wolves which the well-known local hunter and trap per has gleaned through many years of hunting the predatory ami mals
 Wrangell. Alaska
 December 29. 1944 Mr. Jack O'Connor
 Alaska Game Commission
 Dear Sir:
 In reply to your letter of recent date as to the sudden increase of wolves in southeastern Alaska and what suggestions I should offer will say that it is not uncommon to hear such reports almost any year, especially in the late fall and early winter. Such reports usually come from someone who has recent ly made a trip out hunting m q whose observations have been con fined to a few days trip only.
 started out trapping wolves and coyotes back in 1905, and although l have not made this a continuous business quite all of these years, I have nevertheless spent quite a lot of time on the trail of those pesky predatOrs. During this time, I have captured and killed a large mum Der of wolves and coyotes and also ! have learned a great many things about them - some things that, had I not seen them with my own eyes, I could scarcely believe.
 Ordinarily, wolves bring forth their young between the middle of April and the middle of May. These young wolves usually travel with the old ones until sometime near the middle of the following win ter. As a rule, the number of wolf pups in a litter will vary from four to eight. This will make an average pack of around eight wolves, some times ten Or more. However, almost any pack of eight or ten wolves can make a lot of signs and leave lot of tracks behind; also they are sometimes capable of making quite lot of noise Naturally, when ever some hunter who has only a limited amounG of experience with wolves comes n ithin any close con- tact of such a bunch, he may quite easily estimate the number to run quite large, even several times the actual number. Because of the fact that wolves move around and often cover a large amount of territory in a very few days, and the fact that they often, in the early fall, come down near the coastline, the amount of signs they leave behind is amazing.
 All of us should be quite well aware that wolves kill a lot of game and fur animals. Also, we
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-01-05
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS

The Sentinel extends congratula lions to the following persons whose birthdays occur next week
 Clarence Lewis, Jan.
 Dave Wing, Jan. 8
 Mrs. Al McKibben, Jan. To Mrs Agnes Sturtevant, Jan. 10 Henry Brown Jr., Jan. Il Sidney Torgramsen, Jan. II
 Henry Peterson, Jan. 12 Mrs. Ruby Casey, Jan. 12
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-01-05

should be aware that as far back
 as we have any history of our
 game and fur conditions, there was a time when game and fur animals were quite plentiful and according
 To history. wolves were also very plentiful at this early date. Some how. way back in those early days. nature had a way of adjusting things and seemed to get along quite well doing so. At the present
 time I am not inclined to believe that conditions are so very much more critical than they have been in times past. These statements. coming from man who has trapped and killed wolves and coy otes that in numbers would run well up into four figures, may sound a little strange to some; however, started out to give you actual facts and that shall be just what I sahll confine my statements 10.
 Experience has taught us that occasionally. and especially so dur ing winter time a few struggling wolves will collect other stragglers until they make quite a sizeable bunch, which may travel and hunt together for some time. Such bunch usually does a lot of travel ling and seldom tarries long in one district.
 A. 4 +1 -.,.y.,,,,. ,,,oFbod sy, onr trolling such predators as wolves and coyotes. l am not and never shall be in favor of the use of any kind of poison baits. As a matter of fact, no man who is interested II the general welfare of our game and fur animals throughout Alaska would ever be guilty of such an outrageous act. Regardless of what some of our own Game Commission CTS have contended, l am well aware that it is practically impos- sible to put out or distHbute in any way any poison baits to which only wolves and coyotes are susceptible. 1t just cannot be did" Further more. any persons who make any such statements or contentious are very much in error, and make such statements only through ignorance, or with some personal object in view.
 Considering the fact that such claims have been made and the fact that many poison baits were put out in fur district No. 1 last year, and that I have personally ob- served some of the destruction wrought by this same poison cru sade, know that l am herein stating facts. Even though said poison baits were, as some contend ed. placed under such Instructions as rocks, that would be no safe pro lection to other and smaller fur bearers. Once more I speak from experience: Wolves have very strong sense of curiosity and often dig up almost any hidden m bait without any intention of eat ing it. Several years ago, and l put in nearly Is such years, while hunting and trapping wolves coyotes for some of the largest sheen and cattle outfits in the west,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-01-05
ST. PHILIPS GUILD TO
 MEET WEDNESDAY EVENING

Members of St. Philips Guild will meet on Wednesday evening, January 10 at s o'clock al the home of Mrs. o. Gundersou.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-01-05
BIBLE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY THE VOICE OF PR0PHESY International Bible Broadcaster

Question-Has modern psycholo- gy done away with the need for the Ten Commandments?
 Answer-Read Psalm 111:7, g.: "All His commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever. |"
 Q-Does the Bible say anything about cruelty to animals?
 A-Read Proverbs 12:10: "A
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
German els Cleaning Up Havoc
They Made in England France

"If they get out of line" he said.
1--WE put them on bread and
water for a few days and when
they ge> back they are excel
lent"
Two prisoners working for 1t.
H. G. Ferris. Of Saginaw, Mich,
had six years of medical training
in Germany before entering the
army.
Now they are rust-proofing
and fungus-proofing instruments
to be sent to the Pacific, or help
ing Staff Sgt. Louis M. Okreuh-
lik of Moulton, Texas. repair
generators, and labelling and
sorting everything from instru-
ments and surgical needles to X
ray machines.
Zone of our biggest troubles
with prisoners was classified
tion," said 1t. Col. A. L. Hat
field, base engineering officer.
Wed ask for mechanics and
we'd get just prisoners Of war.
Now, however, they're pretty
well sorted, and In one recent
group of ESQ men sent me as
mechanics I found 200 skilled
workers"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
GI;s in Hospitals Show
Demand for Serious Books

in for escape literature" She
pointed out tattered volumes of
"Tarzan" as proof of this state
ment. And she added that West
ems and mystery magazines al
ways are in demand.
The civilian patient, however,
is tired of war books and has
turned TO everything he can find
in the way of mystery stories.
said Miss Gordonelle Williams,
civilian librarian.
Next in popularity with the
civilians is the cleverly written
humor book, which tends to
take the readers mind off war.
Sex novels rank among the
most popular with civilians"
said Miss Williams. MANY pre-
tend to be shocked, but always
come back for more Of the same
kind"
She said cartoon books are
popular and that there Is q
growing trend toward books on
religion and psychology. Women
readers have taken a great fancy
to Westerns.
Even though the soldier wants
to forget the battlefront. he Is
still concerned with campaigns
and battles and the men who
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
Universal
Food Famine
Predicted

NEW YORK WH-Food will
be scarce this year, even in"fav-
ored" countries, for the first
time, perhaps In history, Phillips
Henry reports In the August is
sue Of Magazine Digest.
Mankind has never had enough
food, but due to q combination
of circumstances, this Is the first
wear when practically every ma
ton on the face of the globe will
be affected, the article said.
There just isn't enough food to
60 around" Henry said. Here is
the situation as he saw 1t in ma
tons that normally help feed
the rest of the world:
United States: Crops will be
average, but food stores will be
cut by the necessity for feeding
100000 war prisoners here,
maintaining 100000 men IN
occupied Europe and Armed
Forces In the Pacific, as well n
helping feed 1000, 900 war pri.
soners in Europe.
Russia: production hampered
by shortages of draft animals,
farm machinery and fertilizers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - U.D
The average soldier at the
Army and Navy General Hospi-
tai here goes for more serious
reading than does the average
civilian receiving treatment at
the big hospital.
That fact is revealed in COM
parison of reading habits gath
cred by the librarians at the
hospital.
Miss Mary Hudgins, librarian
for service personnel receiving
treatment at the hospital, gave
this explanation of the differ
ence in reading requirements of
the soldiers and the civilian;
THE service man has been
plunged suddenly into a new
kind of life. Even if he has stay
ed on this side, lots of things
have happened to sober and
mature him. If he's been across,
his mind has had to be active as
well as his body. He has been
forced into thinking if he want
ed to survive. And so he has
come back in no mood for a
steady diet Of literary bonbons
and whipped cream"
Miss Hudgins said that does
not mean the CT doesn't still Go
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14

Argentina: Exports cut py
drought.
Australia: Dust bowl" devas-
tation has reduced wheat crop
from 100000 to 10000, 900
bushels.
Canada: Excessive rain slashed
grain crops and stores were fur
ther reduced by necessity OF
winter feeding livestock until
late in May, due to excessively
cool weather.
The world food problem is fur
Their complicated by the refusal
Of peasants to plant crops IN
Eastern Germany, Poland, Hun
gary, and Rumania, where un-
certainly exists as to the future
ownership of the land, and by
the fact that millions of acres are
Under water in Holland. Much
more land on the continent Is
dangerous to farm because of
r1ines planted during the war,
Henry said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
Sailors Attend
Schools al Bases
Attend Night Glasses
70 Get Diplomos

SAN FRANCISCO -W.D -
university of Midway" Col
lege of the Aleutians," "Adak
Academy" "Snaf u" Trinidad
Tech - in these faraway in
stitutions thousands of young
seamen are resuming educations
interrupted by war.
The night-school program was
started by the Bureau of Naval
Personnel two years ago.
1.-The little tin schoolhouse"
originally was so-called because
It was q Quonset hut.
At the big naval base Of Man.
VI In the Admiralty Islands the
hut grew to q two-story frame
structure, 80 by "a feet. housing
1000 men on busy nights.
1.-THE better the war news, the
more business we have" COM
mented a Manus Educational
Service Officer. Everyone
wants his high school diploma.
The run of self-teaching text
books has been phenomenal"
MIDWAY ENROLMENT
HIGH
Manus principal" is 1t. Will
uiam R. Wood. USNR, prewar
assistant principal of the Evan
ston Township high school, Ev-
anston, Ill.
On Midway, one-third of the
entire personnel is attending
night school. Pearl Harbor night
school has enrolled more than
5000 students.
Courses last eight weeks, on
the average. To complete the
equivalent of a year in high
school man usually takes three
courses in a given field.
Some of the teachers are Of
hcers, some enlisted men-eith-
er teachers In civilian life or
amateurs with the requisite
knowledge.
The subjects In greatest de-
mand are mathematics, Spanish,
bookkeeping, shorthand, tipping,
and the sciences.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
Indueioo PUTS
Ants in Pants
Of Sergeant

FORT LEWIS, Wash. W.D -
The three-striper who inter-
viewed Pvt. Stuart Richie, in
ductee at the fort, laughed when
he saw the service record nota-
ton that Richie was a profess
sional magician and hypnotist in
civilian Life.
go on, let's see you hypnotic
me-" Sgt. John Anderson chal-
lenged the buck private.
The soft-spoken soldier from
West Virginia looked at his SUI
perior and said, you'll be sor-
ry."
II took Richie only few min
utes to place his subject in a
trance and suggest that the SER
geant had ants in his pants.
Anderson scratched and brush
ed the theoretical insects from
his clothes and looked up in
quiringly at Richie. Richie
snapped his fingers. The sergeant
gave q final brush, shook his
head and said, $50 you think you
can hypnotic me, huh?"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
ARE GOOD WORKERS
French Court
Changes Rules
for Divorces

PARIS W.p)-The h US l n G
shortage in Paris has reached
such a pass that in the terms of
the divorce law a locked door
adjoining rooms is "a separate
residence" for couples seeking
a divorce"
Husbands and wives petition
ing for divorce, formerly requir-
ed by law to live under separate
roofs, are now within the law,
the Paris court of appeals has
decided, If they keep to their re-
spective sides of q locked door,
although one roof shelters them.
Strict adherence to the old law
recently resulted in many cases
being thrown out Of court SIM
ply because the petitioners could
not find separate houses.
The appellate court decision
was a concession to the present
shortage of dwellings, which has
resulted in hopeless situations
for many French families, frantic
scenes In real estate offices and
presentation of a special ordin-
ance to the French Cabinet.
One large real estate clear
ing office, doing its best to pacify
clamoring renters in the face of
a shortage of a million homes.
reported that a frequent COM
plant came from fathers Of large
fsmilies. These men pointed
out-usually in a loud voice
that they had periodically in
creased their families in the past
year or two and now are unable
to find q roof for their brood.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
NJ HELEN CAMP
BY HELEN OAMr
(Substituting for Kenneth /
DixOn)

0y hEAEN OHNA
DEMONSTRATING for Kenneth l..
DixOn)
LONDON - R) - The same
German soldiers who lost the
war In Germany and France now
are cleaning up after 1t in Eng
land, and, at the same time, are
knocking hundreds of dollars off
the average American taxpayers
bill for the war against Japan.
In Army salvage depots in
western England, where used
fighting equipment is reclaimed,
repaired and processed before
being sent to the Pacific, or back
to the States, a great part of the
labor is done by German prison.
ers of war.
1t. Col. Roy c. Horne OF Cor
pus Christi, Texas, used 5000
prisoners at his ordnance supply
depot at Aschurch - repairing
vehicles, retreading tires, sal
vaging parts, sorting scrap metal,
all money-saving jobs.
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eve don't have any trouble
with Them" the Colonel said.
They're whipped, and they
know 1t. Some Of them even
seem interested In the jobs
they're doing"
PAID SOC DAILY
In one small operation, he
said, POWs working for 30 cents
a day have saved the Allies ST.
900 since war ended in Ger
many.
This particular task, reclaim
ing and repairing worn out cleo
trical wires and cables, already
has resulted in accumulation of
more than 1000 reels containing
a quarter of a mile each of cable.
This badly needed material now
is ready for shipment to the Pa
cific, says Maj. Charles Gorsev-
nor, formerly of Scranton, Pa.
Here as in other salvage depots,
the Germans work in groups
with only one or two CTS super
vising. Their work Is carefully
inspected. They work quietly,
seldom talking even among
themselves. They almost never
smile.
At Honeybourne medical sup
ply depot which receives al
equipment from dismantled hos.
pitfalls, more than 100 Of which
have been broken down here In
the last go days, 1t. Col. James
c. Pace of (801 Northeast Tenth
ST. Oklahoma City. Okla, said
he uses 894 Germans, both regu-
lar POWs and PPs (protected
personneD.
ARE GOOD WORKERS
Flight Officer Claude q. Todd
of Huntington, Ind, is in charge
of the medical repair shop. He
says the Germans make good
workers and give little trouble.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14

The Franco government Tin
Spain) Is clearly Fascist. It's a
closed oligarchy with none of
the civil liberties that are the
essence Of our democracy. -
Sen. j. H. Ball of Minnesota,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14

In land which Is distinguish
ed for freedom of speech, free
dom of religion, freedom from
want and freedom from fear,
any lack of freedom of job
opportunity isn't going to set
we'll with the men who have
fought to save us on the battle
fields of the world. - Henry
Ford.
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plan and carry them out, said
Miss Hudgins. He wants to
know what caused it all and
where the world is heading.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14

Moulded from the firearms Of
tho American War of indie.
pendsncs and struck by the
loving hands of men who laid
down their lives for freedom,
the Liberty Bell is one of this
country's most hard-won and
dearly loved trophies.