The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-04-02
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Up Juneau way there is great Indignation The whole town talk ing and il is just as well for self protection not to mention the Pos abilities for Small Wood Industries in Alaska" These quoted wordg make up the title of a pamphlet issued by the Alaska Development Board in which Mr. George Frank, wood industrialist consulatant for the Board. discusses the merit and demerits of wood industries in AL aska Mr Frank. il appears from the publication, was not overly i'm pressed with the possibilities in the Capital City The good citizens of Juneau would consider that a rank understatement. They declare Con- sultant Frank was downright de rOgatOry in his remarks about their fair city. Through their Chamber of Commerce they have requested the ADB to suppress distribution of the phamphlet and MT. George Sundborg of the Board appeared before that august body to "ex- plain" The Juneau Empire declared| MT. Sundborg's statement to be an apology The Alaska Press ran MT. Sundborg's remarks at length and editorially indicated they were well taken. Thus. learning that blood pressure was near the dan ger point in the snowbound cap ital, we have been perusing "Possi- bilities of Small Wood Industries in Alaska"
 Consultant Frank. it appears. was quite frank in his discussion. Said he of the city which is worry ing about losing the capital to An chorage:
 Juneau the capital of Alaska, in my opinion, has relatively little 10 offer industriaHsts Hard to ap- proach, situated as it is between two big mountains, there is not much room for physical expan- sion"
 After thus stepping sharply on the Juneau corn. Consultant Frank became even franker and eontinu- ed:
 T believe il has very nearly reached its top size now. Although with Douglas on the opposite shore it is making a heroic effort to be metropolis, in reality it is only q big Alaska town of 1000 to 5000 inhabitants. It's prosperity lies in the fact that it is the seat of the government. l cannot see that the | town has much to offer industrial l ists, except as in the case of Sftka, i to service the towns needs"
 Just to be frank about it one wonders if the entertainment com mittee of the Juneau Chamber was functioning at it's usual par.
 For instance, here in Wrangell the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Senior Chamber (we had two Chambers at the time) upon Mr. Franks arrival immediately got on the beam. Ernie Campbell donated the use of his tug boat and the Home Industries Committee from both Chambers took Mr. Frank up the Stikine to show him the cotton wood stands. They took him to Mill Creek and they had him look over our red and yellow Wrangell cedar on Wrangell Island. They were gone from early morning to late al night and if there was a tree over looked it wasn't the committees fault. The Chambers entertained him, gave him a good send-off and invited him back. Hence, here is what Consultant Frank says of Wrangell. home of the Stikine Stampede
 .'The next stop northward is Wrangell, which serves as a port of entry for the part of northern British Columbia which can be reached by the Stikine river Wran- gell is smaller than Ketchikan Che hadn't arrived at Juneau yet) ana more remote, yet for many reasons l am more confident of it's future development than any other Alas kan town. (Heari Heari) This is due mostly to the enthusiastic work of it's Chambers of Commerce which are animated by a progress sive spirit that manifests itself in business-getting and civic improve ments. Wrangell has a medium sized sawmill, which when fully de- veloped, may even surpass the one at Ketchikan. Alaska's first ply wood factory may be established at
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