The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-10-30
M
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 PERISCOPE
Alta Boy Claire

It is with more than passing in- terest that this venerable old fam fly journal notes this week the ap- polntment of Claire A. Wilder of Petersburg to be the U. S. Marshal in the First Division. Marshal Wild CT (and we hope he's taken the cath by the time this gets into print) is the former publisher, as sisted by his very able wife Ethel, of the Petersburg Press. They also operated what is we'll known to Sentinel staffers as the Wilder Parts Department" " That's the de- partment that always came through with linotype magazine, some stock in a hurry to fill some order or just any old thing The Sentinel needed, and always on the next plane. One of the reasons The Sem tinl is going to be observing it's Dist anniversary come November 20 is that in more modern years it has been able to draw on the ''Wilder Parts Department
 So. it is with a bit of elation that The Sentinel extends it's compli- ments to the new United States Marshal of the First Division Of Alaska. It's true that the PeriscOpe predicted shortly after last Novem- ber's election that Claire would be the next U. S. Marshal in this di- vision, but, of course, everybody took that with a grain of Salt and concluded the Periscope was out on a limb. Never, we are free to ad- nit, were we ever on a sounder limb; nor, were we ever so sure they were appointing the right man.
 Ex-Editor Wilder will make an excellent Marshal for the First Di- vision and an able and honorable public official for all of Alaska. He will give dignity to the office as we'll as real ability in handling it's duties. The enforcement agency of the department of justice in South east Alaska is in capable hands with the appointment of Claire Wilder as the U. S. Marshal.
 Alaskas oldest continuously pub lished newspaper extends its very best to Marshal Wilder for a sue cessfuI administration, which, hav- ing seen them come and go for bet ter than a half century, we feel confident it will be.
 Locken For Senate
 This probably will be the first place that it is told, unless Bud Clemmons of the Press was around, but we have it from what the news paper profession often refers to as a usually reliable source," that Representative Ed Locken of Pet ersburg will be a candidate for a Senate seat at next springs cleo tion. It would be sensational to an nounce at this time that Rep. Lock en was running as Democrat, but it isn't so. The twice-elected Peters burg member of the Territorial House will be running true to form on the Republican ticket. Prob ably assumes, as do all of us, that Democratic Senator James Nolan will be a candidate for reelection, (some day we're going to walk uT the street and ask Jim about it.)
 With Rep. LOcken's hat in the ring it promises to be quite a con test in the forthcoming primaries or. possibly no contest at all for the Republicans if Senator Elton Eng strom of Juneau files for reelection as is generally anticipated. Two ar' to be nominated by each party. l no other Republican get the ambi tion, Locken and Engstrom cal walk off with the nomination.
 Different story with Senator Nol an. He's up against a toughie. Olt airman Bob Ellis is making a pitel from Ketchikan for the Senate ol the Democratic ticket and likewis Joe Kehoe, one of the best know men in Alaska, on file from Junea' for the donkey riders.
 Like our prediction about Mar shal Wilder, we prophecy, thes many months away, that eithe Birdman Ellis or Judge Kehoe vii