The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-07-30
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could take off from here and Wlhu n, fbere. without bending a strut a very smart press agent came np with the idea that if one hung a. round the corner of 42nd Street anu Broadway in New York long enougb he'd probably run across rnost of his old friends. He had somathing there, but the clock as a very distinguished representative of tbe United States government re gently said in Alaska, has haplt of going around. Famed 4znd anu Broadway has gotten to be another street corner. The real street corner of the world today is where the stikine River pours it's mlghly waters into Zimoyia Strait right lh front of Wrangell, Alaska, U. D. A
 As an example, among the scofe7 of persons from the various parts of the world who either embarkes or disembarked via plane at Wrahi gell's airport this week was Secre- tary of the Interior Dougas Me Kav and his charming wife, accom- panied by Gov. Frank Heintzleman, Director of Territories William Strand and other members of his entourage.
 .5ala Lne Secretary on arrival: "l III uutle cralnped TOT tlHe, have speaking engagement Ill kelshlhan Ill d couple oI hours, DuL ooulunst resist the opportunity to skop of at Lnis picturesque cross rouus of Ine world.
 And mlgnty glad we were to have you supp UYUf, Mi. Secretary may Il De our great hope that you do so lnuny more times, and may you al- ways, DIT, Drlng one o1 those sun sparkling days with you.
 Probably at no tune in its color ful history or greeting travellers Ine Russians, the British, the French. have all been here over the years - has Wrangell been able to turn on such an ideally perfect day as the day Secretary Mckay and party steps off Alaska Coastal mainliner. The Secretary was of the opinion that he may hayeI brought a bit of it along in hisi brief case from his native state of Oregon. Could be. We have Terrl-i torial laws copied from the old ore gon laws; we have king salmon whose grandfathers cavorted under the name of Chinook in eregons famed Columbia River; we have Governor who discovered the west ern way of life in the Oregon country's great eXpanses; and for tunately. we have Oregon's NO. l native son as Secretary of the ln- terior. He may have brought that sunshine with him, but we'll de- mand nothing less than a Geneva conference before we concede that Wrangell isn't the sunshine capital of the north Pacific.
 Needed in Westward Alaska, Secretary Mckay after fine re- o.ntion in Juneau, view of Sitka's great potential possibilities and the klnd of seafood luncheon that only Petersburg can serve, was hls us uaily friendly self when he stepped ashore in Wrangei.
 He had two ideas that he thought might be helpful; CD Possibly get Shakes Island as a tourist attraction under the National Park Service, so that funds might be made available to keep it in shape; CD keep fur thering Gov Heintzleman pro gram for the development of the great timber resources of Alaska, particularly the Southeast where start has been made with the het- ch.kan pulp mill. Wrangell, Sitka, Juneau and other timber areas, ne felt. would soon be on the way. AL ter a quick automobile-look over Wrange,Ts area, the Secretary ex- pressed optimism for the timber fu- ture here.
 It is the considered opinion of this oldest continuously published newspaper in Alaska, which has seen them come and go for half a century and more, that Secretary Mckay will prove not only an out 
 standing Secretary of the Interior but very wise and helpful friend of Alaska. Too bad he isn't Dem oerat. He'd probably get a chance to stay in office longer.
 Chamber Can Take Bow
 The Chamber of Commerce and it's finance committee can take a bow. The following lively note in the mail from His Honor, M. '. Duke" Mitrovich, the Mayor of Sitka, who was here recently with the Japanese lumber delegation which plans to operate sawmil1 here and pulp mill in Sitka, the latter better known as Operation Sitka:"
 T cannot remember what the Governor of North Carolina said ts