The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-11-04
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE
The 55


 Tuesday, out at the University of Aias.u, in Fairbanks, the 55 uuiy e.ected de-egates will con- yene for a constitutional conven- ton set up by the last Territorial Legisiature. It's sort of a rump the ipp. oval of Congress but II the 50 good men and true come up with proposed state constitution ina, mee,s with ratification by the voters and then get state hood Dlll through Congress which accepts the document to De dlatt- ed at Fairbanks it might well De- come reguur. Who knows? May be they are going down in history wilh John Hancock and other pa tr.ots wno drafted quite a consti- tu,ion more than 15O years ago which still stands the test of time. Along with this venerable fam fly journal today will be found "a supplement, prepared by e statehood committee, and contain ing quite few essays by experts on government" It also contains copy of the act creating the constitutional convention and the names of the delegates which is sound information.
 The supplement was printed by Jessen's Weekly in Fairbanks and, we assume, paid for by the Statehood committee or out of the funds appropriated for the con vention. At any rate we got a wire from Tom Stewart, sort of an executive director of the commit tee, stating that he was "confid- ent Alaskans will appreciate fine public service you are rendering" Gle means in distributing it for free.)
 Heading up to the convention to- day WIS Delegate James Nolan of Wrangell. The Senator was carry ing in his pocket q small, compact document, written in simple lang uage and labeled the constitution of the United States of America '' He said it would be his guide and comforter through the ceremony We trust the Senator's thinking prevails so that we can say, in the words of Tom Stewart, to the 55 when their chore is over, Al askans appreciate the fine public service you have rendered"
 Trying Too Hard
 We suspect that Bill Baker down at the Ketchikan Chronicle is overworking and suggest that his good wife, Judy, send him off 10 the constitutional convention for change IT and possibly nn op- portunity to find something to write about. Bill appears to be pressing and trying too hard. When an editor gets to feuding in his own mind, it's bad sign.
 One day this week Bill was really down there in the dumps for an idea. Apparently the leg endary Hatfields and McCoys started running through his mind. Result: He started an imaginary feud from Seward south and, of course, finally wound up at Wrangell and who doesn't? They all know this crossroads of the world; international port and t.' sort of thing.
 His thesis on Wrangell, if it may be so dignified, went some- thing like this:
 "Wrangell has it's Lew Williams crowd and its anti-Lew Williams crowd, in which Vern Smith seems to be the leader. Vern op- crates bar up there but used to be on the highway pntrol in Ket- chikan. Williams came back from being a big time politicial in Ju- neau about four years ago and had the town feeling sorry for him for some time. But he seems to hnve lost some of that sym- pathy in the October city elec- tions''
 What Bill says about the editor of this newspaper is of little pas sing importance. But when he starts implying about feuds in Wrangell we know its time for him to switch to filters or some thing.
 As we have reiterated over the years. W'rngell is the most CO., operative town on earth. There are no feuds or factions Everyone is too concerned with directing efforts toward the prosperity and welfare of the community, Yer. Smith most of all as an able ana sincere past and present Mayor of the town.
 Judy. better send that boy to t"" convention. He's getting csfice-e"'ired down there. and we eor't lise those stains being wip- ed off on our Mayor.
 Water Situation
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