The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-04-15
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE
Expansion

Wrangell Lumber Company nere. The sawmill will shut down at the enu Of cutting activities today and work will get underway next week on installing 7tfoot Sumner band resaw, activation of blaming mill and enlargement of the power plant. The new work is expected to take at least a month and pos sib.y more, it is estimated by Sup erlntendent Chet Neill.
 Yukitchi Ishida, executive direc- tor or the Alaska Pulp Co.,, Ltd, of Japan which operates the local plant, is scheduled to arrive here first of the week from Juneau where he is one of the speakers this week end at the Alaska Cham Der Of Commerce meeting. He will be accompanied by Kenji Xxi, mem ber of the directorate, and other steamship officials to look over the harbor and berthing facilities prior to bringing in the first vessel to load cargo of lumber for Japan.
 Cold Storage Activity
 Renovation of the Wrangell Cold Storage plant, underway for sever al weeks, is expected to be com- pleted so that buying will start at the plant by May 1, according to Manager Harold Heaton of the Farwest Wrangell Company can inh storage. Heaton was up from his Seattle office this week in con- nection with the operation of the two plants. Cold storage is convert ing to electric power but will keep its diesels for auxiliary use in ev- ent of power shortage or failure. Farwest is spending around $4O,- 900 on the plant.
 Cannery business is lining up and Heaton reported the first ten der service to Point Frederick and Tenakee areas will start June "A.
 On Assignment
 Taking look-see at Alaska to discover what makes it tick, S. YamamOtO, Washington correspond ent for the Mainichi newspapers of Japan (biggest in Tokyo, circula- tion a neat four million), was through Wrangell this week en route to Tokyo. Yamamoto, who has been covering the Washington and New York scene for good many years, was seeing Alaska for the first time and was mighty in- terested in it's lumber potential, the statehood controversy and a wide range of Territorial subjects. From here he went up to Juneau for the Alaska Chamber meeting and was then flying on to Anchorage and thence to Tokyo for a check-in to the home office.
 Home from the Wars
 Home from the political wars winch dominated the recent regul- ar and special sessions of the Leg lslature this week was Senator Doris Barnes who expressed no dis appointment at the opportunity to get home. She reported rugged session with some fast footwork on the part of the Senate preventing the writing into the statute books or some ill-advised laws.
 We tried, and I think succeed ed, in keeping the ship of state on an even keel" she reported, "by defeating measures not suitable to Alaska and enacting legislation for the general welfare of the Terri tory"
 While the budget was large. Senator Barnes pointed out that the biggest share of tax revenue increases will be for education and educational facilities to keep a. breast of the growing Territory.
 Senator James Nolan, who. as President of the Senate, had to stay over few days to clean up details, was expected home this week end, with Mrs. Nolan, after attendance at the Alaska Cbambar