The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-08-24
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No Contest

No Contest
 It was no contest with the Re pubiiCans this week in San Fran cisco al their national convention. They renominated President Eisen- hover and Vice President Nixon without murmur, wrote a civil civil rights plank into their plat form acceptable to the deep south, even as the Democrats. and went home landing prosperity and Ike. In November it will be Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon versus Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver. the first time in more than fifty years in which Presidential candidates were the same twice in a row and sort of re-run of 1852. Color, if any, will have to be added by TV in the forthcoming campaign.
 Of interest to Alaskans. who can't vote in the big contest, the Democrats went on record for statehood for Alaska and Hawaii. The Republicans did a ditto with a reservation on Alaska dealing with defense areas. The President, as revealed in his previous com ments, is no proponent of Alaska statehood.
 They Buried the Bathtub
 Meanwhile, it was an eventful
 
 bathtub in the seawall fill.
 Salvaged from the big fire of 1852 by George Case and pr. John o. Bangeman, the old tub. perched on rock back of the Elks Club and even wearing coat of paint had for four long years served as q sort of a monument to the million dollar blaze As salvager Case put it: ''There was something about that old bathtub." George filled it with dirt and planted flowers in it. Since early May, Supt. Don Bell and his dredging crew, pumping mud from the upper harbor dredg- ing project to the fill area, had
  came something of a goal of a. chievement.
 The silt and rock came pouring in, gradually creeping up on the old Saturday night fixture. In the glow of long summer evenings many an estimate was made from the Elks Club window on when the fill would reach the top of the tub. Dredging time was often measured by this comment: Were gaining on the tub"
 This week it happened. At exact ly 6:01 p. m., August 22. in this eventful year, Supt. Bell reported: {: goal achieved" They buried the tub.
 Dredging and pumping were go- ing on at a merry pace. What dur ing the summer had been the un- surmountable had been surmOunt- ed.
 The dredging project was over the hump. There was a happy Tilt to the new slogan, Petersburg, here we rome"
 Going to the Dogs
 WranqpII isn't going to the dogs. It just seems like that when packs of the canine population roam the streets in wild abandon. portraying their love life with yipping furore.
 Until recent weeks. WIangells onnI control. \ cleanup of unwanted pups under the towns very effect i've dog ordinance had brought eX- cellent results. Owners cooperated by keeping their dogs up and car ing for them.
 Maybe. it's the August dog days but the dog situation has again gotten out of hand. It's time to ap' ply the teeth of the dog ordinance before some dog applies his teeth with unfortunate results.
 No Causawav2
 It appears likely there will be nr causeway at Shakes Island in con nertion with the present dredging project.
 Consideration is being given by the Army Engineers to the reques of the dredging company. Manson Osberg, that the contract provision providing for the causeway bi waived on grounds that insuf ficient material is available in thu dredging area to do the job.