Alaska sentinel., February 11, 1909, Image 1

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The Way to Build up Wrangell: W ' B > M M A Money Spent Here is Used Here;
Patronize Wrangell Merchants ^ M M 1 M M Send it East, and It is Gone
VOL. 7. NO. 12 WRANGELL, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1009 $2.00 PER YEAR
Department Store
Jewelry Watch Repairs Kodaks
When in the market for a gas engine, get our prices. We
can give you a GRAY MARINE MOTOR, 10 horsepower
for $173 f. o. b. at factory; ora MONARCH, 10 to 15
horsepower, for $400. The Monarch is a very fine en
gine, which the makers claim is superior tq and cost less
than the Union or Standard. The IQ to 15 horsepower
machine weighs 115Q pounds.
Special Prices This Week
in Men’s Mackinaw Clothing, Men’s Sweaters and Winter Caps
Ice Creepers, Winter Footvye^, Radies’ Sweater C&ats, German
Socks and Heavy Underwear in Various Weights and Prices
Gasoline, Naphtha, Distillate, Keystone Grease,
Vaeuum Oil and other Gas Boat Supplies carried
in Large Quantities. We also carry n full stock
of Chandlery, Galvanized Boat Nails, Etc.
Always in the Lead on Groceries
F. MATHESON
General Merchant and Forwarding Agent
CHURCH DERECTORY
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Interpreted Service, 10JO AM. Sunday.
Sunday School, 2 00 P. M Sunday.
Christian Endeavor. 3J0 P. M.. Sunday.
Bnglish Service. 7 JO P. M., Sunday.
Midweek Interpreted Service. 7:30 P. M.. Wednei.
Midweek English Service. 7 JO P. M.' Friday,
(jbrary Association meeting in library rooms the
first Tuesday in each month at 7 JO P. M.
J. S. CLARK. Pastor.
iJT.1’PHILIP’S—EPISCOPAL
Holy Communion, first Sunday in each month, at
10 JO A. M.
Morning Prayer (Other Sundays) interpreted for
Natives. 10:30 A. M.
Junior Christian Endeavor, 11:30 A. M.
Bible School. 2:00 P. M
Vespers—Native service. 3J0 P. M.
Service in Norwegian about every fourth Sunday
at 4 JO P. M.
Evening Prayer and service. 7:30 P. M.
Ladies’ Aid every second Tuesday evening.
Native prayer meeting eacn Wednesday evening.
8«rvice of Song. Friday evening, 7 JO.
Native Choir, Saturday evening.
free Night School every evening, eseept Sat.
HARRY P. CORSE?.. Rector.
SALVATION ARMY
Regular Meetings Tuesday and Friday, 7 JO P. M.
Knee Drill, Sunday morning. 7:30.
Service at Jail, Sunday. 10:00 A. M.
Sunday School. 2:00 P. M.
Regular service Sunday evening. 7:00
EMMA MILLER. Corps Commander.
THOS. TAMAREE, Sergeant-Major
ROBT. SMITH. Adjutant.
FEBRUARYJDE TABLE
li : New Moon; f4 ; First Quarter; —: Full
Moon ; \ : Third Quarter
Alt hours less than 12 are in the forenoon ; all
greater are in the afternoon, and when diminished
by 12 gives the time afternoon
The time used is Sitka standard. To get the
correct time of high water at Wrangell add 12
minutes, and foe low water add 9 minutes
§ Day of Week and Time and Height of High
2? Month and Low Water
II i Thur. 4 0.55 6.17 . 12/jO 16.46
i Fri . 5 1.27 6.65 12.41 19.19
; Sat . 6 1.57 7.29 13.17 19.4
Sun ....... 7 2.21 6.92 13.52 20.15
Mon. 8 2.45 =.36 14.25 2U.42
Tue .19 3.11 9.11 15JU 21.14
i Wei . 10 3.36 9.4.5 15.40 21.4 ;
Thur. 11 4.04 10.27 16.24 22.5
i Fri . 12 4.40 11.20 17.17 22.62
*» Sat 13 5.25 12.25 le.37 23.48
; Sun 14 6.21 13.43 20.27 . .
Mon 15 1.07 7.30 : 14.56 2’.'2
• Tie . . 16 2.3= 8.42 ' 15.56 22.49
W el. 17 3.53 9.4S • 16.50 23.34
i Thur . 16 4.52 10.48 17.37
i Fri. Is 0.03 5.J3 11.40 18.19
= 'Sat - 20 0.51 6.29 12.30 19.00
Sun . 21 1.26 7.15 13.19 19.41
Mon 22 2.01 8.01 11.96 29,21
Tile '23 2.10 8.49 14. it 21.07
Wei. .1 1.20 9.31 15.45 21.50
! Thur. 23 4.08 10.2= 16.43 22 36
« | Fri. 2- 4.49 11.34 17.67 23.2i
Sat .. . 27 5.42 12.50 19.36
Sun .: 28 0.41 6.49 14.15 21.16
A party of laborers arrived on tbe
Cottage City for the Mulliu marble
<iaarries at Fox Island.
Tin- Cottage City, with five days' mail
arrived Tuesday evening from Seattle,
remaining here till Wednesday noon.
The Wrangell Shingle Co. left out for
Whale r,sv yesterday morning.
I-ook out for fire. This dry weather
is bad business.
OUR WEEKLY
PEER AMID
Items of Interest Gathered From
Here and There
81. Valentine's Day Is next Wednce- [
day, February 17,
Mrs. Pucey is reported ooBflned to her
bed with measles.
H. D Campbell came in from Lake
Bay last week for a brief stay.
The steamer Tampico, northbound,
called at Wrangell one night during the
past week.
Attorney Boyce came down on the!
Jefferson from Jnnesu, and returned on
the Cottage City.
While the water in the wells is low, it
should be boiled before using, to reduce
the chance of contagion.
Administrator T. C. McHugh came up
on the Jefferson last week to attend to
matters relating to the Willson-Sylvester
estate.
Launch Zarernbo male two trips to
St. John's Harbor last week, bringing in
two cargoes of mineral water for ship
ment to Seattle.
Little Ruth Tucker has been having a
siege of typhoid fever fur the past week
or two, which is attributed to using the
water from the Crittenden well.
Only nine days remain l>efore the
i town treasurer's sale of real property
; hr 1908 taxes.
I One week from tonight, Feb. 18, is
; toe time for the regular meeting of the
| Chamber of Commerce.
The mail, freight and passengers for
the west coast left out last Thursday
evening in the Gussie L.
Oscar Nicholson and May Sbadestv
were married in this town, Sunday even
ing, February 7, 1909, Commissioner
I Snyder officiating.
There was some wind over by Kadin
j Island last week. K. .1. Johansen left
F'riday for his ranch on Dry Island, but
when he reached the north side of Ka
din Island lie encountered a wind w hich
rendered navigation impossible, the air
being tilled with sand and dust from the i
Stikine River.
DELINQUENT TAX SALE
Notice is hereby given that in parsa*
ance of Section 20 of Ordinance No. 12
of the Town of Wrangell, Alaska, duly
passed and approved on the 4th day of
August, 19o4, providing for the sale of
property to satisfy assessments against
the earns in said town, where the taxes
have become delinxuent, I will, at the
hour of 1 o’clock p. m., an
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1909
in front of the Patenaude barber shop
in said town, offer for sale and sell at
public auction, to the highest and best
bidder, or bidders, for cash in hand on
day of sale, the following described lots,
parts of lots, buildings and other prop*
erty described in this notice to satisfy
the unpaid taxes on same for the vear
of 1908:
Engstrom, Adolph, one house
and lot...$ 2 00
Stock and fixtures_ 2 00
Kahote, Tom, one house and lot.. 1 00
Kuiu Charley, one bouse and lot. 75
Lott, Dan, one house and lot. 1 50
McCauley, Dan, one house and
lot .. 1 00
Moore, Mrs. Harry, one bouse
and lot__ 1 00
Tamaree, William, one house and
lot... 5 00
Thwing, Clarence, one house and
lot.. 50
Yakaiuuek, one house and lot_ 75
Dated at Wrangell, Alaska, this 19th
day of January, 1909.
L..C. PATENAUDE,
Treasurer and ex-officio Tax Collector
of the Town of Wrangell, Alaska.
Jau21Febl8.
The appointment of V. S. Commis
sioners has been placed in the hands of
the governor, instead of those of the
district judges, as has heretofore been
the case.
After having been absent for several
months, fishing along the coast, the
schooner Plymouth Hock, captain Otto
Hofstad, reached the home port again
one day lust week.
Don’t forget the Firemen's Ball on
February 22, and when you are asked to
buy a ticket, dig down willingly to help
along this most worthy cause. The
tickets are $1 each.
Geo. Card and Claud Blackington an
chored in the lee of Station Island for
several days last week, being unable to
travel in either direction on account of
strong north wind.
PROGRAM
Of the exercise* which will be held at
Red Men’s Hall at 2:30 o’clock p. m. on
Friday, February 12, 1909, in commem
oration of the birth of Abraham Lincoln,
February 12, 1809:
Bugle Call • • Adjutant Smith
Call to Order Mayor McCormack
Song: “New Star Spangled Banner,” by the
School.
Prayer - - • Adjutant Smith
Scripture Reading - Rev. j. S. Clark
Song: “Lincoln.”
“Gettysburg Speech” • Leonard Campbell
Recitation: “My Captain,” - Harry Coulter
Recitation, selected, - Marguerite Uhler
Stofy: “Boyhood of Lincoln,” • Willie
Stedman.
Recitation, selected - Loui* Wigg
Recitation: “Hitting Hard,” - Carl Carlson
Song, selected, Frank Churchill, Will Tay
lor, Kapierir.^ Bronson, Marguerite
Uhler, Aurora Lemieux, Christine
Lemieux.
Address, - . Leo McCormack
Address, • - - A. V. R. Snyder
Song: “America,” - - Assembly
Benediction, - gjv. U £. Corser
AN OLD^ANCHOR
Laat August Georgs Card anchored
• the little steamer Gleason in the harbor
of Ktqlin Bay, and f,hen lie attempted,
a fe«f day s later, to raise the anchor, it
eonld not be lifte<}. ftytiking that the
anchor had become engaged with a mass
of heavy slabs, Mr. Card tried every
! conceivable way of extricating |t, bnt to
i no avail. Sq he cast off from the bitt
: on his boat, leaving the ancho'chain
fast to a buoy. A few days ago, at low
water. Mr. Card road, two boat* fait to
the anchor chain, and -.’. hen the tide
came in and lifted the boats they were
towed as far inshore as the anchor
would permit. At the next low water
; it was found that t^e anchor had come
; afoul of another anchor—one with a
shank fully ten feet tong and weighing
perhaps live tons. This giant anchor is
I in a good state of preservation, and has
attached to it eoma of ita original cable,
vyhich is e|ao vpyy large.
The oldest inhabitant knows nothing
of the origin of the anchor, neither can
anybody determine how a vessel large
enough to require such an anchor eonld
have reached the point where it was
found, gs at |ow fide the water is but a
few feet in dspti
IAD1ES TAKE NOTICE
The department has approved of the
! recommendation of Commissioner Mc
Bride, and the ladies' auxiliary, and
also the white school presenting the
best exhibit at the Alaska Yukon Pacific
Exposition will be allowed to designate
one delegate each, who will go to the
exposition for the period of one month
each during its progress at the expense
of the appropriation for the Alaska ex
hibit, not to exctsd the sum of $150 in
each instance.
The special juries which will be se
lected to psss upon tbe exhibits of both
the auxiliaries and the schools will be
absolotely impartial, and their instruc
tions will be to consider quality, rather
than quantity, thus giving the smaller
schools and towns an squal opportunity
with the larger ones.
This fact will probably incite easb
auxiliary and school to redoubled effort
in collecting and preparing tbeir ex
hibits, as each of tbe towns will be
anxious to secure this billet.
PREDICTS POOR SEASON
Mr. A II. Sonsthagen. of Cape Fan
Bhaw, who is probably tbe best posted
man ill Southeastern Alaska on the Gab
business, was recently Interviewed by a
Seattle Times reporter, and gives out
as bis opinion that tbe market for mild
cured salmon will not be so good this
season as heretofore. He says:
“From what I can learn the outlook
for mild cured Alaska Salmon is not of
the brightest, and the prices for 1909
may be as much as from 11 .j to 2 cents
per pound less than a year ago. The
only way I can account for this condi
tion is that the salmon industry seems
to suffer from the depression of a year
ago, and if conditions do not improve
tbe mild cured pack of Alaska fish will
be small tbis year.”
PROPERTY FOR SALE
I wish to sell all my real property in
Wrangell, Alaska, Easy terms.
F11M4 MRS. L. J. COLE.
Ex: “Tenderly she laid the silent
white form beside those that had gone
before. She made no outcry, she did
not weep. Sutb a moment was too
precious to be spent in idle tears. But
soon there carne a time when it seemed
nature must give way. She lifted her
voice and cried long and loud. Her cry
was taken up by otl.irs and echoed and
re-ecdioed over the grounds. Then sud
denly all was still. What was the use
of it all? She would lay another to
morrow. ■’ •
Is a Nickel worth Anything ?
If you are an economical person, or if you believe a Nickel is as
valuable to you as it is to the storekeeper, come to this store for
BUTTER AND EGGS
Our prices on groceries are a little lower than elsewhere. And
when you came in for groceries, examine our big assortment of
Buckingham & Hecht Shoes
Inquire our Prices on Dry Goods and Furnishings
pur stock is new and up tp date, and the prices are right.
THLINGET TRADING CO.
WORSE THAN WOLVES
Ketchikan Miner, Jan 30: ‘‘A report
I came to the Miner office today that a
: party o( something in the guise of men
but none even than cannibals went
over on one of the islands and killed
about forty deer the other day. The
animals fere slaughtered not for their
meat, hut for no other reason than that
they were helpless and could not g t
away through the deep snow. Sports
men, what do you think of Buoh men as
these? Can you clasa them even as
men? We say they have no class. Not
even the skulking wolf will kill what he
can not eat. It is true the wolves kill
the deer, but when he does kill one l e
feasts on the carcass. When he has had
his fill he bides himself away and sleeps
until hunger again drives him forth.
I Not eo with the beasts of prey in the
guise of men. They slaughter because
the deer are there helpless. Alaska has
what is an encase for a game law, but bo
iar as the deer are concerned we could
he just as well off with no law, as little
or no attention is paid to the apology we
now have. Does are killed. Fawns are
killed and brought right into town and
carried openly along the etreets. If
there is uo one In authority to enforce
the law, inch as we have, we h*d as
well have none. Why can’t we have a
law, a true sportsman'! law, something
that wilj do some good and protect what
little game is now left in the district, 10
that in time to come a hunter can go
I out and be rewarded with at leastfind
! ing a sign of where a deer had crossed a
trail less than a week previous. If we
can’t have a law, let us pray that the
! fool killer will pay this vicinity a visit
j and do his work well while here.”
Saturday laat was the date set for the
sale of the Wrangell saw mill; but ae no
bidders were present, the matter was
continued to Monday, the 8th, on which
date Attorney Boyce, on behalf of the
c .partnership estate, offered the prop
erty for sale. But again there were no
bidders, and the matter was again con
tinued to August 1st neit, conditioned
that the heretofore advertised upset
prices may be received and a sale may
be had at any time prior to August 1st
| by giving thirty days’ notice. The mill
will probably be started up before long
[ and operated as heretofore.
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The name Wrangell is given to three
islands, two ports, one mountain, one
range of mountains, one peak, one town,
one strait, one Narrows and two flats In
Alaska. The name is derived from the
celebrated Russian explorer baron von
W ranged.
During tbs freese the speedy little
launch bpray, which visited Wrangell
list summer, was caught in the ice at
lake Bay and carried out of the harbor.
Up to the present w riting the little craft
has not been located.
Malamute dogs have been keeping the
residents of Nome in a terrified state for
•oina time, a number of persons having
been bitten by them. Everybody who
possesses pocket guns are catrying them
for protection.
J. R, Willie, who was recently ap
pointed to succeed C. 1.. Hobart as the
collector of customs for Alaska, qualified
before Judge Gunnison, and assumed
the duties of bis office February 1
Residents and business houses along
Front Street have been paying a dollar a
barrel for water during the past week or
two. Most of this watsr is brought
from the mill reservoir,
Charley Yakook has a live beaver
which he captured last summer near
I.aks Bay. The little animal is in good
condition and is quite a curiosity. Char
ley would like to sell it.
Yanco Terzicb, a member of the exec
utive board of the Western Federation
of Miners, was a passenger on the Jeffer
■on for his home at Douglas, having re
turned from Denver
Old Boreas is still holding the upper
band, and some predict that he will
coutiuue to do so until April 1st.
Steam freighter Northland visited this
port during the w eek.
Judge Gunnison's reappointment ha.,
been heM up, and it is reported that
Mr Taft has signified bis intention to
aDpoint some other man.
FRED C. MILES
ASSAYER
Gold, silver, copper or lead.... $1.50
Any two above metals. _ . 2.00
Any three “ “ _ 2.00
Any four ‘ “ .. 1.U0
Other metals, special prices.
Office and Laboratory, Wrangell, Alaska
VIEWS OF WRANGELL
AND VIOI N I TV
Printing and Developing Done at Kast
man’s Prices. Post Cards, $1 per Dozen.
F. D. CHENEY, . Wrangell, Alaska
NOTICE OF HEARING ON ACCOUNT
In tiie United State* Commissioner's Court
Wrangell Precinct, First Divisor, Dis
trict of Alaska, in Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Andrew
Husbv, deceased
VVI1.1.1A M <» THOMAS, Administrator
~ of the above named estate, this day
filed liis final account .is such administrator
and asked to have day set fur hearing on
same.
The same will 'bej heard mi the 1st day
of March, 1 *></>, .it 10 <»,clock a m , at tin
Court room of said Court in said town and
precim t of Wrangell
All person', interested m said estate are
notified, then and tin :•< appear and show
rails.-, if unv they hav- why said account
should nut be approved.
Made and entered this 2f>th <lay of Janu
ary, A. V l‘>*
A V k SNYDKR,
V. S. Commissioner and Judge in Probate
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