The Way We Were

April 18, 1912: Congressman Sulzer recently introduced a bill providing a bounty on Alaska wolves. The bill, as referred to the committee, provides for a bounty of $10, with establishment of proof before any clerk of district court, any U.S. Commissioner or the Collector, or any deputy Collector of Customs in the District.

April 16, 1937: At the special meeting of the newly elected city council last evening, attended by Mayor Hanford and councilmen, McBride, Hansen, Cunningham, Hugerford, and Campbell, reappointment of all present city employees was voted without a dissenting vote. For the position of Night Marshal, held temporarily by Roy Dolan, there were three applications - the incumbent, C.W. Bradley and Louis Wigg. Dolan received the majority of the ballots and was appointed as regular Night Marshal. There were no other applications for other city positions than the incumbents. The setup of city employees for the coming year is as follows: L.B. Chisholm, city clerk, municipal magistrate, city attorney, tax assessor and city treasurer; C.H. Lloyd, street and water commissioner; H. Wellons, city electrician and light plant operator; Dr. J.H. Clements, city health officer; and Mrs. Mason, librarian. The Fire Chief and Marshal will be named at the next council meeting after recommendations have been received from the Fire Department.

April 20, 1962: The April 2 report of the U.S. Department of Commerce shows that exports from Alaska to foreign countries during the month of January had a value of $1.6 million, an increase of 60 percent over shipments during the same month in 1961, Frank B. Heintzleman, former Governor of Alaska reports. He said the export figures reported by the department represented, primarily, timber products - pulp and lumber - from Sitka and Wrangell mills. “This growing market for Alaska timber products is contributing substantially to the economy of the state,” Heintzleman pointed out. “It leads to the expectations that other Alaska products, e.g. coal and iron ore concentrate, will find an equally good market in the Japanese steel industry,” he said.

April 16, 1987: A 1 1/2 hour debate during Tuesday's city council meeting culminated in a vote that essentially rejected city Engineer John Cannon's request to open a private land surveying business in Wrangell. Council members made several motions, voted on some, and finally agreed to vote on a motion made by Donna Galla. That motion - to allow Canon to operate a private land surveying business in his off-duty hours - was defeated on a 3-4 vote, essentially rejecting Cannon's request. Councilmen Bob Grant, Ken Mason and Mayor Bill Privett voted in favor of the motion, while Earl Kloster, Donna Galla, Benn Curtis and Fern Neimeyer carried the vote by casting negative ballots. The motion was identical to a motion Galla made at the council's March 24 meeting. At that time, council members appeared to believe they had voted to defeat the motion. But after reviewing the lengthy, confusing record of the meeting, City Attorney Ed Stahla said that was not the case. Stahla said the council on March 24 actually had only defeated a motion to reconsider Galla's motion. That meant the only motion to have passed during the March 24 meeting was an amendment offered by Mason to defer action on the issue until this week's meeting Stahla said.