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March 25, 1915: The fore flippers of any hair seal caught or killed within the waters of the Territory of Alaska will in the future be worth $5 in cash to the person making the capture, or the killing, according to a bill introduced in the legislature. The bill provides that any person capturing the seal must attach a copy of an affidavit, the form of which is set forth in the bill, to the fore flippers of the seal, which must be sent to the Territorial Treasurer. This bounty has been agitated for several years as the hair seal is acknowledged as one of the greatest destroyers of salmon in the waters of the coast and annually destroys thousands of dollars worth of fish.
March 22, 1940: Local Elks have been in communication with the Easter bunnies and made arrangements for the annual Easter egg hunt on Sunday afternoon on the school grounds, starting at 1 o'clock with P.L. Stump as master of ceremonies. Only youngsters from the third grade down will be eligible to participate, it is announced by chairman Stump, who has the following Elks to help him: Leo Osterman, Austin Moe, George Gunderson, Fred Hanford, John Coulter, Harold Martindale, J.C. Johnson, Virgil Neyman, Gifford Close and Roland Curtis. Five select prizes are to be awarded, one a live rabbit, donated by Charlie Sadler, and four others, all worth competing for.
March 19, 1965: Daniel Keyon, erector-demonstrator for the Miele-Gross-Dexter Company, has been in Wrangell this past week, installing a MGD 22 offset press and instructing Tom Johnson, Sentinel editor, in its operation. The Sentinel is now fully equipped to do offset job printing with previous installation of a camera, plate maker and miscellaneous equipment. By May 1 it is hoped that a Just-O-Writer will be installed and the newspaper can be printed on offset.
March 22, 1990: Advocates for alcohol and drug abuse treatment programs in Wrangell are pointing to a special tax on liquor sales as a way to raise money to fund their programs. But a legal challenge to a similar law in Sitka may deter local officials from enacting an alcohol excise tax in Wrangell-at least until the dust settles on that Sitka case. By creating the excise tax on alcohol sales, Wrangell would join a small group of Alaskan cities that are helping to fund their alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment programs with money raised by taxing liquor. Wrangell also would become one of the leaders across the country in using such a tax to help and its substance abuse programs, a national expert says. Juneau and Craig have been charging alcohol user taxes for several years. Kotzebue formerly charged such a tax, but the community since has gone dry. Sitka added its name to the list of Alaskan towns with the alcohol excise tax in 1989 when voters approved the special sales tax on alcohol in that community.
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