In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago.
April 1, 1915: James Wickersham, our Honorable Delegate, the man that is making good in Washington, was in our city for a short minute last Tuesday. Mr. Wickersham did not get to see all those he wished to as Capt. Nord was in a hurry. Mr. Wickersham was very enthusiastic over the survey of Dry Straits and stated that the bill had passed before he left Washington and that a government engineer would be along in the early summer to start the survey as the work will be done under the supervision of the War Department. So it behooves we of Wrangell to give him every aid in our power on his arrival.
April 5, 1940: Wrangell’s first big Potlatch, June 3-4, marking the dedication of Shakes Island and the coronation of Chief-elect Kudanake of Chief Shakes, got definitely under way this week with the formation of a Central Committee and a business organization to be known as Wrangell Potlatch Inc. The first invitation sent by Chief-elect Kudanake to white persons who will participate in the Potlatch here June 3 and 4 when Kudanake completes the ceremony which will elevate him to full chieftainship under the name of Chief Shakes was to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Chief-elect Kudanake, following the custom of centuries, but breaking the tradition in inviting “white chiefs,” extended courtesy first, naturally, to the chief of the white people, it was explained.
April 2, 1965: A twelve man Forest Service team is at work diagramming logs at the Wrangell Lumber Co. pond. This is one part of a mill study of spruce lumber in Alaska being conducted by the U.S. Forest Service with the cooperation of Wrangell Lumber Co. according to N.B. Schoonover, district forest ranger. Work on the study began last summer when over 250 spruce trees from six logging areas were selected and cruised for grade and volume. They were then felled and moved to Wrangell for scaling by the Puget Sound Log Scaling and Grading Bureau and the Forest Service, Schoonover said. The work now in progress consists of examination of each log and diagramation of knots, defects and irregularities.
March 29, 1990: Will Southeast commercial fishermen be allowed to begin harvesting halibut May 1? Officials with the National Marine Fisheries Service say that’s a good question. Action is anticipated soon by the secretary of Commerce in Washington D.C., to implement the International Pacific Halibut Commission’s recommendation for a May 1 opener. But until the secretary’s decision is published in the Federal Register, halibut fishermen and their crews must wait to make final plans for the May 1 date. The dilemma was created earlier this year when the commission met without taking final action to adopt the recommended quotas and opening dates. That means United States and Canadian governments now must take steps to unilaterally implement those recommendations on an individual basis, said Craig Hammond, special agent in charge of law enforcement for NMFS in Alaska. However, he said, the 1989 quota and opening dates remain in effect until the secretary takes steps to change them for 1990.
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