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May 20, 1915: The new river boat Tyconda arrived up from the south last Saturday morning. Capt. Kildahl, one of the best known navigators of the coast, piloted the vessel up from Seattle. The Tyconda is a trim stern wheeler and is just the right size for work on the Stikine and undoubtedly will be a success. The vessel made an experiment trip on the river last Sunday, taking a small party up as far as Andrews Creek and left again on Monday morning for her initial trip to Telegraph. On the trip she has five tons of freight and one passenger. On her next trip, the vessel will make excursion rates for anyone who would care to make the trip to Telegraph. The fare round trip will be $10.00, meals and berth extra, meals 74 cents and berth 74 cents per night. This will afford an unusual opportunity for an outing trip up the river as the weather is ideal and the mosquitoes and flies not what they will be later.
May 24, 1940: At its meeting Monday evening in the Elks Club with president Fred Hanford presiding, the Stikine Sportsman’s Association of Wrangell decided to sponsor the wildfire exhibit, which will be held here in conjunction with the Potlatch June 3 and 4. President Hanford brought several fine trophies down with him from Telegraph Creek, donated by sportsmen there, and the Alaska Game Commission has agreed to provide further trophies as well as to bring wildlife motion pictures which will be shown in conjunction. The Petersburg Chamber of Commerce through its president, Earl M. Ohmer, who is also Chairman of the Game Commission, sends word that it will send the great 120-pound king salmon which is said to be the largest of its kind ever taken. The Sportsman’s Association has consented to take over the management of the exhibit for the Potlatch and at present is hopeful of getting the Redmen Hall store room which is under lease to J.E. Wheeler for the exhibit.
May 28, 1965: The $4,000,000 Alaska Pacific Lumber mill located at Shoemaker Bay approximately 7 miles south of this city will begin official operation today when U.S. Senator E.L. (Bob) Bartlett blows the whistle sending 55 men to work in the plant. The ceremony will be witnessed by over a score of distinguished visitors from Washington, D.C., and throughout the U.S. in addition to the local populace. After the ceremony the visitors will receive a detailed tour of the mill premises including a tour of the Yamatada Maru, a new Japanese Lumber carrier loading a $250,000 dock. The mill, which began construction seven years ago, has been testing equipment previous to this time and has reached a cutting capacity of over 100,000 board feet of lumber per 8 hour shift.
May 24, 1990: Tim Collier and Manny Ludwigsen headed out of the harbor Sunday for the evening bite. Part of their daily fishing ritual during the annual Wrangell King Salmon Derby. After three years of determined derby fishing, the truck driver for the Alaska Pulp Corp., sawmill hauled in the king that just might take the honors in the 1990 competition. That could mean a first prize of $5,000 for Collier as well as the $3,000 award being offered in the private derby held for local sawmill employees. His 52.9-pounder led the list of entries this week as the derby passed the halfway marker. Collier’s fish also ended the six-day derby lead previously held by the 51-pound king caught by Don Morgan of Stanwood, Wash., on May 14. “It left me pretty speechless there for a while,” Collier said Monday. Collier said he was aboard the Ludwigsen’s M/V Starship off Pats Creek Landing at 7:15 p.m. Sunday when his pole began bobbing. “It was definitely big,” Collier said, “You could tell that right away. It just hit like a halibut.” The king took off at first. Then nothing. Collier kept his hold on the fish tight, hauling it to the surface.
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