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August 5, 1915: Mr. Tim Harrington of Juneau came down on the Jefferson Wednesday. Mr. Harrington is an old time miner and mine operator, formerly of Montana, and was a close friend and advisor of the late Marcus Daily. Mr. Harrington left today accompanied by Frederick Bronson for the Iskoot River, a tributary of the Stikine, to look over some mining properties owned by Mr. Bronson, Peter McCormack and others of this place. The property in question is about 25 miles up the Iskoot River and is reported by those who have seen it to be very promising for a big producer. By the Ketchikan papers we are informed that the miners employed at the Mamie Mine, near Hadley, are out on strike, demanding an increase in wages of fifty cents per day which the company has refused. It is hoped, in the interests of both the miners and the operators, their differences can be speedily and satisfactorily adjusted.
August 9, 1940: Celebration marking the paying off of the town light plant indebtedness will be held September 16, it was decided at a special meeting of the City Council Saturday night. Final payment on the nine-year indebtedness,
which totaled about $65,000, and which now gives Wrangell a light plant valued at $150,000, will be made in time for the celebration. Mayor Van H. Fisk has appointed Dr. E.J. Wheeler, Chairman, H.H. Hungerford and Olaf Hansen, Councilmen, to handle the affair. Tentative plans call for ceremonies to be held at the ANB Hall, with the town's first Councilmen, those on the council at the time of acquisition of the light plant, and the present Council members taking the leading roles. Former Mayor Fred Hanford, one of the original movers for the municipal light plant, has compiled a complete history of the city's enterprise in the light and power field and this is expected to form the background for the celebration.
August 13, 1965: Anan Cold Storage reported the following landings for the past week. Halibut landings at Anan Cold Storage for the past week consisted of only three trips.
The ARB landed 11,700 pounds, the AK2086A 2,400 pounds, and the Beaver with 1,600 pounds. Miscellaneous halibut (troll caught) amounted to 500 pounds. Troll landings were up for a weekly period with 9,000 pounds of kings landed, 11,000 pounds of silvers, and 1,650 pounds of pinks.
Gillnet landings were also up over the last week with the
following landings reported. Sockeyes - 580 pounds, kings - 100 pounds, chums - 3,700 pounds, and 100 pounds of steelhead.
August 9, 1990: Escapement of Stikine River sockeye at Tahltan Lake in Canada has surpassed the halfway mark as commercial fishing in the waterway is climbing closer to the target level. Sandy Johnston with the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, said about 14,000 sockeye that originated in Tahltan Lake had returned to the weir as of Monday. The escapement of Tahltan stocks was projected at 20,000 to 30,000 for the year, he said. “That's a pretty good number for this early in the season,” he said in a phone interview with the Sentinel. “The Tahltan run is apparently quite strong.” Escapement of sockeye from the main stem of the Stikine was forecast at 30,000 for the year, Johnston said. It is running behind for this time of the season, he said, and officials are watching the situation. “We need to see if the main stem component will pick up,” he said. Commercial harvest of sockeye in the so-called Lower Stikine near the United States-Canada border hit 10,984 as of Monday, he said. Added to that total are another 2,448 sockeye taken in the Native food fishery upriver and 404 in a small commercial fishery in the Upper River, Johnston said.
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