September 30, 1916: Headlines on a front-page
editorial by the new publisher, J.W. Pritchett: “Wrangell
Ideal Location for a Large Paper Mill.” “Tongass National Forest Could Supply
Enough Pulp To Keep Several Big Mills In Operation For Many Years to Come.” “Present Exorbitant Prices of Paper Would Make An Alaskan Paper Mill as Good as a License to Rob Banks.”
September 19, 1941: To Lloyd Benjamin goes honors for bagging the first
moose of the season. Benjamin, with Warren Gartley and Leo Cramer, went up the
Stikine the first of the week on a hunting trip. After making camp and spending some time hunting, they decided to run over to pay a call on Jack McBride, Wrangell business man, who is up at Paradise camp which he owns with several others up near the boundary. Jack wasn’t home when the boys arrived but a moose was – perfectly at home in Jack’s front yard. Benjamin shot the critter and one can only surmise Jack’s state of mind when he returned to camp at night after being abroad all day moose hunting himself (with no luck) to find one moose, at least, which was evidently hunting him.
September 16, 1966: Bolstered by the best chum (dog) season that any fisherman can remember, the Petersburg-Wrangell fish processors are having among the best seasons on record. It appears the human element is going to give up and close the season before the fish run quits. Young cannery
workers have gone back to schools and colleges and housewives are staying home. Others are just tiring out.
Harbor Seafoods in Wrangell says it expects to quit canning salmon today with a record pack of 37,000 cases. Lack of enough help for salmon work and a desire to get into shrimp are given by Ben Engdal as
reasons for quitting what he acknowledges is the
longest salmon season they’ve had.
September 19, 1991: Wrangell crab fishermen view a proposed moratorium on the Southeast Dungeness crab
fishery with skepticism and concern. Testifying at a
hearing Sept. 12, the fishermen voiced opposition to the proposal, but for different reasons. Some feared it would lead to limited entry, while others
indicated support for limited entry. Most agreed the limits for being allowed to fish under the moratorium are too light. The moratorium calls for
closing the fishery to new participants for no more than four years. Eligibility requirements would be based on participation during 1988 to 1991. If a
fisherman were eligible, an interim-use permit would be issued. The Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission has proposed the fishery be restricted to commercial
crabbers who in the past four years have harvested at
least 500 pounds total in a
two-year period, or 3,500 pounds over the full four years, or have sold crab to processors on at least six days in the four years.
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