July 22, 1920
The Columbia & Northern cold storage plant at Wrangell has been secured by A.H. Range of Portland who will arrive in Wrangell at an early date for the purpose of starting a crab cannery here. Mr. Range came north last month seeking a location for a crab cannery. After visiting various points in Southeastern Alaska he decided Wrangell was the logical place for the location of a crab cannery. In order to ensure his project having the support and cooperation of the people of Wrangell Mr. Range sought to get some of the local people interested in his proposition. The ready response which came from the leading business people of the town was satisfactory assurance that Wrangell welcomes any legitimate enterprise, and is willing to give its moral support hereto.
July 20, 1945
Z.M. Bradford, manager of the local Standard Oil Company plant, today announced that the price of stove and furnace oil in Wrangell is now reduced ¼-cent per gallon. Word received by Bradford from Seattle headquarters announced reductions ranging from one-half cent to one and one-half cents a gallon on kerosene made effective today in most parts of Southwestern Alaska while decreases from one-fourth and one and one-half cents per gallon were made on heating oils in all points of Alaska. This is the third voluntary decrease made by Standard since September, 1942 when prices were raised to meet increased war shipping costs. The Company explained the decreases were made possible partly by a cut in the War Shipping Administration tanker surcharge and partly by operating economies.
July 23, 1970
A mountain climbing team from British Columbia traveled to the mainland from Wrangell this week with plans to scale Kate’s Needle (10,000 feet) and Devil’s Thumb (9,100). John Rance, 24, a spokesman for the group from the British Columbia Mountaineering Club at Vancouver, said the climbers will remain inland until Aug. 1. Other members of the team are: Mike Feller, 24, a forestry student at the University of British Columbia; Dick Culbert, 29, a graduate student in geophysics at the university; Fred Douglas, 24 , an electrician; Martin Kafer, 43, an electrical engineer; and Kafer’s wife, Esther. Rance is a zoology student at the University of British Columbia. He said all the climbers are experienced, including Mrs. Kafer, who has scaled peaks in Europe with her husband. The group arrived by plane over the weekend and were flown Sunday and Monday by Chuck Traylor of Stikine Air to an advance camp at Shake’s Lake. The group will trek from the Lake to their climbs at Kate’s Needle and Devil’s Thumb.
July 27, 1995
Wrangellites with recreation sites in the Stikine-LeConte Wilderness will be allowed use of chainsaws and power winches under the recently released decision of Stikine Area Forest Supervisor, Abigail R. Kimbell. The U.S. Forest service supervisor has determined there are no adverse environmental effects and chainsaws may be used for subsistence fuelwood gathering annually from Sept. 1 through April 30. Power winches may be authorized annually during moose hunting season. Forest Service permits will be issued for five-year periods. In addition, Kimbell reported, use of other motorized equipment may be authorized under certain circumstances on a short term basis. “Generators, brush cutters, chainsaws, power winches and other hand portable motorized equipment may be permitted on a case-by-case basis at other times,” she wrote. Her decision is subject to appeal.
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