LOCAL TOPICS
Just to remind you that
Christmas is only 16 days away
and only 13 of them are shop
ping days.
The Hyder lumber mill con
tinued active throughout ithe
week.
The Loyal Moose will hold
their annual Christmas tree en
tertainment in Stewart on the
evening of December 21.
With the shortest day of the
year only two weeks off the
hours of daylight this week
covered slightly less than half
of the 24 hours and were about
10 minutes shorter than dur
ing the week ending last Satur
day, when sunrise occurred at
7:11 a. m. and sunset at 4:26
p. m. Sunrise occurred today
at 7:19 a. m., eight minutes
later than last Saturday, and
sunset will occur at 4 :25 p. m.,
making a total reduction of 9
minutes in the hours between
sunrise and sunset, as com
pared with last Saturday.
Rumors that very rich gold
ore has been encountered in
the new low level tunr.el 'of the
Big Missouri were circulated
here Friday evening but could
not be confirmed up to the
time of going to press.
The ore was said to have
been encountered about 400
feet from the portal, after the
tunnel had penetrated through
the argillitic formation lying
west of the mineralized zone
which extends through the
Big Missouri north and south
and in which rich gold deposits
were previously located in the
upper tunnel.
The International Way fili
was virtually completed dur
the past week and only a
small amount of surfacing re
mains to be done to finish ithe
project, on which the Bureau
oif Public R’oads has been en
gaged for several weeks.
This excellent public im
provement has also been ex
tended to include the widening
of the highway from the fill to
a point on the international
boundary line opposite the
stone house. When completed,
the rbad will have a width of
over 20 feet, with drain? along
both sides to carry of surface
water. The widening of the
formerly narrow roadway at
this point will be of great bene
fit to the heavy traffic passing
up the Salmon valley to and
from Stewart and Premier.
Owing to the increased width
of the roadway, it was found
necessary to remove the broad
fairway in front of the public
library building. Entrance to
the building is now obtained by
a -fairway at the east end of
the structure.
Wrangell Council Seek3
Views On Liquor Control
In an effort to determine the
views of citizens regarding the
local dispensation of liquor and
control of the traffic, the town
council of Wrangell recently
sent a questionnaire to each
resident whose name appeared
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LOCATION NOTICES — approved ' Large bundle of old papers for
form, now reduced to 60 cts. a dozen, starting fires 25 cents at the Herald
Cheaper than typing them. The Heralo orrice.
on the 1934 tax roll and also
to every registered voter. The
questions to which answers
were sought covered Sunday
closing of liquor stores and
beer parlors; regulation of
open hours for such establish
ments; closing of private liq
our stores and operation of a
city liquor store and beer par
lor; prohibition of music and
dancing in beer parlors, and
prohibition of all privately
owned beer parlors.
Priblof Pelt Sales
Show Price Declines
Appreciable declines in pro
ceeds of sales of fur seal pelts
from the Priblof islands were
noted in auctions held October
15, as compared with those of
last spring, according to the
Ketchikan Chronicle. Decreas
es amounted to as much as 32
per cent under the previous
proceeds.
Fox pelts brought as much as
43 per cent less than in the
spring sales.
Black seal pelts averaged
$16.06 each, which is a decline
of 15 per cent, logwood brown
brown pelts averaged $16.32,
a decline of 32 per cent, and
safari brown pelts averaged
$21.22 each. Safari brown is
an innovation in fur seal dye
ing.
In the sale of white fox 'pelts
the decline was from $22.55
each last spring to $13.32, or
an average of 41 per cent less.
Blue fox sales averaged $20.45
a pelt, or a decrease of 43 per
cent from the average of the
spring sales, when they aver
aged $35.72 each.
Alaska’s First Automobile
Given Place In Museum
Rescued [from a nine year’s
accumulation of dust in an ob
scure Corner of a Juneau gar
age, Alaska’s first home-made
automobile is to be given a
place of honor in the museum
of the Alaska College at Fair
banks, according to the Far
therest North Collegian.
The car, a natty little two
seater, was constructed by
Robert E. Sheldon, postmaster
at Fairbanks, during his resi
dence in Skagway in 1905.
Skagway did not boast any
autos at that time and Mr.
Sheldon had no models to
copy but managed to evolve '
the car from descriptions and
pictures of the new invention.
Power was provided by a
single cylinder, two-cycle ma
rine engine with a friction j
clutch. The body is of wood
with old-fashioned buggy
wheels and springs, while the
ho'od is covered with tin. In
place of a steering wheal its
course was directed by means
of a jointed gas pipe which
protrudes from the hood. A
carbide lamp on a bracket on
the front of the car provided
light for night driving.
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