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OCR LITTLE TOWN IS THE BEST LITTLE TOWN AFTER ALL
There are fancier towns than our little town, there are towns that are
bigger than this, and the people who live in the smaller towns don't know
what excitement they miss. There are things you can see ir. the wealthier
towns that you can't In a town that's small; and yet. up and down, there is
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UKXM.ELL CHAMBER OF
('(•MMKRCK IS ORGANIZED
A live Chamber of Commerce tor
Wrangell promises to be a reality.
During the past month several of]
the local business inea have been
talking over the ne«d of such an or
ganisation. Last week half a dozen !
citizens who styled themselves or
ganizers sent out lnvitatious to the
business men and professional men
of the town to attend a meeting In i
the Wrangell Hotel dining room.
Thirty citizens responded to the in
vitation.
The meeting was called to order
by Mayor Grant, w-ho announced
t::at the purpose of the meeting was
to organize a Chamber of Commerce.
l*o McCormack was elected tempor
ary chairman.
The chairman called for the read
ing of some correspondence which
the organization committee had had
with the Juneau Chamber of Com
mercial Club. The correspondence
showed that the Juneau organiza
tion functions under a board of di
rectors. and five permanent commit
tees. and whatever special commit
tees may be necessary.
After some discussion in which a
number of citizens participated, it
was decided to proceed with the
work of organizing along the same
lines as the Juneau body. Practic
ally e'.eryone present came forward
and sinned the membership roll. A
mot.on prevailed that the organizers jj
constitute the first board of direc
tors. The meeting then adjourned
subject to the call of the chairni1 un
of the board.
The urgent need tor a comra' 3rcial
organization in Wrangell ha? _ been
keenly felt for some time. N- )W that
an organization ha* been st ^ted let
every business and profess' i0nai man
in Wrangell become an a C(jve mem
ber and a booster. Ever yone knows
that through organlzat' QJ, tt |s po3.
a.ble to accomplish things that
would be utterly iin p088ibie for an
individual.
The board of 1* Sectors met this
week and named tte following com
mittees
Local Indust rie8 _charles Benja
mine, chalrms n
Mail and t ran8portatlon—I*o Mc
Cormack. cb a)rman
Advertis' ng an^ rourists—Rev H
P. CorsOT chairman.
Membr ,rship an(j finance—J. G.
5r*nt-r hairman.
;ai committee on hydro-elec
trie power—G. H. Barnes, chalrniau.
The board of directors were es
pecially fortunate ;n being able to
l>ersuado I>r. It. J. Diven to accept
Uu? position of secretary. Dr. Diven
Iuia not only been ideutitied with
other Chambers of Commerce, but
has had considerable experience as
se iretary of a commercial organiza
tio 11.
F ollowing Is a list of the members:
( It'orge H. Barnes
P.. C. McCormack
A. Lemieux
C. A. Blackfngto&
T. C. Havens
F. £ Gingrass
G. H'. V pshaw
C!. JL Tozier
M. McKinney j,
Ernest M. Campbell
Cha rles Benjamine
A. Vreatt j
H. Gartley ^
Cot ert Joseph Diven
Don aid Sinclair
Leo uard M. Campbell
Kiel lard SuraLt • .
J. *G. Grant
H. D. Kyle ^
H. 1'. Corser ..
W. D. Grant .
«
Ole Gunderson
SI. C . Johnson
Leo . McCormack , t
J. P. Ludwig -i.
Dr. S. C. Shurick
H. Fei -guson .
Wm. F. Lewis .< *
J. W. Pritchett
John Stedman
J. E. "SVorden
Wm. Patterson
II. D. -Campbell \
C. M , Coulter
I. C. Bjorge ' k
F. E. Bronson
C. F. Hurley
S. C inningham
Arnt Dorset V
B. Y., Grant
>1. F . Ilofstad
Ole Johnson.
—Wrangell Sentinel.
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CHAPTER XIV.
The lookout on the power schoonei
>ta*gle II had sighted Diamond head
before Commodore Adelhert P. Glbney
^ptaln Phlnea* P. Scruggs, and En
•IneiT Bartholomew MeOuffey wer<
• fabled lo declare. In nil sincerity (01
r t least with as much sincerity as om
lit reasonably expert from this ham
■vlng rascals), that they had en
tlrely recovered from their harrowing
experiences on the desert Island ofTu
vaiia-tholo. In the Friendly group.
At tlie shiMit of "Land, ho!" Mr. Me
Ouffey yawned, stretched himself, ami
sat up In the wicker lounging chnlr
where he luid sprawled for days wlrtl
.Mr. Glbney ami Captain Scraggs, un
der the awning on top of the house,
lie flexed Ids hlceps relied'vely, while
his companions, stretched at full
length In their respective chairs,
■watched him lazily.
"As a member o" the Maggie syndi
cate an' ownlti an' votln* a quarter In
terest." boomed the engineer. "1 here
by call a meetln' o' the said syndicate
for the purpose o' trnnsactln' any nu*
all business that may properly come
before the meetln'."
"Cass the word for Nells llajvor
sen." suggested Mr. Olhney. "Illess
his squarehead soul," he added.
"We got a quorum without 1dm. an'
besides this business Is Jim bi t ween
us three."
"Meetln'll come to order." The
commodore tapped the hoi deck with
his bare lieel twice. "Haul away,
Mac."
"I move you. gentlemen, that It be
the sense o* this meetln' that IV Mc
GuJTey. Require. he an' he Is hereby
npp'lnted a committee o' one to lam
the everlastln' daylights out o' that
sinful former chief mate o' ouni for
ahandonln' the syndicate to a horrible
death on that there desert Island l>o
1 hear a second to that motion?"
"Second the motion," chirped Cap
tain Scruggs.
'The motion's denied." announced
Mr. Gtbnev tirmlv.
"Now. Iroky here, (lib, that ain't
fair. Didn't you fight Tahtt Tabu n'
didn't Sentggsy tight the king o' Kari
dtivu? 1 ain't had no tlghtiii* this en
tire v'ynge an' I did cal'lute to lick
that doggone mate."
"Mac. It can't he done nohow."
"Oh, It can't, eh? Well, I'll Just bet
you two hoys my Interest lu the svn !!■
cate—"
"It ain't that. Mac. It ain't that. No
body's dwhtin' your natur.il ability
to mop h'.m up. Nut It ain't policy.
Vou wasn't sore agin 'em cannllwil
savages, was you? You made Neils
go back an' save 'em, an' It took us
two days to beat up to the first In
habited Island an' drop 'em off—"
"llut a cannibal's like a dumb beast,
• lib. He ain't responsible. This mate
knows better."
"We're Pirates Under the Law—"
"An "Mr. money leveiea a noruy
forefinger at the engineer. "That's
where you hit the null on the head.
He's too fly, and there's only two
ways to keep him from flyin' away
with us. The first Is to feed him to
the sharks and the second Is to treat
him like a loug-lost brother. 1 know
he ought to be hove overboard, but 1
ain't got the heart to kill him In cold
blood. Consequently, we got to let
the villain live, an' If you go to beatln'
hiiu up. Mac, you'll muke him sore an'
he'll i>each on us when we get to Hono
lulu. If us three could get back to Sun
Krauclsco with clean hands, I'd say
lick the beggar an' Jlck him for fair.
Bat we got to remember that this mate
on* o' the original filibuster crew
o' the bid Maggie I". Tile dliy we
tackled the Mexican navy an' took
this power schooner away from 'etn.
we put ourselves forty fathom plumh
outside the law, an' this mate was
present nn' knows It. We've changed
the vessel's name an' rip. an' doctored
up the old Maggie's papers to suit the
Macule 11. an' we've give her a new
dress. Rut at tha*. It's hnrd to dis
guise a ship in a live |>ort. an' the se
cret service acenis o' the Mexican gov
ernment may he u-layln' for us In San
Francisco: and with this here mate
ngin us nn' rend.v to turn state's evi
dence, we're pirates under the law, an'
It don't lake much Imagination to see
three pirates swlngln' from the same
yard-arm. No. sir, Mac. I ain't got
no Ish, now that we're fixed nice an'
comfortable with the world's goods, to
I e hung for a pirate In the mere shunk
o' Hiv youth. Why, I ain't fifty year
I old yet."
j "lty the tall o" the Creat Sacred
Mull," chattered Scruggs. "(lib's right."
M<-t»iiff«y «as plainly disappointed.
I "1 hadn't thought o' that at all Olh. I
| been cherlshln" the thought o' lamtnln'
I rhe whey out'n that mate, hut If you
say so I'll give up the idee. But If
brlr.gln' the Maggie 1) Into home wa
l ters Is Invltln' deuth. what In blue
bhtzes're we goln' to do with her?"
Mr. Oibney smiled—an arch, cunning
smile. "We'll irlve her to that mnr
| derin' mate, free grails."
I Captain Scraggs hounded out of his
! chair, struck the hot deck with his
hare feet, cursed, and hopped hack
into t!if chair again. MctimTey siared
Incredulously. "(lib. my dear hoy,"
quavered Scraggs. "say tliai agin."
I "Yes," continued the commodore
I placliUy, "we'll Just get shot o' her
peaceable like by givln' her to this
mute. Iton't forget. Si-raggsy. old tar
I'Ol, tllal Ibis mate's been Itassln' hlm
| self oiT for you In Honolulu, an' If
i there's ever an investigation, [he trail
leads to the Maggie II. This mate's
admitted being Captain Scraggs. an" If
he's found wlih the schooner In his
possession It'll take a heap o' evidence
for him to prove that he ain't Captain
Scraggs, We'll Just keep this here mate
| in the brig while we're disposing of
i our black coral, pearl, shell and copra
I in Honolulu, an' then, when we've
' cleaned up, an" got our passages
hooked for San Francisco—"
"Itnt who savs we're goln' hack to
San Francisco?" cut lu McGuffey.
i "Why. where else would men with
money in their pockets head for, you
• oil-soaked piece of Ignorance? Ain't j
von had enough adventure to do you a
j spell?" demanded Captain Scraggs.
j "Me an' (lib's for goln' back to San
Francisco, so shut up. If you got any I
objection, you're outvoted two to one
In the syndicate."
McGufTey subsided, growllnp, and,1
I Mr. Glhney continued:
I "When we're ready to leave llono- 1
lUllt. we'll bring this mate on deck. I
I make him a kind Christian talk an'
| pive h!m the Mapple II with the com- I
i pllmcnts o' the syndicate. He'll think |
! our sufTerln's on that Island has i
i touched ns with religion an' he'll he so 1
| tickled he'll keep his mouth shut. I
Tlicn. with all three of us safe an' out |
: o' the me«s. an' the evidence off our i
! hands, we'll clear out fur Gawd's coun
try nn' look around for some sort of a
I profitable Investment."
j The commodore slphed. "She's a
I love of a boat an' It breaks my heart
to plve up the only command I've ever
i had. but the fact Is. Mac. her posses
sion by ns Is danperous. an' we don't
need her. an' we can't sell her because
her record's pot blurs on It. We can't
convey a clean an' satisfactory title.
Anyhow, she didn't cost us a cent an'
there ain't no real financial loss if we
i jtive her to this mate. He'd be plad to
I pet her If she had yellow Jack aboard.
| an' If he's catipht with her he'll have i
! to do the evplalnln". When you're
caught with the poods In your posses
I slon. Mac, It makes the explalnln' all
| the harder. Besides, we're three to
one. an' If It comes to a show-down
Inter we can outswear the mate."
Captain Scrapes picked his snapple
teeih wl'h the little blade of his Jack
knife and enpitated a minute.
1 "Well." he announced presently, "far
he It from me to fly In the face o' a
felon's i'e:i!h. I've made a heap o'
motiev. fnllerln' Gib's advice, an' bust
my bob-stay If I don't stay put on this.
(Jib. It's your lead."
"Well I'll follow stilt. Gib's pot all
the trumps." acquiesced the engineer.
"Wo pot plenty o' douph an' no board
bills comln' due. so we'll loaf aJonp
shore until Gib rile* np somethln'
pond."
"How abort! Nells?" onerled Captain (
Scrapsrs. "IVi we continue to let that
ex-deckhand In on our fortunes?"
"If Nells Halvorsen hed asked yon
Mint question when he ovine to rescue
you the day you lay adyln' o' thirst
on that desert Island, wonldn't you
have said yes?"
"Sure dod." 1
-„«c n
"Then don't ask no questions that's
unworthy of you," said Mr. Glbnoy ge
verely. "I don't want to i*t none o'
them trftn-pfi trade ethics croppln'
up In you, Scraggsy. If It wasn't for
that Swede the »ea-gulls'd be plckln'
our bone* now. Nell* Harvorsen la In
cluded In this syndicate for good."
"Amen." Thla from the honest Mc
Guffey.
"Meetln's adjourned," said Captain
; Scraggs IcUy.
I ITnder the direction of the crafty
j commodore, the valuable cargo of the
Maggfr n was disposed of In Hono
lulu. During the period while the
achooner lay at the dock discharging,
Captain Scraggs and McGuffey pru
dently remained In the cabin with the
perfidious mate. In order that, ahould
an Investigation be undertaken later
by the Treasury department, no man
might swear that the real Phlneas
Sots gen. filibuster, had been In Hono
lulu on a certain date. The Kanaka
crew of the schooner Mr. Glhney man
aged to ship with an old shipmaster
friend bound for New Guinea, so their
testimony was out of the way for a
while, at least.
When the Maggie n was finally dis
charged and the proceeds of her rich
j cargo nestled. In crisp bUls of large
denomination. In a money belt under
Mr. Glbnev's armpits and next his ras
t cally skin, he purchased tickets under
iisstimed names for himself, Scraggs.
McGuffey and Halvorsen on the liner
Hllonlan. due to sail at noon next day.
These details attended to, the Mag
~le n hacked away from the dock un
der her own power and cast anchor off
the quarantine station. The mate was
then brought on deck and made to
■•nnfront the syndicate.
"It appears, my man," the commo
dore began. "that you was too anxious
to horn In on the profits o' this expe
dition. so In a moment o' human weak
ness you did your employers an evil
deed. We had It all flggered out to
feed you to the sharks on the way
borne, because dead men tell no tales,
hut our snfferln's on that Island has
caused us aU to look with a milder
eye on men- human shortcoming. The
Good Book says: "Forgive us our tres
passes as we forgive those what tres
pass agin us.' an' I ain't ashamed to
admit that you owe your wicked lift
to the fact that Scraggsy'i pot religion
an' McGuffe.v ain't much better. But
we got all the money we need an'
we're goln' to Europe to enjoy It, so
before we go we're coin' to pass sen
tence upon you. It Is the verdict o'
the court that we present you with the
power schooner M»ggie II free gratis,
an' that you accept the same In the
same friendly sperrlt In which It la
tendered. Hitvln' a schooner o' your
own from now on, you won't be
tempted to steal one an' commit whole
sale murder a-doln° It. You're forgiven,
man. Take the Maggie II with our
hli-ssln", organize a coinp'ny, an' go
back to Kandavu an' make some money
for yourself. Scraggsy. are you a-wll
iln' to prove thnt you've given this
The Unfortunate Mate Hung Hli |
Head. He Was Much Moved.
errin' mate complete forgiveness by
shskln' hands with hlmT"
"I forgive him freely," said Captain
Scraggs, "an' here's my fin on It."
The unfortunate mate hung bis
head. He was much moved.
"You don't mean it, sir, do you?" he
faltered.
"I hope I may never see the hack o'
my neik If I don't," replied the skip
per.
"Surest thine you know, brother,"
shouted Mr. McGiiffey and swatted the j
deluded mate between the shoulders.
"Take her with our compliments. Ton
was a ro<h1 brave mate until you went
wrong. I ain't forgot how you
sprayed the hillsides with lead the day
Gib an' Soraggsy was took by them
cannibals. No, slr-ee! I ain't holding
no grudpe. It's human to commit
crime. I've committed one or two my
self. Good luck to you. matey. Hope
you make a barrel o' money with the 1
old girl."
"Thanks." the mate mumbled. "I
ain't deservin' o' this nohow," and he
commenced to snivel s little.
(Continued on Thursday)
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