The Way We Were

May 30, 1912: The coming celebration on July 4 promises more in the way of speed contests between motorboats than any previous year. Not only are there a great number of new boats here, and to be built, but the supposed speed of some of the boats is greater than heretofore witnessed in Wrangell outside of the steamers. A particularly interesting race and one that is being discussed at length at this early date is the expected contest between the speedy cannery tenders Halcyon and Mary Malone. The outcome of the race is still a matter of conjecture and it looks very much like a case of Greek me...