Development of
Port Facilities Will
Help Shipping
SEATTLE, (fP) — Government
development of Alaska port facili
ties was suggested by Joseph K.
Carson, maritime commis s i o n
member, as a possible aid in set
ting up a permanent Alaska ship
ping program.
Carson, former mayor of Port
land, was in Seattle to confer with
maritime officials, shippers and
steamship men.
The commission member said
Alaska terminal and cargo-hand
ling facilities constitutee one of
the major problems in considering
a long-range shippings program
for the Territory.
“I, personally, doubt that pri
vate operators can afford to build
the necessary installations under
present conditions,” Carson said.
“It might well be the solution
for the government to take a hand
in developing these facilities, the
same as it has done in developing
the rivers and harbors in the con
tinental United States.”
Carson said the commission is
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reviewing the entire Alaska situa-1
tion, including a report on term
inal and cargo operations by Felix
Isherwood, west coast steamship
expert.
“The commission has two ap
proaches to the Alaska ship prob
lem,” he explained. “One is a
long-range program that will meet
the problem head-on and provide
permanent service to the Terri
tory; the other, in event a perm
anent program can not be devised
immediately, is to seek continu
ance of the present stop-gap pro
gram or legislation for some other
I interim shipping setup.”
Carson, noting that the Alaska
trade was built largely by indus
trial carriers and is seasonal by
nature, said that analysis of the
overall picture may disclose need
for “more than a seasonal opera
tion.”
He stressed urgency of the Alas
ka ship dilemma, both from the
standpoint of national defense and
service to Territorial residents.
THE ENORMOUS CONES OF
the Coulter pine are sometimes a
foot long and six inches in dima
eter, and weigh more than four
pounds, according to the Encyclo
paedia Britannica.
Supt. Of Pioneers’ i
Home Gives Report
On Xmas Fund
William W. Knight, superin
tendent of the Pioneers’ Home at
Sitka, has released an accounting
of the receipts and disbursements j
of the Pioneers’ Home Christmas
Fund, which was distributed to
the oldtimers on December 25,
1947.
“It is to be noted that as the
years go by more and more people
become interested in this worthy
cause; this year the receipts were
over $300 greater than for the
year preceding. The gentlemen
who received this money came to
Alaska when the going was really
tough; this Christmas fund money
to them is a token of the past.
They greatly appreciate the kind
thoughts generously given with
the donations, very happy to know
that they are not forgotten and
take this measure to sincerely
thank each and everyone who
contributed to their joyous Christ
mas,” wrote Superin t e n d e n t
Knight.
Collections through Mr. Zal
main Gross:
Juneau .$500.00
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Ketchikan . 500.00
Sitka . 299.85
Petersburg . 271.15
Wrangell . 143.00
Skagway . 62.00
Haines . 22.00 $1,798.00
Alaska Weekly . 1,182.00
Nome Igloo No. 1 . 850.00
Anchorage Igloo No.' 15 ... 100.00
Fairbanks Igloo No. 4. 75.00
Cordova Igloo No .19. 35.00
Ruby Igloo No. 5. 25.00
Nenana Igloo No. 17. 10.00
Auxiliary No. 4 (Anch.h. 25.00
First National Bank of
Fairbanks . 100.00...
Elks Lodge, Ketchikan ... 25.00
Ladies of the Golden
North . 10.00
Bank of Alaska, Skagway 10.00
Mrs. Louise Hansen . 10.00
Pioneer Women of
Alaska, Fairbanks . 25.00
Mrs. Margaret Bell,
Fairbanks .. 5.00
Joe Beale Sitka . 5.00
Jack Molyneaux, Seattle 5.00
Total .$4,295.00
169 Pioneers (o' $24 each 4,056.00
Surplus .$ 239.00
As in former years the surplus
has been deposited in the bank to
the credit of the Pioneers’ Home
Christmas Fund.
OH, DIANA! From The Mouths Of Babes
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I'M UTTERLY SUM*
WATlE. I MEAN Y©U SIMPLY
AHJST COyME O/ER AND
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LOOK AS ir WE'RE SEARCHING
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THINKING? NAME FOR MV BABV
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8 GET HEP. LITTLE S/S! HOW ^
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IMPPESSWE, I /MEAN ".
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BUSY. I MEAN
DREADFULLY
IF YOU WAD A NEW
BUSINESS, I MEAN THE NAME
AND EVERYTHING BUT NO
CUSTOMERS, HOW WOULD VtXJ
ABOUT GETTING THEM
IF MY PRODUCT HAD TO \
DO WITH /MANUFACTURING. I
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1 WOULD UKE TO GET HlE NAMES
OF ALL THE BABIES WIHO f"
WAVE BEEN BORN WERE IN 1
THE P3ST FIVE YEARS \
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Il'AA JUST ONE OF THE BOYS.'jf
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[OFTHE SAMF^ GOT QUITE A FEW
GENIES AROUNCL,
,*»BUT YOU SHOULDA ^
SEEN US WHEN WE HAD
THAT CRIME WAVE.'
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THE MORE BAP WEN%%X
THE MORE GENIES.'
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CATCH, TEMPTATION, SJPI / I WAS
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CARELESS, SlPli I
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again! take
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, ST. LOUIS, (yP)—Dr. Vincent
Jacobi, a young dentist of subur
! ban Ferguson, is known as a fish
erman who likes to land his catch.
The other day he hooked a four
and a half pound bass. But with
' a firm tug the fish snapped the
line.
Without waiting to shed his
coat, Dr. Jacobi said, he plunged
into the lake and grabbed his fish
before it became aware of its
freedom.
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