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Vol. VII, No. 19
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPT. 5, 1950
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Promise To Exclude Alaska
From Homestead Ban
Assistant Secretary to the In
terior Doty hastened to secure
an amendment to the regulation
issued last May which excluded
Interior Department employes
from acquiring land under the
general homestead laws.
The regulation, just brought
to light last week, banned every
employe of the department, or
the husband or wife of an em-1
ploye, from acquiring public
lands. Employes of The Alaska
Railroad, Alaska Road Com
mission, Fish and Wildlife Serv
ice and any other branch of the
Interior Department who had
homesteaded lands, built up
their improvements and com
plied in every detail with the
homestead laws are denied pat
ents under the ban, and are
liable to eviction, the order
being indefinitely retroactive.
The Jack Henry Post, Ameri
can Legion, passed a resolution
hitting at the order, and it was
carried to the Alaska Depart
ment convention at Juneau this
week. It will also be taken up
at the national convention in
Los Angeles in October, accord
ing to J. C. Morris, post legis
lative chairman. The Legion is
especially interested as a large
number of the homesteaders are
veterans.
On Saturday, Delegate Bart
lett said that Alaska will be ex
cluded from the ban. He was
advised by Doty that an amend
ment to the regulation will prob
ably be made this week.
“This action, taken in re
sponse to protests made by me
and many others will be favor
ably received throughout Alas
ka,” Bartlett said. “There is no
valid reason why employes not
concerned with the administra
tion of land should be denied
the right to homesteads.”
Quick action by the Interior
Department came on the heels
of the resolution passed by the
American Legion, sparked by
J. C. Morris, member of the
Territorial Republican Central
Committee.
Ke;silo? News Items
Mr. and Mrs. Archie McClain
and Mrs. Stanley McClain and
son Michael spent Sunday in
Kenai at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Peterson.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Williams
and family flew to Anchorage
Monday for a short visit. Mr.
Williams is seeking residence
at Kasilof. He will be the high
way patrolman there. He has
one child in school.
Everyone is school minded
with school opening September
5. Mrs. Archie McClain will
teach this year. Bids are open
for wood and neighbors are pre
paring for the new term.
A. Peterson was calling in
Kasilof Monday on business.
Vern Savage will spend part
of this week in Seward. Nancy
will play with the Franklin chil
dren during his absence.
There is still some fish can
ning being done. The fish are
good and will be greatly appre
ciated when the snow flies.
Mrs. Will Kroskie called on
Mrs. Bertha Whitesal Monday.
Mrs. Whitesal will spend the
winter in her home in Kasilof.
She has been a teacher and
has spent past winters away.
She taught last year at Flat.
Billie Kroskie is home after
working at the cannery during
the season. Billie has home
steaded his place and is busy
doing the jobs a home calls for.
Several are putting up hay.
The crop is extra heavy this
year. Makes us think of more
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New ARR Schedule
Is Announced
A new winter train schedule
was announced by The Alaska
Railroad today.
The Tuesday train connecting
Seward and Anchorage is to be
discontinued on Sept. 12 and
the last run of the Friday train
is planned for Oct. 6.
A regular passenger train will
leave Anchorage for Seward on
each Monday of the week, start
ing Sept. 18. It is to depart
Anchorage at 1:30 p.m. and to
arrive here at 6 p.m.
A boat train, originating in
Anchorage, will make round
trip connections with steamship
vessels on Thursday of each
week beginning Oct. 12. This
train leaves Anchorage at 8 a.m.
and is slated to arrive in Sew
ard at 12:30 p.m.
Among the summer “specials”
being discontinued was the An
chorage-Seward weekend train,
which had its last run last
Sunday.
The streamliner Aurora will
maintain its same schedule be
tween Fairbanks and Anchorage
as will the Anchorage-Whittier
train.
Governor To Dedicate
Sterling Highway
Governor Gruening, General
Kepner and other officials will
formally open and dedicate the
Sterling Highway in a ceremony
at the Kenai River Bridge on
Wednesday, Sept. 6, at 2:00 p.m.
This is a public ceremony and
residents from all surrounding
communities are expected to at
tend.
J. W. JEFFREY HAS NEW
APPOINTMENT WITH A. S. C.
i J. W. Jeffrey has been ap
pointed district superintendent
i of the Alaska Steamship Coni
| pany with headquarters at Sew
| ard, effective September 1, J. F.
j Zumdieck, operating manager of
; the company, announced last
week.
Formerly the Alaska Line
assistant agent here, in his new
position Jeffrey will directly
represent the operating depart
ment in connection with the
i handling of cargo and dispatch
! of vessels at Seward, Anchorage
‘ and Whittier.
! “The creation of this new po
i sition has become necessary due
to the increased traffic we are
! handling to these ports,” Zum
; dieck stated.
BAKE SALE TO BE HELD
BY METHODIST WOMEN
\
A display of home baked
goods, prepared by ladies of the
Seward Memorial Church, will
go on sale at McMullen’s store
Saturday, September 9, begin
ning at 11 a.m.
The sale will be sponsored
by the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service, with Mrs.
Helen Jordan as chairman.
12 MILE LIMIT IN
SCHOOL ZONE
Dale Green, acting Chief of
Police, warns all motorists of
the 12 mile per hour speed
limit in the school zone. Many
children are in school today for
the first time and are not aware
of traffic hazards.
“The school zone will be care
fully watched and traffic laws j
strictly enforced,” Green stated !
today. j
Unions Engineer Super
Entertainment
For 7950 Labor Day
More than 400 kids consumed
100 pounds of hot dogs, gallons
of ice cream and cases of soda
pop Monday afternoon while
guests of the combined Seward
unions at the Labor Day Kids’
Party. Grown men groaned at
the quantities of food consumed,
envying the capacity of the
youngsters.
The dance at night was not
quite as well attended as some
given on previous occasions be
cause of the large number of
residents who were out of town
moose hunting. It was, however,
a really big affair, and remarks
on all sides today are to the ef
fect that it was an extremely
well handled and congenial
crowd.
Good music was provided by
Chuck Anderson’s orchestra and
the Melody Mountaineers, a
stringed quartet providing the
added attraction which was most
popular.
The unions are being congrat
ulated for the success of their
second annual kids’ party and
'dance.
Plan To Go Hunting?
Here's a Few Tips
September 1 was the begin
ning of open season for hunting
moose, mountain goats, brown
and grizzly bear, grouse and
ptarmigan in the Kenai Penin
sula area. Copies of the 1950-51
Regulations relating to Game
and Fur Animals, Birds and
Game Fishes in Alaska are avail
able without charge at all offices
of the Fish and Wildlife Service
! in Alaska. The 1950 Regulations
for Migratory Birds were an
j nounced last week.
Let’s reduce the rate of hunt
i ing accidents that have occurred
I in the past. Hunting is one of
the most wholesome sports.
Don’t let it result in sad memo
ries that you will never forget.
Some basic advice should be
i remembered.
Equipment to take: (1) gun
' and ammunition, (2) good knife
| —belt or cruiser axe desirable,
: (3) matches and waterproof
pocket container — a piece of
! candle to helo build a fire in
wet weather. (41 compass is use
| ful, especially in flat country
j or during foggy weather. Dc
! pend on your compass rather
than your own sense of direc
tion.
When you land on the beach
or even before reaching shore,
or when establishing your base
j camp, size up the country you
intend to hunt. Select some
j prominent mountain, hill, or
, natural feature and determine
i its relation to the area you will
j hunt. If these are not visible
such as would be the case in
a flat country or during foggy
weather, a compass bearing of
the direction you intend to take
will be helpful. This should be
supplemented as you proceed.
Don’t go farther than you
can safely expect to return be
fore dark. It you should get
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PROTZMANS DUE BACK
FROM VACATION
Dode and Jerry Protzman are
due back in a few days after a
vacation Stateside. Dode is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gor
don Black, and Jerry is a grand
son of the Charlie Sheldons.
The couple is living at present
in Whittier where he is em
ployed. While on the trip they
visited Mrs. Protzmans relatives
in Minnesota and Wisconsin;
dropped in to visit sisters, Wanda
and Donna, in California, and
the Sheldons in Washington.
Jerry had never been Outside
until this trip. His observations
will be interesting to hear.
Council Will Hear Report On
Anchorage Conference
Hunters Accumulate
Much Moose Meat
A check with the cold storage
plants disclosed that holiday
hunters have been fairly success
ful during the first four days
of moose season.
More hunters than ever before
are scouring the Kenai Penin
sula for the big game intent
upon the winter meat supply
more than the thrill of the hunt
this year. It has become a seri
ous business in the face of ris
ing meat pricefe.
By 10:00 o’clock this morn
ing 22 moose had been checked
in by the local plants. By all
reports Bill Hammerly was the
first to arrive with his catch
on the first day of the season.
Hammerly is listed at Werner’s
Cold Storage Plant.
Seward Fish and Cold Stor
age list Jim Faulk and Jack
Gibson as their first customers
of the season, reporting in some
time Sunday.
The game warden was not
available at this reporting, so it
is not known whether there have
been any violations of game
laws. A road block Sunday night
by the highway patrol and Mr.
Carson, game warden, set up an
inspection of all cars entering
i the city, checking on sex evi
, dence of carcasses.
Motcdl Artists Mcamed
For Concert Season
Tickets are still on sale for
the fall and winter concert sea
son sponsored by the Seward
Concert Association.
Three famous artists will tour
the Territory during the season,
which will open with Roman
Totenberg, internationally fa
mous violinist, some time in
October. He is accompanied by
Maxim Shapiro, who is well
known for his piano concert
appearances in Anchorage and
other Alaska cities.
The second concert of the sea
son will occur in December,
i Desire Ligeti, bass baritone oi
the New York City Center
Opera and San Francisco Opera
| Association, will bo accompanied
j by pianist Marcus Gordon, who
j is famous in his own right as
j concert pianist.
A recital of “portraits in song’’
j will be presented by Virginia
i Davis, a young American artist
| who is no less well-known than
the others.
It is necessary to make ad
vance sales in order to guaran
! tee the concert series for Sew
i ard. Tickets for the series are
| S6.00 plus tax, bringing the total
: cost to S7.20 each. They are
1 being sold by W. W. Sipprell,
! Miss Delia Gabriel, Mrs. Charles
j Lechner. Mrs. Frank DeLough
j ery and Mr. Brown, of Jesse Lee.
A call to any one of these per
sons will reserve a ticket for
you to cover the entire concert
season.
PATROLMAN ANDERSON
LEAVES POLICE FORCE
Patrolman Andi Anderson re
signed last week from the Sew
ard Police Department, effective
immediately.
Mr. Anderson has served on
the local force for the past two
years, taking service at about
the same time as Leonard Clark,
who has also resigned to take
up work at Klamath Falls, Ore
gon. Mr. Anderson did not indi
cate his intentions for future
employment.
Anderson made many friends
in Seward, particularly among
the young people.
At the regular City Council
meeting tonight Councilwoman
Mildred Kirkpatrick will report
on the conference of Alaska
mayors and city officials which
was held in Anchorage last
week, at which she was Sew
ard’s representative.
Thirteen Territorial cities
were represented by Mrs. Kirk
patrick, Seward; Irving Call,
city manager of Fairbanks; Wal
ter H. Hodge, city attorney of
Cordova; Charles D. Jones, ter
ritorial senator, Nome; Howard
Stabler, attorney for Juneau,
Wrangell, Skagway, Pelican and
Douglas; Lee Bettinger, mayor
of Kodiak; Mayor Loussac of
Anchorage and members of the
Anchorage city council.
Others attending the first day
of the conference were Frank
Metcalf, highway commissioner;
J. P. Johnson, ARR; Steve Mc
Cutcheon; Mr. Patton of Sel
dovia; M. D. Snodgrass, Palmer;
Betty Mears, Palmer; John Gor
such, Anchorage school board;
John Argetsinger, General Serv
ices Administration; Victor C.
Rivers, and Dr. C. Earl Albrecht.
During the tour day conler
ence addresses were heard by
Mr. Argetsinger on the adminis
tration of GSA funds: Dr. Al
brecht talked on public health
and civil defense; Frank Met
calf spoke to the conference on
the highway patrol and engin
i eering problems.
Mr.^lmrr Rasnuissen, presi -
dent of the Bank of Alaska,
gave o comprehensive and in
formative speech on city financ
' ir.g, with details on municipal
borrowing and bonds.
U. S. Marshall Paul Herring
in a forceful speech on Wednes
day, advocated a one department
I law enforcement agency for the
! future State of Alaska,
j The problems of annexation,
boundaries, zoning and educa
I tion were led by Irving Call,
i Lee Bettinger, Mr. Gorsuch and
| others. Mr. Stabler discussed
| taxation with special emphasis
upon the sales tax as recently
adopted by Juneau.
Mr. Herman Kehrli, execu
tive officer, League of Oregon
Cities, and member of the staff
of the University of Oregon, ex
plained the municipal league
organization to the delegation
and assisted in the formation
of the Alaskan league on the
last day of the conference.
• Inspection of the Anchorage
fire department equipment, tele
phone exchange, the CAA ad
ministration building, luncheon
with the Chamber of Commerce
and Rotary Club and an evening
at the Idle Hour Inn on Lake
Spenard were included as en
tertainment of the delegation.
The conference was held in the
large studio at KENI.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick’s report will
be published in detail after it
has been presented to the city
council.
j SECOND LOAD OF CEMENT
i DUE TODAY
I The second barge load of
bulk cement is due today at the
| Superior Portland Cement facili
ties of the Seward Fish and
Cold Storage Company. This
load consists entirely of bulk
cement with 14,774 barrels
aboard.
Another barge is due Sept. 18.
RAINBOW FOR GIRLS TO
MEET THURSDAY
There will be a regular meet
ing of the Order of Rainbow for
Oirls on Thursday, September
7. Initiation services will be held
for Darlene Sheldon. Refresh
ments and dancing will follow
the meeting.