THE SEWARD POLARIS
Peninsula-Chain News
Dedicated to the Building
of the "Kenai Empire”
1ndependent
1'niled Press Service
Published Semi-weekly
by
11. \V. and N. M. Hunt
seu.iiit, Alaska
S ibscript iiin Hate *sR 00 per voor
RATS
The city dump is' rat infested
and as soon as cold weather sets
m you may look for them in
your homes.
Ii seems that many of the ships
which docked here during the war
were placing guards on the lines
leading to the shore.
This practice was abandoned
and lately a vast increase in the
rat population has been evident
Many diseases are carried by
rats.
Hast summer the west coast
had a threat of bubonic plague,
one of the most severe ever
known there.
A ship from China. Japan.,
Philippines 01 any of the Orient -
;d po.ts whore bubonic plague
exists nt;iv have aboard one in
fected rat which comes ashore
from unvote of the many sur
plus-carry ;::g ships which dock
here.
Our colony of rats (said to
number about 2000* which live
in the dump is infected and th*
• .die- are scattered by flogs, eat',
seagulls or the infection tie*
same v.. v or by human contact
and yo.; have the epidimie well
s* :ed lie''ore you know wha*
cau * i t or who has it
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SFTP^'NG
MEWS
the M.>! Vessel
C ' ' : .parch under command
nf Burns has been set for
Augt:-t i i according to word re
ceived from Seattle by Mr. Wai
ter W. S'pprcll Inca! A 1 a s k .
Steamship Company agent.
Tlii' Coastal Monarch is .-ailing
.it Ket-hikan, Petersburg. Juneau,
Seward. Whittier. Valdez. Cordova ,
and Kodiak.
General cargo will be received
• * Piii’.' 42. Seattle until 3 pm.
August 12.
4 min —
1 Day Service
M OR WATCH
Repairs
1 Week Service
MAJOR WATCH
Repairs
Vic Brown
& Sons
AF.CADE Bldg. Tel. Adams 74
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Spic & Span
Telephone Adams 32
Pick-Up & Deliver
Cleaning Pressing
Alterations *> Hat blocking ,
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THIRD DIVISION. SEWARD
PRECINCT.
In tile matter of the estate)
of t
LOIS HUDSON ALLEN)
Deceased.)
Probate No. 506
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
To the creditors and all persons
having claims against the Estate
. f LOIS HUDSON ALLEN de
emed to file their claims, pro
perly verified, within ti months
after the first publication of this
NOTICE, in the office of the
.Probate Judge for Seward Pre
cinct, at Seward Alaska; or to ex
hibit the same, with the neces
sary vouchers, to the undersigned
Executor at the office of Mr. R.
E. Baumgartner, attorney for the
undersigned, which office has
been selected as the place for
transacting all matters in con
I need ion with said Estate.
Dated at Seward. Alaska this
10th dav of August 1948.
Elwyn Swot maim
Executor
| i Pub. Aug 11, 18. 2.“) and Sept. 1
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STOPS AT
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Cnugach Lodges — Russian River
Charier and Special trip«o arranged
CALL
Bus Terminal at Treasure Cove
opposite Van Gilder Hotel
lor information and ticket^
Adams 84
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