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The Seward Polaris
VOLUME 5 ❖ INDEPENDENT ❖ SEWARD. ALASKA * SATURDAY JULY 24, 1948 * UNITED PRESS SERVICE ❖ PRICE 10 CENTS No. 8
Thursday, July 22, 1948 —
Chamber of Commerce
Balance on hand in the Cham
ber of Commerce treasury is
$1451.39 as of July 22nd 1948
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The Coastwise Lines of Port
land. Oregon announce a service
to Alaskan ports to start soon.
More information on this will be
forthcoming, especially if Seward
is the terminal port.
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A letter from Dan Ralston of
the Game Commission at Juneau ,
recommends that the City ask '
that the law be passed to stop !
the shooting of firearms within
3 miles of any incorporated town.
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A letter from a Mr. Goodwin
who has a connection with the
disabled war veterans was read.
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Letters from the Art Club of
Seattle announcing the tour of
Mr. Gallispie in Alaska: also
from a congressman of the 1st
district of Washington giving in
formation on the proposed U. S.
Canadian-Alaskan RR and its
route.
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Letters from the Waterfront Em
ployers were also read. Definite
statements were made about the
slowing down of the work of
loading.
The Governor called for an in
vestigation of the matter (Local
ly none of the longshoremen have
any knowledge of the things as
they are more or less out of
touch on Seattle local problems.)
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Two barges loaded with sur
plus at Adak and brought into
Seward to be loaded onto the
railroad for transportation to An
chorage. were stuck for nearly
a week before being able to un
load.
The heaviest item which came
to near seven tons could not be
handled except by Army or Rail
road cranes. Those of the Army
were unavailable and the over
worked Railroad crane was un
: ole to get away from routine
work in order to be of service.
Liberty ships have the priority
when using the docks equipment
• t Adak. it was said, and heavy
■vers are well protected in that
cav while the small purchaser
■ ;>t the mercy of thos< in
barge of equipment.
This necessitates a great deal of
aim shavv” one spokesman said
ter the meeting, and is r.ot in
we interests of good business.
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Considerable cash has been col !
i
ected for the Welcome to Sew- ;
• rd sign which is to be placed at
*ne foot of 4th Avenue, just off!
of the Railroad property.
Mary Ann Brown, active real
estate dealer who is the chair- ;
man of the committee, devotes
’wo to three hours each afternoon
to the solicitation of funds from i
’hose who wish to help put up
'.he sign. Contributions, no mat
ter how small may be mailed to
her and a receipt will be mailed >
to you if you care to help with |
the undertaking.
There are some who have been
asked to donate who are not in i
favor want the money already ’
collected or pledged, used for ;
some other purpose.
This cannot be done unless !
each who has paid money will .
agree to the change.
It was therefore decided to pro
ceed and Martin Urie was ap- '
pointed to help in the matter of !
the collection of the funds.
The monument or sign is for
the benefit of the whole town
and therefore everyone is asked
to make whatever donation, even
only a dollar will help to run the
amount up to $150000 which it
is estimated is necessary.
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McRae & Estes
Cinder Blocks Good
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Bill Estes and A. G. McRae
have cast enough concrete build
ing blocks of the several differ
ent sizes they make to build four
average size dwellings.
Their capacity is around 300
per day and the cinder concrete
block in which they specialize
has the advantage of being light
weight and having a tendency to
insulation rather more than the
old-tyt>e concrete block which
they also produce.
We were much taken' with the
idea of building a 24 2(3 foot
building for a tremendously less
cost than lumber, brick or con
crete or even logs.
The blocks may be used for
basements, in which case they are
surfaced with a moisture proof
coating which may be put on al
so. after the wall is up thus pie
venting seepage.
Many local residents are going
ahead with concrete or cinder
block constructions because of
the high cost of lumber and the
high priorities needed to obtain
substantial quantities.
Among them are Tony Murkow
ski a basement: Sid Urie. a boiler
room for heating the green houses
recently purchased from Mr. and
Mrs. Gibbons; Douglas Keating,
facing the entrance to his now
home, which has been under con
struction for nearly 2 years; well
built large, roomy, homelike—he
did most of the work himself.
Quite a number of persons are
using the chimney blocks and in
cluded in the 1 iare H Werner,
Ralph Neff. Carl Sparks and Lor
en Peterson.
Confident of Seward's future
Estes and McRae got together
this spring and purchased the
equipment n Anchorage. The suc
cess or the Anchorage producers
was so great that machinery with
a much greater capacity was
necessary and so the smaller
unit was replaced releasing the
used unit to Estes & McRae.
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BISHOP GLEASON
VISITS SEWARD
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Bishop Gleason, of Juneau will
arrive by plane Saturday and will
hold Mass at 10 a.m. Sunday it
was learned Friday night.
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BIRTH CERTIFICATES
AVAILABLE
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Parents may call at the Public
Health Nurse's office in the Med
ical Building for the following
birth certificates: Sally Julaton.
Richard Elmer Rogers, Michael
William Gillcm, Paula Nelson,
Linla Elizabeth Nichols, Sharon
Ann Quayle. Michele Ann Gay,
Martin Henry Gundersen, Frank
Russell Hoffman, Armand Richard
Loring, Charles Albert Poindexter |
scott Francis Roth, Marshall Geo- j
:-ge Ronne Raymond August Gil
lespie.
FOR JOB PRINTING—- TIIF. POLARIS
Claims 'Atomic Car'
ft
INVENTOR, says he, of an automo
bile engine that uses atomic power,
Dr. John Wilson of Harrow, Eng
land, is pictured in London holding
a small and heavy metal cylinder
which he calls his atomic power
generator. Having promised to
demonstrate his car for the British
Minister of Fuel, Dr. Wilson apolo
gized for failure to meet the ap
pointment, saying the job had been
sabotaged. He’ll try again in a
month, he says. (International)
The sun is 93 000,000 miles
—.. 3
away. The next nearest star is
30.000 times farther away.
Insurance Survey May
Lower Rates In Seward
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I i.asl week Arthur B. Carson,
Fire Insurance Engineer associat
ed with the firm of Gould &
Gould. Inc. Seattle Insurance
bickers, spent two days in Sew
aoi preparing reports and making
; > uggest ions about fire prevention
'and piotection in the area. It. E.
■ Baumgat tner. local attorney, re
i presenting a number of fire in
, surance companies and himself a
j the insurance agent, said that the
\ purpose of such a survey was to
| net ter preserve the life and safety
i oi citizens and also, if Carson's
'recommendations were acted up
on. to reduce current insurance
i rates.
Attorney Baumgartner introduc
ed C arson to serveral people here
i who were roost helpful aquaint
him with local fire hazard
I conditions. Carson talked with
.L::e Chief Fred KieJeheski and
they agreed that although Seward
, had excellent fire fighting equip
ment and a most dependable and
I efficcnt Volunteer Fire Depart
I ment. there should be better co
1 operation from many of tlie re
; sidents in respect to fire preven
tion.
It was pointed out that the
city's equipment compares favor
ably with the fire fight equip
nvnt of many of the larges mod
ern cities in the States. Seward's
j fire fighters know their business
j and do it with*a spirit and deter
ruination seldom found anywhere.
insurance Engineer A. Carson
noted that the P'ire Chief made
periodic inspections of chimney ,
smoke stacks, stoves, fuel storage
tanks, and such structures and
conditions generally which re
late to lire hazards and fire pre
vent ions.
Me was pleased to observe tr.e
cleanliness of Seward alleys and
the absence of unsightly garbage
cans and loose refuse and re
marked on the industrious spirit!
of townspeople who kept their
yards so free of weeds and rub
bish.
The Insurance Engineer also
visited the Seward Water Supply
and takled with Pledley A. Davis
on a subject that was of great
interest to both: the availability
of Water in case of fire. Carson
was pleased to learn that Seward
had not only the best water in
the Territory but an abundant
supply of it and good water pres
sure Davis advised that the;'
was excellent co-operation be
tween the Water Company the
Common Council and the Fire
Department. ,
The matter of ample water
supply brought to mind an im
portant exception which it was
suggested should be carefully
noted and remembered by all
Seward householders. In the w.n
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