Mr. Keithahm, Curator
territorial MUS&
Fine Seward Polaris &
VOLUME 4 * INDEPENDENT ❖ SEWARD. ALASKA ❖ JUNE 9. 1913 SEWARD. ALASKA * UNITED PRESS SERVICE * PRICE 10 ('ENTS n7~Y
Roberta Smith Killed; Miss Bryant Shot
at on Marathon Mt. by Group of Hunters
Kooerta smun age aoout .so
was shot Tuesday June 8t.h
cquarly thru the forehead by
.i 30.08 in the hands of Joseph
Oliverson who supposed, against
the sky-line, that Miss Smith
was a bear: he fired twice again
but missed.
Silting near her at the time
was Miss Valeda Bryant, age
21. and Don Kotcher placed 5
shots very close to her at about
600 yards but luckily missed
her.
A third soldier. William Har
micar was in the rear with the
binoculars which were not used
to ascertain what the target
really was.
Ihey did see Miss tsryant
wave her arms and could see
then it was not a bear they
were shooting at.
From below, Mrs. Luther Jones
•could see something was very
wrong and called the police,
later going to the police station
to talk to the officers.
One of the three soldiers re
turned to the top of the hill
for some reason leaving the ot
her two bring in the dead
girl. Officers seeing this did
not think there was very much
wrong but never the less May
er Lanier dispatched a stretcher
:o the aid of those coming
down tiie slope.
Tlie accident happened within
'he sight of many residents who
watched with interest, the slope
of Mt. Marathon, where the
shooting took place. thinking
that a bear had been killed un
til binoculars showed the real
situation.
The two girls who are both
employed at the Jesse Lee
Home had planned to spend
their “day off" hiking to the
‘op of Mt. Marathon and had
almost reached the top.
Miss Smith had planned to
return to her home in San
Pedro. California soon and had
been in Alaska sometime hav
ing put in 2 years at Fort Rich
ardson U. S. O. as matron, a
position similar to the one
held in the Jesse Lee Home.
Active in church circles she
was organist at the Methodist
Church here and had a host
< f freinds who were always
pleased with her ability at the
piano.
The three young men who
*’e in the service were de
tained by their officers and
will probably appear before
-;.n army board of inquiry in
Anchorage at an early date.
They had borrowed Ihe rifles
from a friend to go up on
Mt. Marathon to kill what they
thought were a couple of bear.
An inquest may not be held
*ntil Deputy U.S. Marshall
Metcalf returns as he is away
on business.
NOTICE
For The complete story on the
baby contest see page 3.
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Patronize those who advertise
nUDLtl 1 A
"Might Have Been" Alive
"Of all the words of Sword or
Pen
The saddest are- 'It mi^hi have
been.'
Today Tuesday June 8 might
have been" different.
Two girls started out for a
joyous day of hiking: to-night
one sits alone thinking, tho thru
no fault of hers, how "it might
have been."
What pleasure to listen to the
piano as nimble fingers brought
forth the lovely tones: today the
piano is silent, but "it might not
have been."
Mother and father, sisters, brot
hers: she planned to go home
soon -that is one of the ocassions
which "might have been."
And perhaps the boy friend
who waits vainly in San Pedro
for the loved one whom he will
not see again and thinks of how
"it might have been".
Three boys not yet having
reached 21 will look hack thru
the long years ahead and will
think how “it might have been."
If we had had the binoculars
with us think "what might have
been".
Thank God for the unsteadiness
that caused me to miss those
five hots-—think "what might
have been".
The inexperienced hunter, a
callow youth, fluttering with ex
citement and compare him with
"what might have been".
He who rushes into action
must r- pent if he is wrong and
all his life he will think of
“What might have been".
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INSPECTION PARTY OF
STANDARD OIL HERE
•
! An inspection tour of Com
pany properties throughout Alas
ka is being made by several of
ficials of the Standard Oil Com
pany of California, according to
I W. C. Erwin, Company Branch
! Manager heie. The party is made
I up of P. L. Fahrney. Vice Pres
j ident. H. H. Flynn. Manager of
j the Distribution Department, S.
E. Stretton. District Manager and
j L. M. Hagen, the Company's Man
; ager for Alaska.
Standard has for many years kept
pace with- The Territry's (level
. opment. by installation of new
| facilities and one of the purposes
| of this trip is the inspection of
l both the new and old plants as
well as making plans for future
development.
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| NEIGHBORS
MAKE GOOD
CIRCLEVILLE. O. ru.P.i—Wal
(ter Southward had to leave his
j farm for the hospital. * He worried
j about his crops. When he ret urn
| f*d he found neighbors had picked
bis 65 acres of corn and planted
, 65 acres in wheat.
JOB PRINTING
i See the “POLARIS”
City Again Faces Suit as I
Council Scraps Contract
gjienn vviicier oi me it. a.
Excetive director of the Alaska
Mousing Authority, together with
the Mayor, Engineer Estes. City
Attrney Hutton and Contractor
hied Howard and several others
went over the Veteran's Project
here Monday in an attempt to
untangle the mess left by the
former councils.
It was found necessary by Mr.
Wildoi to advise he is here in
that capacity only-—the present
council to choose, select, or re
a turn one of the two copies of
the contracts.
One of the Contracts is the
copy field by Mr. Howard which
: tikes NO mention of furnishing
o:l or other heating or cooking
r.nge.s and which contains but
10 pages.
The contract held by the city
is different typing on the same
size of paper and contains 13
pages and on one of the pages.
11 or 12. it shows Contractor
Howard as being signed up to
produce or furnish the stoves.
The copy held by the Veteran's
llureau in San Francisco is pur
ported to contain the same clause.
A telegram substantiating this
is said to be in evidence, altho
it was not in evidence due to
the "intricate" filing system used
by tiie city officials up to April
10th. An applebox.
It was proposed that certified
copies of both Howard's and the
City's contracts lie sent to the
San Francisco office for compari
son.
II was stated that both the
Citvs and Governments copies
could have been changed after
Howard was in possession of his
and that several parties had been
hired to do the typing but the
fact was brought out that Hard
ing. Mayor at that time, did not
initial the pages nor did he make
reference to the within or the
number of pages in the contract
as he signed, thus leaving the
document open to change by
other persons even after Howard
had received his copy.
Much more discussion brought
but lit*]e to lialit and stating
his belief that the city council
should, stand on the contract held
by the city. Councilman Painter
made the motion that the city
contract be re affirmed.
At this point Atty. Hutton made
the statement that even if they
were certain, it would be well
to choose Howard in view of the
consequences. (Ed. Note: Evi
d ntly he was cognizant of the
f; ct that it was far from unlike
ly that Mr. Howard would sue
for money deducted for the
stoves and freight, a matter of
some $7000.00.)
In this he was seconded by the
Director who stated that in his
opinion the Contractors copy was
the more firm of the two until
the city re-affirmed their copy, j
Because. substantially. the j
stoves were not reimbursable.
Councilman Painter made his mo- |
lion and was immediately so-j
conde.t by Kennedy. Councilmen |
Dahl. Kennedy. Miller. Painter,
and Sellers voted ‘‘yes" with
Sefrovich absent.
At tins time Mr. Howard left1
and returned a few minutes later j
with Attorney Bumgartner who
was City Attorney at the time j
tiie Veteran's Housing Contract
was written. He stated that he
believed Howards contract was J
authentic and that he had made
a studs of it: that much con
fusion was evident at the time:
that Tex Brinkworth made a mis
take in bid dates. He said that
Harding bad identified the con
tain and that he had acknow
ledged it in his and Howard's
presence. That the question of
stives did not come up speci
fically.
Howard stated that the stove
situation did not come up until
February of the next year when
Engineer Brinkworth asked asked
that Mrs. Howard act for Mr. Ho
’a a: d and wire to Seattle for the
stoves. This she did. supposing
| that it was part of Mr. Howard's
| contract but Mr. Howard, who
[was informed immediately can
celed the order, as it was not
part of his contract.
| 'Ed. Note: Readers will note
that Mr. Painters motion was
i tr ade seconded and passed before
| the above statements were made
| bv Mr. Bumgartner and Mr. Ho
j ward
Painter staled here:—“I don't
think it is up to the council to
determine which one ot the con
| tracts we should go by."
Tnere was little more discussion
, on the project and it was thought
j necessary that Mr. Harding should
| b * present so a special session
J f>>r \\ ednesdnj at 8 P M. was
set by Mayor Lanier.
Civ bills in the amount of
; $2801.88 wore road ;.nd ok’d by
' the council.
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| There were no bids on the
V S. O. for changes to a council
chamber and City offices.
1 There was one bid by Jas.
Cameron for $94,340.00 to arid a
rooms, using the Manley Plans
to the school. This will come
before the voters before the
year is out at which time they
will be asked to bond the
school district to build the five
rooms necessary to the increase
in school population.
Turn fn prise f 41 rou>
Infant Son of Mr. &
Mrs. A* Noyes Passes
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Frantic calls for Dr. Sellers
came too late to save the life
of the 2 year-old infant son
of A1 Noyes who smothered to
death in his sleep at the home
of friends while his mother
was in the hospital during con
finement and the father was at
work.
Cal led to the home of Mr. and
Mrs, Semasin the doctor pronoun
ced the infant had passed away
some two hours previously and
no aid could be given.
OLD TIME 4TH
COMING UP
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Fourth of July is almost here
and preparations are being made
lo give Cewafd people all they
have had before in the way of a
celebration and more too.
A program is in the making
and will be given out as soon as.
publication is ordered and this
depends on the committee which
is composed of Veterans of World
Wars I and II, in other words,
members of both the V.F.W. Post
No. 3638 andThe American Le
gion Post No. 5 and of course
both Auxiliaries.
Its the old-fashioned 4th with
races of all kinds end for Fourth
of July eve which is Saturday
evening July 3 1948 a ibg
dance at the U.S.O. with door
prize and fine music.
The baby cntest in which the
Judges will choose who will be
little Miss or Mister Seward for
the day where all entries must
be in June the 15th in order
to compete for the cash prize.
The Marathon Race with tickets
socn on sale at many stores and
by the committee at a "dollsr-a
throw" with a pool of $500 to be
devided between the fastest run
ners.
A Bean Pot in which the win
ner lor two bits can win 50°' of
the total "pot.". "Step up, gents,
c.nd buy fr the more you buy
the more you win."
rireworKs put on by persons
in that business and plenty of
them,—fireworks, we mean.
We are very happy to congrat
ulate the two groups who have
agreed to work together; we'er
all darn good Americans and lets
stay that way.
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Ral/ph Ohman is here from
Juneau for 10 days assisting
clerk Ward Williams in taking
over the Forest Service office
here.
family is staying at the Kenai
Fake Station took over from
Virigil Heath las t. month.
BABY CONTEST — JULY 4th
Sponsored by AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
Enter your baby's name and picture now in the contest to determine Seward's Favorite Baby LITTLE MISS or MR. SEWARD for the day