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Vol. VII, No. 27
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1950
Price 10 cents
“No Polio In Seward”, Says
Public Health Official
Mrs. LaPrcal Bie, Public
Health Nurse, stated today that
a child was sent home from the
local school Monday, not be
cause he showed any symptoms
of polio, but he had a slight
fever and a cold with a stiff
neck.
His condition is very common
among both children and adults
at this time of year, and this
child will be kept away from
others only as a precautionary
measure. If it were not for the
occurrance of the disease in
neighboring cities just now,
probably nothing would have
been noticed about this child.
According to a report by the
Alaska Department of Health
there is very little or nothing
that can be done to prevent the
disease. Diagnosis in non-para
lytic cases depends upon detec
tion of a clinical picture com
patible with the illness, plus the
demonstration of a moderate in
crease in cells in the spinal J
fluid. There is a form of illness
closely resembling poliomyelitis,
presumptively (abortive) polio
myelitis which presents vague
symptoms of the disease, but
without the same effect on the
nervous system. This illness is
frequent during epidemics of
polio.
Polio seems to be transmitted
by close association with infect
ed persons in the majority of
cases. Outbreaks attributable to
milk have been rare and limited. j
Although flies have been found
to be contaminated with the '■
virus, there has been no reliable j
evidence of spread by insects, j
water, food or sewage.
The only methods of control
of the disease are through the!
infected persons, contacts and
environment. Recognition of the
disease in its early stages, iso
lation for one week from date
of onset, or duration of fever,
and by concurrent disinfections.
Quarantine is of unproved value,
according to the report. Modi
fied quarantine restricting the
movement of intimate contacts
for 7 to 14 days may be desir
able in certain circumstances.
There is no active immunization
for polio.
Epidemic measures, as out
lined by the Department of
Health, consists of the necessity
for diagnosis and medical care,
particularly bed rest of patients
and information to the public
at large on similar matters: iso
lation in bed of all children
with fever, pending diagnosis:
education in such technique of
bedside nursing as will prevent
distribution of infectious dis
charges to others from patients
isolated at‘home; protection of
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OKLAHOMANS DRIVE OVER
HIGHWAY IN 14 DAYS
F. T. Scribner and E. G. Had
dox arrived in Seward Monday
after making the trip over the
Alaska Highway. They come
from Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and
plan to locate in Alaska.
They made the trip from Ok-i
lahoma in 14 days, stopping for
a few days of fishing in Canada.
The Oklahomans are not too
favorably impressed with the
highway, having found it pretty
rough and experiencing five
blowouts on the trip.
Scribner and Haddox plan to
stay in this area for some time
while making up their minds
where to locate permanently.
Mr. Scribner plans to send for
his wife next spring. Mr. Haddox
is a bachelor.
Mr. Scribner was owner of
an apartment house in Okmul
gee, which he disposed of shortly
before coming to Alaska.
Titles Available For
Moose Pass Land
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The way has been cleared
for legal occupants of lots in
Moose Pass to obtain title to
the land, it was announced re-1
cently by Lowell M. Puckett,
Regional Administrator, Bureau
of Land Management and Super
intendent of Sales for Alaska
Railroad Townsites. Those per
sons who claim preference right
by reason of occupancy at the
time of the subdivisional survey
June 25, 1946, must file appli
cations in the U. S. Land Office
at Anchorage on or before Oc
tober 13 to protect their prefer
ence right. Applications must
be accompanied by a money
order or certified check made
payable to the Treasurer of the
United States for the full ap
praised value of the lot or lots
applied for. Each lot claimed
must have valuable improve
ments and no person can apply
for more than two lots.
Application blanks may be
obtained from Robert A. Hall,
of the Moose Pass Townsite
Committee, at Moose Pass, or
from Lowell M. Puckett, P. O.
Box 430, Anchorage.
All lots in Blocks 1 to 5 in
clusive are appraised at $100
each, and all lots in Block 6
are appraised at $25 each.
All lots for which entry has
not been made will be offered
at public auction to the highest
bidder at 10:00 a m. on October
25 at the Sportsmen’s Club at
Moose Pass. Victor Fischer,
Townsite Planner. Eureau of
Land Management, has been des
ignated to hold the public sale,
Puckett said.
Revise Parcel Post
Rates to Alaska
Air parcel post rates from the;
continental United States to
points in Alaska will be revised
effective November 1. with the
eighth zone rate applying be
tween all points in the States
and Alaska, regardless of dis
tance.
The same rate will apply for
parcels sent from Washington,
D. C. to Anchorage as for par
cels sent from Washington to
Seattle.
The Post Office Department
has stated that “in the near fu
ture the Department will issue
zone charts, zoning the Terri
tory of Alaska with respect to
the continental United States.;
This will place a number of
points in Alaska in a lower zone
with respect to certain parts of
the U. S., particularly points in
southeast Alaska with respect
to points in Washington and
Oregon. The lower zones will
apply to both surface and air
parcel post and, in many in
stances, will result in lower i
postal charges.
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PAT'S GARAGE TO OPEN
STATION IN HOMER
Pat Friede, Seward garage
owner, will open his garage and
service station in Homer on
October 6th.
Mr. Friede has established an
up-to-date repair shop and serv
ice station and has built an addi
tion to the building he purchased
for the new business. He will
have available a full line of
tires, batteries and other auto
accessories.
Pat invites all his friends and
customers in Seward to stop
in when they are in Homer and
assures them that they will re
ceive the same courteous service
as they get at Pat’s Garage in
Seward.
Reconstruction of
Seward-Hope Road
Open For Bids
The Highway Department an
nounced last week that begin
ning Nov. 1, bids will be adver
tised for the reconstruction of
the highway between Seward
and Mile 58 to connect with the
Turnagain Arm road.
This has been a subject of
concern for Seward for the past
several months since the old
road through Chugach Forest,
particularly the “missing link”
section, is obviously unfit for
heavy freight traffic.
It is expected that much of
the picturesque qualities of the
old road will be sacrificed for
safety. Much speculation is
heard as to the changes to be
made in the Lakeview section
from Snow River Bridge to Law
ing, where the road clings pre
cariously to the side of the cliff
along Kenai Lake, and which at
present “glaciers” dangerously
in the spring and fall.
$7,500,000 has been appropri
ated for this work on the recom
mendation of the Department of
Defense, which has accelerated
the construction which ordinari
ly would come under the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Forestry
Division. All past efforts to ob
tain the funds from that divi
sion for this vital highway link
have been futile because of its
restricted funds.
FOREST SERVICE BOOKS
AVAILABLE HERE
R. A. Schwartz. Division Su
pervisor of the Forest Service,
has received a large shipment of
two new Alaska publications,
“Suggestions to Hunters” and
“K e n a i Division Recreation
Guide.”
These free mimeographed
pamphlets are available from
Division Supervisor, Forest
Service, Seward, upon written
request. A limited number of
both is available at the Record
office and a supply of the hunt
ing brochure is on hand at
Werner's Cold Storage from Mr.
Hughes.
The Kenai Recreation Guide
is an informative booklet des
cribing winter sports, transpor
tation, forest trails, flora and
fauna, and resort and lodging
accommodations.
“Suggestions to Hunters” out
lines safety requirements in the
woods, equipment, pointers on
hunting and proper dressing out
of big game.
A very limited number of
the newly revised “Pocket Guide
to Alaska Trees” is available at
the Kenai Lake Ranger Station,
Mile 24. School teachers and
youth groups will be sent copies
upon request.
Jesse Lee News ...
Mrs. George Green and Miss
Ruth Murrell returned last Sat
urday from their vacation in
the States. While Outside they
visited Rev. and Mrs. G. E.
Knight at Orofino, Idaho.
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Brown
left for Anchorage this week.
They will be missed by all at
Jesse Lee, where they have been
on the staff for the past several
months. They were in charge
of the boys while here.
Last Wednesday was Harvest
Day at Jesse Lee. Potatoes, car
rots and other garden stuff
which the children raised were
harvested and stored for use on
their own tables during the
winter. All children were ex
cused from school to help in the
harvest.
Hilda Heinrich and Verley
George were patients at Seward
General Hospital this week. Ver
ley had her tonsils removed.
Both are doing fine.
Unofficial Count Gives McRae
Lead, Write-ins Follow
Local Cannery Alaska
Packer of Pet Food
According to a release from
the Fish and Wildlife Service
the canning of fish by-products
for cat and dog food has become
an important industry. The 1949
pack of 1,931,757 standard (48
one pound cans) is an increase
of 46 per cent in volume and 24
per cent in value over the pre
vious year and was the largest
and most valuable pack in his
tory.
According to the Service over
46 per cent of the production
was canned in California while
the major portion of the remain
der was packed in Maine and
Massachusetts. In addition, New
York, Maryland, Virginia, Wash
ington and Alaska have one pro
cessing plant each.
Marvin Viale of the Resurrec
tion Eay Co. in Seward, says
that he has been reporting his
pack of “cat” salmon since 1946.
Since the Service reports only
one processor in Alaska, it is
assumed that the Seward firm
must be the only one in Alaska
packing fish by-products for pet j
food.
COUNCIL BANS ALL
LOUD SPEAKERS
Instructions were issued to
Chief of Police Dale Green by
the City Council in regular ses
sion Monday night to enforce
a ruling against loud speaker i
systems on the outside of build
ings and autos.
“All public address systems
and loud speakers in automo
biles and on buildings are de
clared a public nuisance and
will be discontinued within 10
days.
Perpetuate Name Of
R. C. Ingram
The name of the late R. C.
Ingram, who made his home
in Seward for many years as
resident engineer for the Bureau
of Public Roads in charge of
road work in the Chugach Na
tional Forest, will be perpetuat
ed in the official naming of the
stream formerly known as
Quartz Creek, which crosses
the Seward-Hope highway and
flows into Turnagain Arm, as
Ingram Creek.
The other Quartz Creek which
crosses the Cooper Landing road
near the northwest end of Kenai
Lake, will remain Quartz Creek
by official designation. There is
a substantial summer colony of
fine cabins on this stream.
The entire length of the Yu
kon, including the Lewes River,
will be designated as the Yukon,
according to the decision of the
same U. S. Board of Geographic
Names. The name Lewes River
was formerly applied to the
upper course of the 1500 mile
river, heading in March Lake in
the Yukon Territory.
We hear that Casey Cobban
and Frank Lewis finally got
in from Harvey Lake Monday
morning, where they have been
marooned for the past week.
They have been waiting for a
local plane to pick them up,
but the tie-up of three small
planes in an accident last week
prevented their return. Imagine
Casey and Frank were glad to
get a home cooked meal—or a
full meal, period.
The City Council instructed
Patrolman Floyd Evans to dis
pose of all dogs that are found;
running about the streets with
out 1950 license tags. !
The unofficial tally of the
election board in Tuesday's mu
nicipal election places A. G.
McRae at top of the list with a
vote of 162. Of the names on
the official ballot for city coun
cil, Tom Reilly polled 66 votes
and Glenn Tressler, 54.
Write-in candidates Charles
(Chuck) Cole and Lawrence
(Skeets) Whitmore polled 149
each.
Murl Trevethan, popular
choice for Utility Board, re
ceived 181 votes, and Leon
Lewis, also unopposed for the
School Board, polled 210 of the
total 217 votes cast. Seven bal
lots for School Board were
thrown out.
Other “write-ins” were, for
School Board, Bee Davis, 1;
Miriam Painter, 1; Robert R.
Lewis, 1. For councilmen were
Ted Lesko, 4; J. H. Shelton, 1;
II. W. Campen, 2 and Russell
Wagner, 1. Some votes were lost
because of the illegal stickers.
One ballot was lost because a
facetious voter defaced it by the
words, “I do not wish to run.”
The exact result of the elec
tion will not become official
until the votes are canvassed by
the City Council, which will
probably meet in special session
for that purpose Wednesday.
There is considerable opposi
tion from several quarters to ac
ceptance of the election with
two write-in candidates, on the
grounds that the Seward Elec
tion Ordinance No. 180 provides
for “write-in” candidates by im
plication only. It stipulates that
such candidates must first have
complied with the petition re
quirements, which reads:
Section 21. “That names of all
candidates for office, to entitle
them to a place upon the offi
cial ballot, shall be filed with
the Municipal Clerk at least
seven days prior to the election.
Such name or names shall be
accompanied by a petition signed
by at least twenty qualified
voters of the City, or the can
didate or candidates shall have
been nominated at public meet
ing of the electors of the City
called for the purpose of making
nominations, and be certified by
the chairman and clerk, or sec
retary of such meeting.”
That Cole and Whitmore did
declare themselves as candidates
was evidenced by the declara
tion sent through the mails in
closing gummed stickers bear
ing their names and a printed X
in the box reserved for the
voter’s mark. They also appear
ed on the radio to declare their
views as candidates for the
election.
In view of the popular vote
there is no question of the decis
ion of the voters, and it may be
that the council will regard it
as such. The fact remains how
ever that there seems to have
been some irregularity in the
procedure, due to confusion
caused by the wording of the
election ordinance, dated 1948,
signed by Clarence Keating as
Mayor.
CANADIAN EVANGELIST
TO CONDUCT MEETINGS
The Rev. Ed Erickson, well
known Canadian evangelist, will
conduct two special meetings
at the Faith Chapel on Wednes
day and Thursday, October 4
and 5, at 8 o’clock each evening.
Rev. Erickson has conducted
meetings recently at Kodiak,
Afognak, Kenai and Anchorage,
and comes well recommended.
The meetings are open to the
public and everyone is cordially
invited to attend.