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This columnist cannot refrain
from a comment on the special
election held Thursday, the results
of which are published elsewhere
in the “Record.”
By actual count there are 332
registered voters, which cannot be
more than 50 per cent of ttie eligi
ble voters in Seward. It is amazing
the number of people who had
either forgotten to register, or who
believed themselves registered for
this year, but were not, and the
duly registered, voters who failed
to cast a ballot.
The sales tax which was* passed
bv the few who voted quite pos
sibly would have been affected by
a larger vote, because it barely
reached a majority. For those who
opposed the tax, they can blame
themselves for remaining away
from the polls. The people who
favored the measure should note
the narrow margin by which it was
passed, actually a rrttirgin of eight
votes, and take heed in future elec
tions.
One often hears “Oh well, my
one little vote will never be
missed,” or words to the same ef
fect. A close analysis of this elec
tion or any other, soon proves how
wrong that is. One vote, likp one
grain of sand or little drops of
water, soon build up a volume that
can change the pattern of an elec
tion, the weight of a box or the
contents of a can. The latter simile
reminds me of the small can I put
under a drip in my roof last week—
it overflowed before morning.
i met a woman today who did
not even know that there had been
an election yesterday. She does not
buy the local newspaper because
“it is not worth a dime.” The fact
that other papers contain no Sew
ard news did not concern her, she
gets more paper for the money,
which may have more value than
news.
How many others live under
Seward roofs, walk Seward streets,
call upon Seward Fire and Police
Departments, earn their living here,
possibly do the bulk of their buy
ing out of town, and are actually
in Seward but not a part of it? If
a statistician should compile a
table of figures taken from the reg
istration book, the census figures,
and the total voting at elections, he
would prove that less than two per
cent of the people care a darn what
happens.
Figures, of course, can be made
to prove anything. In this case such
a table would be false. People of
Setvard DO care, they ARE inter
ested in our town and civic affairs,
but time catches up with us here,
in fact, passes by, and we wait un
til it is too late for anything but
regrets and complaining. We are
lazy about registering, always in
tending to do it tomorrow. That
“tomorrow” will be a great day in
Alaska if it ever arrives.
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Catholic Information
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Let's get down to dots on Science
Science! Hark to the advertise
ments! By a “scientific” process
one cigarette makes us a perfect 36
and another keeps us kissable. List
to the news columns! One scientist
states that there is no God, while
another writes — as St. Thomas
taught — “where Science ends.
Faith begins." m
What conflict! What confusion!
What are we unscientific folk to
believe? Thank God for our com
mon sense. Let’s use a bit of it
here to clarify matters.
Theories and facts are not the
same. Let’s remember that. Sci
entists are mere men — some hon
est, who seek only the truth —
others biased, who regard not the
truth if it interferes with their pur
poses.
The true scientist proclaims sci
entific “facts" only when they can
be proved. The pseudo-scientist,,
under the prestige of a university
degree, by a wave of his hand
changes mere theories and guesses
into “Scientific Facts,” teaches
them to his students, and, if sen
sational enough, finds a ready
market for them in the modern
press of “Modern Thought.”
Let us laugh at the “scientific"
advertisements; but let us deplore
and denounce the pseudo-scientist,
who would cast God Almighty from
' the heavens without the slightest
semblance of knowledge, cause, or
proof, and substitute for His wor
ship, a cult of self-creation, self
adoration, unmorality, and de
struction.
The Catholic Church , and its re
flation with science is widely mis
understood, probably because it re
fuses to recognize theories as facts;
and perhaps too because it forbids
its children to teach m ere
hypotheses as facts, until they can
be proved. In truth the Catholic
Church is the greatest advocate
and sponsor of scientific research
that the world has ever known. It
seeks the truth unafraid because it
is well aware that both the natural
and supernatural laws are God
made and therefore cannot possibly
disprove one another. From the
earliest days Catholics have been
pioneers and leaders in all branches
of learning. Below are just a few
devout Catholics whose names will
ever live in the history of scientific
achievement:
Albert us Magnus, Leonardo da
Vinci, Mendel. Nicholas Steno,
Nicholas of Cusa, Muller, Lamarck,
Copernicus, MacEnery, Schwann,
Fabre, Morgani, Pasteur, Galvani,
Volta, La Verrier, Kircher, Dr.
John B. Murphy, de Chardin,
Braile, Foucault, Taricelli, Mar
coni, Abbe Lemaitre, and hundreds
of others in every century of the
Christian era.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Matter of the Estate of
ANDY JOHN PATRICK
Deceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
To the creditors and all persons
having claims against the Estate
of ANDY JOHN PATRICK, de
ceased, to file their claims, proper
ly verified, within six months aft
er the first publication of this
NOTICE, in the office of the Pro
bate Judge for Seward Precinct, at
Seward, Alaska; or to exhibit, the
same, with the necessary vouchers,
to the undersigned Administrator
at the office of Mr. R. E. Baum
gartner, attorney for the under
signed, which office has been se
lected as the place for transacting
all matters in connection with said
Estate.
Dated at Seward, Alaska this 2nd
day of September, 1949.
• A. G. McRAE
Administrator
Date First Publication Sept. 2, ’49.
Date Last Publication Sept. 23, ’49.
Mr. and Mrs. Pear Osmar are par
ents of a daughter born Sept. 5 at
Seward General Hospital.sThe little
girl weighed nine pounds and three
ounces. She was named Kristen.
Seward is the hottest spot in
Alaska for the third time this year.
Temperature of 63 degrees was the
highest recorded ;n the Territory
today.
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