SEWARD’S
All-cWeatkec
SEAPORT
Is Alaska’s
Greatest Asset
Seward Seaport R
Vol. V No. 89
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1949
Price 10 Cents
Seward Elks
New Charter
Received Sat
Seward Elks have received a
charter for their own lodge and
will be known henceforth as Lodge
No. 1773.
Institution of the new lodge took
place Saturday, May 7, in the after
noon and in the evening there was
an election and installation of of
ficers.
Initiation ceremonies also took
place at which time a number ol
new members were admitted. Sat
urday evening, after the ceremon
ies, there was a supper and danc
ing to the music of the Anchorage
Troubadors.
Torvanger Exalter Ruler
A1 Torvanger was elected Exalter
Ruler of the Lodge, and W. W.
Sipprell was chosen as Leading
Knight. Loyal Knight is Hal Gil
filen and Bob Freeman is Lectur
ing Knight. Joe Doyle was named
Tyler.
Thor Osbo. Gus Werner and Os
car Dahl were named trustees.
Harry Southard was elected treas
urer, Russel Painter, esquire and
Del Krulikoski, inner guard, while
Bert Culbertson became the chap
lain.
Anchorage Elks Visit
A number of Anchorage Elks
came to town for the big event.
Institution of the lodge and instal
lation was conducted by District
Deputy Gene Smith of Anchorage.
It is expected that the Seward
Bill’s Ciub, B.P.O.E.. will now be
known as the Seward Elks Club.
Mailboat Completes
First Trip
The Mailboat Garland returned
to Seward Monday from its first
trip to the westward. Captain R.
Jacobsen reported that his trip was
successful, having to miss only one
stop out of forty because of wea
ther.
Jacobsen said that he could see
little change in westward Alaska
.since his pre-war days. Sand Point
is the only place he saw which
showed any great amount of pro
gress, and Unga was the only town
to show any appreciable loss.
Two additional cabins are being
built for passengers on the Garland
as plans are being made to carry
quite a large number of passengers.
PETE OGLE VISITS SEWARD
Pete Ogle, former owner of
Ogle’s Garage and well known
Alaskan since 1896, has returned
to Seward from Puallitp, Washing
ton. Ogle said the city appears to
have more than doubled in size
since he was here about four years
ago.
SKATING PARTY FOR
ADULT COUPLES
A skating party for adult couples
is being sponsored by the Athletic
Association, to be held this eve
ning, Tuesday, May 10, at the Civic
Center.
There will be refreshments.
The Senior Class of the Seward
High School held its annual
“sneak" Thursday. The group trav
eled to Cooper Landing where they
enjoyed an all-day picnic.
. Members of the Seward Chamber
of Commerce are cordially invited
to attend the regular meeting of
their organization Thursday eve
ning, May 12, at 8 p.m. in the base
ment of the Episcopal Church.
The climax to years of suffering: and hope: the
final interview, upon arrival, between the DP
and his sponsor, whether a relative, the repre
sentative of an organization, or a prospective
employer. Here a new arrival in the United
States (facing1 camera) and his wife listen to
the conditions of their future job on a farm and
wait for an official (back to camera) to interpret
their eager agreement to the farm owner • (left)
who has undertaken to employ them on his place.
Land Office Releases
81 Acres for Small
Tracts Near Homer
About 81 acres of land near
; Homer, Alaska, are being made
j available under the Small Tract
I Law, according to an announce
| ment recently by George Lingo,
manager of the Distrist Land Of
I lice. Under the classification order
dated May 2, 1949, veterans of
World War II and persons claiming
preference rights superior to those
of such veterans now enjoy a si
multaneous filing period ending
on June 2, 1949.
This means that all applica
tions by qualified persons filed
before June 2 will be considered
as having been filed at-the same
time, and in case of conflicts a
drawing will be held to determine
the successful applicants.
The lands are located from two
to four miles from Homer and are
readily accessible, being located
' on or near good roads. They are
described as follows:
I T.6 S., R. 13 W., Seward Meridian.
Sec. 27: Lot 2.
Sec. 28: Lots 1. 2, 3 and 4.
Sec. 35: Lots 7 and 8.
Sec. 36: Lot 2.
I T.7 S., R. 13 W., Seward Meridian,
j . Sec. 1: Lot 1.
Sec. 2: Lot 1.
I Lingo pointed out that the lands
j will - first be available under lease
for home, cabin and business sites.
At the end of the first year, if the
lessee has complied with all terms
! of the lease, he will be eligible to
| apply to purchase the land at a
i price which he will know' at the
time he signs the lease. Rental for
home or cabin sites will be five
dollars per year, payable in ad
. vance for the entire lease period.
The rental for business sites will
be based upon the gross income of
the business with a minimum
charge of twenty dollars annually
payable in advance.
WOODRUFF TAKES BOAT
TO ANCHORAGE
“Woody” Woodruff of Anchorage,
formerly of Seward, is here to take
his boat, the Coho, to Anchorage.
He reported a small fire on his
boat Thursday, which started when
gas escaped from the engine carbu
retor while he was getting the en
gine started. With some quick
work by Woodruff and Casey Cob
ban the fire was extinguished be
fore any serious damage was done.
The boat is still on skids but
"Woody” expected td have it in the
water today.
Rent Violators
! *
Facing Triple
Damage Suits
JUNEAU—"The cost of doing
I business as a rent violator is going
| sharply up.” said Walter E. Welsh,
Alaska Area Rent Director, in ex
i plaining the ‘‘treble damage” pro
visions of the new 1949 Rent Law
which went into effect April 1.
Welsh said that under the new
rent law, the Office of the Housing
Expediter now had the right to sue
for three times the amount of rent
overcharges instead of for t lie
single amount of the overcharge
| as under the 1948 law.
j Welsh pointed out that the tcn
' ant still has the right to sue for
j treble damages himself within a
1 month of the violation, and the
1 right of the government agency
I to sue for treble damages accrued
I if the tenant himself did not su .
1 “However,” he said, “if the Gov
j eminent brings the suit for treble
j damages, the tenant will receive
: at most not more than single dam
| ages, with the balance going to the
U. S. Treasury."
Welsh said the rent office is re
ceiving many calls from tenants
I who appeared to be under the im
pression that the tenant would re
ceive the entire amount awarded
by the court if the Government
brought the suit.
He emphasized that, from suits
brought by the Government, the
tenant would receive only what
the court specifically awarded the
tenant, in any case not more than
the amount of the overcharge. The
only way for a tenant to obtain
treble damages is for him to bring
suit himself, Welsh concluded.
The Area Office is in the Valen
tine Building in Juneau.
ASK MAIL BIDS FOR
SANATORIUM POST OFFICE
A contract for carrying mail be
tween the Seward Post Office and
the post office at the Seward San
atorium will be awarded to the
lowest bidder. The contract will
be awarded on a per trip basis
Whether one or two trips per day
will be authorized by the Post Of
fice Department is not knowm.
The name of the post office at
the Sanatorium is Bartlett, Alaska.
The invitation to bid will be posted
in both Seward and Bgrtlett post
offices, where forms for bids are
available.
Change in Public
Land Laws Is
Sought by Committee
Changes in public land laws are
being sought through two bills
before Congress, one introduced
in April and the other reported fa- <
vorably to the Houfce by the Com- ^
I inittee on Public Lands.
The measure, sponsored by; Chair
man Peterson of the Public Lands
Committee, which he has just in
troduced at the request of the In
terior Department, would require
j settlers on public land in Alaska to
record notice of their settlement
within 90 days in the respective
district land office rather than with j
the proper United States Commis
sioner as at present. This change
will enable the district land office
to tell a prospective settler whether
or not the land which interests him
is already staked out by a prior set
tler.
The bill which was reported to
; the House from committee would
; amend the law relating to addi
! tional homestead entries in order
j to prevent evasion of the cultiva
j tion requirements. In the report on
i the bill, the committee stated:
I "The Deparment of the Interior be
; lieves this proposed legislation to
| be necessary because certain per
; sons have used the act providing |
additional homestead entries as a
‘device to evade the provisions of
the Homestead Act, particularly
the cultivation requirements. Or.
many occasions, for example, pri
marily in Alaska, a person has
taken an original homestead, relin
quished part of it because of not
meeting the cultivation require
ments, and then filed an additional
homestead for the same area he
previously has eliminated.
The bill would - require cultiva
tion for at least one year of an
area equal to one-eighth of the ad
ditional entry.
ARMY TO SELL 89.940 FEET
OF STEEL PIPE IN SEWARD
Notice has been received hero
from the Headquarters 57th Air
Group that a large number of items
of property will be sold by bid. In
cluded are 4500 pieces of 4-inch
steel pipe located at Seward,
amounting to about 89,940 feet.
The invitation to bid. which in
cludes 198 separate items, will be
posted at the Army Dock at Sew
ard, and bid forms may be secured
there. Bids will be accepted at
Fort Richardson until 10:30 a.m.,
May 17, 1949 and will be opened
on that day.
ARR Changes
Freight Set-up
On Local 'Dock
The Alaska Railroad will make
a number of changes In the han
dling of freight at the Seward
docks in the coming year. Bids for
stevedoring contracts are being ac
cepted now and will be opened
in the near future.
It has been learned here that
several companies have submitted
bids to date. The Railroad fur
nishes a number of pieces of heavy
equipment for the handling of
freight.
Railroad Hires Checkers
Probably the most important
change will be in the system of
checking freight over the dock. Ac
cording to the new system, the
Railroad will hire all checkers, in
stead of the stevedoring company.
The Railroad proposes to hire
more men for this job. This will
mean fewer hours of overtime,
since there will be men available
to relieve checkers for their days
off.
Longshoremen will still be hired
by the company which wins the
contract for stevedoring and will
be paid by this company.
Geodetic Survey Crew
Works at Seward
The Lester Jones, an 80 foot
vessel commanded by Commander
John Bowie of the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey was at
the Army dock Tuesday.
The survey party is making its
annual survey of Seward, which
it expects t.o complete Friday. It
was learned that in the near future
tides at Seward will appear in a
separate column of the tide table.
At present Seward tides are reck
oned by the Cordova tides. This
calls for an adjustment in figuring
the tide time.
The Lester Jones has two offi
cers besides Commander Bowie.
They are Lt. Commander Fortin
and Lt. Commander Seaborg. Four
teen enlisted men complete the
siiip’s complement.
They come here from Juneau and
will go to Seldovia, then Kodiak.
FIRST H.S. GRADUATION FOR
KENAI TERRITORIAL SCHOOL
By Anna Ivanoff
This year the Kenai Territorial
Scho(*l has its first high school
graduation. Irene Ness and Anna
Ivanoff were the two seniors gradu
ated. At the same time the follow
ing students will be graduated from
the eighth grade: Jackie Benson.
Leona March, Alice Ness, Marie
Sanders, Dona Soper, Gordon Bak
tuit, Sam Holstrom, and Carl Pat
terson.
The baccalaureate service was
held Sunday evening, May 8. The
service was conducted by the Rev.
Walter Covich in the Kenai Chapel.
Wednesday evening, May 11, a
dinner for the graduates and high
school students will be given by
the Homemakers Club.
Commencement exercises were
scheduled for Friday evening, May
13, at the school house. Mr. Harold
Thornton is to give the com
mencement address. Later in the
evening a reception for the gradu
ates and their guests is planned
by the high school and seventh
grade students.
School will close May 20 with the
annual school picnic.
AMERICAN LEM Post No. 5 d»1 A A
Has Pledged the sum of — «plUU
As PRIZE for the WINNING FLOAT
In Seward's ULY 4th PARADE