Seward Seaport Record
Formerly The Seward Polaris & Kenat Peninsula-Alevtian Chain News
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman
Frank DeLoughery
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Southeast Alaska Towns Request
Ten Million Dollars for Highways
Some time ago the Alaska De
velopment Board urged the Feder
al Government to provide for an
annual expenditure of $10,000,000
for highway construction and
maintenance within the National
Forest areas of Alaska. The Board
did not receive much encourage
ment from the Forest Service in
Washington.
Recently the Mayors of seven Al
askan cities, Juneau, Ketchikan,
Sitka. Petersburg, Wrangell, Hoon
ah, and Douglas, met in conference
on matters of mutual interest in
Sitka and on that occasion they
formally endorsed the Develop
ment Board suggestion in a letter
to Secretary of Agriculture Charles
F. Brannan.
In their communication to the
secretary they took exception to
the reply made to the original re
quest in the following language:
“We would differ emphatically
with the point it seeks to make
that Southeast Alaska does not
need roads because it has water.
People cannot live on water; they
need roads, even when it is their
, fate to live within National For
ests. In Southeastern Alaska they
have no choice in the matter; it
is all National Forests. We have
observed how settlement and ec
onomic development have folowed
in the very few places in which
roads have been built in this part
of Alaska.”
We have no means of determin
ing whether an annual expendi
ture of $10,000,000 for roads in for
est areas is either adequate or in
adequate to the development of
the aras, but we assume that the
Development Board and the May
ors who met in conference have
given the matter a degree of con
sideration and research which
justifies a receptive audience on
the part of the Secretary of Agri
culture.
Also we should like to join with
the Mayors in assuring the Secre
tary that these huge forest areas
will never be made available for
development through waterways
alone,- even though those water
ways do happen to be among the
finest and most scenic in the
world.
Park Hotel
In the Heart of Scenic Alaska
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TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
Tuesday and Saturday
at 8:30 A.M. !
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It may bo that the fault is en
tirely mine, but for some reason I
found times singularly dull this
week in Seward. Very few people
on the streets and in the stores,
and just nothing doing. During
January there was so much to talk
and write about that this quiet,
spell may he merely a reactionary
quiet, while we all just live and
catch our breath before the next
round.
A number of people have wait
ed for this week to become ill,
too. I entertained a flu bug my
self over the weekend with little
pleasure to either of us. in fact
it had a rather depressing influ
ence upon my cheerful disposition.
However, when these blue spells
overtake me, I find myself think
ing of something different and
good to eat. Napoleon once said
that an army marches on its
stomach (only he said “belly”),
and it seems that the same maxim
applies to family life.
With this in mind, 1 pulled out
the old cook book plus the thou
sand and one stray clippings of
recipes that have been accumu
lating for years (always with the
idea of trying them out someday),
and after mulling them over for
an hour. I found my mouth water
ing over two of the most differ
ent. and delectable in appearance
for tonight's dinner.
Strangely enough, just the
thought of good food perks me up.
and I feel better already. Why
don't you try one or both and s<*e
what it will do for you and the
family? Here goes:
Creamy Chocolate Chiffon Hie
1 envelope Knox gelatine
fi level thsp. cocoa or 2 squares
chocolate
I cup sugar
4 eggs
1, teaspoon salt,
1 teaspoon vanilla
Soften gelatine in 11 cup water I
(cold). Put % cup cold water in
top of double boiler to which add
li level tablespoons cocoa or 2
squares chocolate. When thor- !
oughlv dissolved add half cup !
sugar, egg yolks slightfy beaten,
and salt. Cook until custard con
sistency. stirring constantly. Add
soften- d gelatine to hot custard,
and stir until dissolved. Cool, and 1
add vanilla. When mixture begins j
to thicken, fold in stiffly beaten I
egg whites to which the other!
half cup sugar has been added. |
Fill baked pie shell or graham
cracker crust and chili. Just be
fore serving, a thin layer of
whipped cream may be spread !
over the pie.
The colored picture that goes I
with this recipe is beautiful, and j
it declares in solemn tones that !
this mixture contains one third
less calories than ordinary choco
late pie if one uses cocoa rather
than chocolate. Which absolutely
sells it for me.
Chop Suey
This chop suey recipe is similar
to another one that 1 have fre
quently used, and my family is
veny fond of it as a change from
regular meat dishes.
% pound lean pork cut in cubes
Vj pound veal cubed
2 tbsp. fat (butter or drippings)
1 tsp. sugar
1 Vz cups diced celery
% cup sliced onion
Salt and pepper to taste
1 can consomme
2 tbsp. corn starch dissolved in
% cup cold water
2 tbsp. soy sauce
1 can chop suey vegetables
1 can bean sprouts
Brown meat in cubes in hot fat;
sprinkle with sugar. Add celery,
onion-, seasonings and consomme.
Cover and cook slowly 30 min
utes. Blend cornstarch in cold
water, add soy sauce; add to hot
mixture and continue cooking 10
minutes, stirring until thick. Add
drained canned vegetables and
bean sprouts; heat thoroughly
Favorable Mining Outlook
Seen In Recent Survey
(Continued from Page 1)
$!i,000,000. This sum is consider
ably greater than the estimated
value of the coal produced and
approximately half that of the
gold output for that (year. Al
j though definite information on
[similar production during 1 94 8 is
not available, it is believed that
there may have been an increase
rather than a decline in produc
tion of this important group of
industrial minerals.
Next to the high cost of equip
ment and supplies and the scarcity
and high cost of available labor
that has continued to prevail dur
[ ing the past year, the greatest
handicap to the progress of Alas
ka’s mineral industry undoubtedly
was the uncertainty and inade
quacy of maritime shipping fa
cilities due to strikes and other
j controversies.
With these difficulties apparent
ly settled by agreements covering
a period of years and with low
ered costs of production, for
which there seeins to be some
hope, substantial even though not
rapid recovery of the gold mining
branch of the industry may rea
sonably be anticipated during the
coming year.
Further expansion, possibly on
a large scale, in the mining of
coal and in the production of in
dustrial minerals during the com
Serve with hot fluffy rice. Serves
B t o S. j
This is really good, and with,
hot muffins or popovers. plus the i
chocolate pie, should make a i
heavy enough meal for a long- \
shoreman.
Try Our . „ .
ORANGE-ADE j
Sold at . . . \
Your Grocer's
Per
Quart
Plus Bottle Deposit
Seward ^/)
a irif
ing year seems assured.
The unprecedented high prices
being paid for metallic minerals
other than gold, including lead,
copper, zinc and antimony, af
fords a strong stimulus for the
development of any deposits of
those minerals that may he found
reasonably accessible to transpor
tation facilities.
Premium prices offered by the
Atomic Energy Commission for
uranium and related ores have al
ready resulted in active interest
being displayed in the possibilities
afforded in Alaska of finding and
developing deposits of those
atomic raw materials in the Terri
tory and this interest is certain to
grow during the coming year.
Altogether the outlook for pro
gress in the mineral industry in
Alaska during the year 1949 ap
pears favorable.
LUTHERAN' LADIES’ AID
MEETS TI ES., FEB. S
A meeting of the Lutheran La
dies' Aid will be held on Tuesday,
Feb. 8 at 2:90 p.m. at the home
of Mrs. Robert Elharri. Anyone
interested is invited to attend.
Lutheran Church services will
be held in the evening at 8:00 at
the Seward Lutheran Church, with
Rev. Odegaard officiating.
Do you know your house number?
SEWARD
B. P. O. ELKS
Meet 2nd Monday of Month
OPEN DAILY 8:00 P. M.
Except Sunday
SEWARD LODGE
No. 219
F. 81 A. M.
Regular Meeting First and Third
Tuesdays of Each Month.
Visiting Brethren Welcome.
R. A. Baumgartner—W. M.
W. C. Erwin—Secretary
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINERS
Seward Carpenters' Union 2304
Meetings in Local 82 Union Hall
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
Meetings 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Frank D. Gibbons — President
A. G. McRae—Fin. Sec. & Bus. Agt
International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 39
Meets First and Third Tuesdays of
Each Month at 7 p.m.—Union HaH
President — Harold Davis
Secretary — B. D. Bowen
IF YOUR DEALER CANT SUPPLY YOU,
Let Qeorge Do It!
G. H. EVERITT
Merchandising Service
Box 418 Seward Madison S •
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The New Seward Hotel
Oscar Dahl, owner