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VOLUME 4 » INDEPENDENT * SEW A HD. AT.ASK A * JUNE 23. !!)■!". SEWARD AAA. "vfTED PRESS SERVICE * PRICE 10 CENTS No"”lOJ
Seven Fires on June 17th
Entire Area is Bone Dr)
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Fires said to be caused by ab
sence of spark-arresters on loco
motives were caused at miles 23.
30. 32. 50. 51.2 and two between
Girdwood and Indian.
Only for the prompt work of
the patrolman who stopped the
tire less than 50 feet from a
tresscl the Alaska Railroad would
have been tied up for as long as
It took to replace the bridge.
All this happened on June 17th.
These fires are caused by "he
700-type engins which for the
past 15 years have been notorious
as fire spreaders according to
patrol men who have worked on
the right of way.
In the fires above mentioned
many Section men and Bureau of
Public Roads employees took
part and worked late into the
night.
Moose Pass had a narrow es
cape. At one time a light breeze
came up and fire jumped 400
yards across a slough and started
a top fire which was quickly con
troled. This was made possible by
the dying of the breeze. Every
thing is tinder dry in that area.
Special mention should be given
Oscar Christiansen, an old sour
dough. who fought fire, stopping
it within 20 feet of the Baker
residence which if the building
had caught might have meant the
wiping out of Moose Pass.
Everyone in the area was
busy fighting the fires and with
out the whole-hearted cooperation
it is easy to tell what would
have happened at Moose Pass.
While not all engins used are
coal-burning it appears that the
necessity of providing spark-ar
resters is quite apparent. While
engineers claim this cuts down
the efficiency of the locomotive,
game preserves and the scenic
value of the McKinley route is
of much more value.
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MRS. BIE. P. H. N.
RETURNS TO DUTY
&
Mrs. LaPreal F. Bie, Public
Health Nurse, returned to duty
as of June 15th and will work
on a full time basis. The immun
ization clinics will continue to be
held on the second Tuesday of
each month between the hours
>f 2 P. M. and 2:30 P.M. Mothers
are urged to check the immuniza
tion charts of their children and
have the children re-immunized
if their time period is up. Small
pox vaccinations should be repeat
ed every five years. Diphtheria
end Whooping Cough booster
.-hots are given at 18 months o''
age. 6 year ; and 12 years.
RAINBOW
NEWS
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A regular meeting of the Rrin
bo”.- Girl , was i eld June 17. at
7 P. :,t.
Committee chairmans wore ap
pointed for booths and a float for
the Fourth of July.
Beverly Lindwall was introduc
ed as a. guest from Sn .imahdi.
shii : A -cmbly No. 34.
Refreshment.-. wore s'-rv d aft
the meeting.
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“The fire season i: on mi in
full swing."
This \\ as the clarion <•: '.I ia. '
week ai the United Si. it , I .• <
Service li ad« ; i.ters at i.. I ■ 21 on
the Seward-i a pt highway, v. hole
l)i'. i-r.it«n Fa; < rci-<ir IVl. \ V. Re
i-r announcea tat li.irli cn fire 1
had been c a! n !h d ■••• i.. fir.
trews so far this sea so;,
Accord'n; to Re mr, "The i x
teiHied hot weather of tl:o pa si
several day- has intraed t.a-j
li.e hazard to '.he point where
fain me ca.hion must bo eaer
eised b> a:! ioresi travellers and
rtasidents. W• are not loosing for
wan'd to a repetition oi last ye,a s
a. eat >0-1.000 acre disaster the
worst in tin bistort ■ >I the Kenai
Peninsula. Ivrerv fire, no mat; r
h.ow small first is a potent;.,!
destroyci o; mu' thither, wildlife,
and watershed a ources and must
be brour,ht under control as soon
as possible."
Citizens c: Seward and resid
ents of Ihe outlying sections along
the h'ghway can cooperate with
the Forest Service bv reporting
every fire they discover to t ,e
Kenai Lake Ranger Station at
Mile 11-1 in pc son or by telephon
ing the Fowst Service collect
through the Seward central oper
ator.
Charles Clements as Fire Con
trol Assistant under Reger sup
ervises a full-time crew of six
fire-lighters. Three of these men
are gas-car patrolmen along the
Alaska Railroad and one is a mot
or patrolman stationed at Mile 70
near Hope The latter Forest
Guard daily patrols the area from
the Palmer and Resurrection creek
val.eys behind Hope to Heaton's
place below Cooper s Landing and
to Lowing and return, while tne
track patrolmen cove; from Wood
row to Indian on Turnagain Arm,
about twenty-five miles Horn An
chorage.
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RESIDENTS WANT
R. E. .A TO COME IN
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On Sunday. June 20. a mass
meeting was held at the mile 5!.
riadhouse or. the Seward-Hope
highway for the purpose of or
ganizing a utility board for rural
electrification.
A committee was selected to
make a survey of those inles-ed
in electricity and h'ere was some
dscussion as to how the power
w.-s to be obtained. Plans were
made to consult the K. E. A.
oifiee for guidance and help. The
• •oi urittc-? headed l»y Marv.a Vlale
will welcome ary help!'.! .-an -
Pons a this muter i> -ouietniny
tiiat will even? :ai.y in; rest t.i• •
whole Kenai peninsula.
Those present wen : l.P v. i i.
D. C. B rn R > L«
Lvx-.e'l, Mr.-. L. Do.;.-.; . /
Pin'e-,.,. A :;e. B v;e>, Mr. and
Mrs. WilheVup. Mar 'nil Rn:
Mitchell Faulkner, P i: ; .* l-p rn,
Mr. and rMIves Mr. H; ..
ley and Mr. Everitt.
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job I’kiNTjy;;
pr-e ‘‘p(i!.ARIS”
SAN FRANCISCO CHAMBER
RECOGNIZES ALASKAN
POSSIBILITIES
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San F. atiei w- An active Alas
k n AltVJrs Committee. consisting
largely <>. Punier Alaskans
. k i ..a, !!!• ss interests in
tie' Territory, Pas been organized
iy ike San Francisco Chamber
0 C 11 n i n i re v
iir.rvev Hancock. director of
1 : ..ie and public retut mis for
1 . i American Air\va\s, is ciia.Ir
an < the San Fr; ncisto group
. i “ktitg to promote Ala:..:a devt '
oprnent and strengthen cornmer
c.al ties with the Territory. Car
roll A. Sryker of 'he Chancier
professional staff is Secretary ot
the Aiaskan A'laiis Committee
Recent v tin <■. an I other me .,
l c .s. mel w.:h George Sunrlbor.';.
cmi'iiliant to tiie Alaska iievelop
n cat Bo o cl. tor a discussion ol
A .a ka p. obi a. ■ .
Other members ot the Am.man
Alt'.ois Coi eirtb-o o! the Ban
Kanei. eo Chamber ineiutie: ! n.i ;
Bradley. Jr.. Alaska June;, i Gold
Aiin no Company; Coi. Menu B.
dark. \\ ate*, iron; Bmploye As
•• • -.;a ; an:: ll.tmoile Bale:.. Ameri
ca. 1 Nat ion;; 1 R• ■ i C: o. . . R. W.
Good , le. Standard Oil Company
ef CaliHnnia; C. S. Herbert. Kn
t .pi.se Bn.uine A Found, rv C-*..
A ta.\ Horowitz, traftic manager.
I *n:c-'.> i);st.liei.s Co. .■.••uio.:.
K . h Johnson. Walter W. John
•s .1 Co.: A'bert Kess'er. Alb, :'
Kessler C-».: Frank Moi ris.
Thalson Co,; W. T. Sexton. Coast.
'...'t i in,--. Harry R. Smith. B. r.k
o: Ameiica; John Wiley, Spring
Held Fire and Marine Insurance
Company.
STATEMENT BY
CHIEF OF POLICE CLARK
It is hardly necessary to call
attention to the tragic fatal shoot
ii g that took place on Marathon
Mountain on June 8th as this
tragi dv is freash in the minds
of all oin residenls.
We i.e fortunate that there
ha- not been more fatal accidents
of this nature.
At pH'sent we do not have a
territorial law that would restrict
the use of fire arms from areas
close to the city.
Steps are being taken by the
City Council nail ci\ic organiza
tions to see what can be done to
create restricted shooting anas
near the city.
We would like the cooperation
of ail residents in regard to re
porting any violation of shooting'
a fire arm within tire city limits.
Leonard Clark
C'hii-i of Police
GEO. F. CARLSON LOSES
LICINSE AND S1C0.00
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George F. Carlson \v; s fa. 1
1,1 an.! op rator's license
- : ■ '■'<i 11 r i v. ; i: i L'n:1 ■ ;
C an..a ■ .ei at :•
do.a ea.lt;- to ' I• 'c c
drivin vehi e on a pa! -
. tree! while eff rtcd and a ; .
tla’ iii !i:env< of it. . P
li/'J In- i -a ■»
f - Pi -it of n Alt: -la.
1! ;!:\vay Patrol.
Write your own T:rvc 1
n at mccrds show the fastest
time 1c be 52 minutes and 45 se
conds; the slowest lime to win
former years is 72 minutes
unci!
I'li* I li st !!1111{; on the docket
Monday nij'lit svas the c ty k pay
rod winch amounted to $2608.33.
With $11;,0.00 in the bank the pay
toll ■l-l.,0.:;.'t short. P it to a vole
w! a ll would sanction payment
as soon as c.i arnor.nl came in
which would tola! the $2608.33
and allow payment of the whole
payr.,11. C> me;’ • i Kennedy
‘••no,' S I !•<."> h and Sel
• o'i'd no a: !■ o' Pah! and Aliiler
la d made .till . ''l onck' I t.'ie mo
, oil. 'l lie, eIo: i• .--lion will be
• in pii. bh. , ' tbe ii xt mo. t
a ,1 ' Ini' | ia '• i nil W.': s U.uied.
A It-! ter v. as read f •nr: h"
S: pt. i 1 tin' Sewn rd IIo.-,p.‘f;d |
a-kim; that a ; ,-w roof lie put
<*»i and a now I . n bn out in.
1 ri s was I'oi’cri "d ■<> the Hospital
Committee.
A ! iter from Dr. Albrecht was |
read in re raid to the pledge of j
$1000.00 of which only $600.00 wa : j
pad last vear to t he Public
Health Department oi which Mrs.
Bio is the head
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Four 1;;: .e oil ; .nks anci the
pipe, in os i metal are to be* de
clared surplm and the WAA will
probable of;er ll cm for -s.lc* soon
a letter in.fora.c i the ci'.v.
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An additional . mount of insur
ance at $13.90 per 1000 for one
year or $27.80 per 100*) for three
years was offered to the city on
the U.S.O. The letter from E.
Webb was tabled.
•V. X. X.
Tax on slot machines for 1947-8
may or may not have been paid
it was indicated and ordinance
No. 156 is being looked into and
■ •becked.
The ordinance shows a tax of
S60.00 per year on each machine
may be collected
Se\vu"d EIoc!T> System opera
tional and payroll bills were al
lowed and will be paid. The larg
est item was $1742.81 for oil. The
S. E. S. fund- are entirely separ
ate from the oily's or taxpayer’s
money and may not be used by
the city.
% x. x.
According to ordinance No. 155
which \cas date 1942 and founded
o;i the request of .he Governor to
eliminate l’ireu aks. etc. because
(>t sabotage pc,-1-- >i]it es. no lire*
'>'■■•• may be old or fired with
it' the eitv limits at any time.
Vvii le the oid nance lists cap
p.s'ob, and sparklers as unlaw
ful. the fire chief states thru t ire -
inen-councilmen present that fa*
has no objection to these and a
change* in the ordinance may he
made later.
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All bids were turned down by
the council on the school addi
tions. Bids were asked ori th"
Home Economic room, a perman
ent inslalation, in the basement;
with a June 7th limit on the bids.
Separate bids on plumbing and
construction by Patrick Bogan of
the Seward Plumbing & Heating
Shoo and Gerrit Hoogland of the
Seward Cabinet & Boat Shop
were* received in the amount of
$102] Of) and $0990.00 respectively.
Bids which came in after the dead
l:ne were those of R. D. Muller,
plumber whose bid was $97.7 and
James Cameron for $6717.
Cameron whose bid on the
school addition for $96,430 was Jn
before June 7th was also turned
down.
This paper contains a second
call for bids and the dead line
will be the 7th of July, which re
cording to Territorial Law wii
give time for the bids to be le
gally advertised.
A special meeting of the council
July 8tli will likely be called.
Three couneilmen. a member or
two of the School Board and.
Supt. Carlson will go into the
situation, inspecting the premise
and listing the specifications b:
which the bidders will be guided
on Tuesday evening, June 22nd.
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The council approved the draw
ing of a check for Sa24.0b from
the tax funds for payment to the
Territory. This is for school tax,
auto and drivers licenses,
y y y
Ordinance No. 190 went through
the 3rd reading and was passed.
It will go into effect July 1. There
was but one disacenting vote,
that of Dr. Sellers who claimed
the sales tax of 2 should be
lessened on sales of larger articles
such as cars and refrigerators.
This protest came too late to be
of any avail and was not favored
by council members.
x. ,y. x.
Tiie matter of vacations for city
employees was taken up and
Chief Clark will start his 2-wec-k
vacation with his two assistants
following. Andy Anderson of An
chorage is the "stand by."
Arctic Institute Asks
Questionaircs he Filed
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M-it.y pel's.! obviously
■ ■ intor< ■ < .. 1 ■ • north } i
north no1. thin before Hie
: ■ ' nee* o* is is < n every
• •' i o-.l fo • y, . . ■' ;:c.:is of
C ..y ■! ■ v 1 l.Y.h -:i y , 'e.
ore . ,tetin.? th v o: k thi u di -
-■ ■ . . ne such a the Car*
11 ■ ;.ie in V\b. • binelon D.
fb. ■ hi.". Yen Ins. by;.' . ;:u tire
’: ! ’’ ;..t h Cev.m i!s of
nu’.y'cs di'vin' on men
i. ! h ' different oryaniza
• - b : t\ o been ", ive in
■ !!■ 'be■■ of re -carch.
The f'Ii nviiv: r lease by Par
Ann -t Woild Aitwr.ys is se.f
explain' tv:
Alaska's age-old glaciers will
become the subject for intensive
> ' rhen a group oi scientists,
• ncirded the noted polar exp-lot -
ti b" Hu be.: Wilkins, invades
the Seward Glacier area this
week.
The b'ardnd. distinguished
looking explorer passed througn
Seattle last Thursday (June 17 >
reroute by Pan American Clip
per to Juneau.
© Continued on page 4
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