Seward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward. Alaska
John M. Coleman .
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DO WE NEED A SALES TAX?
“Definitely,” is the answer
given by a great majority of the
people of Seward—businessmen
and otherwise—-questioned by
this writer in the past few days.
SEWARDITES ARE PROUD
of the fact that the city is “out
of the red" for the first time in
its existence. The sales tax ade
quately cares for the city's short
in keeping the Seward Public
School in operation. The sales
tax receipts make it unnecessary
to dip into general funds for
school purposes. This one item
allows the City of Seward to
operate entirely on the black
side of the ledger.
OUT-OF-TOWNER3 do not
like Seward’s sales tax, and they
are justified. The people of other
Peninsula towns have their own
schools to support, their own
health problems. They feel they
are being penalized for doing
business in Seward. Most Sew
ard businessmen agree with
them.
AMENDMENT to the sales
tax ordinance is being consid
ered to exempt residents of other
For the BEST in—
• CONTRACT WIRING
• MOTOR REPAIR
• REFRIGERATION
Sales and Service
CALL
Kenai Electric
Adams 137
Peninsula towns from paying
the tax when doing business in
Seward. Such action constitutes
the beginning of the end for the
Seward sales tax.
THERE IS A SOLUTION ,to
the problem. If Seward needs a
sales tax, if Anchorage needs a
sales tax, if a sales tax is de
sirable anywhere in Alaska, why
not go to work and get through
a Territorial sales tax of two
per cent? The Territory to keep
a percentage for administration,
and the remainder returned to
the cities where it originated.
One-half of one per cent should
pay the Territory handsomely
for the task of administration.
One and one-half per cent re
turned to the cities of Alaska
.would go a long way toward
putting them "in the black” as
Seward is at the present time.
Such an arrangement would
have its drawbacks, of course.
For instance, would the sales tax
money be immediately returned
to its place of origination, or
would it become lost in the
maze of red tape which usually
is the lot of our school taxes.
If some such program could
be worked out, then criticism
would be eliminated. Inter-city
trading would pretty well equal
ize the situation so every town
or city would get its just share.
Could even be that in case of
large purchases where the sales
tax reached amounts out of pro
portion to the buyer's liability
to the place of purchase, he
could have the tax return sent
to his own home town or school
district.
A community that is worth living
in is worth doing something for.
FIRE WOOD FIRE WOOD
Cut by The Four Brothers of Seward
Prices Delivered in Seward
Length
12-INCH
14-INCH
16-INCH
18-INCH
20-INCH
Per Cord
,522.00
20.00
18.00
16.00
14.00
HEMLOCK FIREPLACE WOOD
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Leave Orders at News Office - Main 168
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The New Seward Hotel
Oscar Dahl, owner
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
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REDUCED WINTER FARES AND LOW AUTO BAGGAGE RATES
SCHEDULED SAILINGS
FROM SEWARD
SS BARANOF
Jan. 13 for
Juneau Ketchikan
Wrangell Seattle
SS DENALI
Jan. 20 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
Petersburg
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Jan. 27 for
Juneau Ketchikan
Wrangell Seattle
SS DENALI
Feb. 3 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
Petersburg _
Freighter Sailings from Seattle
A Freighter . Jan. 20
WALTER W. SIPPRELL. Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
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Now it is time for us to begin
to look forward to the whole
year ahead of us. Sure, it will
snow, and it will blow, it may
get colder, then it will rain.
But what of it? Everybody else
has weather, too. At least no one
in Seward has gone hungry this
winter. No one has blown into
the bay. No one has been lost in]
the snow, or been frozen.
The weather is one of those
tilings we cannot control, so
why worry about it? Just take
it as it comes. 1 won't ask you
to like it, but the sooner it's
over the sooner we can plant
gardens.
What we must be thinking
about are income taxes, both
federal and territorial, March
of Dimes, Red Cross, new car*
licenses, etc. What a pain to
think about!
Even these tilings are not
what 1 am considering seriously
right now. But, the unfinished
projects for the betterment of
Seward. Projects, started or con
templated, that must be carried
I through to their ultimate suc
cess.
For instance: a full fledged
scheme for recreation, utilizing
the Civic Center and all other j
available facilities for whole
some recreation for our young
people, children, and adults.
Secondly: the Mid-W inter
friendship party for and with
our neighbors to the northward.
This party or festival, carnival, i
whatever name it gets, is a most
important project.
Third: We must not let up in
our efforts to bring the pro
posed liberal arts college to
Seward. Much work is still to
be done there.
Fourth: There is a good pos
sibility that the Coast Guard
will establish a station here.
Efforts are being made by the
City Council and Chamber of
Commerce to convince the
powers that be that Seward is
the place to station a Coast
Guard ship.
Fifth: The Fourth of July
Committee will need the whole
hearted cooperation of the
whole populace in order to
make this year's celebration i
and Marathon Race the biggest
and best ever.
The projects I have named
are not listed in the order of
their importance, but just to
give them emphasis. They arc:
equally important to the for
ward march of Seward. No one
person can be expected to do
a big part in every project, but
everybody can do something in
all of them, and everybody, but
EVERYBODY, must help in
some way if they are to be put
across. We can’t just coast along
with a bare existence. We must
work to make Seward a voice
to be heard in the coming state
of Alaska, and that work must
be done now.
Three out of every four of
the 2,333,000 veterans on Vet
erans Administration disability
compensation and pension rolls
on November 1, 1049, served
in World War II.
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Phone Seward Agent — Main 153
Not if your life has purpose. The
Episcopal Church can help you find
in Christianity the good which gives
rcason»for living.
ST. PETER'S CHURCH
Second Ave. at Adams
CABINET MAKER
General Carpentering
Furniture Crating
See H. J. WINANS
Mi. 2 Warehouse
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TANNING
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tanned. Quick, efficient, reliable
workmanship. We return your
finished skins immediately.
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B. P. O. ELKS
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SE’VARD LODGE
No. 219
F. & A. M.
Regular Meeting First and Third
Tuesdays of Each Month.
Visiting Brethren Welcome.
R. E. Baumgartner—W. M.
W. C. Erwin—Secretary
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINERS
Seward Carpenters* Union 2304
Meetings at Medical Building
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
Meeting 2nd Tuesday of Month
Frank D. Gibbons — President
A. G. McRae—Fin. Sec. & Bus. Agl
International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 39
Meets First and Third Tuesdays of
Each Month at T p.m.—Union Hall
President — Harold Davis