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ALEUTIAN
VOLUME 5 .♦ INDEPENDENT ♦ SEWARD. ALASKA *
SATURDAY AUGUST 21, 1948 * UNITED PRESS SERVICE +
KEA May Enter Seward To
Take Over Power Problems
Ine REA in Alaska is making
excellent progress in taking up
the tasks which had to be more
Ot less dropped due to the war.
Projects amounting to more
than $1,000,000, which includes
Kodiak, HOmer, Chugiak (Mata
auska), and Spenard, the ground
work having been laid before the
war and in the two and one-half
years following, shows substant
ial results.
• In discussing the local project,
Rivers stated a similar situation
exists in the Mt. View and Ser
vice Company near Anchorage
both of which are to be taken
over by the REA.
The program to be followed
here is to obtain a fairly accur
ate idea of the worth of the two
plants and outline the transaction
to the REA Headquarters in
in Washington which would in
clude the population to be ser
ved, (possibly including Moose
Pass,) the possible income on the
investment as the plants here now
operate will be considered and
the total costs.
ir the valuation of the City’s
plant reaches the sum .Of $125,
000, as many of the Utility ‘Board,
members feel, there will be re
turned to the City the difference
between the amount due the RFC
after the September,.1948, pay
ment is made and the"*$125,000
which would be in the neighbor
hood of $55,000.00.
A* outlined the transaction
seems simple and if the negotia
tions are successful there is no
reason to believe that the pro
position cannot be submitted to
the Washington office by the 1st
of December.
If approved, Engineer Rivers
stated that money for the pur
chase of both plants would pro
bably bp available within 30 days
after date of approval.
This is a much faster perform
ance than the Reclamation Bureau
which would necessarily have to
'wait an appropriation by Con
gress before starting construction,
probably in 1950 or 1952.
However, the REA still must
start construction on a hydro
electric project but the cash is
immediately available and under
the REA the City is greatly re
lieved by getting out from under
the RFC indebtedness with a pos
sible $55,000 in her pocket.
Reason for the delay to Dec
ember is that the peak of con
struction in the projects now un
derway cannot be interfered with
and the preliminary work can not
start until construction has tap
ered off for the winter shut down.
Immediately after the REA
signifies intention of going for
ward with the plan, a cooperative
association will be formed and
the project set up.
At anytime after the work is
started the REA may ask the
Reclamation Bureau to take over.
A situation whereby the joint
use of poles, especially in the out
lying areas, will be figured on
and who ever has the telephone
CHARLES E. BLANKENSHIP
LIES DURING SLEEP
•
Charles E. Blankenship, age 75,
passed away during his sleep at
11:45 a.m. Friday. ,
He had lived in Lake View but
' for the past month had been in
" Seward.
. The funeral will be held Tues
day at 2 p.m. at thp graveside.
system will be able to obtain
permission for their use.
Figures as to the carrying for
ward of the proposition of the
REA as far as the presentation at
Washington office if undertaken
by Mr, Rivers will take an es
timated 250 to 300 man-hours.
This work, then, would cost
about $1,200.00 and would carry
thru to the final "yes'’ or “no”
by the REA Washington office.
Considerable discussion by the
Utility Board and the Council and
Engineer Rivers' brought little
more than local beliefs to light.
The actual situation will come to
light as soon as the appraisal is
made by Rivers* whose appoint
ment for the job is favored by
the Utility Board and the Coun
cil. Rivers has worked in the
same capacity before for REA and
no doubt his appointment will be
acceptable to them also.
SS BARANOF
PASSENGER LIST
Mf
Seattle to Seward
Mrs. B. Austin, Vance Bingham,
Marian Burgeson, Baxter Felch, E.
J. Forbes, Clar Franklin, Miss M.
Gatchell, Frank Glimpse, F. L.
Gordon and wife, Mrs. G. Gustaf
son, Karol Gustafson,, Gayle Gus
tafson, "T. B Hall and Wife
W. Higgenbotham and wife, R.
Higgenbotham and wife, Vernon
L. Jacobson, - Mrs. Jacobson, A.
Johnson and wife, Marcy Johnson,
Doald B. MacGuiness, Emily Mor
gon, Roy R. Murdock, Hugh Rob
ertson, Harold Rude, Mrs. Otto
Schmidt, Mrs. J. A. Scrivner, J. B.
Allen.
Seattle to Seward
C. E. Dunnett, Sdw. C. Hanson,
G. R. Morrison.
Ketchikan to Seward
Mrs.. J. J. O’Shea, Mary Jane
O’Shea, Ed Seidenberg, Dolly Tay
lor, L. Farino, Wayne Karhunen.
Juneau to Seward
Jack Bratset, Mrs. May Metcalf,
E. F. Roelke, M. Wallace and
wife, Anne Wallace, Peter Riet
veld.
Cordova to Seward
Ralph Grosvold, Paul Shaver,
Fred Smedley.
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PRESIDENT OF BURGESS
BATTERY CORY. HERE
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Goss, presi
dent of Burgess Battery Corp of
Cleveland, Ohio, arived in Seward
on Aug. 7 and spent a few days
at Elwell's then flew to Anchor
age with Safeway Airways for
two days,%i short fishing trip from
Anchorage to Lake Judd and then
on to Lake Clark. They will stay
there until about Aug. 23 when
Safeway Airways will again pick
them up and take them to Bristol
Bay for more fishing and bird
hunting.
They Svill return to Anchorage
Sept. 10 and return home via
P.N.A. .and Northwest Airlines.
They were very impressed with
the scenery through Lake Clark
Pass and around Kenai Peninsula.
•
More than 500 head of bucking
horses, wild horses, Brahma steers
longhorns, cows and calves are
used in the Cheyenne, Wyo., an
nual Frontier Days show.
Agricultural experts say that j
“lots of clean, warm drinking'
water” will prevent a drop in1
winter milk production.
1 COAST GUARD’S "OLD AND NEW" I
Official Cocut Guard photo.
In its constant vigil over life and property, the Coast Guard employs
a wide variety of ships, planes, and aids to navigation. Here the newest
of these devices—the helicopter—hovers over one of the oldest—Boston
Lighthouse, which has stood at the present site since 1716 as a sentinel
of safety to ships moving along the New England coastline. Helicopters
have proved'effective in rescuing at.ra.nded auryivprs in isolated areas
where plane landings are impossible.
Hi-Way News
w 'ruuesuay, Augubi me urn.
some of the girls gave a surprise
baby Shower for Jeanettee Sud
dath at the Moore home on Nash
Road. Ben managed getting Jea
nette there by the simple expedi
ent of telling her he had to go in
to town and asking her if she and
Bobbie wanted to go, which of
course they did. Then, when they
'were in front of the Moore place,
Ben told her he had to see the
folks there a minute and said
she might as well go in, too; but
Jeanette, seeing all the cars there
protested that Lucille was appar
ently entertaining and that she
would rather not interrupt. Just
then Lucille appeared and helped
Ben get her into the house, where
she found twelve other girls, all
waiting for her. Besides Jeanette
and the hostess, there were pre
sent: Mrs. R. M. (Louise) Bevans,
Mrs. Ted K. iPeggy) Boyd, Mrs.
J. S. (Alice) O’Day, Mrs. Glenn
(Gwen) Tressler, Mrs. A1 (Jerry)
Noyes, Mrs. John (Barbara) Wu
gan, Mrs. R. A. (Peggy) Beissner,
Mrs. Dennis (Jean) Thompson,
Mrs. Skeets (Elsie) Whitmore,
Mrs. W. (Esther) Heinbaugh, Mrs.
Casey (Gwen) Cobben and my
self. and sixteen children, most
of the latter playing outside.
Millie Sorensen and Agnes Fisher,
who were unable to be there,
sent their gifts by others; and
Mrs. Coble never arrived—it was
feared she may have had trouble
with her car. We talked a while
and played a couple of games,
Esther Heinbaugh winning the
prize for one of them and Elsie
Whitmore^, winning the other.
Then it was time for Jeanette to
open her gifts and to pass them
around for us «all to see, and
many useful and beautiful things,
did she receive. As a fitting cli
max to Jeanette's lively afternoon,
Lucille served strawberry short
, v.tuwf ttiiu v.ulice, ui was as i w as
drinking my coffee that Lou Anne
: rushed in to inform me that Lee
had fallen into the creek up to
his neck,'which necessitated an
instant toweling for him and a
complete change of clothing, bor
rowed from Lucille./ "SAs we wo
men gathered up our scattered
children and started home, we all
agreed we had enjoyed ourselves
trmendously.
* * *
\ The following day, Thursday,
was the regular meeting of the
Highway Gals, at Creo Ive's home
and was a surprise baby showei
for me—that is, it was supposed
to he a surprise but I was en
joying the flu' and had decided
to stay home, so that Annetta
finally had to break down and
inform me I had just better go;
and of course I went, as I could
| not miss the happiness and thrill
i of my own shower. The Ive's
| home is beautifully situated on
i the gclitly sloping green banks
: of a clear little creek and, as we
drove up to the door and I saw
the sparkling sun on the water
and heard the hum of the girls’
voices from within the log house,
1 suddenly felt fine and was hap
py to be there. Those present that
day were: Nettie Bird, Opal Bry
an, Edith Douglas, Boo Witherup,
Carol Axtel, Esther Ronne and
Marshall, Jr. (Sonny), Annetta
Gillespie and Raymond, Jr. (Tad
pole), myself and lou Anne and
Lee. We sewed and talked for a
while, and then Creo served won
derful-tasting sandwiches, pink
cake and coffee. Then I wes in
vited to open my packages, which
were a gorgeously wrapped
mound packed into a pink-white
and - blue crepe - papared - covered
cardboard cradle made by Jack
Ives and decorated by Thelma,
(Continued on page 2)
BOAT HARBOR AND
AIRFIELD DISCUSSED
•
Engineer Vic Rivers was in town
Thursday night and met with a
council of which only half ap
peared, Councflmen Painter, Sel
lers and Seffrovich being absent.
The necessary papers on the
boat harbor were brought down
by Mr. Rivers and they remained
unsigned because of the absence
of a quorum.
They will be taken care of at
the next council meeting.
The piling, to give some of
the specifications, must be creo
soted. While steel floats are avail
able it is found less costly to use
wood, furnished locally. About 40
piling will be driven, extending
from the dock at which barges
505 and 504 are tied, extending
at about a 15° angle with the end
of the north jette.
* * *
Territorial officials are very
much aware of the need for work
on the airfield. It is proposed to
use $30,000 on the field as soon
as the money can be obtained.
A similar agreement on the air
field will be made as to the im
provements.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF
DEPARTMENT OF MINES
Recent and widely circulated
press dispatches reporting the sale
of gold mined in Alaska to re
sidents of Spokane, Washington,
at a price of $45 per ounce or
$10 above the legal price set by
the U. S. Treasury Department
and announcing offers of as much
as $51 per ounce at Reno, Nevada
for gold mined in the States, may
be authentic, but in order to pre
vent confusion in the minds of
the public as to the full meaning
of such transactions and their
relation to the Gold Reserve Act
of 1934 and Treasury Department
regulations that have been issued
under that Act these dispatches
require clarification declared B.
D. Stewart, Alaska Commissioner
of Mines.
Stewart stated that in order to
be legal private transactions in
gold, such as those that are being
reported by the press, must be
confined STRICTLY TO GOLD
IN ITS NATURAL STATE. Trea
sury Department regulations is
sued under the Gild’ Reserve Act
define gold in its natural state as
being, “gold recovered fr.om nat
ural sources which has npt been
melted, smelted, or refined or
otherwise treated by heating or
by a chemical or electrical pro
cess." Gold in its natural state,
therefore, includes nuggets, flakes
particles and gold dust recovered
from placer deposits; gold im
bedded in quartz or other vein
material or in bedrock; or frag
ments, strands or ribbons of gold
removed therefrom by a mechani
cal or other physical means that
does not involve heating the gold
to the melting point or treating
it by a chemical or electrical pro
cess.
ii is important lor the public to
realize however that Such transac
tions involving gold ,n its natural
state may be conducted legally
only within the boundaries of the
United States. It is, unlgjwfu! to
export gold.
•-T
In Florida, it is illegal to /give
a member of your family or a
freind a manicure, hair-do or
shampoo. The state beauty cul-,
ture law prohibits unregistered
persons from practicing beauty „
culture with or without pay.