Mr. Keithahm, Curator,
TERRITORIAL MUSEUM ^f
Tine Seward Polaris & *^9
4
Story of
The University of Alaska
(Continued From luist edition)
Matanuska Sub-Station No. 1,
at Matanuska, was turned over
to the University, July 1, 1932.
It has been operated by the Uni
versity for the purpose of carry
ing on experimental work in the
production of livestock and farm
crops since 1920. The following
projects* are being carried on: po
tato production, grain breeding,
legumes, pasture improvements,
dairying, and sheep production.
The station lias a fine group of
buildings and about 120 acres of
cleared land.
Petersburg Sub-Station No. 2.
y at Petersburg, establised by an
Act of the Alaska Territorial Le
gislature in 1937, and completed
in 1938, is an experiment station
for work with fur-bearing animals.
The experiments include projects
in housing, nutrition and disease,
and in management of mink,
blue fox, slver fox, and marten,
r Other fur-bearing animals will be
added later.
By an agreement between the
University and the Biological
Survey, the principal burden of
expense of operation and devel
opment of the Experimental Fur
Farm will be borne by tiie Alaska
Fish and Game Commission. Tiiis
agreement permits the allocation
of certain Federal funds for the
University and Matanuska Ex
periment Stations.
The main office of the Director
i of Extension is at the University.
The Director supervises all Agri
cultural Extension Service, 4-H
Club work for boys and girls,
and all home demonstration work
throughout the Territory, This
office is headquarters for Home
Demonstration and 4-H Club lead
ers, and for the Assistant 4-H
Club leaders.
District offices are maintained
at Palmer for the Matanuska
Valley, at Anchorage for the Ke
nai Peninsula, and at Fairbanks
for the Tanana Valley. Work in
Southeastern Alaska is directed
from the main office.
Work in Mining Extension is
carried on by the Sshool of Mines
of the University in accordance
with authorization by the Terri
torial Legislature. This work is
designed to give preliminary tr
aining in various phases of geol
ogy and mining as a service to
those who are unable to take up
* resident study at the University.
The extent of the mineral re
sources of Alaska cannot yet be
estimated accurately, but the
geologic conditions warrant a
most optimistic view. The min
eral production has reached a
high total value, yet exploration
has scarcely touched many parts
of the Territory. From compar
ison with other productive re
gions it appears that mineral de
velopment in Alaska has only
begun.
The Mining Extension courses
cover a period of five weeks. Sp
ecial emphasis is placed on the
study of mineralogy and geology
with supplementary lectures on
placer and lode mining methods,
and mining law. The Territorial
appropriation has made possible
the purchase of supplies and ap
paratus. but rooms for lectures
and laboratory work are usually
furnished by the cities in which
'the classes are conducted.
During the academic year 1946
1947, Mining Extension Courses
are being conducted. During the
past nine years over 6,000 stu
dents have been enrolled in these
courses. The locatino of the
courses lo be given during the
year 1947- 19411 w ill be announced
in advance through the news
papers of the Territory.
More thorough and complete
training in geology, metallurgy,
ore dressing and mining is u\ai!
able at the University in tiro
regular courses open to ail per
sons qualified to receive the in
struction: or in the Short Course
in Mining open to anyone with
out regard to previous training.
Requests for information should
be addressed to tin' Registrar,
College. Alaska.
On duly 1, 1937. B.D. Si aw •.
Commissioner of Mines lor tno
Territorial Department of M:i -.
is-1al.'lsii d one of its three ofi'i" -
i tii e Univi ty of A!; sc . Ar
thur E. GloVei-. ns,aver, is in
charge of this office. Alaska i■ :u
. :vl, a.v identified ;md samples
of ore are assay* d free of -barge.
In Uv- fall of loll, office quar
ters were provided at the Univer
sity for an Associate Mining En
gineer and Inspector. Mining
and geological technical assis
tance is thus made available for
those who cannot afford to en
gage private consultants.
Tiie student body is organized
under the name of the “Associated
Students of the University of
Alaska,” called the A.S.U.A. The
object of this association is to
foster a spirit of loyalty and de
votion to the University; to give
the students practice in the man
agement of matters of common
int 'rest: and to secure coopera
tion and efficiency in the admin
istraton of affairs pertaining to
me student body.
The Denali, published by the
A.S.U.A., is the student yearbook.
The Alumni Association pro
motes interests and acquaintance
among its graduates and former
students, and helps further the
usefulness of the Univerity to
the Territory of Alaska.
Tire Aggie Club is composed of
students registered in the depart
ment of Agriculture. The purpose
of the club is to promote, im
prove, and enjoy agriculture in
the Territory by sponsoring ed
ucational and recreational activ
ities.
The Arts and Letters Club
sponsors and promotes University
activities, especially related to
the Arts and provides a social
organization for students in Arts
and Letters.
The Business Administration
Club promotes interest in busi
ness subjects, gives members
opportunities to express their
opinions on those subjects, and
practice in management of affairs
of common interest.
The Civil Engineers Society is
open to students who have suc
cessfully passed at least 13 cred
its of the Civil Engineering
Course. Meetings are held twice
a month. Talks, lantern sldies,
and motion pictures of an negin
eering nature are presented.
The Dramatic Club furnishes
entertainments for University as
semblies and gives its members
an opportunity to participate in
one-act plays and skits as well
as longer plays. The Club is re
sponsible for the production of
(Continued on page 2)
EDITORIAL
The suit brought, against the
city with regard to the bond
issue (General Obligation Bonds)
which were to be used to pay
off the R.F.C. balance of $81,360.
and an additional issue of $90,000.
to be used in enlarging and ren
ovating the transmission lines
and the plant, was in court be
fore Honorable Anthony .T. Dia
mond Thursday. February 5th.
The vote cast on November 20
was a total of 2-15, and a total
of 65'; of the votes cast had to
be cast “for" or the ism a did not
carry.
It was alleged in the complaint
that only four councilman voted
to place the bond issue before the
people.
The law states th t 5 council
men must vole favorably. Newt
tireless the bond issue went before
the voters.
Tib s u as mistake V.. 1.
The resolution or ordinance
the bond i, sue was read and itn
d. r a su-pen- on of rules was. it
h alleged in tlm comp!: inf, a gain
in ucdiat -ly road twice main. At -
onrd.::r.. to ordinance No. 86 a full
' v. ■ weeks period or until the
in xt regular meeltng is held be
fore the second ■ i.lirv cm be
- uthorize ! and only then, under
lire suspension of rules can tire
ordinance be read immediately
following the second reading, i*'
an emergency c-\lrists.
Instead th - third and final read
ing was completed at the first
meet ing.
At a later dale it was found
alter the suit had been brought,
that this point was brought nut
in the complaint and an effort
was made to change or comply
in tiiis way:
Under the official signature of
Thomas Howell, City Clerk, under
the Jan. 15, 1948 date a certified
copy of minutes of a meeting
supposed to be held a few days
after the meeting of October 9th,
in which the resolution was read
three times, it was alleged that
sufficient councilmen were pre
sent and ALL voted “yes” to 1he
suspension of rules, which also
takes five council members who
must be in accord.
We have no knowledge of .any |
council meeting called for a
SPECIAL meeting for this dis
cussion and none was mentioned |
according to the' minutes of the'
PREVIOUS REGULAR meeting. '
It this is so it constitutes fur
ther violation of the Compiled
laws of Alaska, 1933. on no less
authority than Attorney General
Ralph Rivers (Sec. 2402-2403.)
These sections read something 1
like this:—That all business in
regard to public utilities must be
held in open meeting
This Complaint also alleged
that tlie issuance of General Ob
ligation Bonds in order to retire
Revenue Bond already in exist
ance is contrary to law.
That is mistake No. 3.
Going back to the allegation
that Councilman Sellers on Oct
ober 9th 1947 voted NO and that
Councilman Novick was absent,
there was no way legally for the
remaining members to pass Or
dinance No. 176 which was com
piled in order to place the bond
issue before the taxpayers of
Seward, for the reason1 that five
members must be in accordance.
Paragraph 9 of Ordinance No.
86 reads as follows:
Section 6 of Article 4 of said
ordinance provides that no stand
ing rule or order of the council
shall be rescinded or suspended,
except by a vote of five (5)
members of the Council in the
affirmative. Section 7 of article
4 of said ordinance provides how
ordinances shall be passed and;
reads as follows:
“Every . proposed ordinance sh
all. after having been introduced
and read, lay on the table until 1
the next regular meeting for its
second readingand shall be read
for the third time at the regular
meeting after its introduction,
unless the rules be suspended as
herein provided, in said ordinance
number 8G.“
Ordinance No. 8G was adopted
on JAN. 12. 1925.
If c final analysis of the case
shows tlial the additional r.hi
nt' s from tin- next IRREGULAR
meeting are to he or have been
used to bolster Ibis weak effort
at forcing through an ordinance
in less than the alotted time as
set. forth in Ordinance No. 8G
would il not be well to bring
further pressure to hear on the
district Attorney's office to have
a comph'le investigation of the
u ons ol the previous councils
dating hack as foras 1935?
Even ii ties is a year for elec
tions and all cases wherein pol
itics are studmuslv avoided or
let slip by without undue “hurrah"
would if i. t he much belter to
: how the-.’ politicians in 1 heir
true colei s than to sacrifice the
tax-payers of the city in order
to use rose-colored glasses to see
undesetving poE deign.,?
We certainly do not want to
see any members of the last
legislature go back to Juneau
after the final fiasco of 1947 nor
uo we want any who are schooled
in the same “arts'' to be sent.
What better way* to show the
voters the politicians whom they
have been voting for, than to
show them in their true light as
town officials?
Men who are new to Alaska
are truly amazed at the way poli
tics are run “up here."
If the case is decided in favor
of the plaintiff there should be
no further necessity to keep more
thaji two of the present incum
bents in die city offices and in
case the Disrtiet Attorney fails
to act. should there not be fur
ther recourse for a long-suffer
ing public?
•
NATIONAL BOY SCOUT WEEK
FEBRUARY S—12
♦
As a part of the celebration
of the National Boy Ssout Week
the Boy Ssouts of Troop 30 will
have part in the city's govern
ment. This Saturday Billy Estes
and Don Martin will work in the
Police Department and Leonard
Gilliland will work in the City
Clerk’s Office. On Monday the
Boy Scout City Mayor Ronald
Lewis will conduct the Boy Scout
City Council in a few items of
the city’s business. Also there
will be a Boy Scout Fire Chief
one day. Such a practice is being;
used all over America this week. '
Troop 30 has as its Scoutmaster
Bill Merritt and as the Assistant
Scoutmaster George Petrovich.
The Troop, organized last Fall,
has made remarkable headway
and we may expect greater th
ings from them in tlie future.
O—-'
PASTEURIZED MILK
SITKA Farolo c president
of the s.mi ary dair/ said a pas
teurizing point had oe.au installed
here to furnish residents with
pasteurized milk for the first
time in S’tka's history.
The umt has a cap i tv of 100
gallons daily, with milk : ataincc*
from a herd of 21 bead of milch
cows having an average daily
production of 50 gallons.
Many Attend the
Doshen Funeral
KS
Funeral services were held this
A.M. at the Catholic Church for
Joe Doshen who passed away .in
the Seward General Hospital last
Sunday. The church was filled
with friends and relatives. Many
friends came from Anchorage by
train last night and by plane
today.
There were many beaut if n t
floral offerings. Pallbearers were
Russel Painter, Lloyd Rogers,
Clias. E. Cameron, Gus Werner,
Dan Soul hard and Sol Uric.
The body will be placed aboard
the Baranof and Mr. John Maticli
will accompany it to Seattle wh
ere he will be met by Joe’s Moth
er and sisters. They will then go
by train to Spokane. Burial will
be in a family plot there. Grave
side services will be performed
by ihe Spokane Elks.
© —
BASKETBALL GAME
<
Blue Shifted flashes were in
action last night. representing
tlie Seward High School Basket
ball Team. The Red Shifted fl
ashes giving them plenty of rough
competition were members of the
Vikings, a team formed of eight
men whose names had been dr
awn in the selection of a team
from all the teams which had
played this past season.
Mr. Napp. coach for the Sew-<
ard High School, had trained his
men well, but ii is he eived that
tiie Vikings were w-F ready for
them, shown by the 44 to 33
point score in favor of the Vik
ings.
It didn't take long for the b!-.
ood to start running after the
starting signal. One Viking man
shed blood all through the game.
The Vikings sunk the first bas
ket twenty seconds after the st
arting signal.
Joe Doyle and Oscar Watsjold
must have lost about ten pounds
each trying to keep step with the
players as they refereed the
first game.
At the end of the first quarter
the score was 12 to 7 in favor of
the Vikings and although the
high school team tried their best
to overcome this score, their ef
forts brought them little satis
faction.
When Renee iFolkner started
the teams playing it looked as
though she was going to stay out
there and give the Seward High
School a little assistance. I guess
all the School team really lacked
was their cheer leader Edonna
Myers and Renee Folkner root
ing everyone on for them.
Many fouls were called on
both teams during the game. It
looked as though they were both
out for the kill.
The High School team showed
excellent teamwork and defense
but the Vikings seemed to know
just where to strike and when.
Everytime the Vikings sunk a
basket, the sidelines seemed to
groan showing the school team
had plenty of moral support too.
The starting lineup for the
teams were as follows. Vikings:
Joe Oliverson, Gill Anthony, Gene
Samuelson, Duane Levan, Ray
mond Stanley Frank Sanders.
Morgan, Antril Seydam Stanley
Terry Fillingim, Dick Day. Bob
Seward High School: Don Steele,
Anderson.
-- _
By flying, it. now takes nearly
1(3 days less time to get from
the United States to the Orient
than it took in 1940 by ship.