THE SEWARD POLARIS
Peninsula-Chain News
Dedicated to the Building
of the “Kenai Empire”
Independent
United Press Service
Published Semi-weekly
by
II. W. and N. M. Hunt
Seward, Alaska
Subscription Kate Of) ner vear
'Continued from nage 1)
DR. AND MRS. HAISCH
ENJOY ALASKA
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K. .J. Haisch and wife of Los
Ange'cs were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Hunt over the week
end.
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They have been on a sigh
seeing trip in Alaska going as far j
north as Fairbanks during the!
last 3 weeks
Dr. Haisch is the ex-President :
of the Los Angeles Dental Asso- \
elation District 4. *1
Altho t ho weather was not of
the best all the time several side
trips which were especially de
sired were enioyed in nice weath
er.
More time will be given to the
next trip as trying to see Alaska
as Dr. Haisch said is like trying
to see Europe in 3 weeks—it can
iio! ho done.
IP' alfco stated, “Alaska is not
ready for tourists as she has in
sufficient housing for her guests.”
I n*er national Longshoremen’s
arc! Warehousemen’s Union
Local :5!»
M ei -• First and Third Tuesday at
a in Union Hall
Pi evident — Is. Rogers
Secretary — L. Dick
vn&d
< Science Services
Smile- . 11 A.M.
Sunday School 10 A.M.
Public Library
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Rev. Wi'.i, Ch.’.put
Mass at 10 A.M. each Sunday.
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Morning Warship .. . In: 45 a.m
Si udicH in Hie hook of Piiillipians
Sunday School 2 : •>•> p.*n
Young People.; Meeting tj:45p.m
Evening Service. 7 : 4 a ;> :n
Studies in the book of Colos-ians.
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Bible Study . 7 : 30 p.m
St idin.s in book of D 'uteronom*-*.
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1 arry O. Grounds, Minister
: irvicc Schedule for Sunday
in A.M. Bible Class
3 1 A. M. Preacing and Commun
ion
Kv . • S • r\ ic■- 5:39 ’
a: sembly op god chapel
Claude & Vivien Malcolm. Pastors
SUNDAY
10:' 0 a.in.—Sunday School
11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship
7:30 p.m.—Evangelistic Service
TUESDAY
7:50p m. Bible Study ar.^ Prayer
Meeting
THURSDAY
7:30 p.m.—Sing-spiration
All are invited to attend these
services.
SEWARD MEMORIAL CHURCH
Wyburn Skidmore, Pastor
Telephone Gar. 109
Office Hours 0 A.M.—noon
Sunday.
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
Morning Worship 11:00 A.M.
Youth Fellowship 7:15 P.M.
Evening Worship 3:09 PM
Wednesday
btew Life Prayer Group 7 P.M.
Choir Rehearsal 3:09P.M.
Tomorrow They Celebrate
After 25 Years Service
ANCHORAGE, July 14—The Alas
ka Railroad, which next Thursday
commemorates the 25th anniver
sarv of the driving of the Golden
Spike, announced today that the
railroad hauled a record load of
over a million tons of cargo dur
ing the past 12 months
The Railbelt's mounting needs,
tire army's defense projects, and
the railroad’s own rebuilding pro
gram account for the heavy ton
nage. the Traffic Department re
ported.
Sixty-one Alaska Railroad em
ployees are also celebrating a
"golden spike” anniversary next
week by having 2a years or more
of service on the ARR, the Per
sonnel Department revealed. The
61 include J. T. Cunningham, as
sistant general manager, who has
been with the ARR since 1916.
The Golden Spike was driven
by the late President Warren G.
Harding on the north side of the
bridge spanning the Tanana River
at Nenana. Date was July^la, 1922.
To celebrate the occasion, the
railroad has prepared a stam cac
het. Over 2000 covers have been
sent in from all over the nation,
from Canada, Hawaii, and Alaska
Harding's trip to Alaska is well
remembered by Railbclt olritimers.
The President stopped at Seward
and Anchorage and spoke from a
platform in front of the Anchor
age city hall. Accompanying him
were Mrs. Harding, and a party
who included Herbert Hoover,
then secretary of commerce, and
Charley Ross, then a St. Louis
newspaperman, and now White
House secretary.
On the eve of its "birthday”
celebration, the ARR is busy on a
giant rehabilitation program which
:i hopes will be speeded to com
motion in three years.
The program, directed by Colo
nel J. P. Johnson, general man
agw IS estimated at $.>0,000.00(1.
Al'i-ady completed j> well oxer
!1.ii.O' o.oiio ".iii'tli of work, includ
ing purchase of 200 miles of rail
.’il about 900.000 ties. Underxxny
noxx is well oxer another $10,000
000 worth of reh .. li:t; t l 'ii x.orl;
to in Portage to Fairbanks
At least 1500 men xxill xvork
under eight major contracts this
summei' ouring peak construction
nays, in addition. the railroad
plans large-scale maintenance and
rebuilding by its nxvn xvorkers.
Work contracted out this sea
s',a is among the most x-ilal to
the rehabilitation program. It in
eludes rail replacement along 94
miles of line-, and bank widening
and track ballasting along 99
.. i les.
Sacod highlight of the rebuild
ing program is the ‘'retirement of
outmoded, xxmrn rolling stock and
re: lacemenI with r w o«,uip
••tent. Arrnx surplus idling stock,
xviio.-, rephieement xalue is esti
mated at $20,000,000. has been ec
quired by Colonel Johnson from
Wn” Surplus cards all oxer the
nation. New stock is arriving; re
gula rly.
Third project dressed by the
rehabilitation program is the im
prox’ement of the xvorking plant.
The program underway includes
moving the “cluttered up" term
inal yards in Fairbanks, and put
ting up 13 separate buildings in
the new Fairbanks yards.
Anchorage shares in’ the plant
rebuilding A new $167,000 freight
house xvas opened recently and
doubled storage capacity in Anch
orage. Additions on either end of
the Anchorage passenger depot
will be ready by September at a
cost of about $240,000. They will
provide space for about 25 offices.
Steel framework for the new
diesel maintenace plant and re
pair shops will go up this month
in the Anchorage yards. The
steel xvas obtained by the gener
al manager from the former Den
x’er Kaiser Shell Plant.
When the complete rehabilita
tion program is finished, savings
will accrue, Colonel Johnson Jpe
lievcs. These savings will he
passed on to the Railroad’s cus
tomers in the form of reduced
rates.
A review of the 25 years since
the goldern spike was driven
shows that the ARR has played
a major role in the economy of
the Railbelt and Interior Alaska.
The city of Anchorgae got its
start as a railroad own. In 1915.
almost overnight 2000 persons
flocked to “Ship Creek Landing",
seeking work with the railroad.
Railroad engineers laid out the
townsites of Anchorage. Nenana.
Talkeetna. and Matanuska
The railroad has run coal mines
and even engaged in the long
shoring business. It still operates
a marineways at Nenana, 4000
miles from the ocean. This year
two Alaska Railroad stern-wheel
ers, the "Nenana” and the ‘‘Alice”
are supplying villages along the
Yukon and mining camps from
Marshall to Fort Yukon.
The ARR operates the spacious
Mt. McKipley Park Hotel and the
Curry Hotel.
Work first got underway.in 1915
on tin' new railroad to open up
Alaska. It took eight years to
‘‘pioneer through”. The old Alas
ka Central, a standard gauge line
that ran from Seward to Kern
Creek, was purchased and rehabi
litated. The Tatiana Valley Rail
road. a 44-mile narrow-gauge line
that operated into the Fairbanks
mining distinct, was also brought
and converted.
The railroad, however, was nev
er really finished in the sense
that stateside mads are completed.
Johnson's rchahiliat ion program
inends to put the line in first
class shape '
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rce cream was first served in
the United States by Dolly Madi
son. says the World Book F.ncv
eloped'a She offered this strange
frozen dessert to guests at a
White House dinner in 1809.
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LUNCH AND BOWL
AT
JiMMEY’S
Bowling Alley
IT'S NECESSARY
HEALTHY
FTJN
OPEN 1 TO 1
TRAVEL
FUNDS
PROTECTED
AGAINST I OSS '
OR THEFT
Safeuarding money against
loss when one travels is as
important as protecting it by
deposit when at home—and
is just as easy. You merely
convert your travel funds
here, before you start, into
American Kxpr»ss Travelers
Cheques. They are readily
spendable as cash, and if lost
or stblen, the amount in
volvod is refunded to you.
The cost of the protection
is but 75c on each $100.
Minimum 40c. There is no
time limit on use. Thous
ands of people carry these
protective Cheques when
away from home, and find
them invaluable. This is
one of the .bank's services
to the traveling public.
Batik of
Seward
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NORTHWARD HO—ON
TWO WHEELS!
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With high spirits and more
knee action than a new Ford nine
cyclists arrived in Seward on I he
Baranof Saturday to conquer the
land of gold and bright, dreams
equipped only with bicycles, pack
sacks, sleeping bags' and cameras.
All members of the American
Youth Hostel organization the
group is being lead by Audrey
Raymond of Philadelphia. Alsa in
the group are Esther Meyers, Karl
Quierling, Charles Southall and
Martha Rowland all from Phila
delphia: Rose Lang, Ruth Hall
and Herb Maffen from Detroit
and James Gouaux from New
Orleans.
They figure for the boys the
trip will cost not more than $140
and for the girls $250 as the boys
traveled steerage. They will cook
their own meals enroute and will
sleep out in the open wherever
| they happen to be at nightfall,
j The Hostelers stopped for gro
! ceries in Seward and then set out.
for their first, destination, Alaska
| Nellie’s Lodge at Lawing. Their
orignal plan was to bike to Hope
and cross the arm by ferry but
finding the ferry was not running
now they boarded the train at
Moose Pass for Mt. McKinley
Park and Fairbanks- The rest of
the itinerary calls for plenty of
knee action Fairbanks to Circle
City and then south to Valdez to
sail for Prince Rupert. They figure
the trip will extend over six
weeks.
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS & JOINERS
Seward Carpenter's Union 2304
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
Meetings 2nd ic 4th Tuesdays
Meetings in Local 82 Union Hall
Frank Gibbons, President
A. G. McRae, Fin. Sec. & Bus. Mgr.
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