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FOR SALE, MISC.
STOVE WOOD, Fireplace Wood
Spruce or alder. H. O. Dufresne,
Airport Road. 44tfc
BEAUTIFUL All-Occasion Cards
and Wrappings. New supply.
Wilma Kirkpatrick, Box 750, or
phone Black 150. 55tf
BASSINETTE, baby buggy, hot
plates, electric humidifier, violet
ray and ultra violet lite on stand,
wire recorder, radios, mangles,
books, tools, binoculars, guns,
chests of drawers all sizes. Elec
trical appliances and miscel
laneous. Glenn’s Second Hand
Store. Phone Adams 184. 62-3c
TWO-BURNEIt OIL stove with
coils. Big dresser with three
drawers and French mirror. Front
fender for '33 Pontiac. Phone
Madison 13. 62c
FOR SALE, REAL ESTATE
TWO CHOICE LOTS. One block
below school. Reasonably priced.
Call Adams 94. 45tfc
THREE ROOMS AND BATH, west
of school on First Ave. $5,000,
terras. See R. K. Peden. 28tfc
REAL ESTATE WANTED
TWO CITY LOTS. Must he reason
able. Call Adams 94. 50tfc
FOR SALE, VEHICLES
FOR BETTER USED CARS and
trucks, call Hamilton’s Garage,
Madison 66. 32tfc
1936 V-8 PICKUP with practically
new 6-ply tires, heater, overload
springs, Prestone, $250. Inquire
Mr. Van Guilder at Fire Station.
62-65p
LATE ’49 CHEVROLET 4-door Se
dan good condition. Reasonable
price. Apt. 4, Henton’s Apts.
62-69p
MARINE SUPPLIES
SEWARD MARINE WAYS and
BOAT SHOP. Boats built, re
paired, remodeled. All types
skiffs and dories built to order.
Hank Abrahamsen and George
Tschertner, shipwrights. Located
at former A.T.S. Marine Ways
Carpenter Shop. 50tfc
FOR RENT
_,__...._ . i
OFFICE SPACE FOR 5ENT in the
Ray Building. 35tfc
SMALL CABIN. Call Madison 190
after 6 p.m. 58tfc
WANTED TO RENT
RELIABLE COUPLE wants small
1- or 2-room apt. No children,
pets, or drinking. Call Main 168.
62-63p
FOR SALE —
WINTER NEEDS IN STOCK
Snow Shoe Harness . 1.50
Zipper Hand Bat?, 7x15x10 2.90
Gooseneck Flashlight, 20 in.
long . 1-40
Scout Type Pocket Knife, can
opener, screw driver, two
cutting blades l-5o
Down Filled Parkas, new,
commercial .ea. 35.00
Heavy All Wool V-Neck
Sweaters, 44 to 48 only ea. 4.00
2-Piece G.I. Parkas, alpacca
lined. A-l used ea. 14.00
New .ea. 24 00
Rayon Flyer’s Gloves pr .35
Opossum or Coyote Fur Mitts,
16-in., buckskin face.pr- 5.5U
Sheep Lined Mitts, buckskin
outer, 16-in. .Pr- 6.50
Sun Tan Trousers, heavy wt.,
Sizes 30 to 42 .pr. 4.50
Sun Tan Shirts to match above
trousers. Sizes 14-16V4 . 2.50
Heavy Canvas Cot Bottoms
with grommets. Navy. 2x6 .. 2.00
Air Mail Stationery, 40 sheets
paper, 40 envelopes.50
Small Jungle Pack Sacks ea. 2.00
Handel Rod, a fish rod 5 ft.
when open. Telescopes into
handle. 11 inches long when
closed .ea. 13-50
Dish Towels, 14Vfexl7 ea. .10
Turkish Towels, heavy wt.,
20x40 in.ea- -80
ANDREWS’ SURPLUS STORE ;
Seward, Alaska
Railroad Lifeline
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Tanana Valley Line (44
miles) bought . 1917
354 miles of road in
i operation by .End of 1918
| Tanana River bridge
completed .Feb. 1923
Golden Spike driven at
Nenana by
Pres. Harding July 15,. 1923
i Whittier cut-off
completed 1943
! Rehabilitation program
started Summer, 1947
AuRoRo Streamliner’s
Inaugural run Oct. 18, 1947
The railroad brought in set
tlers. It gave the Territory it
self an opportunity to grow. It
became an industry and is one
of the largest employers in the
Territory today.
For the fiscal year 1!»49 it
moved 763,268 tons of revenue
freight and another 270,413 tons
of non revenue freight over a
total of 173 million net ton
miles. For the year the A.R.R.
realized a profit exceeding
$300,000. Its payroll was $11,
935.068 and its employes earned
an average wage of $5,118. The
40-hour week became a reality.
From the Railbelt Reporter:
“From a hope and a dream
Alaska got a railroad. Leather
tough section men built it. So
did grease monkeys and boiler
makers, engineers and white
collared administrators. Survey
gangs built it—so did freight
handlers, and office workers,
dispatchers and line crews and
men with coal shovels.
A hundred thousand hands
united together in a single com
mon purpose—for pence and
progress—built it. Where it will
go from here, no mortal man can
tell. But men with packs on
their backs and men with hope
in their hearts will always lead
the way.
Their destination: The moun
tains and sky. the tundra and
birchwood and horizons un
limited.
Sea Hawks Leave
Tuesday For
Basketball Trip
The Palmer-Seward basket
ball game tonight is the last in
terscholastic game to be held in
Seward this season.
On Tuesday, Feb. 7, the Sea
Hawks will board the train for
points north, playing six inter
scholastic games during their
11 day trip. All of these games
count toward the Class “A”
Western Alaska crown.
Following the schedule of
away-from-home games which
precede the Fur Rendezvous
tournament:
Sea Hawks vs.
Fob. 8, Palmer at Palmer.
Feb. 10, Palmer at Palmer.
Feb. 11, Anchorage at Anchorage.
Feb. 13, Anchorage at Anchorage.
Feb. 15. Fairbanks at Anchorage.
Feb. 18, Fairbanks at Anchorage.
The Sea Hawks will return to
Seward on Friday, Feb. 17.
Cubs Start Scout
Week With Church
National Boy Scout Week is
Feb. 5-12, and Seward Cub
Scouts will have a display in the
window of Doyle’s Hardware.
Cub Scouts will start the week
by attending special church serv
ices Sunday morning, Feb. 5, at
the Episcopal Church, 11 o’clock.
Den Mothers are asked to per
sonally escort their Dens to the
service.
Sunday evening at 7:30 there
will be a Pack meeting in the
basement of St. Peter’s Episco
pal Church. The meeting will be
in the form of a Crusaders’
Round Table.
All par'ents are especially re
quested to attend this Pack
meeting as there will be 13 boys
advancing in. rank in Cub Scout
ing and parents usually present
the badges.
Kenai Looks Back
To Year 1791
In the year 1791 Grigor Kono
valof of the Lebedef-Lastochkin
Company, comander of the ship
St. George, with sixty-two Rus
sians landed at the mouth of
the Kaknu or Kenai River and
established the fort of St. Nicho
las on the present site of Kenai.
Three years later, in 1794,
Vancouver visited the fort. Ban
croft, in his “History of Alaska,’’
writes as follows: “When Van
couver anchored off the mouth
of the Kenai or Kaknu River in
1794 he was saluted by two
guns from a building on the
high bank, from which also
floated the Russian flag. A mis
erable path led up the steep
ascent through masses of filth
and offal. The establishment oc
cupied a space of about 120
yards square, enclosed with a
stout paling of pine logs, 12
feel high. The largest building,
35 yards long, served as- bar
racks, consisting of one large
room with sleeping-benches on
the sides, divided into stalls.
The commander, at that time
Stepan Zaikof, lived in a smaller
house by himself. There were
over twenty other small build
ings. The 70-ton sloop belonging
to the station, armed with two
guns, was in a dilapidated con
dition.”
In 1802 the village became
known as Pavlovskaia.
! Was Military Post
From 1869 to 1877 the village
was an established U. S. mili
tary post known as Fort Kenai
! The native village called Ski
look* was located on the present
CAA site. Some 60-65 years ago
rthe population of this village
was virtually stamped out by a
flu epidemic. With Russian set
tlement in Kenai and the open
ing of Russian schools, natives
moved down from a second vil
lage, Stepanger*, four miles
down-river from Skilak Lake.
School was held in the priest’s
house until at a later date a
school building was erected.
Somewhere between 1906-10,
| English speaking teachers open
I ed the Nelson Fund School
which successively became the
Native Service and Territorial
Schools. The building on the
site of the present U.S. Mar
shal's residence burned in 1927
and was replaced by the exist
ing school house.
The Russian church and mon
ument were built by a Russian
missionary, Bortionosky*.
Canneries were established as
early as 1886, and Alaska Pack
ers came in 1894. These first
operations were only of two or
three years duration. In 1912
Libby, McNeil, and Libby es
tablished their first cannery in
Alaska at the mouth of the
Kenai River. This cannery
burned and was replaced in
1921. Northwestern Cannery
came in 1915.
Post Office in 1899
In 1899 the first U. S. Post
Office was established. Mail
service was variously furnished
by pack up the beach from
Iiomer, by small boat from An
chorage or Homer, and in winter
via d o g s 1 e d from Seward.
Monthly service was attempted,
but often the carrier was on the
trail three to four weeks as at
tested by the father of Paul
Wilson, who made the run. In
1939 with the building of the air
field, monthly mail delivery
was undertaken by air service.
Currently, mail is flown in four
times weekly.
Stores have been xn existence
on the present site of the Kenai
Commercial Company since
early days, being operated con
secutively by an Italian called
“Frenchy,” Dawson, Palmer,
Parrish, Hartley, Stepan, and
Jones.
Fishing in summer and trap
ping by winter furnished live
lihood for early residents. Mink,
linx, fox, and beaver were pay
furs. Trappers had access to the
country only via river, tediously
“lining” their supply boats up
stream, or by dogsled as the
season advanced.
* Spelling doubtful.
“Like short skirts, Pat?”
“Naw, they get lipstick on me
shoit front when I dance wit
’em.”
The first February baby was
a boy born to Mr. and Mrs.
Frank DeLoughery. Michael
Nicholas, born Feb. 1, weighed
7 pounds, 15 ounces. Mr. De
Loughery is general manager of
the Alaska Transfer and Seward
Water Company. His wife is a
former Navy nurse, with several
years of duty in the South Paci
fic. This is their third child.
Six young housewives living
in the same apartment building
fell into a dispute of such mag
nitude that it resulted in their
being hailed into court. When
the case was called they all
made a concerted rush for the
bench and, reaching it, all broke
into bitter complaints at the
same moment.
The judge sat momentarily
stunned, as charges and counter
charges filled the air. Suddenly
he rapped for order.
When quiet had been restored
the patient magistrate said qui
etly: “Now, I’ll hear the older
first.”
That closed the case.
Do you know your house number?
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A.R.R. Freight Depot
Main 164 - Tormod Bie
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Anchorage
308 Central Bldg.
P.O. Box No. 592
Portland 4
706 Lewis Bldg.
Pier, Columbia
Basin Terminal
San Francisco 4
150 Sansome St.
Pier 35
Los Angeles •
Long Beach
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Catholic In formation
Lei's go jump off a roof!
‘‘Let’s go jump off a roof?
Not I, my friend, not I! My life
is God’s and he alone may take
it. He put me here to know Him,
love Him, serve Him; and I will
serve by living on and bearing
confidently whatever crosses
He may send. ‘Thou shalt not
kill!’ our God has said, and
the Catholic Church has ever
taught that the sane Christian
who takes his life breaks God's
own law and so commits a
damning sin.”
Suicide! It’s all about us, yet
’midst the troubles of this age
of ours, the self-destroying Cath
olic is a rarity. Proof of this
was most conclusively given, a
few years ago, before the war,
in a study of world suicides by
Louis I. Dublin and Bessie Ben
zel, the former the celebrated
statistician of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, and
neither one a Catholic.
This book, entitled “To Be
or Not To Be,” showed that the
rate of suicides per 100,000
population was, in Protestant
European countries, from 15 to
27, while in Italy it was only
9.0, and in Spain a mere 3,5.
Ireland showed the lowest ave
rage of all, and it is enlighten
ing to note that in northern Ire
land the number of suicides per
100,000 population was twice
as great as in the south.
The Catholic Church has more
and stricter laws than any
other Christian group; yet un
questionably its people, as a
whole, try with all sincerity to
live up to these laws at the sac
rifice of comfort, riches, and
so-called earthly happiness.
It is no fun to crawl from bed
early on a cold, wet Sunday
morning and trudge long blocks
to Mass. It is no fun to hang
on tenaciously to an oft-times
miserable life, when self-des
truction is so easy. Nevertheless,
anyone who wants company for
sleeping all Sunday morning,
or a companion for jumping off
a roof—had better not ask a
Catholic!
If it's anything Catholic, ask a.
Catholic!
Sponsored by The
SACRED HEART
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Seward, Alaska
adv.