SEWARD’S
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SEAPORT
Is Alaska’s
Greatest Asset
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Seward Seaport Record
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Vol. VI, No. 10
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1949
Price 10 Cents
$30,000 For
Airport, City’s
Share $7,500
$30,000 is available to Seward for
improvement of the local airport,
according to the breakdown fur
nished to Delegate E. L. Bartlett
following passage of the CAA ap
propriation bill.
There are no funds earmarked
in the 1930 money bill for the Fed
eral Aid Airport program of the
CAA since a total of $1,637,750.
representing 1947-43-49 funds for
Alaska under this program, remain
to be expended.
That money prior to this year
could not be spent as sponsors in
Alaska could not accept federal
aid due to lack of authority by the
Territorial legislature. Under a spe
cial formula for Alaska, the Fed
eral government would put up 75
per cent of the cost of the project
with the Alaska sponsor putting
up the remaining 25 per cent. The
Territorial legislature meeting this
year remedied this situation, thus,
removing the obstacle against ac
ceptance of Federal assistance un
der the airport program.
The CAA has tentatively allo
cated $178,825 ns Federal contri
butions available for the follow
ing airport projects: Dillingham,
$40 000: Palmer. $60,125: Seldovia,
$48,700: and Seward, $30,000.
Grant arrangements for these
four projects have not yet been
drawn up since none of the Alaska
sponsors has made final arrange
ments for meeting the 25 per cent
local contribution. Before Seward
can obtain the $30,000 the city will
have to raise $7,500 as its share
of the cost of enlargement and
improving of the airport.
VICTORIA POSTPONES SAILING
Word was received by the local
office of the Alaska Steamship
Company Friday morning that the
sailing date of the SS Victoria has
been postponed from August 4 un
til August 7 from Seattle. No other
changes in schedule were an
nounced.
Game Regulations
Of Interest To
Peninsula Residents
In order to correct errors in re
rent publicity regarding hunting
season in tiie Territory the follow
ing is taken from the 1949-50 Regu
lations Relating to Game and Fur
Animals, Birds, and Game Fishes
in Alaska:
Moose. Bulls (except yearlings
and calves).
“East of longitude 138" W., ex
cept the Stikine and Unuk River
areas). September 1 to September
30. In the Stikine and Unuk River
areas, September 15 to October 14.
Kenai Peninsula, (except in Kenai
Peninsula area No. 1 as described in
paragraph 46.194), September 1 to
Sepiember 20. Elsewhere west of
longitude 141 W., (except in the
Turnagain Arm, Alaska Peninsula
and Colville River drainage areas
as described in paragraph 46.193 to
46.197, inclusive), September 1 to
September 20 and December 1 to
December 10: provided, that there
shall be no open season after Sep
tember 20 in that area known as
the Palmer area and described as
follows: Beginning at Mile 72 Alas
ka Railroad, including the entire
northern drainage into Turnagain
Arm, entire drainage into Knik
Arm, Knik River, Matanuska River,
Talkeetna River, and the entire
eastern drainage into the Big Su
sitna River from Talkeetna to Cook
Inlet. Limit, 1 a year.
Mountain goat. (Except kids).
In the Territory, but not in the
Endieott-Tracy Arm, Cooper Land
ing. Kenai Peninsula No. 2, Gird
wood or Sheep Mountain areas as
described in paragraph 46.198 to
46.202, inclusive, August 20 to No
vember 15. Limit, by a resident, 2
a season; by a non-resident, 1 a
season.
Mountain sheep. No open season.
1:46.190 mgnway. .-\ strip one
quarter mile wide on each side of
all public highways in Alaska, ex
cept on the Kenai Peninsula where
wide on each side of all public
highways. (Closed on all game ani
mals except black bears, hare or
rabbit.)
§46.191 Alaska Railroad. 'In Fur
Districts 2 and 6 > A strip one-half
mile wide on each side of the Alas
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Italian Children Aided by t/.iV.
A young street musician plays to a cafe on a Naples piazza, while
his crippled “partner” collects the money. Sights spch as this one
are common in postwar Italy, where lack of proper food and treat
ment is turning many youngsters into professional beggars. To coun
teract this situation, the United Nations International Children’s
Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is now providing meals, clothing and
medicine to almost 1,000,000 children and expectant mothers. UNI
CEF is also inoculating millions of Italians against tuberculosis.
Kenai Invites
Pen. Towns To
Meet In August
Word was received in Seward
Friday morning that businessmen
of tiie town of Kenai have pro
posed a meeting of businessmen
Horn ail towns on the Kenai Penin
sula at a central point on Sunday,
August 28.
liie meeting has been discussed '
with Kasilof people, who have sig
nified a desire to participate in the
meeting, and both towns are wait
ing for an answer from Seward. j
Peninsula Problems
A dinner was held last year for1
the purpose of making the people
of the towns of Kenai and Seward ;
acquainted. It was very successful.
The affair which Kenai and Ka
silof are proposing for this year
would be of a more businesslike
nature, with special entertainment
lor tiie occasion. This year, how
ever, they propose that all towns
concerned should have representa
tives present to discuss any prob
lems of general interest to the en
tire Kenai Peninsula.
Paul L. Wise, U.S. Commissioner
at Kenai, is the man who brought
the information concerning the
meeting to Seward. He is tiie man
who initiated last year’s meeting,
and tie professed the belief Unit
Kenai and Kasilof are showing
even more enthusiasm for the
meeting than they did for the last
one.
The dinner last fail was attended
by nearly 60 businessmen from
Kenai and Seward, and an all Alas
ka dinner was served. The menu
I consisted of about a score of dif
ferent Alaska foods, with only cof
j fee and flour coming from outside
I the Territory.
Famous Alaska Artist
Answers Critics
E. P. Ziegler, the famous Alaska
: artist, was in Seward Thursday
1 while waiting to sail on the Aleu
tian. Ziegler emphatically ex
• pressed disagreement with an arti
! cle in a recent publication which
| said he is one of the two great
Alaska artists but has had to per
form inferior work to satisfy the
tourists.
Perhaps a little too modestly,
the well known artist claimed, "My
work is not good enough for the
tourists. It never has been.” While
he did not show any bitterness
about it, Ziegler said he spent
many years in a sincere effort to
do his best work on each painting
and is disappointed that anyone
should accuse him of doing less
than his best work at any time.
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MOYER SENDS GREETINGS
TO FRIENDS IN SEWARD
Gentry Shuster returned from a
trip to Unalaska last Saturday with
a message from Tommy Moyer,
who wishes to be remembered to
his old friends in Seward. Moyer
is with the Standard Oil Company
at Unalaska. ■
The Rev. C. Keith Whittern,
Methodist minister, with his wife
and sons, made the trip to Un
alaska with Shuster. Everett Skin
ner of'Los Angeles also made the
round trip.
SEWARD BOY SCOUTS HAVE
VACATION AT KING'S LAKE
A group of seven Boy Scouts of
Seward 'Troop No. 30. with Les
Gossage as Scoutmaster, will travel
to King's Lake, the Scouts’ sum
mer camp near Palmer, for a week
of field experience.
Those Scouts who will make the
trip are Teddy Howell, David Gray,
Jack Cassel, Louis Bernsten. Jerry
Ivey, George Pletnikoff, and Thom
as Devine.
Allen Peterson. Deputy United
States Marshal at Kenai. was in
Seward on official business on
Thursday.
Son of Cliff Whipples j
Appointed
Second Lieutenant
I
Ward Whipple, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cliff Whipple of Seward, has I
been appointed a second lieutenant I
in the Organized Reserve Corps.
Major General Harry J. Collins,
2nd Infantry Division Commander, j
made the presentation of the com
mission at a regimental ceremony.
Whipple is a student at the Uni
versity of Washington and is at
tending the ROTC camp as part
of his practical work for his com
mission. He was selected as one of
the outstanding cadets at the Fort
Lewis ROTC camp, and placed first
among the field artillery cadets at
the camp. His selection was based
on his outstanding leadership abil
ity and his proficiency in military
subjects.
In recognition for his accomp
lishments at the camp he was pre
sented a medal by Col. Richard G. I
McKee, commander of the Fort
Lewis ROTC camp, at a regimental
ceremony.
Whipple is the first of the local
boys to be commissioned under the
peacetime ROTC program.
B.P.R. Rebuilds Snow
River Bridge
The Bureau of Public Roads is
calling for bids for construction of
a bridge across the west channel
of Snow River at Mile 18 on the
Seward-Moose Pass Highway. The
information received shows that
bids on the job will be opened
August 22 at Juneau.
The bridge over Snow River at
this point was washed out in a
flood several years ago. and since
then a temporary structure has
been in service. No information was
available as to the type of bridge
to be built or the amount of money
involved.
Raise Highway
The highway near Seward will be
raised between the rail crossing at
j Mile 3 and the Chugach Forest
boundary at about Mile 5. The pres
ent road bed is only a foot or two
above the level of a stream which
has flooded the highway in times
past.
Hearings on Fisheries
To Be Held
The Fish and Wildlife Service
will hold 10 hearings in Alaska and
a two-day hearing in Seattle this
year in connection with regulations
to be drawn up for the 1950 com
mercial fishing season in the Ter
ritory.
For the first time a hearing will
be held in the Bristol Bay area,
at Naknek, according to the sched
ule released this week by officials
of the Interior Department agency.
It will be the first time also that
hearings will be conducted at both
Petersburg and Wrangell in one
year. Before this, alternate hear
ings were held from year to year.
ASSAULT AND BATTERY CASE
BEING APPEALED
Jce Balen, who received a jail
sentence of GO days and a fine of
S100 Wednesday in the U.S. Com
missioner's Court in Seward, has
appealed the case to the District
Court.
Albert Sidney Johnston, alleged
victim of the assault, was brought
into Seward Monday night from
the highway construction camp at
Mile 58. where the beating was said
to have taken place.
Johnston, age 74, was suffering i
from a fractured rib, as well as se- j
vere bruises about the face and
head. He also said he had become |
deaf in one ear.
The defendant refused the serv
ices of an attorney and pled not
guilty. The court, however, found
him guilty as charged.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Irwin Met- '
calf has taken color photos of
Johnston to be used as a record of
the injuries he received. i
Underwriters
Survey Local
Fire Fighting
O. G. Hoaas of San Francisco,
chief inspector for Insurance Un
derwriters, is in Seward this week
making a thorough study of all
features pertaining to fire protec
tion.
On Wednesday fire truck pumper
units were tested, and on Tuesday
an inspection of both the fresh
water system and the sea water
system for fire fighting.
Complete Survey
The check will include police de
partment and communications, as
well as the general condition of
buildings and their electrical in
stallations. When the survey is
completed, Hoaas will make a re
port to the city with recommenda-'
tions for improvement. A speei
fied period of lime will be given
in which the improvements are to
ue made.
He will make available to the
city the latest information on fire
regulations and on building codes.
Taxpayers Receiving
Assessment Notices
Assessment notices are now be
ing mailed out to Seward taxpayers
and during the week a numoer of
people have gone to the City Hall
to protest against what they con
sidered excessive taxes.
Assessor Katheryn Ling was kept
'busy explaining to them that the
assessment notice was merely the
value set upon the property. The
taxes will be levied at the rate
! of 12 miils on real estate and 20
i mills on personal property.
! This means that the tax on real
i estate is at the rate of $1.20 per
each $100.00 of value. On personal
property the tax will be at the
rate of $2.00 per $i00.00
Board ot Equalization
Taxpayers who are dissatisfied
with the assessment placed upon
i their property will have their in
' nings when the Board of Equali
sation meets to consider protests.
The Board will meet from the
lath to the 20th of August at the
nours of 2:00 to 4:00 in the after
noon and 7:00 to 9:00 in the eve
ning. /\il those who wish to dis
cuss their assessments with the
Board should appear in person at
that time witii their assessment
notices.
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Bartenders' Local
To Give Kids' Picnic
All children on the Kenai Penin
| sula are invited to attend a picnic
to be given by the Seward Branch
of Bartenders’ Union Local 883 on
August 14 at Little Bear Lake.
This is the first affair of this
nature to be giverf by the bartend
ers and arrangements are still in
the making. Refreshments will be
served, of course, and suitable en
tertainment will be available.
Transportation will be furnished
and parents will be invited to ac
company their children if they
wish. Chairman in charge of the
picnic is Walter Ilolben, assisted by
R. L. <Red) Croxton.
Bob Trotter, business agent for
the local in Seward, will announce
further details of the picnic plans
in the next few days.
CARD PARTY
Bridge and pinochle players who
have t been resting on their game
over the summer will have an op
portunity to get back into the
swing of it on Saturday night at
the card party being held at the
Masonic Hall by ladies of O. E. S.
Square dancing and round dances
will be offered at the same time
for those who do not care to play
cards, and of course the usual eats
for everybody.