Mr. Keith a tun. Curator.
TERRITORIAL MUSEUM
The Seward Polaris &
No. lii
City Council Notes
The regular May 17th meeting
of the City Council was called
k by Mayor Lanier with Council
man Leland Miller absent.
The city borrowed $21,000 from
the Bank of Seward at 8 per cent
for 0 months. A check dated Novji
loth was left with the bank as
was also one for $840 for the in
terest. This transaction would not
nave been possible bad the coun
cil not followed out the desires
of the bank in regard to the bud
get and the, 2 percent stiles tax
together with the genuine effort
<of the council to place the city
n good financial condition.
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A petition signed by 119 child
ren who are interested in skating
was presented to the council who
in turn gave it the Firemen who
are in charge oi the U.S.O.
Discussion regarding the floor
and its condition after its use for I
skating resulted as has formerly.
* but the Mayor was heartily in
favor of throwing it open with the
resultant income to the city of i
some $400 per month.
This brought up the question of
supervision and accident insur
ance and so the situation remains
as it was.
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Ordinance No. 184 will be a
mended to allow the eouncil to
issue permits to t hose between
the age of 18 and 21 who wish to
drive a taxicab.
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Ordinance No. 183 will be re
vised to allow Clubs to remain
open if not on the Main Street
until 4 A.M.
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Expenses of the Seward Elec
tric System came to $10,087.95
Slid included the purchase from
the Army of an allotment of lines
and equipment which was de
clared surplus. This included also
the April payroll.
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A letter of resignation was read
from R. E. Baumgartner, who was
temporarily appointed to the of
fice of City Attorney at the first
of the fisetd year. Attorney Carl
Hutton was selected by the Coun
cil to succeed Attorney Baum
gartner.
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The oil barrels which are un
buried in the alley between 3rd
and 4th Avenues from Washing
ton to Jefferson are more or less
of a fire hazard and the ordinance
covering this will be enforced.
Owners of exposed oil barrels
will have 'til August 1st of this
year to bury them and comp 1 y
QUICK. KKNBY. THE PUTl
with the ordinance. This alley has
been before the council more of
ten than any other through the
office of the fire marshal and the
present council aims to eliminate
as much of the hazard as possible.
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A garage and auto paint shop
which is being erected and placed
in operation and is owned by
Loren Peterson was objected to
by nearby residents due to the
fact it would, they alleged, in
crease insurance rates and low
er property values. Due to the
lac! that the city has no zoning
ordinance little can "he done but
the attorney will he consulted
and an ordinance covering the
zoning situation may result.
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Mr. Keating stated in meeting
Monday night that arrangements
had been bade by him wherehv
he assumed the obligation and
would satisfy Mr Shuster thus
relieving the city of then-;, yment
of the amount.
Iht* bill was for $105.7.5 and in
cluded .$28.50 due for transporta
tion of Attorney Nesbitt on his
last 11 ij> to and from Seward.
“Letters'-, said Mr. Ko.g n. .
“could be produced on the sub
ject if necessary."
bate- m the meeting Keating
arose and attempted to take the
local paper to task tor stale amts
v. .tich he alleged appeared gjv
ss j the impression he had accused
sir. Howard of securing for his
own use certain articles and >■
(juipment belonging u> the Mar
ino Ways which is now "proper
ty" of the city.
We herewith print again the
ev.ci ‘statements as they appear
*'d in the Polaris and as they I
ucie taken down as spoken.
nrowneu wrought up the situ
ation at the Marine Ways in
regard to the amount of dif
ferent materials lying about
which were of considerable use
to hte operators of the told
Storage.
Pipe, conduits, valves, motors
etc., many of which he said
were serviceable and should be
the city's property.
Since the city had purchased
the Marine Ways. As Is, this
was thought to be included in
the purchase.
Statements substantiating this
were made by Keating who
stated that quantities of win- ,
dows, soil pipe and "dandy” !
stoves were stored in the area
and that "if these items were
looked into it might ease the
situation regarding the Veter
ans Housing Project so far
as the city was concerned.”
It was at this point that the
Marine Wavs situation was taken
up and Fred Howard arose to
protest against the Council ac
tion which made it imperative
that he contact the Chief of Po- j
lice before he could remove anv;
of his property from the Marine j
Ways area.
It was brought out that all
Army property was marked with 1
a blue “E”, and that property
marked with a splash of red ink
was the property of the city. (All
such marks were made at the
time of making the inventory.)
All other property the War As
sets office assumes to belong to
Mr. Howard.
(Continued on page 2)
RAY H. BRANNAMAN. Commander-in-Chief, Veteran? of Foreign
Wars of the United States.
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER HAR' :.D . IAYO OF JUNEAU MET
COMMANDER IN CHIEF RAY H. BRANNAMEN AND ARRANGED
HiS ITINERARY WITH THE ARMY AND NAVY FOR THE IN
SPECTION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN ALASKA IN LINE
WITH HIE NATIONAL SECURTY PROGRAM.
MOLERS WIN NORTHERN
CAFE SUIT
The eviction suit brought by
Air. and :\i. -. OUeg-dl AT > 1 ci. res
idents ui 1 fordov,i, Alaska, In re
gain possession oi the Nor: hern
Cafe was vrun hy a oecision of
ownership at trial in Judge Bry
ants court, May 5 of this month.
The Molers were granted the
Cafe returned to them as jf Jan
uary 23. 1948. at wliich time they
placed Mr. and Mrs. \V M. Byrd
in same to manage it until sold.
Mary Ann B. Brown, Bower of
Attorney, and agent for the Mol
ers. consummated the .sale to
Charles G. Barrett, who formerly
owned the Palace Cafe of this
city. Attorney Carl Hutton, han
dled the case for the plaintiffs.
Mary Ann B. Brown announces
the sale of the James H. Wood
ruff property to Harold D. Everett
and wife. This property is locat
ed in the 600 block on 1st Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff are now
living in Anchorage. We welcome
the Everetts as new residents of
Seward.
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'•"-ATp"' PARTY
ENJOYS FISHING
Lost week the floating court
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Henton at the Kenai Lodg
es on Russian River where they
enjoyed the mountains and river
and timber before going "out on
the chain" to hold court for a
month. They left Sunday morn
ing on board the North Wind
winch made the trip to the South
Pole breaking the way for Adm.
Byrd through the ice.
This week arrangements have
been made to take care of a
number of school teachers who
will enjoy an outing there.
Many parties have made ar
rangements for short stays at the
Henton Lodges. The 4th of July
will be another big event this
year.
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JOB PRINTING
See Hip ■•POLARIS”
Hentons Hold 2nd
Rainbow D erby
«
Henton’s Kenai Lodges wiil
again feature the Fish Derby
which was so well patronized
last year.
The Derby began on the firs t.
day of the season. June 5th. las4;
year and the same date will hold
good this year.
The rules are somewhat differ
ent this year, and a fisherman
can enter only one fish, his larg
est. caught under Derby rule.-,
the object being to eliminate the
chance of one fisherman having
a go at, several prizes because ho
caught several large rainbows.
He may retire ins first entrees
in favor of a larger one as many
times as he wishes.
1 he lirst prize is 60% of the
amount paid in entrance feeri
and ttie second prize is 40 %.
third prize is a Moosehide jack
i t given bv Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Heaton proprietors of the Kenai
Lodges.
Fourth prize is $25.00 in trad^
at the Palace Bar
Fifth prize is 3 assorted casen
of beer from Milt Odom of An
chorage.
jji —it ou lasting
i t el from 11 to Seward Hardware
71 h— Kenai Electric—Fly rod
reel.
8th—-Seward Mead Works—-Tin ••
key
Stlh—Gil’s Lounge—$10 in trad'*
10th—Estes Bros.—$10 in trade*
at Moose Pass store.
11th—Northern Bar—1 bottlo
Scotch
12th Elk s Club—1 bottle Whito
Horse
18th Broun >'v Hawkins—Wool
11 ill
1 It It— Werners—5 cartons fagot
ite cigarettes
15th— Anm Supply Store—Jun; -
it hammock
1 fit ’■ - Hc:nie s Liquoir Store—
1 case Eastern beer
17th -Seward Bakery—$5.00 in
1 lade
18th -Osbo—$5.00 in trade
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WARMED UP
FAST
DETROIT (UP)—When Jam**
Shelton 48. complained to hi*
landlady that his room was cold
.and he wanted more heat, ho
didn't expect such fast action.
Shelton told police that Mrs.
Weatherspoon dumped a pot of.
boiling water on his head.
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