SECOND SON FOR MODERN
PIONEER FAMILY
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Poindexter of Low
ell Point in Seward General
Hospital, Sunday, March 26. He
weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces at
birth, and the family have not
been able to decide upon a name
for him.
The Poindexters, although
they have spent part of the win
ter in town, are Seward's only
real pioneers of modern times.
They are homesteading Lowell
Point, which is as nearly isolat
ed from civilization while lying
within sight of town as any place
could possibly be. Its only ap
proach is by water, unless one
wants to struggle across the
boulder strewn shore line at
low tide. They have a nice little
cabin, garden, and some stock.
Bears are a constant challenge
to the raising of small stock like
pigs and chickens, and it is said
that the mountain sheep enticed
his flock to the delights of the
wild life.
This is the second small son
who can be proud to tell his
own grandchildren some day
that he was born the son of an
Alaskan pioneer.
LEGAL AD’-'ERT i^tXG
U. S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that Nich
olas T. Weiler has made application
for a Headquarters Site, under the
act of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1364)
Anchorage Serial 010731, for Lot 1,
Sec. 35, T. 6 N. R. 12 W.S.M., con
taining 4.21 acres, and it is now in
the files of the Land Office, An
chorage, Alaska.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any of the above mentioned
land should file their adverse claim
in the local land office, within the
period of publication or thirty days
thereafter, or they will be barred
by the provisions of the statutes.
GEORGE A. LINGO.
Manager
Date First Publication Mar. 7, 1950
Date Last Publication Apr. 4. 1950
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that Arne
Tangen Sundby has made applica
tion for a homesite under the Act
of May 26, 1936 <48 Stat. 809 > An
chorage Serial No. 014745 for a tract
of land described as Lot No. 10,
Cooper Landing Group of Home
sites, No. 1, situated on left bank
of Kenai River about 34 mile S.W.
Cooper Landing, Plat of U. S. Sur
vey No. 2526, containing 4.67 acres,
and it is now in the files of the Dis
trict Land Office, Anchorage, Alas
ka.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any of the above men
tioned land should file their ad
verse claim in the District Land Of
fice within the period of publica
tion or thirty days thereafter, or
they will be barred by the provi
sions of the statutes.
CHESTER W. McNALLY,
Acting Manager
Date First Publication Mar. 14, 1950
Date Last Publication May 9. 1950
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
U. S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Notice is hereby given that Har
old LeRoy Maxwell, entryman, to
gether with his witnesses, R. A.
Gillespie and Edwin Floyd Stevens,
all of Seward, Alaska, has submit
ted final proof on his homestead
entry, Anchorage Serial No. 011056
for the lands embraced in Forrest
List 6-3012 comprising NVfeSEVi
NW1/4, WVtNWViSWViNE y4 Sec. 13,
T. 1 N., R. 1 W., S.M,, containing
25 acres, and it is now in the files
of the District Land Office, An
chorage, Alaska, and if no protest
is filed in the District Land Office
within the period of publication or
thirty days thereafter, said final
proof will be accepted and final
certificate issued.
CHESTERW . McNALLY,
Acting Manager
Date First Publication Mar. 7, 1950
Date Last Publication Apr. 4, 1950
Mayor Z. J. Loussac of Anchorage lakes a hand at running the
Alaska Chambers of Commerce booth at the Seattle Times
Sports and Vacation Show.
The Territory Is
'Out of the Red'
_ “The Territory is temporarily out
of the red and the large number of
unpaid warrants which have been
accumulating in the Auditor’s Of
fice over a period of months are
being paid in their regular order.”
This was the statement issued last
week by the Territorial Treasurer.
The Treasurer, in elaborating on
the statement, exlained that alt
monies borrowed from the banks
have been repaid except interest ac
crued thereon. This, he explained,
as was understood by the banks at
the time the loans were made, can
not be paid at this time because
there is no appropriation for that
purpose at the present time and the
accrued interest on these loans will
not be paid until the next assem
bly make provision therefor. It was
agreed between the banks and the
treasurer when the money was ad
vanced that the Board of Admin
istr; tion would suggest to the in
coming Legislature that adequate
provision for the payment of this
interest be made. The Board has
promised to make the request.
The treasurer advised the Board
of Administration that after the
payment of all loans and of all out
standing warrants approximately a
half-million dollars would be on
hand which might be applied to the
liquidation in part of the appropri
ations which were “frozen” last
June when the financial plight of
tlie Territory became evident. The
Board has acted on the treasurers
suggestion and to date has un
frozen various amounts, among
them $25,000 for the use of the
Statehood Committee to be paid
out at the rate of $5,000 per month;
S85.000 for the University of Alas
ka; $50,000 for aid to hospitals ana
clinics; S75.000 for the Territorial
Department of Fisheries; $25,000 for
the Alaska Housing Authority; and
a few small amounts for various
purposes.
As of this date the Territory is
on a pay-as-you-go basis and will
be able to run along that way for
some time to come.
The revenues which have made
this possible come largely from the
new taxes imposed by the 1949
Legislature. Approximately $387,
800 has come from the tobacco tax;
$1,326,000 from the so-called "Fresh
Fish Tax,” the larger part of which
should more appropriately be called
“Fish Pack Tax”; the newly enact
ed trap tax has yielded in excess
of one-million dollars which has
been paid into the Territorial Trea
sury, although some five-hundred
thousand dollars of this amount
should properly be credited to 1949
income.
Tax litigation is rapidly coming
to an end. But one case remains
pending in the courts; this involves
the newly enacted property tax. All
other newly enacted tax measures
which were taken to the court have
been disposed of. The income tax
case was decided in favor of the
Territory by Judge Folta of the
First Division and his decision was
sustained by the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals at San Francisco.
The trap tax litigation, also decid
ed by Judge Folta, resulted in a
fifty-fifty decision. The court held
that the basic tax on the trap was
proper but held against the tax im
posed on fish caught in the traps,
expressing the view that this con
stituted practically confiscation.
The decision was accepted by both
parties. The trap operators paid the
| amounts due under the new law
Bartlett Fights For
Alaska Public Works
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our children and young people.
It is considered a prime requi
site. By inclusion in school pro
ject can be financed under the
same program.
The bonded indebtedness of
the city, as per 1949 audit in the
possession of Delegate Bartlett,
totals $274,000 of which $138,000
is in revenue bonds, all pay
ments made and up to date.
Seward feels entirely com
petent of ability to repay all
proposed participation in public
works projects, and completely
justified in requesting works as
sistance in civic improvement,
considering the proposed hydro
electric plants on Kenai Lake,
large construction projects on
the Peninsula, increased ship
ping through this port imminent,
and rehabilitation of the ARR.
We feel that the increase of
development and of population
is better known here than in
, Washington, since Congress has
nothing on which to predicate
an argument except the 1940
census, which is an absolute false
I enumeration for present situa
i tion, which has arisin within the
past 30 months.
(Signed) EUGENE N. LANIER
Mayor, City of Seward
The two skeletons in the
corner closet were grumbling
about the heat, the dust, the
boredom.
“What are we staying here
for anyhow?” one asked.
"Darned if I know,” the sec
ond skeleton answered. “I’d
leave here in a minute if I had
the guts.”
on all trap installations and the
Territory released its claim against
trap-caught fish. The fresh fish tax
imposing a two per cent tax on the
value of the fish packed was not
contested. Officers of the Territory
conferred with representatives of
the Salmon Industry and agreed
upon a method for determining the
amounts due under the new mea
sure.
A few days ago Judge Folta ren
dered a decision in favor of the
Territory in a case brought by the
Alaska Fishermen's Union against
the increased tax payable by non
1 resident fishermen. Under this rul
! ing every non-resident engaged in
fishing in Alaska is required to^pay
an annual tax of $50.00 as against
$5.00 payable by resident fishermen.
I It is not known whether this de
cision will be appealed or not.
All the litigation involved in
these cases was handled by At
torney General Williams and nis
assistant, Mr. John Dimond.
The returns received from the va
rious newly enacted revenue mea
sures are not far out of line with
the estimates made by Mr. Mul
laney and Mr. Sommers of the Tax
Department when they were under
consideration by the lawmakers.
It is the opinion of the treasurer
that while some of the Territory’s
financial hurdles have been over
come there are others yet to be met
before the field is clear, but that
nevertheless the outlook is brighter
than it has been for some time past
and that with continued carefuf
management and strict economy
on the part of the various depart
ments the Territory’s financial slate
will look greatly improved when
the new set of lawmakers takes
over.
It’s almost a sure bet that
people who ask for criticism are
really seeking praise.
Don’t let life’s problems get
the better of you. Any hill, as
you approach it, appears much
steeper than it really is.
A technician says most any
one can handle explosives if
they are careful. The same thing
can be said about bourbon.
Some people forego certain
necessities so they can afford
a few luxuries of life.
Is This All There Is to It?.
I This Sikh lad in his raw wool cap was one of hundreds of boys
at a school in Patiala, India, who reported for BCG inocula
tion against tuberculosis. Norwegian nurse Rachel Johnson is
administering the inoculation, one of some 260,000 given during
a BCG demonstration campaign in India, sponsored jointly by
the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
(UNICEF), the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO), the
Scandinavian Relief Societies and the Government of India.
Seward
Seaport
Record ...
—is increasing its circulation with every issue.
—is increasing its display advertising because it is
bringing results.
—is carrying more classified advertising than ever
before.
—is the only legal publication in this vicinity—
permitted by statute to carry legal advertising.
Commercial Printing
—The plant of the Seward Seaport Record is
equipped to do any printing job that can be
done in Alaska—especially equipped for long
and difficult runs.
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