Seward Seaport Record
formerly The Seward Polaris & Kcnai Peniasvta/tleutian Chain News
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward, Alnskn
John M. Coleman
Frank DeLoughery .
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Junior Women's Party
Saturday Afternoon
The Junior Women’s Club an
nounces that Mrs. Elsie Whitmore!
will be chairman of a dessert- ;
bridge and pinochle party January
15. The public is invited to attend.
The next regular meeting will be
held Tuesday, January 18. Mem
bers of the club arc urged to bring
their gifts of books and modeling
clay for the children at the Jesse1
Lee Home. They are to be given to
Mrs. Paul Wangley, who will see
that they reach the youngsters.
The meeting of the organization
was held January 3 at the home
of Mrs. Bill Estes. Mrs. Dorothy [
Stewart also acted as hostess.
The Health and Welfare Council
will meet on January 15. This will *
take the place of the regular meet
ing postponed from December 31,
and will be held in the Medical ,
Building.
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ARR Power Barge
Up For Charter
A power barge of The Alaska
Railroad, now located in the Sew
ard small boat harbor, will be
chartered by the Railroad to suc
cessful bidders.
The barge may be inspected by
contacting Mr. Fred Howard in
Seward. Bids must be in the An
chorage office of The Alaska Rail
road by January 24, 1949, 2:30 p.m.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to execute a ‘‘demise-char
ter.” Bids should be addressed to
J. J. Delaney, real estate and con
tract agent, Anchorage. Alaska,
and the envelopes sealed. They
should be plainly marked on the
outside “Bid on Power Barge.”
The necessary forms for the bid
may be obtained from H. Edwards
at the depot in Seward.
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COMPANY
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ARRIVALS AND
DEPARTURES
Northbound
S.S Alaska.Jan. 21
S.S. Baranof .... Jan 28
S.S. Alaska.Feb. 4
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S.S. Baranof .... Jan 28
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As promised, I have pursued the
story of the Sourdough this week.
It seems that the A. & H. S. (An
cient and Honorable Sourdough) is
a thing not to be taken lightly, but
to be handled with care and rev
erence.
Dept, of Agriculture bulletins to
the contrary, the original dough,
batter, or starter can and should
be kept for years and years, as wit
ness the fact that Mrs. Harding has
some that was started more than
fifty years ago. She recently made
gifts of small pots of starter to
friends in town, which intrigues
me with the idea that from now on
several families own a part of the
heritage of Alaska.
In my mind is a picture of pros
pectors and trappers of many years
ago, hurrying with their dog teams
from cabin to cabin along their
trap lines, or trudging in the cold
to diggings, always returning to
some spot in the hills confident
that a pot or starter of some kind
of sourdough was patiently wait
ing to be turned into tasty brown
cakes for the delectation and nour
ishment of the master. It seems a
shame to eat anything so old and
historic.
Just think what Mrs. Harding’s
sourdough has outlived. The town
of Sunrise sprang from nothing
into a flourishing, noisy, brawling
community of 1400 people, then
died, to become the ghost town of
the Kenai, hidden away from all
but knowing eyes.
A village in the far North, known
as the Anvil City, became the
scene of the most remarkable gold
rush in one season to a population
of over 20.000. only to dwindle in
three years into practical obscurity.
And because of the mistake of a
draftsman became known as the
city of Nome.
Seward, the terminus of the pro
posed new railroad, was laid out
and became a town with the open
ing of a restaurant in a one-room
eahin on the lot now occupied by
Moody's. Seward did not die, but
survived.
Anchorage was conceived and i
dedicated to the proposition that
all things good and prosperous
should be gathered there.
All this and much, much more,
including two terrible wars won j
and lost. Earthquake, flood, fire, I
disaster, but this little pot of sour- i
dough lived calmly on, oblivious ;
of all things outside its little
sphere. And. we eat it with gusto
and praise for its flavor. I still
maintain that one should bare his
head with reverence while eating
of this bit of living matter. No
wonder Mrs. Harding speaks with j
pride of her fifty-year-old sour- '
dough—I should too.
For the benefit of the Cheechako,
and for myself as well, I went di
rectly to Mrs. H for the proper
handling of the starter. Here it is:
2 cups “starter,” 1 egg
1 tbsp. sugar, tsp. salt
Vz tsp. soda dissolved in 3 tbsp.
milk.
Add soda and milk last and stir in
lightly, pour onto lightly greased
griddle and bake until brown, turn
ing as usual for pancakes.
Never use cake flour to return to
the starter. Never return unused
batter to starter, as the salt and
soda will kill the original. Always
add flour and a little water to the
risen batter before putting the pot
away.
This is by no means everything
that is to be said for sourdough.
How it can be saved for long peri
ods, how to renew it, other uses
for it—if you are interested, let us
know and we will either continue
the dissertation on Alaska’s own
special dish, or Mrs. Harding can
speak with authority on the sub
Mrs. Stan Nigermann, who has
been visiting in Richland and Sul
tan, Washington, for the past three
months, returned home on the
Baranof.
ject, and all that is necessary to
get her started, is just go to the
door and say, “Sourdough.”
Shipping News . • .
Tite SS Baranof, which docked
Thursday morning in Seward to
discharge about 860 tons of freight
and 37 passengers here, is expected
to sail Friday, January 14.
The Chief Washakie is ^ported
to be at Whittier, and is due here
the end of this week or the first
of next week.
The John Cropper of the Coast
wise Line, is also reported to be in
Whittier and Tommie Bie has gone
to Whittier to expedite unloading.
It is due here next week. also.
Other freighters now en route to *
Seward are due on or about the
following dates: The Coastal Mon
arch, January 22; the Victoria,
January 14; the Abigail Adams,
January 15; the Ring Splice, Janu
ary 22.
A change in passenger ship ;
schedule will have the Denali skip- I
ping the port of Seward for the !
next several weeks, with the Bar- |
anof or Alaska calling on alternate
weeks.
Later in the spring the Denali
will be making occasional stops at
Seward, and. at times, the Baranof
will' make two-day stops at Sew
ard.
BARANOF PASSENGER LIST
Besides the 28 passengers who
made the trip from Seattle to Sew
ard, there were seven who sailed
from Juneau to Seward and two
from Ketchikan to Seward.
Those who hoarded ship at Ju
neau were Pete Carson, Mrs. Julia
Evenson and Miss J. A. Evenson, i
H. Hansen. Miss Christine Heller.
Dr. Y. N. Henslee, and A. McDon
ald.
The two Ketchikan-to-Seward
passengers were J. T. Capel and
W. A. Richardson.
IN APPRECIATION—
Seward Post No. 5. American Le
gion, wishes to thank all those
people who helped to make the
Christmas Party a success.
Frank Blanchard.
Commander
Expert—
WATCH REPAIR
and
ENGRAVING
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RAINBOW INSTALLS
OFFICERS SATURDAY
There will be an installation of
officers of the Order of Rainbow
for Girls Saturday evening at 8
o'clock in the Masonic Temple.
Rainbow parents, friends, Eastern
Stars and Masons are invited to
attend.
SEWARD LODGE
No. 219
F. & A. M.
Regular Meeting First and Third
Tuesdays of Each Month.
Visiting Brethren Welcome.
R. A. Baumgartner—W. M.
W. C. Erwin—Secretary
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINERS
Seward Carpenters' Union 2304
Meetings in Local 82 Union Hall
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
Meetings 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Frank D. Gibbons — President
A. G. McRae—Fin. Sec. & Bus. Agt
International Longshoremen’s
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 39
Meets First and Third Tuesdays of
Each Month at 7 p.m.—Union Hall
President — V. T. Barnett
Secretary — L. E. Dick
Charter
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Send us your furs and skins to b«
tanned. Quick, efficient, reliable
workmanship. We return your
finished skins immediately.
Valcauda Fur Co.
National Bldg. — Seattle, Wash.
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