THE SEWARD POLARIS
Peninsula-Chain News
Dedicated to the Building
of the “Kenai Empire”
Independent
United Press Service
Published Semi-weekly
by
H. W. and N. M. Hunt
Seward. Alaska
Subscription Kate $8.00 ner vpor
With this issue we bid the peo
ple of Seward good bye so far
as the newspaper is concerned
We have sold our interests here
to John Coleman, et al, who takes
over September 1st, and as soon
as we finish making collections
and adjustments we will leave for
Anchorage where both myself and
Mrs. Hunt will remain until about
Christmas.
Mr. Coleman's assistant will not
be able to come to Seward for
80 days yet and the ex-editor of
the Polaris will help out as need
ed.
We leave many friends and
have enjoyed our stay in Seward
because of them.
To those who are not so friend
ly we would say we are sorry
things could not have been on a
better plane, however, some of the
finest, most outstanding moments
of - our lives are connected with
Seward.
We shall not forget, ever.
We learned today that it is un
lawful to ‘snag’ fish. In fact,
patrolmen and game wardens are
supposed to arrest persons who
follow these tactics under Code
Sec. 201.17
Reason for the rapid disappear
ance of salmon is shown in gov
ernment statistics which show that
of the fingerlings which make
their way down to the ocean from
the streams where they are
hatched only eight per cent return
to the spawning grounds, complet
ing the cycle.
The terrific cuts in the produc
tion of canned salmon from Alas
ka and the high prices for the fin
ished product are the result of the
killing off of the spawners. regard
less of the method used in catch
ing them.
Too many are killed as they
return. Eight fish out of a possible
100 is too small a percentage to
keep salmon in Alaskan streams.
THE SEATTLE
SOURDOUGH CLUB, INC.
Our Picnic was a good one al
though an • early rain kept some
folks at home. The Juneau-Doug
las crowd made a fine showing—
Ketchikan also made a good
showing. Grover Hammond and
Mrs. Toms were from Fairbanks
and old Dawsonites were plentiful
- one of them was J. H. Johnson, ;
one of the owners of the Dawson
Flume Hose Co., who has been
. in Florida about 12 years. He ran
the Pajace Restaurant on Wash
ington Street and fed^300 out-of- ,
work men free while the O.P.A.
was on. He was in the awning
business in Dawson for four years;
and he was my partner Gee! I
was glad to see Jim.
In the past twenty years mem
bers of the Sourdough Club have
promoted 19 Banquets—2 Klon
dike days—2 of the very largest
Reunions—,2 Giant Parades—pro
moted 6 Caravans to other cities
—held 130 meetings—had 175
Card Parties—and all told enter
tained more than two hundred
thousand members and guests.
The publicity so gained has been
of great value to the Northland;
also made history that will be
read as long as books exist.
At the Picnic, J. H. Johnson
Seward Cleaners
| I Cleaning
I
ART McKEOUGH. prop.
- Pressing -
Mail Orders Promptly Taken care Of
Daily Pickup & Delivery
Alterations 1
Visit Mt. Mckinley
Park Hotel
A Palace In the Heart of
America ’s Seen ic
Wonderland
TRAINS LEAVE 'SEWARD
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
at 7:30 A. M.
For Reservations at MoKINLEY
Phone ARCO 1 1, Anchorage
or Write ALASKA RAILROAD,
Anchor ge
Engineering & Concrete Products Co.
P. O. Box 621 Telephone Gar. 48
CONCRETE CINDER BUILDING BLOCKS — CHIMMEY BLOCKS
ALL SIZES - PRICES ON REQUEST
GENERAL SURVEYING AND ESTIMATES
A. G. McRAE & W. H. ESTES
A Non-Priority Sealed Bid ALO-OL-105
SURPLUS SALE
at
ANCHORAGE.2 Warco Graders, 1 lot Brake Lin
ing, 9 Fire Extinguishers
FAIRBANKS....... Power Takeoff for D-6 Tractor,
Snow Plow, 2 Time Recorders, 14
ton Truck, 42 Decontaminating Ap
paratus (Fire Extinguishers)
NOME .Concrete Paver, % Ton Command
Truck, Ford V-8 Truck
NAKNEK .. Generator, Tractor-Crane, 2 Trac
tors, 5 Trucks, 2 Truck-Tractors
BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE WAA ANCHORAGE OFFICE
UNTIL 10:00 AM. SEPTEMBER 16, 1948 AT WHICH TIME THEY
' WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED.
BIDDING IS OPEN TO EVERYONE AS NO PRIORITIES WILL BE
EXERCISED AND ALL BIDS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A 10%
DEPOSIT.
PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD “WHERE IS—AS IS” AND MAY BE
INSPECTED AND SALES LISTS AND BID FORM OBTAINED BY
CONTACTING THE SURPLUS PROPERTY YARD AT THE LOCA
TIONS INDICATED OR
WAR ASSETS ADMINISTRATION
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BOX 2400 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA PHONE: MAIN 766
told of his first “Grub House" on
the top of Chilkoot Pass where
he paid 4 cents a pound for his
fire wood. The night after the
Great Snow Slide, seven trail
blazers slept on the floor and
that’s all the bedding would cov
er; the 8th hugged the stove and
said he’d give $5.00 to keep fire
i Mae Burnett spent their vacations
j in Alaska this year. They report
all nigt|t. Mr. Johnson said, “I
I only have enough wood to cook.
I breakfast with so we’ll have to
let it go out.”
Three of our membei's, Agnes
Ashton, Marcella Lavell and Anna
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I
This is the second in a scries of messages sponsored
h\ llie Territorial Taxpayers Association, a non-pro
fit organization /oi med for the benefit and welfare
of Alaska and Alaskans.
Tax Revenue Demands
The Retention Of
The Salmon Trap
We are not trap operators or cannery
operators. We are Alaskans interested
in taxation and the prosperity of the
Territory. As far as we are concerned,
the trap referendum on which we will
vote October 12th is NOT a gear fight,
but an economic problem which con
cerns a!! Alaskans.
On the conservation question, the U.
S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is the
bureau in charge of conservation, has
authority at the present time to close
every fish trap in the Territory tomor
row morning if they were believed to
be a menace to our salmon.
We have completed a study of the
trap question and here are the econom
ic reasons 'why the welfare of the Terri
tory demands the continuation of traps:
1. TAXES: Fish traps contributed more than $800,000
in taxes to the Territory last year. This is approxi
mately one-seventh of the total taxes collected by
Alaska. Our present tax money is insufficient to
adequately support our cities, sc hook welfare needs
and other vital programs. We protest any legisla
tion designed to destroy present Territorial tax re
sources.
2. JOBS FOR ALASKANS: Thousands of Alaskans are
employed by salmon traps, not just during the fish
i ing season, but throughout six to nine months of
the year. Supplying materials for the construction
of traps is a major Alaska industry. All wire net
ting and logs used in making traps are produced
in Alaska by Alaskans. If you vote to eliminate
traps, ybu are destroying industries and jobs of
Alaska residents.
3. NEW INDUSTRY: For the past 34 years, the salmon
industry has been developed by the use of fish
traps until it now has an investment of over one
hundred million dollars in the Territory. Seriously
crippling our largest industry by eliminating fish
traps will discourage new money from investing in
Alaska. Alaska needs a year round economy — to
get it we must encourage more venture capital to
invest in the Territory. ;
DIRECTORS—
HARRY J. HILL, Anchorage
DAN LHAMON, Fairbanks
THEODORE KETTLESON. Sitka
HENRY HOGUE, Juneau
EMORY F. TOBIN, Ketchikan
W. C. STUMP, Ketchikan. Exec. Sec y.
Territorial Taxpayers
Association