Seward. Alaska Wed. Feb. 25 Mi
. i ihe 'Kettai Empire"
l nte ■; Ul.d I
. 'V •• ; V. ; (.ml
; . c' t'.g declared: . I can
on1, sav that of the E.F.C. fol
io • s 'hroi’crh vdsh its original
pl.m cf. action, a judgment will
b arl-ed to satisfy the entire in
rub detss to the R.F.C. which
w 11 crcct’e a general obligation
iron the city." (From Anchorage
Ti" os rf Feb. 21, 1948.)
The pouit has been made re
■ ea' i 11 > that the R.F.C. cannot
|e\ <■••■. u 1 city for any indebt d
ness in ; to the City's lirtai
plant as only the revenue from
thi' pi; nt tt': y he used to pay off
the indeb’edness of the plant.
This is the lav/,
If tli fity puts any money in
to the nla; ' t may not be taken
out until tli ' indebtedness is paid.
: Sev‘ Contra -l. >
At one time several years back
the Ci'o liulit plant borrowed
88000.00 f':,oni the* city. This was
returner! to the city at a later
date and the city r ceived a se
re: reprimand from the R.F.C.
for tit1 .et’ott, i See correspond
ence on subject at city hall.)
T >• r ■: racf was. according to
one of it i 1 '■ vus forfeited early in
the life o :lie contract bccaus. it
V'. i- no! lived up to.
- 'indintrs of the court in the
W •. truf:' cas** should he sui'fi
c'em ic ' it for the R.F.C. to te
rpen the foreclosure case or. to
put it a noil
foreclosure
The position of the city is the
same, now that the sale of Gen
eral Obligation Bonds was stop
per) bv the Court, as tlie person
v ho de"i,-es to raise money for
second mort'ngo on properly
already in process of being fore
close !.
Th 1 city does not dare to put
.-'TO 000 into the City Electric plant,
while it is owned by the R.F.C.
The main point is, however,
,’a will buy SO.000 worth of
bonds under the situation as it
now stands?
k*.-' -
-y^'P EUSTNFSS FA~EF,
FEW MENACE, WARNING
"'MESON, Wis.. Denying that
.a •• T’ade laws have materially
increased costs to con-tuners of
' • Tin ted products. Acting Gov
■nor Oscar Rennebohn of Wis
■ ■a is:n w s on record today as
a ting that "figures to back up
Ihose assertions are cither lacking
entirely or arc sn scrambled that
■o cannot follow them."
He warm d recently that there
s in Washington an "underground
movement" to repeal the Miller
T> dings act. He added:
‘I luoe never be n able to fig
ure out in my mind why these ec
onomic dreamers in Washington
and elsewh re have been so cfo
t ■’•mint'd to destroy Fair Trade
, nd thus make the lot of th.
'.wall indepond nt business man
tor her and tougher.
"It seems to me that all too
" any of them weep crocodile
loirs over the rpsht of the sm.al'
i'- sines.s r.an while th- y surrepti
1 ion sly try to slip a knife in Ids
hack."
ry ..
?n 17"'?. a man was appointed
at Yarmouth. Mass., church "to
eh-stis-' iho boys who play in
i ooting."
,1 Trip To Moose Pass!
hi.I .< Stop til the
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I r .; .• < )r,!e; nf (i meet !t\<
Z' \ ■*. *
1 / J
TraM ZMxb Garage
/ ii (iri'iinae l< > sit i serlum! mi xoi/r Car
irn.i. r.iY hie, niriDh.XDS
Pmpnctn rs
5iCix Wiii-e You Travel
When you go by steamer, you can relax in the luxuri
ous comfort of staterooms, lounges anti deck* ... sit
back and enjoy the scenery at you sail.
v Eat the Best Food —Mo Extra Charge
Savings Are Frequent §
• N, SS ALEUTIAN FEB. 2S
jy-^Salls Valdez. Cordova, Jun au. Wrangell. Ketchikan
f enrout to Seattle.
SS BANANOF MAR. 5
Calls Juneau. Petersburg, Ketchikan, enrout Seattle
SS DENALI Westbound Due Seward March 11th
Calls Seldovia, Kodiak, returning to Seward South
bound March la. Calls Valo'ez, Cordova, Yakutat.
Juneau, Wrangell, Ketchikan, and Seattle.
RbRSKfl STEflftlSRSP C0liPHS19 J
On the Bright Side
/icinu
Uocause of their brilliance,
these swim suits can be spotted
two miles away. They are made of
Gant run, a fabric whose daylight
color is intensified as much as 1(1
times. It’s done by a newly pat
ented process that utilizes ultra
violet rays. Widely used by tlie
armed forces during the war, the
material w as so bright it improved
a fallen flyer’s chances of being
picked up by 1(» times, the inventor
claimed. What it will do for a
young woman on the beach has not
yet been ascertained.
HOW AVERAGE U. S.
WORKER LIVES
These Ddys, It's Mot Easy to
Bring Up Family on Around S50
A Week
iCom in ;ed from page 1 f
d cT a he her fa mily.
A iin tiro bahv conns first.
She buys him seven cans of milk
each week at lfi cents a can. The
dextrose formula rosts another
(>9 cents.
The next thought is for milk
for the other chilren and for
eoak;ng. She buys three quarts
a day. At present she pays 25
cents a quart, or $5.25 a week.
Mrs. Decker uses a New York
figure of spo eh to estimate mon-,
cv .-s so many dollars "and the
change."
Not Much Left
Ailir buying the children's food
•lr> has $20 ! eftand change from
come $1 for ice. She
Hs that her “grocery money"’,
Iwt it goes for many purposes.
Hie childre ns’ clothf ; must come
(ml of it. Th ir shoes cost $3.95 a
pair. Her husband's work clothes
must be la ught. Their "Sunday
clothes" are carefully preserved*
garments bought before they were
married five years ago.
“I manage to buy my .shoes and
stockings but the i r.t of my
clothes are what I had before I
was married or what my sisters
ice me." she said.She has_ five
sist el's.
Siie takes out SI each week to
pay for t lie $24 set of dishes,
glasses and tableware she bought
for $1 down and $1 a week.
When the weather is clear, and
she can get a neighbor to stay
\v:th the children, Mrs. Decker
walks a mile and a half to a
chain store to buy th# family’s
foon. But since the baby came,
she has traded with an independ
ent grocer whose prices are 10 to
15 cents higher.
Gives to Charity
Mrs. Decker pass $3 a year as
dues to the church society to
which she belongs and gives an
other $7 to the church under their
budget of $10a year for religious
contributions. When she can she
IF IT'S BEER OR LIQUOR YOU WANT
TRY OUR
COCKTAIL BAR OR LIQUOR STORE
THE YELLOW CAB THAT IS PARKED
AT OUR DOOR IS AT YOUR SERVICE
" A Gentlemans Place of Recreation "
sends an extra dollar to an orph
anage at St. Cloud, Minnesota.
“When the w_ek is gone, the
money’s gone,’’ she said. “We’ve
quit worrying about saving mon
• y. We worry about .staving otrfc
oT debt.”
The Deckers never go out of
an evening because Iitey can’t af
ford' it and have no one to stay
with the children. On Sunday
■ Ivy lake the children to call on
some relative,
Pronds Illness
Her greatest fear j that her
hoshand, who works out of doors
will become ill. His company has
no shT-h ave plan and his wages
are docked for ov. ry hour he is
off the job.
Decker has built up five years
seniority with his company and
hopes same day to be a foreman.
She puts die children to bed at
sev ii. She talks with her hus
bano' and sews while he listens
to the radio until 10 p.m.. After
lie retires, she does the children’s
laundry. She goes to bed at mid
night and gets up at :.! p.m. to
give the baby his bottle.
She stands in her kitchen win
dow and looks across the East
River at the twinkling lights of
Manhattan. That's where she is
hoping to live some day. Thatt’s
where maybe Larry. Jr., will be
come a doctor.
C.E.Orlcander
DIAMONDS
WATCHES ' f.D FVDRV
NCOOPT JEWf-.l RY
Arctic trout are graylings.
I.(M \n:i) ON RAILROAD AVK.
i formerly in Old U.S.O. Bldg.)
M.1IN 7
Now is the time to have the
Cabinet work you have promised
your self, put in. Call us.
vai Power
SERVING SEWARD SINCE 1905
Telephone Main 0
O. T.
'General Mgr.