THE SEWARD POLARIS
Peninsula-Chain News
Dedicated to the Building
• of the “Kenai Empire"
Independent
I'nited Press Service
Published Semi weekly »
by
H. W. and N. M. Hunt
Seward, Alaska
< lhseription Hate $8.00 per year
DANIELS—IN THE
LION'S DEN
Tin- "Let ’s-Give-The-Paper-Hcll"
club, which has a loosely-knit
and limited membership, has per
fected its plan of operation and is
now functioning smoothly. Club
act cities and procedure have
been outlined, and the group is
now ready for some earnest, all
out criticism, backbiting and fault
finding.
Club meetings are bein' after
each newspaper publication date,
at a site conveniently close to
any newstand where papers are
sold, in order that current edi
tions may be perused and return
ed to the stand without cost to
the club member.
The procedure, which now has
been in use long enough to be
come standard, runs something
like this:
A club member walks past the
ncwstan<*'. helps himself to a copy
of the paper and seats himself
beside other members of the
group, many of whom are al
ready engaged in searching for
truth in the current columns of
the paper.
Remarking. "Ah. so this is the
latest sacndal." or “Well. well,
what's new in the news today,
boys?" ith.se phrases are both
club passwords' the latecomer
then usually orders something
nourishing to strengthen himself
to the task at. hand.
All members read in silence for
a moment, until suddenly one
cries out:
“Oh. oh, listen to this—here it
is.”
Whereupon all club members
who have not yet availed them
selves of free copies at the news
stand' promptly do so, in order to
be in at the kill. Club rules re
quire perfect attention as the
news sleuth who is first to find
the error, continues to rea5:
“It says right here ‘John Smith
who came to the Valley in 1938
. . . .* Now 1 distinctly remember
and you’ll agree with me, I know,
fellow members, that John Smith
did not come to the Valley in
1938. 1 remember the day he
walked in here and it was at 4
o'clock on the afternoon of Jan.
3, 1939." |
General club discussion begins
at this point. Members vie in re
membering past errors and in
prediction of future errors yet to
bo made. Club rules require that
anyone who find's something that
is wholly right printed in a news
paper be dropped from member
ship at once.
Club policy in regard to news
papers is whole-hearted non-sup
port. “Don't advertise, don't sub
scribe, and don't ever be caught
giving any authentic information
is the club's motto.
Members dodge cleverly if ask
ed an outright question by any
one connected with a newspaper
ana’ then chuckle delightedly
when they read information they
might have supplied which is
printed incorrectly or incomplete
ly.
Printed stories are never read
through to their ultimate conclu
sion. f.y so doing, the club mem
ber might strike a qualifying
phrase which makes the written
article essentially correct. This is
to be avoided at all costs.
There is probably no more sat
isfied group of readers anywhere
in the Valley than the “Let’s-Give
-the-Paper-Hell" club's member
ship at the conclusion of any
membership meeting. They're the
boys who get ten cents worth of
enjoyment out of every issue
printed. The fact that the dime's
worth of pleasure is at the ex
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SS BANANOF MAR. 6 at 2 p.m. (Saturday)
Calls Juneau. Petersburg, KetchiHan, enrout Seattle
Calls at Petersburg to and from Seattle.
SS DENALI WestboundDue Seward March 11th
Calls Seldovia. Kodiak, returning to Seward South
bound March 15. Calls Valo'ez, Cordova, Yakutat,
Juneau, Wrangell. Ketchikan, and Seattle.
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pense of someone else, makes it
doubly enjoyable.
—From the Valley Frontiersman
* * *
The Editorial written by Miss
Daniels of the Frontiersman at
Palmer is truly an illustration of
what is practiced in Seward.
In addition we have some who
call on the phone, make a state
ment and hang up. Others write
in such as follows:
Sewara' Polaris:
Don’t you feel guilty even
charging $6.50 a year for your
paper? Such as it has been.
The Grapevine
Included in the above is a sub
scription blank upon which are
the words, “You soon won’t lie
able to give it away." ,
Of course, we understand, you
don’t have the “guts" necessary
to say it face to face; therefore
we answer you with the state
ment that you must have been
among those who took off for
the outside when it looked like
a Jap invasion. We know we are
perfectly safe in offering to meet
you either in the back yard or
tile front office. In times past we
have done both.
Take a couple of shots—put on
the "brass knocks" and come
ahead.
The Erfitor
Enclosed is the amount of $6.50
for which please mail to:
The Seward Polaris & Peninsula
Chain News, for ONE YEAR from
date. (This offer expires July 1,
1948 •
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WHY PENALIZE THE MAN
WHO LIVES IN SEWARD
S'
There are taxes,—and taxes.
The city wishes to raise more
money and they now propose a
poll tax also a wheel tax.
There is an ordinance alread
in existance which is called a
peddler's licensing tax or the
Hawker's ordinance. It is not en
forced. Through it hunoYeds of
dollars escape th>- city in fees
which should be collected.
For instance, in 1946 an agent
came through th city and repre
sented himself to be an expert
on sewing machines. He charged
exhorbitant prices and a wise
seamstress, because she could not
trust him—he had no standing in
the community, and no certifica
tion by the city clerk, did not
hire him.
On the other hand many who
welcomed him were amazed at
the prices he asked and re
ceived. There was no profit in
the o'cal for the city although the
way was open for that purpose.
That same year two sign paint
ers came through the city, one
especially did a great deal of
sign work on local windows. He
charged what prices he wished
and the city received no tariff
form any of the operations. The
local man had no protection yet
he pays his taxes each year—-yes.
and there si an ordinance to pro
tect him.
In 1947 the clothing stores of
the city as well as others suf
fered a loss of sales in men's sox
men's suits. women's clothing,
suits and "undies”.
There were two women who
sold undies., foundation garments
etc., one who sold men's and wo
men's sox and* stockings: two men
who sold suits and already one
. in 1948, one who sold suits.
There are more to come.
Everyone of the merchants are
entitled to protection.
It keeps out salesmen?
Certainly—the kind we DON'T
want.
Any man who sells goods for
a reputable business concern is
not a peddler or agent.
He o'oes not reach in his bag
for a tractor or a carton of paper
or a case of coffee.
Portland, Roseburg • and Med
ford, Oregon ordinances as well
as those of Long Beach and Los
Angeles read that the agent must
carry a card granting permission
from the Chamber of Commerce,
the Chief of Police, or the Better
Rusiness Bureau. He may not de
liver as he receives his order: a
certain time must elapse. He may j
receive a small portion of the
sale price hut the company he ,
represents must stand back of
him in order to receive recogni- ,
tion from the heads of the cities, i
He must pay so much per day
for each day he operates.
The city needs more, the estab
lishment of a ways and means
to collect and enforce the ordi
nance.
Sure, even the printer suffers
and who knows we may even yet i
have some “bootleggers.”
Be that as it may, the town's
business man is entitled to all the
protection he can get. It is upon
him that the burden of the arf
ministration of city affairs falls.
We have been against city own
ership because Territorial busi
nessmen do not receive the prop
er protection—the protection that
those in the states have and that
is not a plea for statehood: (on
that we are neutral): most of the
businessmen, we are sure, rlo not
mind paying taxes, but we don’t
like so darn many we can’t sit
down once in a while or go fish
ing.
Let the fellow who geTs the
“cream" pay taxes, too.
BARANOF PASSENGERS •
FOR SEWARD
•
The following Seward passengers
were booked northbound on SS
Baranof sailing from Seattle at
5 P.M. February 291 h
Mrs. Marcy Magee: Walter Han
cock: R. Senay: Richard G. Sut
ton: Mr. A Mrs. C. G. Barrett: Mr.
A- Mrs. E. H Carlson:: Walter R.
Brown: Carl OshcII: Mr. & Mrs.
John A. Manning: Mr. A Mrs. A.
K. Soper. Donna and Roy.
Mrs. E. Leitner: Mrs. A. Russell
Judith Ann. Jeffrey. A Mrs. Wm.
Wood: J O. Floyd: Jas. Pappas:
.1 Stuher: Miss T. N. Tammian:
Marian K. Sullivan: Mrs. A. Bras
her: Gaylord Hunter: John Buck
ley; Ja.s E. Abbott: Mr. A Mrs.
X. Livingston: Alex Schedel; Jas.
H. Murphy: Mr. A Mrs. H. Mur
dock: Mr. A Mrs Cameron Rich:
Mrs. J. H. Sehrantz: Emma Wulz:
Violet Goff: P. Rausa; Douglas
Fenley: Marlene Pearl and Rose
Schultz.
Sally Pearl; David Storm: Mr.
A Mrs. W. J. Atkinson: Mr. A
Mrs. Kenneth F,. Johnson: Miss
A Mrs. Tice Davenport and in
fant. Mrs. Bertha Collins: Elmer
R. Johnson: J. G. Collias: Harvey
Daull: Paul Cheatham: Chas. R.
Mellin: Tony Grua: J. W. Sorriek:
Ross Nelson: Bill Blythe;: Jack
Lovett Coney A Hugo Dedes: S.
Hukka: A. Mason: G. Pope: Edw.
O'Mallia: L. Howell: M. Fulton:
A. L. Howell: Mr. A Mrs. Howard
N. Pet>'r on and infant: Mr. A
Mrs. James C. Seaquist: Ursula
Cro k: Mrs Anna Bough: Mr. A
Mrs. .rblin Erickson: and Mr. A
Mrs. John Oden.
THE KNIGHTS LEAVE BY
BOAT FOR TRIP TO STATES
Rev. ana' Mrs. G. E. Knight will
sail today for an extended visit
Outside after a stopover in Ket
chikan.
Rev. Knight will deliver a ser
ies of mission talks in Nebraska.
He also plans to attend the Meth
odist General Conference in Bos
ton in May, the Jurisdictional
Conference in Seattle early in
July and the Mission Conference
in Ketchikan later in the month.
The Knights will return to Sew
ard in August.
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Resident hunting licenses can
not be sold to goldiers stationed
in South Dakota, unless they ac
tually are resia'ents of the state.
Communications
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Seward, Alaska k.
March 3, 1948
To (he Editor—
About three weeks ago 1 pur
chased a Pipern Super-Cruiser
plane in Kent, Washington and
flew it from there to Seward, my
self.
It was a leisurely trip and f
stopped at many of the small
towns and auxiliary fields.
Of all the fields at which I
landed or saw from the air, not
one was anywhere near as bad
as the one I landed on at the
termination of my flight. I mean
the one here in Seward.
All the fielo's at which I land- >
erl were longer, wirier and much
more smooth than the Seward
field.
I feel that ours is a disgrace to
the town.
“Whitcy" Victor T. Barnett
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METHODSTS TO CONDUCT
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
The members of the Methodist
Church will meet for the Fourth
Quarterly Conference next Tues
day, March 9th, at the Church at
8 p.m. It will be an open meet
ing to which all interested in the
Church's business affairs are in
vited. Church members will sub*
mit reports and new officers for
the coming conference year will ’
he elected.
JACK COBLES
PURCHASE HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Coble have
purchased the Getchman home
on South 3rd Avenue. The Cobles
are well known to Seward people
Mr. Coble being one of the lead
ing redecorators of the city.
The Getchmans left for Seattle
on the Aleutian February 26 ana
will make their home in the
States. Mrs. Getchman will be
remembered as Mary Ann Nekof
eroff ana* this is her first trip
Outside.
Mary Ann B. Brown handled
the transaction.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Huston are
occupying the Jimmy De Cicco *
home while Mr. and Mrs. De Cic
co are vacationing Outside. The
Hustons came to Seward' from
Fairbanks.
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| (formerly in Old U.S.O. Bldg.)
MAIN 7
! Now is the time to have the
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