The Seward
VOLUME 4 ❖ INDEPENDENT * SEWARD, ALASKA *> JUNE 1 SEWARD.
Rev. Lome F. Fox
Composer, pianist, master of the
Hawaiian guitar, accordian and
sneaker will be heard at the
Assemble- of God Chapel. He is
head of the Fox Party of Canada,
a group of internationally know
singers, musicians, radio artists
speakers, will visit Seward and
xv ill conduct a musical evange
lietic rally on the night of Friday.
June 4th, at 7:30 o'clock.
AERIAL VIOLATIONS
CAUSE PILOTS GRIEF
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For allegedly carrying passen
gers in violation of Sec. 43.50 of
the Civil Air Regulations, and
dor fyling at an altitude alleged
to be less than 1000. feet over tire
congested area of Nenana, in vio
lation of Sec. 60.105 of C. A. R.
Archie Holmstrom had his stu
dent license revoked by the C.
A. A.
For alleged overloading on May
14, 1947 between Seattle and An
nette Island: and that point and
Fairbanks and by doing, thereby ,
endangered the lives of others. J
the C. A. A. on 3 counts, ivola
tion of 43.1010. 43.1010 and 60 101
of the C. A. R.» ordered the
suspension of Pilot Certificate
Mo. 56580 belonging to Terrence
W. McDonald for 90 days.
Memorial Services
Held Last Sunday
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The Memorial Services conducted
by the American Legion. The V.
F. W. and the Army Firing Squad
was well attended although the
weather was cold find windy. At
2 P.M. on the Army Dock with
Father Turner acting as Chaplain,
tribute was paid to those who
gave their life at sea. Services
were then held ta the Veteran;
Cemetery keeping faitii with
those who gave their all in the
ground forces. As this finished
a plane piloted by Gilbert Anth
ony flow over the cemetery and
dropped poppies from the sky.
Because the poppy is an emblem
of sacrifice those who at ended
the services recalled to mind
again the sacrifices which hav >
been made by the men in !h"
Air Corps who gave their liv.
that our country might be saved.
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LESKO—THOMAS PARTY
4 BEAR AHEAD
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Guided by Frank T .■ > <.t
Cooper's Landing. George Le.-ko
and Dick Thomas and their wives
returned to Seward after a ID
day bear-hunting trip onvvhieh
Thomas killed a 101., foot browie.
The skull was brought back and
measures 19 inches across.
Lesko killed 2 large black bear
and a cub.
They brought back the hides
and altho tlie brownie was start
ing to shed or “rub” it was in
good, enough condition to save
and have tanned.
The hunting was done around
the head of Rat Creek which
eptys into Thurman Creek.
Lesko said black bear were
very plentiful and he saw two
hear in the process of trying to
catch, on two different occassions,
this years mooe calves.
Moose Lesko stated were out
numbered 5 to 1 by bear.
It wa an excellent trip and the
weather was fine.
Washington
NEWS
Letter
PROPERTY TAX
Two restrictive provisions in
Alaska’s 1912 Organic Act which
have stood in the way of en
actment of a Territorial property
tax will be removed if the Pre
sident signs Delegate Bartlett's
bill on the subject. Congressional
action on the bill was completed
when it was pased this week
by the Senate following earlier
approval by the House.
Those who have sought a Ter
ritorial property tax have always
come squarely up against the re
quirement in the Organic Act
that “assessments shall be accord
ing to the actual value thereof.’’
Obviously no tax collection agen
cy could ever determ ire the act
ual value of all mining property
which would be subject to taxa
tion under a Territorial property
fax law, because any such de
termination would necessitate
careful prospecting of every last
mining claim in Alaska. Now, un
der Delegate Bartlett’s bill, this
as taken care of by amending the
Organic Act so that for taxation
purposes the legislature can value
mining ground at the price paid
the United States for the ground
or at a flat rate fixed by the
'legislature.
The bill also permits city coun-1
at 3 instead of 2 per cent and
authorizes the legislature to tax
property at the rate of 2 per cent
iristead of the 1 per cent limita
tion in the Organic Act. In both
cases, it should be emphasized,
but does not compel a higher
tax rate.
ALASKA LEGISLATION
In addition to the property tax
legislation, four more of Delegate
Bartlett’s bills were passed by
the Senate this week and are
awaiting presidential approval.
One raises to $250,000 the
amount of money available to
the Postmaster General for use
in entering into boat contracts
on the mail run from Seward via
Unalaska along the Aleutian Is
lands. thus doubling the pre
sent ceiling of S125.000.
Another measure would allow
veterans of World War II to ap
ply their service up to two years
to residence and cultivation re
quirements in settling on home
sites and headquarter sites. Such
credit can now be applied to
homesteads and five-acre tracts.
The bill would also allow veter
ans preference for a limited per
iod rjf time to any land restored
under the homestead law, subject
to prior rights of holders of cer
tan “equitable claims subieet to
*UaMtanCB-aH
Cn or ;h > ’ngost pcss.nger ; o t a cl unesco tod to Alaska
by ' :reT >• r> Clips:r was to -c?i li Barbate Ann Dvorak.
Dcu h cr ci . r Mrs ' guise Dvorak oi Wrangbli, Barbara
fl w o £eT'.!le b-' he-seli for a m.por opei&t on last month, relum
ed ur.es'Tted '.o Ketchik n Ic> we k. L h 3 has now completely
recovered.
Be-bar • r-aJe the 700-mile trip in cats of Pan American Ste
v ardes: Phyllis Morrison.
(Pan American World Airways Photo)
Geld Rush Glee
Club on Alaska Tour
A “gift'' to Alaska from Se
attle businessmen commemorating
the 5oth anniversary of the Alas
ka Gold Rush will sail from Se
attle June 10.
The “gift" will be the Univer
sity of Washington Glee Club. 28
strong under tit*, direction of Prof
Charles W Lawence, which will
visit 13 Alaska cities to present
performances.
Seward, fifth port of call for the
club, will be visited Thursday.
June 17. the club members land
ing from the S .S. Aleutian in t' e
morning and staging thn'r show
at 1 o'clock. They will leave im
mediately afterwards for Fair
banks.
The Alaska trip will mark the
culmination of- plans laid by a
committee headed by Wallace H.
Campbell, a member of the Board
of Trustees of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce. which was
name 1 last year by Mayor Wil
lem P. Devin of Seattle to con
sider the possibilities of a Gold
Rush celebration in Seattle.
After lengthy consideration, the
suggestion for a Seattle obser
vance was abandoned, principal
ly because of the fact that Alas
ka itself would undoubtedly plav
a comparatively small part in
The committee, however, con
The commettee, however, con
tained its efforts and finally set
tle! ‘upon the plan to send the
Glee Club north in commemora
tion of the Gold Rush days and
as a salute to Alaskans. M. Ded
erer, vice-president of the Seattle
Ch: mber, was named head of a
g:oup to raise funds, and Seat
tle businessmen quickly respond
ed with .sufficient contriibut ions
to underwrite the entire tour.
Ship, plane and train will be
used in making the long trip.
The Glee Chib's Alaska pre
l'ormatance dates:
Saturday. June 12—Ketchikan <af
< af.ernoon >.
Sunday, June 13—Juneau
ievening).
Monday. June 14—fekagway
<af ernoont.
Tuesday. June 15—Sitka
(af.ernoon >.
Thursday. June 17—Seward
• af. crnoon >.
Saturday. June 19— Fairbanks
•afthemoon and evening).
Sunday, June 20—Nome
(evening).
Monday. June 21—Kodiak
(afternoon).
Tuesday. June 22 -Anchorage
uifthernoon and evening).
Wednesday. Juyie 23 - Cordova
< evening>.
Thursday, June 24—Valdez
(af ernoon).
Friday, June 25—Juneau
(evening).
Saturday. June 26—.-Ketchikan
(evening).
Sunday, June 27—Wrangell
(afternoon).
Sundav, June 27—Petersburg
(evening).
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Chas. Gilliland and Dick Myers
were outside this week stopping
at both McNeils Island and Morn
ingside in Portland. Deputy U.S.
Marshal Gilliland and assistant
MR. AND MRS. GREIMANN
OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS
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Two annual scholarships for
entering freshmen at the Univer
| sity of Alaska have been estab
; lished by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grei
! mann of the University Bus Lines
i of Fairbanks, according to an an
I nouncement made by Dr. C. E.
; Bunnell. President of the Univer
; sity.
| The scholarships are open to
; any graduating senior in any
j high school in the Territory, and
! cover an entire year's tuition fees
; plus $50 for text books. One scho
, larslrp will be awaided to a boy
j graduate and one to a girl,
j Ail high schools. newspapers
and radio stations throughout u e
i
i Territory are being notified of
| the Greimann student awards',
| which will be granted on the bas
i is of an essay contest. Subject
I of the essay will be. "Alaska’s
Challenge to Youth".
Essays should emphasize the
part youth can play in the devel
opment of Alaska; how youth,
with its new ideas, can assist in
the expanion of new industries,
of transportation, of housing, of
good government, etc.
Entries must not exceed 1200
words, and must be postmarked
not later than July 15. They
hould be addressed to "The Grei
mann Scholarships, care of Dean
Harry A. Brandt. University of
Alaska, College, Alaska".
The prize essays will be an
nounced August 1. in order that
winners may make arrangements
to attend the 1948-49 academic
! year at the University.
"The subject ‘Alaska’s Chal
lenge* to Youth' is worthy of the
best efforts of our high school
graduates." commented Dr. Bun
nell in acceptance of the two
scholarships. "It is through these
young men and women that Al
aska will achieve the greatness
it deserves.
i commend Mr. and Mrs. Grei
mann on their public spirit and
i 'kcii interest in the furtherance
j of the development of our Uni
1 versity." Dr. Bunnell stated. ‘‘I
only wish the University of Alas
ka had more scholarship awards
to offer the graduates of our
Territorial high schools.”
Il further information is desired
contestants may contact Dean
Harry A. Brandt at the Univer
sity of Alaska.
NOTICE TO * ~
PHOTO-OWNERS
It is requested that those who
wish to help the Chamber of
Commerce get together pictures
which may be selected lor pub
licity purposes in the new folder
which is to be printed soon, will
sent them to the pamphlet Com
mittee in care of the C. of C.
Secretary.
All photos should bear the
name of the donar and also the
place or view.
Pictures of scenery and game
will be most acceptable, especi
ally.
If the name and address are
enclosed and the picture is not
chosen, the photo will be re
turned. with thanks.
Appreciation of immediate ac
tion was stressed by the Com
mittee.
Myers returned May the 29th on
the Baranof.
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Doc says the only way to vac
cinate a girl these days so it
won’t show is to have her inhale
it.