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VOLUME 5 ❖ INDEPENDENT ❖ SEWARD. ALASKA ♦ SATURDAY. SEPT. 11, 1948 ❖ UNITED PRESS SERVICE ❖ PRICE 10 CENTS
No. 20
Judge Fred Bryant Dies
At Desk September 8
Judge Fred Bryant, 78. United ,
States Commissioner at Seward
and long-time resident of Alaska, |
was found dead at his desk in the !
Federal Building at 1:15 p.m.
Wednesday, victim of a heart ail
ment.
Bryant reached Seward the early
part of September, 1898, after six
months en route from Boston. Mass,
on board a 120 foot sailing vessel.
Bailing around Cape Horn to San
Francisco, then heading north.
The vessel was beset by fierce
storms which at one time sent
it to the African coast and the
crew members were in ignorance
of the end of the Spanish-Ameriean
War until they reached Seward.
In Alaska, Bryant engaged in
mining activities in the vicinity of
Valdez, Coopers Creek and Statson .
Creek. He was United States Com
missioner in Hoonah before his ap
pointment as commissioner at Sew
30 years ago. His system of keep
ing court records was considered
the best in the Territory and he re
cently received a letter from the
government commending him on
that fact. Several United States
Commissioners have adopted his
record-keeping style.
Judge Bryant had many friends
and acquaintances who will re
member him as an outstanding
member of the community.
He is survived by. a ni^pe, Mr$.
Ena Montizambert of Youngstown,
Ohio.
He was always active in com
munity affairs. He served on the
school board and draft board and
received a medal for 50 years mem
befship in the Masonic Lodge.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed by the Masonic Lodge Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 at the Masonic
Hall. Intermerit will be in the
Seward Cemetery.
Illness Slows City
Tox Role Work
Mrs. Katherine Ling, city asses
sor, was taken ill Wednesday and
.has been confined to her home
s:nce that time.
Work on the city tax roles has
necessarily come to a standstill
until her return to work. Mrs. Ling
is expected to be fully recovered
and on the job by the first of the
week.
Crippled Children's
Clinics This Month
Two orthopedic clinics will be
held in September by the Crip
pled Childrens Division of tiie
Alaska Department of Health.
Under the direction of Dr. Philip
Moore, orthopedic surgeon, the
clinics are planned for case finding
and follow-up examinations of
crippled children. Dr. Catherine S.
Sherwood, director of the Maternal
and Child Health Division, and
Miss Regina Mendel, medical so
cial consultant, will be the other
two members of the medical team.
The first clinic will be held at
Anchorage on September 13 and
14. This clinic will serve children
in the Third Division from Kodiak
and the Kenai Peninsula east to
the Canadian boundary, and in the
Fourth Division from the Canadian
border west to the railroad, and
north to Fairbanks.
A second clinic will be held at
Kanakanak Hospital on September
16. The area served will be from
Pilot Point to the boundary line
of the Fourth Division on the
north and to Goodnews Bay on the
west.
Children may be referred to the
clinic by their local physician, or
in comnjjunities not having a phy
sican, by nurses, teachers, parents
or other interested persons. These
referrals should be made through
the local public health nurse.
LANIERS ENJOYING
TRIP OUTSIDE
A letter to Wilma Henrickson of
Dot's Beauty Shop, from Mayor
and Mrs. Lanier, mailed in Daw
son Creek on September 7, says
the Laniers were having nice trip
though the roads are a bit rough.
The Lanier’s gext stop was to
be Enumclaw. Washington, where
they will visit Mr. Lanier’s broth
er.
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LACK OF QUORUM FOR
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
Due to the fact that the acting
Mayor and two councilmen were
out of town last Tuesday, the re
gular city council meeting had to
be foregone for lack of a quorum.
Ratio of FAIRJRADE t» U.s:RETAIL VOLUME
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Here is a chart that proves the falsity of charges frequently
leveled at Fair Trade by monopolistic Big Store interests, according
to American Fair Trade Council. The Big Stores have argued that
Fair Trade is responsible for inflationary prices. The chart shows
clearly the ratio of Fair Trade to the total U. S. retail volume —
about 5 to 100. The volume for 1948, shown on the chart, is estimated.
Ihe small proportion of Fair-Traded products, shown at the left,
actually has had a definite restraining effect on inflation, as various
surveys have clearly shown.
It has been the 95 percent of non-Fair-Traded prices that have
zoomc-d upward and created the inflationary trend. Extension of Fair
Trade to include a far greater percentage of the retail trade volume
is now sought as a brake on inflation and an assurance of stable values
atfd better quality in the future, according to the Council.
Alaska RR Announces
New Train Schedule
A communication from head
quarters of the Alaska Railroad an
nounces a new train schedule be
tween Seward and Anchorage, ef
fective immediately.
There will be two regular trains
weekly instead of three as has
been customary.
Trains will leave Seward for
Anchorage at 7:30 a.m. on Thurs
day and Saturday, arriving in An
chorage at 12:00 noon; and from
Anchorage to Seward at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday and Friday, arriving in
Seward at 6:00 p.m.
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FATHER HUBBARD CANCELS
ALASKA APPEARANCES
Many Seward residents are go
ing to be very disappointed to
hear that Father Hubbard, “The
Glacier Priest" will not he able to
appear here as was previously
scheduled.
According to word received by
Father Borbeck. Father Hubbard
has been ordered to cancel all en
gagements due to heart trouble.
Red Cross Obtains
Books for School
The Seward Chapter of the
American Red Cross recently ob
i
tamed eight cases of books from
Army service club library surplus
i approximately 1600 books—for the
cost of transportation.
Five hundred of the books were
found suitable for school use w’hich
brought the school library up to
standard as required for an ac
credited high school.
Balance of the books went to
the Seward Sanitarium library..
The books were examined and
distributed by the volunteer serv
ice committee composed of Mrs.
Elsie Whitmore, Mr. Carl Carlson
and the chapter chairman.
Mr. H. D. Edwards, gen. agent
for the Alaska Railroad at Seward
is back on the job at the depot
from a two-weeks vacation, hunt
ing and fishing. Mr. Geo. Brown
j has been pinch-hitting for Mr. Ed
wards.
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Merle Trevethan and John Pen
rose returned Monday from their
moose hunt to Paradise Valley.
They brought in a moose and re
port seeing one brownie.
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Mr. and Mrs W. K. Stephens and
family, daughter and son-in-law
of the H. D. Edwards, are leaving
locic y for West. Virginia to make
their home.
The many friends of Supt. Ruth
Murrell of the Seward General
Hospital who injured her shoulder
last week, will be pleased to learn
that the injury is healing and she
is resting comfortably.
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Mr. Carl Sparks spent Thursday
night in the hospital. He is laid up
with a broken toe sustained when
a box fell on his foot while he was
working at the dock.
Lieut. Donald Spencer, trans
portation officer at the Army- dock
came in on the train Friday even
ing from a month’s duty at Cold
Bay and Naknek.
Seward Men To Rescue;
4 Brownies Tree Hunter
Fred Slagle and Martin Gorson
while on a hunting trip last week
were instrumental in the rescue of
a young homesteader named Giles
from the treacherous Moose Horn
Rapids on the Kenai River above
the mouth of Moose River.
Slagle and his party were cross- |
ing the Kenai River by motor boat \
at 8:30 p.m., just ahead of Giles
in his boat. Giles’ motor failed and
his heavily loaded skiff was drawn
into the rapids. Mr. Slagle turned
his boat and attempted to get a
line to Giles but was unsuccessful:
then had to spend several minutes
working his own boat to safety.
Giles jumped to a large boulder
in midstream and was marooned
there for several hours.
Mr. Slagle drove his truck to the
road camp two miles downriver,
from where a car was dispatched i
to Kenai to notify the marshal's ,
office.
Back at the scene of the inci
dent Mr. Slagle and Mr. Gorson at ]
tempted to reach Giles with a rope |
but were unable to do so. At 11
o’clock two neighbors of Giles took
over the rescue operations but had
no more luck than their predeces
sors. About 4 o’clock in the after-1
noon Giles became desperate and
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i took to the water. He just man
! aged to get hold of the end of a
drift about 100 yards downstream
and dils rescuers got a rope te him',
and swung him to shore,
j This is the third narrow escape
Mr. Giles has had from the river
and he feels that "third time's the
charm.” and he is safe from any
further difficulties with the river.
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Jumper Hitch To
Arrive Monday
Walter W. Sipprell, local agent
for the Alaska Steamship Co„ re
ports that the Motor Vessel Jump
er Hitch is scheduled to arrive at
Seward Monday. September 13.
The Jumper Hitch was the last
freighter of the company to clear
the port of Seattle before the long
shoremen's strike, so it will be the
last to call at Seward until the
strike is settled.
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FEW MEMBERS ATTEND
C. OF C. MEETING
The Seward Chamber of Com
merce met Thursday evening at
the Episcopal Church with 12 peo
ple in attendance.
W. C. Erwin conducted the meet
ing in the absence of Pres. Ross
Mann and the two vice-presidents.
No important business was pre
sented at the meeting, though some
discussion was held regarding the
railroad situation and the govern
ment's withdrawal of certain home
stead land on the Kenai Peninsula
for a government-sponsored colon
ization program.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hinton and
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Hinton and two
children left Crawfordsville, Ind.,
August 31, for Seward via the Al
aska Highway. Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Hinton are parents, and A1 a
bro! her of Mrs. Dorothy ^acKen
zie of Dot’s Beauty Shop.
Clark Andrexen of the Hunt and
Mottet Company, was in town
I .idcty on business.
Three hunters, while hunting
Moose near the mouth of MoO.se
River found that bear had driven
all the moose from the area.
They were Empey, Gorson and
Slagle of Seward, who drove to
the area last Saturday.
The three seperated and started
out for moose .
Gorson was the first to return
to camp early in the afternoon.
Sitting near the river he could
look across to an island which
was separated by about 50 yards
of water, he observed a female
Brownie and two cubs.
They were intent on crossing to
the side but retreated to the cover
of the brush when he shouted.
Mother Brownie lead her cubs
out onto the be^ch again in aboui
five minutes and started directly
toward Gorson, followed by her
family.
Firing, Gorson. armed with a .33,
knocked her down twice, after
which she retreated to the interior
of the island again.
She was barely out of sight when
the largest bear he had ever seen
started across; he was evidently
the head of the family and Gorson
fired twice at him while he was
swimming but evidently did not
score a hit.
The female and cubs again up
proached the water and Gorson
fired three more times but she
made it across and disappeared *n
the brush a short distance from
where the camp was located.
Gorson climbed a tree and a
short time later was joined by
Empey.
During this time considerable
noise was being made by the fe
male and cub$, each of whom
weighed 600 or 700 pounds.
This was a nerve-wracking situ
ation as Slagle was down stream
and would have to come directly
through the area where the bear
now were in order to reach camp
and it was getting late.
Slagle reached camp near dusk
having seen nothing of the bear,
but he did describe the country he
had been through as marshy, lots
of brush and high grass with every
few yards evidence of bear having
been' fishing as the grass was
mashed flat and remains of fish
were everywhere.
They returned to Seward Thurs
day and without moose, but plan
to try some other area with fewer
Brownies.
METHODIST MISSION SUPT.
CONDUCTING SERVICES
Mr. G. Edward Knight, Metho
dist Mission Superintendent of Al
aska, and Mrs. Knight are to con
duct services at the Methodist
Church until the next minister,
Rev. Treat, arrives in November.
Mrs. Knight conducted the ser
vices last Sunday as Mr. Knight
had not yet arrived from Juneau.
He is expected to be in Seward in
the near “future.
ATTENTION MASONS
Funeral Services will be held by
the Seward Masonic Lodge Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 P.M. September
12, 1948, in the Masonic Ledge
Room, for the late Judge. Fred
Byrant. The Public is invited to
attend our services.
W. C. Erwin, Secretary.
Seward Lodge No. 219 F. & A* M