THE SEWARD POLARIS
Peninsula-Chain News
Dedicated to the Building
of the “Kenai Empire"
Independent
United Press Service
Published Semi-weekly
by
II. W. and N. M. Hunt
Seward, Alaska
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EDITORIAL
Continued from page 1 •
with a shortage coming before
i,It Increasing costs of Operation
and shortage of help, etc.
(4* Deterioration of plant motors
and equipment.
ia Hu-', hie rate increase to come
All these things have forced a
ce lain number of men of Sew
..I many hours’ time and no pos
sible results beneficial could come
there from.
We . o' pa' 12 cents per K. W.
hour and that is an extremely
Pea, ay pr'r.*' when Hydro-electric
p "aer can h ' furnished for 2c
i uver ■ pm K. W.
H. ■ : mi garages may be
. e.tti d \. 11 electricity at that
pane. Ph'i :y of lights without
umbliii ; in ■■ dark to find and
p 'i ■ i i.iton. Lower insurance
i ■ i .. <».> >>i the fire.' in Alaska
: a i.■.;l >i "i l a. oil stoves task
pour ; .siir.mco man' and cut the
cos; the bad air and oil smoke
cleanup in the spring
Sever.I may have a dozen
■ a;'! 2 -’ini 3 man factories for
paper 'Ml ’pools. for manufacture
■x chair-rungs-rockers.
top,-, anal a hundred other things
beside; the huge deposit of lime
which can be manufactured and
shipped till over the territory.
There arc other materials here
that may be manufactured. By
bid Mi tvg this city up so as to be
independent and still be a shipper
prog '-'- will not allow the rail
road to move out or if it does
freight lines will take its place.
What Seward needs today is a
compl-te unification on the
Chamber of Commerce will talk
about the possibilities of the
Kenai Light & Power Assn. Thurs
day August 12 in the basement
of the Episcopal Church.
"Work together for Progress"
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1 Day Service
mm watch
Repairs
1 Week Service
MAJOR WATCH
Repairs
j. Vic Brown
& Sons
ARCADE Bldg. Tel. Adams 74
Spic & Span
Telephone Adams 92
Pick-Up & Deliver
Clctninj Pressing
Alterations ♦> Hat blocking
thought of a Hydro-Electric plant.
The way to success in this
move is .to meet with the Seward
Chamber of Commerce and form
the Kenai Light and Power Asm
All will be explained at the
meeting and if you don’t want to
1 play ball or want to throw
monkey wrenches you are re
spectfully asked to stay clear.
Meeting of nexl Chamber of
Commerce will be Thursday Aug.
1 12, 1948.
Be there and bring a member.
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The Three Companies
&;
Way back there in the early
1950's the government got togeth
| or a group of big contractors to
j handle a huge job too large for
I any one. or even any two of them
(This group was called the Six
| Companies and the Six Companies
: built Boulder Dam.
Here in Seward we have a job
i of moving 50,000 or 60,000 yards
J of “muck” in order to put the
I airfield in condition for the win
j ter and to accomodate planes
j larger than may safely land there
now.
Stewart and Muir have a shovel
which may be hired for $15.00,
also a cat- a D-4 at $8.50 per
hour and two trucks at $10.50 per
hour all with operators.
Carl king has a cat which n ay
he hired with operator for $15 00
per hour.
Estes Brothers of Moose Pass
have a 50 11.P. cat costing $15.00
p hour and a truck at S8.no pc
hour, both operators included
\ The amount expended per hour
is $80.50 and for 8 hours will cost
$644.00 per day.
In round figures at $650.On per
day. 20 days work will cost $13,000
This equipment, according to a
i competent engineer can move an
average af 2.500 yards per day and
' possibly more. 2.500 yards per day
, will amount to 50.000 yards in
2o days.
If the figures are right and they
have been checked by an engin
eer. your cost per yard movement
will be approximately 26 cents per
yard
The money paid to the Three
Companies will be kept here in
! town or at least will yet no fur
ther away than Moose Pass.
The work will be done under
the direction of Engineer Rivers.
No: we haven't talked to Mr.
Rivers but we want work done
by local men and there is no j
point in letting this cash get j
away from Seward.
It may take a little longer to
do the work but we've waited
years and years for the airport
o why should we quibble over a '
few days
Lets hear from someone else on
it.
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V/ORLD NEWS
(Continued from page 1)
that under extremely heavy pres
sure 1420 lbs of Uranium was
shipped to Russia in 1943 and in
1945 ;m additional 1500 lbs. mak
ing a total of 2920 lbs. was ship
ped. (Oh sure, we'll get it back!)
Further information divulged at
this particular committee hearing
was that further information will
be given out which will seem in
credible—a story of U S. ‘‘deals"
with the Russians.
fig
Committee Chairman Homer
Ferguson holds that Attorney
General Tom Clark is holding up
information which should be re
leased to the comittee.
The Democrats state that the
spy ring revelations are in the
manner of a red herring while
I Republicans state that if access
j to employment files was given
I so that a check of the beginning
! of each career could be made.
! reliable information as to actions
and background would clear those
who were not guilty of treason
able actions or utterances.
It may be given out that a 4
power conference is to be called
s' according 1o word from
England.
Steeplejack and Bridge Pair.ter Invents Time-Saving Paint Brush
New Device Tested on
iitew York's Triborough Bridge
A new dipless paint brush was
recently demonstrated on the
world-famous Triborough Bridge
m New York City. This brush
was demonstrated by its inventor,
Russell C. bngren, steeplejack
ami bridge painter, who proved
hr could eliminate much of the
time, energy and material wasted
ui painting.
This new brush (Air blow
Ruint blow) puts gravity to
work! The paint flows from a
gravity feed bucket through a
light, flexible hose directly to
bristles of the brush; a simple
shut-ofT clip on hose gives com
plete control of the paint-flow.
Actual tests in homes, farms,
factories, under every working
condition where paint is used,
show an average saving of 38%
in time and paint. These tests
were made he housewives as well
as professional paxnterssxnd con
tractors.
The inventor claims that not
only does the brush save time,
but also saves wear and tear
caused by cleaning of ordinary
paint brushes.
This dipless brush is now in
production and is being placed
on the market in the near tuture.
The Air Flow Brush Com
pany (57 West 35 Street, New
York 1, New York, manufactur
ers and distributors) are plan
ning an advertising campaign to
make the Air Flow Brush a
painting "must” in every home,
farm and industry throughout
the United States rnd Canada.
iiit* Russian plan to put the
main waterwav. the Danube, un
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dor so\ iet-dominatiun countries U
underway.
I lie French garrison is staying
in Berlin hut many women and
children are being sent hack to
F ranee.
Report which usually are some
what exaggerated states that 3500
lost their lives and that 400,000
are homeless in Nanking because
of floods.
Guns which blazed in Polk
County Tennessee left two dead
and one wounded: in another
place four men were wounded.
Now the National Guard are mov
ing in.
•Hie main tight is against
Crump and Tom Stewart, who are
both taking a beating at the
hands of the voters, Crump hav-i
ingg been in office over 20 years. (
Wreckage thought to be that of
the 52-passanger plane lost west
of Africa was sighted 70 miles I
from Dakar. Connected seats were j
drawn from the sea by rescuers
and it is thought possible all
were lost
Hi
While plans are watching the i
ice pack readv to warn the flo
tilla of impending danger due to |
the change in wind a huge I
amount of supplies is being
landed on the Point Barrow
Beach.
Hi I
The army will spend S40.000.000
in Alaska this year, mostly for 1
housing. $30,000,000 will be used .
for housing along the Bering Sea .
Area and $4,500,000 at Fort Rich
ardson.
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A smoke bomb—mostly black
powder was thrown from a pass- ;
mg auto into the Univex Electric
Company plant at Dayton. Ohio.
National Guards ducked and
strike breakers continued to work.
A decision was handed down in
Judge Dimonds court that the
Alaska Airlines violated the Aer
onautics rules both as to passen- ,
ger and freight hauling at the’
first of this year and is now only
violating rules in freight hauling.
The passenger hauling is now
legal but the company still vio
lates Freight hauling codes, it is
alleged. A further additional dc
(-..i-jen will he giv«n hi about four
•' e 1
he O'Ha B < lit es is $129.
i)fi in the "red' . S7C.000 o~. the
amour.' :• un.un • assets.
The Chief W I’'lie of Anch
orage lias stepped down to the
i .11,1. of C i pt a in and the new
chief, who takes his place is a
former Lt. Commander in I he
Navy. The shake up and the sub
sequent reduction in rank was re
quested and agreeable to tiie old ;
Chief.
rr.;
The anti-inflation bill passed ;
on Thursday is up for further re
vi.-Mon which principally has to do
with the gold reserve. A boost in J
tiie price of gold at this time is .
a remote possibility.
The president and his collegues
and former leaders of tiie Demo- j
era! c party field a conference at j
tiie White House Thursday eve- ;
ning and outlined the Democratic]
strategv for tiie coming election.
The request of tire Republican [
candidate. Dewey, for an exten- j
lion of the date or revision of j
the law allowing eligible dis- j
placed persons to enter tiie United j
States was opposed 'if' Democrat- i
ie forces which included President ]
Truman. I
( ' . - • • j >1 ' ’ ' 'T n|] t 1' ^
Kress possible toward an adjourn
ment of the Special Session 1 a
Saturday 'today >.
lE-r
Considerable activity is expect
ed this week end and early next
week at the airfield. Many V. I. P.
will be in town both on business
and for pleasure.
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DOG
LICENSES
•
Dog licenses for 1943 were due
on July 1-1. Many dog owners
have not vet purchased 1948 dog
tags. It will be necessary to pick
up dogs not licensed in order to
conform to the city ordinances.
All dog owners are urged to
get 1948 dog tags at once.
Leonard J. Clark
Chief of Police
International Longshoremen’s
and Warehousemen's Union
lineal :i!)
Meets First and Third Tuesday at
7 p m. Union Hall
President — L. Rogers
Secretary — L. Dick
Patronize those who advertise
Church of Christ
Larry O. Grounds
THE LOVE OF GOD
Ii is impossible for men to fully
realize the love, mercy and wis
dom of God in providing his
creatures with a plan whereby
they might he saved from the
judgment of their sins. Adam was
God's culminating work in the
great creation, and God love him
and called him His son, but this
son had to be proven. Would he
tie obedient to his Creator and
Father, or disobedient? Hence.
God's command to Adam and Eve
that they should not eat of the
forbidden fruit. They disobeyed,
and regardless of God’s love for
them. Justice demanded punish
ment and their bannishment from
tHo Garden of Eden.
God never for once withdrew
his love, but gave them a ray of
hone in Genesis 3:15—the pro
phesy of the triumphant of Christ
over Satan.
Ages passed, but that promise
was never forgotten, and the Jews
' >k d e^gciy for the time when
God «ho: Id -e: d His : muted one
unto them to deliver them from
t' mr enemies and cure all their
.. Hut they never dreamed that
their King would be born in a
stall where oxen fed. that he
would he poor and despised. It
was unbelievable that this hum
ble and meek Nazarene could be
their King, for they were looking
for a proud and flashing warrior
like David who would deliver
them from the galling yoke of the
Romans and build again the
glories of Zion.
Herein is the love of God mani
fest. What sacrifice and cost for.
a God to leave so lofty estate and
decend to the depths of poverty
with men. to be blasphemed, curs
ed. beaten and crucified like a
common thief.
Onlv burning love for man could
cause Jehovah to witness tiie as
trocious deeds that were done to
His son without bringing swift
and terrible retribution upon
that vicious mob God had des
troyed and ravaged lands, cities
and empires for much less cause.
But it took this to provide man -
redemption. Surely such sacrifice
and suffering would cause man to
reciprocate the love of the Fathe .
but few have. Christ has said. 1:
vp love me. ve*will keep my com
mandments.” (Jno. 14:15)