The Seward Polaris &
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City Council Notes
At the regular meeting of the
City Council. March 15th. there
.vas some discussion on the garb
age contracts. The comittee was
not vet ready to make a report
on the rates to be adopted as
many merchants had not been
contacted in regard to the estab
lishment of a basic rate.
The bill presented by the firm
of Shea and Walker was allowed
with the exception of an amount
, of about $25.00 which cut their
bill on the Veteran's project to
about $800.00.
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An item of $1000.00 expense to
the city was brought forward and
roughly broken down to expenses
for attorney, court costs, travel
ing and hotel bills.
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Ice. it was said, was to be
cut at Bear or some other lake
and will be brought in to a
building near the round house
soon after the 1st and will be
used at the Storage by Mess'rs
Riley and Pege as soon as the
city obtains possession of the
Plant.
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Clerk Howell notifies us that
all taxes have been paid and this
includes the tax money which
* was at first remitted to those
who had “put up" for the lobby
trip to Washington. Representa
tions were made that the council
would not sustain the Mayor in
this and the clerk was instructed
accordingly.
Insisting that the city pay $2,
400.00 interest nearly a year be
fore it was due, tin* Mayor had
a resolution ready to present
which called for such action. In
this he was vehemently opposed
by Councilman Noviek who stated
that the bonds should not be sola'
for $940.00 per $1000. Insistence
<'ti the part of Brownell had no
effect and only Dahl and Kenne
dy voted aye. All three are al
leged to be bond holders.
The city should have the use of
this $2,400.00 rather than p..y it
is so badly neetfed. insisted No
vi ck.
The $6000.00 check is in Anch
orage in the hands of the city at
torney. Nesbitt. According to City
Clerk Howell “the check has not
been signed” and has to “be re
turned to Seward for that pur
pose.”
One of the audience insisted
that the $1600.OH expense money
be paid and also the interest as
the check was in danger of at
tachment.
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COLD STORAGE TO
CLOSE DOWN
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Customers are asked to come
I in and withdraw till meats and
produce which are in Seward
Cold Storage as the plant is to
be closed.
The city may take over the op
eration later but it is not known
for certain when.
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Restraining Order
Asked by Woods
Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, of Sew
ard has brought a restraining ac
tion in district court against Les
ter Rafter, to prevent a transfer
of his property to his wife's name
claiming he did so to avoid pay
ment of a court judgement.
The restrainer action claims
that the transfer of property was
made and the cfeed filed in Sew
ard commissioner’s court on Feb.
>. 3, 1947.
Mrs. Wood's claim alleges: . .
said conveyance . . . was made
wholly without consideration and
with intent to hinder, delay and
defraud existing creditors . . .
and particularly, the plaintiff .
She asks that the property con
veyance be set aside, the trans
fer be regarded as void, and the
defendant be restrained by in
junction from interfering with the
property, except by court order,
claiming that Rafter has not paid
the $9635.60 judgment against
him which was the Court's deci
sion in the Morris Gilbert shoot
ing.
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More than 335.000 children be
tween 5 and 19 years of age in
the United States are so handi
capped that they need special
education, acording to the Nation
al Society for Crippled Children
and Adults.
C.I.O. Officials
Confer Here
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High C.I.O. officials arc here
conferring on matters relative to
new contracts, fishing and other
wise.
They are Chris Hennings, C.I.O.
International Director for Alaska,
with offices in Juneau, and Verne
Albright. Regional Representative
of Ketchikan.
Th.y are both union men of
| long standing and workmen here
are cooperating to the full extent
| in laying "beefs" and recommen
dations before them,
j Information from an official
■source states that five contracts
are being discussed at the pres
I ('lit tim. . These have to do most
j !y with longshoring.
The long-lookeu’-for settlement
of the friction between the sail
ors and longshoremen is also to
come in for discussion and again
we hear that Seward will proba
bly be declared a terminal port.
In a short time Anchorage will
I be the site of meetings between
! fishermen and canneries and this
embodies th.e signing of some 35
contracts.
It is not improbable that perm
anent headquarters will be set
up at Anchorage and a represent
ative of the Union will be on
hand at all times.
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YOUNGER SET TO BE
ENTERTAINED SATURDAY
NIGHT
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The teen-agers open-house that
made such a hit two weeks ago
will bo repeated this Saturday
night. March 20 in the basement
of the Seward Memorial Church.
All seventh and eighth graders
GI s and out-of-school- youth are
invited to join the fun between
7 and 11 P.M.
There will bo games, folk danc
ing. music, group singing anu* re
freshment concessions.
Another feature of the program
will he a contest to name this
series of parties originally billed
as "Funhouse. Inc.”
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speak of them occasionally.
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Medley V. Hoben, better known
as Harry Hoben. passed away in
the local hospital. Monday. March
lath, 1948 at the age of 65.
He was bor nin Upper Gage
town. New Brunswick, Canada, on
November 6, 1873.
In 1898 he landed' at Skagway
and was imediately employed by
a packer named Dalton.
He was in the “gold rush”
country for nearly two- years and
came into Seward before t Ho
town was in existence.
A partnership was formed' be
tween he and Davis and they op
erated a pack train and hauling
business between Hope, Sunrise
and Kenai.
This partnership was continued
in Seward at a later date under
the name of the Alaska Transfer.
He later became interested in
several other enterprises which
included cannery operations and
the Seward Water Works.
Several weeks ago Mr. Hoben
suffered a fall on the icy pave
ment ini which he sustained* a
fractured hip. This was the pri
mary cause of his death.
He is survived by a brother. A,
L. Hoben who was at his bedside
and two sisters. Mrs. Augusta Ho
ben and Mrs. Jenny Bridges, all
of New Brunswick, Canada.
He was a member of the Ma
sonic Lodge of Seward.
Funeral services will be held
on Thursday, March 18. at 1:30
P.M. from tiie Masonic Hall and
internment will be in the Seward
Cemetary.
Special Meeting C’f
The Seward C. ofC.
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A special meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce was called at
St. Peter's Guild Hall, by Mr.
Ross Mann in order to hear Mr.
Sunborg. executive assistant to
the Governor, discuss some things
which might concern Seward to
day and in the future. Mr. Sun
borg spoke of the great influx of
people to be expected in Alaska
this summer. He also mentioned
that the road to Homer could* be
finished by the fall of 1949 should
things go well. Another thing of
interest was the Development
Board's printing of a booklet on
the tourist attractions of Alaska.
The Alaska Airlines is planning
on running tolirs to Alaska this
summer.
A special survey conducted in
thi states showed that 7 TO of 1
percent of the people intend to
visit Alaska in the next 3 years.
This would average around a mil
lion people.
Another thing which Alaska has
to look forward to is the petrol
eum development which is now
going on in various parts of Alas
ka. such as Katalla, point Bar
row. Yakataga ana’ Iniskin Bay.
This along with the plans for
huge pulp mills in Southeastern
Alaska can mean a great deal to
Alaska's economy.
But in spite of the future
bright nes in Alaska in connec
tion with such industries, Mr.
Sunborg f.els that a field we
must not underestimate is that
of the tourist trade. A great deal
of money is brought to any coun
try bv tourist trade and we must
not be prone to overlook it as
a rgeat resource
Mr. Sundborg's chief aim in
meeting with the Chamber was
to fjnd out what our problems are |
and what his office can do in the
way of help. He spurred on a
question-answer session for about I
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LESKO AND BOGAN
FILE FOR COUNCIL
George Lesko and Patrick Bog
an have filed for the-2-yeart eerm
on the City Council, it was learn
ed today.
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COMMISSIONERS TO RECEIVE
INCREASE—IF
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The United States Commission
ers at Nome, Fairbanks. Anchor
age, Sewara', Juneau and Ketchi
kan will be able to retain as an
nual compensation $5000 in net
fees instead of the present $3,000
if the President signs Delegate
Bartlett’s enabling legislation. II.
R. 3973. The measure, approved
by the Senate, liberalizes the
present limitation which has beeu
in fefect for years.The bill does
not limit the ceiling of $5000 to
the six commissioners me-ntionei
above. but at the present time
net fees in excess of $3000 do not
accrue to the offices of other
commissioners in Alaska.
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The House Comittee on the Ju
diciary has reported favorably 10
the House on Delegate Bartlett 3
bill H. R. 183, transferring prop
erty in Fairbanks now owned by
the United States to the city. The
tract of land, lot 1 in block 115,
is the former site of the Unite!
States o'etention hospial in Fair
banks. The building was destrov.
ed by fire a number of years ago
and the land has remained idle.
The city contemplates using the
property for school purposes.
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HUGE DEBT
CANCELLED
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WASHINGTON — The Unite i
States agreed to cancel about SI.
000,000,000 in debts owed it by
the Italian government.
The move was made, the State
Department said, to ease the
"burdensome clauses” of the Ital
ian peace treaty.
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Protect the birds. The dove
brings peace and the stork brings
tax exemption.