Seward Seaport Record
Formerly 7 lie Seuard Polaris Cr Kenai Pc ninjula-Aleutian Chain Mews
Published each Wednesday and Saturday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman Publisher
Subscription rates 75c per month, $8 per year
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With the current issue the name
of this publication is changed
from The Seward Polaris & Kenai
Peninsula-Aleutian Chain News, to1
Seward Seaport Record.
Several suggestions were made
ns to a name'for the paper, but
' m we looked the list over we
li.,md the two words, Seward and
Seaport, predominating! We chose
• i.e . ; '* because we like the word J
a , applied to a publication, and
us ' t ere is no other paper in
t" • Tc dairy, to our knowledge,
e . a e rs that title.
i; to be expected in this fast
: • vug •-e that the name chosen,
“Seward Seaport Record." will be
shortened for convenience. Before
. - n.e.s start calling us names,
might we suggest "The Record"?
An attractive girl and a plain,
i 'ddlc-aged spinster were waiting
for a bus.
“Have a cigarette?” asked the
j- i. opening her ease.
“What! Smoke in public,” ex
claimed the woman, shocked to
her depths. "Why. I’d sooner kiss
1 e t st man who came down the
: Pert!"
"S.i would I." retorted the girl.
‘Tut have a cigarette while you
rre waiting!"
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U9QOTECT YOUR NATIONAL
SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE’
MAIL 'PREMIUMS
Ten Years Ago
In Seward . . .
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A look in the files of the old
Seward Gateway, shows that the
world doesn’t change so much
after all.
In the issue of September 24.
1938 just ten years ago. the
columns were filled with threat*
ening war stories, storms, floods,
and the usual stories of moose
hunting, ship sailings, and fake
lottery rings.
A dispatch from London stated
optimistically that war might be
averted. The entire Czechoslovakia
cabinet resigned. Prague was in
uproar with cavalry guarding stra
tegic points of the city. I
There was a great flood on
Cooper Creek, and Cooper’s Land
ing gardeners were digging vege
tables from row boats. Death toll
was mounting as a result of the
great New England flood.
A. B. Hicks was laid to rest on
that date, and accorded full mili
tary honors by American Legion
Post No. 5, of Seward.
A prize sheep was taken by Cecil
NOTICE
Forms for Sales Tax returns can
now be had at the City Clerks Of
fice.
TROY BOGARD, City Clerk
23-24-25
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International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 39
Meets First and Third Tuesdays of
Each Month at 7 p.m.—Union Hall
President — V. T. Barnett
Secretary — L. E. Dirk
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINERS
Coward Carpenters' Union 2304
Affiliated With A. F. of L
Meetings 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Meetings in Local 82 Union Hall
Frank D. Gibbons President
A. G. McRae Fin. Sec. & Bus. Agt
Bowen of Kansas City, under guid
ance of Frank E. Towle. A moose
that had an antler spread of 78
inches was taken by Tony E. Ross
of Seldovia.
The McKinley sailed on that
date at 9 a.m. with 139 passengers
including six roundtrippers.
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Almanac Tells
Of Alaska Life
A impnktuhri iln> w oi
Alaska business, travel. en.-rta.o-,
mmf. *rmin£}*in%_2>d .bring
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The book contain! information
for prospective settlers, historical
and geographical information
about all para of the territory.
penscs that travelers may expect*
‘ ‘ on^
hotel, resort and night club accon
modations, hunting and fishix
lodges, cost of living, employ
prospects, housing and edua
air, water, rail and highway trl
portation systems, rates and faclL
ties; defense measures, population
statistics.
Featured in the book are many
pages of pictures of business estah_
lishments in the principal citiif
and towns. \
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A SEALED BID
RAL-PD-27-48
NON-PRIORITY "OFF SITE" SALE OF
Buildings
AND FIXTURES (KD — YAK — QUONSET HUTS)
A
AT
Mile 13 — Cordova, Alaska
Sen1 cel Bills w'll he received at the WAA office at Anchorage, Alaska and
will be openeel publicly at 10:00. A.M. on October 19, 1948.
pr-:ocities will be exercised as the Priority Claynants and the General
Public will receive equal consideration.
All bids must be accompanied by a deposit of 10 per cent of the amount bid.
FOR SALES CONDITIONS AND DESCRIPTIVE LISTS,
CONTACT
t'.o.v
Anchorage, Alaska
Phono: Main 706
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Two women previously unac
quaintq# were conversing at a re
ception. After a few conventional
remarks'the younger woman ex
claimed, “I can’t understand what
has upset that tall man over there.
He was most attentive to me and
now he won’t even glance at me.’’
“Perhaps he saw me come in.”
said - the other woman. “He’s my
husband.”
Attendant in filling station:
^“Boss, y^uf^octor’s in here with
a flat tire.’’ >
Boss: “Swell! Diagnose the
trouble as puncture wounds re
sulting in prolapas of the perimet
er. Prescribe plastic^ Surgery fol
lowed by the administration of vi
olent flatulents, and charge him
accordingly. That’s what he’s been
doing to me.”
No one is more deeply concerned than we residents
over Alaska's future salmon runs. We live here
and intend to make this our home lor mam years
to come.
Because salmon canning is the backbone of Alaska’s
economy today and has been since the T erritory s
early days, we think salmon conservation is the
concern of every Alaskan. \\ ith this in mind, we
offer you these facts:
Frankly, we don't know what causes one year to be'a
good salmon fishing season in Alaska and another
one a poor season. Nor, as nearly as we can find
out, does anyone else know the answer to this age
old riddle. With all interested groups—from the
United States government to the salmon industry
itself—spending a good deal of money and time
on scientific research, we feel certain the mystery
of the salmon’s cycles will he solved in the near
future.
It is significant, however, that no fish biologist or con
servationist has declared any one type of fishing
gear—trap, seine or gill net—responsible for a
depletion of salmon runs. Actually, the U. S. Tish
and Wildlife Service, the Bureau in charge of
salmon conservation, has authority at the present
time to close every fish trap in the Territory to
morrow morning it they were believed to he a
menace to our salmon.
We do know that abolition of tish traps in Puget Sound
cut the salmon pack in half and resulted in reduc
tion of 40 per cent of the number of canneries that
operated there for a ten-year period thereafter.
We feel that one forward step would be for Congress
to enlarge the Fish and Wildlife Staff in Alaska
so that present regulations applying to all types
of gear could be rigidly enforced.
' Conservation as an argument for abolition of fish traps
is not supported bv fact. To the contrary, it is an
argument to continue trap fishing. No unproven
assertion should be the basis for crippling our tax
structure and drastically curtailing our largest
industry.
There are other reasons why the Terri- 4j
toria! Taxpayers Association urges
you to vote for the continution of
salmon trap fishing on October 12.
We feel that traps, ‘ because they
provide jobs for Alaskans and tax
revenue for the Territory, must stay.
Territorial Taxpayers
- Association
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