Seward Seaport Record
Forn/erly The Seward Pelaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian Chain News
Published each Wednesday and Saturday
Seward, Alaska
John M. Coleman ..- Publisher
Subscription rates . 75c per month, $8 per year
There is a vast difference between news and sensationalism
as all readers of newspapers anil listeners to radio know.
News is a chronicle or record of events as they happen, or a
calendar of forthcoming events.
The Seward Seaport Record believes that there is no place
in a news column for personal opinion, unless quoted together
with the name ol the person expressing the opinion. 1 here
is no room in our columns for prejudice, and we shall tolerate
none.
We grant there is room in a newspaper for difference of
opinion, but that opinion must be stated in writing over the
signature of the person writing it and will be handled by the
editorial department in our Letters to the Lditor column.
These letters should be free from personalities, devoid ol yin
die:.veness and offered for the benefit of the community.
N mes of authors will be withheld upon request, but no
ar. immous letters will be considered.
i'or ma n vears, old-timers tell us, Seward has been vic
timized In sensational reports in outside papers. Anchorage
in particular has raked in many dimes peddling so-called
“lews" about famine, abandonment of the port and tidal
vwve. All these stories have been figments of some over
zealous amateur’s imagination. Seward still is here and shall
be for main years to come.
We have been told on good authority that one of the
pe ennial authors of Seward sensationalism recently was
ushered out of an Anchorage newsgathering office with the
statement:
‘ Certainly we want news, but we don t want any more of
vour 1). I . dreams.
That is a good sign. Perhaps we won’t starve to death
before the food supply is exhausted, after all.
MF.S. ROGERS WINS
PAINTING
i .rs. Elmer Rogers was the win
ner of the water color painting
igi\ en as door prize by the Altar
Society of the Catholic Church.
Th ; painting, a winter scene, is a
product of the brush of the famous
Alaskan artist, Judge J. W. Kehoe.
The Bingo party, sparked to suc
ce s by Joe Doyle, was one of the
best entertainment events of the
year.
EASTERN STAR SQUARE
DANCE GREAT SUCESS
Miss Frances Clark announced
that the Card Party and Square
Dance given by the Eastern Star
last Saturday evening was a suc
I cess financially and socially.
Square Danced are always thor
oughly enjoyed, but this was a
particularly gay affair.
Mrs. Walter B. Blue will operate
The Cathryn Shop after Oct. 1.
PUT YOUR V IN THE LJ
TO ABOLISH PISH TRAPS
mote employment
L FOR ALASKANS l
RIFLE CLUB READIES
RANGE FOR WINTER
The Seward Rifle and Sportsman
Club is attempting to get its build*
ing in shape for an indoor range
this winter.
It is five years since the club
has had a turkey shoot, but Pre
sident Murl Trevethan expressed
NOTICE
Forms for Sales Tax returns can
now be had at the City Clerks Of
fice.
TROY BOGARD, City Clerk
23-24-2!)
International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union
Local 39
Meets First and Third Tuesdays of
Each Month at 7 p.rn.—Union Hall
President — V. T. Barnett
Secretary — L. E. Dick
United Brotherhood of
CARPENTERS and JOINERS
Seward 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
Legal Advertisement
NOTICE OF ELECTION
To the Electors of the Town of
Sev/ard, Alaska, Division No.
Three, Territory of Alaska:
Notice is hereby given that pur
suant to Chapter 17, Section 1432,
C.L.A. 1933. a General Election
will be held on TUESDAY, OCT.
| 12, 1948, between the hours of 8
I o'clock a.m. and 7 o’clock p.nt. of
said day.
The Common Council of Seward,
Alaska having heretofore, by ordi
j nance, duly designated the polling
J place in said town, the electors are
i hereby notified:
That all duly qualified voters re
siding within the town of Seward
will vote at City Hall Building, lo
cated on Fourth Avenue, in and
upon Lot 21 of Block 16, which is
owned by Town of Seward, the
same being the duly designated
polling place in and for the town
of Seward. Alaska.
Dated this 29th day of Septem
ber. 1948.
(Signed'
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF
THE TOWN OF SEWARD,
ALASKA
By Troy Bogard, Clerk.
; Sept. 29-Oct. 6, ’48
WAA DISPOSAL NO. ALO-OL-106
NON-PRIORITY SEALED BID SALE OF
Pipe Line, Tanks & Fixtures
AT
Port Raymond, Seward, Alaska
Scaled Bids will be opened publicly at
the WAA Anchorage office and must
per cent of the amount bid.
10:00 a.m., September 30, 1948, at
be accompanied by a deposit of 10
Bids must be submitted for the entire unit only and property must be re
moved bv the successful bidder within sixty (60) days of notice of award.
FOR SALES CONDITIONS AND BID FORMS. CONTACT
WAR ASSETS,ADMINISTRATION
,n>\ 24<J<»
Anchorage, Alaska
.u i j
Phone: Main 70fl
the hope that they would have one
this fall. Such an event has always
been a highlight on the local
sports calendar.
NOTICE
Watch This Space ;
| FOR THE NEW OFFICE LOCATION OF THE
{ ALASKA BOOKKEEPING SERVICE
I IN THE MEANTIME. CALL ADAMS 27
i
ALASKA NEEDS
TRAP FISHING
As resident Alaskans, we know our economic future is
tied to the growth and development of the I erritory.
A searching study of Alaska’s economy has con
vinced us that salmon traps must continue to oper
ate :,n Territorial fishing waters.
\Ye ourselves do not own canneries nor do we operate
fish traps. But our independent studies have con
vinced us that salmon trap fishing IS vital to Alas
ka’s business future.
1 lere are our reasons for this* conviction:
1. Off season trap labor provides Alas
ka with a $2,983,368 payroll!
T his payroll is exclusive of the fishing season and
includes every month of the year except when
traps are in operation. Labor is required for cut
ting logs for trap frames and piling; building, re
pairing and lashing of trap frames; preparation
of the web, gear and netting; towing of traps to
their locations; setting anchors to hold them in
place; and finally, dismantling and storing the
traps at the close of the season. Lach floating trap
has a payroll of $5,500. Each pile-driven trap has
a payroll of $10,200.
2. Supplies and services for traps
means $3,618,500 more.
An additional $9,500 per trap is spent annually
for supplies and services of all types such as: re
pairs to tender and rigging scow s used in trap op
erations: charters, including tenders and patrol
boats: diving work; cost of logs tor replacement
of frames anil piling, plus other miscellaneous
items entering into trap fishing.
3. Canneries depend on trap-caught
fish:
Trap-caught fish make it possible for Alaska’s
canneries to operate on the scale they now main
'tain. During the season these canneries employ
20,000’ people. More than half, or 10,000 nf
these men and •:vomen are residents of Alaska.
The cannerv men say that without trap-caught
fish, at least 25 of Alaska’s largest canneries will
close.
These facts, which are vital to every
Alaskan resident, make it necessary
that all Alaska residents vote on Oc
tober 12 to continue the use of trap^
fishing.
Territorial Taxpayers
Association
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