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STEAMERS DOCK
AT SEWARD, KODIAK
DURING WEEK
The steamer Reef
Knot has arrived in
Seward, but will not
reach Seldovia until
some time after the
first of the year, it
was learned this week.
Because of the
freight congestion on
the Seward docks, it
was impossible to an
nounce a definite ar
rival time in Seldo
via, steamship com
pany officials said.
Freight from both the
Baranof and the Alas
ka was discharged at
Seward within three
days, and the Denali
is due there the
first of the week
with additional car
go.
The Lakfrna, expec
ted in Seldovia this
week, arrived in Ko
diak the day after
Christmas, and is not
due at the dock here
until after the first
of the year.
The steamer Alas
ka, the first to sail
southbound from the
territory in over two
months, was forced to
leave Seward without
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Carmen Olssen
Still In Lead
Although topped
briefly by Raymond
Martin in subscrip
tion sales early this
week, Carmen Olssen
again leads in the
Frontiersman contest.
Carmen now has a
total of “ISO points
as opposed to Ray
mond’s 715. Zenas
Beach has not gained
in point totals since
the beginning of the
week.
The compaign has
only three more days
to run, with the* clo
sing deadline set at
6 p.m. on New Year’s
Eve.
Tin
relief ship
Reef Knot,, now • half
unloaded at Seward,
is being delayed be
cause of a work dTs
put e among Seward
longshoremen.
All Tongshoring
operations on the
Reef Knot have ceas
ed, handing settle
ment of an argument
concerning winch op
erators ,
MAYOR JOSEFSEN
FIXES 4 A.M. AS
CLOSING HOUR
1 Closing hour on
New Year’s Eve was
set back to- 4 a.m.
Wednesday by special
proclamation of Mayor
Simon Josefsen this
week •
„"lt was merely an
oversight on the part
of the council that
the 2 a.m. holiday
closing was fixed for
New Year’s," Mayor
Josefsen explained.
"We had no intention
of imposing., restric
tions on the night of
the Fir eman’s Bal1."
Ktid with the clo
sing hour regulations
set to the satisfac
tion of the committee
in charge of Ball
plans, final details
for the dance now are
being worked out, ac
cording to Fire Chief
Jack English.
Two hundred tick
ets for the annual
affair, which each
year supplies funds
for the purchase of
new equipment for the
Seldovia Fire Depart
ment, have been prin
ted. The tickets are
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