Seward Seaport Record
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week.
Seward, Alaska
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Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republica
tion of all local news printed in this newspaper, as
well as the AP news dispatches. All rights of publica
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John M. Coleman .. .Editor and Publisher
Mildred Kirkpatrick ... .Managing Editor
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
It is not that vvc are given the
opportunity "to see oursel s as
itners see us,” to quote from
Boboie Burns. We shovv our best,
or our worst, to tourists, more
often than not, simply ignoring
them as a necessary evil.
Reports are coming in steadily
from the hometown papers ot'
the 180 members of the national
Editorial Association who visit
ed the Territory in May. The re
action of the various personali
ties m the party to items that
claimed their interest, and their
lack of response to seme pet
Alaskan enthusiasms is very in
teresting.
For instance: They all express
surprise at the modern cities
anti shops, but only one in four
mentions statehood. He states
that the idea appeals to him like
the woman who dreams of own
ing a mink coat—it would be
nice to have, but the accessories
to match it are very important.
They all mention with some
surprise that Alaskans are citi
zens of the United bimes and
pay the same income tax tnat
they do "back nnic.”
One writer states that there
are two kinds of people in Alas
ka—aside from the ‘viativ.s —
Sourdoughs and Chechakos!
They all agree that Alaska is
the bulwark of defense for the
continent, and that nothing
should be spared in its develop
ment for military purposes.
The Dawson Sentinel, Daw
son, Minn., declares that those
back in the States have no right
to deny us the privilege of state
hood: if that is what we want
we should be given the chance
to try it.
A number of these newspapers
with accounts of the Alaska tour
are in this office for anyone who
cares to read them. More come
in with every mail, and they are
interesting reading.
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Painter in Seward
General Hospital. August 1. The
little boy weighed 9 pounds and
12 ounces. He was named Harold
Russell, Junior.
Mr Painter is owner of the
City Express Company, and was
hims°lf born in Seward. Mrs.
Painter is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. D .Webb, Seward
residents for many years.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Miller of
Homer, Alaska, are parents of a
little boy born this morning,
August 3, in Seward General
Hospital. The young man weigh
ed 9 pounds and 3 ounces. He
had not been named at the time
of reporting.
BAKE SALE AUG. 11
The Seward Woman’s Club
will hold a bake sale at McMul
len’s Store on Saturday, August
11. The sale will begin at 11 a.m.
Experience is the one thing
you have left after everything
else is gone.
Life is an eternal struggle to
keep one’s earning capacity up
to one’s yearning capacity.
Personalized Stationery
Made to Order
MORE ABOUT . .
Story of Seward
(Continued from Page 1)
And there was plenty of evi
dence that the Navy really
meant business about the Matan
uska coals. Although the pro
posed Colliery at Seward never
got beyond the talk stage, any
one who took the trouble to in
quire could verify the fact tiiat
the Navy had been making ex
tensive bulk tests or tne Matan
uska eoais, including one Ust
run alone that used over duu
tons. In fact, tiic Navy had even
built a temporary railroad far
up Cook’s inlet, just to bring
the coal down as far as Anch
orage (there was no town at
Anchorage then) to load on barg
es and transport to vessels of
the Fleet tor this bulk test. Cer
tainly, the U. S. Government
itseii would be the biggest loser,
if coal mining were kept clamp
ed down by the “Conservation
Policy.”
And neither was Seward the
only Alaska town affected. For
the withdrawal of coal lands
from private entry applied e
qually to the ber.ng never coal
deposits in tne region of Val
oez. Cordova and Kataila. The
golH mines around FamhanK'
w . ie i h even pc> ;u tied to i Xe
ccal fiom iocR' beds io joiv ,et
w...tcr operatic..w, „en forc
ed to depend on meager su^pdes
of wood from sparse stands of
smaii timber, much oi it i.i. e
better tiian sapling. It seem.ci
utterly impossible that the . >..i
on private coal mining could
stand even for the year, in tne
face of these contradictions. Yet
later history shows that from
lauv until 11)12, Alaska’s co.ti
remained compctely out ... the
hands of private development.
Even aiter that, t' e momentum
of private invr. iment had been
so perfectly halted, that it was
after 1D2 before any success
ful private coal mining took
place.
r or reasons beyond the under
stnding the majority of Alas
kans, a government action had
been taken which rendered the
Alaska Northern Railroad use
less, and in a short time, bank
rupt Work was finally suspend
ed in 1909, after long efforts
to secure additional capital, or
to bring about a change in the
official policy at Washington,
had both failed.
Although many interesting
local events had taken place in
Seward during these years, we
will skip them for the present,
and see what happened when
the Alaska Northern Railroad
folded up. A large commisary
stock consisting of food, hard
ware, building supplies and so
forth, was sold by the railroad
to Brown and Hawkins for a
very low price. The Seward
dock was offered to Brown and
Hawkins too, for a few cents on
the dollar, but it was no deal
in this case.
Some of the mn who had
been working on the Alaska
Northern (you’ll remember this
name of the Alaska Central
after its first financial reorgani
zation) moved on to other jobs
in Alaska, others took to pros
pecting. still others returned to
seek work Outside. A few man
aged to find employement in
the town of Seward, or in the
Northern Kenai Peninsula.
Seward managed to live on,
mostly hope. The businessmen
who had invested their savings
in lots and buildings held like
grim death, confident that some
day the railroad would be com
pleted and the town would really
boom. A small number even
took advantage of the lull in
business to snap up new pro
perty at a lower price, and to
add to their buildings and their
stocks.
Even to this clay, there is
something about your typical
Seward business man that re
fuses to panic and refuses to
give up, no matter how black
things look. At least twice—
once in the mid-twenties, and
again in recent years—it look
ed as if the Alaska Railroad
would be lost to the town. Both
times a few withered leaves
fluttered loose, but the main
property owners held firm and
kept their faith in the future.
Neither flood, fire, depression,
nor war could shake Seward's
foundation. That much has been
proved, over and over again, dur
ing Seward’s fifty years.
(Next Week: Seward As a
Dog-Team Transportation Cen
ter)
Q.j (Ontrrh filters
"A Church-going Family
Is a Happy Family."
KA1TII < MAPI:!
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SUNT* a Y —
Sunday School .... ,10.45 a. m
) uuutj Peoples .Meetyip *>;4np.m
Evening Service 7:45 p.m
WEDNESDAY—
Bible St inly 7 : HO n.ni
“Truth and Life” - 9:15 p.m. Thurs.
over Radio Station KIBH.
SEWARD LUTHERAN CHURCH
Rev. Kent E. Spaulding, Pastor
Phone Adams 142
Sundry Schorl end
Adult Bible Class 9 45 a.m.
Worship Service .11:00 am
Young People’s T The
l eague Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Holy Communion the fiist Sunday
of each month.
CHURCH of the NAZARENE
I ,t.i Hal!
Re . L. C. H pkins. Pastor
S. :1c
Sundm School !'vri9 a _
Morning Worship .11:DO a.m.
r a :ng Wc 2 35 p.m.
Wednesday:
Mil-Week Se-virn ° 99 p m.
Listen to “Showers ol Blessing,”
over KIBH - 9:15 p.m... Tuesdays.
RESURRECTION P APTIST
I.O.O.F. h.::
Rr,v. Houston H. Bradford
Tennes-ee and California
Sunday:
Sunday School .10:00 a.m.
Worship Service —.11:00 a.m.
Sermon Topic:
‘‘The Better Life."
ST PETFR ~ EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
Tie H ! P-u's^l Ciap;.. Pastor
Sunday Services:
8 00 A . Holy Cor .mumon
9:45 A.51. Church Sch -o
11:00 A.3u Servic • and S^rmn
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER DAY SAINTS
Service every Sunday 10:30 a.m.
I.O.O.F. Hall, Seward
SEWARD MEMORIAL CHURCH
(Methodist)
Paul I. Irwin, Minister
Church Study . Garfield 109
Parsonage .. Adams 109
Sunday:
Church School . 9:45 a m.
Morning Worship ..11:00 a m
Intermediate Fellowship 5.30 p.m
Methodist Youth
Fellowship . 7:30 p.m
Wednesday:
Choir Rehearsal 7 30 p.m
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SERVICES
Sunday School .9:45 a.m.
Church Service 11 a.m.
Public Library ,
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sacred Heart Church
Mass on Sunday — 8-10 a.m
Mass on week day — R a m
Confessions—
3-4 p in. Saturday
7:30 p.m. Saturday
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHA.PEL
Claude & Vivien Malcom, Pastors
Phone Adams 141 - 224 Sixth Ave
SUNDAY:
10:00 a.m.—Sunday School
11:00 a.m.—Morning Worsnip
7:30 r>.m.—Evangelistic Service
WEDNESDAY:
7:00 a.m.—I.A H. Club Meeting
7:30 p.m.—Young People’s Service
(Christ’s Ambassadors'
All are invi*ed to attend these
services.
Mrs Jim Reed is hostess this
week to her daughter, Mrs.
George Daniels, and Mrs. Rich
ard Purrington and daugh
Kathy, all of Girdwood. T1
will leave again next Mona
Announcing—
NEW GARBAGE SERVICE
ALL GARBAGE COLLECTION BILLS MAY I?E
PAID AT ALASKA BOOKKEEPING SERVICE,
Room 12, Northern Building
or Mailed to
BAY SERVICE. Box 971, or Box 865, Seward
BAY SERVICE
CHARLES FLYNN. Owner
SOURDOUGH
TRANSFER
Day or Night Service
For Service Call 40G Wash. St.
GEORGE EVER ITT MADISON 93
Milk frvm Y&ur Local Dsiry—
REGULAR DELIVERIES or AT YCUR GROCER'S
SEWARD dmy
PHONE MONROE 4
or GARFIELD 50
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SEWARD
FOR
IMMEDIATE SALE
22 ft. DORY $135.00
7 H.P. 1 Year Old
OUTBOARD MOTOR $75.00
Contact
C. L. CHRISTIANSON
or
HANK ABRAHAMSEN