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I Vol. VII. No. 88
SEWARD. ALASKA. FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1951
Price 10 cents
ALL PILOTS AND AIRCRAFT MUST BE
REGISTERED WITHOUT DELAY
Registration blanks can be
obtained from the office of the
Highway Patrol in Seward for
the registration of all pilots and
aircraft, whether commercial or
private. The notice to airmen,
issued by the Director of Avia
tion, Territory of Alaska reads
as follows:
“Each aircraft within the Ter
ritory shall, within 15 days of
his first flight within the Terri
tory, register with the Depart
ment of Aviation upon a form
provided for that purpose and
shall re-register each year there
after bet wen the first and 31
day of January.”
“The registration fee shall be
one dollar ($1.00) for each pi
Uot, and this fee, together with
the completed registration form,
shall be mailed or otherwise
delivered to the office of the
Director of Aviation.
Registration cf Aircraft
Every owner or operator of
an airplane, helicopter or other
type of aircraft shall register
the aircraft with the Department'
of Aviation within 15 days after
entering the Territory of Alas
ka, providing the aircraft re
mains in the Territory longer
than such period of 15 days, and
shall re-register each year be
tween the first and thirty first
days of January unless tire first
registration be less than 90 day
prior to .the month of January.
“The Department of Aviation,
Territory of Alaska, will bud
get twice the amount received
from pilot and aircraft regis r •
tion for search and rescue.”
Inspection of equipment
“The Department cf Aviation
shall furnish two types of col
ored adhesive labels or stickers,
white and green, one of which
snail be placed on the left side
of an aircraft so that it may be
easily visible to any passengers
about to enter, and will certify
that such aircraft has been in
spected as to its emergency
equipment, and that the neces
sary equipment required by law
was aboard when inspected.”
Minimum Emergency Equipment
According to the law pertain
ing to aviation and the regula
tion thereof as amended by the
last Legislature:
“No airmen shall make a
flight with any aircraft within
the Territory unless emergency
equipment is carried as herein
after set forth:
The minimum equipment to
be carried during the summer
months (Aprill to October 15)
is as follows:
Food for each occupant suf
ficient to sustain life for two
weeks: one axe or hatchet: one
first aid kit. one pistol, revol
ver, shotgun or riile. and ammu
nition for same; one small gill
net, and an assortment of tackle,
such as hooks, flies, lines, sink
ers, etc: one knife: two small
boxes of matches; one mosqui
to headnet for each occupant;
two small signalling devices
such as colored smoke bombs,
railroad fuses: or Very pistol
shells, in sealed metal contain
ers.
In addition to the above, the
following must be carried as
minimum equipment from Octo
ber 15 to April 1 of each year:
One pair snowshoes; one sleep
ing bag: one wool blanket for
each occupant over four.”
Exceptions and further pro
visions are made in the law for
aircraft carrying more than 15
passengers.
Hadic- Installation
Section 3 of the amended law:
‘‘II shall be unlawful to operate
any commercial aircraft carry
ing passengers for a distance
greater than 25 miles irom an
airport, unless the aircraft be
equiped with a two-way radio
installation capable of transmi
tting and receiving for a dis
tance of at least 50 miles under
normal conditions.”
The registration act dwellsTat
some length upon emergency
equipment and inspection, it
gives any Federal. Territorial
or Municipal law enforcement
officer authority to enter any
aircraft within the Territory at
any reasonable time for the pur
pose of making an inspection of
emergency equipment, and car
ries a stiff penalty for violations
of the law in any degree.
Full details of the law and
regulations, including a table
of weights and caloric measure
ments of various foods that can
be easily carried can be ob
tained from Patrolman Kellogg.
Explosives
SHIS Stands
Information r; ceived at the
city office Thtir day from Dele
gate to Congress Bob Bartlett,
states that the subcomrnitee of
the House Merchnu • Marine a id
Fisheries Committee (of which
he is a member) tabled a pro
posal for relaxation of restric
tions by the Coast Guar l on the
unloading of explosives over
the Sewarc! dock.
Mr. Bartlett's loiter doe not
mention the possibility of dock
construction across, the bay. Un
official sources state. : >Wi >r.
that even this expediency has
been abandoned upon a com
plaint registered by an unnamed
local businessman. The tri h of
this statement could not be
verified.
Relaxation of the restrictions
had been requested to avoid
the overland truck haul from
Valdez to interior mining and
construction sites.
4TH OF JULY COMMITTEE!
ATTENTION!
A special meeting of the
4 in of July Committee is
called for Sunday, May S, in
the council room at 3 p.m.
IMPORTANT!
The Story of
SEWARD
Before starting the story of
Seward proper, in the year 1302,
this column would like to ask:
does anyone have any definite
information at all about the re
ported building of the ship
Phoenix by Qaranofs men, sup
posed to take place in Resurrec
tion Bay? Hector Chevigny, in
“Lord of Alaska’’ speaks of this
in a vague, semi-fictionalized
way. Other Alaska history books
mention this, too.
Did anyone ever find rem
nants of this rumored shipyard
here in Resurrection Bay? Any
old piling? Cleared spaces par
tially grown over again? Bits of
old rusty iron or other relics,
which were believed to be trace
able to the early Russian occu
pation?
History is fairly definite about
early Russian activities in other
parts of the Renai Peninsula,
such as at Russian River. Kasilof,
Seldovia, and Katchemak Bay.
What we'd like ‘o pin down, is
any factual information about
the shipbuilding activities sup
nose;! to hav fik n place on
Resurrection Bay. our own har
bor. How about it. all you old
timers. or you younger folks
who may have heard, old-tlm rs
discussing this point’? Or. does
anyone know of a more detailed
story in print, than that of
Chevigny?
Now. a second call for in
formation . . . and this should
be a ld4,o easier. We’d like to
kn< v l ■ * i< ti about : 1 n ■
Lowells bomr■■ ’.he founding of
Seward, at d (2) something about
a cabin i n"!! by the Shackleford
intei - ’ of California,
on the v fie prior to
1902. Ot r f< tion is that
this cabin was built in connec
tion with the sk'a.kog in a gr ad
deal of iron pip, fr r a hydraulic
gold operation i' Cooper Creek,
some time before the Alaska
Central Railroad survey party
arrived on the site of Seward.
W. H. Whittlesey, writing
in the ‘ Pathfinder.’’ May, 1020,
tells of a cabin, built of redwood,
being on the Seward townsite,
in addition to the Lowell build
ings. at the time of arrival of the
survey party. Whittlesey him
self later occupied this cabin,
and it served as the first office
and headquarters for the first
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A gov
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Never a boy or girl lived who
did not some time in his life
wish for a pony of his own.
Seward kids are all excited over
the fulfillment of one boy’s
dream, with the arrival by train
Tuesday of “Nightcap,” a real
live horse.
Nightcap was a gift to
“Butch,” young son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Mann. The here: L;
the center of all attention these
days. All the cowboy suits, pis
tols, holsters, and “enough ropes
to tie up the Baranof,” accord
ing to Ross, have been broken
out so that his front yard looks
like a rodeo.
Everybody wants a ride. After
two days of turmoil, the Mann’s
have turned it over to Butch
for settlement. As a solution to
the problem of who will ride
first and how long, Butch is
J'orrrvnr a corporation. Hence
forth it will be ten cents a ride
around- the block 'a chip off the
old b 1 o e k?) and corporation
members are obligated to serve
as va’clunen over Nightcap.
Many of the young fry have
never seen a live horse before.
The last ones in Seward were
shipped out several years ago.
A local lawman had the first
ride, which was not too success
ful, according to his own story.
When making his early morning*
patrol he spotted a horse near
the dock, being heakled by a
pack of dogs. Not having heard
of Nightcap’s arrival, he could
not believe his eyes. Supposing
that the animal had broken
away from the yards while
awaiting shipment, the officer
attempted to catch her and tie
her up.
Securing a piece of rope, he
got close enough to throw him
self aboard, but having no .ex
perience cither as a cowboy or
a horseman, he missed his aim
when the horse shied away, and
landed lengthwise, high up on
her shoulders. Nightcap was
having none of this, and prompt
ly ended the indignity by drop
ping her head and sliding the
patrolman off into the dirt. She
then stepped on his hat and
took off with the now angry
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LIVING COST DIFFERENTIAL RESTORED
TO INTERIOR DEP T EMPLOYEES
Blood Typing Program
Ready To Start
Beginning next Tuesday the
general blood typing of all per
sons living in the Seward urea
will get underway.
Tuesday and Wednesday will
be devoted to the typing of
school children, at the school
building. The program for pre
school children from the age
of 3 years to school age and
adults will be finished up in
the last three days of the week,
Thursday throng li Saturday,
probably in the Civic Center
building. Hours for adults will
be 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m. Another two hour ses
sion from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday
and Saturday is expected to
complete the work.
Most other cities in the Ter
ritory have done blood typing
or are preparing for it. in line
with Civil Defense recommenda
tions being followed in the
States. It has been found a
common sense method of self
protection e i t h c r in war or
peace Firms.
Seward has had a rather pro
longed session of shots and im
munizations in the past eight
week-, to which the enl re pop
ulation has responded in amaz
ing numbers. This is to b Fie
last ot the long scries. At least,
no one has come forward with
a suggest:on of anything liiat
»:> *cft to be "shot lor.
Blood typing is a painless op
eration. A drop of blood is
.squeezed from a. pm prick in
the fingertip. From this drop,
every person's type can be
named and listed.
Mr. Fra k Pauls assistant
director Alaska Public. Health
Laboratories in Anchorage, will
arrive Monday to direct the
r i ogn.m. He will be assisted
by numbiis of tile fie .yard Reg
istered Rinses' Association, with
the entire Commercial class of
the high school and other vol
unteers doing the el rieal work.
It is hoped that every resident
of the city and area will sub
mit to the blood typing and
carry the information on his
person at all times.
An alarm at 8:45 Thursday
evening called the Fire Dep t to
the Bauer home at Third and B
Street. A chimney fire burned
itself out without damage to the
house.
Language eliminating the 25
per cent cost-of-living differen
tial to employees of the Interior
Department in the appropria
tions bill before the House last
week, was changed Wednesday
by a unanimous vote.
The hotly contested provision
in the Interior Department ap
propriations bill was inserted by
the appropriations committee. It
would prohibit payment of the
cost of living differential of 20
per cent in Hawaii and 25 per
cent in Alaska to Interior De
partment employees who were
residents of the territories, but
would be paid to persons trans
ferred from or employed in the
continental United States for
work in either Hawaii or Alaska.
Delegates Bartlett and Far
rington (Hawaii) were prepared
to argue that the provision was
discriminatory against territorial
residents.
The motion to strike out the
provision was made by Delegate
Bartlett, and accepted without
debate by Rep. Jackson (D.,
Wash.) speaking for the appro
priations committee. Consequent
ly the 25 per cent differential
to Int rior Department employ
ees in Alaska will be continued.
Ne More ' 5-Turn
By ?osteffba
Police warn that after next
Thursday they will issue traffic
tickets to drivers making a left
U rn to n rk in fro it of the Fed
eral Building.
The sid walk s to bo marked
for angle parking, which can be
approached from the north only.
C appro ich ng fro m th i
south, or turning off Adams
Street may park on the east side
of the street.
A patrolman v. i'i be stationed
at the corner to explain the reg
ulation to drivers on May 10.
Aft< r that da toi ’ill be
issued tickets for illegal parking.
“The order is issued to elim
inate some of the congestion oh
this corner at mail time,” Chief
of Police Greene stated today.
ANCHORAGE FIRM SUBMITS
LOW EID ON LOOP JOB
The*T. S Ramstad Company of
Anchorage submitted the low
bid on ihe re-routing of tracks
at the Loon. Fids were opened
in the office of P. A. Sharood,
chief engineer, ARR. Contracts
will net be awarded until care
ful study has been made of all
bids submitted.
Other bidders on the Loop
job were M P. M’inter Construc
tion Company, Seattle, with a
bid of $697,256.10: Morrison
Kiewit-BIrch Anchorage, $769,
C 6.5B- Stock & C rove. Anchor
ace. 8928.756.10; William A.
Smith Contracting Company,
Kansas City. Mr., $1,078,693.35.
The Prmstr.d bid was for $688,
069.32.
Revision of the Loop will
eliminate 1.1 miles of track, five
bridges, nne tunnel and a snow
shed, which will necessitate 2.2
miles of new construction.
Mrs. Ralph Reed returned
home on the SS Denali Wednes
day night. She has been Outside
for the winter. Mrs. Reed is li
brarian of the Community Li
brary which will soon reopen
after remodeling and enlarging
of its quarters.
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