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Vol. VIII. No. liti
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 7. 1952
Price 10 Cents
Sewardites Watch
Wild Goats Start
Plane Ride To Kodiak
A number ol' Sown relit os
watched as two wild goats, a
large billy and a kid, were pul
aboard the black and orange
plane bearing Fish & Wildlife
Service insignia Sunday after
noon.
The goats were captur d alive
by Marlin Goreson of this city in
response to an offer of $350 each
for as many as can be captured
to stock the island of Kodiak.
Goreson said that he makes a
scries of nylon snares across a
well worn goat trail. He then
proceeds with his helpers to
round up the goats and drive
them across the trail. l'us
sounds relatively simple, until
one surveys the heights io wnicn
these moan.am d. nize is climb,
and the wild, craggy chibs they
i'avur as grazing grounds.
The capture is so diifiduil that
although the F&W S has had a
standing order for the past three
years, Goreson is saui io be the
first in this locality to accomp
lish the seemingly impossible
feat of capturing wild goats
alive.
Goreson said that as soon as
one grasps the horns of a wild
goat, the animal immediately
goes into a state res tabling
faint. Whether it is real or a sort
of possum playing, he doesn't
know. but it does make their
capture and transportation a lit
tle easier once tire hunti r can
lay hands on tire beautiful ani
mal.
Goreson intends to continue
his hunting until ire- has supplied
the needs of the Wildlife Service.
Jesse Lee Moopstars
Feted A it Dinner
The victorious basketball team
of the Jesse Lee Home was fet; d
Thursday night at a dinner held
at Harding's.
Thirty-two townspeople enter
tained and honored the boys
who, in their first season of play
won seven of the eight games
played against the combined
seventh and eighth grade public
school team. Jesse Lee boys are
all small in stature, but very fast
and able players under the
coaching of Rev. Charles Matin
of the Seward Memorial Metho
dist Church.
All preliminary games before
the int. rscholast ic bouts held in
Seward this year were played
by tiie J-sse Lee Home public
school combination. Tno gymna
sium was alw 'vs crowded to see
these very popular games. The
Jess. Lee boys are so small that
it was not possible to get suits
for some of them, but their dis
play of teamwork and absorp
tion in the game was a joy to be
hold.
Three items at the dinn r
seemed to create enthusiasm
among the Jesse Lee players.
They were lace tablecloths, being
waited on, and all th; ice cream
they could cat. It was something
new for Jesse Lee children to be
waited on at the table, and they
enjoyed it to the full.
The dinner was arranged by
Rev. Mai in.
BARR FILES SUIT AGAINST
CITY OF SEWARD
Howard E. Barr, former man
f ager of Seward Housing Area,
filed a labor lien against the
Housing Area and City of Sew
ard as owner, with the US.
Commissioner here Thursday,
March 6. The lien is for approxi
mately $5000.
Barr was dismissed as man
ager tliis week. His claims for
overtime arc being disputed by
Mayor Lanier and the Cilv Coun
cil.
Alaska Health Dep't
Warns Of Typhoid
Typhoid disease has again ap
peared in tin1 Territory, accord
ing to the Alaska Departm nt of
1 teaIt'n reports. The most recent
e. e occurred at Akiik daring
January.
■•There must he a continual
awareness of the seriousness in
volved in the spreadng of this
disease on the part of people in
Alaska," states Dr. Rob.rt L.
Smith. Assistant Commissioner
of Health. “Insanitary water sup
plies and personal and com
munity uncleanliness help bring
about typhoid fev< r. The danger
of a carrier having the disease
and spreading it to others is al
ways pres nt." The Department
of Health recommends that
where the source of drinking and
washing water is questionable,
water should be boiled or treat
ed with chlorine before it is
used.
It is requested that all people
who have had typhoid in the past
gel rechecked by ill T own doc
tor or contact Health D part
rnenl authorities.
V" th;_' res ‘.'nation of Mrs.
LaPreal Bio, D. nartmont of
Health Public Health Nurse in
Si ward, the city is left without
a representative of th Depart
ment. There has been no v’ckc.i
lion to date as to a replacement
for Mrs. Bie in Seward.
Dr. R. O. Sellers, city health
off it r, stated toda\ that be
cam of the faithful follow-up
on the typhoid immunization
program held here last year,
that lie has little fear of the
disease occurrence in Seward.
To re is more danger, he said,
of iutlying areas being afiketed
because of poor drainage and
sanitary arrangements.
If it should become advisable
to boil drinking water in Sew
ard, the people will be notified
by city authorities.
C. OF C. TO HONOR SEWARD
SEA HAWKS AND COACH
Seward's basketball team, the
Sea Hawks, and the coach. Don
Dalbcrg, are to be honored at a
banquet on Thursday evening.
March 27, at Harding's, spon
sored by the Chamber of Com
merce.
“Seward is very pro.id of its
boys, v. no ar. hauu. lt Cham
pions for the second time in tlm o
years.' stated Vice Preside nt llai
Giliilen. who presi a J at this
week s nveimg. Secretary Malm
and Hinie \\ erner wire unpoint
ed a committee to make an mde
ments for the dinner.
Individual gifts will be pre
sented to the 10 boys during the
affair. Reservations must be
made with Phil Harding by those
wishing to atl md the dinner. It
will be limited to 50 guests.
ALL AIRMEN MUST HAVE
IDENTIFICATION CARDS
Ail airmen, including pilots,
mechanics and others, must hav
their identification cards on their
person at all times while per
forming their duties, Charles >
Horne, Administrator of Civil
Aeronautics, warned this week.
CAA Aviation Safety Agents
in the field have begun more spe
cific checking on this require
ment, and the Administrator
urges all airmen to comply with
the law to avoid being cited for
violation. Agents will ask to see
the airman's certificate, his med
ical certificate where required
and his special identification
card, recently requred by the
CAB at the request of the mili
tary authorities. If a p rson is
performing airman duties with
out the proper proof of his quali
fications on his person, he will
be cited for a violation which
may involve a fine.
A.fLR. Freight Tariff
Revisions Pending,
Hearing Soon
Colonel J. P. Johnson, Gener
al Manager of The Alaska Rail
road, announced tills week that
informal public meetings will
soon be held lor the purpose of
informing shippers and all other
interested parties concerning im
p.nding revisions of the Rail
load’s freight tariffs. These re
visions are entirely apart and
separate from the increases put
into effect on March 1 by the
ocean carriers and will, in most
cases, rc-ult in decreases in rat -■
on traffic from Pacific Coast
ports to railbell stations on traf
fic moving hrnugh the Port oi
Seward. Public meetings will be
hi id in Anchorage and in Fair
banks.
The dates of these meetings
will be s t within a very few
days and a summary of the new
rate schedules v. ill be widely
distributed to shippers, civic
groups, and the press in advance
of the meetings
Advance ‘‘poof copies of lit
new tariffs u be available for
di: tidbution in bruited quantities
at the time of the meetings.
I olonel Join . >u said that the
new tariffs ..ill cow'd inequi
th.-j u\iuuing m . y of liiii.M1 d..
cussed in the Thoron report pub
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Juneau- The Oldie of Price
Stabilization this week an
nounced settler i»i of an or:
i'orcemcnt action involving two
Juneau liquor stores for over
charges on beer sales. Settlement
was for S116.0(1, repr senting the
amount of overcharge, plus a 50
per cent penalty.
The violation consisted of
failure to maintain dollar and
c mt markups in effect during
ttic base period (December 19,
1950 .January 2(1. 1951), as re
(|ii:r d by Ceiling Price Regula
tion 9. accordng to Fred G. Han
ford, Terri-.or al OPS director.
The overcharge, averaging 13.5
cents a case, totaled $77.97.
The OPS explained that pay
ment of one and one half time.
the amount of the overcharges
wa> occ'rptcl beenus only negli
gence and not wilful intent wa ;
evident in the case. Pe nil-ties
may be assessed up to three
times the amount of the ov r
char e.
"While cooperation by Alaska
linns in the price stabilization
program in general has been
good.” Hanford said, ‘several
reports of violation are 1) ing in
vestigated and coirmlianee sur
veys in several industries are
now under way.”
O.E.S. ENTERTAINED BY
ANCHORAGE CHAPTER
About 30 me ibers r" S ward
Chapter, Order " " .stern . '.«r,
were onterlained by the Anchor
ag chanter in Anchorage last
Monday night. Tlie trio was
made by automobile from Sew
ard, leaving here early Monday
and returning the next day.
Comments from the local
group were to the effect that the
trip over the highway was beau
tiful and th roads in good con
dition. Thov also highly praise
the Anchorage chapter’s recep
tion and hospitality during their
stay.
BAN CANADIAN MEATS
Following the discovery of
hoof-and-mouth disease among
cattle in Saskatchewan, Canada,
the Alaska commissioner of ag
riculture has been instructed to
enforce regulations governing
importing of animals and meat.
Aviaiion Safety
Discussions
D. M. Grelzer
for
The Office of Aviaiion Safely
ARCTIC SURVIVAL AND
PRECAUTIONS—Confirmed
Care of Self
(i. If lire pots or gas stoves
are used to cook or warm up. it
should be renumbered that car
bon monoxide is a by-product of
combustion, and that the gas is
colorless and odorless. Proper
ventilation must be obtained. A
person's tolerance tor “.dutii
ness ' is no gauge whatever of
the carbon monoxide content of
the air.
7. One person may lr tze to
death in the same place with the
same equipment and und( r tne
same conditions as another per
son, who may suffer only mild
diseomi >rt. There may be sev
( ral contributing factors, but
these facts should be born, m
mind:
(a) Clothing does n o 1 give
warmth, no matter how much is
worn. Clothing merely serves to
keep tlm body heat close to a
tolerable minimum.
Oh Exhaustion of the body also
exhausts its heat reserve. No
amount of clothing will compen
this in the long run.
(c) Food, rich in fats or starches,
is m cessaiy ior a prolonged . .ay
in the cold. In the absence of
such foods, physical effort should
be reduced to the minimum
necessary to provide b o el y
warmth.
<d) When shelt r an dclothing
are nadequate to provide ? mg
rest spells and sleep, careful ap
portioning of exercise and rest
are essential. SI . t o and rest arc
necessary. They are not to be
feared so long as a person is not
exhausted.
A moderate amount oi exer
cise may permit a half hour or
mor. of rest a rsleep before be
coming uncomfortably cold. If
one is but normally tired, the
discomfort of the cold will
awaken him to the wish for more
exercise.
A program of rest and exer
cise can be continued with safe
ty far longer than any att.mpt
to "walk in circles to keep
awake;” the latter i; followed by
exhaustion, and fatal sc.. >.
Sweating mould b' avoids- 1.
(c) If a person is where he can
build a lire, the consumnt.on of
food and water will be no prob
lem. However, there are many
places where a fire cannot be
b u i Lt.
(To be continued.)
Psre Does Damage To
tfhur Aparhneirt
An early morning fire Thurs
day. March (b seriously damaged
the second floor apartment in
the Muir building on Second
Avenue.
The apartm nt was just being
finished for occupancy by Mr.
Muir. Floors, sanded and var
nished the day before the fire,
were the last to be finished be
fore moving in. Cause of the fire
which was discovered by a
passerby, is thought to have been
caused by spontaneous combus
tion from shavings and oily rags
left in the apartment.
Firemen responded to the
alarm at (? a.m. Water pressure
in city mains was not sufficient
to reach the second floor, and it
was necessary to hook into the
s ilt water line on Fourth Ave
nue.
The garage below the apart
ment houses equipment of the
Bay City Construction Company,
of which Mr. Muir is a partner.
Director of Aviation
^Vcrns Piiots Of
Snow In Airplanes
Tony Schwarrtm, Director ot
Aviation, Territory o£ Alaska,
sends out the following caution
Lo aircraft owners and pilots:
Accumulation of snow in con
trol surfaces and fuselage of air
craft—subj - ct.
Our attention has been called
to what might he a serious situ
ation in cases where aircraft are
stored out of doors subject to
winds and drifting snow. On
one field where several Cessnas
were tied clown outside, it was
discovered tiuwt the tail surface
had filled up with fine snow
blown in through openings in
the corrugated trailing edges and
the extreme rear porta s* of the
fuselage was full of snow and
ice.
Fortunately tins condition was
discovered prior to any attempt
lo fly tin' areraft, and it was esti
mated that there was approxi
mately 40 pounds of ice and
snow in these areas, which, no
doubt would have presented a
serious hazard to flight.
Prominent Methodists
To Visit Seward
March 16-23
A. S. Mertz. Rochester. X.Y..
a member of the Board of Direct
ors of the General Ice Cream
Corp., and a prominent Metho
dist lay leader, and the Rev. Wil
liam 11. Anderman. Chester. Pa.,
will be in Seward March 16-23
to participate in t he Metho
dist “Visitation Evangelism Cru
sade.”
The Crusade, which is being
held in all communities in Alas
ka where the re are Methodist
churches, is expected to double
membership in the church in the
Territory. Eighteen prominent
Methodist ministers and laymen
are being flown to points
throughout Alaska for a week of
intensiv. recruitment for the
church. Sponsors are Dr. P. Gor
don Gould. Board of Missions
and Church Extension: Dr. Har
ry Denman. Board of Evangel
ism, and Bishop Gerald Ken
nedy. Portland, Oregon.
Mr. Mcrtz is a past director of
the Rochester Chamber of C >m
merce and past president and
now director of the Roches! r
Convention and Publicity Bu
reau. He is also a director of the
lv-.Chester Y.M.C.A. and Salva
tion Army and president of the
Shrine Lunch Club. Holder of a
number of important church- oi
iices. he is delegate to Method
ism's g neral confr. rence to be
held in San Francisco, Calif.,
this spring.
Host pastor in Seward is the
Rev. Charles Malin.
RED CROSS MAPS FUND
CAMPAIGN FOR '52
Jay Stauter, fund campaign
chairman for Seward Chapter,
American Red Cross, met with
members of the executive board
Tuesday night at the home of
Rev. Charles Malin. Chapter
chairman.
Plans were discussed to con
duct the fund campaign in Sew
ard in such a way as to prevent
overwork by any one person or
group, “Unless,” Mr. Stauter
rr.id, “it is myself.”
SAM ROMACH TAKES
VACATION
Sam Romaeh, owner of Tony's
and the Seward Bar. was to
leave this week for his first va
cation Outside in 21 years.
Mr. Romaeh plans to travel
the mid-West States and the
southern route to California,
then back up the West Coast. He
will be back in about six weeks.