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Seward
The Gateway City of Interior Alaska Since 1903.
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Only newspaper in the
world that gives a hoot
about Seward, Alaska.
Vol. IX, No. 51
SEWARD, ALASKA! FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1953
Price 10 Cents
Council and C. of C.
May Undertake
Dust Control Plan
Win Ervin, president of the
board of directors, Seward
Chamber of Commerce, threw a
bombshell into the meeting
Tuesday by proposing that the
city and Chamber of Commerce
undertake a dust control project
for the city.
Although he did not have all
the figures at the time, Mr. Ervin
was not unprepared with an
overall picture. The job can be
done, he says, for a maximum
of S10.000. The material to be
used is what is known in the
States as macadam. With city
employees doing the prelimin
ary work Third, Fourth and pos
sibly part of Fifth Avenues could
be covered with a 20 foot strip
of this paving and two or three
side streets could also be tin
eluded for the $10,000 figure.
The City Council had not
been approached on the matter
at the time of the Chamber
meeting, but the entire Council
is asked to meet in joint session
next Tuesday noon with the
Chamber of Commerce and all
interested business people to
discuss the project.
A. H. Gighlioni, director Al
aska Road Commission, can sup
ply the blacktopping and the
contractor now working on the
highway would supply the ma
chinery and labor for the roll
ing oi the lust layer, according
to the proposed plan. This me
thod oi paving has been found
most satisfactory on the Alaska
Highway, Mr. Ervin stated, and
will last for seven years under
hard usage.
If the city does not find itself
in a position to afford such a
project in its entirety this year,
opinions expressed at the meet
ing seemed to be in favor of
some kind of a popular subscrip
tion to get the work done and
stop the big dust problem now
confronting the residents of the
entire city.
The joint meeting of the City
Council and Chamber of Com
merce is scheduled for Tuesday,
June 23, at noon in the Chop
Suey House. All interested citi
zens are invited to join the dis
cussion.
Alaska Secret Trade
Item Reaches Neb.
While he was here with the
Seward, Nebraska basketball
team, Harold Davisson made a
bargain with Rev. Malin. He
was to trade some strictly Ne
braskan item for which he
would pay nothing, with Rev.
Malin, who would send him a
strictly Alaskan item which cost
him nothing.
Mr. Malin mailed a pair of
moose horns. When he received
the box, Davisson put it in a
store window, unopened, for
people to guess what was in the
box.
His trade article is still to be
received by Mr. Malin. When
it does come, it will be placed
in the window of Seward Hard
ware store, unopened, and peo
ple can guess what is in the
package. A prize will be offered
for the right guess.
Davisson is a trader from the
word go. The secret trade grew
out of his hobby for trading, but
Malin made the proposition.
Everybody is waiting now to see
what is in the Nebraska box.
FINANCIAL REPORT
ALASKA-NEBRASKA FUND
Receipts—
C. of C. Loan .S 500.00
Ticket Sales 1,286.50
Bill Jones Collection 225.CO
Total .S2.011.50
Expenditures—
Paid out Cash and
Check . 969.15
C. of C. Loan Repaid 500.00
$1,469.15
Balance on Hand
June 10, 1953 S 542.35
Obligated but not paid
Firemen, use of
Civic Center .S 111.00
New Bal. on Hand • $ 431.35
Note—
The committee gave the Ne
braska grouo S500 of the gate
receipts which will be repaid
out of gate receipts from next
year's games. This amounts to a
home-and-home guarantee.
Ace Marksman to
Demonstrate Ability
Here Wednesday
"Folks who like to shoot also
like to watch the other fellow
shoot,” says Ken Beegle, inter
nationally famous marksman
who will give a demonstration
of his shooting ability at Lowell
Canyon on Wednesday, June 24
at 7:30 p.m.
Beegle and his wife, Blanche,
make up one of Remington Arms
Company's shooting exhibition
teams. Their exhibition is re
plete with thrilling feats of
marksmanship which seem al
most impossible to the average
sportsman. He uses fourteen dif
ferent types of guns and is
equally proficient with rifle,
shotgun and pistol. His lecture
on proper and safe gun handling,
which runs throughout his ex
hibition, is one which every fa
ther should have iiis young son
hear.
“Every one who shoots is cur
ious about how the other fellow
does it and likes to try any
thing new in the shooting line.”
says Beegle. “Many of the fel
lows who watch me shool go
home with the 'If he can do it, so
can I' idea and start practicing
some of my shots. And they can
'do it,’ too.
Mr. and Mrs. Beegle are both
ardent lovers of the out-of-doors
and whenever they can get away
from their strenuous shooting
exhibition schedule, they like
nothing better than to take a
' busman's holiday” and go hunt
ing or fishing. They are just as
expert with rod and reel as
they are with gun and ammu
nition.
Preventative Care
ir Polio Epidemic
Should Strike Here
Information given by the De
partment of Health concerning
preventive measures when in
fantile paralysis is near, is re
peated here for the aid of par
ents.
If there is an epidemic of
polio or of any other contagious
diseases in your community, it
is a good rule to keep your child
out of crowds. Avoid the movies,
parties, picnics, crowded boats
and trains until the epidemic is
over.
Keep your child away from
homes where there is sickness
of any kind. If you have a yard,
let your child play in it. Do not
keep him away from tiie chil
dren he has been playing with
but do not mix the groups.
The general rules of health
are always important. Parents
should see to it that children
wash their hands before eating,
that they do not use public
towels or common drinking
cups. Train them to cover nose
and mouth wnen sneezing or
coughing, keep fingers out of
nose and mouth and to put no
thing in the mouth that has been
soiled in any degree by others.
He should have good food,
including milk and plenty of
water to drink. He should go to
bed early and have regular
bowel movements.
The child should have plenty
of rest. Avoid overtiredness and
chilling. Many cases of polio
have occurred after swimming
in cold water. Whether it is
the effect of chilling or contact
with crowds usually found
around swimming places is not
known.
It is desirable to keep the
house as clean as possible. Use
plenty of soap and water; fight
flies, mice, rats and other ver
min; and remember that fresh
air and sunlight are destroyers
of germs.
If your child has a fever,
vomiting and marked restless
ness, put him to bed promptly
and call your doctor. The child
may not have polio, but if he
does, the doctor may be able
to lessen the crippling after
effects which are the worst fea
ture of the disease, if he is call
ed before paralysis begins.
The Dept, of Health and Nurs
es Association have no desire to
alarm the people of Seward,
but they do feel that it is well
to alert the people to the possi
bility of the disease, even though
there have been no cases here
in recent years.
Fire Damages Bridge;
Halts Traffic Briefly
The Alaska Railroad bridge
at Mile 33 was slightly damaged
by fire Tuesday, June 1C. Bridge
crews and trainment fought the
blaze and the bridge was re
paired ready for traffic by the
next day.
The fire, cause of which was
at first unknown, was reported
later to have been caused by a
can of Sterno, commonly rec
ognized as “canned heat," which
was tossed out before being ex
tinguished.
The crew of train 27 slopped
to fight the fire when they
came upon it Tuesday. They
were unable to reach water bar
rels on the bridge, and were
forced to dip water from the
glacier stream under the struc
ture. Brick Porter was conduc
tor of No. 27; James Cone, en
gineer.
Because of the bridge damage
passengers on the boat train
were sent down by bus from An
chorage.
'Bill' Lund Dead of
Heart Attack
Willis Arthur (Bill) Lund,
operator of the Arrow Motor
Freight Line here for the past
few months, died suddenly last
Wednesday, June 17, of a heart
attack.
Mr. Lund complained early in
the day about not feeling well,
but said he had too much work
to do to quit and go home. He
was persuaded, however, at
about 10 o'clock to go home. He
lived in Hut 19, housing area.
His wife asked a neighbor to
call a doctor and the ambulance.
Upon arrival of the ambulance
the man was dead.
Lund was born in Portland,
Oregon, May 9. 1914. Ills wife
and a chdd lived here with him
for a few months. No further
information on the family was
available, as Mrs. Lund took the
body to Portland for burial,
leaving here on Thursday.
TEFN TOPICS
By Cindy
Pattic Bates left for Wiscon
sin June 14. Boy is she lucky!
She won't be back until school
starts.
It seems Jimmie Holbcn is
back for another summer. He
has been to Hill Naval Academy.
Sara Peck has a visitor. She
is Cindy Withers who lives in
Fairbanks. She will be here
until next Monday. Cindy lived
in Seward two years ago.
Poor Bruce Lewis! No swim
ming, no nothing! Bruce broke
his ankle and will be wearing a
cast for six weeks.
Laurel Lewis and Roberta
Hendrickson were initiated into
the Order of Rainbow for Girls
June 18. Congratulations, sisters.
Audney Horton just returned
from Palmer. She has been stay
ing with the Bacons.
Lura and Sara Peck went with
their parents on a fishing trio
last week. They went to Anchor
River. Henton's, and a couple
other popular places.
Judy Gerwer flew to Anchor
age June 5 for a return visit
with Robin Sanders. She got
home a few days ago. The way
she talks she really had a good
time!
That's all kids. See you next
week!
r.[ueb>rds Reach
Home After Bus
Change in Canada
The flurry of departure for
home which marked the send
off of tiie Bluebirds—Seward,
Nebraska’s basketball team, got
them off to a good start which
lasted as far as Dawson Creek.
This information was received
from Harold Davisson today.
Near Dawson Creek, B.C., the
bus broke down (somethin';
about gears.) Arrangements
were made in the Canadian city
for a Canadian bus to finish
the trip, which was done and on
schedule. Although Davisson did
not state the day of their ar
rival home, it is thought to have
been on Jiuie 13 or 14.
Newspapers in other Nebras
kan cities used whole page dis
plays of pictures taken along the
way.
Unidentified Man
Rescued From
Mtn. By Stickman
A preview of the famous Mt.
Marathon race was watched by
numerous Sewardites today as
Don Stickman, winner of the
last two races, rescued a man
from the cliff on the south face
of the mountain.
First reports brought to town
were that two boys and a dog
were stranded on the peak.
After watching for more than
an hour, people'decided that one
of the fellows must be hurt, as
the figures stayed so long at one
place at the foot of a slide.
Don Stickman and John Cole
man went in Stickman’s plane
to reeonnoiter the moutain. By
this time, only one person could
be seen. The man did not seem
to be hurt, but did not move
away, so that the flyers felt that
something must be wrong.
At a little after noon the two
men started up the mountain
toward the man. Several others
from town had decided also that
something was wrong and start
ed up the long climb. They met
one of the men who had caused
all the excitement, coming down.
This man—name unknown—said
that his companion was not hurt
but frightened.
Stickman went on up to the
man, who had slipped on the
cliff and could not bring him
self to move. He talked with him
and after some time was able
to persuade him to move along
the edge of the cliff with him
to safety. Stickman said that
the man was so numbed with
fright that lie was actually par
alyzed and could not remove
his own shoes, and could do
nothing but cling to the rocks.
After some time they could
be seen moving gradually across
tiie lace of the rock. Stickman
Helping and encouraging the
stricken man, and both return
ed safely about 2:30.
There is no reason to feel
shame becaust one is beaten by
Mt. Marathon. It is steep and
dangerous to people not used
to climbing. V. atchers breathed
a sigh of relief to see the rescue,
which was just as much of a
rescue as if the man had broken
his legs.
Incidentally, Stickman had his
workout for the day even though
it was in a way he had not
planned.
The two unknown climbers
were said to be strangers in
town, one of them recently from
Florida. They were not, as one
report said, intending to enter
the race. Race entries may, and
do. prospect the trail before the
day of the race, but townspeople
can usually tell if a person is
in trouble or just resting. They
often have to go to the rescue
of inexperienced climbers who
are challenged by the mountain.
P.O. Box Resit Boost
First m 46 Years
The first advance in post of
fice box rentals since 1907 goes
into effect July 1. Orders have
been received by Postmaster
Clarence Larsen directing him
to place a new schedule ox box
rents into effect. The same or
der was received by all post
masters.
The basic schedule now in ef
fect has not changed in 40 years
and the increased charges are
made to conform with the in
creased cost of providing the
equipment and maintaining serv
ice.
Changes of rents for Seward
post office boxes are: From $.60
to $1.10; $.75 to $1.50; $1.00 to
$2.25.
Bureau of Infernal
Revenue Vacancy
In an effort to obtain a larger
number of qualified competitors,
the Eleventh Reg:onal Office of
the U.S. Civil Service Commis
sion at Seattle, Washington, an
nounced this week it is extend
ing until June 30, 1953, the
deadline for receipt of applica
tions to fill the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue vacancy in the
position of assistant director of
Internal Revenue at Tacoma,
Washington.
Further information and ap
plication forms are available at
the Regional Office, or at First
and Second-class post offices.
Have you noticed the new
front on the Mart? Spiffy is
the word for it.
Offer Reward for
Property Damagers
The chief of police is offering
a reward of $25 for information
leading to the arrest and con
viction of the person or persons
who damaged city equipment
June 13 or 14 by shooting.
- Two large pieces of mobile
equipment, a scoopmobile and a
caterpillar, were found riddled
with bullets of .22 and larger
caliber. This costs the city tax
payers a great deal of money in
repairs at a time when every
cent is needed, authorities state.
The machinery was parked
over the weekend at the moutli
of Lowell Canyon, which is now
included in the city water sup
ply system.
From this time forward, the
water supply system will be
posted, and all unauthorized
persons must keep out. This
includes Lowell Canyon, Mara
thon Mountain, Rudolph Creek,
and Japp Creek. The watershed
of any community is well pro
tected by law, and violation of
restrictions is well covered with
heavy penalties to protect the
community against pollution and
damage.
Reporter's
Notebook
Don't forget the big dance
Wednesday night. It has been
said that no one wants to dance
in Seward in the middle of the
week. Don't know why that
would make any difference.
There will be live music, and
we mean LIVE!
The dance will start after the
shooting demonstration in Low
ell Canyon. Everybody v.ill be
out then anyway, so why not
drop in to the dance. It is the
4th of July benefit dance to
help clear up some of last year’s
deficit.
Mother of Mrs. Charles Malin,
Mrs. Lloyd Mounts of Reading,
Pa., and Mrs. Matin's aunt, Mrs.
Ralph Fulmer, of Hendricks.
Pa., arrived on the Baranof this
week. They will spend the rest
of the month with the Malins
and depart July 9.
The new air-raid siren ar
rived in town this week. It is
said to be too big to mount on
any building in town, so it
hasn't yet been decided what
to do with it. If it is as big as
the one sent to Anchorage, it
can be heard for 30 miles. Might
be a good thing at that!
Mrs. Dorothy Tyner, attor
ney from Anchorage, is open
ing a law office in Seward this
week.
Paul McMullen is back from
Whitman College for a short va
cation.
Camera fans were busy early
this week photographing the
snowman on Marathon. Snow
melted forming an almost per
fect figure of a man striding
across the trail on the east face
of the mountain.
Warnings are out on fire
works. Remember that it is now
unlawful to sell, possess or bar
ter fireworks.
Pat Bogan and family got
back home last Sunday. They
were Outside for several weeks.
Must have found almost as much
sunshine as we had right here
at home—all tanned up.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Coble and
family are planning to move to
Kodiak very soon. Mr. Coble is
a house painter.
Royce Hall, Dianne, Susan and
Harry D. arrived in Seward
early Thursday morning from
California. They will spend the
rest of the summer here. Their
visit was delayed by a case of
measles, but they got into An
chorage last night r.nd were met
by Seward friends who brought
them here.
Mrs. Hall is the wife of Maj.
Harry D. Hall, a member of the
police dennrtment here who was
killed when his plane crashed
last September.
NURSES EXAM. BOARD
ANNOUNCES EXAMINATION
The Alaska Nurses Examining
Board announces a written ex
amhiation for registering and
licensing of professional and
practical nurses will be held in
Anchorage July 18 and 19.
Applications should be made
to the Executive Secretary, Box
714, Seward.
Military Authorities
Here To Confer On
Freight Handling
Marathon Runners
Getting in Shape
For Big Event
Don Stickman returned to
Seward Wednesday to begin
training for his third shot at
the Mt. Marathon Race title.
He won in 1951 and last year,
forcing Hatch into second place.
Ralph Hatch has also been
getting into shape. He has high
hopes of recapturing the title
which he held for five straight
years before losing to Stickman
in ’51.
Harold Walker, the Kansan
coach and sandrunner, has also
returned, but is living in Hope.
It is not known yet whether
he intends to try the climb again.
Walker made third place the
last two years.
There is no indication to date
as to how many entries will be
on hand for the unusual race
to the top of Marathon moun
tain and back. Entries usually
are placed at the last possible
moment.
The usual regulations includ
ing a physical examination and
excluding men under 18 years
of age will govern this year's
running.
Tickets are on sale which will
permit watchers to guess the
time down to a tenth of a sec
ond this year. No guaranteed
prize is being offered to run
ners. They will split the purse
on the ratio of $1000, $500 and
$250. The Committee has not
indicated any award for runners
returning to the finish line
under 90 minutes as was done
last year. It is assumed, how
ever, that this prize will be
eliminated as 18 contestants
made that time last year.
Snow slides on Marathon dur
ing the winter may have chang
ed the mountain somewhat,
making a possible change in
running time. The big slide in
Lowell Canyon, especially, has
filled the approach to the trail,
any may force climbers to find
a new course. It is a case of
every man for himself, in climb
ing and in choosing his own
course.
Populace Urged to
Welcome Visitors
Governor B. Frank Heintzle
man pledged his wholehearted
support of the tourist industry
in a recent meeting at the Gov
ernor s ollice with Alaska Visi
tors Association officials.
The delegation headed by Ed
ward Coffey, president of the
Association, informed the Gov
ernor that the AVA advertising
and publicity campaign had gen
erated thousands of requests for
Alasitan vacation information
and that present bookings indi
cated that the Territory could
expect double the number of
visitors who made the trip last
year.
James Beard, membership di
rector said after the meeting
that the Governor had been in
formed that the Association in
addition to building up its mem
bership list, would direct its
efforts for the rest of the season
toward making every visitor
personally welcome in the Ter
ritory.
Beard said that the tourist
promotion campaign during the
winter had promised the vaca
tion of a lifetime and that the
Association intended to live up
to that promise.
He stressed that membership
in the Association is open to
individual Alaskans as well as
business firms and asked that
everyone make an • extra effort
this summer to prove to the visi
tors that Alaska is really the
land where hospitality comes
First.
COASTWISE ANNOUNCES
FREIGHT SCHEDULE
Coastwise Line announced its
summer sailing freight schedule
between Pacific Northwest and
Alaska.
The SS North Beacon goes on
berth in Portland June 16 and
sails June 19. She arrives in
Seattle June 21 and sails June
25, arriving in Alaska June 30.
The SS North Beacon will be
followed by the SS John W.
Burgess, SS Seafair and other
vessels at eight day intervals.
Sailing dates will be announced.
The loss by fire of the multi
million-dollar port facilities of
Whittier Wednesday night will
throw the bulk of military ship
ments and the commercial car
goes ordinarly going into that
port, into the Seward port, it
was announced here Thursday.
Military authorities from the
Alaskan Command were in town
early to arrange for cooperation
of The Alaska Railroad and
Northern Stevedoring Company
to handle the sudden increase
of freight.
Although no specific state
ment was made to the press, it
is understood here that freight
will be handled by local long
shoremen as long as possible.
There will be no movement of
the Port Company of the Army
from Whittier to Seward unless
labor disputes should occur here
among the unions. In such case,
the probability is that the Whit
tier Port Company would be
moved into Seward.
Some shipping is being divert
ed to Anchorage and Valdez,
but the great bulk of it is ex
pected to be moved through the
port of Seward.
Many men are converging
upon this city in the last two
days, hoping for work from the
expected increase under emer
gency conditions.
Washington
News-Letter
By Mary Lee Council
ASSESSMENT WORK
Although, according to many
members of Congress, the chanc
es for passage appear slim at
this time, Mrs. Gracie Pfost,
member of the House from
Idaho, has introduced legislation
seeking a three-month extension
to the present mining assess
ment work year and a perma
nent change so that an assess
ment year would run from Oc
tober 1 of one year to October 1
of the following year.
At the present time, the span
of an assessment year extends
from one July 1 to the next
July 1, and unless legislation
like that sought by the Idaho
representative is enacted the
present year's requirement for
assessment work on unpatenied
mining claims in Alaska and
the rest of the country will have
to be fulfilled in less than two
weeks.
ALASKA SHIPPING RATES
The Federal Maritime Board
announced this week that two
tariffs have been filed by trans
portation companies affecting
shipment of goods to and from
Alaska.
The North American Van
Lines, Inc., according to infor
mation given Delegate Bartlett,
has filed, effective July 9, a
supplement to its tariff whereby
rates on uncrated household
goods would be increased, as
follows: From Fairbanks to Se
attle, from $12 to $16 per 100
pounds; and from Anchorage to
Seattle, from $10 to $16 per
100 pounds.
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany has consolidated its pro
portional rates into one tariff
tor through rates in Alaska by
truck and The Alaska Rail
road, effective July 1. "The car
rier reports," the Board inform
ed Delegate Bartlett, "that in
consolidating the rates for these
two competing transportation
services in one tariff it will
accomplish a publication of pro
portional rates that will be iden
tical for rail or truck beyond
tidewater and relieve any feel
ing that one or the other form
of transportation has any pref
erence so far as the ocean rates
are concerned." The rales pub
lished are in connection with Al
aska truck operations between
Seattle and Tacoma, Washing
ton, via Seward or Valdes, and
ocean proportions are applica
ble in connection with through
rates between Seattle or Tacoma
and stations on The Alaska Rail
road via Seward.
“This tariff,” the Board stat
ed, “involves changes that re
sult in some instances in reduc
tions and in others in increases
compared with the former truck
proportional rates of the Alaska
Steamship Company’s division
of the joint through rates with
The Alaska Railroad.”
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