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he Gateway City of Interior Alaska Since 1903.
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III. No. 23
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUG. 24, 1951
Price 10 cents
eneral James Van Fleet Says
r\
Story of
WARD
By Jay Sfauler
XVI
SEWARD'S
PUBLIC UTILITIES
ring the past year, Sew
Public Utilities have
ht forth a lot of discussion,
of it unfavorable. Per
the simplest and most ac
e way to summarize this
ssion is to state that our
i d 1 y-growing 49-year-old
has had excellent public
ies from the very early
but that present facilities
^coming outgrown and ob
Icent. Yet we can point out,
[dly and truthfully, that few
a towns of any size had,
|have now, water, light,
r, sewer systems, and so
, to compare with Seward's,
anks, for instance, still has
unicipal water supply,
e has no sewage, system,
king water is still sold
tank trucks, door to door,
|everal Alaska towns. Until
recently, Anchorage power
to be rationed during the
.er months, with shutoffs
n hour each evening being
on occurrences. So, com
tively speaking, we re not
d off at all.
;ain, the difference between,
lard and most other Alaska
|s, was that Seward was
ned to be a city from the
, while the typical Alaska
started as a gold camp—a
ce accumulation of tents,
ks and bars.
ward's first water system
modest but apparently ei
ve, and was built by the Bal
ls. Utilizing a small stream
ing from the rocks near the
e where the Resurrection
Company cannery now
ds, water was piped around
beach to the main street,
Avenue. Others got their
ir by the bucketfull from
ell Creek and from various
lller sources that have now
ppeared. So the matter stood
904.
|ut the Ballaines were soon
ave competition in the water
ness from John Nelson and
|brother, who started another
:r system, apparently utiliz
the waters of Lowell Creek.
Nelson acquired other water
ts too, some of which are
included in the present
r distribution system. (More
t this in a later chapter.!
the matter of electricity,
e was certainly little de
in modernizing the tiny town
eward. Richard Butler ac
ed a piece of property from
k Ballaine early in 1905.
e real estate was acquired
Butler and his wife Vera,
g business as Butler and
pany. On December 11, 1905
er and Company transi'er
its downtown property and
ain water rights to the Sew
Light and Power Company,
ted at 7th and Jefferson,
icipal parties in the Seward
it and Power Company were
and Mrs. Richard Butler:
luel M. and Elizabeth H
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Moose Pass
Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Black
and daughter. Mary Ann, are
new-comers to Moose Pass from
Washington. They have purchas
ed the George Lindsey home.
Mary Ann will be in the third
grade this fall. Mr. Black is em
ployed with Lytle and Green.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Elliot of
Canyonville, Ore., are visiting
with their son and his family,
Rev. and Mrs. Gene Elliot. Mr.
Elliot is water superintendant
in his home town. Mr. and Mrs.
Underhill and their two chil
dren are also guests of the Gene
Elliots. Mr. Underhill is the
agricultural instructor for the
veterans in Forest Grove Ore
gon. Mrs. Underhill is Rev. El
liot s sister. Both families arriv
ed by boat August 2 and plan
to return by air. They have in
cluded clam digging and fishing
with their summer activities.
Mr. and Mrs. £. R. May have
recently moved to Moose Pass.
They are living in the Howard
Campbell house. Mr. May is em
ployed by Manson-Osberg-Kal
vorson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wnitaf;-r
were among those present at the
rifle match held at Cooper Land
ing August 12.
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Waugh ar
rived in Moose- Pass this week.
Mrs. Waugh will take up her
duties as teacher when school
opens. Last year she taught at
Hope. Mr. Waugh is a licensed
guide. They sp.nt the summer
fishing and recently returned
from Anchor Point. They were
accompanied by their son Dan.
Mrs. Oscar Christenson plans
to leave in the near future to
take up her duties as teacher at
Galena. She will fly to Gaiena
via McGrath.
Mr. Gust “Blackie” Droses is
the newest businessman in our
community. He has a parking
lot for cars on his property near
the railroad station.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Foster and
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Wolfe w^re
recent visitors to Anchorage.
Mr. Merle Reed received word
of the death of his uncle, Mr.
Joseph Schmitz, in Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hielo have
had several visitors recentlv.
Mrs. Sylvia Ringstcd of Fair
banks stopped to visit before re
turning to her home after a trip
to England and South .Africa.
She and Mrs. Hielo were friends
Hielo s daughter and her four
twenty years ago in Hope. Mrs.
children from Fairbanks are
also in Moose Pass for a short
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Whitaker
drove to Portage last Sunday,
then took the train to Anchor
age and returned to Moose Pass
that evening.
Private Lewis Soper was home
on a pass last week from Big
Delta. While visiting with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
Soper, his sister and brother-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cour
sen. and their two daughters,
Mary and Janet, of Kenai also
came for a visit so it was a real
family reunion.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep.
Brooks (D-La) called today for
use of the atomic bomb in Kor
ea if the Communists definitely
end the Kaesong cease-fire talks.
Longshore Unions
Call Strike For
12:01 Midnight
BULLETIN
A committee of longshoremen
met this afternoon to make a de
cision on whether the strike
would come off as scheduled.
The meeting was over at about
3:30 with no definite decision
made. A special meeting is called
for seven o'clock this evening,
and information given out is that
a definite decison will be an
nounced by nine o'clock, as to
whether the strike will remain
as scheduled or an extension of
time allowed.
A simple one sentence state
ment to the Northern Stevedor
ing and Handling Company an
nounced the decision of both
longshore unions in this port to
call a strike at 12:01 tonight,
August 24. No grievances were
listed in this statement.
No statement could be obtain
ed from either the stevedoring
company or the railroad except
to the effect that since the In
ternational Longshoreman’s Un
ion has signed contracts and a
greements with the company, the
local unions should take up their
dispute with their parent body.
Th)e strike is an illegal one,
according to the opinion of a
spokesman for the Northern
Stevedoring and Handling Com
pany in Anchorage.
Both unions met at 2:00 p. m.
today, but at press time there
had been no statement as to any
decision reached.
It has been tne custom as a
matter of courtesy, an Alaska
Railroad officer stated, to con
tinue the unloading of any ship
in port at the time a strike is
called, but the railroad has been
served a flat refusal to continue
work on ships in port tonight.
F.W.S., Moose Work
To "Balance Nature"
CORDOVA. ALASKA (AP) —
Six bull moose of a transplant
ed herd near here have a fight
ing chanc; for a happier future.
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service has brought them one
of the nicest presents a bunch
of bull moose ever received
from a beneficent government.
I‘s a lady moose.
For a year, the herd rollcall
has included six bulls and a
bell'. It wasn’t considered a
happy situation from either the
standpoint of the gentlemen
moose cr the government agents
The latter are interested in keep
a “balance of nature” in Alaska.
Roughly speaking, that’s about
what the bull moose are inter
ested in, too.
The experts say lady moose
don’t believe in bigamy.
The new feminine addition to
the herd arrived in the best of
modern transport—an airplane.
To keep her company cn the
flight—and possibly to bolster
her courage for the experience
—a bull moose was assigned to
fly with her.
The lady was willing. She
walked right into the plane. It
took four struggling men to
push the timid male in with her.
The plane landed safely with
the herd additions. Of course,
it means there is now an extra
male, which is sort of a haul
ing coals to Newcastle preposi
tion. but the percentage is bet
ter. Wildlife Agent Holger Lar
sen predicts the competition is
going to be terrific.
WORKMAN SEVERELY
INJURED ON DOCK
Dillard Thompson was severe
ly injured by a cutting tool while
at work on the Army dock this
morning. Thompson is employed
by the Denali Construction Com
pany repairing the dock for use
by the ARR.
Gov. Dewey Now
Experienced Fisheman
KETCHIKAN (AP) — Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey of New York
tangied with Alaska’s famed
fighting salmon yesterday and
had a one out of four batting
average.
The Governor was the first in
the party to land one of the
silver beauties, a 14-pounder.
He hooked three others but they,
like the presidency, were the
big ones that got away.
The Governor's secretary, Paul
Lockwood, landed two. He also
lost one of about 35 pounds.
Capt. E. M. Galvin of the New
York State Police and Ray Borst
of The Buffalo Evening News
each caught 12-pounders.
Governor Dewey had expect
ed to be a spectator only, but
members of the party said he
became an enthusiastic fisher
man aft.r landing the first one
in 15 minutes.
The Governor was to address
a Chamber of Commerce session
in Juneau today.
U. I. BENEFIT PAYMENTS
DOWN FROM JUNE
The unemployment insurance
payments for the month of July
were $72,390. a decrease of 50.1
per cent from the previous
month, according to a report re
leased today by the Territorial
Employment Security Commis
sion. June's total was $145,031.
These figures include depend
ents' allowances of $4946 for
July, a decrease of 55.3 per cent
from the $9,616 total for June.
According to John T. Mc
Laughlin, Acting Executive Di
rector, payments for the seven
month period ending July 31, are
less than half of those paid out
during the same period last
year; the totals being $1,414,859
compared with $2,843,223.
TOYKO (AP) — Only a tiny
ray of hope remained today that
Korean truce talks might be re
sumed.
If they break down complete
ly, the United Nations ground
commander said his troops will
go back to fighting “with hate
and eagerness.”
“We feel very confident we
can whip the enemy in the pres
ent battle area,” Gen. James A.
Van Fleet said at his Eighth
Army Headquarters.
The U. N. command in Tokyo
had not abandoned all hope for
the armistice talks.
Officers searched through a
new message from top Commu
nists for an indication that they
might want to resume the Kae
song armistice talks which they
broke off abruptly Thursday. It
was in this harshly worded mes
sage they found a ray of hope.
The message was from Kim
II Sung, MMH Korean premier
and supreme commander, and
Gen. Peng Teh Huai, command
er of Chinese troops in Korea.
It was addressed to Gen. Mat
thew B Ridgway, top U. N.
commander.
The protest, formally adjourn
ing negotiations, was based on
the charge an Allied plane bomb
ed Kaesong, narrowly missing
Red truce delegates—a charge
dubbed by President Truman as
a "new Communist masquerade”
containing "no truth."
The message said;
“It is our hope that the arm
istice negotiations will proceed
smoothly and that a just and
reasonable agreement accept
able to both sides will be reach
ed.”
But. it concluded, because of
“the deliberately murderous
bombing" the Reds declared,
“the meeting adjourned as from
August 23 to wait for Ridgway
“to take responsible action with
regard to this serious provoca
tion by your side.”
HST Blasts Economic
Controls Law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi
dent Truman’s delayed blast at
what he called the three “worst
provisions of the new Econom
ic Controls Law has touched off
a series of explosive moves in
Congress.
Three Republican senators,
Ferguson (Mich), Nixon (Calif)
and Welker (Idaho), accepted Mr. *
Truman's tartly-worded econom
ic message to Congress yester
day as a political challenge.
Expressing doubt that the
President sincerely wanted con
trols enforced, they quickly in
troduced a bill to repeal the
three provisions the President
disliked.
The Senate Banking Commit
tee, after a hurriedly-called and
reportedly heated closed-door
m:eting, agreed to public hear
ings next Thursday and Friday
on the repeal proposals.
KNIFE-THROWER DIVORCED
BY NERVOUS MATE
ELIZABETH, N. J. (AP) —
Mrs. Elsie Petrozello of Spring
field won a divorce yesterday
on grounds of cruelty. She testi
fied her husband’s habit of
throwing knives, forks and
water at her made her “nerv
d us”