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... He’ll Buy It!
Wally^s
OPEN 24 HOURS OF~EVERY DAY
Drop in and See Del and Ray*
THEY HAVE SOME BARGAINS FOR YOU
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1954 Willy’s Lark Sedan — $350 below list price.
They also have a good stock of Goodyear Tires
and Batteries. ,
•Formerly with Win Ervin Motors.
SEAPORT AUTO SUPPLY
‘LET GEORGE DO IT
—: for :—
Day or Night Service — Call Adams 46
SOURDOUGH TRANSFER
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CHRISTMAS COLLECTION
IMPERIAL
CARRUS...
gay steeds pull
chariot of "Air
Spun" Face
Powder, carry
L'Origan* Per
fuiVie Purser, 3.50
BEAUTY BARQUE...
cargo of Emeraude*
Perfume against a Vene
tian back-drop, 3.50
(Royal Barques with
both Emeraude and
L'Aiman{,_ 6.50)
DRUMMER BOY..,4 V v
"Twisticfc" Solid Cologne
and fabulous "drum" of
Dusting Powder in Eme
raude*, 3.00
LE FONT...
MUSE perfume in a
charming bird bath
setting, 3.95
loll prices plus 10*1
‘Available in fomous Coty fragrances:
L'ORIGAN • LAIMA NT • EMERAUDE • 'PARIS’
SEWARD DRUG COMPANY
Tel. Main 97
M. H. Sidener
Seward, Alaska
It's the MIGHTY MITE
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of chain saws!
A real lightweight saw with amazing power
Cuts aa 18 inch tree in 18 seconds
. . . cuts trees 4 feet or more in
diameter ... and it weighs only 22
pounds complete. No other saw so
light and so easy to handle gives
you so much productive, depend
able power. Try it on any wood
cutting operation ... cutting tim
ber, pulpwood, cordwood, fence
posts, hedgerows, orchards . . .
here is the saw
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P. O. BOX 65
you’ll agree that
Coastwise Travel
Loses Old Glamour
By LOUIS R. HUBER
>
Passenger-ship service from here
to Alaska was ended early last
month, with little hope It will be
resumed for a long, long time.
If and when it is, "sea trains"
rather than regulation passenger
ships will be making the runs. The
emphasis will 'be on cargo carried
in roll-on rolj-off railroad cars and
truck trailers.
New and faster ships "built spec
ially for this purpose probably
will be used. Passengers may be
carried only incidentally.
It won’t be the romantic, leisure
ly voyage up the sheltered Inside
Passage it has been since the
turn of the century — when Al
aska's historic gold rushes awaken
ed the world to the northland’s
scenic beauty.
All this was revealed in a hear
ing conducted here by a subcom
mittee of the House Merchant Mar
ine and Fisheries Committee, with
iiep. Thor C. Tollefson (K.) of
Washington presiding.
Two factors have whittled pass
enger-carrying profits into a steady
loss for the last remaining carrier
i in this held — Alaska Steamship
Company — the congressmen learn
ed.
One was the shifting of passen
ger travel from ships to airplanes;
the other competition from the
U. S. Navy’s Military Sea Trans
portation Services — whose ves
sels carry service men and their
families to and from the Territory.
John K. Noyes, spokesman for
I the Juneau, Alaska, Chamber of
J | Commerce at the hearing, summed
up the change:
"I used to know all the skippers
and pursers on the Alaska run.
Now I know all the pilots and stew
ardesses.” he said.
Only existing passenger service
to Alaska now is that of a Canad
ian Company, operating between
Vancouver, U. C. and Ketchikan.
Ending of the U. S, passenger
service, which used to serve 50-odd
Alaska ports and wound up serv
ing less than a dozen, regularly,
will work hardship on the burgeon
ing Alaska tourist industry, wit
nesses before the congressional
subcommittee testified. Curio shops
selling native-made artcraft, es
pecially will be affected.
Residents of several small Al
askan communities, formerly ser
ved by passenger ships, will have
to dig deeper to pay the higher
air fares when they travel.”
I The hearing brought out the
I fact that an exhaustive study of
j "sea train” operations had been
j made by a New Jersey engineer
ing firm, William Wyer and Com
pany, last year under the joint
sponsorship of the federal Interior,
Commerce and Defense depart
ments.
The Wyer report w a s com
pleted last May. witnesses said,
but it has been held secret by the
government agencies.
Rep. Thomas M. Pelly (It.) of
Washington, who appeared as a
witness before the subcommittee,
scored this secrecy and demanded
release of the Wver report.
Mr. Pelley told the committee he
believes the report contains infor
mation indicating “sea trains" can
be operated between the Pacific
Northwest and Alaska profitably
if MSTS competition were elimin
ated.
Other witnesses also demanded
release of the Wyer report.
Don M. Follett, general manager
of the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce, declared: “This report ap
parently is an impartial analysis of
problems in transportation between
the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Had its contents been available,
this hearing might have taken an
entirely different direction.”
Alaska Steamship Company of
ficials revealed some time ago
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that they had been studying “sea
train" possibilities, and immediately
after the hearing they announced
they had engaged Leslie M. Rudy,
transportation consultant, to com
plete the study.
Two other steamship operators,
Coastwise Line and Luckenbach
Steamship Company, testified at
the hearing that they also are
studying “sea train” operations to
Alaska.
Coastwise has been running a
cargo service to Alaska from Pacif
ic Coast.ports for several years;
Luckenbach is a newcomer to the
Alaska field.
Not present at the hearing were
representatives of Alaska Freight
Lines, Inc., a barge-truck-trailer
operator whose innovations in car
go handling are responsible for the
“sea train” approach.
Alaska Freight in 1950 began
carrying loaded truck trailers to
Alaska on deep-sea barges pulled
by powerful tugbots. It sets the
trailers ashore at Seward and pulls
them up the highway system for
delivery in Anchorage and Fair
banks within seven days after
they leave Seattle.
This new cargo service now car
ries close to half the freight mov
ing to interior Alaska — and its
roll-on, roll-off feature is the basis
of “sea train" operations .
As for the now-defunct passen
ger service to Alaska there is
virtually no hope that it will be
Resumed in time for the busy
May-to-October Alaska tourist sea
i son — the one period of the year
| when passenger ships ran fully
, occupied.
| Representative i’elly proposed to
I the hearing that the Alaska Itail
I road, an Interior Department ag
i ency, might charter and operate
the Alaska Steamship Company's
four passenger ships.
This suggestion is considered a
“last straw” and action on it by
the Interior Department — if any
— is not expected without action
by Congress upon its convening
January 1.
Fifty years ago when the Na
tional Tuberculosis Association was
founder. TB was the worst killer
in the United States. Great pro
gress has been made in our coun
try, but TB kills about four mil
lion people in the world every
year.
RECORD ADS GET RESULTS.
The Story of ™1' 1
ChrUtmM Seal*
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The 1954 G Hansen, and 1
designed by O varlatVon8
will be used. with ■ lo8i8 as
by the voluntary United States. |
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Across the en of child
hundred Seals dance onf? brlghtly
ren holding b»ndBtree8 This motlt
lighted chrl8^aU scandlnav 1 a n
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green backgroun based on the .
The gay BCvefinecel8eJation ot the
Christmas Ev Denmark. After
artist's boyhood in u r,ce p0rJ
^^o^Hansemhis^Chrlstinas^Seal |
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
SMUHGS
jAf^VHEEK i
Serving M«*V“ *"■
1 Seward or Valdez
DEC. ^
ss CHENA
Valdez and Seward
MV SQUARE°KNOT
KetchSn. Peters.
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^ALASKA*
children are "the healthy, happy
children Elnar Holboell dreamed
of when he (first) proposed a (
Christmas Seal to fight disease.*’
Elnar Holhoell was a Danish pos
tal clerk who gave his spare time
to sick c h r 11 d e n. Just before
Christmas of 1903, Holboell wished
that all the pieces of Christmas
mail he handled dally could mean
one penny for each to help the
children he loved. At the Christ
mas season 1904, the first four
million stamps bearing the portrait
of the late Queen Louise were sold
in post offices throughout Den
mark. In 1907 the idea spread to
America.
Everyone who buys Seals
lelps combat tuberculosis.
FOR SALE
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Housetrailers
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' $2393. and up
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NOW’S NOT TOO SOON TO SELECT
YOUR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
Large Pieces for Door or Window
Center Pieces for the Table
Unusual Tree Ornaments
McMULLENfS
MAIN 34 Seward, Alaska P. O. Box 120
Come, Dance Away Your Cares
Saturday Night, December 6
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MOOSE PASS
SPORTSMAN’S CLUB
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Music By The Four Flats
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See new styling... today /
[
INSPIRED BY THE THUNDERBIRD
]
The Ford Thunderbird, the personal car
that’s been causing such a sensation, served
as styling inspiration for the 1955 Ford Cars.
Take one look at Ford’s longer, lower, roomier
dimensions—huge wrap-around windshield—
new color-keyed interiors . . . and you’ll
ijuickly *«■«« of the wm why Ford is
liner for 195:;. lake uuc lest Drive and you’ll
want to drive it home.
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Try newpower...today:
TRIGGER-TORQUE POWER IN 3 MIGHTY ENGINES
]
vFor ’55, there are three high-torque Ford
Engines. There’s the 162-h.p. Y-block V-8
with higlier (7.6 to 1) compression ratio. Then
there’s the still mightier 182-h.p. Y-block
Special V-8 which is teamed with new Speed
Trigger Fordomatic Drive and offered in Fair
lane and Station Wagon models. And there’s a
new 120-h.p. I-block Six—the industry’s most
modern. All have traditional Ford economy.
new series ...today f
r 1 & ~\
I 16 NEW BODY STYLES J
Today you’re bound to find your dream car
among the 4 new Ford series for ’55. What’s
more, to make your dream car come even
"truer” Ford has new, smoother Angle-Poised
Ride which makes all riding and handling easier.
Then, too, your Ford can be as automatic as
you want it with all the fine-car power options.