Seward Seaport Record
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Seward, Alaska
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By Mildred Kirkpatrick
A report of the American So
cial Hygiene Association states
that Seward maintains a “line
that is notorious all over the
Territory.” This report was com
piled by under-cover agents of
the Association. Copies were
sent to the Commander in Chief
of the Alaska Command, Terri
torial and Federal health agen
cies.
Mr. Raymond P. Sanford, Al
aska field representative of the
association which has a sub-head
“National Defense Activities,”
gives the impression that pres
sure can be brought that will
effect the economy of the city
unless the practice of prostitu
tion is vigorously prohibited.
This is a problem that must
be considered by all citizens of
Seward. We cannot hide behind
nice words, nor skirt around it
by nice talk, calling it “vice,”
which may or may not have a
less lethal sound. The word is
Prostitution.
Older residents will remember
that they tangled with this
problem at least once before,
that it arises periodically in the
history of any city. The question
in the minds of most people who
have listened to Mr. Sanford is
whether it is better to scatter
the evil or keep it localized
where it can be under more or
less control.
If an ordinance is invoked
forbidding prostitution, the busi
ness will scatter, or (more like
ly) move outside the city limits
and outside the jurisdiction of
city police. With the lack of
personnel in the U.S. Marshal's
office to cope with the changed
conditions, one wonders if cite
actual picture would change fur
the better or worse.
The United States has tried
many times to legislate public
• morals; it has never been done
successfully. The fight against
public vice and prostitution
must begin with the parent,
church and school. When tiiese
institutions have fallen down on
the job, in the past, it lias been
the practice to clamor for gov
ernment intervention. The j o
has then been dumped into the
lap of the already overburdened
policeman, who does the best
he can to enforce the laws as
passed. The good people then
sit back, wash their hands of
the matter, and think that the
passing of a “resolution to sup
port” the lawr against prostitu
tion ends their responsibility.
The city council will be called
upon to make some decision in
this matter. It is up to you to
inform your council as to your
will. Either by letter, or by at
tending a council meeting in
person. Cause your organiza
tional resolutions to be laid be
fore the governing body of the
city.
Let's have a vigorous educa
tional program in the churches,
civic groups and schools. Con
sider this problem well, from
all angles, decide whether it is
a law enforcement problem as
well as a moral one and put
your decision on paper over
your name. Let’s not hide be
hind the anonimity of “Public
Opinion,” as public opinion can
be false.
Mr. Sanford is positive that
Kodiak is absolutely “clean,”
that his organization with the
cooperation of the Kodiak po
lice have made that city free
of vice and prostitution, the
ideal place in which to live.
Statements of opinion from resi
dents of that city conflict with
that report. Anchorage and
Fairbanks are struggling thru
a morass of enforcement prob
l:ms that has been brought to
the attention of the President
of the United States, resulting
in the request for 25 additional
marshals for those two areas.
Apparently, resolutions and laws
can’t lick the problem. What
shall WE do? YOU tell us!
LOYALTY OF SALMON
ALUMNI PUT TO TEST AT
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Seattle i/Pt—Whether a college
bred salmon will return to his
alma mater on homecoming day
is something that has University
of Washington fisheries experts
fidgeting on the edge of their
rearing ponds.
Some 260 college-trained fish
are due to return to the campus
at the opening of the fall quar
ter October 3.
Dr. Lauren R. Donaldson, di
rector of the Applied Fisheries
Laboratory, said the first batch
of salmon—silvers—was releas
ed from the campus spawning
grounds in the spring of 1950.
They were 18 months old then.
Each fingerling was marked by
a clipped fin for identification.
Some have been returned by
sport and commercial fishermen.
The smaller ones stuck to inside
waters. Others fought their way
to the ocean. Some went to the
rich feeding grounds off Van
couver Island and weighed as
much as 12 pounds when caught.
Studies here this summer by
University of Wisconsin re
searchers indicate that memory
and a sense of snv 11 help a sal
mon identify its birthplace.
If the salmon are to return,
they've got to remember to go
through the fish-ladders at the
government locks, then sniff
their way up a fish ladder pour
ing from the spawning tanks av
short distance into Seattle’s Lake
Union.
STORY-BOOK GTJNFIGHT IN
CANADIAN WATERS
Victoria, E.C. I/P1—One fisher
man is charged with illegal fish
ing and two others were sought
today following a running gun
fight between a Fisheries Depart
ment boat and two gill-netters
this weekend.
William MacDonald, 38, of
Steveston, 10 miles south of Van
couver, is charged with poaching
and two boats, Dina Lee and
Sandra M, have been seized.
The sea “battle" follow'ed dis
covery by Fisheries Inspector
Archie Sherman of a half-mile
gill-net strung across Cowichan
Bay, closed to commercial fish
ing.
Sherman said he waited in his
launch until the net was ap
proached and arrested MacDon
ald, sole occupant of the fish
boat. A warning rifle shot was
fired across the fishboat's bows.
As Sherman board.d the fish
boat, police said, the other boat
drew alongside and Sherman was
manhandled and thrown back
into the government boat.
This, police said, was follow'ed
by a shotgun blast fired by one
of the three fishermen. In the
confusion tw'o fishboats got
away, and the other two fisher
men escaped.
MRS. O. M. BEAVER
SEWARD VISITOR
Mrs. O. M. Beaver, wife of
the late city accountant, visited
Seward over the week end for
the first time. She was the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas I». Ben
nett at their cabin on Kenai
Lake.
Mrs .Beaver came via Chris
tensen Airlines, on one of whose
planes her husband lost his life
in the crash of September 4.
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FOUR KILLED IN CHEKALIS
PLANE CRASH
Chehalis, Wash. (.T—A private
plane crashed shortly after tak
ing off from the Chehalis airport
yesterday, killing the pilot and
three passengers.
Lewis County Sheriff Frank
Thayer said the dead were:
Clarence E. Falk, 30, Pendle
ton, Ore., the pilot.
L. W. Rushton, about 50, Ona
laska, Wash.
Lloyd E. Rachau, 10, Onalaska.
Lee Berg, 16, South Bend,
Wash.
Thayer said the four-place
Stinson Voyager plunged into a
cow pasture 300 yards southwest
of the airport a minute after tak
ing off on the return leg of a
charter flight from Pendleton. It
plowed a 180-foot furrow and
burst into flames.
Heavy fog covered the airport
at the time of the crash. Thayer
said Falk took off. climbed into
the fog and was on a second cir
cle of the field when the plane
made a full-power crash.
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high requirements, the industry
supported Northwest Branch of the
National Canners Association carefully
inspects the Alaska salmon pack. Last
year, for example, more than 125,000
cans of salmon were inspected.
This is the only example in the nation of
a major canning industry operating and
financing its own quality control program.
Because historically the salmon has
been the backbone of the Territory’s
iconomy, these rigid controls are
Important to everyone in Alaska.
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