Ssward Seaport Record
Published each Tuesday and Friday
Seward. Alaska
John M. Coleman .. Editor and Publisher
Mildred Kirkpatrick .-r.Managing Editor
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Editorial
Don't read this, you won’t
be interested in it anyway. If
you do read it, it won’t mean
anything to you, because if you
are like most of the people in
this town, you don’t have the
community spirit it involves.
This boring and uninteresting
editorial is about one of our
National holidays. Independence
Day. If you are unusually astute,
you will know that this day
comes sometime during the first
of July, in fact, it is known as
the Fourth of July.
The Fourth of July is just
one of the days during the year
when all of us want to have a
lot of fun with as little of our
own labor as possible. What,
you still reading?
For the past two years a few
people have tried to put on a
Fourth of July celebration . by
themselves. Anyone who knows
human nature knows that you
can't suit all of the people all of
the time, especially if you do
not have cooperation from any
one else. That same situation
faces the Fourth of July Com
mittee this year, as in past
years.
They are just a few people
who arc trying to build up the
celebration into something that
will put Seward on the map as a
place for people all over the
Territory to spend a pleasant
holiday and some money. A
really good campaign would
give incentive for runners from
all over the Territory to come
here for the annual Marathon
Race. The women's long skirts
and men’s derbvs could become
a by-word over the entire Terri
tory. as well as along west coast
towns.
The idea is good. There is the !
talent within the town, and it
can be done. All that is needed
is a little community spirit and <
a small amount of the time of '
lots of people instead of all of ]
the time of one group or organ •
ization.
Everyone in town is invited to i
assist in the preparation, every
one can do something. If enough ’
of you have read this far. maybe |
there is hope after all.
Remember, Rome wasn't built i
in a day, but it wasn’t built by i
one man, either.
Criticism is one thing all of i
us would rather give than re- 1
ceive. <
NEW TRANSPORTATION
OFFICER VISITS SEWARD
Col. J. W. Higgins, Jr., ac
companied by his wife, made
an overnight visit in Seward,
arriving by train late Monday
night and leaving on the Tues
day morning train to return to
Anchorage. Col. Higgins lias re
cently been appointed Transpor
tation Officer for the U. S.
Army in Alaska, replacing Col.
James Glore.
Col. Higgins has been in Sew
ard several times. He attended
the first Chamber of Commerce
luncheon in January, but this
was Mrs. Higgins’ first trip over
the famous loop. She expressed
herself as being thrilled by the
magnificent scenery between
Anchorage and Seward. They
were guests of Captain and Mrs.
John Burke.
MINERAL PRODUCTION
IN ALASKA NEARS
BILLION-DOLLAR MARK
Returns on the $7,200,000
purchase price of Alaska derived
from minerals alone since 1880
are likely to pass the billion
dollar mark during 1951, accord
ing to Department of the In
terior. Bureau of Mines figures
an mineral production. At the
end of 1940. the cumulative
value of all minerals produced
was $972,025,000, more than
two-thirds of which came from
gold, the Bureau reports.
Gold mining perennially has
aeon the backbone of the Alas
kan mining industry, but gold
production along with all other
nineral activities suffered heav
ily during World War II and
lone has regained prewar pros
perity. The peak year for gold
production was 1940 when 755.
>70 ounces valued at $28,458,950
,vere produced. Gold output'
dropped to a low of 49,296
Hinces worth $1,725,360 in 1941
when Alaska's total mineral
production amounted to only
>6,003,000. Between 1330 and
[949, Alaska produced gold val
ued at $652,457,547.
Ranking next to gold in dollar !
/alue is coal. Other minerals
produced in Alaska include
silver, mercury, copper, anti
nony, lead, platinum, tin, tung
sten, zinc, clay and pumice. i
With the exception of 1944.
;ach year since 1900 the value
pf Alaska’s mineral production1
las exceeded the original pur
•hase price paid Russia.
| When in Seward It’s - -
The New Seward Hotel
Oscar Dahl, owner
FROM SEWARD
SS Df.'NALI
March 8 for
Valdez Wrangell
Juneau Ketchikan
Petersburg Seattle
SS BARANOF
March 15 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
SS DENALI
March 22 for
Cordova Wrangell
Juneau Ketchikan
Petersburg Seattle
SS BARANOF
March 29 for
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
Freighter Sailings from Seattle
Chena .Mar. 14
Susilna .Mar. 7 Flemish Knot .Mar. 21
WALTER W. SIPPRELL. Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
The
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C\ud(a f/voeLt
By Mildred Kirkpatrick
Well, Folks, we have about
‘ six weeks at the most to pre
I pare for the flood. A flood of
I people looking for a place to
i live. I’ll take in a couple, how
1 many will you squeeze in? It
' lias to come to that.
All of Alaska is practically on
a wartime basis just as we were
in the States from 1!)41 on. Ev
erybody who lived outside of
Alaska and probably here too,
doubled up to give the service
men and war workers a place
to live.
Seward, and everyone in it,
will gain a great deal from this
next summer's work. If we share
what we have with those Out
siders living here for the first
time, we will gain in goodwill
and friendship just as much as
we will materially.
Apartments and houses can
not possibly be built in time for
the rush now. The only thing
left is to absorb a couple here
and a single roomer there for
six months.
Another idea suggested is for
those owners of lots on the
sewer, or having access to a
cesspool and electricity, to make
room for trailers, which may be
brought in for the summer work.
A way can be found, if there
is cooperation. We can all en
joy a pleasant and profitable
summer, and have a better town
in the end to show for it.
CARSON TO ATTEND RITES
FOR F&WS AGENT ERAGG
C. M. Carson, Fi'sh & Wildlife
Service agent here, said today
that he hopes to attend the fun
eral services for Leonard (Slim)
Bragg, enforcement agent from
McGrath, which will be held
Wednesday in Anchorage.
Mr. Bragg was very popular
in the service. He was a well
known guide and pilot before
going into the F&WS. lie died
rather unexpectedly at the age
of 42. Mr. Bragg and la is wife
returned from a meeting in Ju
neau aad they were bowling
when lie was seized with pain.
Removed immediately to the
hospital, he died Friday morn
ing.’
SEFEROVICHES RETURN
Ray Scferovich and the boys
returned home Friday after
four months Outside. Mrs. Sefer
ovich will come later by plane.
Ray was seen in the grocery
store early Saturday morning
restocking the larder.
The Inlet Inn
in Homer
NEW AND MODERN
ACCOMMODATIONS
Carl F. Gulley, Owner
P.O. Box 8 Homer, Alaska
| MORE ABOUT . . .
! "Portraits in Song"
(Continued from Page 1)
actress, she has full command
of the mimicry, comedy, satire
or drama needed to impersonate
characters of her songs. Her
1 gift of creative imagination
j brings to life an Irish Country
\ Girl going to her wedding, a
; Negress in grief, or an Arkan
: sas squatter playing his old
| fiddle on the porch of his cabin.
, Gwendolyn Williams, noted as
1 accompanist for Lotte Lehmann
! and other great Metropolitan
' Opera stars when they are on
| concert tour, accompanies the
I artist and plays important back
i ground music for “Portraits in
| Song” which has been especially
i written and adapted to each
number.
Miss Davis will give a special
, concert for the children in the
i Methodist Church at 9:30 Friday
morning at the cost of 25 cents
; each. All children are invited
i to attend this concert arranged
1 especially for their benefit.
! REV. A. O. ODEGAARD
TO VISIT HERE
i Word has been received that
Rev. A. O. Odegaard of Central
Lutheran Church in Anchorage
will arrive in Seward on the
Friday train. He will visit here
for several days and will con
duct the Sunday morning wor
Church.
Rev. Kent E. Spaulding, pas
tor of the church, will leave
Saturday morning to exchange
pulpits with Rev. Odegaard. and
will conduct the Sunday morn
ing and evening worship services
at Central Lutheran in Anchor
age. Friends of Rev. Odegaard
are invited to renew their ac
quaintance with him during his
stay. He will return to Anchor-1
age by train on Tuesday of next
week.
HAM OPERATORS INVITED
TO JOIN NAVAL RESERVE
|
All ham radio operators liv
ing on the Alaskan mainland are
invited to b e c o m e associate
members of Volunteer Electron
ics Platoon 17-1 at Kodiak. Reg
ular operating schedules will be j
published at a later date and
associate members may receive
credit for drill attendance by
establishing radio contact with
the Kodiak unit on meeting
nights, which is. at present,!
Wednesday. Persons participat
ing in this program must be-'
come members of the Naval
Reserve. All interested persons
arc asked to write the Assistant
for Naval Reserve. Seventeenth
Naval District, Kodiak. Alaska,
for further information. !
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Established 1916
Alaska Railroad
Winter Train Service
NOW IN EFFECT
Seward - Anchorage
TUESDAY - SATURDAY MONDAY - FRIDAY
Lv. Seward .8:30 A.M. Lv. Anchorage ...1:30 P.M.
Ar. Anchorage —1:00 P.M. Ar. Seward .6:00 P.M.
A Boat Train is arranged on Thursday in accordance
with the arrival of the passenger vessel.
Service Daily except Sunday from Anchorage to
Jonesville and Whittier.
For Information Phone Seward Agent
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