EWARD
he Gateway City of Interior Alaska Since 1903.
Seaport
Record
Seward’s All-IPeather Port is Alaskafs Greatest Asset.
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j. VIII, No. 31
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1931
Price 10 cents
e Story of
■WARD
By Jay Slauier
XVIII
.ASH-BACK TO
JRRECTION BAY
398
edless to say, this column
ins open to any further dis
*y of important information
t the very early days of
rrection Bay settlement,
time such information is
coming, the chronological
itive of the growth of the
and city of Seward will
terrupted.
day, the Story of Seward
debted to Mr. Carl Orlan
one of the city's pioneer
lessmen, for the loan of a
al compilation of the Nar
es of Exploration Parties
to Alaska by the War De
nent, from 1867 to 1899.
of these parties visited Res
:tion Bay in 1898, so we ll
back again insert the orig
account of what they found,
loting from the account of
tenant H. G. Learnard, 14th
itry, U.S. Army:
n May 30, 1898, a party
sting of Mr. Mendenhall (of
J.S. Geological Survey, the
for whom Mendenhall Gla
at Juneau is named), Mr.
, a civilian employee, and
If landed at Resurrection
with orders to go to Sun
City. A start was made on
morning of the 31st, each
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rne-Petrovieh
dding
‘s. Jean E. Thorne and Alex
r Petrovich were married
night in a brilliant and
ful setting of flowers and
telight. The ceremony took
at 7:30 p.m. in the Arcade
tment, Commissioner Anna
>uthard officiating,
e bride was beautifully
ed in floor length turquoise
satin with long matching
ns. She wore a coronet of
jf the valley and a corsage
id rosebuds, earrings and
lace of rhinestones,
e couple's attendants were
and Mrs. Arthur Duncan,
iride's daughter Gloria and
1 year old nephew of the
ans.
s. Duncan’s formal gown
ne with white corsage made
easing contrast with the
’s blue. Miss Gloria was
ntful in a long dress of the
shade as her mother’s,
s. Edith Davis, mother of
jride, wore turquoise and
satin with a carnation cor
e ceremony took place in
iving room before a table
?d with flowers. The bridal
was set with white satin
the wedding cake and
tapers in 3-tier candalabra
ily of the valley. The cake
the old fashioned Bride's
made by the bride herself
the Martha Washington
s. Petrovich, daughter of
ate Aimer J. Davis, was
ir to the Hoben and Davis
;, which was one of the
business establishments in
Seward. She is sole owner
Seward Water System and
a Transfer, with other in
s in this area.
Petrovich has been gen
nanager of the water com
for the past year. His first
st in Kenai Peninsula was
stablishment of the town
E Naptowne on the Starling
yay.
Heavy Fighting Continues In Korea
Kenai . . .
Four Kenai High School grad
uates of the 1951 class have de
parted for Indiana in quest of
higher education. Alida Petter
son left for Terra Haute to reg
ister for nurses training at
Union Hospital on Sept. 4. Ed
ward Ness and Nick Mamaloff
left to enroll at University of
Indiana and Bill Connelly was
to register at Perdu University.
Mr .and Mrs. Frank Hall of
the CAA returned from a month
vacation trip to the States. The
Halls drove to Seward taking
passage on the steamer for Se
attle. They took their car and
drove through Washington, visit
ing friends and relatives. A trip
through Yellowstone Park was
also included in their travels.
They returned via the Alaska
Highway.
Mr. Ted Sidor, missionary
worker from Port Graham, is
visiting at the Walt Covich
home and will remain indefi
nitely to help on the construc
tion of the new Kenai Chap:!.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Lydia Danieloff Ivanoff were
held at the Russian Church on
Srpt. 2. Mrs. Ivanoff pas-ed away
following a lingering illness. She
is survived by her husband, Alex
Ivanoff, Sr.: two daughters, An
na Hallstcad and Polly Marie:
five sons, Alex Jr., Albert, Wil
liam, Daniel, and Jake: and a
baby granddaughter, Kathleen
Hallstcad, all of Kenai. A sister,
Mrs. Marva Trainer, lives in
Seward. Mrs. Ivanoff spent her
life in Kenai. She was born on
Nov. 11, 1915. She was a devoted
wife and mother. Deepest sym
pathy is extended the bereaved
family.
Alaska Highway Patrolman
Philip Amos is stationed at
Konai to serve the Kenai Penin
sula area. He has rented the
house formerly owned by Kent
Fuller, now belonging to Allan
Petersen. Patrolman Ames plans
to bring his wife and three small
children here from Anchorage
in a few weeks.
STAUTERS ON VACATION
TRIP TO JUNEAU
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Stauter left
on the Baranof for a week in
Juneau. Although this is his only
vacation this year, Mr. Stauter
will spend his time digging into
the record and files on the his
tory of Seward, which he is
writing serially in the Seaport
Record.
They will be back about Sept.
28 to take up new work in
Seward.
Do You Know?
Do you know of some little
piece of local news that would
be interesting to your friends in
Seward?
Do you know who is leaving
town? Who has arrived?
Do you have a visitor from
the States?
If you do, why not give us a
call at Main 168 and tell us?
The city has grown too big to
recognize all the people now,
and we need you to give all the
local news of interest. Many peo
ple do call in. Let's have more!
Freight Rate Boost
‘'imperative*' Says
ARR Gen. Manager
Increasing material prices and
labor rates make the first gen
eral freight tariff increase in 14
years on The Alaska Railroad
‘‘absolutely imperative,” J. P.
Johnson, general manager of the
railroad, said Tuesday.
The rate boost, set for October
15, represents about a four per
cent raise in tariffs between Se
attle and Anchorage.
The upsurge in wages and ma
terial cost amounts to an aver
age of 141 per cent for the period
from 1937 until present, Johnson
declared. At the same time the
railroad was ‘‘holding the line”
on its rates and actually reduc
ing tariffs on many commodities.
For example, rates were low
ered on canned goods, building
products, re-enforcing steel and
many other Alaskan items. At
the same rime other prices
climbed. A thousand feet of lum
ber that cost the railroad $?1 in
1937 now costs $111 A shoo m»
c;iar.ic. who earned $200 a month
14 years ago for a P .rek.
no*-'- drove: $435 a month for a
5-doy week.
“During rim rvriod fn^m 1933
to 1951 Stateside railroads raised
freight rates 61 ~v v * cent and
presently are requesting a fur
ther increase.”
In many instances on The
Alaska Railroad--where operat
ing costs are much hieber—rnt-s
are lower than on Stateside lines.
Too. the railroad is without a
backhaul.
“While The Alaska Railroad
is not operating for profit.’’
Johnson said, “it has been or
dered by Congress to pay its own
way."
Recent increases in employees’
salaries—"money that will go di
rectly to the merchants of Alas
ka and not to int rests Outside"
—will amount to $1,500,000 an
nually.
With a net profit of only
$39,000 in the fiscal year just
ending, there is little chance for
the railroad to come out even
with the added salary burden.
Last year the net was only
slightly more than $3,000.
“This means that the railroad
must seek new means of reve
nue,” Johnson declared.
The boost in 1951 net profits
was attributed to an influx in
freight traffic and reduced oper
ating expenses resulting from
the nearly completed rehabilita
tion program.
The long-range program has
provided Alaskan shippers with
a more modern and efficient
railroad, boasting first class
rolling stock, improved roadbed
conditions and up-to-date work
ing equipment and shops.
Increases in inter-line charges
(Seattle to Anchorage) will be
small under the new tariff. A
25-pound sack of flour will cost
an extra one and one-half cents;
a five pound roast one cent; a
bathtub 40 cents; a case of beer
two cents and a thousand feet
of lumber, $1.10.
A ton of coal, shipped in Al
aska, will cost another 21 cents.
On petroleum products—one
of the railroad’s chief freight
products—no increase in tariffs
is contemplated. As a matter of
fact, the general manager said,
the railroad has cut rates on
petroleum products.
In 1937 it cost 67 cents to
ship 100 pounds of petroleum
products from Seward to An
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Moose Pass
The Moose Pass Sportsman s
Club, which had recessed for the
summer months, met Tuesday
evening, Sept. 4, to nominate of
ficers and make plans for the
winter series of monthly dances.
The first dance will be held Sat
urday evening, Sept. 29 in the
Quonsrt Hut with music by the
local orchestra. J. P. Whitaker
and Glenn Miller will take care
of the door, and Mrs. Wayne Ra
cine, Mrs. Kenneth Condit, Mrs.
Sherman Pearson and Mrs. Ray
Foster will comprise the lunch
committee and they ask that all
ladies bring sandwiches for the
lunch.
Mr. and Mrs. James Caw
thorne Jr., Mrs. Luella Skinner,
Mrs. William Estes, Floyd Wolfe
and Mrs. Delbert Wolfe spent
Monday, Sept. 11, shopping in
Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Bogard
Were Sunday visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Delbert Wolfe. The day
was spent in visiting, calling on
ir;ends in the Pass and an in
spection of the Wolfe’s new
house which is benig built by
Mr. Hans Overhald.n. The new
home will be ready to move into
by October 1.
Mr. Henry F. Wolff of An
chorage has been in Moose Pass
this week getting up a tent 20 by
50 feet to house finish lumber,
plywood, interior hardware, and
sash and doors, as well as other
building materials. lie is also
building the office which is to
b about 12 by 20 feet. The lum
per yard will be open for busi
ness about October 1 and will be
operating all winter with the of
fice in charge of Mrs. Hester
Whitaker. Oscar Christensen,
Bobbie Wolfe and Victor Rogers
have been working with Mr.
Wolff this past week to get
things under way. Mr. Wolff an
nounces that the lumber will be
brought to Moose Pass in carload
lots and that anyone wanting
prefabricated materials, can
have it brought down at carload
freight prices. Since the Wolff
lumber business is incorporated,
the various corporation officers
will be down at two-week inter
vals to acquaint themselves with
the location in Moose Pass and
to enjoy the vacation aspects of
the Kenai Peninsula. Among
those to be here are: Marshall
Ponko, general rrfanager of the
Anchorage yard; Mr. Belehrad,
office and counter man and ad
vertising manager; Mr. Musch,
yard man; Mrs. Alice Humphries,
bookkeeper and accountant. If
plans materialize, the local
yard will be in a position by
summer to handle plumbing,
heating and refrigerating mate
rials, oil stoves, butane stoves,
electric ranges and electric
pumps.
ONE PETITION FILED FOR
COMING ELECTION
The only petition filed to date
for the eight offices open in the
municipal election of October 2
is that of Ray Seferovich, who
has filed for the Utility Board.
Registration is also low. At
noon yesterday only 196 names
were on the book for this year
of 1951.
With the special election on
the water distribution Monday
and the regular election the
following Monday, eligible vot
ers are urged to register.
U.S. Eighlh Army Headquart
ers. Korea (A*i — United Nations
doughboys today wrosted a tow
ering peak from bitterly resist
ing Reds north of Yanggu as the
bloody “Battle of the Hills”
ground on in eastern Korea.
On the other end of the pen
insula, six Russian-type T-34
tanks and two self-propelled
guns were spotted west of Yon
chon. They were immediately
attacked by U.N. artillery, tanks
and planes.
An Allied briefing officer said
they were dug in, and apparent
ly designed for defensive pur
poses by the Reds.
In the air war, Allied planes
roared through Korean skies on
close- support missions for the
infantry and slashing attacks at
Red supply lines.
One Marine corsair fighter
was downed by Communist
ground fire. The Fifth Air Force
said there was no chance of pilot
survival. For the first time in
six days there were no reports
of jet battles.
Ground action was concen
trated along the spiny ridges
of Korea's eastern front.
The U.N. foot troops captured
a tow’ering mountain peak there
after gettin greports that it was
thinly defended.
Eut die-hard North Koreans
repuls:d a U.N. attack.- on an
other mountain to the west.
“A Sadder Wiser Man,
He Rase the
Morrow Morn"
Port Angeles, Wash. IT: — A
University of Washington fac
ulty member who defied the
traditions of the sea knows
better now.
His sad story came to light
when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service's exploratory vessel
John N. Cobb put in here.
The university research assis
tant, John Slipp, started it all
when he sighted a white alba
tross flying near the vessel as
it was engaged in exploratory *
deep sea trawling off Cape Flat
tery earlier this month.
Excited by sight of the bird,
usually found off the coast of
Australia, Slipp asked permis
sion to shoot it and bring it to
the university museum as the
first known specimen of a white
albatross seen in Washington
coastal waters.
The seven crewmen immedi
ately shouted “No!”, reminding
Slipp of the fate of Coleridge’s
“Ancient Mariner” and the old
tradition of bad luck which
follows shooting an albatross.
But because of the specimen’s
rarity, Capt. Sheldon Johnson
reluctantly granted Slipp’s re
quest.
After seven shots Slipp
brought the big bird down. And
this is what followed:
The net cables fouled up three
times.
The net caught on the sea
bottom and was ripped to
shreds.
The shaft on the main winch
snapped.
It then took the crew 5 and
one-half hours to reel in the
1.700 feet of cable.
Ted Moellendorf, a scientific
aide aboard the ship, fell down
a hatch ladder and broke a rib.
Slipp became violently sea
sick for the first time in his
life. The sea was calm.
Its exploratory work halted
by the broken gear, the ship
turned back to Seattle. There
the cook quit.