WARD
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1 VIII, No. 37
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 23, 1951
Price 10 cents
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olonel J* P» Johnson Says
Story of
WARD
By Jay Siauler
XX •
HEYDAY OF THE
|SKA CENTRAL:
•1S08
|e Story of Seward is now
I to begin filling in the gaps
previous chapters on the
truction of the first 5>> miles
le original Alaska Central
load, projected from Sew
|to the Tanana Valley. In
stories of that day, it was
fmary to refer to the Li
as “Central Alaska,’’
the name, “Alaska Cen
It is now clear that gold,
Jr than coal, was the ori
objective of the Alaska
ral. The story of Matanuska
ifields comes later. Mention
)al claims is confined in
editions of the Seward
/ay to Kenai Peninsula
|along ihc shores of Cook
We may be sure that the
/ay, the Ballaine’s own
:, would have boosted Mata
coals to the high heaven
|hiy known the facts at the
Seward Gateway of Sept.
105, looks like a special
ler edition for the Alaska
}al. Two steam.rs had just
id in Resurrection Bay,
|ing several hundred tons
instruction equipment and
lies, as well as 36 passen
|for Seward, among them
J. E. Ballaine, W. B.
(id, chief engineer and gcn
lanager (the railroad com
was free and easy with
fancy titles) J. C. Baxter
|e engineering department;
Harris of the firm of Rich
Harris, contractors for the
lad tunnel work. Major
ine is spoken of in glowing
as “the originator of the
ta Central,” “the founder
town,” and “the bestower
name Seward’.” The same
(release claims a total force
too men working for the
jad as of September 1, 1905,
states that the number is
to be greatly increased,
if to answer critics who
lot mentioned in the paper,
iBallaine issued a carefully
red statement covering the
Irawal of the Shedd Broth
financial backers, and the
juent sale of bonds to a
Syndicate headed by J. B.
[& Company. Mr. Ballaine
lat the Shedd Brothers ob
to the many-fingered type
janization of the Ballaine
irises, and insisted on a re
lation placing all the as
lto a single company, and,
in Ballaine put it, “thus
; out all interests except
/n.” Probably the Shedd
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Hope Abandoned
For Yoy*Hi Lost
In Glacier Crevasse
Anchorage UP) — Hope was
abandoned today for a Fair
banks youth lost in an ice cre
vasse on Bartlett Glacier and
the Air Force called searchers
back to their base.
The Elmendorf Air Force Base
Public Information Oflice said
a 10th Rescue Squadron trail
crcw% which has searched the
glacier lor 19-year-old Gerald
D. Ross, reported further search
appeared hopeless. The crew is
returning to Elmendorf, the PIO
said.
-v helicopter taking part in
the search crashed and burned
in an emergency landing yes
terday.
The pilot, Kuute Flint, was
not hurt.
Flint had been flying over
tae glacier with Eob Rose seek
ing a trace of Ross, who Rose
said fell into a crevasse on the
ice pack while o.i a hiking trip
Sunday.
Th. trail crew, backtrackinp
Pose, found the crevasse he
described.
Crewmen said they fired guns
and shouted in the ice crack
which they said was several
hundred feet d e e p. They re
ceived no reply.
Since two feet of new snow
covered the area and the cre
vasse was extremely dangerous
no attempt was made to descend.
However, the crewmen were
certain that Ross was dead, the
Elmendorf Air Force PIO said.
Ross was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Floss of Fairbanks.
The father is a construction
worker and the mother is an
employe of the Northern Com
mercial Company.
Because oi poor communica
tions in Alaska and the fact that
they live outside of town, the
parents were not notified until
yesterday that Gerald had not
returned from the glacier ex
pedition.
They kept a 12-hour vigil at
the Fairbanks ACS office hop
ing for favorable news, out re
turned to their home before
word was received that hope had
been abandoned.
When a friend broke the news
the mother tried bravely to hide
her tears. The father said,
“We’ve tried to face it because
we knew you don t live five
days trapped in a glacier cre
vasse.”
OPS CEILING PRICES
MUST BE POSTED
Deadline for filing price lists
of all retail service was Sept.
25, Fred G. Hanford, Territorial
Director OPS said this week.
All retail businesses are re
quired by provisions of Ceiling
Price Regulation 34 to file a list
of their prices with OPS. In
addition, they must post their
ceiling prices in their place of
business for customers to see.
uxjUHsm
Moose Pass
Mrs. J. T. Caw thorn of Wolf
Trail Lodge was hostess on
Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 19,
at a surprise shower in honor of
Mrs. Alfred Service. Canasta
was played with the prize for
high score going to Mrs. Harold
Pur singer. Those present were
Mrs. I. K. Campbell, Mrs. Arnold
Pursingcr, Mrs. Robert Shep
herd, Mrs. Gerald Evenson, Mrs.
Roy Jones, Mrs. Max Foster,
Mrs. Wayne Racine, Mrs. Alfred
Service and Mrs. Cawthorn. The
honor guest opened her gifts
during tiie refreshment hour.
Gitts were sent by Mrs. Glenn
M.ller and Mrs. Carl Woolary
who wcr. unable to be present.
Mr. and Mrs. Service are mak
ing their home at Wolf Trail
Lodge while Mr. Service is em
ployed as timekeeper by Man
son-Osberg-Kalvorson.
Little Jerry Barnes, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Eddie Barnes, found
out all about oil-burning cook
stoves this pro* we -.k-. He was
curious about thi- noise in his
mother's stove and put his finger
into the blades of the blower fan.
The flesh was stripped almost to
the bone from the first joint to
the tip of his right forefinger.
Flossie acted as doctor and the
little patient is much better and,
we hope, much wiser about the
fan in Mama’s stove.
Mrs. E. R. May is now back at
her home in Moose Pass after a
trip to California to attend her
mother's funeral. Her stay was
prolonged and saddened by an
other death in the family. Her
brother was driving back to his
home and on tne way was in an
accident which took his wife’s
life and hurt him seriously.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stafford
left on trw train Friday, Septem
ber 21. to return to their home
in Kodiak, Alaska, alter a six
weeks stay at their home in
Moose Pass and with Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Clements and
Charlie. Mrs. Clements is Mrs.
Stafford’s daughter and the
Staffords are olalime residents
of the Pass. They plan to return
in the spring and at that time
will decade whether or not to
stay or to look for a warmer
climate in which to make their
home.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Cay wood
and two sons have moved into
the Stafford house for the win
ter. They have been occupying
one of Jack Lean s cabins at
Cooper Landing but wanted to
be where the boys might attend
school. The Caywood family is
from Washington and in Alaska
for the road construction work.
Mrs. Robert Hall entertained
Mrs. James Smith. Mrs. Ray
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To Ask Sale of Alaska Coal
To Japan; Docks
WoakS Be A$ Seward
Hopkins Flies Appeal
On Game Law
Viotation Charge
Leonard C. Hopkins, pastor
of Seward Church of the Naza
rene, filed notice of appeal thru
his attorney, Harold E. Stringer,
after being found guiity by a
jury yesterday in Commission
er's Court.
Hopkins was tried on three
counts oi gams violation. Ex
ceeding the game limit; wanton
waste Oi. game meat and trans
porting oi goats illegally taken,
lie was found guilty on the last
charge with a penalty of $200
and three months in jail.
Stringer and Hopkins demand
ed a jury trial which consumed
two and a half days and one
evening. The jury comprised of
ten men and two women re
turned with a verdict of guilty
on the last count .
The arrest was made by Offi
cer George Puckett, Highway
Patrol, and Carlos Carson, Fish
& Wildlife Service enforcement
agent. Mr. Carson prosecuted
the cas_ as there is no prosecut
ing attorney in this court. A
large crowd witnessed the pro
ceedings, great interest having
been aroused at the number of
game violations on the Kenai
Peninsula this year. Feeling
runs high against wanton waste
of meat.
One witness for the govern
ment puzzled the court when he,
a young man approximately 17
years of age, refused to testify,
even refusing his name and age,
on the grounds that testimony
“might incriminate himself."
ACS TO EMPLOY CIVILIANS
IN SEWARD OFFICE
Civilians will replace enlisted
men in the Seward office of
Alaska Communications System
as soon as the employment
schedule can be arranged. Appli
cations for positions as clerk
typist, cashier, counter clerk,
combination telephone and tele
type operators, central station
repair and maintenance men,
janitor, etc., twelve positions in
all, are now being received by
the local office.
Those interested may contact
Sgt. Powers at the ACS office.
5 MEN FALL THRU
CITY DOCK
Murl Trevethan is in the hos
pital this week suffering from
broken ribs and bruises. He fell
thru a hole in the dock where
it is being repaired.
Mr. Trevethan is the fifth
person to receive injuries within
a week at the same spot.
ay special correspondent
Increases in Alaska Railroad
freight rates have been can
celled, it was announced today
by Col. J. P. Johnson, Manager
of T’ne Alaska Railroad. The vol
ume of traffic exceeded expec
tations between the months of
July and September and earn
ings indicate that present rates
“can be continued for the time
being without incurring a defi
cit,’’ Johnson told a group of
business men at his office in An
chorage today.
Johnson said the cancellation
of the proposed 10 per cent in
crease had been approved by the
Secretary of the Interior.
Johnson plans to go to Wash
ington Monday to press for great
er tonnages for the Alaska Rail
road by Federal agencies that
are big shipper in Alaska.
Alaska Coal for Japan
He will also press for sale of
Alaska coal to Japan, which
country wants one and a half
million tons of coal a year.
“Japan would build unloading
docks at Seward for handling
coal brought there by the rail
road. This would give the rail
road a valuable backhaul which
would make it possible to over
haul the tarriff," Johnson stated.
He said the forced reduction
in railroad personnel made every
fall will “go deeper this year to
cut the payroll down,” as an
other step to keep expenditures
within revenues.
Iran Situation Is
Tense As Ouster
Deadline Approaches
Tehran, Iran (/Pi — Dispatches
from Abadan said today Iran
nas directed 70 Britons working
m the administrative and ac
counting sections at the refinery
to stay away from the plant.
They said the rest of the 317
British citizens still at the na
tionalized installation will con
tinue working until they leave
as ordered next Thursday.
The newspaper Eltelaat said
one Iranian officer and one sol
dier have been posted at the
refinery entrance to see that
none of the 70 try to enter.
British Ambassador Sir Fran
cis Shepherd told a news con
ference today he thought it
“most unlikely” that Prime
Minister Mohammed Mossadegh
would cancel his order to Bri
tish technicians to leave the
country.
The U.S. State Department
announced in Washington yes
terday its “earnest hope.” that
Iran would cancel its ouster
orders.
Seward High School
7:30 p.m.
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OCTOBER 26, 1951
Annual School Carnival