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Vol. VII, No. 59
SEWARD.
ALASKA, TUESDAY, JAN. 23, 1951
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City Unhurt In
Highest Winds
Ever Recorded
Sewardites arc crawling out
of hibernation after the coldest
weather over a sustained long j
period and the highest winds
ever recorded here.
Although the lowest tempera
ture recorded was -10 degrees,
Jan. 15, the high wind made
the cold seem much worse.
The recording station is a
little sheltered from the full
blast of wind, but at tiiat it
averaged 35 miles with gusts
of 50. The airport reported a
higher average and stronger
gusts than those in town.
Mr. Howell commented that
the wind sweeping out of Lowell
Canyon and close to Bear Moun
tain must have readied 60 miles
or more. People living in that
neighborhood agree with him!
Saturday night or Sunday
morning a truck body was blown
off and scurried down the street, j
then took off on a tangent at'
Third and Adams. It crossed
Fourth Avenue and ended up at
the post office corner.
Another freak of wind re
moved a large part of a sheet
aluminum roof on a house near
First Avenue, sheet by sheet.
No other damage was reported.
In the midst of the high wind,
however, a slight earthquake,
slight, but quite evident even
in the wind, was noticed by
many people at a few minutes
after 9 o’clock Saturday night.
In addition to this, requests were
repeated at regular intervals
over the radio to turn off all
faucets in case of a fire alarm,
so as to give water to fight a
fire. Luckily there were no fires.
All these items discouraged
the populace from leaving the
home fires, and only those who
had to be out, by reason of em
ployment. were to be found on
the streets.
The temperature is gradually
rising and we can hope for more
reasonable weather. The 4th of
July should be warm, according
to the forecast.
STOCKHAUSENS VISIT HERE
Mr. Edward Stockhausen and
his wife Kathleen with their
two little sons, John and David,
arrived in Seward on the Mon
day night train.
The Stockhausens live in
Fairbanks now. They are former
Seward residents, having left
here over two years ago. Mr.
Stockhausen w orked at the ARR
dock office here and is still with
the railroad. They will leave
again on the Saturday train.
Mr. Stockhausen is the bro
ther of Mrs. Frank DeLoughery,
where they are visiting.
BAG OF FURS FOUND
BY POLICE
A bag of furs, dried and ready
for shipment, was found by a
patrolman. The bag was being
blown down the street. The
owner can claim the bag and
identify the contents at the Po
lice station.
LUTHERAN BAKE SALE
The Lutheran Ladies Aid will
hold a bake sale Saturday, Jan.
27, in McMullen’s Store. The
sale will begin at noon.
Territory To Receive
Share Of
Forest Receipts
A warrant for $5,605.02 is
being sent to the Treasurer of
Alaska covering the Territory’s
share of National Forest Receipts
for fiscal year 1950, according
to B. Frank Heintaleman. Re
gional Forester, U.S. Forest
Service, Juneau, Alaska.
This sum represents 25 per
cent of the total receipts re
ceived from the Tongass and
Chugach National Forests in
Alaska except for timber sold
on the Tongass Forests. Such
payments are made in lieu of
taxes each year by the federal
government to judicial divisions
having national forests within
their boundaries. The federal
law provides that the money is
to be used for roads and schools
in the First and Third Judicial;
Divisions where the two national
forests are located.
Public Law 385, 80th Con
gress, approved August 8, 1947,
authorized the Secretary of Ag
riculture to sell timber from the
Tongass National Forest. It pro
vided that the receipts be held
in the U.S. Treasury until Indian
rights to the land and timber j
are finally determined. The re
ceipts so deposited during fiscal
year 1950 amounted to $77,148 -
04. The total from the date of
the Act is $340 767.45.
In addition to the 25 per cent
received by the Territory, 10 per j
cent of the national forest re- J
ceipts is made available to the i
Forest Service for use on forest
roads and trails. This amounted j
to $2,242.01 for fiscal year 1950. j
The amount received by the I
Territory since 1908 for its 25 J
per cent share of National Forest
receipts totals $758,853.36. The
amount received by the Forest
Service for use on roads and'
trails, representing 10 per cent j
of Forest receipts since 1908. (
totals S295.495.63.
SCHOOL GOING DOGS
DECLARED NUISANCE
EY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Dogs hanging around the
school building will be picked
up or.d destroyed, according to
Dado Green, Chief of Police.
One child has been bitten and
the police hope to avoid any.
further danger to children. Tim :
fact of a dog wearing a lie ns
tag docs not give him freedom
to run, if he is dangerous to ‘
human safety.
Pets will follow children to
school, but instead of returning
home, will congregate about the
school grounds. This is forbidden
by the Police Department. Pets ;
must be kept at home.
FOUR SEWARD BOYS
INDUCTED THIS WEEK
Four Seward boys left this j
week for induction at Fort Rich-i
ardson. Two of them, Ralph j
Erickson and Oscar (Moose)
Steinwald. attended school lo
cally and have lived most of
their lives here. Robert Biggs
has lived and worked in Seward
for a relatively short time, and
Lyle Douglas Cole moved in
recently from Kenai.
No other names have been
announced for the January call
from Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Thomp
son returned by highway last
week in their new car after
a five weeks vacation in North
ern Minnesota. They drove to
California for a few days in the
Bay Area before returning home.
First Projssis
OK'd By Abska
Public Works
The Office of Territories, De
partment of the Interior, on Jan.
20 made the first allotments
from the 1951 Alaska Public
Works appropriation. The pro
jects for which allotment have
been made are:
Territorial Office Building,
Juneau, $1,200,000;
Water Supply Facilities, Pet
ersburg, $152,000;
Water Supply Facilities, Scl
dovia, $05,950;
Power Plant Coal Handling
Equipment, Fairbanks, $221,000;
Water Supply Facilities, IIoo
nah, $64,500;
Streets, Ketchikan, $190,500.
The total of the allotments for
the above six projects is $1,922,
750. Under the Alaska Public
Works Act the applicants will
reimburse the Federal Govern
ment for one half of the total
project costs.
It is anticipated that a call for
bids for the construction of the
Territorial Office Building will
be issued immediately. The pre
paration of working drawings
and specifications for the other
five projects alloted is now un
der wray.
Additional projects proposed
for this year’s construction pro
gram are under consideration
for final approval and allotment.
Further infromation concern
ing the approved projects is as
follows:
Territorial Office Buiidioq,
Ju^eeu. This construction is in
tended to relieve the extreme
need for adequate office soaco
for Territorial agencies, many
of which are poorly housed in
non-fi reproof structures. The
proposed budding will be of fire
proof construction and. as de
signed. is a simple economical
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F&Y/S Ship Leaves
For Bering Sea
To Hunt Sea Otter
j The Fish & Wildlife Service
ship Brown Bear left Seward
this week for a trip into Arctic
waters in search of 000 sea ot
( tcrs to transplant in other
waters.
The Brown Bear, a sturdy
twin-engine vessel 117 feet in
length with Capt. Jorgensen as
skipper has braved these dan
gerous waters for many years.
Local seamen, however, predict
! a n ally rugged time for those
( who attempt to put a small
boat into the freezing surf of
• the Bering Sea islands in search
i of the elusive otter,
i The work will be under the
'supervision of Winston A. Elk
ins, wildlife managing super
visor, who will meet the expedi
tion in Kodiak. Robert F. Smith
1 will be in charge from Cold Bay
north. They will also pick up
biologists and enforcement men
to assist in the difficult work.
Waterfowl Inventory
j The Fish & Wildlife Service
will also make the 17th annual
inventory of the continent’s win
tering ducks and geese between
January 10 and 13, according to
Service Director Albert M. Day.
The inventory of waterfowl is
similar to an inventory taken oi
any large business, Day de
(dared. ‘‘Their stock-taking is
important because it gives us an
appraisal of the potential breed
ers that will go north in the
spring to start the new cycle.”
Important wintering grounds
from Alaska to Guatemala, in
cluding the large West Indies
Islands, wrill again be surveyed.
More than 1,00U cooperative ob
servers of the United States,
Canada, Mexico and West Indies
will participate, using planes,
automobiles and boats. Director
Day said that the Service will
employ two planes in the Mexi
can survey this year.
The winter inventory is made
each year at the close of the
last United States hunting sea
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The first of the return games
in the Western Alaska Confer
ence will be played here Sat
urday and Monday nights on
the new floor at the Civic Cen
ter with the Fairbanks team.
The Anchorage Eagles will
play the Sea Hawks here the
following week end, Feb. 3 and
5. Palmer will play here Feb.
10 and 12. The play-off, a double
elimination tournament, will be
gin Feb. 16 at Anchorage, pre
ceding the Anchorage Fur Ren
dezvous.
lit a Hawks Return from Tour
The Sea Hawks returned from
their tour on the Monday night
train. They lost all three games,
but are not seriously discour
aged. Part of the loss was due
to Dick Deigh being out of the
game at guard position. They
missed hirn for the first two
games but picked up again on
the third, according to Coach
Don Dalberg.
The boys are filled with
praises and gratitude for Dr.
Howard Romig of Anchorage
wrho entertained them in his
home at a buffet dinner and
gave him the use of his station
wagon for the trip from Anchor
age to Palmer.
Five senior girls and three
senior boys went to Palmer for
their senior sneak. They attend
ed the games and had a good
time generally. One experience
they have to relate is a fire in
the room next to theirs in the
Palmer hotel. For a time, it was
thought that their room was
ablaze, and their excitement and
dismay was “terrific,” according
to the girls.
The seniors were chaperoned
by Mrs. Grace Campen, senior
advisor, on their sneak. All re
turned together with Coach Dal
berg and the Sea Hawks.
ASC AGENTS MEETING
IN SEATTLE THIS MONTH
Alaska Steamship Company
representatives attending t h e
company 1051 annual agents
meeting at S--attic, January 15
18, are pictured with three new
Alaska Terminal and Stevedor
ing Company fluid-drive fork
lilt trucks in u Pier 42 freight
shed, during a period between
sessions.
These Alaska Line officials
are centering their efforts on de
veloping improved freight and
passenger service for the exten
sive company territorial opera
tions which range from Ketchi
kan in Southeastern Alaska to
Kotzebue in the Arctic.
From left in lift truck cabs:
W. J. Manahan. assistant general
traffic manager, Seattle: T. J.
Maloney, Anchorage agent; aid.
atop right truck, Frank Burns,
Cordova agent.
In left section, third row.
frcm left: E. F. Herr, Seldoviu
agent (with hat extended): U. W.
Killingsworth, manager, Alaska
Terminal Company; W. W. Sip
prell, general agent, Seward.
Second row: J. F. Zumdieck,
operating manager, Seattle; R.
G. Gardiner, Fairbanks agent:
F. A. Zeusler, executive assis
tant to president, Seattle. Stag
gered front row: D. R. Ren
barger, assistant general freight
agent, Seattle; H. E. Green, Ju
neau agent; R. I. Miller, Peters
burg agent; A. N. MacClellan,
freight claim agent, Seattle;
W. R. Wood, Ketchikan agent;
and R. D. Kelsey, Valdez agent.
Right section, second row,
from right: H. N. Peterson, gen
eral tralfic manager; Leo Mc
Cormack. Wrangell agent; D. E.
Skinner, vice president and gen
eral manager, Seattle; R. C.
Rose, assistant general passenger
agent, Seattle; J. J. Dillon, Nome
agent; J. D. Nelson, assistant
general traffic manager, Seattle.
First row, right section, from
right: Orrin Kimball, Kodiak
agent; D. M. Ramsay, Sitka
agent; H. E. Chesebrough, ter
minal agent, Seattle; K. A.
Cross, assistant general passen
ger agent, Seattle; and G. S.
Duryea, general freight and pas
senger agent, Anchorage.
BASKETBALL
FAIRBANKS HIGH vs SEWARD SEA HAWKS
Two Games — Jan. 27 and 29 — 8 P.M.
CIVIC CENTER (Plenty of Seats!)
Adults $1,00 Sshoo! $.50