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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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ROADS IN KENAI PENINSULA
TPhe present official personnel of the Alaska Road Com
mission inherited several large road projects that run
through many scattered portions of Alaska.
It may be stated with reasonable certainty that if this
Commission was today confronted with the problem of
laying out a system of newT roads in Alaska, supposing
that no roads existed, it would build them through sec
* tions of the Territory where large and permanent popula
tions can be suppQrted on the soil, rather than in barren
parts where no permanent population is possible.
No argument is required to convince any informed
Alaskan that the Kenai peninsula is the most favored part
of Alaska in climatic and soil conditions for the support
of a large agricultural population. It contains 2,000,000
or more acres or rich soil in a climate better than that of
Eastern Washington, every acre of which is as fertile and
productive as any on the Pacific coast.
And yet the Kenai peninsula is the least supplied with
wagon and auto roads of any major part of Alaska.
Surely, some means should be found to persuade the
Alaska Road Commission of the great and lasting devel
opments that certainly would follow the opening of this
• marvelously rich peninsula with necessary roads.
MINING, BRIGHT SPOT IN FINANCING
It is often easier to sell a “gold brick” than to finance a
bona fide mining or industrial enterprise says the Den
ver Mining Record.
The worthy proposition and the worthy operator
sometimes get scant consideration. Often the ballyhoo
artist will take millions from the people thru the mail for
some fanciful project with no merit or no real value be
hind it. In spite of handicaps the mining industry of the
west and Alaska has been developed on substantial lines
and is today one of the nation's greatest assets. Without
it our industries would be severely handicapped thru hav
ing to depend on foreign metal supplies.
The public should know that legitimate mining is just
as safe and substantial as lumbering, flour manufactur
ing, farming or any other business. Sound taxiation
laws play an important part in mining and can either en
courage or discourage it. The next Congress will be ask
ed to revise tax laws which have a great bearing on min
eral development.
Seeking material for a “25 Year Ago” column, an edi
tor discovered this item in the Hampshire Gazette of
Northampton, Mass., of September 1» 1902: “Calvin
Coolidge has returned from his annual woodchuck hunt in
his native state. He broke his record, capturing 11 fine
looking and healthy chucks.”
Exclusive size and weight may save Mag Keeling, 600
pound negress of Gadsden' Ala., from a jail sentence.
Officers charge her with selling whiskey, but say she can't
be gotten out of her house without cutting away a part
of the wall, besides she could not be gotten into the jail if
convicted.
A little girl in Ohio wrote the War Department asking
for a baby brother. Assistant Secretary McNider sym
pathetically replied: “I have instructed the army avia
tors to watch and if they see a stork delivering a little
baby to tell it of your desires.”
Anyhow, it's going to be a difficult thing to get any
body to choose to run for President until the wet and dry
issue is settled.
There are two kinds of people in this country: those
who call supper dinner and dinner lunch and those who
don't. Horray for the majority!
By this time most vacations and money have been
spent.
LAHbE MM AHUS ULLN
SURVEYED THIS SEASON
BY 0. S. SURVEYOR
During her summer’s work the U.
S. S. Surveyor, Capt. R. R. Lukens,
stationed in Seward this past summer,
has surveyed a large area that has
been blank on the chart and about
which little was known by navigators.
For several years the charts have
carried reports of two 15 fathom spots
near Cape St. Elias. Vessels making
the Cape in fog have always worried
about these reports, because there
might be less water there or a sunken
rock. The Surveyor made a close
survey over this area and found the
report without existance and they are
now wiped off the chart.
'Close soundings were made over
hundreds of square miles from Hard
ing Gateway, east to a line 15 miles
eastward of Cape Cleare on Montague
I Island. Fortunately no dangers were
found in this area and when the charts
are printed the ship captain can sail
with comfort over any part of it.
Of the inland waters, surveys were
made of McLeod Harbor, Drier Bay,
Evans Bay, Elrington Bay, Port Bain
bridge, Hogg Bay, Swanson Bay, Puget
Bay, Johnstone Bay, Whitbey Bay,
Nuka Bay, and Macarthur Pass.
A harbor survey was made of Sew’
ard showing all improvements in the
water front and the bay was closely
sounded to show the anchorage and
the approach to the wharfs. A simi
lar survey was made of the Latouche
waterfront and it is hoped that the
charts will soon carry large scale in
serts of these two important ports.
Evans Bay (locally known as Savr
mill Bay) was swept with the wire
drag and all existing rocks were found.
Just after the survey was made, the
lighthouse tender Cedar came along
and changed the buoys according to
the survey.
Drier Bay, long a worry to ship
masters, was also covered with a wire
drag and found to be safe from danger
along the sailing lines.
Magnetic observations have been
made at Seward and a number of oth
er points to determine the variation
of the magnetic needle.
An automatic tide gauge has been
maintained at Evans Bay, Hogg Bay,
McLeod Harboor and Nuka Bay. This
is in addition to the permanent gauge
at Seward which is the standard sta
tion for this district.
The officers of the Surveyor will be
kept busy during the fall and winter
making computations, plotting sound
ings and inking in topographic sheets
so that the work may go to Washing
ton in condition to be compiled into
the navigators charts.
The officers and men have enjoyed
Seward as their headquarters and
have made many warm friends among
the local residents. Everyone hopes
that next spring will see the Surveyor
back in this locality ready to fill up
some more blank spaces on the chart
and to enjoy Sewards hospitality,
and to enjoy Seward’s hospitality. The
vessel departed for the South at noon
today.
AUXILIARY MEETING
There will be an Auxiliary meeting
of the American Legion at the apart
ments of Mrs. Elwyn Swetmann at
2 o’clock tomorrow (Wednesday)
afternoon.
CHAMPION BEE FARMER
RAPID CITY, S. D., Oct. 4. (£>)—
A woman is the champion “bee king”
of South Dakota. She is Mrs. r”» \ v
H. Blackwell of Rapid City, who
ships 50,000 pounds of honey from
her bee farm annually.
WATSON DUE TOMORROW
The S. S„ Admiral Watson of the P.
S. S. Co., is due to arrive in port from
the South at 3 o'clock tomorrow after
noon.
FRESH KILLED CHICKENS FROM
LONGS RANCH, AT FRYE BRUHN.
Fresh killed local chickens. Car
stens Packing Company.
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LIBERTY
THEATER
One Show
Tonight
8 Sharp |
The great novel by
VICENTE BLASCO IBANEZ
The Temptress”
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Made into a wonderful movie with this very
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Which makes a combination sure to be good
RATED AS A GREAT FILM
Wonderful Acting — Wonderful Settings
Many a brand new idea such as the duel with
bull whips
A GREAT NINE REEL FEATURE
And a Pathe News
We give this fine program at the regular price
Seward Machine Shop
Electric and Acetylene Welding, Plumbing,
Heating, Sheet Metal Work
Ford Sales and Service
Agents for Fairbanks Morse Station
ary and Marine Engines
FIRESTONE TIRES AND TUBES
CHAS. LECHNER, Proprietor
A change of moon took place yester
day which resulted in the disappear
ance of the fine weather of the past
few weeks.
FRESH KILLED CHICKENS FROM
LONGS RANCH, AT FRYE BRUHN.
Fresh killed local chickens. Car
Btens Packing Company.
TOMORROW’S TIDES
First high water 8:26 a. m.
Second high water 7:05 p. m.
First low water 1:15 a. m.
Second low water 12:54 p. m.
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO PAY TAXES
The general Municipal taxes of the
City of Seward for the year 1927
shall become delinquent at the hour
of 5 o'clock p. m. on the fifteenth day
of November 1927, and unless paid
prior thereto five per cent penalty
will be added to such taxes.
Taxes for the year 1927 are now
due and payable at the office of the
the City Clerk, Bank of Seward build
ing, Seward, Alaska.
J. P. HANNON, •
MUNICIPAL CLERK
FRESH KILLED CHICKENS FROM
LONGS RANCH, AT FRYE BRUHN.
Join Urbach’s circulating library.
Fifteen cents to read a late book.
Ask for the film In the yen w box.
Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
FRUIT JARS AT J. L. GRAEF’S.
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF 8UBMITING FINAL
PROOF
Amchoraga, Alaska, July l&th, 1927.
Notice is hereby given that Horace
Samuel Abbert, entryman, together
with his witnesses, Zeph T. Halferty
and Karl Armstrong, all of Kodiak,
Alaska, has submitted final proof on
his homestead entry. Serial No. 05546
tor the land included in Non Mineral,
U. S. Survey No. 1464, containing
159.986 acres, Situate Latitude 57
deg. 43 min. 43 sec. N., Longitude
152 deg. 28 min. 05 sec. W. and said
final proof is now in the files of the
U. S. Land Office at Anchorage,
Alaska, and if no protest is filed in
the said U. S. Land Office at Anch
orage, Alaska within the period of
publication or within thirty days
thereafter, said final proof will be *
accepted and final certificate will be
issued.
J. LINDLEY GREEN. ^
Register. /
Date of first publication Sept. 3, 1927.
Date of last publication Nov. 12, 1927.