Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-14
lLL TOcET'i{n ...
 A STRONG PULL F0R . " COAST GUARD CUTTER

Tn pursuance of a resolution ad-
 opted at Tuesdays luncheon of the Seward Chamber of Com- merce at the Seward Grill, several
 agencies of the city win be ask- ed to get together tor the pur- pose of formulating communica- tions to the Chamber of Conn tmerce of Los Angeles, San Fran
 cisco. and Seattle. Senator Wes-
 ley Jones of Washington, and the Vessel Owners Association of
 Seattle, regarding the statloning
 of coast guard cutter at Se-
 ward for better protection Of West- \ ward shipping. Those Who are asked to participate in the fram- ling of these letters are the Amer ican Legion, the local represent- atives of the American Red cross, the Jesse Lee Home Mission and
 the chamber itself-| 4| #
 \ This IS following a suggestion
 by Ernest Walker Sawyer Of the Department of the Interior. who
 has wired concentration on one thing IS necessary, M. And that if N decisive action is taken at once
 0n the coast guard problem it
 might be successfully but over
 H S. Balderston, chairman of
 the local Red cross chapter read N a telegram from the divisional headquarters at San0 Francisco, asking for a special Red . Gross
 drive here fol the aid of drouth stricken states. of the South. It N has been decided that Since a drive has just been. completed here, another would n0t go over, but that some contribution should N be sent This will probably take 1.-the form of a sum frpm the Se-
 ward Red Cross fund. There are la number of locaI calls #on the V Seward fund and ths officials here feel that charity bRBAA5 at home. However, they Will haBp .in the national need as farN as they can
 go. #... 00.N.
 \ Tn acknowledgement of 4he work N of Mel Homer, ot0 54e Overland
 Hotel, has done in .tlR prop5ga- -
 tion of Chinese pAaasants on
 Kenai Peninsula, Cal.M. Brosius
 got over a resolution that the N Chamber send c0Mmuaication to the Territorial LeBAsIatura add
 to the Alaska Game Commission N asking that closed seasan De de-
 clared on these birds untiI they
 have time to propagate and flour
 ish. They have cOMR thru tWo \ winters and are apparently in- also ask for more birds for stock- N creasing. The communication will \ ing purposes from the GaHe Com -
 mission. Representative -eIect Bros- lus was also Sternly commanded ' by President Urbach to demand
 more wild rice for planting pur-
 poses from the Governors office. | The question of sending VI re-
 presentative from Seward to at-
 tend the dedication exercises at
 the Territorial capital building is
 still an open one- It must
 be decided before the Alameda
 leaves here at the end of the
 week. -### o
 Although no action was taken
 there was a general discussion of
 Senator HoWell's statements re-
 garding the difficulty of running
 the Alaska Railroad because of
 the severity of climatic conditions.
 It was pointed out that there is
 not railroad crossing northern
 United States that does not have
 trouble with snow. cold weather and floods than doeS the Alaska
 Railroad The members hotIr de-
 clared that Howell grossly insults
 the Territory and it's ahe.oved'1
 railroad thra ignorance or the
 conditioas. an irsult tn at shou:d