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Seward seaport record., 1951-11-09
ORDINANCE MO. 216

An ordinance of the City of Seward providing for and calling a special election under authority of an Act of Congress of May 28. 1886. 49 Stat 1888, and an Act of Congress of August 24 l949 Public Law 264, 8lst Con gress) to submit to the duly quai- fled electors of said City under said Acts of Congress the prOpoSi- ton of incurring an indebtedness in an amount not to exceed (Sl5OOO 00) Dollars with interest thereon at two per cent t2'o) per anNum to purchase from the United States, operate and main tain q sewage djsnosal system for the City of Seward aad to paN to t@e United States in 3 manner to be mutually agreed upon a NU@- chase price in the amount of tSl50. 100000 Dollars for said sys- tenn. to perform the ObligatiOnS inn "ose1 OE the United States in con naltion with the purchase of said rubl.C works and to pledge the fuli faith md credit of the City Of Sew ard in payment of said indebted ness. and 10 issue general Obljgo- ton boHds or other security bear ing interest at a rate not to exceed two pNr cent '2' , per annum pay able seni-annuallE all as author i2ed in said Acts of Congress:
 WHEREAS. the City of Seward, Alaska, is duly authorized under an Act of Congress of May 20, l93S, 40 Stat. 1888 ard m Act Of Con rress Of August 24. 1919 (Public Law 264, 81et Congress- to enter into an agreement to purchase from the United States a sewage dis posal plant provided pursuant to said Act of Congress of August 24, 1929, to pay therefor purchase price of Sl5O,O0O.00 Dollars and to incur an indebtedness net to eX- cead said amount together with interest thereon at rate not to eX- ceed two ner cent e 7-) per annum and to i~eua general obligation bonds with said interest payable spmi-annually and to levy taXos. f'X and collect charges for services rendered by the public work, to operate and maintain said public work, and to perform the obliga- tions assumed under the agreement 10 purchase. and
 WHEREAS. the Act of Congress of May 28, 1886, 49 Stat 1889 pro v.1o@ that the incuwing of such in GcbtedneSS shall be authorized pursuant to a vote Of not less than sjv;---fivc per cent (65oa) of the qualified electors of said city whose namcS appear on the last tax as sessment roll or record for munich pal tax purposes in said city at an election called fer that purpose, Now, Therefore
 BE TT ORDAINED by the Com mon Council of the City of Seward, Alaska:
 Section l. A special election is hereby called to be held in the City of Seward, Alaska, on the 26th dav of November. 1851. pursuant to the provisions of the Act of Con gress of May 28, 1886, 49 Stat. 1888 and an Act of Congress of August 24, 1949 (Public Law 264, 8lst Con- gress). the laws of the Territory of Alaska and the ordinances of the City of Seward, including this Or dinance, for the purpose of submit ting to the qualified electors listed upon the last tax assessment roll of said City the proposition here
Seward seaport record., 1951-11-09
MARRIAGE LICENSE

A marriage license was issued by US. Commissioner Southard this week to Charles A. Stewart and Mary Katheryn O'Neill, both of Anchorage. It was understood that the ceremony is to be per formed after their return to An chorage.
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of.
 Section 2 There shall be sub mittcd to the qualified voters of said city authorized to vote at said election in accordance with the re- of this Ordinance the following proposition:
 Shall the City of Seward Alas ka, incur an indebtedness in the sum of S15O,00000 Dollars for the
 purpose of acquiring the follow
 ing public work of a permanent
 nature: A sewage disposal sys-
 tenn to be constructed by the
 United States of America and
 sold to the City of Seward at
 price not in excess of $15O,OOOOO Dollars. said indebtedness to bear
 interest at a rate not exceeding
 two per cent (2o) per annum, to
 be evidenced by project con
 struction and sales agreement be-
 tween the United States of Amer
 ica and the City of Seward and
 to be secured by general obliga-
 tiOn bonds or other security with
 interest thereon at the rate of two
 per cent (2oo) per annum pay
 able semi-annuallv if the United
 States so requires, and for the
 payment of said bonds or other
 securities to pledge the full faith
 and credit of the City of Seward, / laska, and issue said bonds in
 such form and manner as may
 hereafter be required by the
 United States of America. all as
 authorized by the Acts of Con
 gress.
 Section 3. All qualified voters of the City of Seward whose names appear on the last assessment roll or record of said city for the pur- pose of municipal taxation and the qualifications prescribed by Sec tions 38-l-2 and 3&-l-3 Alaska Compiled Laws Annotated, l949, and who arc registered in compli- ance with the Ordinances of the City of Seward shall be qualified to vote al said election and persons who may ethcHV ise be qualified to vote who have Not registered jr compliance With the OGdinanCes of eaid Ct'V end whose names do not appear on the last tax assessment roll shall not be qualified 10 vote.
 Section 1. The City Clerk of the City of Seward snail issue and cauee to be published at least once each week in a new ,aNCH in tEc City of Sevard the notice herein after provided in this Ordinance and shall post such notice in three conspicuous places within the cor norate limits of the City of Seward one of which shall be posted on the Bulletin Board in the United States Post Office in Seward, Alas ka. not loss than twenty t20p days before said election. The following pieces gre hereby declared 10 be conspicuous places in the City of Seward:
Seward seaport record., 1951-11-09

A daughter was born to MT. and Mrs Robert PreshaW in Seward General Hospital on No vember G. The little girl was named Doris Marie She weighed six pounds, nine ounces.
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 be made for two consecutive pub Hcations of the newspaper publish ed in Seward. Alaska immediately preceding the date of said election
 Section 5. That the City Clerk, Sigrid Stearns of said City is di- rccted, upon the approval of this ordinances, to give public notice forthwith that the registration books ar open, and thereafter and until three i3) days prior to the day herein designated for such election. keep said books open for ard register therein all persons pro- scnting themselves for registration during the hours prescribed by or djnanccs. That upon closing regis tration the Clerk shall prepare and certify to tNc election officials a true and coucct list of III qualified voters who have registered, and whose names appear on the tax ae>cssrNent roll or record of said ci,y for nun cjpal taxation rur- poses prepared during the year 1851.
 Section 6. Notice of said election shall be given by posting and pub fishing notice thereof in the man. ner required by this ordinance not less than twenty (20) days prior to said election.
 Said notice shall be signed by the Mayor of said city and attested by the City Clerk and shall be in substantially the following form: NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
 A special election will be held in the City of Seward, Alaska, on the 18th day of November. 1851. for the purpose of submitting to the quail fled voters of said City, who are registered and qualified to vote in accordance with the Ordinances of the City of Seward governing cleo
Seward seaport record., 1951-11-09
Ire City Hall
The Alaska Railroad Dock

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 The publication of said notice shall be made for two consecutive pub lications of the newspaper publish ed in Seward. Alaska, Immediately preceding the date of said election,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-26

proyal by the President with no reference to Congress.
 g. The new bills make provision for recall of the constitutional convention should the first cons5l- tuition not be approved by the Con- gress, in the case of the Senate bill, and by the President, in the case of the House bill.
 10. H. R. 331 authorized an ap- propriation of s1ooO00 to defray the costs of the convention and elections provided for in the act. The new bills raise that authoriza- ton to $200,GOO.
 Il. IT. R. 331 provided for an electiol. ss officers for full state governmsut after the coretisuticn Lad been approved by the Cor.sless Delegate Bartletts bill calls 1c- 2 election after ap2roval Of the ear' stitution by the President, while the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-26
STATEHOOD BILL GIVEN
 ExpLAINlNC
Difference Between Old Measure and New One
 Proposed Is Told

Versions of the new statehood bil, is given in Delegate Bartlett's news letter from Washington. dated January Is. The news letter says:
 Upon his return this week from the recent meeting of the Alaska
 Statehood Committee at Anchorage, Delegate Bartlett Introduced an Alaska statehood hi:i. -ne same day Congressman Yorty Of California offered a bill in the House pat termed after Delegate Bartlett's measure.
 The House versio;:, With two ex- captions, is identical with the bill placed in the Senate hopper last week by Senator O'Mahoney, Chair man of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, and IS other Senators.
 The first difference, in compli- ance with a recommendation made by members of the Statehood Con- mittee, is found in the House bill which calls for primary election of delegates to the constitutional convention as well as general elec- ton, the latter election being the only one called for in the Senate version. Both elections would be held on a partisan basis and the candidates would run without regard to party utilization or refer ence. The second difference be- tween the two bills finds the Senate measure calling for approval of the state constitution by the Congress before submitting it to the Presi- dent, while the House bill provides that the state constitution will be submitted directly to the President for approval, as did Delegate Bart let's bill as introduced and passed in the House last year.
 Both Senator OMahoney's bill and that of Delegate Bartlett re- tain most of the provisions of H. R.. 931 as reported to the Senate in June of last year. The changes, Il in all, are mostly minor adjust ments and are listed briefly be- low:
 1. The number of delegates to the constitutional convention has been increased by 3 to 31 and has been
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-26
4 NORTHERN NOTEBOOK
By BOB DE ARMCND

amounted to only 64 cents for each dollar placed in the fund, and in l941 it dropped to 28 cents.
 The reason fishing and placer mining have not caused a drain upon the Employment Security Fund is that they are classified as seasonal industries by the Elm ployment Security Commission.
 This means that a miner or a fisheries worker who is unemployed during the off season, when fish, ing and mining are shut down, is not entitled to unemployment ben efits.
 It seems obvious, then, that something has been added to the Alaska economy in recent years that has resulted in the present heavy drain on the fund.
 And it is necessary to look no further than the big construction programs to find the cause. Con- struction has become perhaps the biggest business in Alaska, and al- though construction is often sea- sonal for the very same reasons that placer mining is seasonal, it is not so classified on the books of the Employment Security Com mission.
 For instance, a bulldozer opera tor who works for a mining con- cern from May until October and is then thrown out of work because of the freeze-up will draw no un- employment benefits during the winter.
 But a bulldozer operator work ing on a construction job, perhaps only a dozen mics from the min ing operation, aild who is also jobless after the freeze-up. is en- titled to compensation for 25 weeks, or almost six months.
 It is entirely true that not all construction work is seasonal. If a building is well along before freeze-up, the carpenters, plum bers, electricians and painters may be able to continue work during much or all of the winter.
 But a report of the Employment Security Commission shows that while there were 5,805 contract con- struction workers employed in Alaska in October, 1948, this dropped to 2,426 in February, 1949, and climbed again to 9,275 in August, 1949, a considerable season. al fluctuation.
 Just how contraction workers can te classified so as to offset the seasonal nature of much of their work is a not inconsiderable prob
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-26
Twenty-third of a series

Says the report of the Territor- al Commissioner of Labor for the ears l949-l950: The biennium
 marked a new high both in num-
 ,er of persons employed and num- ger of persons unemployed The Employment Security Commission
 eports that unemployment benefits paid during the winter sa2son
 949-1950 were the hiGhest fer a sen year period This anam alous
 ituation. created by the sea asonal nature of Alaskan industries, en- ohasizes the need for develop ment of non seasonal industries" ,"
 This statement by the Labor Commissioner is entirely true. So far as it goes. 2ut t do-s net en- tirely explain why 5iie Employ ment Security Commission paid ut S185 ir benefits for every dol lar it received il cc~... iL...tto-,- dur ing 1949.
 Ncr does it expl4in u:'.- this ratio climted f~om 310 cen 5 poid out for each dollar taken in back in 1946. to 96.9 cents in 1948, on up to $ls5 in 1929 ard possibly higher yet in 1850
 It is obvious, e course. that when you pay olt a coup,e of dollars or thc.c2tcut5 for ev1ry dollar you take in. your bank ac- count is going to decline And the Employment Security Fand has suffered in the same way.
 Moreover, when the Enlpl y,nent Security Fund suffers, the business men of the Territory who are steady employers of labor are hit n the pocketbcoks.
 This happens because when the fund drops to certain point, eX- perience rating credits are auto matically terminated And when these credits are terminated, the businessman and employer, even though he has a steady payroll and creates no unemployment what ever, is nicked for a full three per cent of his payroll-2.7 percent to the fund itself and 03 percent to Uncle Sam to be used for admin istrative purposes-with a limit of 800 for each individual employee in year.
 While the Commissioner of La Dor planes all of this upon the seasonal nature of Alaskan in- dustries, Alaska has had seasonal industries-fishing and placer min ing, for example-for many years without apparently putting any undue strain on the fund.
 Back in 1889 benefit payments
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lem, but it is one that the Com mission could undoubtedly solve
 A proposal has been made tc classify, for starter, all construc- ton work north of the Yukon River or the Arctic Circle as seasonal. 1 One thing seems quite clear | experience rating credits have been virtually repealed for the duration of the Alaska construction boom or until some sort of seasonal clas- sification is provided for construc- ton workers.
 With the contractor paying a maximum of S81 into the Employ ment Security Fund for each en- ployee and with the workers draw ing up to s625 apiece out of the fund during the winter months, the fund isn't going to grow a whole lot and the butcher and the baker and the other small-time but around employers of the Ter ritory arc going to have to foot a large part of the bill.
 During recent legislative hearings on bills having to do with unem- ployment compensation, much was sold about the benefit Alaska mer- chants derive from the payment of this compensation during slack periods of the year.
 The merchants do benefit, al- though with approximately half of the unemployment compensation payments from the Alaska fund being made to people in the states he does not benefit as much as he might.
 And there is now bill before the Legislature that would further decrease the Alaska merchants rev enues from the Alaska compensa- tion fund.
 This is House Bill No. 73, and it requires that every employer who transports any persons to Alaska for the purpose of employing him must furnish return transportation at the termination of the employ ment.
 If a worker has to pay his own fare back to the States, there is a chance that he may decide to spend the winter, some of his summers earnings and his unemployment, compensation in Alaska.
 But if he can get free transporta- tion back to the sunny south, and so long as he can draw his con- pensation there as easily as though he remained in Alaska, there is no incentive whatever for him to stay
 As a matter of fact, under those conditions, there wouldn't be much of any incentive for anybody to stay in Alaska after the first of october.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-26
GOLnEN ANNIVERSARY

Mir. and Mrs. James Bowie, old time residents of Douglas, cele- brated their golden wedding anni- yersary on February 23, at Van- couver, B. c. Mrs. Bowie is a sister of Mrs. JohnsNIills, who celebrated her golden anniversary in Douglas just year ago. With Mrs. Mills married a year and day before her sister,
 MS. Illwie's grandson, Jack Mills. left last Tuesday via Steam ship to attend the affair.
 The BoWies were prominent and wellknown in Douglas, leaving here following the Treadwell cave-in, many years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-26

Islancs. Because CT international aspects, the fur seal industry would be retained under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior but half the proceeds from the sale of fur-seals would go to the new state.
 T Five per cent of all land sold in the new state by the United States after statehood would go to the new state for support of the common schools within the state.
 8. Provision is made for election of state officials and two Senators and one Representative following proclamation by the President of the new state.
 g. THe remaining provisions Of 5oth hills deal with technical changes involved insofar as the United States District Court for the District of Alaska and the Federal Reserve System would be concerned.
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reapportioned according to the 1850
 census. thus providing 9 delegates
 to be elected at large from the en-
 tire Territory, from the First
 Division, 2 from the Second Divi-
 sion. 10 from the Third Division and 5 from the Fourth Division.
 2. H. R. 331 as reported to the
 Senate provided for primary and
 general election in the selection of delegates to the constitutional convention on a party basis; in- dependent or non-party candidates could also have run. The new Senate bill eliminates the primary and pro vides for a general election on non- party basis. Delegate Bartlett's bill, as stated above, retains the primary and provides both cleo tions to be carried out without reference to party.
 3. II. R. 32l provided that the delegates to th1 convention woulc meet on the 90tn day after then election. The new bills cut that time to the 30th day.
 4. Fl. R. 331 granted Block 32 and the structures and improvements thereon in Juneau to the State "to use for a dwelling for the Governor, for a State museum. and for paEk and reoreaticnal purposes" <" Tie new bills amend that language to pro- vide that Block 32 and the strgc- lures and improvements thereon in Juneau are granted to the State flor any or all of the following A residence for the a State museum, or park and recreational use"
 5. H. R. 331 provided that "The Federal Building and the Federal jail at Juneau are hereby granted to the State of Alaska" The new pills clarify this language by stating, The Federal Building and the in- terests of the United States in Blocks c and T, and the structures and improvements thereon, in the city of Juneau, are hereby granted to the State of Alaska"
 6. H. R. 331 granted one million acres to the State for internal inn The new bills increase that amount to 2,550,00o acres, in 5O0.0Oo acres to the Uni versity of Alaska in addition to lands granted previously for the 
 T. II. R. 331 as reported to tk" Senate (this provision was not ir the bill as it passed the House) provided that no native reservations would be created by the Secretary of the Interior until the provisions of the statehood act had been met. The new bills delete this section.
 8. H. R. 331 provided that the adopted at convention would have to be approved by the Congress. The new Senate bill re- tains this provision, but Delegate Bartlett's legislation provides ap-'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-26

WANT ADS PAY-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-26
SOUTH VIA DENALI

Mrs. Arne Shudshift is a passen- ger on the Denali enroute to Se- attle. There she will visit a sister and also go through another medi- cal cheek-up and rest. Later she may visit friends and relatives in California.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-26
DOUGLAS
 RTEVWS
JoHNsoNs HAVE GREY GIRL

J0TNS0Ns HAVE GREY GIRL
 A haby girl arrived this morning for Mir. and Mrs. Edwin c. John son., at ss. Annes Hospital, in Juneau. The infant weighed in at 9 pounds and 3 ounces on its ar rival at 6:30 o'clock A. M. It has been named Florence Elizabeth, honoring it's grandmother, Mrs. Charles Cochburn Of Lake Stevens, Wash, and it's mother, Mary Eliza beth
 At home Florence Elizabeth will join brother, Carl, five years of age.
 Proud papa Johnson, is a local fish broker.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-26
HAMILTON SOUTH

Homer Ham Hamilton left yesterday via P.A.A. for Seattle, where he will enter the hospital and receive medical care for stomach condition. Ham is one Of the personnel of the U.S.C.G. sta toned at the headquarters office in Juneau, but living in Douglas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-26
RARY FOR SMITHS

Mir. and Mrs. Tarelton F. Smith of Douglas are the proud parents of a baby daughter. born at 7:55 P. M. on Saturday evening in St. Ann's Hospital, at Juneau.
 The young lady, named Marilyn Louise, tipped the scales at nine pounds and T ounces on birth and will join a family including Victor, years of age, and Roy, a year md @ half.
 Mother and daughter are reported doing very well. The father is a field agent with the Fish and Wild life Service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-26

One of the trees from which tan ners derive extract used in making leather soles tough and flexible is a South American variety so rugged that the natives call it quebracho- literally the xe-breaker.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-26
cAeEEr. VISITS HIRE

Frank Cashel, business man of Sitka, was weekend visitor here with his mother, Mrs. Ed Cashel, and his sister Margaret Lindsay. While here he also attended to business in Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-26

Senate version pr0vlaes TOT an elec- ton after approval of the constitu- tion by the Congress.
 Aside from the provisions set forth above, both the Senate and House bills introduced in the a2nc Congress are identical with Dele gate Bartlett's bill, T. E. Ss1, as reported to the Senate last year bJ the Interior and Insalar Affair Committee. The major terms pro- vide:
 1. Protection to any lands or other property dncluding fishing rights) the right or title to which may be held by any Indians, Eskimos or Aleuts.
 ?. Establishment of Q public school system open to au children of the state.
 3. A grant of 100000 acres of land in the national forests to the new state and 100000 acres of public land for community and re- creational purposes. with provision contained in the bills for protection of valid existing rights.
 4. In addition to all other grants of land, the new state would be entitled, five years after its adnis- sion into the Union. to select 20 million acres of unreservsd public lands, with protection spelled out to valid existing rights. If lands selected are unsurveyed, the Seere- tary of the Interior would survey the exterior boundaries of the areas requested with patent issued n terms of the exterior boundary sur vey. The state could sell or grant land in tracts not larger than 649 acres for any purpose with the re- servation to the state of royalties of not more than 1215 per cent on all minerals produced from th Q land, all for the support of the public schools.
 5. The new state would be paid 3715 per cent of the revenues from the national forests rather than the 25 per cent which goes to Alaska as a territory
 6. The new state would control it's fisheries with the exception oi the fur-seal fishery on the Pribiloi