2d Division Will
Benefit From New
Road Fund System
Alaska’s Board of Road Com
missioners have agreed to junk
the old system of allocating road
funds on a divisional basis and at
last week’s board meeting decided
on a new and simplified allocation
of fuel tax monips that will put
the Haines-Juneau auto ferry on
the books as a “trunk line road”
and will give every division a
well-defined share of the costs of
roads and related services.
Instead of allocating wholly on
a divisional basis, the total col
lections received from the terri
tory’s two-cent-a-gallon motor.!
fuels tax will be first used to pay
the costs of aviation, police, Alas
ka Road Commission joint ex
penses for snow removal and
maintenance, and for engineering
and travel.
The remaining money will then
be divided 50-50 into two funds.
One half of these funds will be
used to develop a “trunk-road
system, money to be expended
wherever the commissioners deem
it advisable on trunk roads ex
pansion. The other half of money
remaining will be divided on a
pro-rata basis between the four |
judicial divisions of the territory j
in direct relation to the amount
of fuel tax receipts collected with
in each division.
In effect, the new ruling means ]
that the poorer divisions, such as
the Second, where tax collections
are low, will have the help of the
larger divisions in paying the “go
ing costs” of the highway engi
neer’s job.
The Third Division last year
collected 56 per cent of the fuel
tax monies, Highway Engineer j
Irving Reed said recently.
Under the new system, the1
heavy costs will come out of the ,
tax fund on a territory-wide basis,
and only half of the remaining re
ceipts will be used on the divi
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Knowland Asks
U. S. Blockade
Of Red Chin8
WASHINGTON, (IP)—now
land (R-Calif) proposed Sun irday
the United States clap a tight
blockade on Communist China if
the Reds refuse demands for the
immediate release of 13 American
airmen jailed as spies.
Knowland, the Senate Republi
can leader, told a news conference
he would hope American allies
would join in such a blockade
through United Nations action,
but he said the United States
should undertake the blockade
alone if its friends dragged their
feet.
Knowland praised the adminis
tration's action in sending a strong
note to the Peiping government,
but said he fears the Chinese will
pay no more attention to it than
they have to similar protests notes
in the past.
The government was reported
to have decided to press a vigor
ous campaign for release of the
13 by rallying opinion in the free
world against the Red “outrage.”
Knowland said the time has come
“to use more than words to pro
tect Americans abroad.”
It is his belief, he said, that a
blockade could be made effective
without any grave risks of Ameri
can involvement in war in Asia.
A demand for the prompt re
lease of the 11 military men and
two civilians was delivered to
Red China’s diplomatic represen
tative in London Friday by the
British Foreign Office at the re
quest of the U.S. State Dept.
Washington officials said the
same angry note was being deliv
ered also to the Peiping regime
through the British diplomatic
representative in the Communist
capital. British channels were
used because the British maintain
diplomatic relations with Red
China, the United States does not.
sional pro-rata share basis.
The new system will permit the
Haines-Juneau ferry operation to
be conducted outside of the First
Division road share sphere and
literally gives the route a “terri
torial responsibility” status rather
than a “First Division responsib
ility” so heavy that in the past it
has absorbed that area's share in
road funds.
No change was contemplated by
commissioners, however, in the
system of boat fuel taxes being
returned to the division in which
they were collected.
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Astronomy Notes
By OLAF HALVERSON
On almost any clear,- moonless
night, especially in November and
December, a few moments of close
watching will be rewarded with
the sight of one or more shooting
stars.
In November 1799 and 1833,
hundreds and thousands were
seen for hours at a time. They are
called meteoric showers. The in
terval of time between these
showers has been 33lA years, but
the last two intervals of 1899 and
1932 did not bring the anticipated
showers.
Careful watching has revealed
the important tact that all the lu
minous streaks, if prolonged back
ward, will meet in a small area
of the sky which is fixed among
the stars. This area is called the
radiant point.
The convergence of these lines
is due to perspective, proving that
the meteors move through space
in parallel lines.
The constellation in which the
radiant point falls gives the name
of the shower. Those comnig from
Leo, for example, are called the
Leonids.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Nadine Hoogland,
Bertha Vlaar.
Discharged: Aarvo Saario.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
TERRITORIAL SCHOOL TAX FOR 1954
NOW DUE AND PAYABLE
Tax is due and payable after January 1 of
each year and becomes delinquent after Dec. 1.
A Penalty of $2.50 Attaches If Not Paid
On or Before December 1, 19"4.
Who Must Pay School Tax:
Ail male and female persons over 21 and under 55.
Exemptions:
Insane Persons
Active Military or Naval Personnel
Unemployed Dependent Females
Permanently Injured—unable to earn a living
EMPLOYERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTION
OF TAX FROM THEIR EMPLOYEES.
Failure or Neglecl to Pay the School Tax is a Mis
demeanor and subject to arrest and a fine not more
than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 90 days.
Payment should be made to your local school
tax collector, dePartment of Taxation, Box
259, Nome, Alaska—on Front Street.
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— DOORS OPEN 7 P.M. — PROGRAM BEGINS 8 P.M. — |
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OH Ad°US $1'25
QfJ Children (School Age) — .75
$10.00 WORTH FOR $1.25
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