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1 A GOOD MISSION
The special fund for street improvements, made possible by
*** additional three mill levy to real and personal property in
city last year, will be put to immediate use. Bill Thomp
son, Street engineer for Hubbell and Waller Engineer Corp.,
arrived in town this week to begin a survey.
We suggest that the long suffering residents of Mission
Road, and all motorist*- and pedestrians who attempt to use
that rough, mud-hole quagmire be the first to benefit from any
street improvements.
•Considering the amount of traffic over Mission Road, as
compared with that on other Kodiak streets, it seems that
this should certainly be the first project undertaken with this
fund, now totaling about $12,000.
Fryeson PI tads
Jesse Fryeson, who was
bound over to the grand jury
early in January on a ciiarge
of attempted assault with a
dangerous weapon, waived the
grand jury and pled guilty tivs
week before Commissioner A.
M. Vokacek to a lesser charge
of careless use of firearms and
received a suspended sentence
•f one year in jail.
The assault charge was drop
ped by the District Court later
in the wbek, on motion of U S.
Attorney J. Karl Cooper.
Complaining witness against
Fryeson had been Jesse Wash,
ington, Jr. Both men were em
ployed at the base.
Katherine Matfay Shelikof
received a divorce from Ralni,
Shelikof during District Court
session this week. The plaintiff
was represented by John C.
Hughes.
Darrell Chaffin, CAA em
ploye and partner in the Club
Unique, was a PNA passenger
for Anchorage Sunday.
Miss Chichenoff Wed
Anna Chichenoff, daughter
of Mrs. Paul Walkoff, became
Uie bride of Alvin Leo Bums,
USN, SN, on Valentine Day.
U S. Commissioner A. M.
Vokacek performed the cere
mony.
Burns is stationed at Ko
diak Naval Station.
Mrs. Esther Magnusen, who
has spent the winter outside
and visiting in Ketchikan,
returned Wednesday.
Dean Hart, accountant for
Pacific Northern Airlines, was
here this week on routine
business. He is from the Se
attle office.
Ward Ellis, naval station
employe, was an incoming
PNA passenger from Anchor
age last Saturday.
Philip Lynch, Veterans
Administration representative
left Wednesday after several
days in to.vn on business. His
headquarters is in Anchorage.
BANK EARLY
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No delays at tellers windows or in
seeing officers if you do your banking early
in the day. It is after noon when crowds
occur.
A safe outside the door is for depos
its and note payments Thursdays and odd
hours, but i3 closed at night.
CiaMd «mr Thuradajr
Bukini tmwivm tlN.O.B,, MUn, Old Adminatrattou Buildinc. IsOO 1:30 T. 11
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Town Tidibts
That elderly playboy we
mentioned a couple of weeks
ago, who had a Dick Tracy
badge and whistle and
occasionally got bottles away
from surprised drunks before
the police could, went a bit,
too far last week. J
He got a siren-soundingi
gadget and at 5 pm one day I
at a busy intersection, helped i
direct traffic. Among the cars J
he managed to confuse was
one driven by the deputy mar-1
shal, and the pseudo-cop is
now resting comfortably in'
the marshal’s bastille for 30
days. ;
George Magnusen, fire chief,
has a record of all local blazes
here since 1943, and in check
ing through them recently!
found that four months in the |
entire period were without!
fires. The months were De-j
cember 1943, December 1944,
December 1947 and December
1950. Magnusen attributes the
blaze-less Decembers to the
weather. . . .
Speaking of records, here’s
another possible one, for the
longest-living goldfish on Ko
diak Island! The fish, Goldie,
died last month after living,
alone for more than three
years in a glass Crisco jar in
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred R. Hamilton, formerly of _
town and now of the base.!
Goldie was in the first ship- j
ment of goldfish sent to Ko-;
diak for Knudsen’s back in
1947, and had been displayed
annually in Garden Club show1
pet divisions.
The December issue of A
laska Sportsman, in the A-1
laska Steamship Co. ad, told
about guide Alf Madsen, in
continuing a series on Alaskan
guides. The March issue of the'
magazine, in the ACS ad,
pictures and tells about Charlie
Madsen, dean of local guides.
Alf, incidentally, had his
j first request for hunting in-.
[formation from Europe thisj
j week. He has previously had 1
them from various South
American countries. A gentle
| man in Madrid, Spain, wrote,
inquiring about the hunting
season, the airline service
from New York to Kodiak,
and other factors. Said he had
seen Madsen’s ad in last De
cember’s Outdoor Life. . . .
'Judge Upholds
! City Ordinance
I Judge Anthony J. Dimond
has handed down a decision
; denying the liquor license
j application of Sally Pearl and
Rose Shultz, former owners of
Sally’s Coffee Shop.
| Mrs Pearl had challenged
! the legality of a Kodiak city
I ordinance governing the num
; ber of liquor licenses issued by
j the city.
j Mrs. Pearl and Mrs. Shultz
sold their coffee shop and left
Kodiak before the court’s
decision was made.
Mayor Lee Bettinger was
informed of the court’s deci
sion by Buell Nesbett, Anchor
age attorney, who represented
the city in the matter.
Letters to Editor
Dear Editor:
! At the last C of C meeting,
they passed a motion to sup
' port the cattle growers in |
getting rid of the Kodiak
bears. I wonder why they
[ supported such a motion so;
iquickly. Did they stop to
| think of the thousands of dol-1
! lars brought to Kodiak from'
non-resident hunters and
tourists.
Kodiak is known all over
the world for its bear. It is
the only attraction to bring J
hunters and tourists to Ko-;
diak. These people spend j
plenty of money with the local ;
merchants. !
Did the C of C weigh the
problem or just take the word
of someone who does not own
even one head of cattle? If
you recall when the fish trap
issue came before them did
thep support the abolition of
the traps which meant the
iiveKhood to the people of
Kodiak. No, they were the
last C of C in the territory to
vote for abolition ol the
traps.
It makes one wonder at
times if the C of C are really
working for the welfare of the
people of Kodiak.
If the cattle growers turn
their cattle loose and do not
see them for several months
what can they expect. All the
losses they have had are not
all from bear kill. Yet they
would lead one to blame it on
the bears. If the cattlemen
were to throw a lot of cheap
and inferior meat ... on the
market, what would happen to
the price of salmon. It would
go far below the present
price. Then how would the
people of Kodiak make a de
cent living. This is all food for
thought and all angles should
be considered before an action
should be taken.
Pat Cannon
Dear Editor:
It is the understanding of
j this writer that the stockmen
of Kodiak claim a loss of 93
head of livestock since 1937,
(due to all causes including
‘bear depredations. At the
| present market.value of $300
i per head this loss represents
' an imposing amount of $z7,
900. However, reduced to the
' annual loss to each of the six
. stockmen concerned the figure
! becomes a near insubstantial
j $357.67. Bears surely do not
j ca use n ore than one half of
i the cattle deaths.
i Last, year bear hunting
| brought to Kodiak—in guide
J fees ONLY—$52,200! An ad
j ditional estimated $25,000 was
'spent with the local mer
I chants. Almost every person
in Kodiak benefits, in some
part, from this extra “out
side” revenue.
j Existing law provides that a
■ person may kill bear, by any
means, at any time, and any
! place that life, limb or pro
perty is endangered.
I I feel that this offers “com
1 plete coverage” to everyone,
[including the stockmen, and
' hope that the people of Kodiak
I will do everything possible to
I promote the interests of the
stockmen, and THE GUIDES.
It IS possible to have both
businesses.
H. L. “Doc” Rochelle
Dear Editor:
The recent request of the
Kodiak Livestock Growers
Association to open one entire
end of Kodiak Island for the
extermination of the Kodiak
bear should receive very care
ful consideration.
With all due respect to the
ranchers for their losses it
might be well also to consider
that a great many cows have
fallen off the cliffs in both
Middle and Kaisin Bays. Many
have died from starvation and
exposure due to lack of shelter
and prop r c ire. No doubt
these causes are also included
in the b a- k lis and over a
pe or) f <-*n ye <rs may create
an impos g <re.
The f act remains, neverthe
less, that outside of the
fisheries, the bears have
br.n ght more money to Ko
di k Island than any other
industry and will continue to
do so.
In the last five years there
was brought into Kodiak im
excess of $75,000 by non-resi
dent sportsmen. Each bear is
worth a potential $2000 and it
is rather a poor busiumi
principle for anyone to de
nounce and endorse a request
for the death and destruction
of such a valuable attraction.
The granting of such a re
quest would set a precedent
for further and more extensive
demands. Now is the time to
take steps to protect man's
natural heritage—hunting and
fishing.
Alf Madam
Dianna Collins Wed
D; ■■nr.i-Collins, partner in
the Casino, and Wesley Evoa
Brinson, t|SN, Electronics
mate, 2nd, were married
Wednesday by U. S. Com
missioner A. M. Vokacek.
Mrs. Brinson is the former
Mrs. A. J. Collins and Brinson
is stat oned at Kodiak Naval
Station.
Mr. and Mrs. William Tin
dol of the Naval Station were
witnesses to the ceremony
ELMER G. JOHNSON
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
ROOM 5, KODIAK HOTEL