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VOL 11 NO 26
KODIAK, ALASKA SEPTEMBER 1, 1951
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City Moves To Terminate
Cold Storage Lease
Steps to terminate the lease
held by the Kodiak Ice and
Cold Storage Co. Inc., with
the City of Kodiak for proper
ty located on the city dock
were taken Monday night by
the city council.
Wallis George of Juneau is
president of the company. Se
veral local residents and busi
nessmen hold stock in the
company.
A fish shed and the founda
tion for the cold storage build
ing have been built on the pro
perty but during the past year
little actual construction has
been done.
The minutes of the Monday
night council meeting read:
\ It was the overall opinion
that inasmuch as such a pro
longed period has elapsed
without any indication of con
struction, the lease should be
terminated.”
A motion to terminate the
lease was approved unani
mously by the council. A letter
informing George of the ac
tion is being prepared and will
be mailed this week.
The validity of the taxi li
cense of James Loan, owner
of the Kodiak Transit Co.,
was raised by Art Kizer and
John McLaughlin, taxi cab
owners.
Several months ago the
question was presented to the
council. The matter was dis
cussed at that time but no ac
tion taken. Monday the coun
cil agreed to investigate.
“Dorwin Ware, Auburn,
Wash., appeared before the
council to appeal the rejection
of his application for chief of
police. Discussion on the" mer
its of the case ensued with
council members unanimously
favoring the hiring of Ware to
a patrolman position with the
extra duties of Pound Master
and additional compensation,”
the city clerk’s minutes of the
meeting read.
Other business of the coun
cil included the approval of a
building permit for Glen
Banks; the tabling of an ap
plication from Emil Christoff
erson pending further investi
gation. Christofferson’s per
mit has been approved by H.
E. Spencer, city building in
spector.
The VFW Club appealed to
the council for a real property
tax exemption on property
held by it but the council did
not act on the matter and tab
led it for further considera
tion.
School Starts
Tuesday
Kodiak Public School enrol
ment will begin Tuesday mor
ning at 9 am. Grades 7 and S
will enroll at the American Le
gion building classrooms
(community center). All other
grades will enrol at the main
building.
There will be no school in
the afternoon, Superintendent
Ivor Schott said yesterday.
Grade 1 children must bring
their birth certificates as terri
torial law requires children to
have reached their sixth birth
day by Nov. 1 to enter school.
Mrs. V. G. Ellis, former
high school home economics
teacher, will again fill that
position this year, Schott an
nounced. Mrs. Ellis will work
a half-day schedule.
House Committee
Due Monday
The House armed services
; committee, on a 12-day tour of
the territory, will visit Kodiak
Monday and remain overnight
Delegate E. L. Bartlett in
formed Mayor Lee C. Betting
er by wire yesterday.
“The group will split in An
chorage, part going to Fair
banks and part to Kodiak.
They will arrive Monday and
stay overnight,” Bartlett
wired.
V
The committee wants to
know why it costs the milita
ry up to $35,000 to build a
one-family house that costs
less than $14,000 in the states.
The committee is also con
cerned with Alaskan defenses.
Plans to entertain the con
gressmen are being made,
Bettinger said.
Rep. Melvin Price, D., 111.,
heads the committee. The oth
ers are Reps. Porter Hardy,
D., Va., Clyde Doyle, D., Cal
if., Victor Wickersham, D.,
Okla., James Van Zandt, R.>
Pa., Walter Norblad, R., Ore.,
William Bates, R., Mass., and
Bartlett.
Wickersham visited Kodiak
two years ago during the fish
eries hearings.
Don Nelson, San Pedro,
Calif., eldest son of Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Nelson, plans to
leave for California Wednes
day aboard the Denali.
He has been here for over a
month, fishing on his father’s
boat. Nelson is married and
has a son.
Fish Ladders
To Be Built
Engineering work for thi
construction of “salmon lad
ers” which will enable the re
turning salmon to get up th <
falls and into Paul’s Lake 01
Afognak will begin today.
C. L. Anderson, director ol
the Alaska Department o:
Fisheries, and Detrick Cooter
engineer with the Watershec
Management Division, flew tc
Perenosa Bay on Afognak Is
land with Bob Hall of Kodiak
Airways, Inc.
Karl Brunstad, local resi
dent and member of the ADF
board, accompanied the party.
Anderson and Brunstad plan
to return to Kodiak tomorrow.
Cooter, recently graduated
from the University of Wash
ington, will survey the terrain
and determine if the falls can
be dynamited so that the sal
mon can get up into the lake.
Clint Stockley, biologist for
the ADF, has been at Paul’s
Lake since late in July con
ducting an experiment in the
planting of salmon eggs. He
will assist Cooter in the engin
eering work at the lake.
Stockley recently came out
the winner in an encounter
with a Kodiak bear. The bear
charged Stockley as he was
counting salmon in one of the
streams on the island.
Anderson was here and at
the lake on Afognak Island in
July. A statement made by
Anderson, in a report due to
be published by the ADF for
1950 which made reference to
the man made obstructions on
the Columbia River and others
in Washington and Oregon
was criticized in a letter to
the MIRROR after the article
appeared in the paper.
“I have come prepared with
plenty of literature and facts
to back my statements,” And
erson said. ‘‘I will welcome an
oportunity to explain them.”
Catholic Benefit
Dance Tonight
A benefit to bolster the St.
Mary’s Catholic Church build
ing fund will be held tonight
at the Elks Club.
Dancing will begin at 9 pm
and continue until 1 am. Music
will be provided by the Four
Aces. Tickets to the event are
on sale and are $1 each.
Games will be held from
7:30 to 9 pm and sometime
during the evening an Afghan
! made by Sister Hilary will be
awarded.
A buffet supper will be serv
ed during the evening.
Mrs. Charles Graf returned
Thursday after spending
thr^s weeks in Seattle.
Cough Hits Perryville;
. CG On Mercy Mission
Rodeo Monday
At Kalsin Bay
Cowboys, rodeo enthusiasts,
and just plain citizens may
witness a wild west show
Monday at the Tom Nelson
ranch in Kalsin Bay as local
bronc and cattle riders vie for
the Kodiak Island champion
ships in various events.
Trophy belt buckles for win
ners in the wild steer riding,
wild cow milking, bareback
bronc riding and calf roping
will be presented by the Ko
diak Livestock Growers Asso
ciation, John Gibbons, co
sponsor of the event, has an
nounced.
Races and novelty events
will be held and two bucking
horses, described by Gibbons
as sensational, will be in the
show. The horses are named
Bali Hi and Little Bit.
The show will get under
way at 1 pm. Admission is $3
for adults and $1.50 for chil
dren.
The Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 7056 will have a
stand to serve food and re
freshments for the customers.
Free horseback rides for
! children will be given before
1 the big show starts.
Council Passes
New Ordinance
An ordinance specifically
prohibiting the operation of
any “reel type” coin operated
machines (slot machines)
within the corporate limits of
the city of Kodiak was enacted
by the city council Monday
night.
The ordinance which re
peats an old one, was passed
by a suspension of the rules
whereby the first reading is
considered the second.
The ordinance is in full
force having taken effect on
the date of its passage and ap
proval.
PNA Flights Change
The winter schedule for Pa
cific Northern Airlines goes
into effect today on the Ko
diak to Anchorage daily
flights.
The plane will leave Anch
orage at 8:30 am and is sched
uled to land here at 10:35 am.
It will takeoff on the return
flight at 11:05 am.
Deadline for mailing airmail
letters is 9:30 am.
The Totem, Parks cannery
tender, was in Dort this week.
An epidemic of whooping
cough swept the village of
Perryville this week causing
one death.
The Coast Guard answered
a plea for medical assistance
and flew medicine and serum
to the stricken village on
Wednesday.
A navy doctor and hospital
corpsman flew in a CG PBY to
the Peninsula village, approxi
mately 250 miles wTest south
west of Kodiak, and treated
21 persons for the disease. An
additional 25 were vaccinated.
Late Monday the following
wire was received from the
Chignik cannery via tne Alas
ka Communication System sta
tion at Naknek: “15 cases of
whooping cough at Perryville.
. . one death. , we have no
medicine or serum. We ask as
sistance. (signed) Perryville
natives by Harry Kiakoko
nok.”
Inclement weather prevent
ed the Coast Guard from tak
ing off that night and on the
following day. At 9:20 am
Wednesday the PBY took off
and landed at the village at
12:17 pm. Lt. jg H. J. McLar
en, USN, navy doctor, and G.
I Winston, USN, hospital corps
! man, went ashore with medi
[ icine and serum for the sick
villagers.
Meanwhile a message was
received at Kodiak Naval Sta
tion requesting that an army
sergeant be picked up from a
ship at Cold Bay and taken to
! the naval hospital. He was
suffering from appendicitis.
After three hours ashore
the doctor and corpsman re
turned to the plane, flew to
Cold Bay and picked up the
sergeant. He was brought to
Kodiak Thursday morning and
placed in the navy dispensary.
Pilots of the CG PBY were
Chief W. K. Cooper and Lt.
W. E. Murphy. Crewmen on
the mercy flight were Lt. L.
M. Dalton, D. M. Nemirow,
C. G. Graff and C. G. Barnett,
District Court Due
Sept. 24
The District Court will con
vene in Kodiak September 24,
1951, M. E. S. Brunelle, clerk
of the district court, has no
tified U- S. Marshal Clarence
Dizney.
Court will convene in the
DnionHallat 2 pm, Dizney
announced early this week.
He did not say which judge
would be on the bench. The
District Court was last here in
February.