Eodiak filirror
_‘'&(e<ws of (America's Last frontier
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
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Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
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VOTE TUESDAY !
j
The tumult and the shouting which constitute the elec-,
tion preliminaries are about over and most of the Kodiak vot
ers are awaiting the main event which will be decided Tues- j
day.
A large and favorable vote on the two bond issues
should be forthcoming. Every resident of Kodiak will profit
by an affirmative vote for the two measures.
Candidates for the various offices have stated their pos
itions in statements to the MIRROR and at the public meeting
Thursday night.
It is now up to you to decide who will manage the city
affairs for the next year. Regardless of your personal feelings
you should vote for the candidate who has the qualities of an
efficient public servant.
Vote Tuesday for the bond issues and make your selec- j
lions for the city and school positions with thought and care, j
COUNCIL
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the installation of canning e
quipment was granted to
Meek early last month and a
contract signed.
‘"The members of the coun
cil nave been criticized on the
streets and it has been said
that Meek received a lower
rental figure for space than o
thers and that a new city wa
j ter line has been laid to the!
[building occupied by Meek,”!
i Bettinger said.
I For several years Meek has
j been on the staff of the An
[ chorage office of the Bureau
of Land Management. He
plans to operate his cannery
here this coming season.
I The Catholic Ladies Guild
will meet at 8 pm Wednesday
at the home of Mrs, Robert
von Scheele.
HOW MUCH IS YO JR PROPERTY WORTH?
Sooner or later, all property is sold. Every
owner wants his real estate to bring a fair price.
A.good school, plenty of pure water and a sanitary
sewer system will help sell your property more
than anything else.
At the bond election on October 2, only tax
payers may vote. They can help the community
and make money for themselves by voting YES.
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MEM BEK FEDEKAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
LE ITER T ^ E Ji i OR
Dear Editor:
For over two years we have
been trying to get sufficient
water to carry on our crab
canning operations. Last win
ter due to lack of water we
lost approximately five thous
and dollars worth of crabs at
the prevailing fresh market
price. These crabs could have
been canned had water been
available and we would have
suffered no loss.
At the present time there
is another crab cannery
being built on the city dock.
His rent has been set at $65 a
month for the first year to
help a new industry get start
ed. Our rent for over three
years has been $100 a month
for a much smaller Warehouse.
At the present time we are
paying the city a total of $1836
yearly in rentals, plus $900 in
city taxes, plus $6,000 in saU
mon and crab taxes to the ter
ritory. They now have the ci
ty crew putting in water to
this cannery and also putting
new piling under the cannery
at a cost of approximately
$3,000.
Last winter we were repeat
edly denied water by the city
wrater supt. because of an all
eged shortage. The capacity
of the system has in no way
been changed. Where is the
water coming from this win
ter? What cannery will get
the water during any shortage
this winter?
We are also a new enter
prise with a yearly payroll of
nearly $50,000. Why can’t we
get a deal like the Union Oil
and the new crab cannery?
Whom do we have to have in
terested in the cannery to get
a so-called “new industry”
rating with its attendant low
er rents and city aid?
What is the policy of the ci
ty fathers? Is it to encourage
new industry for the benefit
of all, or do these new busi
nesses serve individual inter
ests?
Very truly yours,
Pete Deveau
Island Seafoods Company
Don Wolf, son of Mr. anc
Mrs. John Wolf, is in Wash
ington, D. C. attending the
Cleaning and Dyeing Institute
fora 15-week course. Dpor
its completion he will returr
here to work in his father’s
dry cleaning business.
S:iiOul Candidates Su); J
! Sen Bolden
| I have lived 13 years in A
| laska, the last 11 in Kodiak. I
am 50 years old,in good health
| a carpenterby trade. Therefore
! a progressively and construc
1 tively trained man both phys
ically and mentally.
J I have had two years exper
: ience in politics in my home
! state of Montana; I own and
all my taxes to date on proper
j ty both in and out of town; I
have been the head of a large
family these past five years,
my experience in that respect
| is moderately successful to say
the least.
I firmly believe in first
things first in their realistic
order of need. I don’t see why
we should ever have to put
the cart ahead of the horse in
planning civic projects or in
j spending our money to con
■ struct the projects as planned
in their order of necessity,
i The public school system of
Alaska prior to 1946 was fair
in the sense of its ability to
render the required and nec
essary service to the public
i from whom and by it created
i and supported. However at
I this time our schools have lag
jged far benind in certain nec
essary requirements, mainly
'sufficient space for all the
| children we have with us to
day along with satisfactory
i facilities included therein,
j They are woefully inadequate
' in required facilities for to
■ day’s demands made upon
j what we have at hand, due
primarily to our tremendous
•growth in population through
military activity the past six
years.
As a parent, skilled con
struction worker, father and
husband, I understand and
recognize the prevailing situa
tion all too thoroughly. I
shall welcome an opportunity
' to better serve the pappas,
mamas, and children’s inter
; est of this community to the
* very best of my ability. I
1 pledge only to them and our
I staff of teachers my continued
j and constant efforts in their
| behalf and cooperation in co
! ordinated effort until we gain
our desired objectives which 1
, feel sure are: new moderii
schooll buildings properly lo
cated in the right places. In
return I will expect coopera
tion and full continued mora
.from the parents and teaching
j staff after election.
SAFE-DEPENDABLE-INEXPENSIVE j
TRANSPORTATION j
Governed by the city j
VOTE YES j
for the |
FRANCHISE I
This ad paid for by Tenora Roekney
Paul Dupler
For what purpose does a
man ask to be elected to a po
sition which pays nothing fin
ancially, but entails a great
deal of work and subjects the
office holder to the usual pub
lic criticism?
The only answer, and my
answer, is that that person is
willing and anxious to work
for the benefit of his commun
ity and his neighbors. That is
my aim.
My desire is always to bet
ter our circumstances and our
surroundings — to always
strive for a better place to
i live.
I In this complex age of gov
ernment intervention in our
affairs, it is very necessary
j to have someone close to all
governmental and quasi-gov
ernmental boards who has an
; understanding of the intrica
, cies of the law and of the
1 workings of our government.
: Because of my specialized
j training and experience I feel
that I can be an aid to the
■ board, an aid with qualifica
[ tions no one else offers.
To effectively act on a
! school board one should be fa
I miliar with schools and educa
| tion. I offer a BA degree and
an LLB degree as indicia of
• my familiarity with education,
j I am willing to work for the
; board. I feel I have the quali
. fictions to serve. I offer qual
ifications needed by the board
and I have the facilities in my
Oiiiee to handle school work.
D. A. Holmes Johnson
i The education of our youth
is the basis of intelligent de
mocracy.
To insure proper teaching
we must have; good teachers
and adequate facilities.
Without adequate facilities,
further, we cannot hope to
keep the best teachers.
Consequently our most im
portant job, right now, is to
insure the passage of the
School Bond issue on which
our new school depends.
The Grade School is a
“must”, immediately, and the
government money has been
allotted for this purpose de
pendent only on our passing
the Bond Issue.
There is an excellent proba
bility that we may get the
Gymnasium and Auditorium
unit before next year along
' with the grade school, after
which we will immediately go
after the high school.
The present Bond Issue has
been made sufficiently large to
care for this entire building
program and, good news to
the taxpayer, the entire a
mount, plus interest, can be
paid back almost entirely
from the Tobacco Tax re
ceipts without any additional
local taxes.
J Tell your friends and get
1 every eligible voter out to
vote “yes” on the School
Bond issue.
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