L 7 NO. 40
"News of oAmenca’s Last Frontier”
KODIAK. ALASKA DECEMBER 6, 1947
PRICE 10 CENTS
Sty To Buy
Leite Plat
fte completed plat of prop
$ in tbe Leite Addition aa
out as Spruce Street, made
Ike past year by Don Hutch
■of the Davy base at the re
lief City Council has been
noted with the City and up
tomplete payment of Mr.
Ichings’ bill the plat will be
itered.
he cost of the survey $1320
ting evenly divided between
City of Kodiak and property
Lers in tbe area. Bills have
Lsent to 20 property owners,
Lare asked to pay $10.00 for
k parcel of land in the sur
i June, 194G, after residents
ie area petitioned the Coun
ur such a survey when the
was still believed to be
in City limits, Mi. Hutch
was hired by the couneil
i property owners express
teir willingness at tbe time
lave the expense of the sur*
added to their tax bill
they are not cow taxed by
city, they are being billed
rately and, according to
m. Perkins, City Clerk, all
• to be willing to pay ”
»ymerits a.e being deposited
ir. Hutchings’ account and
o complete payment by pro
Ij owners, the survey will be
ethep operty of the city,
inwhile, as each property
er pays, he may inspect the
for final determination of
ioundarie8.
r. Hutchings suiveyed the
in question and abstracted
s in the Recorders’ Office,
rdei to prepare tbe plat
Dhool Committee
sports Progress
ItboUjfh no formal meeting
he committee appointed to
t up plan> for a consolidated
10I district here has been
, individual members have
i working on the problem
expect to have something
(port at a mass meeting to
eld next Sunday afternoon,
amber 14) at the commur
•nter.
tks Gibbons, chairman of the
mittee, revealed late yester
that the committee, in sur
H the tax pos-db lities, has
hen tbe Office of Land Man
»ent to find out whet lands
>taxable. The committee has
^learned that nearby is'ands
be included in the district
bout making the district re
•able for transporting the
•#1 age children to Kodiak ,
bber unforseeu problems j
detained the committee
- (conliaued oj tu«e f)
Proposed Ordinance
Sets Vehicle Tax
A new city ordinance abolish
ing personal property taxes on
automobiles and imposing in
stead a city licence fee on all ve
hicles using City of Kodiak roads
will be presented to the Common
Council Monday evening for vot
ing, Mayor Lee C. Bettinger an
nounced today,
Pointing out that only resi
dents within the City limits are
taxable under the personal pro
perty tax, and that residents out
side the city use the roads with
in the limits too, Mayor Bettin
ger said that the new ordinance
would place a due share of the
burden of maintaining the roads
on the non-residents.
“Territorial roads are support
ed by territorial licences and the
gasoline tax ’, he stated “wb le
city roads have been maintained
by the personal property tax on
vehicles. It seems only fair that
those residents in the Addition!
help maintain the roads in town
which they also use, and the nett
city licence fee can be extended
to include them ”
The Judiciary Committee ol
the Council is drawing up the
ordinance. It is expected that
the license fee will be appnxi
mately $20.00' Vehicles for hire
will continue to pay a busineu
license fee as they have in the
past The ordin-tn e will go mtc
effect January 1, 1948.
Mayor Bettinger added that
he hoped for a large attendance
at the Monday evening’s Coun
cil meeting, to hear the discus
sion of the new ruling
| Democrats
Ask Views
A motion requesting that all
candidates in the eomiug Terri
torial election state their views
on fish-traps was passed Wed
nesday evening by the Kodiak
Democratic caucus and will be
taken to the Democratic Party
Divisional Convention in An
chorage on December 12.
Going to the convention to
represent local Democrats are
W. A.' Pat” Cannon and G. W.
Bubendorf. They will act as
proxies there for others named
as delegates, Bud Metsgar, Jor
gen Fredrickson, A. A. Owen,
Mill Vokacek. Karl Brunstad,
John Gibbons, Charles Skinner
and Henry Neseth
Tb • delegates were instructed
to have a person from the Kod
ak area named en the ballot for
the Territorial legislature
The caucus on Wednesday
evening also went on record fa
voring the creating of a small
boat hai bor fund for the Terri
• tory from taxes on gasoline and
o<l sold to small boats, rather
than application of such taxes to
he highway fund aloug with the
automobile gas tax
The caucus endorsed the five
point platform of the Anchorage
Democrats which asked for a
sound financial policy includ
ing a balanced budget, state
hood, adequate housing, equit
able freight rates, and extension
of communications, airfields and
roads
Queen Cecilia Had Wonderful Time;
Says She Prefers Kodiak To Seattle
Cecilia King, whom Kodiak
ians sent “outside” as their
Queen seven weeks ago, return
ed last Saturday and declared
that her heart still belonged to
Kodiak, although she enjoyed
every minute of her stay in
Seattle.
‘ I was glad to get back and
see everyone 1 knew again,” she
said. "I had a wonderful time
but I don’t think I'd like to live
outside. There are too muy
people all rushing around in a
big hurry.”
Queen Cecilia was disappoint
ed in absoutely nothing she
found outside, but everything
wasn t as she had expected it
would be. It was all much bigger
and better and more exciting
Almost more than any other
experience she enjoyed shopping
in Seattle’s big, Christmas decor
ated department stores. She saw
an ice show, a legitimate stage
show, several movies, and
“spent lots of money buying
Chr stmas gifts.”
The plane rides to Seattle and
back were “wonderful”, she
said, aud while in Seattle she
made a 240 mile automobile
trip, rode on a speedy Stream
liner 11 Tacoma, and went for a
ferry boat ride
She was most impre-sed by
"all the people rushing back and
forth’- and least impressed by
Washington’s rainy weather.
In Seattle she stayed for one
week at the Mayflower Hotel as
the guest of Northern Airlines,
and the rest of the tune with her
sister, Mrs. Maria Dalyrimpe,
whom she had never seen be
fore.
Excitedly enthusiastic about
her journey, and grateful to al
the people in Kodiak who made
her trip possible she said 1 1 m
glad to be home, where I know
everyone and to be with my
family again
The only property transfer re
corded this week was the sale
of Lot 5, Block 4 in the Leite
Add tion to Nellie N. and Aide
Roberts, from Christine Tolbert
administratrix ol the Leite es
tate.
City To Ask
Judgment For Taxes
At the conclusion of publica
tion of the city’s delinquent tax
roll, the City will ask the Dist
rict Court in Anchorage for a
judgement to sell the property
for back taxes, regardless of the
type of deed under which the
property is held, Mayor Lee C
Bettinger announced this week.
Since the City does not reco
gnize restricted deeds, it will fol
low legal procedure in requesting
a hearing on delinquent taxes,
aeeording to the notice publish
ed with the delinquent tax roll.
Althought this notice has been
published each year with the de
liquent tax roll this is the first
time that the City will carry the
matter to the court.
Fire-Fighting
Contract Signed
A check for $100 00 has been
posted with the city by the Mis
sion Road Fire Protective Asso
ciation, to guarantee the city
fire department answering calls
from beyond the city limits
Formed by residents of the
East and Leite Additions, the
association is neaaeo oy juiid
Gibbons, president, and Chester
Clark, treasurer.
An agreement as to coopera
tion between the City and Asso
ciation was made at a special
Common Cenncil meeting Mon
day night.
High points of the contract
a-e: 1. The city will answer call
from members of the association
2 The city will use as much of
the bond as n ceseary to pay the
cost of fighting the fire 3 When
one bund has been used, another
will be posted. 4 The city will
be given a list of members of the
association, and a plat of their
property, and the association
will provide its own fire alsrml
system
The 'ontraci also provides
that at the end of six months
the City will determine the av
erage co?t of fighting each fi e
in the area and determine the
size cf subsequent bonds from
that
Livestock On Denali
With three horses, two bulls
and one car aboard for Kodiak,
the Denali sailed November
29th via Ketch kaD, Juneaut
Cordova, Valdez, Sewa'd and
Selc'ovia After leaving Kodiak
it, will be routed via Ouziukie,
Fort Wakefield, Port Vita, Port
Williams, Seward, and Yakutat.
The livestock and automobile
are part, of 220 tons of freight
for the town.
The Ring Splice arrived yes
t^rday mo ning with approxi
mately 247 tons of freight for
Kodiak.
Civic Group
Set To Go
A proposed constitution for
Kodiak’s citizens’ organization,
the outgrowth of the mass meet
ings held last month to discuss
the school financial situation,
is ready for presentation to the
public, as soon as another meet
ing is called. Date of the next
mass meeting depends on the
completion of the work deing
done by the committee on form
ing a consolidated school district.
Drawn up by a committee
headed by Max La Lande, the
constitution suggests the name,
The League of Better Citizen
ship for the organization, and
declares its purpose to be “to
bring together at frequent inter
vals those who are interested in
Civic betterment of aoy nature,
with the purpose of promoting
the cause of good citizenship.”
The preamble to tbe proposed
constitution farther states that
“we agree to be open minded
and liberal in judgment toward
all legitimate eivic problems
brought before the League for
discussion or investigation. We
further agree that we shall have
no affiliation with any political
organization ”
Eligible tor membersnip are
all ci lizens of Kodiak and sur
roundiog areas "interested in
civic betterment and paying
dues for active menakers.” An
associate membership in the
League is also authorized. No
residence, voting, or property
qualifications are necessary for
uiembersh’p in the League
It is proposed that the assoc
iation meet the second Sunday
of each mon h with an annual
meeting in December. Office.s
will be a president, combined
vice piesident and corresponding
secretary and combined jecorci
ing secretary and treasurer. A
board of three directors »*■ al o
provided for.
Dues of active members in
the association will be 50 cents
per year, with an additional fee
of 25 cents for each meeting at
tended. Mr. La Lande explained
that after expenses of the assoc
iation are determined, these
figures may be altered.
Nearly 100 young people ga
thered at the Community Cen
ter Thursday evening for a bon
voyage party for Myrna Kraft
who left yesterday.
Firemen See Film
Volunteer fireman saw a
Navy educational film on 6>o
fighting at their meeting Mon
day evening in the file n«l). Lt.
Van Meter of NOB showed tt o
picture. Guests at the meeting
were George Stahl, Navy Dis
trict fire staff marshal, and Fire
Cb;ef Ted MacArthrrof NOB.