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THF °f Con^ress of March 3. 1878
THE BENNETT PUBLISHING COMPANY /
James G. Bennett. Publisher
•-' ii.- ..Patrick J. Bennett, Editor
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for ;f°Mlated PreSS ,s exdasively erilitled to the use
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_lolal news pushed herein.thiS ^ the
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tf|?1,0i7i-?8’ ®ditoriaI was Printed in the November 1st
ssue of the Daily Alaska Empire from Juneau, and we be
ueve it worthy of reprinting in the Kodiak Mirror.
T, p,.nTnr, , James G. Bennett, Publisher
e bas never been able to agree with those
ewspapers and those office seekers in the Territory who are
! an y assertlng’’ witb no facts to support their assertions,
Lnd !°T "nnan|ed Persons or “interests” in Seattle, Port
. ?,1. ° er p aces in the United States, have been actually
ffovprnmngf0II • east interferin2 with the political and
g nmental affairs of Alaska. It has all seemed highly ri
°US' °_wever. there has recently come to our notice an
LjUSt.®Uch interference or attempted interference,
y a eattle resident, in the internal affairs of Alaska.
that l)WC50Tben2Sh We Camed a "ews story from Anchorage
7 V G°ldy’ Wh° heads the U- S- employment se
Ampri. epartment ln Seattle, had made an address before the
which'llpj edpratlon °f Labor convention in Anchorage in
Law of Alaska draStlC chan£es in the Employment Security
^k^rr baS.been ca,,ed t0 the fact that employers in A
emnloveps IS T* and With Sma11’ Steady payrolls- whose
with lamp « d ?rawanythlngfr0mthe fund- and those
plovment f Payrolls, all pay into the Alaska Unem
airnav in Sv /euCent0ftheirpayr0l]s- and that they
the pL ” ,dd,t,0n t0 that sum -3 Per cent of the payrolls to
a tofald f ti rnment’ and that these c°ntributions, making
ifSnv StatT T n nt °f a11 payro,,s* are higher than those
otiany State in the Union except three.
we BhoK?6? ^ G°ldy fr°m SeaUle and tells us; npt that
ouSnd i rste; not that we sh°u,d appiy the iaw
™n nS °P the,h?aVy and C°n3tant drain the fund by
addffional ° W°/ S’ but that We should extract an
Sve and ^ri^' ^ the Day pf‘he workers them
empLers shp M Wa*e baSe Sh°U'd be exPanded” so that
S d^ayOnawagesca,eof$420° or $4800 in.
Indl ? °f $300°- This wouId make the tax on wages
th^resent base°St ^ ^ CCDt ins*:ead three per cent on
We understand Mr. Goldy’s function is to assist in the
ministration of the Federal fund, which is not used at all to
22r*T,t berefitS> This fund ia 0btained from the 3
E2 wTthfak? wageswhichi9 paid the Federal au
JJw?' "j^Hk he 13 stePPmg outside the bounds of his
to tb^'ty a"d beyond the requirements and duties of his office
come to Aliiska and presume to tell us what laws we should
pass and how much we should tax ourselves. Congress veSd
m the Legislature, the right and the sole right to legislat on
unemployment in the Territory.
We are expecting Mr. Goldy and one or more of his as
sistants to be on hand m Juneau when the legislature meets
next January, to tell us what laws we should have
. & will be interesting to see what reception he will be
given and how much influence he will have with those mem
bers who so loudly denounced, in their campaign for election
outside interference in Alaskan affairs.
Open House Success
At Griffin Hospital
Avery successful Open!
House was held at the Griffin
Memorial Hospital on Satur
day last, to mark the tenth
anniversary of the arrival of!
the Grey Nuns in Kodiak.
After an inspection of the
newly painted hospital, guests
Were directed to the recreation
room, where refreshments
f were served. Presiding at the
'«a (able were Mrs. A.Holmes
Johnson, Mrs. Henry Neseth,
and Mrs. Wesley Rhoades.
Nurses’ Aides assisted in the
pleasant task of conducting
visitors through the building.
The Sisters would like to
take this opportunity to ex
press their grateful apprecia
tion to all who assisted in any
way toward making the day
the success that it was.
Read The Classifieds
Sailor Found Dead
(Special) KNS, Kodiak, A
iaska—Following the notifica
tion of next of kin, Naval Au
thorities at the U. 3. Naval
Station, Kodiak, Alaska, re
leased Thursday that Gene Ar
Iey Stewart, 21. seaman, USN,
son of Mr. Hayes J. Stewart
of Erastus, N. C., drowned
accidentally Nov. 14.
Stewart who served aboard
the ocean going tug USS Ma
hopac, was last seen alive at
2 am by a friend who had
driven him to the Naval Sta
tion Fuel Pier where the tug
was moored. His body was
discovered by a shipmate just
before 8 am floating on top of
the water under the pier.
Following a review by a Na
val Board of Investigation, the
death was determined as ac
cidental drowning, causes un
known.
Petition Is Signed
Carl Huer local resident of
the Mission Rd. area seeking
annexation to the City of Kod
iak, presented a petition to the
(City Council last Monday nite
signed by the required num
ber of residents living in the
area wishing annexation.
The area includes all of the
Leite Estate and the Urdahl
Home3ite, in which 450 people
are residing.
The petition was refered to
the City Manager and the Ju
diciary Committee for proper
action and it will be presented
to the Council at the next re
gular meeting.
A request was also made of
the District Judge to allow ab
sentee ballots be ,used in the
election for those who will be
out of .the City during the
forthcoming election.
Society Holds Display
The Kodiak & Aleutian Is
lands Historical Society met
at the Kodiak High School
Tuesday evening, November
16th, for their regular monthly
meeting.
Following the business meet
ing and the reports from the
committee chairmen the meet
was turned over to the De
partment of Archeology with
I chairman E. L. Lightfoot,
assisted by Curtis Sax
ton, identifying and explain
ing the uses of a large display
of artifacts which have been
accumulnted by a number of
the members and loaned to
the committee for their pro
gram.
The next meeting of the
Society is scheduled for Tues
day evening December 21.
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Car Check Called
| All vehicle owners are re
quested to check with the
\ Kodiak Police Department ir
the City Jail before the firsl
of December for mechanical <§
license defect,during thehours
between 8 am and 5 pm except
Sunday. A road block will , be
in affect after the lstof Decern
bcr and all unchecked pars
will be detained and subject to
inspection.
Fire At Belmont
The fire Department was
called to the Belmont Thurs
day evening at five-thirty to
extinguish a blaze caused by
sparks flying on the roof of
the building from an over
heated stove and setting the
j roof afire.
i The Grandmothers Club an-!
, nual Christmas party will be
| held on December 1st, at the
home of Mrs. Justine Hinckle.
Co-hostess for .the festive
event will be Mrs. VidaTruitt.
Disappears
Continued from page 1
shortly after. Since that time
his whereabouts have been un
traceable.
The airlines have no record
of his departure. Anyone
knowing the whereabouts of
Preston or who can help in
any detail as to locating the
individual, kindly call either
the US Marsalis office or notify
Navy Intelligience on the Na
val Station
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