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New Mayor
Takes Oath
MAYOR LEON “01e”John
son and his six new Council
members were sworn in at the
initial meeting for the group
on Monday, October 11th, be
fore a group of forty citizens
and well wishers.
The out going Council with
Mayor Hinckel opened the
ceremony and the roll was
called with all present. Coun
oilmen Lightfoot, Clark, Miller
Root, Hanson and Smith an
swering aye. The minutes
were read by City Clerk Berg
and approved as read. A fare
well address by Mayor Hinc
kei in which he stated that the
drastic change in Council per
sonnel was bad for the City
at this time, and the “break
ing in" of the new group
would give the City added ex
pense.
HE ALSO was most critical I
about the platform of the Non
partisan Party which was
only the few words “It’s time
for a change. ” In closing he
Suggested the new City offi
cials not to rush into some
thing the weren’t sure of,
, nor make any rash promises
that they couldn’t keep; go
over the past Council meetings
and get familiar with the ac
tions taken by the old Council
and, “Above all not to be
afraid to say I don’t know.”
A MOTION by Coucilman
A1 Miller for ad iournment was
in order and the old Council
was destined for history.
Mayor elect Leon Johnson
was sworn in by ' City Clerk
Dick Barg and the Councilmen
followed with their oath of
office.
THE FIRST order of busi
ness to be handled by the
Council was the resignation
of the City Attorney Paul Du
pler. It was duly accepted and
recorded.
Mayor Johnson outlined
some changes the new order
would incorporate, namely the
formation of committees to
handle the different depart
ments of City business. Eleven
committees were appointed
and the chairmen and mem
bers of each were as follows:
Assessment and Collection of
taxes, Nelson (C), White and
Hall. Street and Street Im
provement, Hall (C), Deveau
and Cannon. Police and Health
Vokacek (C) Hall and White.
Finance and Claims; White
(C), Nelson and Vokacek.
Judiciary; Vokacek (C),
Nelson and Cannon. Publicity
Printing and.Elections; White,
Vokacek and Deveau.
The East Addition to Kodiak will be completed on the 23rd of October and turned over!
to the«Aleutian4fomes Inc.Pictared-above»*re4fee,343 homes of which there are 144 rented to
date. Oscar Hanson is the Rental Agent for the project and Robert Spencer has been hired as
Maintenance man. __• '
Public Buildings and Improve
ments; • Deveau (C) Cannon
and Nelson. Harbor and Whar
fage; Cannon (C), White and
Deveau. Parks and Cemetery;
Hall (C) Vokacek and White.
Fire Protection; Nelson (C)
Hall and Cannon. Utilities:
Deveau (C) Hall and Nelson.
CITY MANAGER Robert
Sharp outlined the work the
Council had on the old agenda
which was either unfinished or1
just getting started. Some ofj
the legislation was placed in
the pending file until the new i
Council members became bet- J
ter acquainted with the sub- *
ject matter. Such items ofj
business as the legislation
necessary to present to the'
League of Alaska Cities which
is in convention on November
3rd 4th and 5th at Fairbanks,
the revising of the Taxi-cab
ordinance and the controver
sary with the Alaska Steam
were put in committee until a
later meeting to give the new
Council a chance to study the
needed corrections or changes.
The controversary between j
the City and the KEA Board 1
was also set aside until a joint
meeting of the two bodies
have met and some conclusion
arrived at.
Collina To California
Diana Collins, recent half
owner of the Casino, will be
leaving shortly for San Lean- j
dro, California, where her sis-j
ter Mh*. Mary Ham resides. I
The Casino was purchased,1
October4J by Mrs. Catherine:
Biankenburg and openedi
Thursday- under the new man
agement. j
3rd Division Demo
General Election
III Landslide Vote
Kodiak went to the polls at
the General Election and cast
the greatest number of votes
which has ever been cast in a
local election. Four hundred
eighty seven citizens cast their
ballots for their choice in the
rerritorial contest that will
send one Delegate to Congress
ind fill all the vacant seats in
the Senate and the House at
Juneau. Also elected were a
rerritorial Treasurer and a
Labor Commissioner. Kodiak’s
rotes were split in the General
Election thus:
DELEGATE to CONGRESS
Bartlett (D) 405, Dimock (R)
B2; Labor Commissioner,
Lannen (D) 274, Benson (R)
226: Treasurer, Wade (D) 323
Hunter (R) 152; Senate long
term. Cooper (D) 281 McKin
ley (R) 175: Owen (D) 291
Snider (R) 150. Lingo (I) 31. „
Senate short term, Werner
(D) 295 Gorsuch (R) 150;
Bowker (I) 0, Buxton (I) 10;
Poole (I) 7. House of Repre
sentatives; Bailey (D) 283
Ervin (R) 124; Buckalew (D)
268 Hawkins (R) 136; Johnson
(D) 315 Knudsen (R) 229,
Kalamarides (D) 263 Nelson
(R) 150; Kay (D) 307 Olsen
(R) 158, McCutcheon (D) 323
Prior (R) 182. Palmer (D) 299
Rentschfeir' OR) T17? >!Phimmer
[D] 318"' RobinSori [R] 159;
Ryan [D];824 Snotfgrdss [R]
149; ‘Young1 tDj 288*’ White
LRJ 134.
Garden Club Inatalla
The Kodiak Garden Club in
stalled their newly elected of
ficers for the ensuing year at
a meeting which was held at
the home of Mrs. Ethel King,
The new officers for the or
Iganization are: Mrs. Edna
| Kraft as President, Mrs. John
| Rowher, Vice President, Mrs.
Vida Truitt, as Secretary and
Mrs. Agnes Crutcher as Treas
urer. Refreshments were ser
ved.
Copper On
Sitkalidak ;
A copper deposit has been
discovered on Sitkalidak Is
land and thirteen prospectors
have filmed claims with the ,
U. S. Commissioner, Mabel.:
Fenner;
Chalcocite and native leaf
copper was found in veins is,
out-croppings on the surface
by R. E. Krautter and his
pardner Nels Christiansen
who have lived in Old Harbor
for the past 35 years. Several
other prospectors have covered
the Island of Sitkalidak namely
Don Petacchi, Henry Nieseth,
and Alfred Torgramson and
all have staked claims with
the Commissioner.
The present price of copper
is 29. H a pound which is #
tenths of a cent more than it
was a year ago. It is used
chiefly in the making of bras*
when it is alloyed with *i»e
and gometimes tin. It is also>
used in the manufacture
wird and bars for electrical
conductors. These two jue«»
make up 90 % of the mineral*
used. \
The presence of coppef t*
outcrops is usually indicated
by a distinct discoloration that
will distinguish it from i the
surrounding country ypcb
The color may be blucj or
green which are strong copper
indications, or it may bp
Continued on page 4
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A. J. Richter, the last passenger to leave Alaska on the
Alaska Line, beiri& handed his ticket1 byP.'ttie ^ask£ v$>thirP(
agent Clarence King. The Denali stopped at Ketchikan on the
14th of October and Richter sailed from Kodiak on the 8th op
I the Lucidor, voyage 67. thiis becoming ihe lastjpassenger.