Admission Taxes,
Others Gain
Taxes on general admissions
and club dues in Alaska jumped
from $00,9,30 for the 1942 fiscal
year to $172 454 for the 1943
fiscal year, ending June 30th.
The increase amounted to
$111,524, or 183 per cent.
Throughout the nation the in
crease was 32 per cent.
Figures on collection of mis
cellaneous taxes in Alaska were
reported today by Clark Squire,
collector of Internal Revenue
for the district of Washington
and Alaska, with headquarter*
in Tacoma.
For the fiscal year 1940 the ad
mission taxes in Alaska were
only $26,026. In that year the
tax on telephone and telegraph
messages was $2,040, but it
mounted to $35,682 for the fiscal
year just closed. The amount
collected on safe deposit boxes
increased from $605 m 1940 to
$2,728 in 1943.
The tax on retail sales of
jewelry, furs and toilet prepara
tions became effective less than
two years ago. Taxes on such
sales in Alaska for the 1942 and
1943 fiscal years, respectively,
were: Jewelry, $50,866 and $132,
583; furs, $8,819 and $21,077;
toilet preparations, $15,872 and
$22,276.
The tax on transportation of
persons increased from $27,754
to $93,458 Other increases were:
liquor $116,996 to $141,455;
coin devices, $4,355 to $12,898;
documentary stamps, $242 to
$1,391; fowling alleys and pool
tables, $890 to $987.
Collection of capital stock tax
fell off from $48,844 to $36,956.
Mrs. Madge Parker, former
resident of Kodiak and Whale
Island, returned here this week
on a business trip from Los An
geles, her present home. Before
her husbands death in an acci
dent on Whale Island, near
Afognak,she and her husband
were engaged in fox raising on
the island.
Legal Notice
Anchorage, Alaska
April 26, 1943
Notice is hereby given that
Adolph Osterhaus has made ap
plication for a homesite under
the Act of May 26, 1934
(48 Stat. 809) Anchorage Serial
No 09092 for a tract of land
situated near Dillingham, Alas
ka, embraced in U. S. Survey
No. 2430, containing 5 00 acres,
and it is now in the files of the
U. S. Lar.d Office, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely any of the above
mentioned land should file their
adverse claim in the district
land office within the period of
publication or thirty days there
after, or they will be barred by
the po visions of the statutes.
Florence L. Kolb
Acting Register
Date First Publication July 31
Date Last Publication Sept 25
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Perfumes & Colognes
In beautiful gift packages
(These are limitej in number
and no more will be avail
able. Buy now and let us
hold for Christmas.)
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Prepare your system for winter and
lessen the possibilities of cold and flu.
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WOODENWARE
IVORY
If
you appreciate conscientious service
** by smiling salespeople you’ll like
purchasing your merchandise at our
store. We aim to please by attractively
displaying the finest merchandise obtain
able for vour selection.
To f/uy from us is to.
BUY THE BEST
Ip it were possible for us to stock ALL tbe things you
wish to buy we would do so. But Government restric
tions are such that many things are now impossible to obtain
we have one of the finest stocks ot menchandise in Alaska
Available tor your selection ... Ladies’ Apparel: coats, dresses, un
dies and hosiery. Groceries - Meats & Hardware. Men’s
Wear: hats, suits and shoes.
Remember Always we are
“Your Dexall ’Druggist"
maintaining a duly licensed pharmacist to carefully compound your
doctor’s prescriptions lor you.