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Juaeau. Alaska
KODIAK, ALASKA AUGUST 17, 1946
PRICE, TO CENTS
nterior Party, Delegate Hear Problems
Missionites
JecrySpeed
A petilion with 2 pages of sig
itures of residents of the Mis
ib road area was presented to
« council Monday, asking that
« council do something about
ie speeding on Mission road,
be petition said speeding was
tolerable, creating a bad dust
tuation and being a hazard to
* residents in this area. Lack
proper mufflers on some cars
as also reported by the petition,
bich asked for strict enforce
ent of the 25 mile speed limit.
The council promised that a
itrol will be instigated to rem
y the situation and the viola
rs will be picked up.
The council at the same meet
; authorized purchase of a new
)dge panel truck from Basil
ark, for the police department,
iich will be used on the patiol.
Five fines, from $25 to $100,
re levied by U S Commission
G W Bubendorf for false ap
cations for fishing or hunting
luses. Named on complaints
.de by Frank Beals, Fish &
Idlife official, were Burney
wson, William Merwin, Jack
lliams, Perry Conrad and
nes D Rasmussen.
asquerade
ext Saturday
Cowboys, princesses, clowns,
icing girls, sourdoughs, and
ier colorful characters of the
rid will appear in make believe
the first annual Kodiak Sum- j
r Masquerade Ball to be held |
the Kodiak Community Cent-1
Saturday, August. 24.
’he affair, first costume party
De held in this city in many
nths, is expected to be a gala
asion Prizes will be awarded
the most original, most at
stive and funniest costumes.
Ausic will be furnished by
Four Hits and A Miss and
cing will start at 9 pm. The
ir is limited to 60 couples
tickets will be on sale Mon
on a first-come, first-serve
is
ponsors for the ball are Mr.
Mrs Charles Madsen, Mr.
Mrs. 0 A Torgerson, Mr.
Mrs. A A Owen, and Dr.
Mrs. A Holmes Johnson,
hairman of the committee in
rge is Robert Johnson, assist
>y Bud Owen, promotion and
ets; William Taylor, music;
r Wade and Patsy Mae Hel
program; Kathleen Flood
Joy Wade, dicoiations; re
bmeuts, Blanche Brillon.
' Vessels Due
The Cordova is due next Wed
nesday and the Denali on Thurs
day, the local office of the Alaska
Steamship company announced
today.
The Lakina, which was not
supposed to call here southbound
has been changed and is due at
Kodiak tonight or Sunday morn
ing.
Name New
Superintendent
Mill Vokacek, city superinten
dent., submitted his resignation
to the council Monday, take ef
fect August 15, to engage in pri
vate business. Mr. Vokacek has
purchased the Mulford sheet
metal shop on Brooklyn avenue
from Hollis Mulford
Paul H. Stover, formerly with
the Army Engineers in the Al
eutians, who has been on the
city stieet department the past
2 weeks, has been named to the
■post vacated by Mr. Vokacek.
Building permits have been is
sued to the following:
Ray Sears,, remodel porch, lot
34, Block 5, estimated cost, $500.
Mrs. Bea Nachtweih, fireplace
and garage at her home, Lot 8a
Erskine sub-division, $700.
Baptist church, firewall around
furnace of church, $250.
Leif Norman, remodeling and
roof on store, $200.
Charles B. Johnson, move &
remodel 2 skid shacks in I/eite
addition, story and a half, $4000.
Chester Clark, lemodel and
build addition to home in Leite
addition, $1200.
Del Meader of the Navy Base
regained the Kodiak Horse
shoes Championship Sunday
when be downed Henry Breck
berg by a score of 21-14. Breck
berg gained the finals when he
upset the defending champion,
Burt Flotre by a score of 21-12.
The doubles tourney, postpon
ed because of rain, will be held
at the Center tomorrow. An “ex
tra” singles tournament also will
be held. Play starts at 5 pm.
To Build
New Garage
A building permit for a new
garage, to be located on the
north 68 feet of the Thompson
estate lot on Brooklyn avenue,
was applied for this week by
Basil Clark, operator of Clark’s
garage.
Mr. Clark plans a 60x58 foot
rame structure, to be built at
in estimated cost of $7000.
Boy On Bicycle
Tumbles Off Dock
Douglas Dawson, 12, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Dawson,
tumbled off.the dock with his bi
cycle near McConaghy’s can
nery Saturday morning but suf
fered only a slight cut on the
mouth. His bicycle sank in sev
eral feet of water, and Douglas
hung on to a boom until aid
came.
He had ridden up to a protec
tive beam along the dock and
put his foot on it to steady him
self wheD his foot slipped, throw
ing him and the bicycle in a 14
foot drop to the water The
bicycle was recovered.
Iver Malutin’s slashing single
down the first base line broke up
a tie softball battle in the last
half of the last inning Tuesday
night on the school grounds and
Emil Ohristoffei son’s Cubs nosed
out Kay Wade’s Terriers 11
to 10.
Home runs were tallied by
I Billy Anderson and Elmer Dean.
Softball games will be played
tonight and Tuesday at 6:30
Valuation
Increases
The assessed valuation of the
city of Kodiak showed an in
crease over last year of $79,993.
50, it was reported on approval
of the tax roll Monday by the
, city council.
The valuation for this vear is
$2,253,794.50 divided as follows:
Land: $344,411
Improvements: $1,026,810
Personal property: $882,573.50
Tax notices have now been
mailed and the city council will1
sit as a board of equalization
next week each evening from 7
to 9 pm.
Harold Foster, who ran a car
off Mission road into a dwelling,
was charged with being drunk
and disorderly and with driving
under the influence of liquor in
two complaints filed this week
by Leo Sears.
On the first charge he was sen
tenced to 135 days and given a
1300 suspended fine by U. S.
Commissioner G. W. BubendorF,
and on the second charge was
sentenced to 90 days in jail and
fined $200, with both suspended.
A Russian church benefit
dance, sponsored by the Russian
Women’s club, will be held Fri
day, Sept. 6, at Biinn’s hall. Ad
mission will be $2 per couple
with dancing from 8 pm to I am.
Library
To Open
Civic life in Kodiak takes an
important step forward Monday
when the Kodiak Libraiy at the
Community Center is officially
opened to the public.
The library will be open Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Friday evenings from 7 to 9, and
on Wednesday and Sunday af
ternoons from 2 to 4, it was an
nounced by Mrs. Marjorie Gun
derson, library chairman. The
library boasts a well-balanc-(
ed collection of more than 4000]
books, both fiction and non-fic
tion and has been made ready
through the volunteer work of
scores of Kodiak residents under
the direction of Mrs. Gunderson
and Sister Hilary. Volunteers
will make up the library staff as
follows- Louise Coon, Lillian
| Lam me, Dorothy Haag, Mabel
' Fenner, Gertie Raumaker, Ruth
Toigerson, Laze! Owen, Bette
DeYoung, Margaret Cook, Sister
Hilary and Chester Clark
A fee of $1 per year will be
charged for library cards. Books
will be issued for two week per
iods without additional charge.
Fee for books kept after 2 weeks
will be five cents per day.
Injures Eye
While Fishing
Art Kizer received a cut in his
left eye in a fishing accident
Tuesday evening near Cape
Chiniak, and was taken to the
base hospital ' for operational
treatment that night and hospit
alized at the GM hospital until
yesterday, when he was released.
The eyeball was cut by a piece
of glass from his glasses but
complete recovery is expected
Mr. Kizer was fishing with a
line wrapped around a stick
when the stisk flew out of his
hand, it was reported, and struck
and broke his glasses
The Shopper Service station
wagon, formerly owned and op
erated by the Teamster’s Union,
has been purchased by Tom Gal
lagher, of the Polar Bear cafe)
and will be maintained on the
same schedule.
The Warren A Taylor office!
on Brooklyn avenue is now clos |
ed, Mrs. Bette De Young an
nounced today, and G W Buben
dorf is now handling the insur
ance business formerly carried
on there.
Mrs. De Young is temporarily
employed in the Commissioner’s
office.
The Department of the Inter
ior party, accompanied by Dele
gate E. L. “Bob” Bartlett, arriv
ed at Kodiak yesterday afternoon
and after a brief tour about town
met at the Community Center,
where problems of concern local
ly were presented and discussed.
Besides Delegate Bartlett the
party consisted of;
Warner Gardner, assistant
Secretary of the Interirr
William Zimmerman, Jr., as
sistant Commissioner of Indian
Affairs
Joel Wolfsohn, acting associate
diiector, Bureau of Land Man
agement
Felix Cohen, associate solici
tor, Department of the Interior
Carlton Skinner, director of
information, Department of the
Interior
Robert Sanford, represen a
tive in charge of Alaska for the
U.S. Bu.eau of Mines
George Sundborg, of the Bon
neville Power Administration,
investigator foi the Alaska
Statehood association.
Delegate Bartlett int oduced
the members of the party to the
40 people gathered at the center,
and Mayor Bettinger led the
problem presentation with a dis
cussion on acquisition of the city
dock.
Giving a history of the city’s
efforts in connection with the
dock and describing it as "neces
sary to develop the future pros
perity of the community”, May
or Bettinger asked for aid in
hastening the process by which
the dock could be acquired .Sec
retary Gardner promised a de
termination will be made in
Washington of the true statue of
the dock and an effort made, on
its becoming surplus, to see that
it is quickly appraised and offer
ed for sale
Councilman James Martz told
of the unavailability of any land
and of its hampering effect&ttn
(continued on page 9)
Standard
Starts Tank
Steel ami a construction crew
will arrive in Kodiak about Sept
1 for the erection of a new
198,000 gallon storage tank at
the Standard Oil company, Mer
rill Coon, local agent, announced.
Mr. Coon said the new tank will
solve the problem of inadequate
storage that several times in the
past > ears has caused oil short
ages during the winter.
Eldon Davis, of Seattle, super
visor of the construction is now
here arid foundations are being
prepared for the tank,