"News of oAmencds Last Frontier”
6 NO. 14
KODIAK, ALASKA JUNE 1, 1946
PRICE 10 CENTS
ff^ish Price
Still Unset
Jwk offer on fish prices made
Friday by cannery represent
i-ves has not been accepted by
"on representatives yet this
k, it was reported yesterday.
“This week the union told Steele
^Sfcolbertson. representing the Al
ia Canned Salmon industry,
i if canners would agree to
ces of 50 cents each for reds
silvers, 12 for pinks, 20 for
s and $2 for kings, that the
would then m turn submit
prices to the union mem
ip for approval.
This the canners refused to
Original union offer for reds
silvers was 58 cents, 20 for
urns, 12 and a half for pinks
d $2 09 for kings.
JNo further progress in negoti
«ns has been reported. Steele
CZ?»albertson left on yesterday’s
sane for Anchorage, to return
Suuaday.
rplus For Veterans
notice explaining the new
ndment on Veteran’s prior
for surplus is contained in
advertisement on page 5 of
issue
-Due to the absence of Mayor
Bettinger the first of the
k the council meeting sched
for Monday but not held,
11 lie held next Monday even
ts at the city hall.
tary Officers
e Chosen
Officers and directors of the
^*>tary club, to take office in
>y, were chosen at Tuesdays
iting at the Victory cafe.
iSlevaied from the vice-presi
*5*j-^cy to the presidency was
/^^Uer Sipprell, local agent of
Alaska Steamship company,
^^Kfclacing Dr. A. Holmes John
; James Martz, of the Island
ntain, was chosen vice-presi
t; O. A. Torgerson, bank
^*~^sident, was re-elected treas
a id Max Folsom, of the
Electric company, was
^^^iseu again as secretary.
"^ffhe club elected six directors,
in turn elected officers. The •
^*^«ctors are O. A. Torgerson,
Bettinger, James Martz,1
”^**lter Sipprell, Marcus Meyer,
^**3 A. Holmes Johnson.
-As one of a monthly series of
upational talks James Martz
speaker for the day, telling
4iis own experiences managing
M^l»eatiioal troupe and of the
^*^*norous history of show busi
H
^jlenn Huff, surplus property |
•^kresentative. was a guest.
Raymond Madsen
Dies At Portland
Haymond Madsen, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Madsen, pass
ed away at Portland after a brief
illness, according to word receiv
ed Wednesday by the parents
Raymond, who was 12 years
old and a student in the 6th
grade, had been sent to Portland
about a month ago for special
medical treatment. He was a
victim of leukemia and his par
ents were informed that be had
but a few weeks to live. Mrs.
Madsen had planned to leave
Sunday to visit him and now she
and daughter Germaine will
lbave Sunday to be in Portland
Tuesday for funeral services
Raymond did not know the
seriousness of his illness, and his
nurse reported that after receiv
ing his treatments of X-ray and
blood transfusions he would go
to shows and then buy comic
books to read at the ranch wheie
he was staying
Raymond s death is the second
recent tragic loss in the Madsen
family. Their eldest daughter,
Elizabeth, passed away last July
in a Portland tuberculosis sana
torium after several years’ ill
ness.
Besides his parents Raymond
is survived by his brothers and
sisters, ail of Kodiak: Germaine,
1 Alice, Roy and Alf Madsen,
! Mrs. Thelma Johnsou, and Mrs.
Rose Miller.
He will be buried beside his
sister, Elizabeth, in Portland.
Warehouse Burns
At Navy Base
A fire reportedly causing sev
eral thousand dollars loss de
stroyed a navy warehouse at the
naval base Wednesday.
A Navy spokesman sad an es
timate of the damage could not
be given but that the warehouse
could be considered a complete
loss. The cause of the fire is un
known
The fire broke out during the
noon hour and when discovered
about 1 o’clock was burning
fiercely. Valuable radio and elec
tronic equipment stored in the
warehouse was reported includ
ed in the loss.
Mail Restrictions
Are Removed
Maurice Briggs, local postmas
ter, received word Wednesday
that restrictions imposed on mail
last week because of the strike
situation are now removed fol
lowing settlement of the railway
strike.
Second third and fourth class
and airmail of all kinds can now
be mailed to all points.
Company
Buys Hotel
One of the largest real estate
transfers in past years is com
pleted as of today with the tak
ing over of the Sunbeam hotel
and adjacent Totem Igloo curio
store building by the Kodiak
Realty and Investment Co., own
ers of the adjoining property on
which is located the Marshal’s
office, residence, jail, and FeldeV
apartment building.
Seller is Charles Madsen, who
built both buildings, who will
now devote himself to his bear
hunting expeditions and other
private interests. The invest
ment company is a partnership,
consisting of Dr. A. Holmes
Johnson, 0. A. Torgerson and
Marshall Crutcher, of Ketchi
kan. The sale price was not an
nounced.
The new owners will continue
ope'ation of the hotel, contem
plating a change of name to Ko
diak Hotel, and will probably
hire a couple to live in and man
age it. Later it is planned to
modernize the building further.
Mr. Madsen has disposed of
the bulk of his curio stole stock
to L J. Norman, of the Norman
Thoto shop, and various local
merchants bought additional fix
tures.
The investment company some
time ago announced plans for a
new building, including a hotel
and store space, on the adjoining
property after it, is vacated on
completion of a new federal jail
building.
Alterations are already started
in the store building to alter it
for Dr. Johnson, who will have
his off ces in it. His present loca
tion will become the home of Mr.
and Mrs Wilson Erskine, who
are moving out of the Erskine
residence in expectancy of the
arrival soon of Mr. and Mrs W.
J. Erskine.
Mr. Madsen, who owns a large
modern residence on Mill Bay
road, will continue to make his
borne here. He Is planning on sel
ling his Chris Craft and buying
a larger boat to use on his bear
hunting trips.
The Totem Igloo curio store
was opened on August, 15, 1940,
and during the war years was
the largest buyer of curios of any
store in the Territory.
The hotel building was origin
ally a store, built in 1919 and
1920, of solid logs 3 stories high,
and was opened in the summer]
of 1921. Mr. Madsen previous
to that operated the Russian
Mission store iocated in the area
of the GM hospital, facing the
channel
He operated the store in the
Sunbeam building until 192S,
when he closed it and went, to
Victory Ship
Brings 23 Cows
Believed to be the first Victory
ship to call at Kodiak, the Boze
man Victory arrived last night
at the Aimy dock, to unload
23 cows for the E. E Bell dairy.
The boat is reported to have
10,000 tons of cannery supplies
for Bristol Bay and because of
being so heavily loaded is calling
at the Army dock instead of at
the base.
The arrival of the boat is of
special interest to Mayor Lee
Bettinger, whose son, Lee, Jr.,
formerly of Kodiak, went to Af
rica on the vessel.
The vessel is of the same type
as the Kodiak Victory, named
after this city.
City Cemetery
Cleaned Up
About 50 men turned out to
work in the cemetery Sunday
and Leo Sears, chairman of the
cemetery committee, said the re
sults toward cleaning up the
grounds were very good
A 2-ft. border around the en
tire cemetery was spaded and a
spruce tree border planted, and
the main drive way and tributary
paths were relocated, edged with
rock and regraded. Plats were
raked and some grading done. In
the near future all grave plots
will be graded, smoothed and
planted with green coverage.
The ceme'ery committee was
much gratified with the good
turnout and wishes to thank all
who participated.
Mrs. Helen Flechtner furnish
ed coffee and sandwiches at the
cemetery; Lorena Kizer donated
the Beachcombers orchestra for
the dance atBlinn’s; Al Miller
arranged for the hall; the Busi
ness and Professional Women’s
club provided' refreshments at
the dance and trucks were furn
ished by Norman Slenes, H. F.
MacDonald and the Smith
Transfer. High school youths
and school boys furnished much
assistance.
Ralph Shupp left by plane
yesterday for Anchorage on bus
iness.
Kanatak during the oil boom
days, where he had a stole, cafe,
warehouse and rooms and was
postmaster. He was there for 5
years and for awhile after his re
turn used the Sunbeam for stor
age. He first built 4 rooms for
space for members of his hunt
ing parties, and then first added
4 more and then continued to ex*
pand, making rooms in the up
stairs after moving to the new
Madsen residence.
City Leases
Army Dock
As the result of a trip of May
or Lee Bettinger to Anchorage
this week, tentative arrange
ments have been made for the
City of Kodiak to lease the Arm
y dock until such time as it is
disposed of, Mr. Bettinger an
nounced on his return Wednes
day.
The arrangements were made
with General Johnson, of the A
laska Department, and provide
that the city can use the dock
and pay $100 monthly rental.
it is presumed that after a 60
day period the dock may come
up for disposal by the General
Land Office, and the lease is to
run until such disposal.
The lea^e arrangement is sub
ject to approval by the council
but there is no doubt the lease
will be approved. Tentative ar
rangements are to have the dock
managed for the city but details
are still to be worked out.
The Alaska Steamship has
been notified of the availability
of the dock, but whether the
Cordova which presumably left
Seattle Tuesday, or the Lakina*
which is scheduled to leave to
day, will use it is not known
here yet.
The OPA office has informed
the Erskine dock company that
if a new tariff of dock charges ip
I put into effect without an appli
I cation for relief to them, the
cjmpany may be subject to a vi
olation of OPA regulations
i P. J. Watkinson, vice presid
ent of the company, states that
the application for a new tariff,
which he said was not yet ap
proved, was made only in antici
pation of greater longshore char
ges and that whether the tariff is
put in operation will depend on
the new longshore agieement.
Long-bore unions, as reported
by Associated Press, are asking
for a 35 cent an hour increase,
and from 22 to 35 cents for vari
ous classifications of seagoing
workers.
Harbor Hearing
Set For August
A hearing on harbor improve
ments will be conducted under
the auspices of Army engineers
at Kodiak about August 1, ay
or Lee Bettinger has been inform
ed.
The hearing will be open to
the public so all may have a»>
opportunity to present facts, fig
ures and claims for any iinprove
| ments to local channels and
harbors.
A hall is to be arranged for
and the meeting dates and place
will 'oe advertised in advance.