Inaka Historical
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box 2051
Juneau, Alaska f
Your Dependable Community Newspaper
_June 50, 1955_
Vol. 6, No. 3
FISHERMEN OUT
Local drift fishermen will be leav
ing Homer today to get in on the first
of the red salmon season which will
start tomorrow* As of Wednesday the
packers a$d fish© men had not come to
terms on fish prices with the exception
©f the Berman Packing company of'Ninil
@hik. The Berman cannery offered*the
following prices: $4*50 for “kings,
$1*25 for reds, 98 cents for silvers,
BO cents for chums and 37§ cents'for
pinks* .
Jfee setnetters along the Inlet’ who
. ar®, members of the Cook Inlet ' Setfaet
ier® Association, have pulled all' fish
ing gear in the Inlet pending contract
negotiations*
In'otter fishing news the “tender
^Gladys R" of the Seldovia Bay Packing
company was beached at West Foreland
thig. seek after a rock put a hole in
.* her right side* Paul Chequette of the
Inlet Flying Service flew a carjtenter
and aupplies to the beached vessel Wed
* hesday afternoon so that she could be
* temporarily repaired and taken to a
dry dock*
/*ck Lind af -the Alaska Yeqr-Round
aaJty&ery in Seldovia returned this week
trm a trip to Seattle *
'PILING IN'
Work has been completed this week on
the driving of piling for the dook at
Bad Mountain. The dock is the property
of the Kenai Chrome Corporation- and
.•.will now accomodate large seagoing ves
. * eels*
SELDOVIA DEATH
William Carlo, Seldovia fisheman,
was found dead aboard his fishing boat
at the Seldovia dock early Wednesday
morning# It is believed that he died
of a self-inflicted gun shot wound# It
is'understood that an investigation has
been called for, however. Carlo, about
35'years-old^ was a well-known and sue-,
cesaful** independent fisherman v&o had
been^a*'resident**of the community for
several‘years4 * *•*
STOGK.'AR RIVES
— Three Montana stockmen, Orville,
Kenneth and Howard. Jandt, arrived in
Homer^ Sunday with.a truck load of stock
that* they hope will he the forerunner
of. a- herd. that, will . range the Caribou
Eidla. . The men. have obta ine d a grazing
lease on 2&tQQ& . acres in that section
. end-, according to the terms of the gov
• e-nnnent contract.,, must have 600 head of
• cattle-. or .3,200 head of sheep in an
eight- year, period*.
. * -The 43 head , *t,hat arrived this week
included. .cattle and horses. The trip
proved to. .ha .hard oh the animal si ac
cording . -to .those who talked with the
•stookaenr* and it was anticipated that
• ‘future * -movements will be made by air
►from-the Northwest.
■ - * -Sunday afternoon the truck carrying
■the-stock got stuck on the Ohlson Mt.
road-causing trucks of Chris Berg to
be -late arriving at the Homer dock to
assist in the.unloading of the Coastal
Rambler.
: BAIER NAMED:.PUD:::D:IRE(?TOR
Carl Baler ms chosen as the* fifth
%.®einber of the PUD Board of directors •
..r* Monday evening after a prolonged dis
cussion and three ballots were taken to «
leach the decision*
Four candidates were considered for**
* the post including Mrs, Hazel Jons on,* *
* Orp.' Jones, Gust Lofgren and Baler. The'
* !a,t(ter had been nominated during the- *
' # previous meeting but had declined IfcJ*
* run. During the time between the t*wo *
* meetings he changed his mind and his
* name ms re-entered into the race by
* President Honning Johnson* Also at the ,
» last meeting each board member had nom-,
* inatod two candidates. Of the oigfrt
* nominated only three indicated thoy.
* would servo if chosen# After some dis
* cussion a first ballot was taken with.
■V ■‘Lofgren and Jones each getting two
* votes. More discussion followed an$,
* this was followed by a second ballo^
* whieh resulted in Jones again getting,
* two votes and Mrs. Jenson receiving two
* At*this point Director Gene Browning
;• ‘ mdO' a motion that the matter be tabled
♦v- however residents present at the meot
lug* • expressed the opinion that some^
* action should be taken and Carl Baier’s^
name was again- suggested as a logical
* ®. cendl'dato, A third ballot found Ba^ie.r ,
® *!b*cfGiving three votes and Mrs#. tJbnscn»
* „ 6dd Votd7 * ....
^ * # * Wti. • ‘Anderson told the boa*$ that.
1. E# Bartlett'of Sapulpa, Oklahoma»and. r
% summer Homer resident, had placed
certain, stocks in a trust fund for the
PUD and that the stocks arc presently
<being.sold* <The funds in the account
»to*date- amount to about $6,000, she
•said,-and added that when all of tjie
stocks- are sold the money will be turn
■ ed- over to' the PUD to buy equipment for
* the* Homer Hospital-Health Center. She
* stated that “She- had received three bids
* on*the equipment needed from surgical
supply houses.
t _ Mrs. Anderson also • noted- that the
* x-ray unit ^ received from the Civil De
fense * was not’ ’ large enough for local
needs, according to Ur* Provonsha.
The board upheld- t*he decisi on* Jof the
manager to award the printing * of the
.delinquent tax roll to the Homer News*
.The News had submitted,# low bid of. $1,
.and the editor ofr'ihe Herald had pro
tested the bid.
... The directors instructed the manager
.to.urite to Alaska Public Work^ to’See
.whether <?r not they will‘act as the* in
specting agency for the sewage and ftat
er installation^ at the hospital* 'The
engineers who designed the installation
have indicated that they will act*As
inspectors only for a free. f
A letter from the Homemaker’s Cltib,
.bearing 29 signatures, expressed the
confidence of the signers in the work
, jaf Dr., Provonsha • ^ ;
.. The .board, decided th&t the, assessor
* ♦would not circulate., around;# the d*is
* strict to check . .cm A&w oqpgt auction or
^improvements on private property.
It was decided that bids should be
called for on the delivery of oil to
the PUD office.
Things are expected to be quiet in
Homer over the coming Fourth of July
holiday but those who crave excitement
are being invited to celebrate in Sel
dovia or to take part in the pot luck
picnic at the Fritz Creek Civic & Soc
ial Center.
‘ The holiday is expected to. get off
to a good start Saturday night with the
opening ceremonies at the Fritz Creek
Center. The folks of the East End will
gather to open their fino new building
to the public with an evening of danc
ing and fun.
On Sunday, July 3rd it will be Vis
itor^ Day all day and all are invited
to stop by and look over the building*
In Seldovia on July 4th there will
be a parade, a parachute jump, fire
works, boat races and other races to
entertain young and old alike*
If the weather holds fair it is ex
pected that the town, already crowded
with construction workers, will be over
crowded to an even greater extent than
it was on Memorial Day*
SHIP-LEAVES
Tha Alafeka Steamship company
freighter Coastal Rambler departed Hom
er Monday night* * at 11 o’clock after
discharging approximately 1000 tons of
freight in 30 hours'* '
Most of the freight Pas for the
Chris Berg construction firm to bo used
on the Ohlson Mt. pfojcct*
A total of 36 longshoremen porkod
the first 17 hours pith 22 of them
porking in tpo cre'ps on the dock and 14
irking on the * 'ship* At 11 Monday
morning the crew'pdd cut to a one hatch
operation pith 13 iflen remaining on^the
job;*'
1-6’ras felt at first that there
pould bo difficulties Pith so many men
perking on’the dock at lone time, but
the ~ell-piahhed operation of the Berg
company pent off very bmpothly* Throe
trucks pore used to take ’the freight
from the ’ dock' to an unloading area ad
jacenV * Vo* the dock * pbe re a crane un
loaded * the’ trucks onto the ground.
Thipp, fojrV lifts nere kopt busy carry
ing. .thp," cribs and the banded lumber to
camploto the operation*
Beginning* • with this issue end con
tinuing■* *for the next three .‘issues the
*'delinquent'tax list of the PUD is being
' ‘published * by-the News, There are 82
•listings this year,
’ * * *A11' * payment a on the list must be
**made before-5*p,m, July 30 as the roll,
"indicating -all unpaid 1953 taxes, pen
alties* • interest • and costs will be pre
sented^- 'to- the ^District Court on or
about* August'1, together with an ap
plication* • for order of sale. Any ob
jections* of- taxpayers must be presented
in writing to the clerk , of* the court
before* the- day of the hearing*
WEATHER
Low
44
44
37
44
39
42
40
High
*«..Juna,23- 5Q
-*June *24 49
June*25 56
June 26 50
June 27 51
June 28 49
June 29 54