NO COMPLAINTS FOR PUD
The Homer PUD board of dir
ectors met Monday night to hear
complaints concerning the de
linquent tax list published
recently but the complaints
were not forthcoming and the
members spent an evening dis.-» j
cussing the problems facing
the district.
In regard to the clinic it
was stated that about all that
remains to be done before bids
can be let is the transfer of
the deed by the PUD to the
Territorial Board of Health.
Harry Gregoire, treasurer of
the board, went to Anchorage
Tuesday where he expected to j
make the final arrangements to
expedite the transfer. s
Also in regard to the cli
nic the board was informed
that the well at the clinic ,
site was not at present put*
ting out the volume of water
that it had at its completipn
Francis Thorn, who se equip
ment drilled the well, accom
panied the board to the well
site and the volume was-tested.
It was found that the well
would flow for approximately j
fi:ve minutes and after the
pump had been shut off for
another five minutes the well
would again flow for five
minutes more.
It was suggested by Mr.
Thorn that silt may have
stopped some of the flow at
the bottom of the 112 foot
well, and that perhaps the
plastic pipes might be low
ered further into the well
to increase the flow.
'While at the cliinic site
the board members expressed
disapproval of the plans of
the engineers to place the
building not on the high
| ground originaoly chosen, but
several hundred yards to the
> east in a lower and rather
marshy area.
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MEN NEEDED BY GUARD
.An endeavor to raise the
strength of the local platoon
of the Alaska National Guard
to that of a full company will
be made soon, according to Ist
Lt. Harry Gregoire, commanding
officer. It is believed that
the Homer area will support a
company, but a nucleus of
about 40 men will be needed be
fore the ANG will consider
officially-assigning a com
pany here.
Gregoire stated that it
may be possible to get a
'heavy weapons company in'Homer
las a part of a regimental com'
!bat team. However the present
| platoon strength of 27 men
i will have Jo be increased by
I 13 men before this could be j
brought about.
| Commenting on the increase
; of strength, Gregoire noted
! that in addition to the de
! fense benefits gained by the
' area and the training gained
; by the men who make up the
j unit, the area would gain
! materially from the income
1 earned by the men. Several
thousand dollars more would
be Drought into the community
each year with the coming of
a larger unit.
Another possibility v>f gain
by the community in having
a larger national guard unit
here would be that the gov — j
ernment would probably assist (
to a large degree in the fin
ancing of an am cry and com - [
munity center building. It I
is understood that in building
other armories the federal
government has put up seventyn
five percent of the money, thej
territory twelve and one half
percent of the money and the j
local community the other
twelve and one half percent.
SEWARD WANTS POWER
The city of Seward has
applied to the Federal Power
Commission for a preliminary
permit for a hydroelectric
project on Ptarmigan Creek
which would include a dam at \
the lower end of Ptarmigan
Lake and a power house on Kena;
Lake. The p cwcr housewould j
have an initial installation
of 1,600 horsepower and would
extend the city’s power system
as far north as Moose Pass.
[• The permit, if granted,
[will give the city of Seward
| priority on the area while it
'conducts surveys necessary for
[an application for a license.
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SCOUTS TO TOUR AREA
Anchorage area Bqy Scouts
will accompany Fish and Wild
life Service conservation
agents on their trips into the
Kenai Peninsula this summer
undetr a program sponsored by
President Eisenhower.
The program, the National \
Conservation Good Turn_Prcgramj
calls for scouts and wildlife |
agents to work together to
preserve .Alaska's flora and
fauna , and will give..the
scouts valuable knowledge and •
experience while at the same j
time assisting the conservation
agents in their work. •
NINILCHIK HEARS CHORUS ,
The Anchorage Community
Chorus presented a concert
at the Ninilchik grade school j
Saturday evening May 29 under
the sponsorship of the Ninil— j
chik Parent-Teachers Assn.
More than 250 people atten-j
ded the concert which was
giv?(n as a benefit to purchase
chairs for the school.
The chorus was feted at a
sslmon steak dinner served by •
the Ninilchik Homemakers Coun
cil. During their trip to
the peninsula part of the
group viisited Homer.
PAINTING INLET INN
Ray Benson is busy this
week painting the Inlet Inn.
The structure will be red
trimmed in white when done.
FISHERMEN SIGN AGREEMENT
An agreement has b3(en
reached between the Seldovia
members of the Independent
Alaska Fishermen’s Union and
the packers regarding the
price of this year's salmon
catch.
Frices agreed upon are
four dollars per fn'sh for
king salmon weighing more
than 12 pounds* two dollars
f/r king" salmon weighing less
than 12 pounds, one dollar
seventeen and a half cents
each for red salmon# eighty
two and a half cents lor
silvers# forty cents for
chums and thir ty C3cnts for
pinks.
BENSONS HAVE GUESTS
Mr:s. Sarah Jos&phine
Baker of San Francisco and
Mrs. Grace Holliday of Healy,
Alaska are guests, of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Benson this week.
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