v t No* 67
Vol. I
. CITY FACES IMM-WENLWATER. SHORTAGE
K E NAI FIRE
MARCHES AHEAD
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0/V 4 a S / C E 5 ■
Thj Konai / ponin-~
sula f ir o' Jwas six
- milos from Turnagain
' Arm and Xour mil os
* - from tho * Inlot, - at;
its upp or oxtr omity f *
whon Dick Millor rj
turnod from Anchorago
lato last Monday aft
ornoon•
at tho opposito
ond, tho f iro - v/a’S
r burning stoadily bo
, ' low tho Konai ;rivor
in a southornly di
- roction*
Mr^ Mi11or.said ho
flow at an 'altitudo
of 800 foot on tho
trip from anchorago,‘
and although tho’ firo*
-on tho ground was?
c 1-oarly visiblo, tho
air was so smoky that
i - ho flow by ’ ins trun
nion ts over the Konai
area* •
* . Ho'talked with tho
town of, Konai 'by ra
. ;• dio, bujt, was unable
.to see it* Ho said
reports from the Ko
• nai field stated thub
army firefighters
* wore attempting • to
control tho fire, and
that a firebreak had
been dug about four
(Cont. Pago 6)
• f.: 7 1 n r* • r9
Board Gh ai rm an
Voices Appeal—:1
>f / For r tho~„. s.ocorid
timo within little#'
moro than a wook, tho
' c ity1 s r 3s id-on t s pro
doing askod to. con
's orvo .in ordor that
tho cannjrios may got
in a full . soaspnfs
-work this yoar,_for
Jack English, chair
man of tho Public Ut
ility* Board, has ap
poalod; to all to savo
tvator. ..
\ '!,S top ‘.all thoT;
loaks.~ in tho linos,
plan to wash only on
Monday whon. th o can
njrijs aro clown, and
donft- uso-city wator
. for cooling „ or for
wataring•your gardon,"
Mr **-• Engl ish. asks.
‘ or That appoal- gobs’
tor. homos and /busin
: o s s o-s *ai ik-f,/ 'and Mr *
Epgfislu war nod • that
what is/90$ a Soridus
situation could bo
tcoriu disastrous ~r In
tho ovbnt of a fir'd*
wIf wo had a major
- f ir 0 nm * ” ho Ts t a t o d,
si therob .w Quldnf t -bo
wator enough to -fight
it. V?o*d run tho dam
dry boforo wo could
b^gin to cpntrol a
fir j of any sizo.*'
UTILITY BOARD
MAY CONSIDER
R ATION RL A AT' “•
The combination' of
ah unusually-cold and
n<nf ar njus a
rainless summer’ havo
already placed. Seldo
'viafs water supply at
a critically low le
vel, with the peak of
the summer!s canning
season still ahead*
That was the, an
n ounc em e nt c ha irman
Jack English . made to
numbers of the public
'Utility Board at the
Monday.meeting of the
rr-Min,/ Mr* English
said ;the present sit
Ucttion was drastic,
for the heavy canning
‘drain on. the supply
' so lowers the water
■ level .i-n Ithe , reser
• voir -thatr -the dam
does- not fill over
night. • -
7 C-oupled'- ,with the
'depleted Supply is
the problem., of a leak
at*, the- bate, of the
dam, through ' p which
"water- eno’ugh.“to sup
ply all of one can
nery^ needs” is es
caping.
Mr. English visit
ed all canneries and
business houses in
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