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Vol•** *T •’ - : - Soldovia, Alaska, July .9, W47 -' rt No. 65
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Council to talk- t
lJLiASt lURN Of f
OF LIQUOR, TAXES
NEXT FRIDAY f ; -ThAT LlGHV
The next regular^
meeting of the SoldO
visa city, council is
scheduled for Friday,
July ll, -it 8 o’clock
It* was .ann ounc ad. t o -
day tfy Mayor .'Harry
Loonhardt. - *
Business scheduled
for councilmen’s at
tention' that night *
inc lud.es- the a p,po int - ’
men't- of a. new- trustee
to replace .Sari Herr,
resigned,; a discus
sion of Seldovia *s
liquor *. regulations
with bar' owners, .rat
ification of business
discuss 3d informally
a t Sun day's me a ting
with cannery opera
tors and the REa rep
resentative, ;und .the
;fixlng of dates for
tax equalization
meetings -_
QU'ltT FOURTH
Seldoviafs police
department collected
only one *15 fine du
ring the holiday per
iod of tha past week,‘
it was announced yes
te^day by magistrate'
G. M. Chambers.
The cooperation of
•jovgty household in
~Se±chvil is Vbues t o5
inc & -JrTicLj at-"
Fenpb• to'•consjrv^ all
’ possible, a-ow-ebCFlyrmg
the present oraergo'ney
JOiir> Jr oc In of ... cf the *
STXuov ia: ?o^
war Co. ,“> s~Sid .yester
day.
“Mr. Grpothof, said
emergency- units ht
the power plant,
wh\ch have been in
use sine-a • Saturdayfs
breakdown of the
large unit, are now
carrying a capacity
load', and any further
power requirement
could cause a break
down which would leave
Che city without-.ele
ctrical energy at the
"height of the canning
• season.
It- is asked tha t
all homes conserve
current, wherever
possible j and that
a 11 electr i cal house
hoi .3 ~ ' e qulpmrne be
schiduled 1 or ~ us e on
Mona ay, / when can
neries' f fro not opor- •
a t e 3" e .
REA CAN HELP,
BUT PROBABLY
NOT IMMEDIATELY-.
The qit y of .Soldo
via is faced wiEh a
'critical power prob
lem; members of the
city ; council- were
told at an informal
'meeting last- Sunday
-evening. John Grbot*-'
hof, manager' of t-he
Seldovia Light & Po
wer .Co, * * . said V that
the breaking of a
-crankshaft in, ..the
plant's main power
unit a has placed the
city's entire load on
sm al1.r e s erv.o un its'.
‘ Mr. Groothof poin
ted out -tha fc,the peak
of-the canning season
is now approaching,
with mere. demands
placed on SoldoviaIs
power plant than ever
before because of the
recently installed
freezers of Soldovia
Fisheries. ;*-•
1 ;H'. G. Bryan, Al
aska ; representative
of the Rur al 31oe tri
fioation Association,
came to Soldovia Idst
Sunday morning at the
request of Mr. Groot
' hof, and was present
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