SENA I MO OSE RANGE NOW
OPEN FOR PUBLIC USE
Recreational use of the
Senai National Moose Range is
being encouraged by construc
tion of access roads and pub
lic canp grounds, according
to a recent announcement of
the Juneau office of the Fish
and Wildlife Service.
Cooperative moves by two
Interior agencies, FWS and
the Alaska Road Commission,
has resulted in completion of
an access road at Hidden Lake
near the west boundary of the
range and two roads tapping
beautiful Skilak Lake, here
tofore accessible cnly by,
plane. Parking areas, for
automobiles have been con
structed at the end of each
road and sites have been
hacked out of the wilderness
for convenience of overnight
campers. Gravel surfacing*
was virtually completed this
fall and rustic camp ground
facilities are being instalA
ed as rapidly as funds permit.'
P-TA MEETING CANCELLED
The meeting of the Homer
Parent-Teacher Association
scheduled for this Friday
night has been cancelled. ac
cording .to Homer Thompson,
pfesfident. The meeting will
be held next Friday night',
January 14, at the’ school
house, he said.
HUFFS LEAVE FPR COLD BAY
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Huff of
Homer left Tuesday for Cold .
Bay where he will woric as a .
mechanic for" the CAA.
HIGHWAY FOR SOUTHEASTER
ALASKA A POSSIBILITY
The Juneau Independent
said last week that the pros
pect for an early road con
nection between Juneau and
the continental highway sys
tems of Canada and the United
States loomed large after a
quick exchange of correspon
dence across the border.
News that the Provinee of
British Columbia intends to
start early construction of
an "A Route” highway linking
Hazleton, B. C., via Stewart
and Me Dame Creek with the
Alaska Highway at Lower Post
caine in a letter received by
the Juneau Chantoer of CJonp
merce from William Hick, sec
retary of the Stewart Board
of Trade.
The letter asked how soon,
the United States might be
expected' to -construct its
portion of a road up the Taku
River to connect with the
Canadian network.
A letter drafted by the.
Juneau Chamber's road commit
tee which was to be submitted
for approval replied that the
Alaska Road Commission had
made a survey of the route
last summer and would have
detailed cost estimates soon/
SCHROER RETURNS FROM TRIP .
Dave Schroer* returned to
Ho ire r this week from a holi
day vacation to Illinois. He
is the sixth grade teacher at,
the Homer Territorial School#
Hear TRADE AT HOME Program
6:30 p*mv every Friday.
JUNEAU TO G^T NEW HIGH * ~
SCHOOL AND GYMNASIUM 1
An application by the Jun
eau Independent School Dis
trict for a "$i,600,000 audi
torium. and gymnasium addition
to the new high school which
Itself ' is still on the draw
ing boards is making good
progress in Washington, James
Huston, Alaska Public Works
director, said this week, ac
cording to the Juneau 'inde
pendent. A *
It is expected that the
addition, sfaicfa will provide
an auditorium seating 800 and
a gymnasium seating 1,400
spectators, will be on next
year **s APW program •"
Meanwhile,' the school dis
trict directors presented
plans for the $2 million
building program which has
already been authorized by
APW. Issuan ce of bondsi* for
the entire ^3,600,000 has be
en authorized by voters of
the district. The- program
will be financed 50 percent
by federal grant and the bal
ance by the new one-percent
retail sales tax which went
into' effect throughout' the
district in October.
JUNEAU FIRM LOW BIDDER ■<
FOR SOLDOTNA CONSTRUCTION - .
. ' ' ■ * * . a
The Valle-Somme rs Con
struction Company of Juneau
was 107 bidder recently of 12
firms submitting tenders for
construction of an Alaska
Road Commission * garage /at
Soldotna. The low -bid was
& 16,5, OOP* 1 • - r;
LAND OPIHSD NSAR FAIRBANKS
Secretary of the Interior
Douglas McKay last week an—
nounced the opening of 6,,400
acres of land located about
30 miles from Fairbanks to
immediate application under
' the public land laws*
An additional 4,000 acres
will be subdivided and desig
nated as homesites, cabin
sites and business sites upon
order of the area administra
tor, Bureau of Land Manage
. ment, Anchorage*
This action resulted from
a partial .revocation of an
executive, order which reser
ved a total of 24,503 acres
for the use of the T;rar De
partment in 1938* The status
of the remainder of the land
remains substantially un
changed as various applica
tions and suggested changes
by the military will retain
the land in a reserve status.
- CHOIR TO PRESENT PROGRAM
The Community Choir will
present a program during the
Farmers Institute this week
end, according to Marion
,K6eppelj director.
Last week the*Choir went
to; Niniichiic and presented a
program at the Jtfinilchik
school house which was well
. attended.. Some of the choir
members were unable to make
the Ninilchik trip, sho said.
HAS TONSIIS OUT
f.eah ICing, was taken to
Seldovia last week where her
tonsils were removed at the
hospital. . - j . -v A . - :
TO OUR : • V,
D IS TINGUIS H E D VI SI TOR S. ..
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YOV& ■ ■ - ' i r . ‘ • / .
TIRADE-AT-HOME
MERCHANTS
UMINSKFS
■jp HOBBY ppP
DON E* SMITH, INS*
HOMER FOOD CENTER
VERN MUTCH DRUGS
BAY ClOTHIBRS
t
PIONEER HARDWARE
AND THE
KACHEMAK BAY
FARMER'S ASSN.
I > •
Your Trade^At-Homq merchants rould like
to extend their welcome to all of the
speakers of the Farmers - Inst itute ‘ai$
give congratulations torthe ICachemak
Bay Farmers i^ssociation for thoir rroii
in sponsoring the project*
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R S. * ND- HURRY BACK
YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME
IN
HOMER, ALASKA