THE HOMER NEM'S
Alaska's Largest Mimeograph Weekly
Published every Thursday at Homer, Alaska,
Bill Raver, Editor and Publisher
Dorothy Rarer, Compositor
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PUBLIC POWER-NO. 2
Public -..Ower in Alaska has indeed fallen on sane sad
days. The smell that is growing out of the "mysterious"
#15,000 spent by the Alaska Committee for Public £Wer grows
stronger and stronger by the hour. People who have long icept
their feelings to themselves concerning the operation of
the Alaska co-ops and some of their dealings are beginning te
talk* The more they talk the mere it is ebvious that the
people of this section ef Alaska have been taken fer a ride.
The inost disgusting thing to happen in many a year was
the action of the( board of directors of the Chugach Electric
Association last Friday night. Four of the directors, a
majority, of course, voted te loan the Central Alaska Power
-ssociaticn ^25,000 dollars despite the fact that the acting
manager, Merlin Stewart, was unable to give an accounting of
the ^60,.000 already loaned the CAPA. Accerding to the story
in the Anchorage D ily Times the money is to be used for core
drilling. He can only assume that this work will be carried
on at the Cooper Lake hydro site/ If such is the case then
m must ask what happened to the #63,000 contract given to
^orth Pacific Consultants to make a cemplete hydro study of
the lake.
it is rather irtnic that, only Friday Eight we had a talk
with Herme.ii Schultz, president of CAP'A* We asked him why
Ntrth Pacific Consultants was chosea as the engineering firm
to make the Cooper Lake study when Harza of Chicago hid
$1,000 less, Hq told us that the Harza bid contained too many
"ifs". Now it appears that the CAPA is going to have, to put
out .$25,000 to do seme tf the care drilling at the site. If
this is the case, the directors tf the C^PA are the biggest
.dwpes:ofr%he tjehtury. If the money is to be spent elsewhere
the directors should have been so informed,
according to the Times story-the GSA directors were also
led to believe that all f*ur of the co-ops belonging to CAPA
had donated to the organization. Such is not the case, ac
cording ‘to Figgs Tice, manager of the Hnmer Electric Assn,
He tells us that HEA has jiot ptLt one dime of cash Into the
CAPA fund and that ©nly Chugaeh' and ^iatanuska Electric have
put Out the cash,
when we talked with Schultz he stated that he could not
say anything about the $15,0t0 belonging to the Alaska Com
mittee for Public Power, but that it would all come out at a
later date. He did say that the people who went to Washing
ton went t^iero to try to get the Eklutna power project turn
ed over to the CAPA by the Bureau of Reclamation* When he
was asked why he thought the CAPA should be sold the project,
he gave two reasons: 1—that the CAPA could operate Eklutna
much cheaper than the Bureau and* 2fcAaOr.long as Eklutna is op
erated by the Bureau of Reclamation it will not belong to the
people of Alaska, but 'if CAPA buys it it will be owned by Al
askans in 30 .or 40 years.
So Eklutna is the turning point around which this whole
thing is to revolveJ Cooper Lake is the bright light being
used to distract us. Now we know wby Captain Riddell of the
district engineers is the spokesman for the secret Alaska
Committee for Public Power, It is obvious that the CaPA is
being used as a front for the Aimy Engineers in their age-old
battle against the Bureau of Reclamation, Bomedne has told
the CAPA board that they ean operate Eklutna cheaper than the
Bureau and they swallowed the bait, , It may be possible, but
we think it is quite safe to predict that G.-urA could never,
will.never, operate Eklutna cheaper than the Bureau, By the
time they got through paying for high priced, inexperienced
managers, engineers, lawyers, office help and vrhat have you,
the cost of power from Eklutna will go up and not down,
,.As to the idea that Eklutna will n-^ver belong to Alas
kans as long as the Bureau operates it...that is just so much
propaganda. The Bureau ©f Reclamation 13 the people of all
of the .bnitGd States and its Territories,
It is about time the people of this section Of the Ter
ritory woke up to the realization that the biggest piece of
wool ever seen is being pullpd overtheir eyes,
REA laws haverbeen flouted and nothing is done. The
loans continue to be made by Washington, The squeeze is
being put on what little private power is left. The empire
grows. There seems to be a never-ending supply ©f money from
Tashingtdn, The time has come to stop and investigate just
how things are being run* If the REA will not stop it then
the people must act.
Vie are not against progress, But we want our progress
built,.on rock and not on sand, • We do not want cheap power at
the price we are being asked to pay*
PHYSIOTHERAPIST VISITS
Maxine Holt zclavr, de t art -
ment of health, physiothera
pist arrived in Homer last
Thursday to visit her several,
patients in this area. She
returned to Kenai on Friday
rdith Iris Jetto* She expects
to return to Homer and the
Peninsula in about tvro months
NINILCHIX FAIR DATES SET
The community of ^inilchik
:?ill hold its annual fair
September 10 and 11, accord
ing to the posters out this
reck*
The fair is airways a live
ly gathering held at the
schoolhousc rjith excellent
displays and ample carnival
attractions*
K3N*I GIRL WINS SCHOLARSHIP
Alice Mishakoff of Kcnai
has been announced as the
rinnor of one of the first 10
native scholarships to the
University of Alaska. Tho
program is the result of an
appropriation made by the
last Territorial legislature*
Under tho bill up to 10 no:?
students per'year receive a
maximum of $800 to cover uni
versity expenses for the year
and, if they maintain a <PCM
average, they arc to receive
board and room for a maximum
of three additional years.
Theso scholarships are
open to students between tho
ages of 17 and 25 :?ho are el
igible for college entrance
and aho have at least onc
fourth native blood.
TO OPERATE LUMBER MILL
Gcorgo Forler has leased
tho Clcndonen lumber mill at
Eagle VAlley north of Anchor
Point. He expected to have
it in operation Thursday.
A FULL STOCK
Now that the boat has
come and gone our shelve*
and warehouse are .both
bulging with a complete
stock of selected grocer
ies) meats and produce«
Now is the’ time for
you to start your case
lot buying for your Uhl I
and Winter grocery supply
3y buying by the oase
you will 32ve badly need
ed dollars and by buying
now you have a better se«?
lection*
HOMER
FOOD CENTER
DANCE PRUNED AT THE
FRITZ GREEK CENTER
Dancing rill ?Gt undorray
at 9 p#m# Saturday night at
the Fritz Creek Civic and
Sootal Center, according tc
D:.vc Morso rho is in charge
of the ' advertising for the
affair, Music rill be by the
Fritz Crook Sorenadors ri1#
Mary Solloo vocalizing#
It is hoped that the rin
dors and the roofing rhiefc
arrived on the boat last re^k
rill bo installed for the
d'-nco#
BUILDS 0,11 FILTER SYSTEM
W# R* Benson of Inlot Inp
completed a home filter sy$r
tom this reek that, ho say^f
"ill roraovo the iron from his
roll rator# Tro extra larid
barrels each partially filled
rith sand, gravel, charcoal
and activated carbon take the
impurities from the rrter# A
test of the rater dram from
the barrels revealed it to bo
clear ''nd odorless*
RETURNS FRCM ST/.TES
John Long, foreman for t^o
Gilbert Roberts Construction
finfi, returned to Homer Vted«
nesday afternoon from the
states*
GUNSlGUNSj GUN Si
m HAVE IN STOCK
11***22 Rimfire
2*.*222 Remington -
1•••25/20
1#« *25?
1. *-*270
3.f*30/30
2.. .300 Savage
6**.30/06
2*.*300 Magnum
2, *.300 Jeatherby Magnum
1.. .30/40
2*.*8 MM
1.. .348
2*••35 Whslen
1.*.375 Magnum
1.. .45/70
ALSO LOTS 0? PISTOLS AND
SHOTGUNS
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