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♦ CHROME MINE
IS PURCHASED ...
BY VAN AC CAM CO
' Now's of tho roc on t
purchase of J the
chrome mine proper
ties at Red Mountain
\ ‘ by-the.. Vanadiam Corp
oration of ‘Yjneric-gi, a
unit of Union Car
bide, wa$ revealed
here, this week by
Chari js ”r. .Yet ter,
engineer, of New York
who has been 'engaged
f by the - company to do
;-•*■ preliminary f ..."survey
- r m or k, - -? •; '.* ~.
' , ;Mr. Yetter arrived
# ;• lii. jthe -Oity; late V" e d
- nos d ay evening and
. s pent’ ?ther pa s't. ‘sever-;
•al days‘in inspecting
, • the mine property-and
* - in talking- to buSltt
* ess men ~ here about,
his ' c-omp^ny. T s plans
< for the mine. '
He left - yesterday
for ^nch-orage, -'/but
plans to -be back7next
week.' While awsfyr :he
v - hopes.'- .to. engage sey-r
oral men for the sur
vey at ; the mine,
which is the*7-only
work planned for Red
Mountain this year.
However Mr. Yetter
spoke of long range
plans for mine opera
tions. He said his
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"Stiu llo Fishing
In Kodi ak Rrea
• Fishing in the
general Kodiak area
was in its fifth clo
sed week of the sea
son this week,*, with
only the Red river
area open. It is jo*
ported that when that •
section was opened,
on July 1, 86 voats
were, gathered there*
First'dayfs oatch at
Red river was 'said
to be 5,000 fish*
although at*'first -
believed only .to be a
late season, Fish and
Wild Life Service of
ficials say that it
is now clear- the run.
:will be light in Kod
iak this year.
Fishing «, in the
Chignlk area closed
for two weeks on July
• 5,. but is scheduled
to. reopen* at 6 a.m.
next Monday morning.
UTtkJTY MEETING
The regular meet
ing of the Public Ut
*iiity U-Board will be
held in the' council
chambers at 8 o1clock
next Monday evening,
it was announced to
day by chairman Jack
English*
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ffXEO fOiS'r
EQUALIl ATloN ?
■ A*?*' <*
Mrs. iidam * Lipko
was appointed' by May
dr 'Harry Leonhardt at
last nights* council
meeting to fill the
vacant council seat
♦left by 'Earl Herr,
who recently resign
ed. Mrs. Lipkefs ap
pointment Was unani
mously ratified by
the council and . she
will assume her seat
at the next regular
meeting\ of’the trus
tees . • 4
The 'council fixed
July 30 and 31 as the
date, when trustees
will, sit* as a Board
of Equalization to
hear protests of tax
assessments. This
year’s tax notices
will be mailed to
•resident's of the city
early next week.
The rate of ass
essment remains un
changed Tor 1947, and
a change in Valuation
has’been established
in only a * few in
stances »
approving action
was taken on* the
council’s decision,
reached at an inform
al meeting last Sun
day, to wire the head
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