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VOL. 21, NO. 54 _KODIAK, ALASKA, FEBRUARY, 10, 1961PRICE TEN CENTS
City Road Equipment To Arrive Here
This Spring, City Council Told
Road building equipment re
cently purchased by the City may
be ready for shipment by April 15,
according to City Manager Bill
Poland.
He made the statement at the
City Council meeting Thursday.
The equipment is a complete port
able road paving plant, with hot
mix batch plant, paving machine,
and all the other equipment nec
essary to construct and repair as
phalt roads It is capable of laying
15-20 tons an hour. The City ex
pects to do some road work this
summer, possibly about three
blocks, he said The equipment is
not new, but is said to be in excel
lent condition.
In other business to come be
fore the council, a discussion arose
over a new sanitary fill, planned
for the area beyond Tom Feltons
on Mill Bay Road. The City is seek
ing a site, with the object of dis
continuing use of the old dump on
Mission Road. Permission would
be necessray from residents in the
area. The fill would transform
swamp land into good usable land,
it was said.
The City Manager’s intent to
hire an engineer from the South
48 was discussed. It is planned to
bring Jim Barr of Seattle here on
loan for a year from Hubbell &
Waller, engineering firm in Se
attle, to work on various engineer
ing projects, which include plan
ning and engineering utilities,
roads, etc., and working with the
Town Planning and Zoning Com
mission.
The idea of hiring someone lo
cally was brought up, but it was
felt there was no one locally who
was a qualified engineer “If we
can’t have a qualified engineer,”
Poland stated, “I’d rather not have
one at all ”
$5,052.42 in delinquent taxes
was vacated by action of the Coun
cil, following a resume of these
taxes by City Clerk Douglas Pres
ton, which he said are carried on
the books but in most cases mis
assessed or uncollectable. They
represent in some cases, taxes
levied on cars purchased here with
delivery in other states. In others
the persons have left the city.
Car Is Chosen
For Festival
A car to be given away in con
nection with the queen contest of
the annual Kodiak King Crab Fes
tival, to be held May 5, 6 and 7,
has been chosen, Ray Martin, Fes
tival chairman announced today.
An air-cooled Corvair, in the
new Monza coupe model, has been
ordered through Donnelley & Ach
eson, local dealers, he said.
Tickets will be sold by the con
testants for the Festival Queen at
$1 each and the drawing will be
held the last night of the festivi
ties. The tickets have been ordered
and will be put on sale by the con
testants at the same time, tenta
tively March 7, Mr. Martin said,
and a specific hour will be set for
closing the sale. The girl who sells
the most tickets and becomes queen
will receive $500, and each of the
others will receive $100 each. There
will also be an additional $100 for
whoever sells the winning ticket,
he said.
Local girls desiring to enter the
contest should contact Frank Irick,
at the Sportland, who is handling
details during February while
Chairman Martin is on vacation in
the States.
Along The Waterfront
Harbor lines are in the process
of being established here in Ko
diak. An engineer from the U. S
Corps of Engineers, “Jiggs” Tice,
came over from Anchorage,
equipped with huge aerial mosaics,
and established his version of pier
head and bulkhead lines along the
coastline
For you uninitiated we might ex
plain that after a bulkhead line is
established, there can be no more
fill beyond that line; a pier head
once established prevents piling
from being sunk beyond that point.
This is to prevent encroachment on
navigable waters.
Prior to the establishment of
these harbor lines, permission to
build or put any structure on a
beach had to be secured from the
Ui S. Army Corps of Engineers.
When once established, they can
not be changed except at the re
quest of the local governing au
thority In this case the City would
then have that authority.
“Jiggs” Tice presented his rec
ommendations to the Council
Thursday evening. These were ac
cepted by the Council except for
certain changes suggested by City
Manager Poland in the City Dock
and Union Oil area
“Jiggs” Tice said it was like com
ing home to return to Kodiak. He
and his family lived here a part of
1957 and 1958, and joined in com
munity activities during their stay
here. “Jiggs” was resident en
gineer on the small boat harbor
project.
Gale Gronwald, another Corps
engineer was also present at the
Council meeting. He is here on a
flood control study in the Aleutian
Homes Willow street area. This
could tie in with the small boat
harbor ice condition—an acute
problem here every winter
The drainage situation is very
bad in the area in question, and
Gronwald was here at the request
of the City Council seeking a rem
edy for it. Heavy rains which have
no place to go except towards the
downtown section, fill the culvert
and ditches leading to the small
boat harbor. It is this fresh water
that freezes with the first cold
weather.
The engineer stated that he had
not completed his study as yet, but
mentioned several possibilities as
remedies. From what we gathered
the only drawback is the time fac
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Chamber Endorses
Cify Proposal
To Hire Planner
The Kodiak Area Chamber of
Commerce voted to support the
City in its plan to hire a City plan
ner, at its meeting at the Island
Fountain Thursday noon.
Hiring of the planner entails an
outlay of $3,000 by the City, and
an additional $3,000 in services of
an engineer. The City planner will
work with the Planning Commis
sion. A total of $12,000 would be
spent, the Federal government to
furnish half of it.
The question was raised as to
whether the City would follow
through in any plans laid out for
Kodiak—thus justifying the outlay.
It was pointed out by City Manager
Poland, who was present at the
meeting, that at present there is
no plan, and nothing to go by, but
with a plan, future improvements
could be carried out in small
stages, as money was available.
The Chamber also voted to sup
port the Matunuska Chamber of
Commerce in its proposed legisla
tion to relocate the capital. The
site proposed is to be in Western
Alaska, and on State-owned land.
The Matunuska chamber calls
for the convening of a capital selec
tion committee to be convened by
the Governor, and composed of the
Senior Senators from each Sena
torial District of the State. This
committee, after advise from cap
able consultants, shall select not
more than three potential sites.
None of these sites shall be within
a radious of 30 miles of the City
of Anchorage, nor within a redius
of 30 miles of the City of Fair
banks.
Among other stipulations the
proposed legislation calls for a
vote of the people on the sites se
lected, with actual moving of the
government to the new capital city
to begin not later than June 1,
1968.
The move to support the main
land chamber, proposed by Jack
Hinckel, passed by a small major
ity.
The Chamber members present
endorsed the nomination by the
Governor of Rep. Pete Deveau as
a member of the North Pacific
Fisheries Commission.
George Cornelius announced
that he had been informed by the
Bureau of Land Management of
fice in Anchorage that two lots,
adjacent to the Bob Hall residence
and facing Mission Road were to
be released for public sale March
15.
A hearing on the ferry system
legislation is to be held in Juneau
Feb. 13, it was stated by Pres.
Bob Johnson, and that Mr. Lowell
Wakefield, who will be in Juneau
at the time, has consented to sit
in on the hearing and present Ko
diak’s case.
An airport dedication luncheon
is planned during the King Crab
Festival, followed by dedication
ceremonies at the new airport, ac
cording to Pres. Johnson. All other
plans for the festival are preceed
ing according to schedule.
Three associate memberships
have been received by the Cham
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ENLISTEES WHO SIGNED UP with the National Guard this
week are shown being administered the oath of enlistment by 1st
Lt. Arnold S. Bjerken, Co. D’s Commanding Officer. In the front row
from left to right the men taking the oath are: Ronald C. Strope,
Clayton S. Copsey, Floyd D. McClarrinon, Leland K. Olson, Daniel
Valley and Verne N. Wood. Back row from left to right are: Charley
E. Miller, Donald B. Foster, Ervin R. McNeil, Terry G. Gothe, Edward
Opheim, Jr. Not in the picture are Elmer Dean, James A. Le Doux,
Pete C. Shuravloff, Art Christoffersen and Graham Pallister-Young.
Sixteen Join National Guard Unit Here
Sixteen Kodiak men joined Co.
D, 3rd Battale Group, 297th Infan
try of the Alaska National Guard,
during the past week.
Of this group, four will leave
during the latter part of Feb. to
take six months of active duty at
Fort Ord, Calif. After the training
they will return to Kodiak and con
tinue regular training drills at the
Armory. These men are Ronald C.
Strope, Floyd D. MoClarrinon, Er
vin R. MdNeil, Terry G. Gothe.
Emil Ambrosia, Jr. previously en
listed and will go with the group.
A spokesman for the Guard
states that with these new enlist
ments the Alaska Army National
Guard stands at the highest
strength in its history.
Company D holds its regular
schedule drills at 7 p. m. each
Wednesday. There will be an all
day drill this Sunday, Feb. 12, start
State Lawmakers
Accomplish Little
Says Rep. Taylor
JUNEAU (A5)—State lawmakers
neared the one-third mark of their
60-day target date Friday with a
score of only three bills passed out
of 195 introduced thus far in the
1961 session.
Leaders in both parties began
to prod. House Speaker Taylor
warned the lower chamber Thurs
day that “We are running quite
a bit behind in our work. If we are
going to finish in 60 days, we’re
going to have to get these bills out
of committees and get action on
them. Other than the passage of a
few immaterial bills, nothing has
been accomplished.”
Bills which have cleared both
Houses and await Gov. Egan’s sig
nature would (1) transfer the reg
istration and tax collections on cor
porations from Revenue to Com
merce Department, (2) authorize
the Public Safety Department to
set medical and driving proficiency
standards for school bus drivers,
(3) transfer a $2,000 line item in
the Legislature’s appropriation
from unused salary funds to help
pay for legislator’s stationery.
Meanwhile Rep. Chapados told
the House that the Finance Com
ing at 8 a. m. Lunch will be served
at the Armory. Men between the
ages of 17 through 35, with or with
out prior service are invited to at
tend any of these meetings. For
further information SSgt. Ander
son can be contacted at 486—5245.
Interested young men can visit the
Armory weekdays between 8 a. m.
and 5 p. m.
Offer Incentive
To Hire Alaskans j
JUNEAU (/P) — Legislation de
signed to encourage the use $f
Alaskan residents in the salmcjn
industry was introduced in tlje
House by three Democrats and twto
Republicans Thursday.
The bill would entitle a salmon
cannery to a 10 per cent rebate of
the raw fish tax if 80 per cent of
cannery crew and fishing crew
with whom they had working
agreements were resident Alas
kans. The bill was introduced by
Senators Owen, Engstrom, Mc
Nabb, Hopson and Wiese.
SEEK SMALL BOAT HARBORS
FOR SAND POINT, KING COVE
JUNEAU tn — The construction
of small boat harbors at Sand
Point, King Cove by the Depart
ment of Public Works were asked
in a resolution introduced in the
Senate by Senators A1 Owen and
Bob Logan.
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mittee he heads would bring it’s
own version of a legislative pay
bill to the floor early next week.
A total of seven bills calling for
cuts in legislative pay of $3,000
and per diem of $40 has been, in
troduced in both chambers.
Three public hearings have been
scheduled. The first is tonight by
the Senate and House local gov
ernment committees on borough
bills submitted by the Legislative
Council and Gov. Egan. Other pub
lic hearings are set for Monday
night on the ferry bond proposal
and on Feb. 18 on a bill to raise the
state minimum wage to $1.75.