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Ex-Mayor N. Midi
Dies ii Seattle
Nick Miell, 45, mayor, of Kodiak
in 1942 and 1943, died at his home
in Seattle, Tuesday, December 30,
according to an Associated Press
sews release received earlier. .
Ifiell was niayor here during
the early war year#, during which
time there wee considerable con
troversy over1 actions of the city
council. Muck of it centered
around the proposed water system
for the city, v ;•?
Miell was bom ia Minnesota,
and came to Alaska in the middle
"Ms. He was mayor ef Kodiak for
two terms prior to his service as
Staff Sergeant of the Army
Transportation Service during
World Wat It, He was also secre
tary-treasurer of the Longshore
man* Warehousemens Union . in
Kodiak.
He returned to Seattle in 1947.
He is survived by his widow, four
sons and a daughter.
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Domestic tax deadline: Did you
pay a domestic worker at least
$50.00 cash wages in the last quar
ter of 195B? If 00, you must make
a special wage report to the In
ternal Revenue Service by January
31, 1959.
Household workers who are paid
at least $50.00 cash in a calendar
quarter of the year must furnish
employer with a social security
account number, and bay em
ployee's share of the tt*
This is necessary, as the employer ,
is required to file a tax report on
those wages,.' ^ ^ ,•< .J,-v
New tax rate:* Workers and their,
employers will pay a higher social
•ecurity tax, from January 1, 1959. r
The new tax *wiU be '*$$ each on;
yearly wages of $4800 or tess. Self
employed persopg- wUJ: pay
pb their aet profit for 1*5* The
old tax raleof ^%p$ntifmed ip,
effect through December *99*
Alaska Coal Beds
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May Be Important
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Washington Several coal
beds in the Beluga Lake area, 60
miles northwest of Anchorage,
may prove ; economically impor
tant, the Interior Department said
Thursday.
The department, releasing a re
port by the Bureau of Mines, said
the* area was marked by many
coel outcrops 5 to 20 feet thick
and at least two coal beds have
been found that were more than
30 feet thick.
“Although the tegion is unin
habited, has no roads or trails, and
and is largely unexplored, the
Bureau's reconnaissance study re
veals that low cost, open-cut min
ing, coupled with on-site genera
tion of electricity, ihay prove
feasible," the report said.
laeone Tax Ruling
Will Cause Moves
Washington, to-W h o 1 e s a 1 e
transfers among federal employes
in Alaska were predicted by Sen.
E.L. (Bob) Bartlett (D-Alaska)
today unless m Controversial In
ternal Revenue Service ruling is
reversed.
The IRS recently held that cost
U'
of-living allowances became tax
able with statehood.
In a letter to Dana Latham, IRS
Commissioner, Bartlett said econo
mic factors would cause an up
heavel among Alaskan federal
workers.
The ruling was based on an in
terpretation by IRS that Alaska is
now a part of the Continental
United States, thereby cancelling
the exemption provided on 25
per cent cost-of-living allowances
paid federal employes outside the
Continental United States.
The added tax resulting from
the ruling would reduce by sdrtie
$46 a month the take-home pay. of
a single man with an $8,000 base
j&y
Bartlett asked Latham to dieet
with members of the Alaska con
gressional delegation to discuss
the matter.
He cited a recent ruling by the
comptroller general holding that
Alaska’s admission had not modi
fied the common understanding of
the Continental United States as
the 48 states and the District of
Columbia.
ALONG THE WATERFRONT
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The windstorm experienced the
^past-few days was probably the
“quietest” around these parts for
some time. No word has been re
ceived of any damage to boats or
waterfront equipment.
Proposed Amendments, Alaska
Commercial Fishery Regulation
KODIAK AREA
Redescribe the regulatory dis
tricts on the west side of Kodiak
and Afognak Islands between
Paramanof Bay and Cape Karluk
so that all outside waters fall in a
district separate from the several
bays adjacent to and inside it.
This will permit seasonal mani
pulation of the Karluk red salmon
run along its entire known route
of migration to secure a desirable
pattern of escapement without in
terference with management of
the local pink salmon fisheries.
No basic deviation from the sea
sonal pattern of recent years is
proposed at this time; within
season closures will be imposed by
field announcement at times when
additional escapement is needed.
Close the pink salmon season
throughout the Kodiak area gener
ally on August 7. The late runs
of this species have shown weak
ness in both cycles, and it was
necessary to close the season five
days early (on August 8) in 1958.
Indications are that similar pro
tection will be necessary in 1959.
Increase size of the seine
closures at the heads of both
Zachar and Spiridon Bays by mov
ing the markers out approximately
one-quarter and one-half miles
respectively. In Zachar Bay, waters
will be closed east of 153° 45’
west longitude which is at the
herring plant. Spiridon Bay will
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be closed south of 57° 38' north
latitude. Pink salmon production
of both bays has been dispropor
tionately low because spawners
back out of the present sanc
tuaries and into the fishery.
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SAILINGS FROM SEATTiE
MS TAT ALINA
January 28
Calling At
Womens Bay, Kodiak
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Agent
Phone 4521
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An Event that All Kodiak Has Been Waiting For
The Opening of the
Elks Bowling Lanes
Tentatively set for Next Week
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