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VOL. 23, NO. 17 KODIAK, ALASKA, APRIL 26, 1963 PRICE TEN CENTS
Will Deliver Fresh
Milk Every Day
Two Kodiak Oldtimers, Al and
Hazel Nixon, who have supplied
fresh milk for two generations of
Kodiak children during the past
18 years, have announced that thay
are able to furnish fresh raw milk
for forty cents per quart or $1.50
per gallon from now on.
“We have furnished milk for
almost two decades to the people
of Kodiak and we want the public
to know that our fresh raw milk,
from our state-tested dairy herd of
cows, packaged under Grade A fa
cilities at our ranch, can be deliv
ered to your door,” the Nixon’s
said today.
“We started our dairy over 18
years ago when we “retired” to
our island, Crooked Island, with
one cow. As time went by and more
and more people wanted our milk,
we added more cows. Eventually
we had to move from the island to
the Bell Flats area due to the size
of our herd which now has 80 head
of stock,” Al said.
The Nixons said they no longer
had the creamery here and advised
that the equipment was owned ty
the Matanuska Co-Op on the main
land.
Deveau Determined
On Swimming Pool
The man who owns the only priv
ate swimming pool between An
chorage and Tokyo, Pete Deveau,
is still determined there should be
a swimming pool adequate to meet
the needs of the people of Kodiak.
Having so far, without any as
sistance raised $11,000 in pledges
toward accomplishing this objec
tive, Deveau has turned his atten
tion now to the matter of the ac
quisition of“the ideal spot of land”
which is located immediately next
to the public school’s manual train
ing shop.
Deveau said he has plans for both
60 and 80-foot pools. His aim is to
acquire the land, using the same
type of non-profit organization as
used by the Spa group in Anchor
age, and immediately set about con
struction of the pool which would
include the necessary appurtances
such as a circulating pump, small
boiler and two filters.
A portion of the land could also
be used as a site for the Teen Club
organization building and the poe?
would be readily accessible for use
by the school children, Deveau
pointed out.
The pool, which would be an out
door pool to begin with, would be
so constructed as to make possible
the construction of a building to
enclose it for year-round use later
on.
Deveau appeared before the city
council last night and reported on
progress to date. The city has al
ready taken the first steps oward
acquiring the site suggested by
Deveau.
Deveau pointed out that the city
of Juneau already has in operation
an outdoor swimming pool that has
been very successful there.
“I Told You So!”
—————B——MIM—Mi—f" 'r . -if
Pillar Creek Water
Sufficient Water—City Councilman Maurice “Red” Burnham and
City Engineer Jim Barr stand over ankle-deep in water right on
the site where the intake sump and pump of the Pillar Creek Project
will be located when completed. Disturbed over reports that the flow
of water in the creek was possibly below that estimated as necessary
to make the project Successful, the two officials invited the Mirror
Editor along on a jaunt over the proposed route of the pipeline
project to inspect the creek flow. On Monday the trio made the hike
over “Jim Barr Trail” and ascertained that the flow still is in excess
of 2.7 million gallons per day despite nearly two months since any
appreciable rainfall in this area. Other reports to the Mirror regard
ing the flow were made by persons inspecting the flow at the mouth
of the creek located approximately one mile below the project’s
sump location. It is hoped that the project will be completed by
August 1.
Locher Company s
Water & Building
Bids Win Awards
A low bid of $161,352 won the
Pillar Creek water pipeline proj
ect for Locher Pipeline Co. at last
night’s City Council meeting. Un
der the provisions of the contract
the city furnishes approximately
$75,000 worth of materials and the
contractor $25,000. worth. Work is
expected to begin about the middle
of next month.
Three other bids were received
on the project: Mottner & Mc
Cutcheon bid $221,990; Inlet Me
chanical Inc. bid $283,092.50; and
Stock & Grove Inc. bid $296,094.
City Engineer Jim Barr was in
Seattle recently and ordered the
pipe and pump for the project and
was able to save on the delivery
time for these items, both of whicn
have to be specially manufactured.
The Locher Construction Com
pany won the boat harbor building
contract award with a low bid of
$8,856. Two other bids were re
ceived on this contract: Hugo Gru i
lund & Cecil Wilson bid $12,679.71;
Arndt Brothers bid $17,841.
Russ Wright Gets
Navy Contract
The U.S. iNavy has accepted a
construction contract proposal
from Russell A. Wright, of Kodiak,
for installation of a sewage dis
posal system at the U.S. Naval
Communication Station’s transmit
ter site, Buskin Lake.
The announcement was made
here by Cmdr. William M. Miller,
USN, Commanding Officer, U.S.
Naval Communication Station, Ko
diak.
The contract is in the amount of
$8,150. Work on the project is
scheduled to commence in the near
future.
Little Leaguers:
Last Chance Today
Today is the last chance to reg
ister for the Little League (this
also applies to the Senior Divi
sion). All boys must register,
regardless if they played in pre
vious years, at the Down Town
School from 7 to 9 p.m.
HEY YOU MILLIKENS!
There will bp a Milliken Dress
Rehearsal at 2 p.m., Sunday, at
the High School.
Hair Sealskin Industry Getting
Underway; Could Be Big In Kodiak
Possibility of a 50,000 skin per
year hair seal industry in Alaskan
waters, including the Kodiak rea,
was described at a meeting Tues
day night of interested persons in
the ADF&G offices by Zane Ney,
of the Alaska Seal Co. of Anchor
age, which is agent for Pacific Seal
Co. Ltd., New Westminster, B.C.
He said that prices at present
range from $4 to $15—plus the $3
state bounty—which could produce
income sufficient to justify many
seal hunters going into the work
in this area.
The firm is setting up a purchas
ing network throughout Alaska,
and although Kodiak will not be a
pickup spot at first, whenever the
number of incoming furs from this
area justifies it, a permanent pick
up arrangement will be set up here,
Ney said.
Ney emphasized that this is a
straight purchasing operation for
a solid market and is not “specu
lative,” hence the seal hunter gets
Ihe largest chunk of the sealskins’
value, and the market will be con
tinuous so a hunting industry can
be based on it.
The skins will go to a European
firm, Vandaal & Meijer, which has
been using between 300,000 and
400,000 skins a year from the
Scandinavian and northern Canada
areas. The demand is particularly
urgent right now because a ship
sank off eastern Canada recently
with a loss of 30,000 or more seal
skins.
Ney stressed that his prices will
not be fantastic, but will be de
pendable and there will be no
“middle man” making unreason
able profits. He advised that their
firm would refuse to purchase such
skins from such a “middle man.”
Kodiak To Get
Freighter Every
Two Weeks Now
A new Alaska Steamship Com
pany service to the Kodiak-Adak
areas with sailings from Seattle
every two weeks was announced
today by D. R. Renbarger, general
traffic manager of the line.
The first sailing under the new
schedule will be the steamship
Tonsina from Seattle May 15.
“This new, frequent service has
been set to meet the expanding
commercial and Navy tonnage re
quirements of Kod'ak and Adak
and to insure adequate southbound
schedules for the expanding move
ment of frozen fish,” Renbarger
said.
“This steps up Alaska Line serv
ice to Kodiak from once every
three weeks and establishes the
first regular Adak schedules pro
vided in recent years,” Renbarger
said.
Because of the split loading of
vessels on this run between Pier
42 and Pier 91, all Adak shipments
will require special permits, it was
pointed out.
“We want to buy direct from the
hunters,” he stated.
Ney advised that ADF&G Pro
tection Officer Ovid McKinley is
the man for interested persons to
contact in this area.
Average price per sealskin now
will be around $8 or $9, he said,
making an amount plus bounty of
511 or $12. which justifies regular
hunting. He estimated that about
six weeks of suitable time remains
for seal hunting this season. The
firm will not be interested in pur
chasing skins taken from June to
September because the animals
shed during that period.
Next week the Mirror will carry
an article prepared by the firm o.i
the proper handling of seal skins.
Along
The
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
Clam season got underway early
Wednesday morning when the Sea
Lion, skippered by Willard Mac
Alister brought in the first load of
Razors from Swickshak Lagoon.
The APA’s ‘“CCC” (Clam Cannery
Crew) immediately began process
ing. All the gals are hoping Dunia
Hartman is getting along okay and
tell us to mention they miss her
down there. (Dunia accidently got
her hand caught in the clam shell
grinder.)
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If you are one of the curious
people who are wondering if Fred
Srechan has perhaps started a hob
ay of collecting skiffs, we can tell
^e that he ain’t. All those skiffs,
10, 12 and 14 footers, were espec
ially built out of marine plywood
for Fred by Pete Larionoff . . .
and they’re for sale.
t.
Buster Kane is taking a short
leave of absence from his recently
apened Kodiak Cafe to fly out to
Seattle today to accompany the
APA tender Heron back to Kodiak.
Heron Skipper Mike Soma knows
a good cook and insisted on having
Buster on board for the return
voyage.
Inspired by the “coloring book"
fad that’s been sweeping the na
tion, our clever young friend
reddy Cummings, who has a keen
sense of humor and a neat sketch
ing talent, has been putting to
gether his own Kodiak Koloring
Book. We got an especial kick outa
one page that read “This is a
street. Kodiak people pay sales
taxes for streets. This is Mission
[load street. Color it religiously
?ause it is very holey.”
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We were greatly pleased about
:urrent developments in the hair
seal business (see story this issue)
md were somewhat surprised at an
editorial which appeared in Tues
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