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‘How Dry I Am’—A View of the Kodiak Reservoir
Just in rase you don’t think the water shortage
is serious, this is what the city reservoir looked
like on Thursday. Two of the city crew are shown
in a skiff making an inspection of the bottom of
the dam. The light line along the top of the dam
indicates how low the water supply has dropped
this season. Ia»rge areas of the reservoir bottom
around the shore which are normally covered by
water are now exposed and even a small island in
the center of the reservoir appeared. If there is
no rain in the next two weeks the reservoir will
be just a damp spot.
$630,000 Bond Issue, 2 Council Posts,
Charter, Land Sale Up For Oct. 2 Vote
Kodiak voters will be asked to
pass judgment on a $630,000 bond
issue, S500.000 for water system
improvements and $130,000 for
sewer system additions; elect two
eouncilmen; decide on sale of prop
erty to Alaska Ice and Storage,
Inc., and make a decision on
whether or not to frame a new
charter at an election on Tuesday,
Oct. 2.
The $500,000 bond issue, if ap
proved, will provide for replace
ment and enlargement of water
transmission lines, while the sani
tation funds would be used to con
struct the Leite and Urdahl Addi
tion Sewer system in the amount
of $130,000.
Only persons whose names ap
pear on the last assessment roll
are qualified to vote on the two
bond issues, while persons 19 years
of age or above and residents of
Alaska for one year and of the city
for 30 days are eligible to cast
votes for the two councilmen; vote
on the property sale and the new
charter issue.
Incumbent councilmen whose
terms expire this year are Bill
Worth and Nick Frost.
Cornin’ Events
Aug. 31—Steak Night. Elks Club.
See today’s Mirror ad.
Sept. 2—Attend the church of
your choice today.
Sept. 2 — Moonlight Bowling.
Elks Lanes.
Sept. 3—Labor Day (Holiday).
Sept. C—Emblem Club Meeting,
Elks Club.
Unlike the primary election ear
lier this month where there were
two polling places—only one—the
City Hall—will be utilized for the
elections.
ARREST RECORD
Four arrests for intoxication
were reported by Chief It. E. Vic
kery of the Kodiak Police Depart
ment for the past week with Wal
ter Cohen, Moses Alexanderoff,
George Naumoff and Nick Pana
maroff, each of whom forfeited $25
bail bonds.
Enrollment Nears
Thousand Figure
Mid-week enrollment in the Ko
diak public schools was 650 for the
elementary grades and 259 for high
school, making a total of 909, al
though Supt. Ivor Schott said Fri
day that with late registrations the
remainder of this week and the
first of next, enrollment will prob
ably top the anticipated 1000 mark.
Classroom work formally opens
Tuesday morning.
PI) SAFETY SLOGAN
School days are about here, so
approach a school the way you use
to when you were a child.
-- Rod iak Rapsuales ==
(By Bill Mason)
KODIAK SEEN & HERD
Good to see all the high school
youngsters stirring around now
that school is about to open
again. . . . And the Sisters who
teach at St. Mary’s are very
proud of the quintet of young
sters who have moved along the
educational ladder there includ
ing Wayne Kozak, Joan Vickery,
Susanne Kraft, Rita Johnon and
Jimmy Vokachek. . . . The
amount paid to salmon fisher
men in the Kodiak area for their
catch exceeded the $7 million
plus paid by the U. S. to Russia
for all of Alaska. . . . And we
hope the trend goes ahead, Wod
linger Drug jumped their Mirror
take from 55 to 100 this past
weekend, and they were prac
tically all gone Sunday. . . . The
high powered magazine sales
men with a new approach are
back in town. . . . The middle of
last week PNA’s through flights
to Seattle were booked up
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Gov. Egan Stili
Backing Juneau
JUNEAU OP)—Gov. Bill Egan
said Thursday he still is unalter
ably opposed to a proposal to re
locate the capitol.
The Governor said, “Based on
past expressions, this is possibly
the only question on which my Re
publican opponent and I agree.”
“There is nothing in the present
initiative that would cause me to
alter the view I held in 1960.”
Kodiak Faces Serious Water Shortage;
3 Canneries Stop Operations, Sept. 1
NO A PA SHUTDOWN
Vern Ililliker, manager of the
Alaska Packer operation in Ko
diak, said Friday morning that
Alaska Packers would not close
down due to the water shortage
from the Kodiak water system,
lie said that two tenders would
be converted into tankers and
haul water from the base, and
thus “no time will be lost at
Alaska Packers Association.”
“A serious water shortage in Ko
diak presently exists,” City Man
ager Bill Poland said Thursday in
a written statement to the Mirror,
explaining that an extremely long
period of dry weather and heavy
industrial activity and domestic
use have been responsible.
The City Manager’s statement
went on to say:
“During the month of July more
than thirty-two million gallons of
water were consumed, of which in
dustry used twenty million gallons,
and commercial and domestic use
amounted to twelve million gal
lons.”
“In the interest of public health
and safety, the three industrial
plants have agreed to cease opera
tions as of Saturday, September
1st, 1962, until such time as the
water supply improves. However,
commercial and domestic usage
continues at a high level and per
sons are warned that unless water
usage for all but ths absolute nec
essities is curtailed, fire protection
and health may be jeopardized.”
PUMPING BEAVER
“City crews have been pumping
water from Beaver Lake, which is
good, clean, uncontaminated water,
for the past two weeks, but have
been unable to keep up with the
demand. With the industrial plants
curtailing operations, and the pub
lic cooperating by not using water
for sprinkling lawns, wetting down
streets, or washing cars, etc., it
may be possible for the City crew
Seldovia ‘Goose’
Crash Kills Five
And Injures Four
SELDOVIA (JP)—Five men were i
killed and four injured critically in \
the crash of a twin-engine “Goose”
near here, Thursday morning.
The dead were among eight can- .
nery workers being flown to Ho- '
mer for a connecting flight to Se- i
attle. i
Survivors were William C. De- 1
Craft, Homer, the pilot; Tore Ho
ven, 18, Bob Olsen, 18, and Flor- i
entine Lamuge, about 48 of Ha- <
waii. No address wras available for 1
Ho ven and Olsen.
The dead were Dr. Ralph W. Mc
Kinzie, Silverton, Colo.; Floyd E.
Durham, Jr., 19, El Monte, Calif.; >
Herman G. Billalobos 59; Dan Mac- ;
Eachern 33, and Charles M. An- ■
derson, 60. There were no ad
dresses for the latter three.
The plane crashed in a timbered ;
area shortly after takeoff about <
9:30 a m. Thursday.
• 'r.
to maintain a safe level of water
in the reservoir by pumping, thus
averting a water crisis. However,
the cooperation of every man,
woman and child is needed to avert
such a crisis.”
Dept. Seeking
Salmon Tags
The Alaska Department of
Fish and Game would appreci
ate if fishermen possessing sal
mon tags would turn them in as
soon as possible. The information
that can be gleaned from these
tags is invaluable to the manage
ment of future salmon runs.
If possible, supply the dates of
recovery, locations of recovery,
and type of gear used. The high
er number of tags returned, the
more significant are the results.
Parties possessing these tags
either mail them to The Alaska
Department of Fish and Game,
Box G8fi Kodiak, with informa
tion accompanying, or drop into
the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game office and contact
Hob Roys.
Tags turned in at the office
will be paid immediately and in
formation in regards to the lo
cation and date of release will be
supplied. Those parties mailing
in tags will be paid by check and
an information leaflet will ac
company the payment.
Lazy Bay Youth’s
Body Recovered
The body of Tecon Peterson, Jr.,
Kodiak fisherman, has been recov
ered from the water at Lazy Bay
an the west side of the island, and
investigators have said he appar
ently drowned accidently.
The victim traveled from Moser
Bay to Lazy Bay to attend a dance
an Aug. 12, and when he did not
/isit a sister as was his custom, a
search was started.
On Aug. 20. police say, a 14-year
ald boy spotted the body in the
.vater. The police said there was
10 indication of foul play.
Kodiak Traveler's
Money Is Stolen
A 19-vear-old Anchorage youth,
Fohn A. Neumann was arraigned
rhursday on a grand larceny
•barge in the theft of $100 in trav
elers’ checks from Russell Olaf
-’oyne of Kodiak last Saturday.
Police said Neumann picked up
he four travelers checks Coyne
hopped in a liquor store and then
orged the signatures.
TWO NEW RECORDS
Pacific Northern Airlines in
kily set two new all-time highs for
i single month when 21,890 pas
lengers were flown a total of 17,
10,000 revenue passenger miles,
devious highs were 20,829 pas
sengers in 1962 and 17,051,000 rev
>nue passenger miles in August,
959.