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VOL. 23, NO. 43KODIAK, ALASKA, OCTOBER 11, 1963PRICE TEN CENTS
See Terror Lake Hydro Project
New Kodfak Island Borough Officers
The Kodiak Island Borough is now officially in existence. Superior
Court Judge Edward V. Davis is pictured as he performed swear
ing-in ceremonies of the new borough chairman and assemblymen.
Charles “Chuck” Powell took his oath of office as borough chair
man. Sworn in as as assemblymen and standing next to him (1 to r)
were Richard Pace, Harold Alexander and Russell Wright. Chair
man Powell advised that the state had forwarded him a check for
$25,000. Each borough is entitled to a minimum $25,000 transitional
money grant. First meeting of the new borough assembly was
held at 6 a.m. this morning in a booth at the Belmont Cafe.
Senator & Mayor Clash Over Fishery
Treaty And Tokyo Negotiations Value
In what many regarded as the
opening shots in the Democratic
state senatorial primary State Sen
ator A1 Owen and Mayor Pete De
veau clashed in open verbal de
bate before the Kodiak Chamber
of Commerce meeting yesterday
noon.
Occasion for the interesting, edu
cational and entertaining clash be
tween the two Democratic chief
tains in this area was provided
by their strongly differing views
on the value and results of the
North Pacific Fisheries Treaty
talks in Tokyo which Senator Owen
attended as an advisor.
The Senator reported that it
was the feeling of the members of
the American delegation, which he
described as “the strongest ever
to represent us,’ that good progress
was being made to pursuade the
Japanese to cease their high seas
fishery for salmon. Owen pointed
out that the “federal government
is behind the fishery industry more
now than at any time in the na
tion’s history.”
Mayor Deveau took issue with
Owen and contended that the treaty
negotiations were accomplishing
nothing and that the treaty should
be scrapped entirely.
“These Japanese and Russians
are far better and tougher nego
tiators and are outmaneuvering
us,” said Deveau, adding “I think
we should throw out the treaty and
end the negotiations altogether.”
Cwen flatly told Deveau that he
could never accept Deveaus ideas
and stated “When and if the nego
tiations stop and the treaty ends
then you Mr. Deveau will not be
in business here for very long and
I doubt that many of the rest of
us in this room would be either
... as long as the treaty stays :n
effect and the negotiations con
tinue there is good reason to be
lieve we can all stay in business.”
Local Republicans who witnessed
the sharp exchange made no effort
to interrupt and it was noted that
Chuck Powell, who was recently
elected Borough Chairman and is
reportedly eyeing the GOP state
senatorial nomination in this dis
trict sat back with what might oe
described as a confident, if not
gleeful, grin.
California Opera Sextet
Brought to Kodiak under the auspices of the Alaska Music Trail
and Lyceum Concert Association, the California Opera Sextet will
appear this coming Monday at 8:15 p.m. in the high school audi
torium.
State Calling For
Bids On Kodiak
Street Paving!
Bids have been called for paving
nearly two miles of Kodiak streets
according to a wire received by the
Mirror from Commissioner of
Highways D. A. McKinnon.
The text of the wire read as fol
lows:
“Two Kodiak street projects ap
proved today for advertising. This
will be open on Nov. 21, 1963. The
two projects include 1.95 miles of
urban street construction on Brook
lyn Ave., Rezanoff Drive and “J”
Street.”
State May Assist
City On Ferry
Dock Financing
Speaker of the Alaska House of
Representatives Bruce Kendall
who was in Kodiak Monday and
Tuesday as Chairman of the Leg
islative Council which held hear
ings here on various proposed leg
islation coming before the legisla
ture in January directed the coun
cil’s Executive Director Jack Doyle
to make inquiries to the governor
and state agencies asking if the
state budget will include funds for
reimbursing the city of Kodiak for
funds expended to build the ferry
boat docking facilities here.
Kendall’s action followed discus
sion of a request for such state
assistance made by Mayor Pete De
veau who told the legislators that
“time is of the essense and the city
is going ahead with construction
of the dock to make sure it is ready
for the ferry next July.
Kendall indicated that he was
greatly concerned about provisions
of adequate docking facilities at
both Homer and Kodiak and 6tated,
“I certainly can’t see building a
$3 million ferry and not have plac
es for it to dock. This is important
enough for us to get with it . . .
let’s get this show on the road.”
Deveau mentioned that though
there had been some concern be
cause a private group of individ
uals had filed upon the tidelands
(Continued on page 11)
King Crab Festival
Date Changed To
August For 1964
The Kodiak King Crab Festival
will be held during the second
week of August next year instead
of during May as in the past. The
Chamber of Commerce voted yes
terday to change the date in order
to place the Festival date during
a time that the ferry will be op
erating. Discussion was made of the
date with fisherman Oscar Dyson
voicing opposition to the change.
He contended that the fishermen
would all be out fishing during
August. It was decided to change
the date only for 1964 and re-evalu
ate the date again next year.
KEA Requesting REA Study Terror -
Lake Hydroelectric Power Project r'
Preliminary engineering studies
of a hydroelectric project which
would ultimately provide low cost
electricity to most of Kodiak
Island have been completed it was
revealed today by Ole Johnson,
manager of the Kodiak Electric
Association and Bob Retherford of
Retherford Associates, an electri
cal engineering firm.
The preliminary studies, which
have been underway during the
past 1 xk years, indicate that con
struction of the project, initially
estimated to cost from $10 to $15
million, would provide 27,000 KW
at from 8 or S mils per KW and
could be completed by 1968.
The present deisel-powered KEA
plant provides 3200 KW at about
26.6 mils.
The proposed project would en
tail building of a small dam on
Terror Lake to raise the lake 75
feet higher, a three-mile long tun
nel with about 1 mile of penstock,
and construction of a 2xh. mile long
transmission line from the project
to town over an inland route be
lieved far enough removed from
the island’s coast to avoid salt
spray.
The navy has indicated an in
terest in the project as a prospec
tive customer, according to John
son, who said there were clear in
cations of the need for the power
such a hydro project would pro
vide. He pointed out that the pre
liminary studies indicate the possi
bility of he project providing pow
er for other island points such as
Old Harbor and Ouzinkie.
Johnson said that he and Rether
ford had investigated a number of
potential hydro power sites includ
ing Mono^hka River, Spiridon Lake
and Hidden Basin and that the
Terror Lake Project presented the
greatest potential and feasibility.
Now that the preliminary studies
have been completed Johnson said
that a request will be made for
REA engineers to come in to look
over the proposed project.
Recently Elected |
City Officials
Sworn Into Office
Sworn into office at last night’s
city council meeting in the state
courtroom were Pete Deveau as
Mayor, Wilton White and Fred
Brechan as 3-year term council
men and Carl Rodli as 2-year term
councilman.
The city council approved an
ordinance which will permit hotel
and motel operators to obtain 3
liquor license providing that the;r
operation involves 20 or more units
and facilities offering full coursa
dinners.
LAND HEARING
Hearings on proposed new land
regulations and minor changes in
existing regulations have been an
nounced by Roscoe E. Bell, Direc
tor, Division of Lands, Anchorage.
A hearing is scheduled for Kodiak
on Friday, Oct. 18.
Waterfront Fascinates ‘Mr. Speaker'
NEW BREED—Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives,
Rep. Bruce Kendall (R.-Anch.), watches ADF&G’s Senior King
Crab Biologist Guy Powell weigh and measure one of his wards at
the APA cannery. The big city legislator displayed a surprisingly
intense interest in our King Crab fishery and became so ab
sorbed in talking with fishermen, cannery workers, biologists,
and cannery executives that he cancelled his flight reservations
and stayed over another day to satisfy his curiousity about what
goes on along the Kodiak waterfront, and indicated a desire to re
turn here again to obtain more first-hand knowledge of the in
dustry and it’s problems. Among those with whom he talked are
those pictured above (1 to r): Foreman Martin Cooper, Floor lady
Donna Matesic, Totem Skipper Cory Kalstad. ,