Rat Control Program Planned For City
Rodents On Increase In Downtown Area
A rat control program will be
conducted in the City and areas
adjacent to Kodiak during the lat
ter part of October, according to
an announcement by Mr. Bob
Burkholder, Branch Predator and
Rodent Control, Bureau of Sport
Fisheries and Wildlife, Anchorage.
He will be in Kodiak at that time.
This program will be in cooper
ation with the Alaska Department
of Health and the Kodiak City
Council, and is designed as an
all-out effort to rid the com
munity of rats and prevent rein
festation of the pests, according
to Burkholder.
Burkholder stated: “As cold
weather arrives, rats move into
warmer quarters, and then is the
time to meet this threat. One pair
of rats can breed five times, pro
ducing 50 young each year, and
each rat costs you $20 to feed.
Rats start fires by chewing insteul
ation on wires. They destroy la
bels on cans and damage sacks
and other containers. These ro
dents can chew through lead pipes
causing plumbing failures and cost
ly repairs. Their teeth are so
strong they can gnaw through
bricks, oak planks, and cement
3 inches thick. Wherever a rat
travels, it leaves a path of destruc
tion.”
According to Dick Pace, Sani
tary Engineer, Alaska Department
of Health, who is stationed here,
rats leave a trail of sickness and
death for family and pets. Typhus,
Bubonic Plague, and especially
Weil’s Desease (jaundice) are
some of the human diseases.
Rats in greater numbers have
been reported to the Kodiak Mir
ror by residents in various sec
tions of the City. One was killed
crossing the Base-Town road with
in the City limits. Others have
been reported seen in this same
area.
The ultimate success of the
control program depends largely
on public support and participa
tion, according to Pace. Materials
and instructions will be furnished
by the City and the cooperating
agencies, will do the actual con
trol on the dump and key areas.
It will be up to the residents to
kill rats in their own homes and
businesses, according to Burk
holder.
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The appointment of Gen. George
H. Decker as the new Chief of
Staff, U. S. Army, has been con
firmed by the U. S. Senate. Gen.
Decker will succeed Gen. Lyman
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that the
annual election of the Kodiak In
dependent School District will be
held on the 4th day of October,
1960, between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 8:00 p.m., at the City Hall,
Kodiak, Alaska, which election will
be held in conjunction with the
annual City Election.
One Board Member will be elect
ed to serve for the term of five (5)
years, or until his successor is
elected and qualified
Nominations will be accepted by
Dorothy Clark, clerk of the board,
at the Kodiak Public School Office,
from date hereof until 6:00 p.m.,
September 19, 1960.
Nominations shall be made by
party convention submitted in
writing over the signature of the
President and Secretary of such
party or organization, or by peti
tion by not less than twenty (20)
qualified voters. Candidates so
nominated may withdraw from the
Ballot at any time prior to 6:00
p.m., September 26, 1960, by state
ment acknowledged before a Not
ary Public and delivered at the
Office of the Clerk in the Kodiak
Public School building prior to
said time. A candidate must have
the qualifications of a voter: i.e.,
a citizen of the United States,
nineteen (19) years of age or over,
an actual and bona fide resident of
Alaska, who has been such resident
continuously during the entire
year immediately preceding the
election, and who has been such
resident continuously for thirty
(30) days next preceding the elec
tion in such school district, and
who is able to read and write the
English language as prescribed by
an act of the United States Con
gress on March 3, 1927, entitled,
“An Act to prescribe certain quali
fications of voters in the Territory
of Alaska, and for other purposes,”
DATED this 6th day of Septem
ber, 1960.
DOROTHY E. CLARK,
Clerk of the Board.
Pub. Sept. 10, 17, 24, Oct. 1, 1960.
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