Proposed Ferry System Gets Setback;
“No Competition” Clause Is Poser
The proposed ferry system, both
hrre and in Southeastern Alaska,
received setbacks following a clos
er scrutiny of the bill which is de
signed to set up the machinery for
implementing the services.
Senate bill 152, which would
create the Alaska ferry system
authority, with the power to issue
revenue bonds.
The powers and dirties of the
authority are broadly stated in the
bill as follows:
"To construct, acquire, and oper
ate and maintain an enterprise to
provide public transportation by
means of a ferry or a ferry system.
“The authority may not compete
w ith other carriers except to the
extent that it transports person,
pets, motor vehicles, and the per
sonal effects and household goods
within or upon the motor vehicles.
The authority may not transport
pets, motor vehicles, or personal
effects or household goods within
or upon the motor vehicles which
are intended for sale or other
transfer.”
Thus, this “no-competition"
possibilities of the ferries. Early
studies of the feasibility of a ferry
operating between here and the
mainland took into account the
hauling of cars, household goods
and freight to Kodiak and the
transporting of beef and freight
from here to Anchorage, as well
as tourists both ways.
Under the “no-compelition”
Bears To Play
Bn Seward Tenney
The Kodiak Bears will embark
by PNA to play several ball games
in Seward in tlhe “B” class tourna
ment. Teams represented in the
tournament besides Kodiak wi'l be
Eielson AFB, Kenai, Seward and
Nome.
14 players and the manager will
be sent by the Kodiak high school
Lettermen’s Club. Players si a led
to make the trip include Tom
Shugak, Duffy Jackinsky, Milton
Souter, Danny Olsen, Dennis Huey,
Carl Ellison, Jim Fritcher, Jim
Wheeler, Courtney Starbird, Perry
Flotre, Bob Richmond, Stan Aus
terman, and Gary Olsen. Richard
Garrett as manager and Coach Joe
Floyd w-ili accompany the boys.
Action Packed
Basketball Tuesday
Tuesday night found the Kodiak
Bears entangling the American
Legion basket bailers in a web of
fast breaks and air tight defen-®
which paid off in another win
for the high school team.
In the 51-46 win by the Bear*,
Tom Shugak proved to be the most
accurate with 13 poists Danny Ol
sen and Duffy Jackinsky each
tallied 10 points for the Bears.
Though the Legion lagged 10
points behind for over half the
game, they rallied at the last to
raise their total to the 46 points.
High point for the Legion was
* Cloudy with 16 and Colbert w .s
next with 11.
clause, the ferry would be required
to cease ca'irying cargo and the
loss of revenue might put it out of
business altogether.
The outlook for initial financing
of an Alaska ferry system by rev
enue bonds appears bleak.
Attention Focused
On Local Affairs
Jtineau WV Local government ques
tions have been dominating action
in the legislature this week.
A new bill to establish eight bor
oughs based on independent
school district boundaries was in
troduced in the House Thursday.
The measure, sponsored by Reps.
Douglas Gray (D - Juneau) and
James Hurley(D-Palmer), also pro
vides for local initiation of bound
ary changes by petition and elec
tion.
Boroughs, under the measure,
Which would take over functions
now performed by school districts
and Puds, would set up in the con
fines of independent school dis
tricts.
Meanwhile, the joint committee
ou local affairs, of which Gray is
chairman, have been holding hear
ing® on the proposed annexations
and start on borough system re
commended to the legislature by
the local boundary commission.
Cage Playoffs
To End Season
The final chapter on the 1959-60
town league basketball will be
wr itten tonight and Saturday night
as the four top town teams fight
l'o: the trophy in a single elimina
tion playoff.
Friday night, PNA, the town
league ruimer-up, will meet the
strong American Legion team at
6:30. In the second game at 8:15,
the Bears will battle it out with
Krafts.
On Saturday night the two win
ners will meet at 8:15 for the
travelling town league trophy do
nated by Donnelley and Acheson
in 1958. The predim game will
match the tvto losers of Friday
night’s games for third place in
the final standings.
NAVY ALL-STAR GAME
The Kodiak Navy All-Stars, who
are scheduled to play a five game
series to determine the champion
ship for this district, will play one
of tlieir games in the Kodiak High
school gym. The game is scheduled
for Tuesday, February 23 at 8
p. m. Admission is free.
The PD Will Tow
Cars From SBH
Parking of vehicles in the small
Boat Harbor area is limited to 48
hours, according to the Police De
partment.
The Department will tow away
cars left for a longer period, Police
Chief Vickery warned.
The chief also called attention
to owners of cars who leave their
vehicles on private property that
this is against the law, and fia*
the property owner cai: have the
vehicle removed
S500 Offered
To Male Student
An outright $500 cash scholar
ship for a local high school stu
dent continuing his education at
a college of his choice was an
nounced today by Peter Ramaglia,
president of the Kodiak Rotary
club.
To be known as the Patrick
Lynch Memorial Scholarship, the
award will be made on a schoilar
ship, leadership and need basis,
President Ramaglia said.
“The Rotary club gives a $100
scholarship each year,” he added,
“■but for this year only the $100 is
being combined with offerings in
mempry of the, late Patrick Lynch,
a former Rotarian. It was the
suggestion pf his widow, Mrs.
Marion Lynch, .that such funds be
conjoined with, the Rotary scholar
ship. . ...
“The board of directors has de
cided,” President Ramaglia said,
“to grant the entire amount this
yed.j. It will be paid directly to
the college of choice of the win
ning student as soon as he starts
Ms higher education.”
Alternate students will be named
in case the first choice does not
go on to college.
Students may obtain details from
Ivor Schott, school superintendent.
National Guard
To Hold Dance
The Kodiak National Guard are
sponsoring a dance to be held at
their armory on March 5. The
dance is in honor of the sixth
year anniversary of the forming
of the local company.
The dance is open to the pub
lie with National Guard and civic
officials in attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wright left
Friday for a short trip Outside.
Alitak Declared Historic Bay
The Alaska Department of Fish
and Game declared that all waters
inside of a line from the western
tip of Tugidrk Island to Low Cape
comprise Alitak Bay.
All State Fish and Game Regula
Death Comes To
Famed Alaskan
Carl E. (Squeeky) Anderson,
well-known pilot and navigator in
Alaskan waters, died Thursday,
Feb. 18, in the U.S. Naval Hospital
at Bremerton. He died following,
surgery. •_ , .
Anderson was a pilot and navi-,
gator prior to the war. He gained
renown during i„e war lor RS t.-.
plaits aboard Navy craft. He was
Admiral Hill’s beachmaster during
the landings at Iwo JLma.
Ee leaves to mourn his passing
his wire, Alida.
Wsw Court System
£oon To Operate
Juneau UP) Alaska’s new state
count syntem is poised on t/he
threshold of its career today, ready
to assume jurisdiction of cases pre
viously handled by the federal
courts.
A p.oriamation sotting the state
judicial organization in operation
is expected either Saturday or
Tuesday.
INCOME OF STATE GROWS
JUNEAU UR State income during
a seven-month period ending Jan.
31 was better than expected, Gov.
William A. Egan has reported.
He distributed a report listing
income during the period as
$13,363,651, an increase of
$1,391,273 in collections over a
similar period a year ago.
SAYS BUDGET WOULD PERMIT FULL AIRBORNE ALERT—Gen.
Thom*« D. White, left. Air Force chief of staff, and Air Secretary
Dud!*'* r. Sharp tell a Senate Appropriations committee at a Wash
ington hearing Feb. 15 that the present appropriations bill ha? a
provision peimitting spending funds for a full strategic airborne alert
with Congress making up the deficiency. (AP Wi rephoto)
tions will be enforced in this area
and three miles seaward from this
line. V
Kitoi Work
Is Described
Dr. R. R. Parker, biologist with
the Alaska Department of Fish and
Game, told of the research pro
gram being conducted at the Kitoi
Bay research station, at the Rotary
luncheon Tuesday at the 40 Room
The station w*>s estP.v,,^*,J
Kitoi, about 25 miles north of IDo
diak, in 1953, he Said, 'with a view
to management of salmoh'in free
sent streams and with expanding
the fish’s fresh wafer environment
After a preliminary construction
program, including weirs for
counting purpo~es, ladders and
hatcheries and living quarters, the
first fish were planted. For com
parison purposes one lake of 45
a
fcory fish were removed, a second
lake without the podsoning pro
gram was left in its natural state,
and both of these planted lake*
were compared with the natural
run in Kitoi lake.
The results, Dr. Parker said,
were startling. In the treated lake
they planted 80,000 fry and got
an escapement of 31,900 fish; fin
the untreated lake they put 80,000
fry and got only 1,000 fish; and
Kitoi lake, with an estimated 2
million fry, showed only 20,000
going to sea. Whet is more, he
added, the fish in the treated lake
were five times as heavy as those
in the untreated lake. After four
years, he explained, the survival
rate Of those returning to Spawn
was equal in the planted fish to
the fish were larger more eggs
were produced by them. •
Dr. Parker sand all of the work
to date indicates that streams can
be revived and that the fishing
industry can be given a "shot in
the arm” by establishing runs into
lakes at present unproductive.
As part of the program, Dr
Parker explained, invitations have
been extended to other nations
and states to come a&d use the
Kitoi facilities. So far the Univer
sity of Kentucky, the "University
of Pittsburgh, and the University
of British Columbia 1 have re
sponded.
He said also that the department
hopes to obtain the old federal
jail in Kodiak for use as a scienti
fic station, with the staffs fam
ilies bo live in -town and operate
Kitoi as a field station. He said
it would help reduce the turnover
in their field workes.
. Guests at the luncheon included
Lqren Stewart and Pete M.•*.-«<>•
vich.
San Juan Men
Check Crabbing
Star Calvert and son, Star, Jr
and Gene Ruthford, officials of the
San Juan Fish Packing Company,
arrived in town Tuesday,
Met at the plane by Walt Muller,
the men ins pected the Alaska M ing
Crab operation. The .senior Calvert
arid Ruthiord continued dcv.n to
the South end of the Island. They
aja expected Lack iodAyCTriday).