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VOL. 21, NO. 91 KODIAK, ALASKA, OCTOBER 27, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTS
Along The Waterfront
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Much progress is being made on
the construction of the new ware
house at the City Dock, as can be
seen from (the accompanying photo
taken by our Staff Photographer.
The steel framework is going up
rapidly, and the constrcting firm
is well ahead of schedule in the
construction of the new building.
Final surfacing prior to the asphalt
was not done due to movement of
equipment over its surface which
could cause an uneven surface, ac
cording to City Engineer Jim Barr.
The warehouse is not expected
to be completed for use at time of
arrival of the next ship, but will
be for the following one.
Halibut Stock
Being Damaged
JUNEAU UP) — Merle Rhodes,
Juneau, representing the Halibut
Fishermen’s Association, told the
Senate Subcommittee Wednesday
that Japanese-Russian fishing
methods are damaging the North
Pacific Halibut stocks. He said
American halibut fishermen are
concerned about (the use of trawls
to take bottom fish.
Rhodes said: “This type of fish
ing is very damaging to stocks of
young halibut. Many of these young
fish are killed when brought up in
nets, then thrown back.” He also
said the association was deeply con
cerned about the possibility of the
Russians fishing in areas tradition
ally fished only by U. S. and Cana
dian fishermen.
A. W. Boddy, Juneau, speaking
for the Alaska Sportsmen’s Coun
cil, said there is an urgent need
for American fishermen to estab
lish rights to bottom fish other
than halibut. He said: “If we don’t
do so quickly there won’t be any
rights for us to establish.”
Sen. Bartlett said the Subcom
mittee was advised, during the
hearing in Cordova Tuesday, that
a Canadian skipper recently spot
ted a Japanese boat taking halibut
east of the 175 degrees west longi
tude abstention line. He said the
Canadian captain estimated there
were 30,000 pounds of halibut on
the Japanese boat’s deck. The mat
ter has been referred to the State
Department, Bartlett said.
Edward S. Marvich, Deputy State
Commissioner of Fish and Game,
urged the Subcommittee consider
some form of federal aid for Amer
ican bottom fishing fleet. He said
the aid could take the form of a
subsidy .loans for boat construc
tion, outright grants or the develop
ment of an effective marketing
program.
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Roy Rickey Goes
To Southeastern
Roy Rickey, regional supervisor
of the Kodiak area for the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game, has
been transferred to Juneau, where
he will assume similar duties in
the Southeastern region.
Bab Simon, area biologist, has
been advanced to Rickey’s position.
In one other change, Dexter Lall
will be the area management bi
ologist.
Rickey assumed the position of
regional supervisor here when
Alaska took over control of its
fisheries following statehood. He
came here from Seattle, May 1,
1954, and was in the Watershed
Management Division of the Terri
torial Fish and Game Department.
His wife and family joined him
eight months later.
Rickey and his wife, Mary Jane,
plan to move to the capital city in
about a month. They plan to dis
pose of their home here first. The
Rickeys have three boys, Allison,
14; Stuart, 12; and Douglas, 4; and
a daughter, Lisa, 11.
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Kodiak Land Not
In State Plans
There is very little Federal land
in Kodiak that will be selected by
the State, it was learned at the
Chamber of Commerce meeting
Thursday.
Land selections being made on
the mainland will occupy the at
tention of State officials, who fore
see little opportunity of surveying
the land here.
Kodiak businessmen will be ap
proached to give their opinion as
to which holidays should be ob
served here, according to Dr. Bob
Johnson.
The sum of $10 was sent to the
Freedom Fund, according to a re
port from the Executive Commit
tee.
A Richfield Oil Company film on
Alaska is available tor distribution
for viewing by clubs or organiza
tions. The film will be shown at
the next meeting of the Chamber.
A1 Hochberger, vice-president of
the Kodiak Branch of the National
Bank of Alaska, may be contacted
for future details.
Ouzinkie Road
Building Halted
The long-talked about road to
Otmoloi Point opposite Ouzinkie
may never be built, at least not
through the City’s watershed.
The presently planned road
through the Kodiak watershed, for
which the engineering has already
been accomplished by the State,
was given a setback several weeks
ago when the State Department of
Health and Welfare voiced strenu
ous objection to building it through
the watershed. Following a report
from this agency, City Manager
Bill Poland made a recommenda
tion to the City Council that the
City should give first consideration
to its water supply. Building a road
through the area, according to the
Health Department, might have a
serious effect on seafood canning
and the health of the residents.
The Departments contention is
that should the road be built a com
plete new treatment plant for the
Kodiak water system will undoubt
edly be necessary. Paul L. Winsor,
State Health Commissioner, stated
in a letter to Charles Powell, presi
dent of the Kodiak Chamber of
Commerce: “Soil conditions (vol
canic ash and other finely divided
materials) in the Kodiak watershed
are such that when soil is dis
turbed, it is exceeding hard to con
trol silt and turbid conditions in
the water running off the water
shed.
Mr. Alter, chief of Sanitation and
Engineering, for the Department
of Health, in a telephone conver
sation with Poland recently, stated
that the Department has no inten
tion of attempting to halt the build
ing of the road. “The only interest
we have, he said, was to protect
the City protect itself from possible
additional water purification ex
pense that may result from routing
the road through the watershed.”
Alter said that aside from the
possibility of human pollution, dis
turbance of the topsoil due to con
struction of the road and the re
sulting run-off of water could cause
such material as volcanic ash and
other very fine materials to find
its way into the water supply where
it would remain in suspension in a
semi-colloidal state. Not being
heavy enough to settle to the bot
tom, it would eventually find its
way into the processing plants of
the seafood industry, he stated.
“In my obinion,” Poland said,
“the stakes are too high to gamble.
For you are gambling with the pos
sibility of having the water supply
fail to meet certification require
ments for interstate commerce.”
This might have a serious effec
on the seafood industry, he said.
It has since been learned that
State engineers from the Depart
ment of Roads are now in the area
making a survey for an alternate
route.
Rearden Appointed
James Rearden has been ap
pointed District Management Bi
ologist of the Commercial Fisheries
Division at Homer.
Rearden joined the department
in February, 1959. He succeeds C.
A. Weberg, who was recently ap
pointed Chief of the Fish and Game
Department Protection Division.
Governor Urges Participation In
Federal Area Redevelopment Program
ANCHORAGE CD—The Federal
Area Redevelopment program
could be the spark to help bring
great economic strides within
Alaska, Gov. William Egan said
Thursday.
But he warned in a speech open
ing sessions of the League of
Alaska Cities 1961 convention that
Alaskans must show “unity of pur
pose and unity of effort.”
“We have abundant resources,
abundant skilled labor. The eco
nomic potentials of Alaska have
barely been tapped. In other
words,” he said, “we have much to
offer. We have much to gain. But
our advancement must be a boot
strap type of operation.”
He urged the League to take full
advantage of borough legislation to
avoid duplication of services, di
vision of power, duties and respon
Realtors Will
Piklicize Alaska
Cities and towns in Alaska are
joining with the Alaska Association
of Realtors in a hospitality booth at
the forthcoming convention of the
National Real Estate Boards, to
be held in the Fontainebleau Hotel
at Miami Beach, Florida, Nov. 11
through Nov. 17. It is estimated
that 25,000 realtors, investors, anc
industrialists will attend the con
vention this year.
George Cornelius, Kodiak real
tor, who is also 1st vice-president
of the Alaska Association of Real
tors, will also be in attendance. He
is seeking assistance from the local
Chamber of Commerce for litera
ture on Kodiak, and seeks to obtain
sufficient cans of king crab to be
served in cocktails at the conclud
ing dinner of the convention. He
will represent members-at-large
from the state at the convention.
Brochures on Alaska have al
ready been shipped by the Depart
ment of Commerce; Anchorage,
too is shipping literature and other
publicity material, as will Fair
banks.
sibilities, excessive costs of local
government. He said: “Only leader
ship can cause the borough legis
lation now on the books to be
used.”
City Agrees To
Terms On Road
The City Council approved an
administration agreement with the
Russian Church which involves
Church and city property and the
construction and paving of the road
fronting church property.
In paving Mission road from the
church parsonage, it will be neces
sary for the City to remove certain
trees to straighten out the road,
which are on church property. The
Church seeks a committment from
the City that itract A and B will be
paved in one year and tract C in
three years. This involves that por
tion of Mission Road from the par
sonage to the Fish and Wildlife
property beyond Tagura Road.
The Council voted to approve the
agreement. It will then have to go
to the Bishop of Alaska at Sitka
and then for final approval to the
Metropolitan at New York.
Appoint Two To
Planning Board
Appointment of two new mem
bers to the Planning and Zoning
l Commission was confirmed by the
City Council Thursday evening.
The new members are William
Lamme and Walter Kraft, who re
place Mrs. John Thompson and
Morris Burnham, both of whom
resigned.
Navy Day Dinner
For Navy League
Members of the Kodiak Chapter
of the Navy League will join in a
social function on the Naval Sta
tion this evening at the Commis
sioned Officers Mess Open, begin
ning at 7 p. m. Cocktails, dinner
and entertainment are planned for
the evening, which will culminate
activities on the station in observ
ance of Navy Day.
Payment Schedule Approved By Council
To Go Ahead With Pumping Station
Final approval was given the
agreement between the federal
government and the City by which
annual payments are reduced on
the City’s indebtedness for water
and sewer bonds.
Interest paid is at the rate of 2
percent and payments as follows:
$5,000 yearly to 1964; $20,000 in
1965; $25,000 annually until 1969;
$30,000 annually until 1977; $35,000
annually until 1985; and $39,000
annually until retirement of the
indebtedness in 1986. Interest will
be paid annually, according to the
agreement.
In other business, the Council
also approved a resolution 6-61,
which allows for an advance for
final engineering on the pumping
station at Pillar Creek, which is
designed to augment the City’s
water supply.
fcity Engineer Jim Barr stated
this should be in operation by next
fall.
A letter from the Alaska Ice &
Cold Storage Co. was read, in which
the company outlined its estimated
water needs. The company seeks
an 8” water line into the plant. No
action was taken by the Council.
Studies have shown, it was stated,
that it may be necessary to increase
the commercial water rates. The
City is losing money on its water
service, it was stated.
The Council voted to borrow
from the boat harbor fund for pay
ment of the warehouse construc
tion at the City dock.
Total cost was stated as $110,000,
which will be borne by the dock
fund. Approximately $50,000 is still
due. Period of repayment to SBH
fund is not to exceed two years.
The City Engineer in making his
report on the construction of the
warehouse, stated that the contrac
tors, Wellborn Construction Com
pany and the Westward Construc
tion Company, should be highly
commended for the manner in
which they completed their work.
He said he found them “most co
operative.”