Poverty Has Taken A Back Seat Here
Says Famed Seardough Gardener
“Too bad you weren’t here a
week or two ago; most of the daf
fodils have passed their prime
now.”
This was the welcoming state
ment the Sourdough Gardener re
ceived from an enthusiastic home
owner in one of Alaska’s most
prosperous cities. Fishing and the
largest carnivore in the world are
first in everyone’s mind, but there
are many other reasons why pover
ty has taken a back seat there.
You’ve guessed the location, of
course, for only Kodiak and the ad
jacent islands can boast of the
huge Kodiak Brown Bear, a huge
fishing fleet, a huge naval base,
and huge ranches, all within a few
minutes drive of a modern city.
Home gardens and landscaped
homes can be seen here and there,
but old Mother Nature played an
unusual trick on the hardy citizens
of Kodiak a half century ago. She
dumped up to two feet of volcanic
ash exactly on top of this busy set
tlement. This discouraged a lot of
well established gardeners for a
good many years.
After a while, oldtimers and
newcomers alike began working
bard to build back a little top soil
for yard and garden. Nature itself,
working hand in hand with time,
has now made considerable pro
gress in covering up its prank.
About two inches of good humus
material has developed over vast
areas of undisturbed ash. Cutbanks
here and there show clearly how
the new soil profile is being built.
Wild hay abounds where the land
was once covered with a gray ash,
and on this native vegetation a
whole new way of life has develop
ed in Alaska. Cattle ranching is
already an established part of the
Kodiak economy.
The most progressive ranchers
are working hand in hand with Ed
Liebenthal District Agent with the
Cooperative Extension Service of
the Unversity of Alaska, to develop
a dependable feed for the short
feeding season.
Some winters are so mild that
very little supplemental feed is
necessary. Other years may have
■several months when little natural
food is available.
The old methods of letting the
cattle shift for themselves is rapid
ly being replaced by close herd
supervision. Serious losses to the
plentiful Kodiak bear and the de
mand for higher quality meat has
brought on this desirable change.
Commercial farming in other
areas has hardly started, although
the city could easily support con
siderable truck gardening business.
One dairy has been operating for
some time and this year a retired
businessman has plans for trying
his hand at potato growing.
We had a little talk about this
and decided that by using waste
material from the crab and fish
canneries, production costs could
be kept low. Everyone agreed that
soil fertility is very low and it
would take at least 15 tons of these
waste materials to the acre to do
much good. Even then, a supple
ment of several hundred pounds of
commercial fertilizer should be
used.
Kelp is abundant in many beach
areas and has been used as a fertil
izer for a long time. A layer of
kelp eight inches deep, worked in
to the home garden or new lawn,
is not too difficult to obtain. But,
a commercial grower would be
hard pressed to cover several acres
with it. A better solution is to get
all the kelp you can to add a little
organic matter to the soil, and then
use the recommended amount of
commercial fertilizer in addition to
this.
The Cooperative Extension Ser
vice Publication No. 10, “Fertilizer
For The Home Gardener”, and
Extension Circular 513, “Fertilizer
For Alaska”, will give you the cor
rect amount to use.
The Sourdough Gardener found
that the good people of Kodiak had
one thing in common with all too
many other people throughout
Alaska, namely that their green
houses lack adequate ventilation.
We have talked about this several
times before. If you want a copy of
the columns on greenhouse ventil
ation, contact your Editor, your Ex
tension Agent, or the Sourdough
Gardener, University of Alaska,
College.
Let me remind you once more,
it’s better to grow a good, little
garden than a little good one.
South Sea
(Continued From Page 7)
KODIAK ISLAND has more dirt
roads than appear on a map, be
cause of the military occupation,
and residents can drive quite a dis
tance to die many lakes and beach
es.
A state ferry is scheduled to be
gin running from Homer to Kodiak
next year. Rooms in town are limit
ed at present — the main hotel is
usually full — but a new hotel is
being planned.
Kodiak will not become a tourist
spot in the immediate future, but
it certainly has a potential, in wild
erness, fish and game, and scenery.
Mirror classifieds bring result*.
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LOCAL MOVING and TRUCKING
Agents For
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We handle packing, crating and shipping from Kodiak to all
Alaskan points, United States, Hawaii and Germany.
Phone 486-2333 Box 605
Legal Notice
ORDER AND NOTICE OF ELEC
TION TO DETERMINE WHETH
ER A SECOND CLASS ORGAN
IZED BOROUGH SHALL BE ES
TABLISHED: TO ELECT MEM
BERS OF THE BOROUGH AS
SEMBLY: TO ELECT MEMBERS
OF THE BOROUGH SCHOOL
BOARD: AND TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THE BOROUGH
SHALL HAVE AN APPOINTED
BOROUGH MANAGER OR AN
ELECTED BOROUGH CHAIR
MAN AND THE ELECTION OF
SUCH CHAIRMAN.
Upon receipt of the Notice of
Acceptance of a Petition for the
incorporation of the Kodiak Island
Borough from the Local Boundary
Commission, and pursuant to the
provisions of Section 07.10.120,
Alaska Statutes, a borough elec
tion under the administration and
supervision of the Secretary of
State will be held on Tuesday the
24th day of September 1963. It will
be to determine whether a second
class borough shall be established
for all of Election District No. 11
except the area on the Alaska
Peninsula mainland and Sutwik,
Cherikof and the Semidi Islands,
and which area includes all the is
lands of the Kodiak-Afognak group
south and east of Shelikof Strait
and including the Barren and
Trinity Islands, and excepting
from the borough area the Kodiak
Naval Station (base proper). When
any of the excluded area is no
longer subject to a military reser
vation the same shall become part
of the Kodiak Island Borough all as
designated and described in the
above Notice of Acceptance, and
especially described as follows:
All of the islands that lie south
east of the centerline of Shelikof
Strait and south of a line that is
three geographical miles north of
Usragat, West Amatuli and East
Amatuli Islands and west of a line
that is three geographical mile3
seaward from the Pacific coast of
Shuyak, Afognak, Marmot, Spruce,
Kodiak, Woody, Ugak, Sitkalidak,
Two Headed, Geese and Sitkinak
Islands and north of a line that is
three geographical miles south of
the Pacific coast of Sitkinak and
Tugidak Islands and east of a line
that is drawn from a point three
geographical miles west of the
southwest tip of Tugidak Island,
thence to a point three geographi
cal miles west of Cape Ikolik on
Kodiak Island, thence northwest
erly to the centerline of Shelikof
Strait.
The borough assembly is to be
composed of five members. The
two borough assembly members
representing the first class City of
Kodiak will be appointed by and
from the Kodiak City Council. The
three borough assembly members
representing the area outside the
corporate boundaries of the City
of Kodiak are to be elected at large
at this election from that area out
side the City of Kodiak to serve on
the borough assembly in the event
that the incorporation of the
borough is approved.
The voters in the proposed
borough shall determine in this
election whether the borough if ap
proved, shall have an appointed
borough manager or an elected
borough chairman, and the voters
will also elect a borough chairman,
who will take office if the incorpor
ation of the borough is approved
by the voters and if the voters de
cide to have an elected borough
chairman. At this election five
school board members shall be
elected at large to take office if the
borough incorporation is approved.
Nominations of candidates for bor
ough chairman, three borough as
semblymen, and five school board
members shall be made by petition.
Petition forms may be secured
from the Secretary of State. Hugh
J. Wade, Box 971, Juneau, Alaska,
or Mrs. Mabel M. Fenner, Defrtft*
Magistrate, Box 1367, Kodiak,
Alaska or Mr. Douglas G. Preston,
City Clerk, Kodiak, Alaska.
Petitions for each candidate for
any one of the offices of borough
chairman or school board members
shall have the signatures of at
least fifty qualified voters who are
residents of the proposed borough.
Petit’ons for borough assemblymen
must have the signatures of fifty
qualified voters of the proposed
borough area who reside outside of
the first class city of Kodiak to be
eligible to serve on the assembly.
All such petitions must be filed
with the Secretary of State at the
above address no later than Aug
ust 31, 1963. Any person who is a
qualified voter in Alaska and is a
resident of the area within the pro
posed organized borough is qualifi
ed to vote in the election. However,
only persons residing outside the
incorporated area of the City of Ko
diak may vote for the candidates
for borough assemblymen.
The precincts and polling places
will be substantially the same as
those established for the last Gen
eral Election.
Published August 16. 23, and 30
1963.
Legal Notice
NOTICE OF AMENDMENT
OF A PORTION OF
BLOCK 19 OF THE PLAT
OF THE
TOWNSITE OF KODIAK
NOTICE is hereby given that on
the 8th day of July, 1963, KODIAK
INN, INC., filed a petition with the
City of Kodiak Planning and Zon
ing Commission, proposing the
amendment of a portion of Block
19 Kodiak Townsite whereby Lot
11 would be subdivided into Lots
11A and 11B and Lot 15 would be
subdivided into Lots 15A and 15B
and said Lots 11B and 15B would
be joined with and become a part
of the amended plat composed of
Lots 11B, 12, 14, 15, 15B, 18A and
18B, 19A and 19B all of Block 19,
Kodiak Townsite which proposed
amendment has been approved by
the planning Commission.
NOW THEREFORE, NOTICE is
hereby given that a public hearing
will be held on said proposed
amendment pursuant to A.S. 40.
15.150 on Thursday, August 22nd,
1963 at 8.00 o’clock P.M. in the
Chambers of the Common Council
of the City of Kodiak at the City
Hall.
Douglas Preston
City Clerk
Published: August 2, 9 and 16th
1963
Legal Notice
the superior court for
THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
In the Matter of the Estate of )
WILLIAM C. ANDERSON, )
Deceased ’ )
No. 63155 P
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that Paul L. ANDERSON has
been appointed administrator of
the estate of WILLIAM C. ANDER.
SON.
A.11 persons who have claims
against the deceased must present
them with proper vouchers, not la
:er than December 15,1963. Claims
nust be presented to the admin
strator at the offices of Roy H.
Madsen, Blinn Building, p. o. Box
726, office of the attorney for the
ldministrator, at Kodiak, Alaska,
/s/ Paul L. Anderson
PAUL L. ANDERSON
Administrator
Published: August 2, 9, i« 23
1963. ’ ’
Ugai Notts—
TUB SUPERIOR COURT FOR
THE STATE OF ALASRA
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
EILEEN TUSSEY, Plaintiff )
VS. )
LEWIS M. TUSSEY, )
Defendant )
NOTICE TO ABSENT
DEFENDANT
To the above - named Defendant,
LEWIS M. TUSSEY:
You are hereby required to ap
pear in the Superior Court for the
State of Alaska, Third Judicial Dis
trict, within thirty (30) days after
the last publication of this Sum
mons; namely, within (30) days
after the 16th day of August, 1963,
in case this Summons is published,
or within twenty (20) days after
the date of its service upon you, in
case the Summons is served on you
personally, and answer the Com
plaint of the above-named Plain
tiff on file in the said Court in the
above-entitled matter.
Said Plaintiff in said suit de
mands that the Bonds of Matri
mony now existing between Plain
tiff and Defendant be forever dis
solved and set aside, and that
Plaintiff be granted an absolute
Decree of Divorce in this matter.
And in the event of your failure
to appear and answer, said Plain
tiff will take judgment against you
for want thereof, and will apply
to the Court for the relief demand
ed in her Complaint as heretofore
stated.
WITNESS THE HONORABLE
Edward V. Davis, Judge of the
Superior Court, and the Seal of
said Court hereunto affixed this
25th day of July, 1963.
A. M. VOKACEK, Clerk
By /s/ MABEL M. FENNER
Deputy Clerk
Published July 26th, August 2nd,
9th and 16th.
Legal Notice
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
Notice is hereby given that: The
Co-partnership hertofore existing
between A. H. MUEGGE and
FLETA MUEGGE, husband and
wife and MIKE P. FITZGERALD
and MARIANE R. FITZGERALD
under the fictitious name and stylo
of KODIAK HOTEL at Kodiak,
Alaska, is now dissolved by mutual
consent.
A. H. MUEGGE and FLETA
MUEGGE, have withdrawn from
and have ceased to be associated
in the carrying on of said business,
and MIKE F. FITZGERALD and
MARIANE R. FITZGERALD will
hereafter carry on said business
and they are entitled to all the part
nership property and have assum
ed and will pay any obligations of
the KODIAK HOTEL hereafter in
curred.
Said Co. - partnership is dissolv
ed as of August 10, 1963.
A. H. MUEGGE
FLETA MUEGGE
/s/ MIKE F. FITZGERALD
/s/ MARIANE R. FITZ
GERALD
Published August 16, 23, 30th,
1963.
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