VOL. 21, NO. 89_ KODIAK, ALASKA, OCTOBER 13, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTS
on the waterfront
Bartlett Heads
Fisheries Study
Fisheries and transportation
problems will be aired at a meet
ing here next Wednesday, Oct. 18,
when Sen. E. L. (Bob) Bartlett,
heading a Senate Subcommittee of
the Commerce department, will ar
rive in Kodiak.
The meeting is open to the pub
lic, and anyone interested is invited
to participate. Other members of
the committee coming here are Mr.
Harry Huse, Mr. John M. McElroy
and Mr. George A. Monick.
The meeting will convene in the
Courtroom in the post office build
ing, beginning at 8 p. m.
Meetings are being held through
out Alaska by the committee com
ing here. Hearings are also being
held in the State of Washington
and in Oregon and California.
Tidelands Titles
Under Discussion
Tidelands may prove a knotty
problem in Kodiak, according to
City Manager Bill Poland.
A bill from Hubbell & Waller
for the balance owed the firm for
an engineering survey on the tide
lands was presented. The firm had
been paid a total of $2,326.62 on a
$9,997 bill. The Council voted to
pay half of the $7,671 balance.
It was impossible to make pro
vision in the budget for payment
of this account, according to Po
land. Survey costs, he said, will be
divided and borne by tidelands
owners. This may take about a year
or even more before tidelands ac
quisition can be made,
Poland stated it was impossible
for residents facing tidelands to
acquire the land. Certain improve
ments which existed prior to 1957
are the only ones considered by
the State.
ASC Adds Ship
Not all freight destined for Ko
diak will arrive on the m/v Tata
lina, which is scheduled in Kodiak
Oct. 19, according to Lou Veerman,
Alaska Steamship agent here.
Veerman stated there was an
overflow of cargo for the Tatalina
trip this time. The added freight
will be brought here via the m/v
Tonsina leaving Seattle Oct. 14 and
arriving here Oct. 21. The ship will
call at Women’s Bay also.
American Legion
Service Officer
Here For A Day
Joseph M. Briones, American
Legion Department Service Offi
cer, was a visitor here Thursday.
He was guest of honor at a dinner
held at the 49 Room Thursday
evening.
The Department officer is on a
tour of all the American Legion
posts in Alaska. He has already
visited Fairbanks, Nome, Anchor
age, Seward, and Kenai Peninsula
posts. From here he will go to
Palmer, Glennallen, Valdez, Cor
dova and Juneau.
Briones was accompanied by
Robert M. Potter, Veterans employ
ment representative, U. S. Depart
ment of Labor.
Adm. G. Ricketts
To Visit Kodiak
Admiral Claude V. Ricketts,
USN, who will become Vice Chief
of Naval Operations on November
1, is scheduled to arrive at the
Naval Station here, Monday, Oc
tober 16.
Admiral Ricketts’ visit is part of
a 19-day trip to acquire first-hand
information about naval and mili
tary affairs in Alaska, Hawaii, and
the Western Pacific.
Prior to his selection as Vice
Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral
Ricketts was Commander Second
Fleet and Commander Strike
Force, Atlantic.
He is a designated naval aviator
and saw action in the Pacific dur
ing World War II. Among his var
ious citations is a Letter of Com
mendation for his distinguished
service aboard the battleship USS
WEST VIRGINIA during the at
tack on Pearl Harbor, December 7,
1941.
ADM. C. RICKETTS
Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
Did you know that each rat in
this town costs you $20 a year? We
don’t mean any two-legged variety
who might come to your mind, but
the four-legged kind that come into
town about this time of year. They
seem to consult their calender, or
what ever it is that rats get the
word from to move into warmer
places with winter just around the
corner.
What started this unpleasant
train of thought was a visit from
Harry E. Carter, District Sanitar
ian, who has rats very much on his
mind these days. He’d just as soon
they be wiped out right now with
out fattening up on garbage he sees
around. He says some people are
pretty careless about leaving gar
bage can lids off—a great conven
ience for the rats.
* * *
One could write endlessly about
rats and the damage they do, what
to do to control them, etc., etc., but
here are a few terse statements
made by Carter, which offer much
Two Councilmen
Sworn Into Office
Two new coucilmen, Morris
“Red” Burnham and Eldon Lester
were sworn in Thursday evening at
a meeting of the City Council. The
two, newcomers to City politics, re
place outgoing councilmen Fred
Brechan and John “Blackie” Pat
terson. The men were sworn in by
City Clerk Doug Preston.
Considerable discussion was
evoked by a suggestion offered by
City Manager Bill Poland that the
City take advantage of funds avail
able from the OEDP. This is part
of the Federal Area Redevelop
ment Act, which was enacted to aid
election districts in economic de
velopment.
The question that arose was:
What group is to serve in the ca
pacity of a commission to be con
tacted or study municipal needs
that would come under provisions
of the act? It was brought out by
Poland that aid is not confined to
municipal or other local bodies of
governments, but to individuals or
groups in private industry when
that industry affects tlhe economic
well-being of the community. He
said it is not to be confused with
WPA projects, but it provides
cheap money at the going rate of
interest the government pays—to
expand services, provide employ
ment, raise the economic standards
in a community.
The Council voted to endorse
the recommendation of the Cham
ber of Commerce to have the Civic
Planning Commission also serve as
an economic commission to ex
plore the needs here and possible
use of the funds.
A letter from the Department of
Highways of the State was read in
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Piano Team Opens Concert Season Here
As Milton And Peggy Salkind Appear
THE OPENING CONCERT OF THE 1961 MUSIC TRAILS series
will feature Milton and Peggy Salkind, with their four hands at one
piano. The concert opens at 8:15 p. m. Monday in the high school aud
itorium.
The opening concert of the season will be another first for Ko
diak audiences, for it is the first presentation here of a four-hands-at
one-piano.
The visiting artists will open their program with the gay Marche
Caracteristique of Shubert. Other numbers include Schubert’s Fan
tasy in F minor, Op. 103, and Sonata in D major, K. 381 by Mozart.
Other composers whose works are included on the program are De
bussy, Robert Kurka, Bizet and Francis Poulenc.
Small Boat Harbor Use Taxes Facilities Kodiak Airstrip
Small Boat Harbor usage has out
grown its present facilities City
Manager Bill Poland told the Coun
cil Thursday evening.
Every berth in the harbor is
taken, Poland stated. The big prob
lem now, according to him, is the
length of boats using the harbor.
The harbor was designed for boats
shorter in length. Due to the length
of boats, additional cross wharf,
planned for the harbor, cannot be
added, he said.
Proposals for additional facili
ties are now being studied. Con
struction of an outer bi’eakwater
was mentioned as a possible solu
tion, utilizing the water adjacent.
Dog Bay was mentioned as another.
A questionaire is being sent out
food for thought: “Rats cause sick
ness and death; rats destroy prop
erty; rats and mice contaminate
food; rats and mice breed rapidly
—cause damage in a short time;
rats chew electrical wiring and
cause fires. He hit a sore spot
wthen he hit the pocketbook with:
‘‘Each rat costs you about $20 per
year.”
* * *
Carter went on to say he took a
trip with the garbage truck around
Kodiak and said he was surprised
to find out that about a third of
our citizens are somewhat negli
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to canneries and possible users as
to number of boats, size, etc., to de
termine additional facilities need
ed. The State is expected to have
$75,000 to $100,000 available for
SBH use by June, 1962.
Poland said the City is working
on a method of preventing ice for
mation in the harbor.
Sitka Celebrates
Alaska Purchase
Historic Sitka will hold its annual
celebration Tuesday and Wednes
day, Oct. 17 and 18, in commemora
tion of the day in 1867 when the
U. S. purchased what is now the
49th State from Czarist Russia. Oct.
18 is Alaska Day.
The two-day observance begins
with a historical pageant “In This
Place,” which describes the landing
at Sitka of Baranof, and' depicts
Alaskan history through the years
to the attainment of statehood.
Wednesdays activities will be
climaxed with a Military Ball, with
Gov. William Egan as guest of
honor.
IIINCKELS IN KETCHIKAN
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hinckel are in
Ketchikan this week, attending the
Alaska State Chamber of Com
merce Convention being held there.
Jack Hinckel is representing the
Chamber of Commerce here as a
delegate.
Traffic Is Up
Kodiak’s new municipal airstrip
was described as proving a boon to
business and the community gen
erally with out-of-town planes us
ing the strip in increasing numbers.
Chuck Weir, chairman of the Air
port Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, reporting to that group
at the Thursday noon luncheon
meeting in the Town Club, told the
members that a close study is being
made in an attempt to acquire ad
ditional land adjacent to the air
port, now belonging to ACS and
soon to be turned over to the State.
Acquiring the land, he said is go
ing to take some time, at least a
year. He said he feels the commit
tee has the cooperation of the BLM
and State officials in the lands de
partment and that when the land is
turned back to the state Kodiak
will have a good chance of acquir
ing it.
Weir told the group of several
visitors, some from Illinois, Den
ver, Colorado, and elsewhere who
have used the airstrip recently. He
stated it will be necessary to re
surface portions of it soon.
City Manager Bill Poland spoke
at length on the possibilities of
utilizing funds from the Overall
Economic Development Board. He
said the federal funds were avail
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