Survey Planned
For Island Road
A survey of the proposed Larson
BdyAJankie road is included in the
Tecommendatiotis of the Board of
Alaska Highway and Public Works
Department, to the Bureau of
PmoHc Roads.
Inis was one of the many ree
©o'.? endctions of a program for
Federal aid Highway maintenance
construction thrcu ghout Alas*
kn roT fiscal year 1959. Funds for
the 1959 program become avail
able July l, 1958, and preparations
of piano for approved projects will
be accomplished by Public Roads
Ihr winter.
teceral Aid money plus jthe
10^- Territorial contribution yield
ed a fatal sura of approx mately
$14,300,000 for expenditure on
Alu. ,aa roa*:.!s. In addition to this,
some $2,450,000 of Fores* Htghwav
funds wil. be available for use in
the National Forests area.
The total Federal Aid money is
distributed to the several Judicial
Divisions by means of a formula
which takes into account the rela
tive area, total existing road mile
age. population, vehicle ■registra
tiofts. fuel tax receipts and ana
lysis of current needs of each
Divisrkm
The breakdown according to
Divisions is as follows: First
Judicial Division. $4,086,000: Sec
Division. $837,000: Third Divi
$74172,000 and Fourth Divi
*»», $4,353,000.
Farm road construction with
Territorial funds for 1958 will be
l»^rainmed at the February.
1358 meeting of the Board. AD
requests for such work should be
sent to Mr. Lee Hubbard, Director
©f Highways. 1228 East Seventh
A venae. Anchorage, in triplicate.
I
Mr. Hubbard will alert the re
*Pecthne Board member and the
Juneau headquarters of the De
partment regarding these requests
and results of investigations. The
public is advised that the Board
member from their Division is
their special representative in
establishing priorities of work and
in bringing matters of local in
terest before the Board as a
whole.
Mr. Frank A. Metcalf. Commis
sioner of the Department, is also
Chairman of the Board. Mr. John
LeFevre of Cordova is the repre
sentative for this Division.
Aid Prospectors
With New Booklet
The University of Alaska school
of mines has made available to
the public a copyrighted printed
booklet titled “Geochemical Pro
specting"
The booklet is the revised
edition of one written last year
by Prof. Leo Mark Anthony, and
includes additional methods and
new information.
Geochemical prospecting supple
ments the older methods of
searching for ore deposits, accord
ing to the authors. The system
enables the prospector to seek out
invisible signs of mineralization
which have gone undetected in the
past Geochemical prospecting off
ers a new approach to the problem
of probing the prospecting areas
through the use of sensitive but
cheap and rapid analytical meth
ods. These help the prospector to
find mineral dispersion patterns
in water, soil, vegetation, sediment
-and rock.
Written in easily understand
able terms for all ranges of pro
spectors. the booklet is available
a: $2 from the school
Elks
Memorial Service
Otet “Deposited ’Si*t4er^'
Sunday, December 1, at 2 p.m.
Elks Lodge
Alt Elks are urged to attend
The Public Is Invited
Wimly Weather Cat Be Mere Of
A Menace Thai Yoi Thiik!!!
Check your TV antenna NOW for
proper guying and location. Be sure
your antenna doesn’t blow in to over
head fines.
Use extreme care when installing
antennas. Make sure contact is not
made with overhead powerlines dur
ing installation.
An antenna in contact with energiz
ed Power lines can be a lethal killer
in your home. .Protect yourself from
tilts menace.
Kodiik Electric Association lie.
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