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VOL. 27 NO. 46
KODIAK, ALASKA, NOVEMBER 16, 1957
PRICE 10 CENTS
Statehood In 1958
Gruening Predicts
Expressing complete optimism
In Alaska becoming a state next
year, former Governor of Alaska,
Ernest Gruening, addressed a
large gathering of Chamber of
Commerce members Thursday.
The former governor summarized
his reactions to the feeling preva
lent in Congress and throughout
tie nation on the question. He
was introduced by John Gibbons,
president of the Chamber.
Gruening as Senator-elect under
the Tenrossee plan was in Vv ;sh
ington during the past congres
sional sessions. Learning at first
hand the objections to granting
of statehood—such as Alaska be
ing a land of glaciers, ice and
snow; the distances in Alaska: not
great enough population; and
Alaska being non-contiguous.
These arguments, he said, did not
apply anymore—with me
transportation and communication.
Gruening stated statehood for
Alaska will change Alaska’s e(?ono
my, but will, in his belief, cost
little more than under the jresewt
status. “Alaska will then render
the cervices as any other state, in
cluding those forbidden by the
Organic Act.” He expressed the
belief the fishing decline is due in
some measure to Alaska not, man
aging its fisheries.
Citing some of the assets, which
be said will pay for stab mod.
Gruening included the Pribilof
seal industry, and royalties from
oil, and the millions of ac >> of
land in Alaska. “There is always
an influx of new people and busi
ness under statehood,” he said.
"No price is too high to pay for
full statehood.”
The various causes of the high
cost of living were reviewed.
Gruening, who was governor for
II years, stated Alaska has been
Deer — Waterfowl
Season To Close
The open deer season in Unit 8,
which includes Kodiak and Afog
xt&k, will close on the evening of
November 30. The limit is one
track with antlers.
* A number of hunters have teen
successful, as about 85 deer have
been taken. Deer are still In excel
lent condition and a number have
keen checked which weighed 140
150 pounds field dressed, with a
few tipping the scales over 170
pounds. Hunter cooperation has
been good and over 50 deer jaws
have been turned in to the Fish
and Wildlife Service for ageing
purposes. Excellent hunting is
still to be had in Ouzinkie Nar
rows, Whale Pass, Anton Larsen,
as well as out the Chiniak road. *
The main waterfowl season
closes on November 29 on most
species; however, it continues to
December 15 on old squaw, harle
quin^ scoter and eider ducks.
Shooting hours for waterfowl are
one-half hour before sunrise to
sunset. No shooting hours exist for
deer bunting.
discriminated against—in trans
portation, freight rates, highways,
He stated the U.S. is building a
tremendous road system in foreign
countries. “Four billion dollars
are being spent in 68 countries
overseas,” he said. “Seventy-five
million dollars is being spent on
South American highways alone.
Alaskans are helping to pay for
it,” , , • - .. ' *
The Senator-elect concluded his
add • - Ti/ saying: “With God’s
heip. 1 hope we get Statehood in
the next session of Congress.”
Among those present at tl-:
meeting, which was held at the
Island Pun-tain, besides the mem
bers, \ re Douglas Preston, new
Cit,1 Clerk: Capt. R.B. Jacoby,
Commanding Officer, U. S. Naval
Station; Art Molvar, skipper of
diedgt “Husky”, Kay,Poland, Mrs.
A K raes Johnson, and Mrs.
Carolyn Floyd.
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City
Council
Briefs
?Um; dating that the cost should
not exceed $2,000, council mem
bers at Monday night’s meeting
unanimously agreed that Victor C.
Rive rs Registered Engineer,
shouts make a survey of Mission
Road trotn 6th Street to the City
limits.
Th* physical survey is to be car
ried -rut for Rivers by A1 Chuio
nard^iitd Hugh Tyler. The purpose
of the survey will be to ascertain
the center line of the road and to
make it a uniform width of 40
feet throughout.
Councilman DeWitt Fields in
quired whether the City would
have to buy ground from individu
als where it is found that the sur
veyed road passes over their
land. Carl Huer was of the opinion
that most people along the route
would be willing to grant ease
ments.
Council agreed to buy 426 feet
of land from the Central Labor
Temple Inc. so that the corner at
Brooklyn Avo. and Alaska ' Waiy
could be widened. The road al
ready passes over a portion of the
land owned by the Temple.
The (purchase price agreed was
$1.12% cents per square foot, plus
the cost of restaking the property,
The question of whether the City
was ci eating a precedent by buy
ing land when a road needed
widening was put by Dick Berg. It
was thought that this was a special
case as the land had been survey
ed.
DeWitt Fields made the motion
that the City should buy the land;
seconded by Bill Worth.
A suggestion made by Did?
Berg that it should be determined
from City Attorney Russell Arnett
whether a new Territorial Law
makes it mandatory for cities tc
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New City Clerk
Assumes Office
Douglas Preston, former Mayor
of Fairbanks, arrived Wednesday
to take over his new duties as City
Clerk Treasurer.
He is a former accountant with
the NC Company in Fairbanks and
has been mayor for the past two
terms.
Famous Contralto
Here November 23
The celebrated. Norwegian con
tralto, Eva Gustavson, will be the
star of the tecond gala event on
the current Alaska Mush; Trail
series, and will make her bow be
fore the Kodiak audience on Sat
urday, November 23rd in the High
School Auditorium.
of stars at the Stockholm Royal
Opera induced her to sail for
Sweden, a-nd her following reasons
were divided between opera ap
pearances and concert tours
throughout Norway, Sweden, Eng
land and France. In 1956, prior to
leaving for the U.S.A., she sang in
Wagner’s “Gotterdammerung” op
posite Kirsten Flagstad and Set
Svanholm.
Assisting Miss Gustavson at the
piano will be Dr. Gerhard Alber
sheim, the brilliant accompanist
to singers such as Lotte Lehman,
Lauritz Melchior, Ezio Pinza.
Jussi Bjorling, etc. Lis ^d in the
International Who is Who in
Music, and a member of the
American Musicological Society,
Dr. Albersheim received his musi
cal education in Cologne and
EVA GUSTAVSON
The festivities which the entire
musical world will hold this fall to
commemorate the 50th anniver*
sary of Edvard Grieg’s death, make
Eva Gustavson’s -appearance par
ticularly timely, since this artist
is considered a renowned inter
preter of the great Norwegian
composer’s songs.
Born in Horten on the Oslo
Fjord* Eva Gustavson began her
career with concerts in the Scan
dinavian countries, but soon was
acclaimed as an operatic star. Her
sensational presentation of Car
men led to an engagement of 26
performances of the same role at
the National theatre in Oslo.
Her debut in the U.S.A. took
place with Toscanini and the NBC
Orchestra. Tbi famous maestro
auditioning singers for the role of
Amneris in his forthcoming broad
cast of Verdi’s “Aida”* heard Eva
Gustavson twice; the second time
he himself sat at the piano while
she sang through the entire role.
An invitation to join the roster
Vienna. Active as pianist, conduc
tor musicologist and lecturer, he
has beon for a number of years
on the music faculty of the
University of California at Los
Angeles, and since 1956 is Assis
tant Professor of Music at Los
Angeles State College. His appear
ance on this tour has beon made
possible through a special leave of
absence for this purpose.
23 Per Cent Of SBH Completed
Breakwater Level To Be Raised
Despite a late start, the Manson
Osberg dredging and breakwater
construction of the Small Boat
Harbor is right on schedule. Of
tko work called for in their con
tract, 23 per cent is completed.
The south east breakwater
reached its required distance of
760 feet yesterday and it will be
completed when three feet have
been added to its level.
Thomas H. Tice, resident engi
neer for the Corps of Engineers,
explained why level of the break
water was being built up in twr
stages. “When completed, the sur
face width will be only six feet—
not wide enough for a truck to
ride. The additional lovel of three
ieet will be dumped by the trucks;
starting at the far end of th* ,
breakwater and working inshoro/"'
he said.
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Crab Tagged To
Study Growth
District biologist for Alaska De
partment of Fisheries, Roy Rickey,
and other members of the depart
ment here, jagged 300 undersized
King Crab this week as part of
their growth, stutfr program being,
directed by Riekpy.
The crab were brought in from
Marmot Bay by Hiram McAllister
in his boat Miss Arctic and tagged
by the department at the City
Dock.
The tags used were rodt plaatie
spagtietti-like ones, said Rickey;
which were inserted through tb -
isthmus under the back of the
carapace, or shell, of the crab
Attached then wa"s a round while
Peterson disc tag on which the
data was written.'
Rickey said that the crab were
taken back to Marmot Bay when
tagging was completed and when
the crab are grown to a commer
cial size and caught by fishermen,
he is most anxious to get back the
tag, intact on. the crab, so that the
growth can be measured and re
corded, For every tagged crab re
ceived, the Department will pay
a $2.00; award and live crab will fcc
returned to the owner.
The depa rtment has been tagg
ing crab for two years in this area
Advance Tickets i
For Basketball 4
Advance tickets are now on sale
for the big basketball games oa
November 28 and 27 when th?
Kodiak Bears play host to the
Anchorage Eagles with a two game
series.
There will t>3 two fast and
exciting games each night with a
“B” game at 6:30 p.m. and the
main games at 8 p.m.
Tickets may be obtained from
any member of the Bears team anS
the cheerleaders. Price is $1.25.
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Dr. Gerhard Albersheim