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? City Council, Congratulations
I-ongrafillations, Council men, cm
your decision to fill the deep hole
•adjacent to the City Halt When
this land is reclaimed and made
serviceable you can look with
pride at some future date, because
you had a hand in maktrtg it so.
One particuar reason for offer
ing our congratulations is that the
venture h something new to most
of you. We have seen the same
thing accomplished all over the
United States. This project, thougn
small, will make valuable indeed,
land in an area that is valuable
in itself. Seemingly vaild objec
tions to dumping garbage within
the City limits have been raised
and no doubt have been raised in
every city that first tried it. But
the project carried out in the pre
scribed manner we feel sure, wi I
result in a s disl'aetory job to all
concerned. Again we say Congrat
ulations!
No Congratulations Here
We are downright sorry we
acid the City Council of that City
can’t offer the City of Anchorage
our congratulations on the out
come of the sales tax election.
Voters defeated the proposal to
levy a I per cent sales tax This
would have made a great differen
ce to a Council hard pressed for
monies to make necessary improve
merits and would have furnished
funds for streets, sewer and park
improvements.
We feel sure Kodiak has never
repotted having voted for the
lax, and though the voters were
divided at the time, to the extent
it almost ti ded, almost all of them
are unanimous in the opinion its
win k.s little hardship on anyone,
and the benefits to be derived far
outweigh the small inconvenien
ces. How else would the City
Council be able to plan the faeili
tie, foi the small boat harbor
hi.ms now in the making wlpch
will be a reality this summer.
Mayor Anderson ol Anchorage,
was quoted following the election,
as saying: “11 the people now want
improvements, such as streets and
sewers, they'll have to pay for
these things themselves, some
way”
It is unfortunate that Labor saw
fit to vote against it. The Central
Labor Council spearheaded the
opposition, and no doubt brought
about its defeat. They contend the
tax is inequitable and unfair.
In the meantime, a realistic view'
must be taken of the city’s pro
blems. The money must come from
somewhere. It will mean a raise
in the mill rate. In the end, the
property owners will pay more
and in the end the stable segment
of the community will foot the
bill. How easy it would have been
to spread it around.
In the meantime, progress in the
All American City has been slowed
down for as their Council has
found, money doesn’t grow on
trees.
Here There Everywhere
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KINDS FOB '
Aoproiu nations lull r\y v
Department ()'•;>! year 1 passed
Iasi week by the House provides
$20,OB?,II1 for the Department’s
Alaska program,
This is how the funds are spent:
$1,083,500 for the Bureau of Land
Management $2,300,000 for the
Geological Survey; $410,500 for the
Bureau of Mines; $3,753,417 for
the Fish and Wildlife Service;
15050,198 lor the National Park
Service; $0,872,830 for the Bureau
ot Indian Affairs; $113,000 for tlu*
Governors office; $48,000 for legi
slafive expenses and $4 million
for the. Alaska Public Works pro
gram.
' FI it SEALS, in 3011 1
: here were only 110,000 individual
fm seals in the Pribilof Islands. 1
Ti!ey have increased to the extent 1
1 Bore arc now one and a half mil- 1
■*un, according to testimony ‘
brought before the House commit ^
tee on Interior Department affairs
V population plateau” has been ‘
reached according to the FWS, ‘
uid females along with males will 1
probat be harvested this year 1
The . .eiagc price per sealskin '
has been $04.07. Total anticipated *
net receipts for 1958 fiscal year
•mount to $3,637,000. from the sale
of sealskins and fur-seal by
products.
1 * i,f RAILROAD IN BLACK.
It’s interesting to note, the Alaska
Railroad is expected “to stay in
the black” during the 1959 fiscal
year. This is in contrast to the rail
roads throughout the e o u n t r y,
whose plight is being made a study
of by Congress. A net profit was
shown by the ARR of $180,878.
We would hate to see the rail
road as a mode of transportation
iliscontinued. The sentiment is
nostalgic, but at the same time,
I here is no more restful land sur
face transportation than to go first
•lass by railroad and spend your
ime reading and anticipating the
text dining car meal, which you
enow you are going to enjoy to
he full. If only I could sleep on
me of those traveling bedrooms
mown as a sleeper!
I'he plight ol the railroads, now
i national problem, is character
zt*d by declining traffic and rev
nues, by depletion of working
apital, and by “grossly inade
inate” return on investment.
exports affect you.
* *
Approximately $20 billion worth of
American goods were exported in
1957. It is estimated that 4H mil
lion Americans depend on foreign
trade for their employment. The
ll.S. Department of Commerce
states that the adverse effects of
the 1954 business recession were
considerably minimized by the
pick-up in II.S. exports, especially
to Europe.
We go along with the Presi
dent's proposal to extend the
Trade Agreements Act for a mini
mum of 5 years, rather than the
short term as at present It would
add stability to tins important
sphere of our national economy
City
Council
Briefs
An agreement for mutal assistan
ce in ease of fire was read, which
was signed by (’apt. U.B. Jacoby
Commanding Officer of the Naval
Station and Mayor Coon.
COUNCIL REJECTS OFFER
FOR PLATTING AREA
Platting of the Mission Road
area at some future date will be
undertaken, but the Council re
jected any idea of accepting the
offer of Glen Eggers, former resi
dent here who offered to complete
the job at a cost to the City or the
residents in the area of $1,050.
A letter from City Attorney Russ
Arnett was read, in which he slat
ed Egger’s offer.
Eggers hud made a partial sur
vey some years ago, but the sur
vey was never competed. The
area in question is the north of
Miss:.on Road
By unanimous vote of the Coun
oil, the City Clerk was instructed
to write Mr. Arnett stating the
City had no dealings with Eggers
and that the present Council had
other plans.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my sincere
thanks to all donors, both from the
Base and town, who so generously
offered their blood to me during
my stay in the Griffin Memorial
Hospital recently.
(s) Mrs. Annie Chriitoffersen
NOTICK
There will be a meeting of the
Kodiak Airmen’s Association at 2
o’clock this afternoon at Kodiak
Airways office, Taguru Hoad, for
the purpose of discussing acquisi
tion of land for a Municipal Air
port.
All pilots and other interested
persons are urged to attend.
Waterfront
(Continued from Page I)
Portland, Ore., (A1). U. S. FWS
announces it is continuing a study
of the King Crab in the Bering
Sea.
This year the Service will send
the 07 foot halibut schooner Tord
enskjold north during months of
April through August for studies
in 77 positions. A group of six
scientists will be under the direc
tion of Fred C. Cleaver, Research
Biologist.
Crabs will be tagged, currents
and water temperatures studied to
determine the effect on distribu
tion of the giant crabs.
Kod ia k Outdoorsmen
Continued from Page U
Enthusiasm is high in the new
club, according to Chuck Ed ns,
Treasurer of the organization, and
a Kodiak businessman donated five
dollars to the dub to further its
work Edris also pointed out that
the club is open to all age groups.
‘‘Young people are just as impor
tant in making Kodiak Outdoors
men a good effective organization
as flic older members,” he said.
The next meeting will be held
Tuesday March 11, in the science
room of the downtown school.
Uttla people, give# 4.Httla autk
>ilty, become big pfbbletns.
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Policy Pointers
By Art Brooks
Recently a friend of mine
asked me if he could get his in
sura nee cheaper by going
through an insurance broker
The answer is no, and I will ex
plain the difference between
the position of a Broker and
that of an Agent.
Briefly, a Broker is an indi
victual licensed to handle in
suranee in the Territory. He
has a number of companies in
which he can place the coverage
for the assured. A Broker repre
sentx the person desiring the
coverage rather than the insur
ance company. He does not
have binding authority with the
company involved. He cannot
give you cheaper rates; anyone
dong so is rebating, which is <*
violation of the laws.
An Agent is a person licensed
to transact insurance, is quthor
ized to bind the companies he
represents and usually is etn
powered to handle claims for
the companies He keeps
abreast of the latest changes in
the insurance field and is able
to advise the insured on all in
surance matters. The position
of an Agent with the insurance
company is much closer than
that of a Broker due to the
greater volume of business that
he places with them. This posi
lion gives the Agent more
authority to deal with the com
pany for the insured than it
gives the Broker.
Qualified Counsel
Kodiak Insurance &
Building Carp.
Rhone 3401 or 2561
McBEAR
We Will Be 18 Years
Young On March 4,19S8
together, we have
dollars and our del
hundreds of homes
During that time we have prospered
been your Partners in Progress. Your
lars have been the means of providing
and other conveniences in Kodiak.
Again we pledge ourselves
needs of this community.
Your guess may win for you
glass jar full of money.
financial
the useful
to serve
March 5th
Rank of Kodiak
KODIAK, ALASKA