Carpenter > kind
Wage Walk Out
Carpenters and laborers re
turned to their jobs Monday
at the new school following a
settlement of dispute over
retroactive pay.
The construction of the new
school was halted from Thurs
day, June 18, until the fol
lowing Monday morning. Sam
Bergesen, Tacoma Contractor
and holder of a contract with
the Alaska Public Works for
the school building construc
tion, arrived here from Ta
coma to sign the new agree
ment with the carpenters,
Carpenters Local 2162 asked
for retroactive pay to January
1, 1953 in the amount of 22 1-2
cents per hour. With the new
raise local carpenters now re
ceive $3 J)6 1-2 per hour.
The request for the back pay
was based on an agreement
between Alasxa General Con
tractors and the Alaska Coun
cil ot' Carpenters which be
came effective January 1.
1953.
A board of equalization for
the City of Kodiak will hear
complaints and make adjust
ments on tax assessments in
the evening between July 6
and 11, inclusive, City Clerk
Robert Hedloff announced this
' week.
, The board will meet at the
city hall and is composed of
members of the city council.
! The city fire department
1 sent a truck to the Masonic
Temple on Mill Bay Road Mon
day night to put out an oil fire
, near a stove in the basement
; of the building.
i William Loffiin, a piano tu
ner from Anchorage, is ex
• pected to arrive in Kodiak.
•I SI
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We will be closed the Fourth so we
can join you in celebrating the
Fourth of July. Plan to be in Kodiak.
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Pacific Northern Airiinis
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KODIAK-SEATTLE $102.:-:
KOOIAK-PORTLAND $109.*
KODIAK-JUNE AU $81. *
plus tax
For Reservations & Information
CALL 4131
Oily Water States
3o Up July I
The new raise in city water
rates will go into effect July 1.
An ordinance adjusting
water rates; establishing re
sponsibility for default of ser
vice payments and amending
ordinance 119 was approved
I following the second reading
by the council.
Under the new ordinance,
number 172, the rates for
every type of business, ser
vice and residences goes up
on the first of July,
The cannery rate per month
was amended whereby a can
nery pays per month for the
season on the number of “can
nery lines” using water.
A one line cannery will pay
$30 per month; two line, $65
per month and a three line
$100 per month Earlier it was
announced that canneries
would pay a flat rate of $100
per month.
The rates for residences will
| go from $3.50 per month to $4.
Businesses and other water
' users -will receive similiar in
creases.
It was planned to bill for
[ water every two months. How
ever the council decided a
j gainst this measure and the
bills will be due and payable
on the first of each month as
I they have in the past.
Territorial Fishing
Licenses Necessary
It is necessary that all per
sons fishing either in salt or
fresh water first secure their
territorial license stamps be
fore’ going fishing, according
i to a release from the Depart
ment of Taxation.
This territorial stamp is in
addition to the regular federal
fishing license.
The territorial stamp sells
■for $1.25 to residents and
$3.25 to non-residents and
may be obtained locally at the
U.S. Commissioner’s offiice.
“The licenses are subject to
inspection by authorized en
forcement agents and failure
[to procure and exhibit such
licenses is classed as a mis
demeanor under the law and
may subject the person to a
fine of not to exceed $100 or
not to exceed six month’s im
prisonment or both plus for
feiture of license,’’ according
to the Dept, of Taxation re
lease.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all who
contributed so generously to
our clothing drive for Ger
many, with a special thank
you to Jay Wolf who so kindly
cleaned many of the garments
for us.
Kodiak Chapter No 13
Order of the Eastern Star
NOTiCfc
The Territorial School Tax
for the 1953 year are now due
| and payable at the U.S. Com
| missioner’s office. Persons
1 gairnfully employed and be
I tween the ages of 21 to 55, in
j elusive, are liable for the tax.
Children's Books
A1 City Library
A group of children’s books,
has been received at. the Ko
diak Community Library, as a
gift from the Salida, Colo.,
Business and Professional
Women’s Club.
Included are the White Ele
phant, Chatterlings in Word
land, Skating Gander, The
Cat Whose Whiskers Slipped,
Red Eagle, Really-So Stories,
Buddy Jim, Adventures in the
Open, Adventures in Geogra
phy, The Turned Into’s, Water
People, and Kimo.
Also newly received at the
library were the following, do
nated by Mrs. Barney Corga
telli: First the Blade, by May
rant; Postmarked Moscow,
Kirk; Son of One Hundred
Kings, Costain; and the Road
to Bithynia, Slaughter.
Read the Classifieds
Coroner's Jury
Clears Riley
A jury cf six men cleared
Albert Riley of any blame in
the death of John Nels Jensen
on June 19, at the city dock.
The jury found that Jen
sen’s death was accidental
that it was caused by a brain
injury received after he fell
under the wheels of a moving
vehicle.
Riley was the driver of a
taxi cab that backed over Jen
sen at the dock. Several wit
nesses were called to testify.
Among them were Ovid
“Mac” McKinley, former
chief of police, and Mrs. Mc
Kinley who were looking out
their window at Jensen when
the accident occured.
Members of the jury were
T. P. Gilmore, Bill Poland,
Bud Metzgar, Glen Martin,
Thomas Renshaw and John
Wolf.
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