VOL. 16 NO. 33
News of oAmenca • Last Frontier”
KODIAK. ALASKA, AUGUST 18, 195?
PRICE 10 CENT!
Sales Tax
October 1
The Sales Tax Ordinance will go
into effect October 1, it was learn
ed at the Council meeting held
Monday night. The date was set
by vote with only one Councilman
dissenting. Two more readings of
the ordinance are required. Meet
ings at which the ordinance is
read, are open to the public There
were about a half dozen spectators
present at the first reading.
The City Council struck a snag
when it was considering the Sales
Tax Ordinance, which was up for
first reading Monday night. All
Council members were present.
The Ordinance passed the first
reading With two dissenting votes.
The snag was to define the 10
mile limit. The ordinance specifies
all purchases within a ten mile
radius of Kodiak are subject to the
sales tax. The Councilmen thought
the wording of the ordinance on
extemptions from this were some
what ambiguous, and misleading.
The wording of the section deal
ing with this, which was finally
adopted read in part as “at a dis
tance greater than a radius of ten
miles from the City of Kodiak.”
Orders taken outside the ten mile
radius are not taxable.
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Three Bands
Play Tonight’s
Cancer Dance
Tonight is the Cancer Crusade
dance, which is being held at the
Elks Hall. The music for dancing
will be furnished by three local
musical organizations who will do
nate their services.
Dancing will begin at 8:30 when
the City Dudes will provide the
music. This popular trio, headed
by Vfiy Bruner, will play by cour
tesy pf the Beachcombers. At 11:30
p. m. the Casino Trio will take
over tlu; band stand. They will
play by courtesy of the Club Ca
sino for a half hour. At 12 mid
night the Waialeale Brother and
Sister team will play Hawaiian
music through the courtesy of the
Mecca Lounge. All three bands
play in a different style, and
should furnish the big crowd ex
pected variety in dancing music.
Entertainment also is promised.
Tickets can be purchased only at
the door. A 21” Zenith TV set will
be given away at the dance. Tick
ets to the dance are one dollar per
person.
It must be emphasized the dance
is tonight, and not August 28 as
advertised.
POSITIONS OPEN
ON NAVAL STATION
The United States Civil Service
Region announces that applica
tions are being accepted for Office
Machine Repairman and Automo
tive Body and Fender Mechanics
with the Navy Department at Adak
and Kodiak, Alaska. Pay for duty
at Kodiak is $2.96 to $3.20 an hour
and at Adak from $3.10 to $3.36
an hour.
Applicants should have at least
three years experience in the po
sition for which applying.
Stevenson Is
Demos Choice
Chicago (AP). Adlai Stevenson
was nominated Thursday night
for the presidency on the Demo
cratic ticket after he carried the
first ballot with 905% votes. This
was far in excess of the 686%
votes needed for the nomination.
Averell Harriman trailed far be
hind with 210, with the other of a
total of 1372 votes scattered among
the seven “favorite son" candi
dates. A resolution to make it a
victory by acclamation was pre
sented by Gov. Raymond Gary of
Oklahoma, who said he was speak
ing also for Harriman, who held
out hope throughout the day he
might still have a chance despite
the obvious overwhelming trend
toward the former governor.
Harry Truman, who backed Har
riman with all his support, openly
criticizing Stevenson frequently
and saying he couldn't win, said
after the vote was taken: “The
Democrats are going to win."
The Pennsylvania delegation put
Stevenson in the race handing him
67 of its 74 votes to put him well
beyond the required total. Seven
Pennsyvania votes went to Harri
man. The auditorium rang with
cheers as the Pennsylvania dele
gation announced it was casting
sufficient votes to put Adlai
Stevenson over the top—67.
Earlier, Senator Magnuson was
nominated for the presidency by
Senator Jackson.
Senator Kefauver captured the
Democratic Vice-presidential nom
ination on the second ballot late
Friday afternoon.
Numerous States had switched
votes after the second ballot roll
call to put him over the top after
he trailed Sen. John Kennedy 662
to 645 at completion of roll call.
Clinic Open Today
Polio Shots will be administered
at the Health Center today be
tween 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., accord
ing to the Kodiak Health Nurse,
Mrs. Clough.
This is for children from 6
months of age to 14 years who
nave not had two shots so far.
Enrollment
Begins Soon
Public school enrollment for the
fall term will be conducted dur
ing the week of August 27 through
31, it was announced this week by
School Superintendent, Ivor
Schott.
High school pupils are requested
to come to the principal’s office
between the hours of 9 a. m. and
4 p. m. any day, Monday through
Friday, August 27 through 31. A
$5.00 book deposit, payable at the
time of enrolling, is required of
all high school students.
Kindegarten, grade 1 and grade
2 children will be enrolled on Mon
day, August 27, from 9 a. m. to
12 noon. Kindergarten children
who enrolled last spring for the
fall term need not re-enroll. Kind
ergarten and grade 1 children
must bring birth certificates with
them when enrolling.
Grade 3, grade 4 and grade 5
will be enrolled on Tuesday, Aug
ust 28, from 9 a. m. to 12 noon.
Grade 6, grade 7 and grade 8 will
be enrolled on Wednesday, Aug
ust 29, from 9 a. m. to 12 noon.
Dedication of the new high
school building will be Sunday,
September 9. The program will
begin at 2 p. m.
Following the program, which
will last about an hour, tours of
inspection will be conducted
throughout the building.
Pack This Year
Far Below Normal
The fish pack figures for this
area, as released by Roy Lindsley
of the FWS, show 233,890 cases
packed for the season, up to the
season's closure last Saturday. An
additional 10,000 is the estimate
for the last few days of canning.
This represents all species.
Broken down, the pack is as fol
lows: Reds, 27,992; Kings, 154;
Pinks 199,641; Chums, 53,695 and
Cohoes, 2,408. Pinks canned last
year totaled 525,332 cases. By com
parison, two years ago 382,000
cases represented the catch.
Deer Hunting
Next Week
The deer season in the Kodiak
Afognak Island area opens Mon
day, August 20 and will continue
to October 15. The limit is one
buck with three inch antlers or
larger per hunter. The elk season
will open on September 1 and con
tinue through September 20 in the
same area. One bull with forked
horns or larger will be the legal
limit per hunter.
This year the Fish and Wildlife
Service is again asking successful
hunters to save one side of the
lower jaws on these two animals.
By obtaining lower jaws the FWS
is able to age the animal and thus
determine age compositions of the
deer and elk herds. “This vital in
formation is necessary to properly
manage the herds and cooperation
by hunters will be appreciated,”
Will Troyer stated. Jaws can be
turned into the Fish & Wildlife
Service office or call Will Troyer
at 4294 or 3584. Ray Mullens will
collect jaws at the Naval Base and
can be contacted by calling 250 or
247.
In addition to the deer and elk
seasons the ptarmigan season will
open on August 20 and continue
to April 15. The limit is 20 birds
per day.
Bear season on the Chiniak Pen
insula and the Afognak Island
area opens on September 1 and on
the remainder of the Island on
September 20.
Ross’ May Leave
Major and Mrs. Douglas Ross
and family are expected to leave
next month for Washington, D. C.
The Major is Officer-in-charge of
the ACS office here.
Though he has not been official
ly notified, Ross has been nomi
nated as ACS Liason Officer with
headquarters in the Pentagon
building at the Nation’s Capitol.
the Major came here on Novem
ber 30, 1954. Pervious to that he
was stationed at Seattle.
ARCHIE LEWIS IN STATES
Archie Lewis is in the States
for medical attention and an -op- ;
eration.
Mounting A Kodiak Bear Shown In Film
The Kodiak bear receives a
great deal of attention from hunt
ers while he is alive. But what
happens to a trophy bear after he
is shot was vividly brought out by
Bert Klineburger, Manager of
Jonas Bros, of Seattle, in a talk
before the Rotary Club last Tues
day.
Klinburger’s talk was illustrated
with movies in color, in which he
brought his audience through the
various processes for mounting
the hunters trophy. First was
shown various examples of mount
ing, which included bears, sheep,
goats and other animals.
The bear has to be practically
reconstructed and the length of
his leg bones determined. These
are made of wood since it is im
possible for the hunter to furnish
them. A. wooden skeleton is made,
covered over with wire, and mod
eling clay applied. The clay, the
speaker said, is the same as child
ren use in school. The model is
then roughed out. At this stage
the constructed bear weighs about
a thousand pounds.
After the clay is smoothed out,
a hardening clay is applied. This
sets in about ten minutes. It is
applied about one inch thick. Alter
hardening, the “bear” is then cut
up into various parts, the insides
removed. The various parts of the
body are lined with a leatherlike
material.
When the bear is again put to
gether, form glue is applied and
the skin placed on. The hide,
which had been stretched prev
iously and allowed to dry to its
natural size, has been placed on
the model during its construction,
assuring a good fit when complet
ed. When it is glued on in the
final process, the hide is smoothed
out, and sewed together.
Glass eyes are used for obvious
reasons. The bears gums are
formed of latex and his natural
teeth replaced by plastic ones. The
latter are used, Klineburger said,
because the bear’s natural teeth
deteriorate. It takes about three
months to complete a mounted
bear, Klineburger said, and costs
about $1000.
Pictures were also shown of
mounting a 15,000 lb. killer whale.
The huge mammal was stuffed for
a carnival, and had to be cut into
14 pieces for mounting.
Others who attended the meet
ing besides local members were:
Frank McConaghy, John Cushing,
Jess Ballard, Mr. Van Spang, Har
old G. Pomeroy, Hobart Dawson,
Alf Madsen, Chaplain David
Schindrich of the U. S. A. F, Capt.
R. C. Ray ar.d Randall McFarland.
Along The
Waterfront
Boats are once again lining the
waterfront, returning home after
a mediocre season fishing. The
season closed Saturday, and, but
for late catches of salmon, which
necessitate some canneries work'
ing over the weekend, the season’*
pack remained about the same.
See elsewhere for the total pack.
Alvine and Gibson have been
making a few repairs this week.
Stan is back from his trip outside.
They had “the Banshee in for
pairs. She was towed in along,
with the Popeye, by the Totem.
Ronald Kepiinger is the skipper.
Dave Murphys Western is in for
repairs again. The boatworks is
making repairs on the Chief Sku
gaid, a Canadian halibut boat*
She is at the City Dock with a bad
ly damaged prop.
Jack Johnson reports a lot of
activity at the City Dock. The
Lucidor came in Thursday, dis
charged her deckload before going
to the Base. She returned Friday
night for the unloading of her
cargo, which amounted to about
110 tons all told. The Coastal
Rambler will be in about August
28. The San Juan power barge.
Logger, is tied up to the dock to
load freight for the Cannery. The
Moonlight Maid, of Seattle, is
overdue >vith a barge, load of ma
terial from Anchorage for the
White Alice project.
Soupy weather has hampered
the return of the cannery workers
to the States. Devious means have
been, employed to effect their
evacuation. Kodiak Airways planes
have landed at Anton Larsen’s
Bay, where the weather was clear,
and the workers transported to
PNA. The bulk of the men have
been returned to their hornet '
This operation should be com
pleted next week.
Majestic Sinks
The fishing boat Majestic sank
in the deep waters of the Shelikoff
straits -Sunday morning, after at
tempts -were made by her crew to
save her. She sank about 12 miles
off shore near Wide Bay.
John Jorgensen and his crew,
John Jorgensen, Jr., deckhand, and
Lars Myhre engineer, first noticed
the boat leaking abou? 11:30 Sat
urday morning. They began pump
ing and according to their report,
attempted to contact the Coast
Guard from 12 noon to 3 o'clock,
but without success.
The fishing boats Popeye and
Banshee came along side at about
6 o’clock. None of the boats had
sufficiently large enough pumps
to pump her out She sank Sun
day morning about 9 o’clock with
her load of 9,402 sa!r.::,:i aboard.
The Majestic was involved in a
previous accident and was soft
patched to enable her to carry o#
fishing operations The patch,
which was put on by Stan Aivine
on the starboard side, loomed up
intact as the boat listed tc port
side, as it sank. Cause of the sink
ing is not definitely known.