Here There Everywhere
The vote in the recent Munici
pal elections can be interpreted as
meaning the people of Kodiak gen
erally favor the Sales Tax. The
four candidates who took a defi
nite stand in favor of it prior to
the election received the highest
votes. This is all the more remark
a !e since election day was the
second day it came into effect,
winch would emphasize the “nui
sance” angle all the more.
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Jim Brightman and Ole Johnson
are apparently the two most popu
lar men in town, at least election
wise. Jim polled 290 votes and Ole
277 in a total vote of 402. Not a
bad margin. In the case of the
former, maybe some of the credit
should go to the vigorous campaign
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carried on by him and his three
running mates. Leaflets dropped
from the sky, and of course, ad
vertising in the Mirror, apparent
ly brought their name* before the
public, and victory at the polls.
They were inadvertently helped
by another 'flood” of leaflets es- :
tablishing them as favoring the
Sales Tax. which was distributed
without any prior consent on their
part.
There were quite a few wasted
vote in the election. Write in can
didates who received one or two
votes included Johnny Morrison,
Ardis Fenner, Bryan Thorsheim,
Mary Sorum, Ole Olson, Bob Ache
son, Fred Brechen, Ray Shannon,
George Cornelius, Bob Johnson,
Tim Gilmore, Stan Nelson, Jack
Hinckel, Jim Brightman and Har
old Jonas. Ed Parker received
four votes. Some of these names
were entered as a joke—a joke
that could easily have backfired
in a strictly write-in election such
as this. Fortunately, most voters
take their ballot marking serious- ,
ly.
What do the people of Kodiak
think of the Sales Tax now that it
actually in force? It seems they
are taking it in their stride, and
are contributing the necessary
pennies without protest. The mer
chants, too, are finding it quite
simple to collect, although the big
gest trouble is the nuisance of sep
arating, where there is a fast turn
over. The larger stores, ton, have
the angle of purchase for out of
town delivery, which, of course,
is exempt. A little more time is re
quired to get some of the bugs out
of the tax structure as now out
lined.
Jack Hinckel of the Union Oil
Sales ran into a few snags on the
first day of operation of the
Sales Tax. He appeared before the
City Council, who concurred in an
interpretation of the Ordinance
that airlines fuel delivered on the
Base would not be taxable. Nor
would gasoline sold for resale, as
in a case mentioned at Middle Bay.
Tax on heating fuel, however, was
taxable, even though delivered to
the same place.
* * * * *
A lady in Michigan, a former
resident here, sent City Clark Nick
Frost a letter requesting an absen
tee ballot so she could vote in the
presidential election in November.
She forgot, or didn’t know, that
Alaska is still a colony, as Ernest
Gruening pointed out, and there
for her “second rate citizens'’ are
not entitled to vote. Orphans, we,
with just as great a love for our
country and interest in its welfare
as our fellow Americans, we can
not exercise the one great privi
lege and obligation of a free peo
pl. As a state, this will change. As
it is now, it is “a sore on the body
politic,” of Alaska, to apply a Jeff
ersonian phrase.
Millie Markham announces that
she has an all-girl band playing
now at the Montmartre Inn. Billed
as the “Dody J Trio,” the combin
ation is composed of Dody jeshke,
Norma Peterson and Mickie Bailey,
who play piano, sax and drums.
They played in Anchorage prev
ious to coming here.
* • * * •
Alaska has “coal to burn,” ac
cording to O. E. Darling of Sew
ard, Alaska, who just completed
a tour of the United States and a
survey of what will effect most the
economy of Alaska. Darling said
coal is still one of the most effici
ent methods of producing poyver.
Coal is one of the three things
that will spark the economy of
Alaska, according tp Darling. The
>ther two are oil and pulp mills.
The growth of these three indus
;ries in Alaska in the coming de
;ade should reflect on the Pacific
Northwest economy in a manner
reminiscent of the gold rush of the
;arly 1900’s and the military con
struction in the ’40’s,” Darling said.
(Continued to page 4)
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her mathematics course, a high
school teacher asked if anyone
knew the cheapest method of plac
ing a long distance telephone call.
Up shot one hand and the student
said: “Reverse the charges.”
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