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"News of ^Americas Last Frontier’
VOL 12 NO 32
KODIAK, ALASKA OCTOBER 11, 1952
PRICE 10 CENTS
Territorial Election
To Be Held Tuesday
a iic pun liccli campaigning
through the press and radio
reached the peak today as vo
ters reeled under the blast and
grimly planned their ballots
for the Territorial Election
Tuesd9y.
To vote in the territorial
election a person must have
resided within the territory
for one year and in his voting
predinct for the pas t 30 days.
He must also be a citizen of
the United States over the
age of 21 years.
Kodiak residents living with
in the corporate limits of fhe
city may cast their ballot at
Hie city hall. Those voters liv
ing outside the city limits will
vote at the Union Hall. This
includes residents of Woody
Island, Mill Bay Road and
Mission Road. Voting hours
are from 8 am to 8pm.
Voters living at Kodiak:
Naval Station will vote at the
community center on E street.
Voting hours are the same as
for Kodiak and vicinity.
Persons going to the polls
to vote will register immediat
ely prior to marking their
ballots.
Twenty Republican and
Democratic canidates are seek
ing the 10 seats in the Terr
itorial House from the Third
Division.
Delegate E. L. Bartlett is
opposed by Republican Bob
Reeve for Delegate to Cong
ress. This race will be closely
followed by all voters in the
Territory.
John Gorsuch and Marshall
Hoppin, Republicans, and
Steve McCutcheon and Wil
liam Egan, Democrats, are
running for the two seats in
the Senate. This is for a four
year term.
Jack Conright and Paul
Robison, Republicans are seek
ing the two year seat.
Gerald Williams, Democrat, is
unopposed for the office of At
torney General.
Neil Moore, Democrat in
cumbent, and Anita Garnick,
Republican, are after the job
of Auditor for Alaska. Frank
Metcalfe is opposed by Irving
Reed for Highway Engineer.
Three reports of a prowler
around houses along Mission
Road have been reported to
the police within the past 10
-days.
The prowler is described as
around six feet tall and weigh
ing between 180 and 190
pounds.
Mission Koad residents are
requested to notify the police
of ^ny similar disturbances.
Voters To Decide
Bond Issue
To vote on the $480,000 bond
issue for the City of Kodiak
Tuesday, October 14, a voter
must have registered in the
registration book at the city
hall prior to October 11, 1952.
at four pm.
The special municipal elec
tion will be held in conjunc.
tion with the Territorial Elec
tion.
For a person to vote in the
special election his name must
appear on the last assessment
roll for the purpose of munici
pal taxation.
A voter must also be a
citizen of the United States,
21 years and ever, must be
actual and bona fide residents
of Alaska.
Early Resident
Dies Monday
A part of Kodiak’s history
passed away Monday with the
death of Spiridon Patarochin.
The 76-year old resident was
one of the last of the famous
sea otter hunters and lived in
Kodiak for the past 65 years.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 2 pm at the Rus
sian Orthodox Church and
were conducted by Father
Gerasim Schmaltz of Monks’
Lagoon.
Mr. Patarochin was stricken
with a heart attack shortly
afternoon on Monday. He was
rushed to the hospital in a
Navy Shore Patrol ambulance
but was dead when the am
bulance arrived.
Spiridon D. Patarochin was
born on Augustine Island in
Cook Inlet. He lived for
several years on a sheep ranch
on Woman’s mountain with
his parents. He later married
Margaret Lohr. They had 13
children. Mrs. Patarochin died
in 1934.
Mr. Patarochin travelled all
the Alaskan coasts and owned
one of the oldest sea-otter sail
boats. He worked as a carpen
ter, watch maket, shoemaker,
cook, fisherman and barten-j
der. He was also a musician!
and played many instruments, j
Four years ago he was the
subject of an article in Page
ant Magazine. His picture al-1
so appeared in the magazine. {
Mr. Patarochin is survived
by the following children:
Mrs. Jack G. Wagner and
Richard Patarochin of Kodiak, !
Mrs. Byron Saul of Anchorage, !
continued on page 4
Woodley Plans Use
4 Engine Planes
Pacific Northern Airlines is
presently planning to raise
funds to purchase additional
equipment and place four-en
gine aircraft on the Kodiak
Anchorage run, Art Woodley,
president of PNA, told the
Chamber of Commerce Thur
sday.
“The tremendous amount of
traffic into and out of Kodiak
has influenced the company’s
decision to use four- engine1
planes,” Woodley said.
Paul Parzell and Wickliffe
Schreeve of New York and
Robert 0. Kinsey, PNA official
and former CAB member,
accompanied Woodley to
Kodiak.
Schreeve told the chamber
that he was considering help
ing Woodley raise funds for
the additional equipment.
Both New Yorkers were in
terested in the possibilites
offered to business expansion
m the territory.
Mayor Lee C. Betti nger told
the group of the growth of
Kodiak since 1945. He pointed
| to the increased assessed valu
ation of Kodiak and the in
crease in Bank deposits here.
Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
Los Angeles—Gen. Eisen
hower declared Thursday
night that his Democratic op
position is frightened and has
made false charges. He told a
capacity audience that he can
not take note of all the char
ges. “But,” he added, “ I will
say this: They call us the party
of special privileges, the most
dangerous is that of big gov
ernment. It will do any thing
to perpetuate itself in power.”
St. Louis—Gov. Stevenson
has forecast that national pro
duction can be increased 41
per cent within the next 10
years if the nation follows the
policies of the Democratic
party. He told a large audience
Thursday night that 10 million
more Americans will be ready
and able to work in that period
Buffalo— Pres. Truman dec
lared thattho3e whom he call
ed Republican hotheads are
waging a phony campaign a
gainst Communists. He said
some Democrats are following
this pitch too. This group.
Truman declared, wants to
break down all our constituti
onal guarantees in dealing
with the problem of Com
munism.
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Vote Tuesday
City Election Protest
Sent District Court
Chamber Hears
Former Resident
Vocational training in Alas
ka schools and a branch Col
lege of Agriculture in the Mat
anuska Valley is the plan of
M.D. Snodgrass, Republican
canidate for the Territorial
House.
Snodgrass addressed the
Chamber of Commerce Thurs
day following the regular busi
ness meeting at the Mont
martre Inn. Snodgrass is a
former Kodiak resident, hav
ing lived here from 1907 to
1917.
During his 10 years he car
ried on investigations in dairy
ing and livestock production.
He set up a dairy breeding
station at Kalsin Bay and a
dairy station in Kodiak,
In the twenties he served a
term in the Territorial Senate
I as a representative of the
1 Fourth Division.
! He has lived in the territory
1 for the past 45 years and has
worked for better vocational
training of the school children
to fit them for the economic
development of the territory,
he told the C.of C.
CofC Denounces
Immigration Act
I The Chamber of Commerce
' has directed a letter to the
President’s Commission on
Immigration and Naturaliza
tion, following the reading of
a letter from James Davis,
director, U.S Department of
the Interior.
The letter asked for “the
views of any Alaska residents
on the new act relating to tra
vel between the territory and
continental United States”.
Musical Program !
For PTA j
Members of the Parent-'
Teachers Association and
guests were entertained with
a musical program Thursday
evening in room 1 at the
Kodiak Public School.
The program conisted of a
piano solo by Nancy Fjeldheim
an original s*ng by me mbers
of the third grade, tap dance
by June Magnusen, accordion
solo by Carl Smith.
Other numbers heard were
a pianosolo by Elizabeth Saut
ner, the Girl’s Quartet from
the school chorus, accordion
solo by Barbara Moffitt and
selections by the chorus and
! school orchestra.
A letter protesting Tuesdays
city election and asking that
a new election be held was
sent to Judge Anthony J. Di
mond of the Third District
Court in Anchorage yesterday.
The signers of the letter
charge that they were denied
the right to vote in the city
election Tuesday because they
had not voted in the special
election in September. They
also state that they voted in
thellast city election in October
of 1951.
The letter says that the
signers believe that the ordi
nance governing city and
special elections is contrary
to the Territorial code. ‘ 'That
it was the responsibility of the
city council to inform, by ad
vertising, the voters that if
they failed to vote in the
special election they were re
quired to register for the gen
eral city election.”
Ordinance 138, section 6,
reads as follows: “Any citizen
of the City of Kodiak who hav
ing once registered in the poll
book register as is herein pro
vided shall thereafter be en
titled to vote in any and all re
gular and special municipal
elections without further re
quirement of registry unless
and until any such citizen or
voter shall have failed to vote
in any general or special elec
tion held by the city.”
The ordinance also reads,
.after the date of such re
gistry once having failed to
vote whether absent from the
city or otherwise, such voter
shall thereafter be required to
re-register in order to renew
his franchise and entitle him
to a vote at any subsequent
election, whether regular or
special.”
The ordinance was passed
on June 27, 1949, by a suspen
sion of the rules whereby the
first reading: is considered
the second. It received the un
animous approval of the city
council then in office.
Boat Harbor Plans
Sent To States
Plans and specifications for
the long-awaited boat harbor
in Kodiak have been sent to
the Portland, Oregon, office of
the U.S^ Corps of Engineers,
V.G. Ellis told the Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday.
The plans were drawn by
the Anchorage office of the U.
S.C.E. A set of plans are at
Aic’iora?! for inspection
of persons interested, Elliis
said.