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&C*<ws of cAmeric* 's Last frontier
Eliminate The Rat Menace
Rats and other rodents do mil
lions of dollars worth of damage
a year in our homes, factories, and
on our farms, throughout the na
tion. Thousands of people are bit
ten, and countless diseases spread.
In some areas the situation is cri
tical. Whole communities have
been “terrorized” by these filthy
depredators. The situation can be
critical here, too.
Rats have been seen several
times of late crossing streets in
the down town area. They are now
seeking a “home” for the winter.
Now is the time to declare war on
them, preofciding the possibility of
their increasing. By concentrated
effort on the part of all, the men
ace can be eliminated.
Rodent control in any communi
ty can be achieved only by employ
ing tested and approved methods.
The City is offering t he public
Warfarin free of charge. All that
is necessary is to go to the police
station to pick it up. Use it, or any
other good bait, and follow this
method:
The first step is detection of the
presence of rats. This can be ac
complished by noting such evi
dence as gnawed food, rat drop
pings and runways. “Runways” are
paths used over and over by rats
and are marked hy the rat’s loose
hairs, oils, or droppings. Another
effective method to test for rat
presence is to sprinkle a suspected
area at night with a white flour - -
then examine the area in the
morning for tail markings or other
telltale prints.
After locating the area where
rats are living, place some warfar
in or other effective bait against
a wall or fence line wherever pos
sible, since rats dislike crossing an
open area, even for food and water.
Place bait in a shallow dish or can
and cover with a plank leaning
against the wall so it will form a
tunnel open at each end. This
leads the rat right to the bait.
Another method is to place an
inverted wood or paper box over
the bait with holes placed in two
or more of the sides of the box to
permit exit and entrance of ro
dents. These bait stations serve a
3-fold purpose: they will protect
the bait from rain or snow - - the
rat is allowed to eat in his favorite
undercover surroundings - - and
the stations, because of their struc
ture, will prevent household pets
from eating the bait intended for
the rat. Warfarin may make your
household pet ill if he mistakenly
eats it, but will not harm him.
We devoted c onsiderable space
to bring you the above methods of
eliminating the rat menace, main
ly because we think it is a serious
menace to our health. We had one
seige of sickness due to these fil
thy rodents. We don’t want anoth
er! Obtain your warfarin today!
The Committee Needs Encouragement
Elsewhere in this issue you will
find a letter, though addressed to
the Editor, is actually a message
to the people of Kodiak.
Everyone is interested in chil
dren. That includes men and wo
men, single- and without depend
ents,. and especially people with
families- of their own. It it fore
gone knowledge and accepted as a
fact that the future of the nation
and thq community is wrapped up
in thp little tots who romp and
play each day in our own and the
neighbors back yard.
Providing a place for them to
grow tfjjpphd a means for them to
exert Hite unbounded energy that
they possess and we older ones
envy them for, is a task the Girl
Scout Community Committee has
taken upon themselves and are ac
complishing to a marked degree.
In this birth month of the founder
of the Girl Scout movement, the
committee has issued an appeal to
the citizens of Kodiak to furnish
them the needed supplies, and
they will do the work of assisting
the Troops. The need is there for
this work, as evidenced by the al
most phenomenal growth of the
troops since they were started two
years ago.
Read the letter, which we have
published just as it was handed to
us. As stated it is not an appeal
for financial assistance, although
money will be welcome and is ur
gently needed. So many things are
needed that the appeal is directed
to everyone - - for almost everyone
has either money that they can
spare, discarded tools and materi
als, such as lumber, paint, etc.
Last but not least, the Committee
asks for encouragement. That is
little enough to give.
KODIAK POLICE REPORT
Forty-six traffic tickets were is
sued by the Police Department for
the month of September. Five
speeding tickets were issued.
Out of 12 dogs picked up during
the month eleven were disposed of.
Other activities of the depart
ment included arrests for drunken
ness, disorderly conduct, drinking
in public, answering ambulance
calls, and minor infractions of the
law.
The Alaska School tax is due and
payable by December 1, according
to the U. S. Commissioner, Mable
Fenner.
The tax is applicable to all work
ers except those over the age of
55. The present tax is $5.00, with a
penalty of $2.50 added for delin
quents.
The tax next year has been in
creased to $7.50.
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Alaska Fis g
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Seattle—(AP). Tentatr ^ans are
now being formulated at the Fish
and Wildlife hearing on 1956 regu
lations, would bar any more sal
mon fishing gear 'rom going to
Alaska. The final decision will be
made after November 18. #
“We feel we should not allow
any more gear to come to Alaska,”
said Donald McKernan, Adminis
trator of Alaska Commercial Fish
eries. “We propose to tabulate all
boats that fished in Alaska in any
one of the past five years, and not
allow any new boats to b^ used.”
It is proposed to license all fish
ing gear in Alaska. No license will
be issued boats not used in any
one of the past five years. This
would in effect set a ceiling on
fishing efforts in Alaska.
A proposal was offered to per
mit fishing in either Cook Inlet,
Kodiak or Prince William Sound
areas to boats which have fished
any one of these areas in the past
five years. Boats will be limited to
only one area.
McKernan further proposed that
a 500 yard area at the mouth of
the Karluk River be closed to in
sure added escapement of depleted
red salmon to spawning areas. He
also proposed short progressive
closures along the route that fish
follow down the northwest coast
of Kodiak Island. He said that the
pink salmon runs off Kodiak re
mained healthy but the red salmon
was not.
William Calvert, San Juan Fish
ing and Packing Co., and Aubin
Barthold, Alaska Packers Associa
tion, asked for the time to study
the plan. Witnesses may submit
supplementary briefs up to Novem
ber 1.
Wildlife Service officials ex
pressed the belief that the answer
to rehabilitation of pink runs off
the Penninsula lies in closing the
season at the height of the run.
A season from May 7 to August 3
is proposed for 1956. Alternative
proposal is to establish mid-season
closure similar to the one in effect
off Kodiak.
N. A. A. C. P. Counsel
Addresses Group
Franklin H. Williams, West
Coast Regional Secretary, Counsel
for the N. A. A. C. P., visited the
local branch of that organization
last Monday, and addressed a
gathering at the Union Hall.
Williams has been making a
tour of Alaska the past week, and
just concluded a civil rights con
femcee at Anchorage, which he
presided over. The conference
dealt mainly with race discrimina
tion, and the rights of minority
groups being infringed on, es
pecially in Alaska.
The Secretary-Counsel, in his
overnight stay here, reviewed the
local situation in regards to the
same problems. “Few people in
the States know anything about
Alaska, much less about the status
of any minority group here,” he
said. “The impression we had was
that housing was a major problem,
especially for the Negroes; and
that equal opportunity in jobs was
also a problem.”
Williams in his speech outlined
the achievements and progress
made in improving the status of
minority groups.
The N. A. A. C. P. representa
tive is an attorney in San Francis
co, and his position as Secretary
Counsel of that organization takes
him throughout California, Oregon,
Washington, Uhat and Alaska. He
expects to return to Alaska and
Kodiak next year.
letter to the editor
Report of a political caucus re
cently held in the Elks Hall: After
all minor business was taken care
of, the more important work got
in progress. A resolution commit
tee of three was elected and they
agreed to meet at 3:00 p. m. the
following day. One of the Commit
tee members called the place of
rendezvous at 2:40 with the alibi
that he was too busy to attend.
“You guys take care of the work
and I will endose it,” summed up
his part of the work. Presently the
other member of the committee
makes his appearance with a sub
stitute in tow, and so the work be
gan. Everything went along fine
with all in agreement on a small
boat harbor, better roads, a more
liberal lands act. Toward the end
of the session, one member, being
an independent fisherman, put in
his gripe about the way the present
gas tax law is administered and
expressed his ideas as to some
changes that could be made that
would benefit rather than hinder
the fishermen and the fishing in
dustry of Kodiak and the Territory
at large. This member is interested
in justice, not foolish laws passed
by foolish legislators!
The other two members are
more interested in grazing leases,
roads, and anything not concerned
with fishing. One is a fisherman
but Libbys buys his gas. The other
is employed by a contractor. To
my knowledge the only stock they
possess between them is one dog
(spotted) and one horse. Until
very recently, I had, three head of
stock_1 rabbit and 2 cats. The
rabbit died of old age and I still
have 2 cats. Which makes me a big
stock owner, according to their
way of thinking.
I still am a fisherman and make
my living at it and think that the
present gas tax, as applied to the
fishing industry is, to put it mildly,
stinking and rotten.
The meeting adjourned with me
in the minority group. The fisher
men left out in the cold again.
A. J. “Tiny” Cichoski
Wanda Hilton and Richard Ed
ward Dillon were married before
the U. S. Commissioner on Wed
nesday, October 19. Dillon is at
tached to the Coast Guard.
NOTICE
Game night at the V.F.W. is now
Friday night.
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In order to provide funds for
repairs, modernization*-or. re
modeling we are now offering a
new type of loan.
You may have a loan up to
$2,500. with up to 3 years to re
pay in convenient monthly
amounts.
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KODIAK,ALASKA