Museum
Juneau
•Alaska
VOL. 18 NO. S
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KODIAK, ALASKA, FEBRUARY 8, 1958
PRICE 10 CENTS
Candidates, Some Tried, Some New
File For Territorial Offices
The list of candidates for offices
in the territorial legislature is now
eomolete. The primary elections
in Amdl will see many names
■familiar to voters in years past,
*nih a sparkling of new candi
Ates.
Some of the names of people
familiar to Kodiiak residents, who
are throwing thedr hat into the po
litical arena for the first time, are
City Attorney Russ Arnett; B. J.
(Bofc) Lo«an, dredging and sal
vage operator; and Dr. Milo Fritz,
eye„ ear and nose specialist, who
■takes regular trips to Kodiak
E.L. (Bob) Bartlett is unoppos
ed as the Democratic candidate.
On the Republican side, the party
enters have a choice. Paul Robison
is a strong favorite to oppose Bart
lett, since party leaders have virt
ually repudiated Walter H. Pierce
•f College, who is a Common
wealth advocate.
The primary elections will be
held April 29, and will include
candidates from the Alaska Party
and Independents as well as Demo
crats and Republicans. Below is a
list of the candidates from the
ttird Division for seats in the
Hsnse and Senate.
HOUSE
Republicans — Mrs.
Rogexie Stryker, Anchorage: Mrs
Faith Leader
Here For Lecture
Mrs. Florence Mayberry, a mem
kr of the Auxiliary Board of the
American Hands of the F )ha’i
World Faith is expected in Kodiak
Tuesday, February 11, for a visit
| as part of an extended tour of
Alaska.
Daring her stay in Kodiak she
. vill present a series of slides
taken in Europe and the Holy
j land at an informal gathering,
Tuesday evening at the residence
1 of Mr. and Mrs. Guhrke. On Tues
day evening, also at the Guhrke
stsidence, she will speak on vari
ens aspects of the Baha’i Faith.
Mrs. Mayberry is a former man
* ager of the Santa Paula, California
Women’s Club of Santa Paula and
a writer of short stories and
poetry.
Mrs. Mayberry has lectured in
Ettfope, the United States, Canada
and Alaska before various civic
organizations, service clubs, over
radio and T.V. and before women’s
dobs. Generally her themes cen
ter around “One World”, “World
peace” and "The New Woman
kind”
Her Sunday evenmg talk will
probably highlight such basic
Baha'i principles as The Oneness
^ God and Religion; The Equality
•f the Sexes; the elimination of
pre|ndices of alf kinds; the need
far a Universal Language; the pre
cise that science and religion
pmst agree; Universal education
asd the belief that the same spirit
which was manifest in the persons
•f Buddha, Zoraster, Krishna,
Bteses, Jesus and Mohammed has
jgraWi returned in the person of
Baha’uHah, who has come to guide
mm into a new era of evolution
ppf revelation.
Doris McKinley, Palmer; Russell
Arnett, Anchorage; Denton Moore,
Kokhanok Bay; James Frey, Palm
er; Thelma Brooks,, Anchorage;
Larry Nelson, Anchorage; Arthur
F. Waldron, Anchorage; Ray
Wolfe, Anchorage; Jack H. White,
Anchorage: and Lloyd E Morrow,
Anchorage.
Democrats — B. J. Logan. Cor
dova; Earl Hillstrand, Anchorage;
James Fisher, Anchorage; Peter
Kalamarides, Anchorage; Mike
Gravel, Anchorage; Irwin Metcalf,
Seward: Russ Meekins, Anchorage;
James Garrigus, Spenard; Leslie
Callcn, Anchorage; H. Andy An
drews, Spenard; Mrs. Blanche Mc
Smi-th, Anchorage; J. W. Graham,
Spenard: Mrs. Helen Fisher, Anch
orage; Seaborn J. Buckalew Jr.,
Anchorage; Quincy Benton, Kenai;
Clarence V. Coleman, Anchorage;
Davis Boyer, Anchor Point; John
Rader, Anchorage; Louis Fields,
Soldotna; Mrs. Helen Hennings,
Anchorage; Norman Nelson, Anch
orage; and David Harper, Anchor
age.
Alaska Party—Mrs. Kay Hitch
cock, Caribou Creek.
SENATE
Republicans — M. D. Snodgrass,
Palmer; George H. Vaara, Anchor
age, and Dr. Milo Fritz, Anchor
age.
Democrats—A1 Owen, Kodiak;
Mrs. Irene Ryan, Anchorage; Le
roy Duncan, Cordova, and J. Fred
Cooper, Anchorage.
Alaska Party — T. A. Moyer,
Palmer.
Independent — A1 McCuen,
Mount.in View.
USO Official
Here From N.Y.
Making a tour of all USO clirbs
in Alaska, Mr E. Tyree Greene,
Assistant Director of Operations,
USO National Headquarters, New
York, arrived here Wednesday for
a visit to the Kodiak USO.
Greene, who attended the local
USO Operating Committee meet
ing Wednesday evening, gave
members a brief outline of the
financial picture for USO during
1958. He explained that funds re
ceived for 1958 operations are at
the level of those for 1957. This
means that some programs will
necessarily be cut down, and pis
sible closure of USO in a few
towns in continental U.S.
He added that there are many
places throughout the world in
need of the services rendered by
USO to service men and women,
but lack of funds do not permit
full activity.
me u*u tamp snows nave
been discontinued because of pro
hibitive costs, but there are USO
Entertainment Units being formed
to carry on the work. Greene said
there will be one such unit in
Alaska at all times.
Greene told Committee mem
bers that “when the history of
USO is written it will be of the
people in the communities who
are interested in the Welfare of
service personnel, and who have
given of their time and efforts.”
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No Assessor
This Year
As an economy measure. City
Manager Bill Poland has decided
not to hire a tax assessor to do
this year’s assessment job.
Instead, he plans to accomplish
the annual assessment by using
the clerical staff at the City Hall
for all necessary office work and
computations, mailing of personal
property and business inventory
forms.
Field work will be accomp
lished by City ■' Clerk-Treasurer
Doug Preston and the City Mana
ger, working alternately as time
permits.
By using personnel presently on
the City payroll, Poland expects to
sustain a saving of $1,800 to $2,000
to the municipal taxpayers.
In order to curtail the amount
of work involved, persons filling
in personal property tax returns
are requested to give full and com
plete information, as questionable
returns must necessarily be check
ed.
property owners are remmaea
that an estimate of property value
made by the person making the
assessment becomes a legal asses
sment. Attention is invited to the
fact that automobiles now require
listing on the personal property
tax return.
In past years filings have been
made in April, but enactment of
recent Territorial legislation
(Chap. 174, S.L.A. 1957) requires
local property taxing agencies to
take January 1 of each year as the
date upon which personal property
values shall be declared for tax
purposes.
Military personnel who maintain
a legal residence fgul&ide the Ter
ritory of Alaska, and who do not
have personal property which is
used in conducting any trade or
business in the Territory, may file
a personal property tax exemption
affidavit at the City Hall. Affidavit
forms available at the City Hall,
which is open from A.M, to
5:00 P.M. Monday through Thurs
day, Friday, from 8:00 A.M. to 8:00
P.M. %
Loop Road Survey
To Commence Soon
The proposed survey for the new
loop road connecting Kodiak, Mon
ashka Bay, Ouzinkie and Larsens
Bay is assured and will commence
in the near future. Charles Edris,
Chairman of the Chamber of Com
merce Committee on Public Roads
and Road Improvements, was so
advised in a letter from the Alaska
Highway and Public Works De
partments.
The new road will commence in
the vicinity of Island Lake, north
of town, and follow the general
contour of the shore from Mon
ashka Bay to Larsen’s Bay via
Ouzinkie.
The letter, confirming a rumor
that has been circulating in town
the past few weeks, reads in part
as follows: “I am happy to inform
you that Federal Aid funds have
been programmed for survey of
the Antone Larsen Bay-Ouzinkie
Road. The survey work will be ad
ministered by the Bureau of
Public Roads, and this department,
while participating financially
through Federal Aid matching
funds, cannot advise you as to the
timing and details of the proposed
survey.
“Construction of the road is not
programmed, and could not be
done legally until completion of
the survey and subsequent design
and estimate.
^It is our belief, however, that
the Bureau of Public Roads and
the Alaska Highway and Publk
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Deer Hunting Statistics Released
Figures Reveal 197 Deer Killed
A total of 197 deer were har
vested by hunters in the Kodiak
area this year, according to a re
cent survey conducted by the Fish
and Wildlife Service. To obtain
this information, 132 hunter ques
tionaires were mailed to hunting
license buyers in Kodiak who were
picked at random. Reports were
received from 116 of these, and
the total kill was based on these
reports. Will Troyer, FWS Agent
here, conducted the survey.
In addition to the total kill, the
following information was glean
ed: Of all the hunting license
buyers, 66.3 per cent hunted deer
and 35 per cent were successful.
The average hunter hunted 4.8
days.
Where were most of the deer
killed? The percentage of the
total kills was distributed as fol
lows:
Chiniak to Kalsin Bay Area, 35.6
Per -Cent; Kalsin Bay to Middle
Bay, 16.1 Per Cent; Cliff Point
Side of Middle Bay, 23.7 Per Cent;
Monashka Bay & Uzinkie Narrows,
15.2 Per Cent; Other areas which
includes Whale Pass, Anton Lar
sen, etc., 9.4.
During the season 77 lower jaws
were collected Jfrom hunters for
ageing purposes. These were clas
sified into five age classes, and
this information is given below.
Age Class Per Cent
1 year old 35.0
2 year old 10.4
' 3 tyear 0ld 17.0
4 year old 17.0
5 years and over 20.6
A total of 45 deer were weighed
during the season. All these were
field dressed weights. The average
weight was 120.2 pounds. The
smallest deer weighed 68 pounds,
and the largest 182 pounds. Some
larger deer may have been taken
which Fish and Wildlife personnel
did not have the opportunity to
weigh.
Of the total kill, 55 t>p<" cent
were taken during the month of
November and 30 per cent during
the last two weeks of the season.
"Excellent cooperation was re
ceived from hunters throughout
the season”, according to Will
Troyer of the Fish and Wildlife
Service. "The Fish and Wildlife
Service wishes to thank all hunters
who cooperated,” he said.
Along The
Waterfront
Contract Signed
Crab Workers Union official*
and King Crab Jnc. signed t^he eon
fr^ct which h^i been negotiated
thr> past several months.
An agreement was also reached
between the Cannery and Crab
fishermen, in which the fishermerd
agreed to take a half-cent less.
This started a flow of crab that
a1 most swnmned the cannery, but
Resoff, Manager of the Cannery,
reports the situation well in hand;
He reports there is not an abun
dance of crab, but “fair” fishing;.
The Cannery is both canning and
freezing on an eight hour das;
shift. 14 boats are fishinjg for the;
Cannery, 10 of theon in Alitak.;
The tender “Josie” had a litttd
bearing trouble. About 5000 crab
are processed daily.
Tentative plans for a trip around
the Island are now in formation*
according to Nick Frost, Secretary
of the Fishermen’s Union. Tenta*
tive date is Wednesday, February
26, when some members of the Ex
ecutive Board may make the trip.
Stops will be made at the various
villages around the Island. Df
Paul Jaeger, Orthodontist, is ex -
pected to make the trip with the (
Union Officials. He will make ex*
animations of villager’s teeth, awl
extractions where required. Tbie
service will be provided free.
Frost also stated preliminary
negotiations are being started with
the Boat Owners Association for
the Getting of wages of crewmen
aboard fishing boats. No agree
ment has been in force since 1954. «
Its pretty quiet down at the City
Dock, in between boats. The Tata- ;
lina is expected in Wednesday and
the Expansion Thursday or Fri
day, the latter on its Westward
trip. Boy Scout John Lester wa*
wharfinger Friday aftenoon,
when most of the City offices Were
filled by the Boy Scouts.
Frank McConaghy and Norman
Haagland are expected in Monday
afternoon. They will lay prelimi
nary plans for the opening of Hal
fertys Cannery again this Springs
Clam canning is expected to staK
May 1 this year.
The International Pacific Hali
but Commission meeting held in
Seattle Monday, set May 4 as the
opening date for halibut fishing
in all areas except a portion o*
Alaskan waters.
In the area nearest Kodiak, ties
ignated as Area 3A, between Cape
Spencer and Shumagin Islands,
there will be one fishing season
with a catch limit of 30 million
pounds. The season will be closed
when the catch limit has been
reached.
In Area 3B—waters west of area
3A, including the Bering Sea
fishing will open April 1. There
will be one season without a catch
limit The season will run until
October 16 or to the closure of
area 3A, whichever is the later. 1 j
Closure schedules were also an- : }
nounced for Area 1A„ south of . j
Heeeta Head, Oregon; Area 2 be- —
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