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VOL. 17 NO. 44
KODIAK, ALASKA, NOVEMBER 2, 1957
PRICK 10 CENTS
To Move To
Ketchikan
Clarence R. King, Alaska Steam
ship agent here for the past three
years has been appointed agent at
Ketchikan, Alaska. Effective date
for the transfer is December 8.
His wife Ethel and daughter Joan
• will accompany him.
King has been active, in .coramu
fill a
Clarence King
i .fb
fMient of the local Rotary
M He is alio Esteemed Lectur
Knigbt of the Elks Lodge
Be is currently serving on
USO Operating Committee
the hospital board, has setved
treasurer for the Hoy Scout
A native of Seattle, King gradu
al
W. R. Wood
aflted from Ballard High School.
He took a position with Alaska
Steamship Company in 1946 after
two years in the United States
Navy- Until 1948 he was em
ployed in the line’s freight office,
advancing to assistant cashier. He
was appointed assistant agent,
Seward in 1951, Seward agent in
1953, and Kodiak agent in 1954.
He replaces W. R. Wood, gen
eral agent at Ketchikan. The lat
ter has beep appointed district
< traffic manager of the company for
Western Alaska.
$127.40 COLLECTED
IN UNICEF DRIVE
With five teams of children—
te Black Cats, Goblins, Witches,
Specks and Vampires—participat
ing in the Trick or Treat for
\ UNICEF Drive held in-Kodiak on
* HaOoweehr& total $127.40 was
City
Council
Briefs
Much time at Monday’s council
meeting was taken up with discus
sion of the inner facilities of the
Small Boat Harbor. One of the
main items in the discussion was
the form the foundations^ the
parking space would takei v.
It was thought that it would not
be'possible to use fill accumulated -
during dredging operations, as pre
viously ho£ed. quoted at
the meeting indicated that if a
gravel fill was used the cost would
be around $75,000* Concrete bed-',
ding would co^t around $300,0*0; it.'
.was stated.'r'* ^ ^
A suggestion: to use logs was
made; and the possibilities of this
a£e ip * be examined. The cost
would' t>5 much reduced. *i,j:
The disciisirion was brought to- a
Hose when it Was decided that City
Manager Bill Poland should; visit
tbe Architect, engineers, Rutledge, .
1 Johnson and Tryck, who are waffe
ing .on.the design,.for the imMr^
facilities, when he is m Anchprage
fof4 the League of Alaskah Cities
jcon^ntfdn^therej. ta^s weekend.;
It was announced that there had
been 25 applications for the poet ‘ef
City Clerk-Treasurer with only
three of them being from local
men. The City Manager was auth
orized by council to hire the appli
cant most suited for the post, after
he has Interviewed various appli
cants during his visit to Anchorage
this weekend.
-A lease between the City and
King Crab, Inc., was read to council
by Mayor Coon. It concerned the
renting of a bunk house oh City
pock and council approved a two
year lease at a rental of $30 a
month with a one-year option for
rental.
The third and final reading of
Ordinance 217 was read and passed
unanimously by council. The Ordi
nance covers infractions of reckless
driving while under the influence
of liquor or drugs.
Ordinance 218, providing that
vehicles should be included in
City Property Tax assessment in
.stead of being taxed separately
under the City Sticker system was
passed on its second reading. If
the ordinance is passed on its third
reading at the next council meet
ing, the new provision will come
into effect on December 31.
The third and final reading of
Ordinance 219 was read and adopt
ed unanimously. This ordinance
sets the license fee for drive-your
elf vehicles at $25 instead of $200
—the fee required previously.
Carl Huer made a motion that a
survey should be made of Mission
Road to ascertain where it cuts into
property lines and that subsequent
ly a plan for a proper road route
should be made. His motion called
for the hiring of a registered en
gineer to do the survey work from
6th street to the' city limits and to
draw up a new plat Itwas second
ed by Bill Worth and passed by
council. tC -
A request by Vinnie Root for a
long-term lease from the^ City for
a small piece of property near the
city dock was referred to the City
Manager. Root plans to place a
warehouse on the land.
Union Charnes
Public Trespassing
The question of whether unin
terrupted public usage of land
gave them ownership was thrashed
put. ?by. council at Monday night’s
moating; ■. ::.
E. Ev Foster, secretary of the
-Central Labor Council disputed
that it did. He told Council that
the public were trespassing on
property belonging. to ;jthe Central
!Labor.. ..Titmplo, wlne-r when they
.fcsed p, jpeijtain^portjpn of it as a
(sidewaj.^. .^}ongfk^rooklyn; Av.enue.
.HealsO Dbi&iiata^ed thatttio road
Was-nttor ^anbiitllyfOn.U niora! prop
erty and suggested that the City
for pub
' “^"a'leCttef, Ci$ Attorney Rus
felf Arnett gave the' opinion that
a‘g the public hadt^eh using the
parcel Of i&hd Odnsitantly
du^tn^^e’l^years^tbe tinion has
u&iimv Itfet fr^lit to
the lahtf'iind th«i'public lias ac
quired ownership"
’•* Respite the Attorney's opinion,
council instructed .the City Man
agOrtocheck and determine the
line of the road and then contact
the .Union asking their price for
right of: way.
HUNTERS ALERTED
The Commanding Officer, Naval
Station Kodiak, invites the atten
tion of all civilians not employed
aboard the Station to 4the 1957-58
Alaska Came, Cotnmissiori Begula
tkms concerning' Military Reserva
tions.
The regulation is quoted as fol
lows: “Military regulations apply
to access to and presence on mili
tary reservations. Clearance must
be obtained from commanding of
ficer prior to bunting, trapping,
or fishing on such reservations.”
HoopTeams
To Compete
Plans for forming a five-team
basketball league in Kodiak will
be discussed at a meeting Monday,
November 4th. The five teams
would be from the Is ationai Guard,
A.C.S., High School, Elks Club and
a group of independents from the
High School. . ... ...
If enough interested players at
tend Monday night's, meeting, :’a
sixth and seventh team will be
added to tlje league.,
The meeting will start at 8:00
p.m. in the High School gymna
sium and all players, managers
and people interested in 'sponsor
ing a teajn are asked to attend..1
Any person not already con
nected v^ith .a team, i& ulyitdd ahtj
they will be placed oh one if pos
sible. League games will be played
.on Monday* Tuesday and Friday
nights before December 15 and
$rom thejj,.Qn Thursday flights.
Workshop Period
At KAIHS Meeting
The kddiak and Aleutian Islands
Historical Society will hold a meet-,
ing next Wednesday evening, No
vember 6th in which the program
will consist of a Workshop Period.
The meeting will be in the Sci
ence Room of the downtown
school and will start at 8 p.m. All
members are urged to attend and
any one interested in joining the
Society is cordially invited to at
tend.
Juneau (AP) — Alaska miners
claim holders are reminded they
must file by January 1 affidavits
covering assessment work during
fiscal year ending last June. De
partment mines said failure to file
could mean mine holdings be con
sidered abandoned.
Along The
Waterfront
COMMERCIAL AMOUNT
OF SHRIMP FOUND
ON 4-DAY RESEARCH
most extensive research
trawling for shrimp, to ascertain
if they can be found in commercial
quantities in K$diak waters, was
carried out last weekend at* the
start of King Crab Inc. winter re
search- ^program. Results were
goodf ?
‘iiMRby »‘RIctoe^ District .Biologist
for the Alaska Department of -Fish
and Game, and Lloyd Cannon, in
his boat "Juan,” spent four days on
the research, ^dragging the waters
between; Marinot Bdy and Kupr^
anof Strait at the south end of
«¥«?*?* ♦ <
Of * the results, Rickey ; said
"Shrimp are definitely he|e in
commercial quant^ieg. .We caught
dp to 500 pounds every'20 minutes
with a small shrimp net.” ;•
' ‘There are five species m abun
dance and where they are found
depends on depth and types of
bottom,” he stated. One oi the
. largest types fjcirnd were the; Bide
stiipe*! 1 dud ' they were in abun
dance, Rickie said that many of
the Sidestrtpe' shrimp measured 8
inches from nose to tail tip. “By
weight there was an average of 20
whole shrimp to the pounds**1 be
said.
Other spepies found were ja va
riety of the Spot shrimp, the Pink
which was different from those. -
found along the coast of Washing
ton or/tlie -Gdlf of Alaska, the
Fandelus Goneurus and the Hump
Back or King Shrimp.
Anchorage CAP) — Stepovicb
told opening session seventh an
nual convention League of Alaska
Cities he was ‘“wholeheartedly in
favor of home rule” for Terri
tory’s municipal government.
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JET TRANSPORT TAKES SHAPE—Wing sections of the Douglas DC-8 jet transport are joined to
the fuselage at Long Reach, Calif., on the new airlines under constr uctipn at the Douglas plant there.
The plane is slated to make its first flight early in 1958. When completed it will have a wing span of
nearly 140 feet and a 150 foot fuselage. Engineers list its top speed at 610 miles an hour and say it ig
designed to carry up to 180 passe ngers.-With. more than a 5,000 mile non-stop range. AP WI REPHOTO