Land Office Opens 128 Tracts For Veterans’ Filing
1 he bureau of Land Mar
®&em us 128 small tracts
avail* for lease and even
tual per nase near Kodiak, it
was announced in Anchorage
this week.
The areas involved were
eliminated from existing re
serves by order of the Secre
tary of the Interior on Oct. 6.
A simultaneous filing period
for veterans of World War II
runs fromMov. 19 until 10 am
Dec. 10. During that time, all
applications filed by such vete
rans will be considered as hav
ing been filed simultaneously
and drawings will be held to
settle conflicts.
Fred J. Weiler, chief of the
-—_
bureau’s division of land plan.'
ning, will arrive in Kodiak
Dec. 1 to advise poteniial ap
plicants how to make out ap
plications. He will be in Ko
diak for two days and may lie
contacted through City Man
ager Robert Sharp.
1 If any applicants feel that
jthey have rights to certain
! tracts superior to veterans,
1 they may file during this
period. However, if there are
' any individuals occupying
h nd without authority they
will have to take their chances
it was said.
After the simultaneous
| period ends Dec. 10, veterans
! have another 91 day prefer
enee period during which they ]
may obtain leases on the basis
of first come-first served, on!
any lots that remain. Beginn-1
ing March 11, 1954, the gene-1
ral public is eligible to obtain;
leases on the lots.
The tracts, which average
slightly more than an acre in
area each, are from one to
three miles northeast of the
City of Kodiak. Most of the
lots are directly accessible
either from Mill Bay Road or
from Mission Road extension),
Thirty-two tracts are located
on the shores of Island Lake
and can be reached by boat
only. For the most part, the
land is well drained but there
are some swampy areas, bix
tracts on Mill Bay rd. are
business sites.
Small tracts are leased for
two years. The lessee may
apply to purchase his tract at
the end of the first year if he
has the required improve
ments on the land. On home
sites, houses suitable for year
around residence must be con
structed, as well as sewage
disposal facilities.
[ Rentals for homesites are
; $5 per year and for business
sites a minimun of $20 per
year is required, but the
actual payment is based upon
the gross business. The im
provemehts on business sites
depend upon tne natuic «
business.
Weiler will bring a supply
of application forms with
him to Kodiak, and suggests
that persons who do not have
them wait his arrival here,
rather than write to the land
office. He will be unable to
prepare applications but wjll
offer advice on how to do it.
Virgil Seiser, manager of
; the Anchorage land office, has
mailed out an explanatory
pamphlet in response to a few
inquiries at Kodiak. Weiler
will attempt to clear up any
questions that may arise after
these have been received.
no?
AllO,
"News of oAmencd’s Last Frontier’
VOL 13 NO 37
KODIAK, ALASKA
NOVEMBER 21, 1953
PRICE 10 CENTS
19 Hunters
Get Ok
Of the 40 hunters who re
ceived permits for the recent
elk hunt on Afognak Island,
nineteen were successful, the
Fish and Wildlife Service of
fice announced this week.
Due to adverse weather and
ground conditions, few antlers
were brought out by the
hunters.
The two largest sets mea
sured by FWS personnel were
shot by Paul (Smokey) Stover
and Mrs. Marie Valley. Stov
er’s measured 38 inches on
each side, had a spread of
341 inches, and six points on
each horn. Mrs. Valley’s mea
sured 371-16 inches on the
right side and 36 1-2 on the
left, had a spread of 35 3-16
inches, and four points on the
right horn and five on the left.
Most of the elk were killed
in the Raspberry Straits area
and one was brought in from
Tonki Cape.
Successful hunters, besides
Stover and Mrs. Valley, were
the following: Ben Benson,
William E. Baumann, Jr.,
Jacob Blanc. Dorothy B.
Chase, Stanley T. Erickson,
George E. Hale, Royal V.
Large, Jr., Gary Lewis, Ar
thur McLellan, Pete G. Olsen.
And Bobby J. Rice, Ed
ward Sargent, Carl E.
Schmidt, Shirley B. Sowder,
Addison B. Tindell, Robert
von Seheele, and Leon E.
Woodcock.
Miss Marcia Lee Bowt of
Miami, Fla., niece of Mrs.
Glen Robinson, arrived this
week for a visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Gun
derson and infant were PNA
passengers for Anchorage on
Tuesday.
Palmer Team
|To Play Here
I The Palmer high school
| basketball squad will come to
, Kodiak next weekend to meet
1 both the town and naval sta
i tion teams in games at the
l base. |
( Palmer will meet the naval
1 station team Friday night in
the base gym, and the town
team next Saturday night in
• the same place,
j About 48 persons from
Palmer will make the trip
here in two chartered planes.
' Included will be the ten
players, five cheerleaders,
. coach, and school superinten
, dent.
Preliminary games will start
in the gym at 6:30 and the
' main games will be at 8:10.
j Tickets for the games are on
sale now and may be pur
! chased from students of both
high schools. Admission is 75
cents for adults and 50 cents
i for children.
Lammas Sail
Today For U. S.
Mr. and Mrs. William H.
I Lamrne are scheduled to sail
I today from Naples, Italy, for
' New York City, where they
j will arrive after a ten day
| trip.
. This will be their first stop
en route home after almost 20
months abroad. They left Ko
diak in March, 1952.
' Their address in New York,
where mail may be sent pend
ing their arrival, is % Ameri
can Express, 649 Fifth Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamme plan
to spend Christmas in South
ern California.
Dianne and Gary Dupler,
children of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Dupler, celebrated their sixth
and second birthdays Thurs
day with a party at home.
City To Observe
Holiday Thursday
Kodiakians will observe
Thanksgiving in the tradi
tional manner Thursday with
family dinners and the usual
holiday.
Wednesday evening at the
Community Baptist Church
the weekly prayer meeting
will feature a Thanksgiving
service and the young people
of the church wiil decorate the
sanctuary in a appropriate
manner.
At the USO a dinner will be
served for all servicemen.
The dozen inmates of the
jail will enjoy the customary
holiday dinner with every
thing from roast turkey to
pumpkin pie, cigars and candy.
School children will have
their usual Thanksgiving holi
day, but will not have Friday
off. On that day and the next,
they will make up some of the
hours missed while waiting
for the opening of the new
school.
Long-Time Civilian
Employes Leave
Two civilian employes at the
naval station who have been
there for more than ten years
left recently..
Ward H. Ellis, former senior
civilian engineer for public
works has gone to the naval
station at Oceana, Va , to be
supervising engineer in the
public works department
there.
Don Hutchings, former
engineer in charge of design
and specifications for public
works, has gone to Ports
mouth, 0., to work for a pri
vate firm in atomic energy
construction.
Mel Crawford, MIRROR
editor, flew to the spates this
week.
t
250 Petitioners Ask
Commissioner Be Kept.
i
ROTARYPLANS
j YULE PARIY
j The annual Rotary Christ
, mas party for Kodiak children
will be held the afternoon of
December 24 at the Orpheum
Theatre.
John Fletcher, theatre man
ager, is chairman of the com-1,
mittee, and is assisted by Mau- j
rice Briggs, Bob Acheson. the
Rev. John Moletti, Larry Wod- i
linger and Elliott Hymans.
Plans are being made to!
distribute toys and candy to
the several hundred yougsters
who will attend, Fletcher said.
At the Rotary meeting last
Tuesday, several Kodiak
school teachers were present,
and told of their summer ex
periences and of their enthu
siasm for Kodiak’s new school,
building.
•. -----
Delegate E. L. “Bob'1 Bart-^
lett today announced his in
tention to seek re-election as
Alaska's delegate to Con-1
gress. Bartlett, a Democrat,
now is serving his fifth term.
He was first elected in 1944. ;
The Catholic Wopien’s Club
will hold a baked goods sale
Saturday afternoon at the City
Market for the benefit of the
building fund of St. Mary’s
Church. j
Mrs. Eddie Cummings is
chairman of the affair.
PLEASE!
In order that the Kodiak
MIRROR staff may have
Thanksgiving day off, we will
appreciate it if all advertisers
will have their copy ready
Monday of next week instead
of Tuesday. Thank you.
A petition asking that toe
present United States Com
missioner, Mrs. A. M. Vokacek
be retained in that office re
grrdless of politics, was sent
to the Honorable M. L. Mc
Carrey, third division judge,
this week.
The petition carried more
than 250 signatures of resi
dents in the Kodiak precinct,
and listed, next to each signa
ture, the length of residence
in the precinct.
Last week the local Republi
can forces met and nominated
H. L. Rochelle as commission
er and Roy Madsen as alter
nate.
Signers of the petition are
“members of the Democratic
and Republican parties and do
make this request not as a
matter oi politics out ramw
with an aim toward honest
and efficient government,”
the petition stated.
It added that ‘‘each of the
undersigned is familiar with
both of the persons proposed
by the 26 persons present at
the last Republican caucus,
and after deliberate considera
tion do believe the present U.
S. Commissioner to be im
measurably more suited to the
office she now holds tnan
either of the two other pro
posed parties.”
Mrs. Vokacek has been com
missioner here for the past
five years, and previous to
that was a member of the
Third District Court staff in
Anchorage.
The Square Knot arrived in
port last night and will sail
again today. It is due to leave
Seattle for the north again on
Dec. 1.