Seal Herd Increase Good
Researcher Finds
A recent release reporting oni
the results of research on the Pri-j
bilof seal herd states that there!
has been a tenfold increase in the
herd in less than 40 years.
“The primary annual yield of
the herd seems to have leveled
off at around 70,000 skins,” ac-:
cording to Dr. G. C. L. Bertram,
in charge of the research. Dr
Bertram spent July and a part of
August of last year at the Pri
bilof Islands. *
Kenai Has Library
Kenai now has its own public
library, it was announced recent
ly, from the Cook Inlet village,
.Located in a room of the school,
a'ntt 'stocked with a gift of nearly
2,090 books, the library has been
placed : in charge of Mrs. Allen
Peterson, school teacher and wife
of Kenai’s deputy marshall. *
* . LAIRD EXPECTED BACK
Stanley Laird, territorial high
way patrolman assigned to this
area, is expected to return next
week from a leave Outside.
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NEWSMAN’S WIDOW
LEAVES TERRITORY
AFTER 51 YEARS
Mrs. Josephine White, widow of
a veteran Alaskan newspaperman
and a resident of the territory for
51 years, left Juneau to make her
home in the states early this
month. She planned a lengthy
visit with a son and daughter in
California.
Mrs. White has been assistant
curator of the Alaska Historical
Museum and Library at Juneu
since 1925. '
Mrs. White and her husband,
Stroller White, came to Skagway
in 1893, where he was employed
by the Skagway News. His later
newspaper ventures included the
Whitehorse Star, and Stroller’s
Weekly at Douglas and later at
Juneau. Mrs. White sold her in
terest in this latter paper in 1933,
three years after her husband’s
death. The sheet is now known
as the Alaska Press. • *
Kodiak Theatre
Burned
A fire in the early morning re
cently destroyed Kodiak’s theatre,
according to the Kodiak Mirror.
It was the second time in three
years that the Navy town’s thea
tre has been destroyed by fire.
Fanned by high winds, the
flames completely gutted the
building. The fire is believed to
have started when a stove ex
ploded in a second-story apart
ment. A restaurant located on
the ground floor of the building
was also destroyed, although part
of th eequipment may be salvag
ed, owner Joe Raymond stated.
The optimist is the businessman
who sends out a flock of circu
lars, asking prospects to send cash
in advance.
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National Guard Tells
Program For Alaska
Recent developments in the Na
tional Guard program in Alaska
were announced as follows last
week from U. S. Army Headquar
ters:
Recall to active duty of Major
Meredith .Telsma of Anchorage
for appointment to the position of
property and disbursing officer
for Alaska, to be stationed at An
chorage.
Completion of the organization
of the First Scout battalion.
Arrival of two National Guard
airplanes with pilot-instructors
Capt. George H. Howell, Jr., sta
tioned at Nome and Lt. Floyd C.
Wilson, Jr., stationed at Bethel.
Appointment of the Army in
structor detachment for Alaska.
Appointment of Army instruc
tor Lt. Claude L. McBride and
procurement of several knock
down huts to be used for the
warehouse armory in Anchorage.
Military Head Promises
Smaller Withdrawals
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, com
mander-in-chief of the Alaska
Command, and officials of the
Fish and Wildlife Service, have!
reached an agreement over mili- i
tary withdrawals of land for re- j
creational purposes. Alaskanj
sportmen recently had expressed
concern over military proposals
to withdraw several sizeable
areas.
Clarence J. Rhode, regional di
rector of the Fish and Wildlife
Service, last week announced that
“enough land to construct, a cabin
and for the landing of boats
should determine the size of these
recreational areas, generally,” ac
cording to the agreement reached !
in a discussion with General!
Twining.
Mr. Rhode said he had been as
sured that “pending withdrawals, j
as vretl as any future needs, will j
be drastically reduced in line
with the policy of limiting mili- j
tary withdrawals to real needs.”!
Pioneer Woman Passes
Mrs. Margaret Rogers of Skag- j
way, a resident of that city since j
1897. died last month in the White i
Pass Hospital there. She had1
been ill for seven months. The i
pioneer resident is survived by I
her husband, two children and j
three grandchildren.
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Three Roads Started
Another Is Planned,
Highway Head Reports
Three new highway projects,
the Turnagain Arm road, con
necting Seward with Anchorage,
the Sterling road down the west
side of the Kenai peninsula, and
the northern extension of the
Alaska Highway to the gold min
ing district at Fortymile and
Eagle, were begun by the Alaska
Road Commission during the past
season, it was announced recent
ly by Col. John Noyes, highway
commissioner.
The Sterling road is now open.
The road to Fortymile is at Hhe
half-way point. The Turnagain
Arm stretch is not scheduled for
completion until 1951.
Planned for next summer, in
addition to work on highways
already started and further pav
ing on the Anchorage-Fairbanks
system, is the construction of 150
miles of road in McKinley Park
The highway commissioner said
this project would take several
years to complete.
Colonel Noyes said it is plan
ned, eventually, to pave all of
Alaska’s main-traveled roads. The
program will cost an estimated
$45,000,000 to complete.
Ninilchik To Get Airport?
A Class 11 airport will be con
structed by the Civil Aeronautics
Administration at Ninilchik, it
was announced recently from
Washington, D. C. Federal funds
of $15,000 and local funds of $5,
000 are available for the con
struction. Construction plans in
clude the building of a north
south runway and a parking
area. *
GRASSER'S HAVE GIRL
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Elgin “Al” Grasser of Santa
Claus Lodge last week. The Jittle
girl, who has been named Mik
ayle, was born at the Valley Hos
pital on Jan. 13. She weighed six
pounds, six ounces. Mikayle is the
third child of the Grassers.
WORKING AT MEA
Mrs. Virginia Flemming tem
porarily is replacing Mrs. Lloyd
Severns as bookkeeper in the
Matanuska Electric Association
affice, while the latter is on va
cation Outside.
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