Alaska’s Schools
Ask For Most
CfGSA Money
Schools of Alaska . are asking
for the biggest slice of the funds
available under the Community
Facilities Services, regional direc
tor John Argetsinger announced
recently. He said that 20 of the
33 applications received to date
had been filed by schools.
The educators have asked for
ten and a half million dollars, in
all. The appropriation for the
present fiscal year, ending June
30, is for four and a half million
dollars.
jBix cities, three independent
school districts, the territorial
board of education and the Uni
versity of Alaska all have filed
application fo ra part of the fund.
In addition to the schools, funds
have been asked for four water
and sewer systems, two public
buildings, two hospitals, one elec
tric utilities, three street systems
and one harbor improvement
plan.
Applications are expected to be
processed and approval granted
in time to make use of the pres
ent appropriation during the com
ing construction season, Arget
singer said.
Development Bd. Works
To Keep Haines Highway
Open During Winter
Every effort will be made to
reverse Canada’s decision to con-i
tinue winter closure of the Haines
Highway, it was announced re
cently by a spokesman of the
Alaska Development Board.
Working with E. T. Applewhaite,
Member of Parliament for the
Skeena district, the Board has
provided anticipated winter traf
fic figures for presentation to the
Canadian Parliament.
Mr. Applewhaite, whose home
is fn Prince Rupert, also will
work toward an early opening of
the Haines Highway this spring.
It was not cleared until June 9,
last year, although the Alaska
Highway was opened several
weeks earlier. *
DEATH RATE IS
HIGHER SINCE WAR
More than four times as many
men have died annually since the
end of World War II, than died,
or were killed during the war
years, figures of the Veterans’
Administration office revealed re
cently. During the war years,
more than 100,000 men died an
nually. Since the war’s end 437,
000 men have died annually,
either of war-service wounds or
other ailments.
Legion’s Toy Drive
Is In Full Swing
The “Tide of Toys” project
sponsored by the American Le
gion is now in full swing, it . was
announced recently by national
commander George N. Craig.
Either money or toys may be con
tributed to the project, under
which toys are destined for dis
tribution to the children of Eu
rope.
All contributions, either in toys
or money, should be addressed to
the American Legion, care Post
master, Philadelphia, Pa. Toys
from Palmer destined for the Le
gion’s Operation TOTS may be
left at the Dee-Jay Shop here.
Electrical toys, or toys which
are difficult to pack should not be
included for overseas shipments.
Fish Ladder To Be
Built Near Petersburg
Construction of the first con
troled-flow fish ladder ever to be
built in Alaska is now in process
at Falls Creek, 10 miles south of
Petersburg, it was announced re
cently by a spokesman for the
Fish and Wildlife Service. The
ladder will enable fish to by-pass
two falls, past which only a few
silver salmon now are able to
make their way.
A creek with similar spawning
conditions, south of Wrangell,
produces 6,000,000 fish and fish
eries experts predict the same
number for the Falls Creek area
as soon as fish are able to make
their climb to the spawning
grounds.
Sales Tax Will Put Cities
In The Black,
Seward Paper Says
To justify the existing sales tax
in the city of Seward, editor John
Coleman of the Seward Seaport
Record recently suggested that
the tax be made a territorial tax.
It was pointed out that out-of
town residents, trading in Se
ward, object to paying the tax
which goes to the support of Se
ward’s schools.
The Record points out that the
city of Seward is operating in the
black, as the result of the tax, and
suggests that other Alaskan cities
might find such a tax equally
helpful. The paper says that a
territorial tax of 2 per cent from
which the territory would receive
half of 1 per cent, for the hand
ling, and incorporated cities the
remaining one and a half per
cent, ought to prove fair for all.
You can travel all around the
. world and you will find no bet
er people than your neighbors.
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| Egg Mash .$7.00 Cwt.
| Chicken Scratch. 6.75 Cwt.
| Albers Milk Flow.6.55 Cwt.
* Cracked Corn . 6.45 Cwt.
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Flying Cowboys
To Ride Herd
On Alaska’s Reindeer
Aerial cowpokes will ride herd
on Alaskan reindeer in the far
north as soon as daylight gets a
little longer there, it was an
nounced recently by Dale Belcher
of the Alaska Native Service.
The aerial roundup will be for the
protection of the herds, Mr. Bel
cher explained.
Since wolves prey constantly on
the reindeer, it is the ANS man’s
hope that poison bait, sown from
a plane circling the herds, will
prove an effective control meas
ure.
Stanley Patrick, a predatory
agent formerly stationed in the
Valley, will pitch the poison bait
from the plane in front of the
hungry wolves.
ANS heads hope that the rein
deer industry, under proper meth
ods, will be greatly expanded in
the near future. Demand now
far exceeds supply, and Mr. Bel
cher optimistically looks forward
to a reindeer population of 200,
000- He believes the deer will be
most efficiently handled, in the
future, in herds as large as 2,000
deer. Present herds range in size
from 650 to 1,900 reindeer.
Skinner Son Homed
Manager Alaska Steam
D. E. Skinner, son of president
G. W. Skinner of the Alaska
Steamship Co., has been named
general manager of the organiza
tion. The new appointment be
came effective on Jan. 1.
The younger Skinner has been
vice-president of Alaska Steam
for the past two years. His ex
perience includes three years as
general manager of the Pacific
Cruise Lines and seven years as
a partner in Northland Transpor
tation Co. *
Mink Prices Axe Good
Mink prices at the Dec. 6 sale
in New York city showed an ad
vance of 30 per cent in price over
the December 1948 sales, it was
reported recently by Jessen’s
Weekly. The market was active,
and 92 per cent of all pelts offer
ed were sold. On the basis of the
December sale, fur buyers expect
that mink prices will be main
tained for the balance of the sea
son. *
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Legion Sponsors
‘Teach Religion’
Program for Jam-Fob.
January and February have
been designated as “Teach Chil
dren Religion” months by the ter
ritorial American Legion. The
Legion is sponsoring an active
program in each of the 19 posts
in Alaska to further this project.
Perry S. McClain, Commander
of the American Legion in Alas
ka, announced this program from
Anchorage last week. He em
phasized that “It is a program
without any partisan or denomi
national connections, and can be
supported with equal enthusiasm
by Protestants, Catholics and
Jews”
Commander McClain said the
purpose of this program was to
awaken all citizens, without re
gard to their religious affiliations,
[ to the need for “moral and spirit
ual consciousness on the part of
our children, who are the citizens
of tomorrow.” *
Freighter Sails Jan. 20.
The Coastal Monarch, freighter
of the Alaska Steamship Co., will
sail from Seattle on Jan. 20, it
was announced this week. The
freighter will call at Yakutat, Se
ward and Valdez.
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| Date Approaches For
I Unnamed Seward Affair
| The as yet unnamed winter fes
tival planned by Seward is sched
uled to be held in late January or
early February, according to an
nouncement in last week’s Sea
port Record. Road conditions
make it impossible to announce
a definite date yet.
Ail the towns and villages lo
cated along the Seward-Homer
highway are invited to partici
pate in the festival. A ski tour
nament, a hobby show and a com
edy by the Homer Players has
been added to the original agenda
of dog races, square dance con
test, movies and like entertain
ment.
Superintendent Retires
Jack Sullivan, superintendent of
the power plant at the University
of Alaska, retired on Jan. 1, a re
lease from the Unversity an
nounced last week. He is re
placed by Vincent James.
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