NEW MUNICIPAL HALL
AT JUNEAU WILL GO
UP NEAR WATERFRONT
Juneau’s new city hall will be
located on the site formerly oc
cupied by the fire - destroyed
Harri Machine Shop, it was an
nounced recently by the city’s
mayor Waino Hendrickson. The
new location was selected, the
mayor told the council, because
it lies so near the most serious
fire hazards in Juneau, while still
facing a street that leads to the
more modern part of Juneau.
The planned municipal hall is
to include a fire hall and a hose
tower at the rear of the building,
hence its advantage in being lo
cated near Juneau’s fire hazards.
Mayor Hendrickson also pressed
the advantage of the chosen site
because the city hall “will dress
up the approach to the city from
the waterfront.”
TERRITORY, CANADA
TO COLLABORATE
ON TOURIST BOOKLETS
Alaska and British Columbia
will collaborate on a joint tourist
program this summer, George
Sundborg of the Alaska Develop
ment Board announced at the
board’s recent meeting. Through
the joint efforts of the territory
and the province, two booklets
will be published.
One pamphlet will be for yacht
ing enthusiasts and will contain a
description of the Inside Passage
from Victoria, B. C., to Skagway.
The other booklet will be for mo
torists, and will cover points of
interest along the Alaska High
way.
Mr. Sundborg also announced
plans for a commercial survey of
Haines this summer. This study
will be particularly concerned
with the economic effect on the
community, if the Haines Cut-Off
were to be kept open all winter.
Navy-Cordova Plan
For Better Protection
Of Area's Fishing Fleet
To afford better protection dur
ing the stormy spring and fall
weather in the area, the Navy
may station a patrol vessel at
Cordova, it was announced at
that city last week. Fishermen of
Prince William Sound had asked
for a rescue system that would
make use of private planes and
boats based at Cordova, in emer
gencies. Naval officers also prom
ised to inform fishermen of stand
ard signals used by search air
craft. in order that Navy planes
and fishing boats might co-oper
ate more efficiently in sea rescue
operations.
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Fisheries Library
Being Compiled ai Juneau
A special fisheries library is
being compiled at Juneau by C. L
Anderson, director of fisheries de
partment. Begun at first as a pri
vate collection, Mr. Anderson has
received a number of technical
fisheries books as gifts recently
and he is now attempting to en
large the library and catalogue
the books. When the clerical work
is completed, the fisheries refer
ences will be available for use bj
anyone doing research in fisheries
problems.
Juneau Population Down,
Nome Has Big Increase,
Census Returns Show
Folks who have been playing
indoor guessing games on the
probable population figures o!
Alaska’s major cities, were wrong
twice, official census figures re
vealed last week. The number oi
Alaskans Juneau claims as its
own was expected to show a sharp
ascent over 1940 figures. How
ever a preliminary and unofficial
count shows the Juneau popula
tion to be 5,781—a gain of onlj
52 persons over the 1940 census.
On the other hand, Nome, ex
pected to show a drop in popula
tion, claims 326 more residents
than in 1940. Nome’s total popu
lation, by unofficial figures, is
1,885.
The Nome boost is said to be
higher in proportion than an>
other city in the territory, except
Anchorage.
Kenai Canvasses Attics,
Basements to Furnish
Office for Local Nurse
The community of Kenai is go
ing all out to make certain that
their recently acquired public
health nurse, Miss Shirley Deni
son, will be happy in her new
locale. After the Kenai Health
Council rented office space for
the nurse in a village cabin, the
whole community lent a hand in
assembling the proper furniture
for the office.
Miss Dennison now has every
thing required for a well - fur
nished office, except a file cabi
net. Kenai residents still haven’t
given up hope of unearthing that,
too, somewhere in the community.
As soon as Kenai fishermen re
turn to the village in the fall, the
nurse expects to inaugurate a reg
ular program of well baby con
ferences and pre-natal classes.
Mrs. Mick's Mother Visits
Mrs. Frank G. Wilkinson, moth
er of Mrs. Allan Mick of Palmer,
arrived in the Valley last Monday
for a summer-long visit with her
daughter and familv. Mrs. Wil
kinson 'comes from Clearwater,
Fla.
Kodiak's Worth
Three and a Quarter Million
Kodiak’s assessed valuation is
three and a quarter million dol
lars, the city council heard at a
recent meeting there. This rep
resents a gain of $200,000 over
last year’s valuation.
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Seward Population Figures
Preliminary announcement of
population figures for the city of
Seward were released last week
by the divisional office of the
census. As of April 1, the city
had a count of 2,063 and 2,653 for
the recording district.
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treatment this week. She returned
to her home Thursday afternoon.
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