Juneau Milkmen Toss Canadians Out
By Crying for Help from Law
A below-the-belt blow dealt bj
the referee, the Alaska Depart
ment of Health, lost the milk wai
in Juneau for Canadian dairy
men last week. The Canuck’s ex
portation of milk to Juneau ha:
been battled extensively by Ju
neau dairymen for several
months.
The Canadians thought thej
were winning the match recent
ly, when they imported automatic
capping machines to seal theii
bottles of milk. However the>
overlooked the clause in the Alas
kan milk ordinance which re
quires that the “cap shall covei
the pouring lip to at least its
largest diameter.” Canadian milk
containers have no pouring lip.
Juneau dairies are hailing theii
victory, while overlooking the
point that the very ordinance
which blocked the Canadians
could be invoked against them,
too. To meet the competition from
the south, Juneau dairies have
been bottling chocolate milk.
Those containers, too, lack a pour
ing lip.
Juneau milk consumers are
pretty certain that point will be
taken care of satisfactorily in the
near future, however. With the
Canadian competition driven
from the field, they’re willing to
give odds that the Juneau dairies
will halt their production of
chocolate milk. With no compe
tition.
NINILCHIK GETS ROAD
AND AN AIRPORT
Highways and airports are both
on the summer’s work program
at Ninilchik this year. The com
munity’s beach landing strip,
which can be used only under
perfect weather conditions, is be
ing levelled and graded to make
an all-weather port. The work is
under way there now.
Also in progress now, is work
on a gravelled road connecting
the village of Ninilchik with the
Sterling Highway. The road is
being built by the Alaska Road
Commission.
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Kodiak Storage Plant
Waits for Construction
Costs to Plummet
There will be no building foi
Kodiak Ice and Cold Storage Co.
at the Kodiak city dock, until
bids descend more nearly to the
level of owner Wallis George’s
construction estimates. Mr
George thinks the building he
wants can be erected for $500,
000. To date, the lowest bid he’s
received on the project is $1,100,
000. The owner added that i!
contractors couldn’t get down tc
something near his estimated
costs, the company may put up
its own buildings. Its dock and
fish shed were constructed in
that manner.
The Kodiak Ice and Cold Stor
age Co. leases its dock property
from the city of Kodiak for $50C
a month. Terms of the lease say
that a building must go up on the
site as quickly as possible.
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ARA Awaits Passage
Of Appropriations Bill
With 1951 money held up
awaiting the passage of the om
nibus appropriations bill in Con
gress, projects of the Agricultural
Research Administration are
marking time, Don L. Irwin, di
rector, said this week.
Congress has passed an interin:
bill that takes care of all day-to
day needs of government agen
cies, but until the principal ap
propriations bill is through, nc
agency or department can make
many plans for the future.
Whether ARA funds will be
slashed will not be known until
passage of the bill. However the
agency stands to gain some monej
through bills now pending ir
Congress, which would give Fed
eral grants to the Alaskan experi
mental work. The exact figure ol
those grants will not be known
either, until the pending bills be
come law.
Radar Sub Transferred
To Pacific Flee!
The radar picket submarine
Spinax has been transferred tc
the Pacific Fleet, it was an
nounced last week from the
Navy’s public information office
at Kodiak. The Spinax is equip
ped with special radar and sonic
detection apparatus and snorkel
tubes for underwater propulsion
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MEA Imports Engineer
From S. F. Bay Area
Ben. E. Hudgins, electrical en
gineer who comes to Alaska from
the San Francisco Bay area, has
joined the staff of the Matanusks
Electric Association, Inc., of Pal
mer. Mr. Hughes arrived in Pal
mer this week.
The engineer is a permanenl
employe of MEA. His first as
signment will be work on the line
extension to Jonesville, according
to Mrs. Ruth Pierson, acting man
ager of MEA.
Mr. Hudgins is accompanied b}
his wife. They will be joined here
: shortly by their 15 - year - ole
daughter. And of course, the}
‘ need a house.
ENTERS VALLEY HOSPITAL
Mrs. B. H. Jensen of McLaugh
lin Construction Co., was hos
pitalized here this week for med
ical attention. She is now a pa
tient at Valley Hospital.
REA Administrator
Arrives Wednesday]
Claude R. Wickard, administrator
of the Rural Electrification Ad
ministration, arrived in Anchor
age on Wednesday, July 5. He
was accompanied by Bernard
Kirk, representing REA’s man
agement division.
Mr. Wickard will make a 10
day tour of REA installations in
the territory. He went to Fair
banks today, but will return to
Anchorage on Sunday. He plans
a visit to Palmer some time next
week. During his inspection tour
of Alaskan projects, Mr. Wickard
will be guided by Donald T. Low
ery, field engineer of the Palmer v
headquarters office of REA.
SEEKS MEDICAL ATTENTION
Mr. Widdemer, a construction
worker, entered Valley Hospital
this week to secure medical
treatment.
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