THE KENAI PENINSULA
CHEECHAKO NEWS
Phone 262-4624 Kenai Drawer 0
LOREN STEWART .Editor
DOROTHY STEWART.Society Editor
KEITH ARNOLD .Roving Editor
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Cheechako Publisher
Recuperates After Trip
Cheechako News Publisher
Loren Stewart returned last
Thursday from an equipment
buying trip to the Lower 48.
Gunsmithing
and
Machine Work
* Scopes
* Reloaders
* Slocking
+ Rebarreling
Harold
FULLER’S
Gun & Machine Shop
Cooper’s Landing
Mr. Stewart appeared pale
and wan and inclined to go into
the nervous shakes when being
interviewed by the Cheechako
reporter, Keith Arnold. In re
ply to a question by Reporter
Arnold, Mr. Stewart replied
that the trip wasn’t so bad, it
was just that spending so much
money takes a lot out of a
Scotchman.
Main purchase was a roll-fed
newspaper press that will al
low the Cheechako to advance
its deadline and assure regular
weekly production, as well as
permit considerable expansion
of size and circulation as the
area grows.
The press is scheduled to ar
rive in about three weeks and
will take about three weeks to
install. Other equipment, in
cluding a Linotype and seventy
four miscellaneous cases of
type for job work, etc., should
all be delivered within the next
six weeks to two months.
Other equipment to be in
stalled includes make-up tables,
metal saw, lead melting pot and
a casting box.
This equipment will make
the Cheechako News the most
modern weekly newspaper
plant in Alaska.
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Poor Outlook For State Potato Farmers
Potato growers in the South
48 and Alaska may be headed
for trouble in 1961, according
to Charles Marsh, economist at
the Alaska Experiment Station,
and other U.S.D.A. analysts.
Prospects are good for over
supply and lower prices, Marsh
indicated.
Growers in key potato states
are planting 7 per cent more
acres this spring than last year.
This is 12 per cent above the
U. S. D. A.’s recommendations.
Average yields could produce a
crop 7 per cent larger than the
abundant 1960 crop, which is
now causing some marketing
problems. “If this happens,”
stated Marsh, “U. S. growers
may have to accept a 25 to 30
per cent reduction in price.
More Oil Volume
Brings Price Cut
The Kenai Pipe Line Co. has
announced a tariff reduction
from 40 to 20 cents per barrel
on crude oil moved from the
Swanson River field here to
Nikiski on Cook Inlet. The re
duction became effective April
15.
W. C. McCammon, president
of the company, said the reduc
tion was being made as a result
of a growing volume of crude
being moved through the pipe
line.
In order to handle even larg
er future volumes, the company
is spending approximately
$500,000 to install an additional
200,000-barrel storage tank at
Nikiski Marine Terminal to
boost handling capacity to 30,
000 barrels per day.
“Although our line has been
in operation only since last Oc
tober,” McCammon said, “its
expansion is necessary to keep
pace with production develop
ment on the peninsula.”
Medal Awarded
E. L. Browning
Eugene L, Browning, Homer,
has been awarded the Alaska
Society of the Sons of the Amer
ican Revolution Medal of Honor
at Governor’s Day, held recent
ly at the University of Alaska.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene V. Browning and is a
sophomore student majoring in
electrical engineering.
Discouraged Golfers
Just when golf was introduc
ed into Scotland is not known,
but, in 1457, the Scottish Par
liament issued a decree in an
attempt to discourage its popu
larity.
Will this affect Aiasica pro
ducers? Marsh believes it will.
Alaska’s Cooperative^ Crop Re
porting Service recently an
nounced a 23 per cent increase
in expected potato plantings by
Alaska’s growers. With normal
yields this could mean a total
production of 8,000 tons com
pared to 6,570 tons last year.
This could create marketing
problems, Marsh stated.
Potato prices in Washington
and Idaho may drop 55c to 60c
per cwt. while Oregon prices
may drop as much as 70c. Alas
ka prices will probably reflect
this price drop.
Under present military bid
ding procedures, Alaska grow
ers may find it difficult to se
cure contracts for delivery of
potatoes this fall and winter.
When asked what can be done
at this late date, Marsh suggest
ed that Alaska producers weigh
these possibilities carefully be
fore planting all their potatoes.
Perhaps some acres would be
better diverted to other crops
this year.
Bookkeeping
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Across Kenai River -
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