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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Sandhill Cranes Feed In Lew Fields—Fields
Lew Fields, whose life on the
homestead has included every
thing from cut worms in the
garden to brown bears in the
pig pen, now has an epidemic
of Sand Hill cranes. Not only
has he achieved another Kenai
Peninsula First, the critters are
eating him out of house and
Joe Cochran Writes On Taxes
Editor, Cheechako News
Dear Sir:
I’m enjoying your fine paper
and read a lot of news that in
terests me. I have a few re
marks to make about the as
sessment of the real estate in
the city of Kenai. As near as
I can tell, the assessors sat in
the recorders office and multi
plied each homesteaders ac
reage by 260. Apparently they
didn’t bother to find out if the
land was tide flat or valuable
land.
I am sending you an article
from the Monticello Herald
Journal. This will give the
Kenai Assessors some idea of
the grading and valuation of
land in this county.
Some of this land has been
farmed for one hundred and
twenty-five years. This is black
prairie land that will produce
100 bushels of corn and 50
bushels of wheat per acre. This
is as fine a land as you will find
in the mid-west of this country.
Compare this list with the Ke
nai valuations and laugh if you
can.
I hope my friends up there
have a good big run of fish this
summer. By the way I would
have liked to attended the old
timers reunion at Parkers. I
knew most of those people. Ke
nai had a lot of fine people be
fore the promoters and get-rich
quick people moved in.
Good luck to you and your
fine paper.
Yours truly,
Joseph A. Cochran
302 E. Marion St.
Monticello, Ind.
Following is the clipping:
PROFESSIONALS TO
REASSESS COUNTY
Plans are being made for the
assessment of real estate in
White county starting about
July 1 and to be concluded
about December 31, 1961. This
is the first real estate assess
ment since 1949.
FOR WATER WELLS
It’s Kenny Carver
and Jess Shelman
SOLDOTNA, ALASKA
$300 down—24 months to pay
On approved credit with bank financing
KENNY CARVER DRILLING
SOLDOTNA, ALASKA
GENERAL HAULING
Nothing too large or too small — We specialize in
heavy equipment hauling — We also have
cranes and cats
WEAVER BROTHERS INC.
Offices in:
Fairbanks Anchorage
Soldotna Valdez
LAND
AUCTION
To Be At Auction—24 large, beautiful lots located in
the McFarland Subdivision between Moose River and
Naptowne Inn on the Sterling Highway. Terms $50
down and $40 per month including 6% interest. Title
insurance and Warranty deed furnished. To be sold
by Findley Auction Service Saturday July 15th at 1:00
P.M. at Community Hall in Soldatna. Write for loca
tion map. Box 37. Soldatna.
john f. McFarland
The White county trustees
voted to have the assessment
done by professional workers.
All trustees signed the petition.
Tentative plans were outlined
at a trustees meeting in the
courthouse in Monticello in
charge of White county asses
sor Ivan Elmore, and two state
field men, Herbert Holmes of
Peru and Ralph Myers of Fran
cesville.
Prices were set for the actual
value of real estate. Assessment
will be taken at one third act
ual value of the real estate.
Real estate values were esta
blished at: Cropland, acre,
$300; acre, $270; B, $240; B,
$225; C, $195; C, $165; D, $105;
D, $90; E, $60. Pasture; A,
$150; B, $120; C, $90; D, $75;
E, $30. Woods, A, $150; B, $120,
C, $90; D, E, $30. Wasteland,
$15 per acre.
P.M.’s Meet
The annual convention of the
Alaska chapter of the National
Association of Postmasters of
the U.S. was held at Cordova
on June 1, 2 and 3. Postmasters
from the peninsula who attend
ed were: Arleen Kranich, Ho
mer; Clarence Larsen, Seward;
Mickey Faa, Soldatna and El
frida Lewis, Cohoe.
Besides an interesting and
informative session of semin
ars and work shops, an enjoy
able social program was plan
ned by host postmaster, Hollis
Henrichs. This included a smor
gasbord, a crab feed, a tour of
Copper River Delta-Million Dol
lar Bridge of “Iron Trail”
fame. A visit to Miles and
Childs glaciers, ending with a
banquet and local entertain
ment, courtesy of Cordova Elks
Lodge.
Officers for the coming year
were elected as follows: Mich
ael Shepard, Anchorage, Presi
dent. Arleen Kranich, Homer,
vice-president. Alice Brusich,
Ward Cove, secretary-treasurer.
Everett Wilde, College, editor.
The convention next summer
will be held at Seward.
Ten per cent of the popula
tion of the United States is in
New York state.
.. ..
home in spite of the best efforts
of the Fish and Wildlife Dept.
Cheek Checks Out
A1 Cheek, formerly with
Johnson Oil Tools of Santa Fe,
California, but recently associ
ated with Oil Well Service Co.
of Moose River, has returned to
Southern California.
Colorado Kraxberger
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Krax
berger of Fort Collins, Colo.,
had a leisurely trip up the high
way and are now visiting their
son and his family, the Frank
Kraxbergers.
4 Generations
Mrs. Vi Lewis of Ft. Worth.
Texas, has arrived for a visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Jesse
The Egyptian cubit was a
measure of the distance be
tween the elbow a nd the tip of
the middle finger.
Moore, her granddaughter, Mrs.
Myla McFarland, and her great
granddaughter, Miss Marquitta
McFarland.
A1 from Cal.
Welcome to the Allen Ham
ilton family from Ventura, Cali
fornia.
Final Returns
Bill Hansen, Nate and Glenn
Rhinehart from New York are
back on their homesteads to
stay.
V/C’s
Auto Repair
In Kenai
By the Old Russian Church
Vic Boerum Box 402 ,Kenai
Complete Insurance Service
By
J. C. MORRIS AGENCY
ONE OF ALASKA’S OLDEST INSURANCE FIRMS
Office at Seaman’s—Kenai
SKY BOWL LANES
of Soldotna
WINTER LEAGUE COMPETITION
Best way to fight with your
friends and neighbors.
Open Bowling — League Bowling
CONCRETE BLOCKS
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and Supplies
Nestor Concrete Products Co.
BOX 105 SOLDOTNA Ph. 262-4471
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