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MARKET REACTION
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The stock market, despite some measure of Fed
eral regulation, is a sensitive barometer of economic
outlook—and subject, therefore, to wide fluctuation
under the impact of events such as those which have
occurred in recent days. Any threat of war is In
herently bearish in its effect, at least at the outset.
It hardly is to be marveled at, therefore, that there
has been record trading and a tremendous drop of
market value of stock since the Communist forces
of Northern Korea imperiled world peace with their
assault upon South Korea.
The development caught American stocks at the
apex of a bull market—one of the greatest in history.
The prices on the big board represented a sanguine
outlook toward the prospects of American business
and industry during the months or several years
ahead. We seemed to have shaken out of our economic
system many of the factors of postwar recession; to
have weathered successfully the worst of our labor
problems. Perhaps the prices represented too op
! lim&tic an evaluation of our prospects. The market
i traditionally undergoes periodic shakedowns or read
| justments of values. That is part of its functioning
i as an economic barometer.
i We cite that by way of admission that there may
j be some element of profit-taking in the immediate
response of the market to the war news. But it is
important to remember that the market is not a
thing apart from American business and industry. If
the present situation resolves itself satisfactorily—!
as. we have every right to hope it will in view of the
forthright action taken by the American Government
I—the values on the market will resume stride with
| the index of industrial activity. Of that we may be ;
sure. j
THE KOREAN WAR
A short-wave comment by a London newspaper
on the Koreon war follows:
The Daily Express speaks of the Americans as
being in a mood of self-criticism over vents in Korea.
The paper takes the line that, so long as the North
Korean forces hold the advantage in numbers and
equipment against the Americans in Korea, the news
will continue to be bad.
"But," the paper says, "out of bad news comes
good, for Korean defeats and retreats have done more
than stir Americans to self-criticism; they have
angered and whipped a whole nation into demading
not only speedy action in Korea, but an assurance of
complete and immediate American military prepar
edness in all parts of the world. The whole free world
benefits from this; North Korea and every other ag
gressor loses."
Somewhere in there among the "right to strike
and "right to bargain" freedoms there should be a
line or two about the innocent bystander’s right to
freedom from being continually made to suffer the
consequences.—«Concrete Herald.)
When a Hollywood screen writer called his wife
' "stupid” in front of company, she sued and got a di
'vorce wrapped up in a $202,500 cash package. It
seems she proved him wrong.-'Bellingham Herald.)
The Washington
Merry-Go* Round
(Continued from Page One)
they point out, follows another
choice morsel handed Pan Am by
the White House. Two years ago,
the CAB decided there was barely
enough air traffic to justify an air
route from Seattle to Honolulu,
but nevertheless decided to lean
over backward and certify North
west Airlines to Ly the route.
Shortly thereafter, Truman went
over CAB's head, added Pan Am
erican Airways to fly the same
route. Thus, where the CAB said
there v.-a^ trafljfc
for cue line, Truman arbitrarily
authorized two.
At that particular time, October.
1948. Truman badly needed cam
paign funds for a radio broadcast,
and Louis Johnson is credited with
brim ing in the dough—from his
good friends and clients, Pan Am
erican Airways. Johnson, at that
time, received a legal retainer of
$18.C 0 a year from Pan Am, and
simui'aneously was the big money
raise.' for the Democratic party.
New Truman has done the same
thin;: all over again and not only
reversed the CAB regarding the
PAA-AOA merger, but has given
Pan Am some new routes in addi
tion.
Mcral: Campaign contributions
pay big dividends in this adminis
tration.
Note: The one exception is CAB
vice-chairman Oswald Ryan, Pan
Am longtime fiiend, whose secret
session with Truman helped ar
range his reversal.
Why Reserves Hesitate
At the same time the Army is
appcaLng to reserve officers to
sign v; for active duty, it is punish
ing those who do. As a result, the
Arnr can't get the reserve officers
it needs most—doctors, engineers,
rada: specialists, and signal corps
technicians:
Til. reason these specialists aren't
responding to the rail is that not
only must they give up their private
occupations but also take a demo
tion in rank. The Army stubbornly
refu s to accept volunteers unless
they re'uni to active duty in the
same rank they held before their
relea.e. Since all eligible officers
have been promoted, volunteering
now would mean a demotion fdr
most of them.
Yet if they are called back fo
active duty, the law requires the
Army to take them at their present
rank. In other words, those who
volunteer are demoted, but those
who i re ordered back keep the
sam :ank. No wonder many offi
cers a:e not volunteering but wait
ing for an arbitrary call.
The Reserve Officers Association
lias protested this policy all the
war up to Secretary of Defense
Johnson. He promised a change,
but none has come.
Note: The Navy, with a different
reserve system, is accepting volun
teer oflicers at their present rank.
Sovietizing Korea
Though North Korea has been
shut behind the iron curtain for
fi :e years, enough information has
leaked out to give a picture of
what has been going on.
One of the first acts of the RSS
sian masters was U) set aside a
special "Siberia” for Kirean pol
itical prisoners. Thus is the Sov
iet i-lind of Sakhalin, which the
Russians are feverishly transform
ing into a military base.
A total of 50.000 Koreans has
been deported to Sakhalin since i
the iron curtain slammed across
the 38th Parallel. For propaganda
purposes, a pretense was usually
made of “hiring” these workers-c
though they had no choice and
the pay was so low tlr.t it am
ounted to slavery. Many of the
“labor contracts” ,?ere of 40 years
duration.
For those who were permitted
to remain at home, the Communist
constitution for North Korea prom
ised an eight-hour working day.
However, it didn’t turn out that
way. The workers were constantly
pressured to work longer and harder j
by increasing the production quoths I
aiitT'Thitiating ’ speed-lip programs j
in honor of certain even s.
For example, the youth-working
unit at the Mumpyong refinery re
cently pledged to fulfill 180 per
cent of its normal quota during a
"commemoration production cam
paign.” For this, they were paid
no extra wages, but if they failed
to produce they were transferred
to less congenial work. Yet the
Soviet press describes this as “loyal
party effort contributed on a purely
voluntary basis.”
As another matter of “party loy
alty,” workers are obliged to buy |
government bonds on the basis of
the number of members in their
families who receive food.
North Korean farmers also have
a bad time. The government taxes
almost 25 per cent of everything
harvested, besides fixing compul
sory quotas for delivery of beans,
rice, barley, wheat, tobacco, alld
other crops to the government.
Farmers who cannot meet the quo
tas or pay the taxes are severely
punished—even though they were
not at all to blame for their bad
harvest.
Stripping Korea
The Soviet Union also stripped
North Korea of lead, zinc, steel,
fuel, lumber, and other strategic
materials. Again as a propaganda
gesture, the Soviets paid for what
they took. But the payment, was
at inflationary prices and did not
come near the fair value.
Alter stripping Korean factories,
Russia forced the few factories
still operating to produce for the
benefit of the Soviet Union. Tills
was accomplished by long-term
contracts and through “joint stock
companies." For example, the
Wonson Oil Company is owned
equally by the company owners
and the Soviet Union. The Soviet
share was awarded as a gift for
liberating Korea from Japan. How
ever. the Wonson factory is mail
aged by a Russian, and Russia
takes the lion’s share of the out
put—on her own terms. This is
typical of all important North Kor- i
ean companies.
The Soviets formed an “inde
pendent” government in Korea in j
1947. The candidates to the “peo- i
pies assembly,’’ however, were all
approved by the Communists. They
were elected by a show of hands—
with no choice of an alternative
.candidate.
Because of these conditions, 2,
000,000 North Koreans have risked
their lives to slip across the border
into Democratic South Korea.
i FLEISC'HMANN on a product is
like 24 carat on gold—the finest it
can be. Try FLEISC’HMANN GIN
and be convinced.
Fresh herring—Sturm's Locker
COMMUNITY EVENT!
TODAY
At 6:30 p.m.—Baseball game be
tween Elks apd Moose, weather
and grounds permitting.
At 7 p.m—Soap Box Derby try
outs, unless it is too showery.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion, Dug
out.
July 18
At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Odd Fellows meet in
IOOF Hall.
July 19
At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
\
July 20
At noon—Chamber of Commerce,
Baranof.
At 6:30 p.m.—Juneau Rifle and
Pistol club at Mendenhall Range.
At 8 p.m.—Women of Moose meet
ing, Moose Hall.
July 21
At 8 p.m.—Regular meeting of City
Council.
July 23
At 2 p.m.—Soap Box Derby on
Twelfth Street hill.
July 24
At noon—Lions Club, Baranof. I
JULY 17
Mrs. C. A. (Pat) Carroll
Danny Jorgensen
Janet Caroline Soboleff
Elliott Fremming
Mrs. Dan Ross
Damaris Irene Davis
Helen Camp
Weather at
AlaskaPoinls
Weather conditions and temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, snd
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage Mi—Partly Cloudy
Annette Island .. 54—Rain
Barrow 38—Partly Cloudy
Bethel 51—Cloudy
Cordova 47—Partly Cloudy
Dawson 49—Cloudy
Edmonton 47—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks 46—Partly Cloudy J
Haines 49—Rain |
Havre 50—Partly Cloudy |
Juneau Airport 54—Rain
Kodiak 52—Partly Cloudy j
Kotzebue 59—Partly Cloudy
McGrath . 53—Partly Cloudy
Nome .. 54—Cloudy
Northway 49—Cloudy
Petersburg 53—Rain
Portland 57—Clear
Prince George 43—Partly Cloudy
Seattle . 50—Clear
Sitka 54—Rain
Whitehorse 47—Rain
Yakutat ... 51—Rain
Jensen - Towle
Engagement Is
Announced Today
Announcement was made today by
Mrs. Neva Jensen of Minneapolis,
Minnesota, of the engagement of
her daughter, Marian Ruth, to Mr.
George W. Towle, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Towle of Spokane, Wash
ington.
Miss Jensen, employed in the ac
counting department of Alaska
Coastal Airways, has been in Ju
neau the past five years and is a
popular member of the young busi
ness women’s circles.
Mr. Towle, crew chief on the
maintenance staff of Alaska
Coastal, served three years with the
Navy air service during World War
II, being stationed at Ketchikan
during a part of that time.
The young couple are planning a
September wedding.
For Plastering and Tile—rnone
Ray Rice—Douglas 21.
ACROSS
L Segment of a
curve
4. Bleats
8. Remain
12. Soft murmur
13. French clerio
14. Sea eagle
15. High pointed
hill
16. Responses
18. Thoroughfare
20. Canvas shelter
2L Organ of
hearing
22. Excellent
23. Father
25. Party
27. Wild plum
28. Eccentric
rotating
piece
29. Small rug
30. Be frugal
31. Brazilian
capital
32. English letter
33. God of war
34. Trust
35. Ourselves
38. Distant
37. Extinct bird
38. Regular
39. Kind of dog
42. Moving apart
45. Anger
48. Across
47. County In New
York state
Solution of Saturday’* Puzzle
18. Pimple sugar
19. Plour
>0. Knocks
Cl. Masculine
nickname
DOWN
1. Behaves
2. Radix
3. Sets right
4. More exposed
5. Instigate
6. Arabian
garment
7. Parts
8. French river
9. Easy gait
II). Feminine name
11. Affirmative
17. Article of
belief
19. Dine
22. Aviator
23. Bucket
24. Phlnese port
25. Kind of duck
25. Facility
27. More
unfamiliar
2*. Universe
2(1. Dess dangerous
34. Decompose
Sfi. Turn aside
27. Measures
38. Always
39. Put with shears
40. P.aellc
41. Tall coarse
grass
42. Pound mark
43. Tonax
hummingbird
44. Age_
WILLIAM C. JENSEN
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20 YEARS AGO tiTe empire
JULY 17, 1930
A son—their second—was born in St. Ann's Hospital to Mr. and Mrs.
Richard McCormick, Jr., of Douglas.
City Marshal O. H. Bliss was under the weather with an ulcerated
eye and forced to spend most of his time, for a while, in a dark room.
Glen Kirkham and Francis Snyder of Douglas left for a month’s
prospecting up the Taku River.
Mrs. C. M. Tuckett, wife of the manager of the Juneau Coliseum,
returned on the Yukon after a visit to Ketchikan.
E. S. Shipp, official U. S. Forest Service photographer, returned from
the Icy Strait district on the Fisheries boat Widgeon, Capt. Greg’
Mangan.
Mrs. H. L. Cochrane and baby of Douglas, left with Mrs. Jack Koby
for the Koby farm on the Taku River, to visit or several weeks.
Mrs. Esther Goss of Douglas and her sister Mrs. Miles Godkin,
boarded the Queen for the round trip to Sitka.
George Bach, Taku Harbor farmer but a geologist by profession,
had returned from a mining trip throughout the metal States, Mexico
and South America. He came into town to file five mineral claims on a
pitchblende lode near his homestead. He planned to return to Taku
Harbor the next day, taking his daughter, Mrs. Ludwig Nelson, and her
three daughters, to spend the summer with him.
Weather: High, 58; low. 49; rain.
Daily Lessons in Enslisfi l. Gordon j
, ——♦—-—
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He would sooner starve
than work." Say, “He would RATHER starve than work."
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Goulash. Pronounce goo-lash, OO as
In TOO, A as in AH, accent first syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Traffic; two F's. Terrific; one F.
SYNONYMS: Increase (verb), enlarge, expand, extend, augment,
multiply.
WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
CONFIDANT (masculine). CONFIDANTE (feminine); one to whom
secrets are confided. (Accent on last syllable preefrerd). “Me made a
confidant of his brother.”
i MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE I
J 1
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Q. Should a young man buy an engagement ring before proposing
to a girl, so that he may present it at once?
A. This is a doubtful procedure for some men to prepare for ac
ceptance in advance, and it would depend a lot upon circumstances.
Usually, after an understanding has been reached, the girl accompanies
the man and helps in the seleccton of the engagement ring and the sub
sequent wedding ring to match.
Q. Do guests filing into a dining room seat themselves immediately
at the table?
A. No; they should stand behind or beside their chairs and then
seat themselves from the left when the hostess gives the signal or seats
herself. *
Q. Where should the attendants of the bride meet before the wed
ding?
A. Most usually at the home of the bride.
LOOK and LEARN a! c. Gordon
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1. What State ranks after Texas and California in size in the
U. S.?
2. What does the letter S” stand for in the name of Harry S.
Truman?
3. How soon after taking office as President of the U. S. did
Franklin D. Roosevelt declare a famous bank moratorium?
4. How many psalms are there in the Bible?
5. Approximately how many octaves is the range of a full-sized
piano?
ANSWERS:
1. Montana.
2. It has no meaning.
3. The day after.
4. 150.
5. Seven octaves and three notes exactly.
HOSPITALNOTES
John M. Tatum and Robert Don
ald Converse were admitted to St.
Ann’s Hospital over the weekend.
Mrs. M. J. Haas, Mrs. James Cole,
Harry S. Carter, Mrs. George Gar
butt, William A. Richardson, ahd
Mrs. Dan McMullin and her in
fant daughter were dismissed.
Julia Caldwell of Douglas and
Dorothy Willard of Haines were
admitted to the Government Hos
pital.
SON FOR CRANSTON’S
Mr. and Mrs. Judson Cranston
of Juneau became the parents of
a son early yesterday morning at
the Government Hospital. The
child, born at 1:27 a.m., weighed
eight pounds 15 ounces.
SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S
IT. S. Department or the Interior
Division of Territories and Island
Possessions
Alaska Public Works Program
June 21, 1950.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids will be received by
John D. Argetsinger, District Engi
neer, Alaska Public Works, Division
of Territories and Island Posses
sions, Department of the Interior,
Room 115, Community Build
ing, Juneau, Alaska, until 5:00
p.m., Pacific Standard Time, on
July 20, 1950, for the construction
of Water and Sewer Facilities at
Skagway, Alaska, comprising ap
proximately the following quantities
in major items.
2,090 lin. ft. 6” to 12” sewers:
4,980 lin. ft., 2" to 10" water mains,
etc.; construction of wood tower
for water tank; dismantle, move
and re-erect 100,000 gallon water
tank; together with all appurt
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Safety Deposit
Boxes for Bent
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CliaULCO 1U1 ocnwo, cnti ojo»v..4
and water tank.
At which time and place the bids
will be publicly opened and read
aloud. Bids received after closing
time of bid openings will be re
turned unopened.
Plans and specifications and other
proposed contract documents are
open for public inspection at the
District Engineer’s Office, Boom
115, Community Building, Juneau,
Alaska, and at the office of the
Associated General Contractors of
America, Arctic Building, Seattle,
Washington, and at the office of
the Associated General Contractors
of America, Anchorage, Alaska, and
at the office of the Mayor of Skag
way, Alaska, and at ttfie office of
the Associated General Contractors,
Suite 112, Multnomah Hotel, Port
land, Oregon, and at the office ot
the Salem Contractors Exchange,
Salem, Oregon, and Room 5141
General Services Building Washing
ton, D.C.
A set of such documents may be
procured from the office of John D.
Argetsinger, District Engtneer, at
Juneau, Alaska, upon deposit of
$10.00, all of which will be refunded
to bona fide bidders upon the re
turn of the plans and specifications
within ten (10) days from date ot
bid opening.
To parties who procure plans and
specifications upon payment of the
above stated amount, and who do
not submit a bid, $10.00 will be re
funded upon the return thereof
within ten (10) days from the date
of the bid opening. No refund will
be made for return after that time.
Each bid must be accompanied by
a satisfactory bid security (certified
check or bid bond) in an amount of
not less than 5 per cent of the total
bid.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to furnish a performance
bond and payment bond, each in
the amount of 100 per cent of the
contract price.
No bid may be withdrawn until
thirty (30) days after the scheduled
closing time for the receipt of bids.
The Government reserves the
right to reject any and all bids and
to waive informalities with respect
thereto.
LESTER M. MARX
Contracting Officer.
Publish: June 26, July 3, 10, 17, 1950.
U. S. Department of the Interior
Division of Territories and Island
Possessions
Alaska Public Works Program
June 21, 1950.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids will be received by
John D. Argetsinger, District Engi
neer, Department of the Interior,
Division of Territories and Island
Possessions, Alaska Public Works,
Room 115, Community Building, Ju
neau, Alaska, until 5:00 P.M., Pa
cific Standard Time, on July 19,
1950, for the construction of a three -
classroom school with living quar
ters, playroom, and services, at
Naknek, Alaska.
At which time and place the bids
will be publicly opened and read
aloud. Bids received after closing
time of bid openings will be re
turned unopened.
Plans and specifications and other
proposed contract documents are
open for public inspection at the
District Engineer’s Office, Room
115, Community Building, Juneau,
Alaska, at the office of the
Associated General Contractors of
America, Arctic Building, Seattle,
Washington, at the office of
Associated General Contractors of
America, Anchorage, Alaska, at the
office of Dr. James C. Ryan, Terri
torial Commissioner of Education,
Federal Building, Juneau, at the of
fice of the Associated General Con
tractors, Suite 112, Multnomah
Hotel, Portland, Oregon, at the of
fice of the Salem Contractors Ex
change, Salem, Oregon, and Room
5141, GSA Building, Washington,
D. C.
A set of such Gocuments may be
procured from the office of John D.
Argetsinger, District Engineer, at
Juneau, Alaska, upon deposit of
$25.00, all of which will be refunded
to bona fide bidders upon the re
turn of the plans and specifications
within ten (10) days from date of
bid opening.
To parties who procure plans and
specifications upon payment of the
above stated amount, and who do
not submit a bid, $25.00 will be re
funded upon the return thereof
within ten (10) days from date of
the bid opening. No refund will be
made for return after that time.
Each bid must be accompanied by
a satisfactory bid security (certified
check or bid bond) in an amount of
not less than 5 per cent of the total
bid.
The successful bidder will ne re
quired to furnish a performance
bond and payment bond, each in
the amount of 100 per cent of the
contract price.
No bid may be withdrawn until
thirty (30) days after the scheduled
closing time for the receipt of bids.
The Government reserves the
right to reject any and all bids and
to waive informalities with respect
thereto.
LESTER M. MARX
Contracting Officer.
Publish: June 26, July 3, 10. 17,1950.
U. S. Department of the Interior
Division of Territories and Island
Possessions
Alaska Public Works Program
June 21, 1950.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids will be received by
John D. Argetsinger, District Engi
neer, Department of the Interior,
Division of Territories and Island
Possessions, Room 115, Community
Building. Juneau. Alaslca. until 5:00
p.m., Pacific Standard Time, on
July 20, 1950, for the construction
of water, sewer and street improve
ments at Douglas, Alaslca, compris
ing approximately the following
quantities in major items:
4109 lin. ft. 6” - 10" Sewers; 3644
lin. ft. 4" - 6” Water Mains; to
gether with all appurtenances to
sewers and water mains; the
grading and surfacing of approx.
2460 lin. ft. of street.
At which time and place the bids
will be publicly opened and read
aloud. Bids received after closing
time of bid openings will be re
turned unopened.
Plans and specifications and other
proposed contract documents are
open for public inspection at the
District Engineer’s Office, Room
115, Community Building, Juneau,
Alaslca, and at the office of the
Associated ‘General Contractors ot
America, Arctic Building, Seattle,
Washington, and at the office ot
the Associated General Contractors
of America, Anchorage, Alaslca, and
at the office of the Mayor of Doug
las, Alaska, and at the office of the
Associated General Contractors,
Suite 112, Multnomah Hotel, Port
land, Oregon, and at the office or
the Salem Contractors Exchange,
Salem, Oregon, and Room 5141,
General Services Building, Wash
ington, D.C.
A set of such documents may be
procured from the office of John D.
Argetsinger, District Engineer, at
Juneau, Alaska, upon deposit of
$10.00, all of which will be refunded
to bona fide bidders upon the re
turn of the plans and specifications
within ten (10) days from date of
| bid opening.
To parties who procure plans and
specifications upon payment of the
' above stated amount, and who do
j not submit a bid, $10.00 will be re
I funded upon the return thereof
i within ten (10) days from the date
| of the bid opening. No refund will be
made for return after that time.
Each bid must be accompanied by
: a satisfactory bid security (certified
; check or bid bond) in an amount of
not less than 5 per cent of the tolhl
bid.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to furnish a performance
bond and payment bond, each tn
the amount of 100 per cent of the
contract price.
No bid may be withdrawn until
thirty (30) days after the scheduled
closing time for the receipt of bids.
The Government reserves the
right to reject any and all bids and
to waive informalities with respect
j thereto.
LESTER M. MARX
Contracting Officer.
! Publish: June 26, July 3, 10, 17. 1950.
U. S. Department of the Interior
Division of Territories and Island
Possessions
Alaska Public Works Program
June 21, 1950,
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids will be received by
John D. Argetsinger, District Engi
neer, Department of the Interior,
Division of Territories and Island
Possessions, Alaska Public Works,
Room 115, Community Building, Ju
neau, Alaska, until 5:00 P.M., Pa
cific Standard Time, on July 19,
1950, for the construction of a two
( classroom school with living quar
I ters, playroom, library, and admin
j istrative space at Ninilchik, Alaska.
! At which time and place the bids
■ will be publicly opened and read
j aloud. Bids received after closing
, time of bid openings will be re
turned unopened.
Plans and specifications and other
proposed contract documents are
open for public inspection at the
District Engineer’s Office, Room
1115, Community Building, Juneau,
! Alaska, and at the office of the
Associated General Contractors of
| America, Arctic Building, Seattle,
Washington, and at the office of
I Associated General Contractors of
America, Anchorage, Alaska, at the
office of Dr. James C. Ryan, Terri
torial Commissioner of Education,
Federal Building, Juneau, at the of
fice of the Associated General Con
tractors, Suite 112, Multnomah
Hotel, Portland, Oregon, at the of
fice of the Salem Contractors Ex
change, Salem, Oregon, and Room
5141, GSA Building. Washington,
D. O.
A set of such documents may be
procured from the office of John D.
Argetsinger, District Engineer, at
Juneau, Alaska, upon receipt of
$25.00, all of which will be refunded
to bona fide bidders upon the re
turn of the plans and specifications
within ten (10) days from date of
bid opening.
To parties who procure plans and
specifications upon payment of the
above stated amount, and who do
not submit a bid, $25.00 will be re
funded upon the return thereof
■within ten (10) days from the date
of the bid opening. No refund will
be made for return after that time.
Each bid must be accompanied by
a satisfactory bid security (certified
check or bid bond) in an amount of
not less than 5 per cent of the total
bid.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to furnish a performance
bond and payment bond, each in
the amount of 100 per cent of the
contract price.
No bid may be withdrawn until
thirty (30) days after the scheduled
closing time for the receipt of bids.
The Government reserves the
right to reject any and all bids and
to waive informalities with respect
thereto.
LESTER M. MARX
Contracting Officer.
Publish: June 26, July 3, 10, 17, 1950,