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Threatened Closure of the Veil- j
dez end of the Richardson High
way during the coming winter be
cause of lack of funds for snow
removal has drawn a whole barrage
of protests.
The highway closure would In
deed be a big step backward and a
major blow not only to the port of
Valdez but to Interior Alaska points
that have come to depend on truck
ers for year-around freight service.
It was the truckers themselves
who proved three years ago that
the highway can be kept open dur
ing the winter months, and without
excessive expense.
They bought some $*»b,uuu worm
of special snow-removal equipment
and put up another $47,000 for fuel,
labor and other expenses of operat
ing the equipment.
The Territory of Alaska also con
tributed $20,000 from the motor fuel
tax revenues to help with the ex
penses. This brought the total cost
of operating the snow removal pro
gram to $67,000 for the winter.
If this figure is somewhere near
the average annual cost of the
program and if traffic stays at
somewhere near its present volume,
the cost would amount to some
where around a dollar for each ton
of freight hauled over the highway
during the winter months.
The Alaska Road Commission has
kept the highway open during the
past couple of winters, but this year
the Commission reports that its
appropriation is insufficient to
handle the job next winter.
To avert the winter shutdown
this year the truckers may have
to take over the project again. It
would, of course, increase their
overall costs and might force them
to up their rates a bit, but with the
recent increase in Alaska Railioad
freight tariffs, the truckers have
somewhat of a cushion to work on.
It may be, too, that the Alaska
Road Commission, the Territory
and perhaps even the military will
each find it possible to ante up a
portion of the funds required.
The Haines Cutoff, meanwhile,
has been receiving a good deal of
attention as an alternative year
around route to Interior Alaska.
The Bureau of Public Roads, the
Alaska Road Commission and a
special committee of the Senate
have all recommended that it be
improved and maintained for
winter service.
The distance from Haines to
Fairbanks by road is a good deal
greater than from Valdez to
Fairbanks—660 miles as against 371
—but the Haines route is the short
est from Puget Sound to Fairbanks.
It has the added advantage of
eliminating some 700 miles of open
ocean voyage for freighters or
barges on each round trip to a
highway terminal. And this is a
stretch of ocean that is frequently
stormy and where vessels would be
very vulnerable to submarine at
tack in time of war.
But the Haines route also has
some disadvantages. The snow re
moval job appears to be bigger than
on the Richardson Highway, or at
least much more costly.
The Alaska Road Commission has
estimated that it would require a
half a million dollars worth of
equipment and cost an additional
$275,000 each winter to keep the
road open.
The section of heavy snows is
mostly in Canada, but at the pre
sent time Canada appears to have
little interest in keeping the road
open and if it is to be done at all
it will probably have to be done
entirely at the expense of the Uni
ted States.
In addition to this, a truck us
ing the Haines route will have to
haul its load to a summit of 3,400
feet at Chilkat Pass, which is 63
miles from Haines. The summit at
Thompson Pass, 25 miles out of
Valdez, is only 2,700 feet above sea
level. The grades to the two sum
mits are reported to. be approxi
mately the same.
Senator Hugh Butler, as a mem
ber of the Committee on Interior
and Insular Affairs, has taken a
great deal of interest in both Haw
aiian and Alaskan statehood. His
opposition to the statehood bills
considered by the committee has
made a pretty fair showing in re
cent weeks.
Back in 1949 Senator Butler re
ported tin “Communist Penetra
tion of the Hawaiian Islands.” In
that report he named a number of
the leading Hawaiian communists.
Last year and again this year the
Senator repeated his charges in
the minority report^ on the Hawai
ian statehood bills.
The Nebraska Senator was sneer
ed at by administration leaders. He
was accused of fomenting witch
hunts and of seeing dangers where
none existed.
Last month Senator Butler was
at least partly vindicated when the
FBI arrested seven alleged Com
munists in Hawaii. Six of the seven
had been named in the Butler
report of 1949. The seven have not
Helps Preserve Constitution Page
President Truman helps Chief JusUi'j of the Un.'.ed States Fred M. Vinson {second from leil) and
Librarian of Congress Luther Evans (left) place 'page one of the Constitution of the United States in
a glass frame to preserve it from deterioration during eenstant display at tlAs Library cf Congress, Wash
ington, D. C. Also taking part in ceremony at the Library is Sen. Theodore Green (D-KI). /PI Wire
photo.
Pigs, Geese, Goat '
Will Siar in 4-H
Fair Fomorrow
Ten calves, Reese, pigs, rabbits,
a goat and twin kids, and chickens
will be among the star attractions
at the second annual fall fair, which
will be given by the 4-H club mem
bers on Saturday at Don Abels
shop on Willoughby Avenue.
Weather permitting, there will be
ponies available for rides from 1
to 9 p.m.
The country store will be another
feature of the fair. Club members
will have garden produce or craft
articles for sale. Any articles not
sold by 9 p.m. will be sold at auction.
Craft articles, clothing and food
items as well as animals will be on
exhibit from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The
fair is sponsored by the American
Legion. Legionnaires are providing
a tent to house the livestock and
tables for display exhibits.
Livestock judging will begin at
1:30 p.m. and judge will be Dr.
Fred Honsinger. local veterinarian.
Miss Mary Robinson, home fur
nishing specialist will judge the
home economics and craft articles.
Miss Hallene Price, home demon
stration agent, reminds all club
members to take cookies for the
coffee and cookie booth.
CLASSES STARTING
Red Cross Nurses Aid Classes j
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yet been tried and convicted, 'out
the FBI has a good record of con
victions after making arrests in
such cases.
In the matter of Alaska statehood
Senator Butler has also scored
something of a triumph. Along with
a good many others, he has asserted
! from the first that Indian claims
| in Alaska should be settled either
1 in the statehood bill itself or by
j separate legislation enacted before
I passage of a statehood bill.
Delegat9 Bartlett, who previously
contended that Indian claims have
nothing to do with statehood, seems
now to have swung around to Sen
ator Uutler’s viewpoint. At any
rate, the Delegate recently intro
duced a bill to speed the settle
ment of the Alaska Indian claims.
DOUGLAS
NEWS
Surprise Birthday
At the Womens Society of Chris
tian Service meeting held last eve
ning at the home of Mrs. Frank Mc
Ilhardy, Mrs. Leigh S. Grant was
surprised with a birthday party in
her honor. Mrs. Ray Rice and Mrs.
Robert Rings were in charge of the
evenings business and program.
Plans were furthered on the com
ing November 3 bazaar.
Judges for Highway
The following residents of Doug
las highway have been selected to
act as judges in the coming October
2 election for members of the Inde
pendent District School Board: Mrs
William Hixson. Mrs. Herbert Sa
vikko and Mrs. Ray Renshaw. Poll
ing place will be at the Hixson resi
dence, between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Cub Scout Meeting
A meeting of Cub Scouts, pros
pective Cub Scouts and parents will■
meet next Monday evening at 8
o’clock at the Douglas Community i
Methodist church who are sponsors j
of the pack, to organize for fall and
winter activities. All committee
men, den mothers, and parents of
the Cubs are urged to be present!
at this important meeting. Cub
Scouting is available to boys from
8 through 11 years of age.
Carnival Tonight
Douglas’ first carnival in many
years will be held this evening be
ginning at 7 o’clock at the Masonic
Hall. Featured will be fun booths,
and miscellaneous item booths,
children’s fish ponds, card games,
candy and hot dog booths, and spe
cial entertainment. The carnival
is sponsored by the Order of Eastern
Star, and is for both children and
adults of the Channel.
Newspaper Boy of
Oregon fo Receive
Copy, Alaska Empire'
George Fleming, newspaper boy
of Oak Grove, Oregon, is making
a collection of newspapers and
through a friend of his, Viola
Hanson, of Portland, has asked for
a copy of the Daily Alaska Empire,
an edition of the Empire has been
put in the outgoing mail for the
young man.
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Termites Ate Set
For Tomrrow
Funeral services will be held for
Jennie Kunz at 2 p.rn. tomorrow in
the Carter Chapel with the Rev.
Walter A. Soboleff in charge.
Mrs. Kunz who was 78 years old,
died at the Alaska Native Service
hospital here Wednesday at 0:15
p.m. She was born in Sitka. Oct.
3, 1873 and came to Juneau in 1921.
She has lived here since.
Pallbearers will be Henry Ander
son, David Wallace, Willie Peters,
Jake Cropley, George Edwards and
Johnny Wi*e. Interment will be be
side her grandson Daniel Kunz in
the family plot in Evergreen ceme
tery.
Mrs. Kunz was a member of the
Russian Orthodox Church and the
Alaska Native Sisterhood. ANS
ritualistic services will be held in
the ANB Hall at 11 o'clock tomor
row morning.
She is survived by her husband
William; a son, Edward Kunz; a
daughter, Elizabeth LaMoorc and
15 grandchildren: Ruth, Robert and
Anna Martin; Helen Ordonia; Lil
lian George, Martha Kunz; Gene.
William, and Francine LaMoore ail
of Juneau; William and Andrew
Peters of Sitka; Edward Kunz Jr. of
Mt. Edgecumbe; Lorraine # and
Phyllis Kunz of Wrangell. Other
survivors include a great grandchild
James Andrew Williams of Juneau
and two nieces, Mrs. Fannie Per
rin and Mrs. Elise Mallott of Haines.
Water Rates
Reduced by
City Council
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that tho boat owners paid a motor
fuel tax whioli was supposed 10
cake c of improvement and main
tenanc ■ of the harbor facilities.
Andy Harlow, eurruilve secretary
of th United Trollers ot Alaska,
spoke : :i behalf of the fishermen
and h it owners.
Pete Warner, local marine sup
plier, present and emphat
ically red that the presence
of the :is lie re were a definite
asset I. .he community and every
induci ut hould be made to re
tain t trade here.
"M: boats have been lost to
Juneau in the past ten years,” he
said, \ fisherman is afloat and
he ca:i leave anytime h > wants to
inci elsewhere. T believe' this
added moorage fee is short-sighted.
We a-, dying to attract puio mills
and r,;: r industries here but why
r.ot try to keep what we have.’
Cc;u 'man Ed Nielsen pointed
out that the ordinance had been
massed > rptoilnte the smail boat
harbor operation and 'hat it had
been ' arned the Territorial En
gineer's oifice would replace the
floats which would roan be needed,
thereby eliminating an anticipated
extra expense.
It wa - decided to direct City At
torney Howard Stabler to draw up
an amendment to the ordinance
reinstating the old rates.
Other Harbor Business
A id .i i by the Fish and Wild
life Service to remove part of an
Old grid and install a float for eight
FWS vessels for winter water stor
age w;. referred to th? boat harbor
cort.mil tee. It was .stated that the
float would be available for out
board motor boat use during the
summer when the FWS vessels were
out on patrol.
There was the usual discussion re
gardin'; cutting the 'north dike to
permit water circulation to prevent
.vinter icing in the harbor.
A decision was made to contact
City Engineer Felix Toner regard
ing what to do about running a
ramp from the street by the boat
harbor approach and the need for a
railipg on the present ramp and the
possibility of extending it to elim
inate its steepness.
Request Parking Space
Mayor Waino Hendrickson re
ported that a request had been sent
to the U. S. Engineers office in
Anchorage for the use of 320-by
2CQ-joot space inside the fence at
the subport lor parking purposes.
Patrolman Approved
The application of James H.
Joseph as a probationary patrol
man on the Juneau police force was
approved.
Bill To Health Department
Councilwoman Pauline Washing
ton , moved that the city request
the Alaska Health Department to
reimburse it for $747.05 spent for
the moving of the Juneau Health
Center and the added expenses In
curred. This was passed.
Police To Get Radio
Councilman George Jorgenson re
ported that the police committee
recommended the purchase of a
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CELLOPHANE WRAPPED TO PROIECT FRESHNESS AND FLAVOR ,
main radio station and three mobile
units from Red .Holloway for $1,100
for the use of the police department
provided a wave length and license
could I'S obtained from the Federal
Ccmmuniof • ions System for it*' op
eration.
Airport Building Kepair
Neilsen Rave a lengthy report on
needed changes and repairs for the
Juneau airport terminal building.
These involved repairs to the build
ing, roof, lavatories, walls, public
addresa system, work shop and
tools for the caretaker.
There was some discussion about
| obtaining police powers for the
caretaker so he could meet emer
gencies that might arise at the air
port.
It was decided to send a letter of
thanks to the Juneau Chamber oZ
Commerce aviation committee to
thank it for its letter of suggestion;-,
and cooperation regarding the term
inal.
Power Rates Set
An ordinance providing for maxi
mum light and power rates at the
Juneau small boat harbor was pass
ed on third and final reading.
Other Business
A request by City Librarian Edna
Hoatc.i Lomen for the appointment
of nn advisory library board was laid
over for action by the incoming,
rity council which is to be elected
next Tuesday.
Other matters involving drainage
problems, stop streets, securing the
harbormaster's house for the winter
and removal of a parking meter in
front of the Assembly AparUvients
were taken up.
The meeting adjuorned at 11 p.m.
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