The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 20, 1951, Page 6

Boaf Harbor Rates |'Community Prices’ {Pink Salmon Setf by Counil Business relating to the Juneau small boat harbor took up most, of last night's regular council meet- | ing ! An ordinance on operation of the | harbor was passed on second read- ing. It included rental rates for| space for boats, safety and sanita- | tion regulations as well as penalties for violations \ A regular monthly rate for re-. served stalls is to be §3 per month or any part of a month, plus 5 cents per month per foot on overall lenzth of the vessel. Unreserved space will ake the 5-cent rate straight. Rates for scows, fi rafis, boathouse and other large craft will be fixe master at direction of ! | rge will be made for boats moored in the harbor less than 72 hours. This is to accommodate ves- sels arriving for supplies All colleciior e to be handlec by the city clerk’s office. The ordinace creates the harbor- master’s position. He will have charge of the harbor and all facil- ities, including the grid. He is given regular police powers to enforce the ordinance and will take registration of all vessels using the harbor. Other Regulations Safety regulations relating to fire hazards, handling of inflamable materials, low speed limits to pre- vent heavy wake in the harbor, and * handling of garbage were included. Penalties for violations are up to $100 fine, 30 days in jail or both, plus costs There are to be no mooring lines attached to the electric meter posts. The harbor committee was given authority to order locks for the meter boxes Problems 1nscussed Harbormaster Lynn Geiger was present and presented problems re- lating to the harbor. Some of the matters he brought up were: (1) necessity of a public phone there; (2) repair to water lines; (3) sep- arate water line for the Coast Guard (4) edging for new ramp, and (5) a view location for the harbormaster’s house and office. There was a long discussion re- garding a new house for the harbor- | master and it was referred to the harbor committee, An ordinance for the issuance of $125,000 in bonds for the new fire hall and temporary jail was passed on third and final reading, provid- ing the Grande Co., which is hand- ling the bond sale, agrees to arrange for a local bank as well as a Seattle |1 bank to handle the bonds. This arrangement would eliminate the bank exchange rate for local buyers Star Hill Playground Councilman Joe Thibodeau re- ported that Elroy Ninnis had leveled the Chicken Yard playground on Star Hill, that W. J. Manthey will donate gravel and sand for topping and the boys living on the hill had agreed to spread it. Thibodeau re- quested that the city provide $25 for posts, lumber and backboards for basketball goals. The council agreed. The street committee is to invest- igate the sinking concrete by Jor- genson Motors and see what can be done about cribbing it until perma- nent repairs can be made. Assistant Police Chief Frank D. Cavanaugh was present and sug- gested that firemen’s cars be equipped with flashing red lights or some obvious identification to When you order Hermitage BRAND you tell the world you know reat straight Kentucky bourbon 8 | the survey will May be Posted'iif Juneau Groceries Survey Starts Soon; Lists fo be Similarfo .. Wartime OPADockéts Surveys of wholesale.and. retail grocery costs in Alagka will soan, be undertaken by the Territorial Office of Price Stabilization, it was an- nounced by Fred G. Henford, Ala k: OPS director. idoiem The survey is inten®e've es u bisis for a posskoles pr m_of posted dollars-and-cenw® “commurt- ty prices” in Alaska’gtrocery<steres Hanford said he has been by J. Herbert Meigha, dirgeio Region 14 in Washington; D.C.," be sin to one now under way in the fos, af< though not as extensicé In“¥cope. Within the next few weeks teams from 84 OPS district offices_in' the states will visit 2,000 retail dAad*11080- wholesale groceri: to gather in- formation on what grocers pay for foods and the prices they charge. ish’ dvised Posted ceiling prices for' each eom< £t s‘u!—q modity will result fror > veys. v rir Meighan, who heads OPS ac ties in all territories and possess said he believed a program of posted “community prices” could be of ‘“material benefit” in mest terri- these , Prince i the Tagging Begins Next Week * Tagging of off-shore pink salmon Meighan emphasized that if sur- by the Fish and Wildlife Service will start next week, C. Howard Balt- z0, regional director said Thursday. Pink salmon are starting to ap- pears in waters off the west coast of of Wales Island and the service “is anxious to know if these are U. S. or Canadian fish,” he said. The project is in charge of Car! Elling, Seattle research biologist. The Juneau purse seiner Valor, cap- ed by Cyril George, has beer chartered for the job by the service and is already on its way to Craig where Edling will join it. "Taggin experiments will last until the eac of the month. At conclusion of tagging, operations will be trans- ferred to Point Baker and Por Beauclerc traps, Baltzo said. He ¢ added he had also been advised by Fishery Research Institute. sponscred by the Salmon Industry of Alaska, that they will do a lim- ited amount of_ pink salmon tagging at Anan Creek and Etolin Island near Wrangell and Salisbury Sound fear Sitka. * A reward of fifty cents is paid by Fish and Wildlife Service for each tag returned to it A special seining season is now in progress in the off-shore waters the off-shore tories. He said prelimimary survey: in Alaska would probably start early’ in August. The territorial office hag urged that a survey be conducted. Chief purpose of hd: Ssurveys, Meighan said, will be to_ascgrtain if there is sufficient s li‘ in the prices of a number of standard groc+ ery items to make a “community pricing” program possibie. It was pointed out that the “levels ing-off” phase of "the past few months has almost been achieved and that a plateau of ptability: is necessary before posted ceiling prices can be put into;effget. Community pricing was a famil- jar and popular method ' of price control during World War IL” he said. “Under this systef, the coun- try divided into relatively small market areas, and grocery ceilings were established for..8aghu..axed, based on factors of transportation and other costs. Prices thus arrived at are then printed on charis and posted in the stores where all cus- tomers may see them.” a basis for a possible program of veys are conducted in the territor- nformation gathered froim groc- s will be held in strict confi- dence by the OPS, FROM KETCHIKAN A. W. Almquist oif Ketchikan is registered at the Baranof hotel. distinguish them from other cars during a fire call. A health center reporf, was, pre- sented and referrsd ta,the,welfare ommittee - AYDS: o Advertised in Life REDUCING PLAN Vitamin and Mineral Candy : Your Beauty Ady'}so;;' TOBI PATTON. JUNEAU it west of Prince of Wales lslaud.l Opening July 16, it runs until July | Polet Inleresleii In Development 0f Native (raffs Tony Polet planned to leave today for Fairbanks and his home at Nome. He was here to attend a meeting of the Alaska Development Foard. ‘Tony is an old-time Alzskan who landed at Nome in June 1900 with a knocked-down store and stock. He set up in business and has been at it ever since. Recently he has fbeen concentrating on the develop- ent of the Native arts and crafis ,‘,‘uzclumy. {# “Nome was a busy place in those fdny.s"‘ he recalled, “and we are still riding on the glamour of the gold Tush days. At one time there were 60 boats at the anchorage off Nome. Originally from Callabria, Italy, Tony arrived in Seattle in 1892 and remained there until he came north. i DON BRASTOW HERE | Don Brastow of the Fremont Elec- {trical Co. of Seattle is in Juneau on his third annual tour of the Ter- Drive Around U.S. Is Vacation for 'Hespital Noles PAGE SIX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA *% ™1 - Stewart Family A lot of mileage was built the family car before Mrs. Stewart and her sons, Jon and fr returned to Seattle last week ¢ plane Tuesday for Juneau. Mrs. Stewart and Fred, wh just completed his junior ye Juneau high school, were u 4 Seattle by Jon, University of Wa - ington student, and the famil) v completely around the coun'r down the west coast, east bj southern route with a stop in nix to visit relatives and : in New Orleans, up throuz south and east to Washingtor to New York, Boston, and west Chicago, Detroit and the midwe: states to Seattle. National monuments, historical spots — the Sewarts saw them all They visited a lot of relatives, 00, according to young Fred who is @ member of The Empire’s job print- ing department. tern Housing Administration in Juneau and Jon, until he returns to the university in the fall, is workir Stutte Construction Co. Rudes Are Visited By Two Daughters Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Rude are en- joying visits from two daughters Mrs. Audrey Gilbert of Baltimore, Md,, is here for the first time six years with her two sons, '] 3 4, and Rickie, 2. She will remain for the coming year while her hus- band, Lt. Richard Gilbert, is active duty in Europe. He was s tioned here with the military po- lice during the last war. burg and her year-old son, Harold, are here to spend a few weeks. Donald Rude, who has completed Portland, is home for the summer but is out seining at present, Dr. Rude said FELIX GRAYS ARE ON VACATION Mr. and Mrs. Felix Gray flew to Tenakee to spend last weekend, their son, Douglas, manager of Hotei Juneau, said today. However, Mr. and Mrs. Gray are enjoying™their stay so much, they plan to remain for another week, he said. Admitted to St. Ann's. Hospital Thursday was James Trevarthen; di¥missed were Mrs. Charles Butt- | rey, Edward Laurie. ritory. He arrived here yesterday from Sitka on ACA and plans to! Yeave Sunday for Cordova and An-' chorage, Dismissed from the Government | Hospital were Mary Katzeek and Dorothy Clayton of Haines; there were no admissions. FOR BETTER Phon an accurate meter DRUG CO; Box 1151 — Phone'33" ./ [ of fuel you receive NORTH TRANSFER All oil delivered by us flows through exact printed record of the quantity OIL SERVICE e 31 that gives you an on each delivery. 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