The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-18
News Notes
 From Sifka
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
 SITKA, Alaska, Nov l6.- The City Council met in regular session Tuesday evening at the Fire Hall with two members absent, Council men Sarvela and Price.
 Ordinance 118 was adopted, pro viding for the licensing and regula- 1 tion of bicycles.
 In response to an inquiry to the Forest Service regarding the clean ing of saw dust from the city beaches, a copy of the Federal law which prohibits the dumping of sawdust in navigable waters, was received from Frank Heintzleman and City Clerk Frank Calvin was instructed to forward the copy to the local sawmill with the request that the beaches be cleaned.
 A communication from the War Department was read, granting the city permission to dredge sand and gravel from the mouth of the h. dian River. Also read were reports from the Public Health Nurse and the Police Department
 City Clerk Calvin announced the receipt of the Court Order approv- ing the annexation of the outlying district SC long in dispute. Brought up for discussion was the need of a city airstrip and af- ter consideration of all possible sites the City Clerk was instructed to write the details to the CAA. With the approval of the Council Mayor Peterson signed the agree ment drawn up by the Sitka Public Utilities and the Alaska Native Ser vice, providing for the purchase Of power at a IF cent rate, subject to re-survey biannually
 On motion by Dr. Charteris, seconded by Ken Nordby, the Coun- oil decided to request the Public Utilities to submit a detailed in voice of charges for the services of w. T. Stuart for the reissuing of City bonds.
 Harold Dawson appeared as a representative of residents on Bar anoff Street with a list of recom- mendations which he was assured already had been approved.
 Bills totaling s2,098.38 were ap- proved before Council adjourned.
 Thursday brought the first real snowfall of the year, to the delight of the children and the hunters. Sleds and skis were dragged out and a gratifying number of deer brought in. However, this still re- mains a record year for scarcity of deer, Hunters report eyidence Of . high percentage of winter kill Of deer last season, evidently because of the unusually heavy snow fall.
 Last Monday night, Willie Rod enberg and Bob Gaylord, hunting with Frank Diener in Sergius Mar rows, made the common error Of returning to the beach along the wrong ridge and ended up spending a bitterly cold night on the beach, without food or fire. They manag- ed to survive by huddling together in a hole under tree stump and returned to town the following day none the worse for their experience.
 The Charteris bridge at the foot of Maksouthoff Street went out with the high tide Saturday night and was out of commission for sev- eral days as the tides were too high for repair work during day. light hours. It is presumed that drift logs knocked out the bridge piling and board walk.
 Sgt. and Mrs. Robert Naff and two youngsters left by plane last weekend enroute to Haines, where MT Naff has been transferred af- ter several years service with the ACS here
 Frank Carls, foreman at the Pyramid Fisheries. left by plane last Saturday for his home in Seattle after successfully complet- ing a pack of smoked salmon and ,--~|1Ness--~aNsss--'|lNsss--~1Nsss