The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-24
NEWS ITEMS
 FROM SITkA

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS SITKA, Alaska, July 18-Several people appeared at the last Council meeting, Tuesday evening, to dis cuSs enforcement of the Ordinance prohibiting fireworks in the City limits. Councilmen agreed generally that the present Ordinance needed amending and indicated that the new Ordinance would provide severe pen alty fer violation.
 The City Sales Tax was again brought up for discussion and ln- depreciation. A letter from the First Bank of Sitka protested payment on capital stock and surplus and was referred to the finance com mittee. At City Clerk Frank CalvinS request, Council made a decision on the payment of tax by the Carson Construction Company for purchase |of materials from Columbia Lumce CT Company; that to exclude tax pay ment Cn materials for the hospital would entail changing the tax or 5inance which by unanimous agree ment was decided against.
 A letter from the Territorial De- pal tment of Health asked the City Ito pledge $1Co monthly toward the salary of a public health nurse, plus maintenance of supplies and a pub lie health center. Council agreed to the request with the stipulation that payments be effective only during times that the nurse be in service here.
 Mayor CharteriS, representing the City in conference between the City, Sitka Public Utilities, ANS and SIS on ownership and maintenance ot the water system, reported that a satisfactory tentative agreement had been reached
 Steve Brojac, owner of the burned out Fishermens Cafe and Liquor Store Building, appeared with a re- quest for permission to rebuild the place which Council had condemned at its last meeting. He was asked to submit plans for rebuilding to the City Supervisor before permission would be granted.
 Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation representative Nor gan appeared and stated that the Government mad provided funds for the development of water and power sites in the Territory; that Elue Lake would be surveyed for report at the next session of Con- gress. He stated that the govern ment would advance capital for the construction and maintenance of a power plant-at per cent interest to be repaid over period of 30 years. He asked cooperation of the City Council, with the SPU, in the work his engineers and crewmen wciIld be doing.
 Bills totaling $l ,64743 were autho- rized and council adjourned.
 Still another power and pulp mill survey was started this week, this time by the Alaska Industrial Cor poration, under the direction of Roy Johnson and Grant D. Mcclure. The engineers and crewmen have settled down at Sawmill Creek for a two months stay at the end of which time the last T will be cros- sed and the last l dotted-in blue print
 Company spokesmen stated they hoped to have construction con- pleted at the end of two and half years. Present plans call for en- of 250 men in the mill and 200 in the woods-to supply and operate a 200 to 250 ton daily out put of pulp.
 Soap Box Deroy trials were run Monday evening down American Street. Winners were: Class "A', Justin Ripley, sponsored by Sitka Arts and Crafts; Class "B,' Bunny Lonnelly, sponsored by the Sitka Sentinel. However, as all entrants were so nearly equal in time-and the testing ground chosen so in- adequate (Sitka being practically biIl-1cccA if mac 6oci6ed tO send all five boys to compete in Juneau. The other three are: Gregory Rip ley, for Sitka Mems Store, Nathan Butcher for Northland Transpor-