The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE

COO for title, and was reluSeu.
 Now, MT. McGinty informed the Council that a satisfactory offer must be made or else-The Tor else proved to be an almost double in- surance rate which would bring an- nual insurance payments to over S3000.
 School Board members A. P Franklin and L. E. Thielke and School Superintendent T. Cole ap- poarsd to recommend an offer of $15,000 for the building, payments to be made in five equal annual in- stallments at percent interest on deferred payments. With only one dissenting vote, Council moved to do so.
 A letter from the Territorial High way Engineer was read, stating that S2C00 was available for necessary work on the Harbor Mountain Road
 Ordinance 124, providing for the licensing of peddlers passed on se- ond reading and Ordinance 125 providing for the licensing of com A4~- .lal ysnicl-s passed it's final reading
 At the request of the fishermen's representatives, Mayor Hagen ap- pointed Ben Forbss and Bill Sar- vela to meet with members of the Trollers Union for investigation ot the possibility of obtaining Territor ial gas-tax funds for the improve ment of harbor facilities.
 City Clerk Calvin reported on City 5ales Tax collections which to date totaled $7171.76 for a two month period.
 Bills totaling $1O6181 were author ized before Council adjourned.
 Today's report on City Sales Tax returns shows another $500 collect ed, bringing the total to $8671.76. Re turns yet to be made are estimated to run not over an added $100 The fund has been earmarked for i'm mediate payment of money borrowed from the First Bank of Sitka fol school expenses
 A reward of $450 is offered for the finding of Tommy Woods and Jame: Gay, local trappers missing sinct December 31. This money has beer pledged by the Trollers Unio Il LOOM and local businessmen. Hope of finding the msn alive has beer abandoned after painstaking ant thorough search of the mems trap ping site on Kruzoff and all sur. rounding shorelines.
 Since Rotary's Annual Party Tuesday evening at the Moose Hall Rotary Anns are wondering if they'll ever again be included. AS Presi dent E. M Goddard raised his gave to call the meeting to order, it wa! taken from his hand by Tex" wht conducted the annual meeting O Rotary Anns who donned large name badges and satirized every Rotariar and his pet activity.
 Nicest report of the evening wa eiveh hy Mrs. Frank Richards fo the Ways and Means Committee After years of experience and re search I can say-no man has every thing, or even enough"
 All other reports were equall, terse and incoherent.
 For entertainment, Roy Avrit ant Clarence Bands were forced to dance a French ballet number for whicl they were robed in bras. tareltor skirts and artificial flowers. For tht dance brother Rotarians playet Yankee Doodle on mouth organs tonettes, combs and toy drums.
 After the Rotary Anns had hae their fun, the Rotarians conducted their meeting at which committe' was appointed to organize a groul which will be ready to aid immed lately in any local disaster. As thu meeting was dedicated to. honorint the Lima, Peru. Rotary Chapter Joel Campbell spoke on his visits tt Per1I in connection with Coast an{ Geodetic Survey work.
 After the meeting Truth or Conse uuences was played and the evening ended with the serving of delic ious smorgaasbord supper. The Cold Storage whistle, earl. Friday morning, announced the ar rival of the first catch of herring People streamsd down throughou ] the day for their annual spring feet of herring. Over five hundred pound were taken to Japonski for the schoo and families.
 According to the oldtimers, thi is the earliest arrival of schools o herring in the their memories. An other hint perhaps the fishing sea son this year will be humdinger
 The Tony K, owned by Russel Mills and Clyde Peterson, and tn Neya, owned by Ted Kirkman, ar doing the herring fishing this sea