October 21, 1913: After being in the hands of the court for several years, owing to the death of the owners, Thomas Wilson and Rufas Sylvester, the Wrangell Mills are for the first time clear and when started in the spring it will be a purely local management. The mills were given over from the court to the Wilson and Sylvester Mill Company, Inc. on the first of October which company is composed of Mrs. M.A. Wilson, president, F. Matheson, secretary and H. Gartley, treasurer, who will operate the mill. T.C. McHugh has been appointed the attorney for the Sylvester's heirs while Mrs. Wilson will be attorney for the former. The mill expects to have their annual overhauling through the latter part of January and the mill will start immediately. The summer cut is expected to be a long one.
October 21, 1938: Forest Service personnel of Alaska experimented this past summer with a system of fish planting on the Tongass National Forest, which was new, at least, to this region, states a bulletin issued this week from the Juneau office. Approximately 600 rainbow trout were seined from Sasheen Lake on the southern end of Baranof Island and carried by airplane to twelve barren lakes on Baranof and Chichagof Islands. The airplane trip seldom exceeded 30 minutes; ten-gallon milk cans were used as containers, and aeration was provided by means of a bicycle pump. The trout ranged from 8 to 20 inches and while there was little loss, smaller fish, (four to seven inches) will be used hereafter, where available, because of the larger number that can be handled in each can. The cans held only five or six large fish each, and the plane had a capacity of six to eight cans. It was found that the mortality was much higher in water up to 60 degrees. Less aeration seems to be needed in the colder water. The fish must not be crowded in the cans, but it is practical to keep many trout in a large tierce filled with running ice water at a central seining and distributing point.
October 18, 1963: City Council at its meeting Tuesday night set the property tax rate at 19 mills, one mill over last year. The additional mill, it was explained, goes toward equipment authorized last summer by the voters at a special election. The Council had previously voted a dollar a month increase in water rates and a dollar a month sewer service charge. The Council adopted a budget calling for an expenditure of $161,150 in the city's fiscal years, starting Oct. 1. Anticipated revenue was placed at $160,000 of which real and personal property taxes were expected to yield $90,000 and sales tax second with $20,000. Business license, liquor license and fish tax refunds were expected to bring in $17,600 and garbage receipts $12,500. Balance of anticipated revenue was listed from the following sources: Delinquent taxes with penalty and interest, $8,000; vehicle licenses, $1,750; fines $1,000; space and equipment rentals, $4,500; building permits, $150; dog licenses, $100; dance and miscellaneous permits, $200; sale of city materials, $2,000; game and punchboard refunds, $800; sewer connections, $600, Reliance R/E contract, $900.
October 20, 1988: Stikine River and Thomas Bay moose hunters brought home a record harvest this year, although the season was marred by some violations reported during the two openings. Preliminary figures compiled by the Fish and Game Department indicated about 55 moose were killed on the hunt south of LeConte, including the Stikine River area. Another 27 were taken at Thomas Bay, two of which were illegal kills, they said. The previous record for the Stikine River hunt had been 50 bulls taken in 1986. Last year, hunters at Thomas Bay took a total of 22 for the season. This year, a new antler restriction had gone into effect, and some feared the number of moose taken would drop as a result. Charlie Land of the Fish and Game Department's Petersburg office said those fears about the antler restriction did not pan out. Hunters found many more moose available than had been expected, he said. No violations were reported on the Stikine River, but Fish and Wildlife Protection Trooper Bob Rodrigues said one cow was killed illegally on Wrangell Island.
Reader Comments(0)