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Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht gave the following report at Monday’s regular Assembly meeting: • PFI manager Patrick Wilson has been chosen as the Grand Marshal for the 4th of July festivities. This year’s theme is “Freedom, FROZEN in time.” • Public Works staff helped expand the running track at the school. While not a full-distance track, it will be better for the kids to have some straightaways to practice on. • Crews will take advantage of dry weather to paint crosswalks and curbs downtown in the coming days before Mayfest. • Public Works...
April 24, 1915 – Senator Sulzer has introduced the following memorial, to the Alaska road commission, asking for the improvement and building of roads in the First division: Your memorialists, the senate and the house of representatives of the Territory of Alaska, do most earnestly and respectfully represent and request that, Whereas, there are great and crying necessities for the improvement and construction of roads and trails in the First division of Alaska for the transaction of the affairs of the people of the first division and to e...
April 24, 1915 – A member of the legislature has secured the opinion of the Seattle attorney to the effect that the territorial lawmakers have “practically unlimited power to levy and collect direct, product or special taxes on trade, industry and property in Alaska.” While the finding of the legal light may be very correct, we would mildly suggest that the “trade, industry, and property in Alaska” has hardly as yet reached that stage of development which justifies “unlimited” taxing. If the legislators will devote some substantial e...
Chelsea Tremblay and Mary Koppes will have work featured in this year's edition of Tidal Echoes, a literary journal that showcases writers and artists in Southeast. Chelsea Tremblay's piece is titled “Home,” and Mary Koppes' piece is titled “The Shrinking Girl.” The journal is published by the University of Alaska Southeast....
April 17, 1915 – Governor Strong on Tuesday signed four bills. The new laws are: By Senator Millard: Prohibiting boys under the age of sixteen loitering around pool halls and cigar stores. H.B. No. 52, by Snow: Providing for secret ballot on prohibiting sale of alcoholic liquors in November, 1916. H.B. No. 16, by Noon: Allowing merchants, contractors and laborers ninety days in which to record leins. H.B. No. 50, by Snow: Providing an eight-hour day for employees in underground workings of all placer, gypsum and other mining properties. S...
April 10, 1915 – A total of $2,831,517 has been expended within the past ten years by the Alaska road commissioners in the building and upkeep of roads in the territory. Of this amount, $1,500,000 was appropriated direct from the public treasury by congress, and the balance of $1,331,517 was from the Alaska fund, which is derived from business and trade licenses outside of incorporated towns. April 12, 1940 – At Wednesday's Chamber of Commerce meeting a letter from Forester J. M. Wyckoff, in regard to the construction of a peat plant here, said...
