Pribilofs To Have
Postoffice, School
(<#*) Special Washington Service)
W A S H I N GTON, (/P) — Two
American institutions, the post
office and the voting booth, will
make their debut in a northern
outpost — the Pribilof Islands—
this fall.
The opening of an airport, how
ever—also hoped-for by the is
landers this fall—is still two or
three years distant.
The Pribilofs, far out in the
Bering Sea north of the Aleutians,
are noted chiefly for the herds of
fur seals that spend the summers
there. They have 508 Aleuts and
about 30 white inhabitans.
Ralph C. Baker, fish and wild
life service official, told a report
er on returning from his annual
visit to the islands he had com
pleted arrangements for estab
lismment of voting precincts so
the islanders can take part in the
fall elections.
Baker added that a postal in
spector in the Aleutians told him
a Pribilof postoffice probably will
be set up in September.
Heretofore the mail center has
been the fish and wildlife service
office at Seattle.
Baker said the Pribilofs can
not expect regular air service un
til the present 3,100 foot landing
strip is lengthened to 4,000 feet
and broadened from 90 to 150
feet. He said this will take at least
three years because much other
essential construction such as
building roads and houses, has to
be done.
Baker said he had arranged
with the Territorial department of
SCOUT NEWS
The Boy Scouts of Troop 666 are
planning to go aboard No. 5 dredge
this coming Saturday. They will
meet at the scout hall in the morn
ing.
Last Tuesday the Girl Scouts
were invited to a movie at the
Scout hall by the Boy Scouts. The
boys plan to have a picture show
the first Tuesday of every month.
The shows will consist of training
and entertaining films.
Saturday, September 18th, the J
Boy Scouts are going to go on a
conducted tour of the Nome air
base. The troop will assemble at
the hall at 9:00 a.m. That evening
there will be a campfire at 7:30
p.m. This is to be held behind the
N. C. tractor shop.
There will be a regular troop
meeting next Tuesday night.'
Ralph Bingham, Scribe.
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BUTTE, Mont. (JP) — A Butte
city jail prisoner was given per
mission to use a telephone and
walked out while the jailer’s
back was turned. Picked up a
short time later as he strolled
near the jail, he explained ‘I just
wanted to get a little exercise be
fore dinner.” *
education at Juneau to provide an
advisory service for the Pribilof
educational program.
The St. Paul Island school has
100 pupils and four teachers, and
that at St. George Island 50 pu
pils and two teachers. Three
teaching posts are open at the St.
Paul school.
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN TO ALASKA VOTERS
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Alaska's Salmon Canning
Industry frankly answers
your questions about
traps and the future of
our canneries
9
Whether or not Alaska's salmon canning industry can continue
to operate all its present canneries if salmon traps are abolished
by your vote on October 12th, is a serious question.
Salmon canning is our business and you may be sure that we
will not close any canneries that can be operated profitably.
But it is only fair to tell you that we now get 50% of all the
salmon we process from trap fishermen. Abolish traps and VOU
surely deal our raw supply sources a heavy blow. While other
sources of supply might be found, the .immediate effect would be
a shortage of fish for canneries.
Our analysis today indicates that
approximately 25 large canneries
would have to shut down if traps
are abolished
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To cannery workers, fishermen, Alaska in general and our in
dustry, this could create an economic crisis. We of the industry
surely do not want that. We doubt if anybody who works in the
industry wants it. But, we repeat, today we know of no way to
avoid closing canneries if traps are abolished.
It*s your vote. Vote as you think best, of course I But let
there be no guess work about the effect of abolishing traps. Such
action would close canneries and cripple the entire salmon industry
of Alaska 1
• MILTON G. BROWN
President
Northwest Salmon Canners Assn.
ARTHUR W. WITTIG
President
Assn, of Pacific Fisheries