Fishermen Net
Most Valuable
Year On Record
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i.v sardines, tuna and mackerel—
worth $30,000,000 dollars to the
fishermen.
The largest catch for one spe
cies was that of 950,000,000 pounds
of menhaden, used almost entirely
in the manufacture of meal and
oil.
Next were salmon, 400,000,000
and Pacific Coast pilchard (sar
dines', 360,000,000 pounds.
The catches of rose fish, 245
(1*10,000 pounds, and tuna, 326,000,
. Oi.'O pounds, were the largest ever
m ide for those species in one year.
The 1943 pack of canned fish
ery products was about 750,000,
000 pounds, about the same of in
1!K7.
Production of frozen fishery
products set a new record at 290,
000,000 pounds.
The government estimates that
the average American eats 11
iMunds of fish and fish products a
year, and is eating a little more
fish each year.
Engineer Treks 30
Miles In Snow To
Report Wreck
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story of his perilous exploit.
The North Cloud, bought by
Howard from army surplus, left
Cordova Saturday night for Sea‘
tle where it was to be outfitted
for cold storage.
Gales, snow and sleet impeded
the voyage throughout the night
and a heavy southeaster finally
drove the craft ashore at 5 a.m.
Monday.
Holeman walked across a five
mile stretch from the inside bar to
the mainland. Then some 25 miles
through waist-deep snows and
sloughs. He left about 9 a.m.,
Monday and arrived at the CAA
station, 13 miles from here, at 1
p.m. yesterday.
After foundering in deep drifts,
the engineer came upon a spruce
thicket and fashioned crude snow
shoes from the branches.
The tug Mahalo will attempt to
free the barge. Plans were con
templated for immediate organiza
tion of a rescue party to take the
stranded trio off the craft.
WILL IMPROVE ALASKA
SMALL BOAT HARBORS
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Army en
gineers said they are working on a
program for improvement of Alas
kan small boat harbors but it has
not progressed far enough to make
estimates of cost.
They said the field offices still
are working out the details of the
program, the cost and other in
formation which must be submit
ted to the headquarters here. Then
the plan will have to be approved
by the engineers board and au
thorized by Congress before an
appropriation for the work can
be asked.
; The harbors include those at
Anchorage. Valdez, Ketchikan,
Juneau, Seldovia and Sitka.
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Joe Crabtree is in the hospital
in Seattle, suffering from a heart
attack, according to word which
has been received from Mrs. Axel
Edman. The Edman’s have seen
many Alaskans while in Seattle,
including Mrs. William Arthurs,
who now resides at the New
Washington Hotel.
“I hope I never have to make
another trip like that,” said Hole
man, “but a fellow has to do those
■ things in a pinch.”
SITKA LEAD IN "GOLD
MEDAL" TOURNAMENT
JUNEAU, </P) — Sitka A.N.B.,
Juneau high school and the Met
lakatla vets marked victories Mon
day night in the opening games of
Southeast Alaska ((Gold Medal”
basketball tournament.
Sitka trimmed the Petersburg
Merchants, 62-50; the Juneau
Preps defeated the Kake Black
Cats, 57-23, and Metlakatla posted
an 82-52 win over Mike’s Night
Owls.
One of the powerhouse teams in
the tourney, the Metlakatla five
was defeated by the margin of ont
point—scored in overtime — by
the Harlem Globe Trotters in their
recent tour.
JUNEAU OP)—Haines and Kake
were eliminated from the “Gold
Medal” basketball tournament
yesterday. A total of six games
was played. Eight more will be
run off before the meet ends Sat
urday night.
Sitka A.N.B. leads the competi
tion with three wins.
Yesterday’s results: Columbia
82, Haines 41; Sitka 61, Wrangell
41; Juneau High 49, Mt. Edge
cumbe 28; Petersburg 70, Kake
55; Mike’s 67, Haines 42; Sitka 67,
Columbia Lumber 61.
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! EATS 167 CLAMS
IN EIGHT MINUTES
! SEATTLE, —In eight hectic
1 minutes, Joe Gagnon, 26-year-old
carpenter, gulped 167 steamed lit
tle-neck clams to win the second
annual international clam-eating
contest last night.
The contest was shortened two
minutes because officials, under- *
estimating the capacities of com
petitors, failed to provide enough
bivalves.
Gagnon used to dig clams for
a living in Warren, R. I. Dick
Taylor, Seattle boat-build super
intendent, was second with 163
Hugo Linsfor, who has a trap
line on Snake River, brought in a
wolverine on Sunday from that
area.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
Office of the Auditor
JUNEAU
CERTIFICATE OF
DISSOLUTION
I, FRANK A. BOYLE, Auditor
of the Territory of Alaska, and
custodian of corporation records
for said Territory, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that there has been
filed in my office on this 4th day
of February, 1949, the written
consent of the stockholders of the
NOME MERCANTILE &
MINING COMPANY
a corporation organized and exist
ing under and by virtue of the
laws of the Territory of Alaska, to
the dissolution of said corpora
tion.
THEREFORE, in view of the *
above premises, I DO FURTHER
CERTIFY that the Nome Mercan
tile & Mining Company, a corpo
ration, is dissolved, pursuant to
Section 924, Compiled Laws of
Alaska, 1933, upon the filing in
this office of the proper proof of
publication of this certificate.
, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
h*ave hereunto set my hand and
affixed my official seal, at Jun
eau, the Capital, this 4th day of
February, A. D., 1949.
(SEAL)
FRANK A. BOYLE,
Auditor of Alaska.
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