Alaska Exports
And Imports Top
Previous Year’s
While not as complete in detail
in the days of Territorial status,
nevertheless the official monthly re
lease of Alaska exports and imports
is still interesting and informative.
Both Alaska imports and exports
show increases from January and
February of 1961 to January and
February of this year.
The export and import data cover
all means of transportation. Import
statistics are general imports and
represent the total of imports for
immediate consumption plus entries
into customs-bonded storage and
manufacturing warehouses and in
clude merchandise imported by gov
ernment agencies as well as by pri
vate firms.
The breakdown, or analysis of the
exports for January and March
shows that January and February
of 1961 totaled $2,000,000 and for
the same period of this year, 1962
$4,600,000.
For February 1962 exports alone
Showed an increase of $150000,000.
Imports to Alaska Covering Jan
uary and February of 1961 to the
same two months of this year
showed an increase of 75 per cent,
and for February of last year com
pared to February of this year, an
Frozen Shrimp
Industry Success
A little known industry being
pioneered at Seward which is bring
ing national favorable reception,
and sale is frozen shrimp products.
Recently, at a national fisheries
convention at New Orleans. Walt
Johnson, general manager of Hali
but Producers Co-operative, Seat
tle, and Larry Strasburger, con
sultant and technologist, ably pre
sented details of the “new shrimp
products" and operations of the
Seward plant.
Johnson said the new industry
has brought an encouraging lift to
the Seward economic picture.
Hap Hansen, manager of the Se
ward Co-op plant, says the staff is
working around the clock; 65 are
on the payroll. To illustrate the ca
pacity of the plant, on a recent
Tuesday one vessel arrived with
100.000 pounds of shrimp; the fol
lowing day two fishing vessels dis
charged 70.000 and 80,000 pounds
respectively. In all, 200,000 pounds
of shrimp were processed during
the week.
Halibut is also being processed.
increase for the month of 50 per
cent.
While no comment is made in the
release, if the figures quoted here
with are correct, an extremely
healthy growth is indicated.
100TH ANNIVERSARY OE HOMESTEAD ACT
This year is the 100th anniversary
of the Homestead Act of 1862 and
the sesquicentennial of the Public
Land management system. And in
observance of this century and the
significant role the public lands
have played in America's history, a
beautiful printed and informative
anniversary issue has just been re
ceived.
The 32-page booklet is replete
with authentic photographs—includ
ing two pages devoted to Alaska—
the Last Frontier—and the contents
lead off with a brief quotation from
President John F. Kennedy's White
House message on conservation, ti
tled, “Our Nation's Heritage.”
All phases of public lands are
quoted from leading authorities and
administration leaders who know
their subject matter thoroughly.
The cover painting, by W. H. Hin
ton. reproduces a typical scene of
the pioneers' trek.
In conclusion, the editor sums up
thusly: The Heritage We Guard—
The day is irrevocably past when a
man could cross the Mississippi and
simply choose a homestead for him
self from the vast open public do
main.
REFRIGERATOR THEFT
On May 2, Max Fueg of the Switz
erland reported that a refrigerator
had been stolen from outside his
establishment.
Gone, too, are the days of the
free-ranging buffalo that once
roamed the prairies in great herds;
only remnants remain in parks and
wildlife refuges.
Yet the land is still there, the roll
ing grasslands and the rugged peaks
Ceylon Readers
Praise Jessen’s
Jessen's Weekly recently received
a letter from a former Alaskan
who is now living in Colombo, Cey
lon, and its staff would like to share
a portion of the letter with Jessen’s
readers;
“Dear Sir; Would you kindly place
my name on your mailing list to re
ceive Jessen’s Weekly and begin
mail delivery with the next issue?
It will be necessary to send it air
mail. Boat mail is slower to Ceylon
than it is to Alaska.
“You, or someone on the staff
there may be interested to know
that one of your articles on Sher
ard’s dismissal, which was clipped
and sent to me by one of my friends
inspired the following comment
from a Ceylonese; ‘Why can’t our
papers report in such a clear-cut un
biased fashion?’ I offer no excuse
for the fellow. And this country has
had a strict press censorship for the
last year on political news.”
Top left—Chevy II Nova Sport Coupe
Foreground—Impata Convertible
Top right—Conair Monza Club Coupe
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and parched. desert valleys that
once challenged the wagon trains
of the hardy pioneers. The rivers
still flow, the fleet-footed deer still
browse at the edge of the whisper
ing forest. Beneath the rocky crags
and nodding flowers that purple the
slopes in the spring lie rich veins
of minerals, still untapped by the
prospector’s pick.
These treasures of forests, soil,
water, and wildlife, and the incom
parable reserve of open spaces be
yond the cities’ clamor—these are
our heritage. We may use and en
joy this heritage, yet we must guard
it 60 that we may pass it on to fu
ture generations, satisfied in the
knowledge that we have used it
wisely.
teletype
contact
between
our agents
and
Seattle
means
instant
information
on
routing
and
space
availability
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
JOHN W. TITUS,
Agent - Phone GL 2-30S7
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