Vol. I Saldovia, Alaska, March 15, 1947 No. 34
i iWfISHinE DATES FOB COOK'IDIET ARE flnnOUIICED
♦ council-told iopm
IS CORRECT CLOSING
f FOR BOTTLE STORES
* Councilman Sari
Herr tossed a legal
* bombshell on the
council table at last
nightfs meeting, when
he announced that up
on a close study of
Ordinance 27, to ap
pear on the ballot as
a referendum on April
I 1, he found the
clause regulating the
* closing of liquor
stores stipulates
that such stores niEst
close at 10 p.m.
These stores have
customarily been clo
sing at midnight, the
hour at which the
bars close. ' All five
members of the coun
cil acknowledged that
it had been their be
lief the midnight
closing for liquor
stores was set forth
in the ordinance.
After a complete
discussion of the le
gal technicalities
involved, Mr. Herr
moved that all pack
• age store owners be
notified of the pro
per closing hour and
# that this clause of
Ordinance 27 be en
forced hereafter.
(Cont. Page 4)
Denali Due
In Kodiak
Latest information
on the Denali*s arri
val reports that the
ship is due in Kodiak
today. There has
been no estimated ar
rival time given re
cently for Seldovia,
but dock agents said
yesterday that it is
still possible the
steamer may get here
on-March 18, as re
ported earlier.
NO CANDIDATES
The ballot for
Seldoviaf s municipal
election on npril 1,
still is unmarred
with the names of any
potential candidates
for the council
Prospective council
men have until March
27 to make their in
tentions known.
MRS, FOX ILL
Mrs. Hattie Fox
was admitted to Sel
dovia hospital for
medical treatment
last Wednesday even
ing.
SOUTH OF ANCHOR PT,
FOUR DAYS ARE CUT
FROM NEW SEASON
1947 fishing sea
son dates for Cook
Inlet were announced
in the new amendments
to the fishing regu
lations, which were
received in Seldovia
on Thursdays mail.
Dates for the Cook
Inlet area were an
nounced as follows:
South of the Kas- §
ilof river to the An
chor Point light, fi
shing will begin on
May 20 and end on
HUg. 4.
South oi Anchor
Point light, fishing
is to begin May 25,
as it did last year,
and will end on Aug.
8, four days earlier
than in 1946,. Dates
for beach seines or
gill nets are to be
gin on AUg. 22, two
days earlier than
last year.
North of the Kas
ilof river, the sea
son opens on June 25
and is shortened by
four days, ending on
AUg. 4. Gill net fi
shing in that area
will open on May 20
this year, instead of
May 25.
(Cont. Page 6)