YOU KNOW
I'VE BEEN THINKING
As I meditate upon the
promises that I observe in
the 23rd Psalm, I am wonder
ing if we could re-write this
and call it the, "Drunkards
Twenty Third Psalm."
iviconcu is ny snep
herd: *i shall always be in
want. ♦
It rcaketh me to lie down
, in the gutters.
It leadeth me beside of
troubled waters#
It destroyeth my soul#
It leadeth' me into the
paths of wickedness because
of its effects sake#
Yetj though I walk through
‘ the valley of destruction I
must cling to drink#
For thou art With me, thy
bite and thy sting they tor
ment me#
Thou preparest an empty*
table before rme in the pres
ence of my disgraced family#
Thou anointest my head
with shame#
My cup runneth over#
Surely destruction and
misery will follow me all the
days of my^ life, .
And I shall dwell in the
house of the condemned for
ever.
A thought for the week: The
world will always step aside
and let any man pass that
shows that he knows where he
is gping#
Kay Green, Church of Christ.
JCRCHASE S3LD0VIA HOME
Mr# and Mrs. Ralph. McGee
have purchased the old Alm
- stead house at the ntouth of
geldovia Bay# Mr. McGee is
working aboard, the Fish and
Wildlife Service boat "Grey
ling#” Mrs# MoGee spent sev
eral years as a teacher at
fort Graham and other Alaskan
schools.
BACK FROM CALIFORNIA
Floyd Roberts has returned
to Homer from Oroville, Cal
ifornia. He is a property
owner here in Homer and hopes
to get work in construction
here this summer* His family
will join him later.
TAKE TRIPS TO STATES
lack Lind of the AYR can
nery and Olaf Floe of the
Seldovia Bay Packing company,
are both on business trips to
the States,
Serving the Western Kenai >
with Power....*
Electric"
Did you read your meter
the 20th?
Assn
WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER
By Mary Lee Council, Secre
tary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett,
Delegate in Congress from
Alaska.
CRABMEAT TARIFJS
Negotiations completed
earlier this month in Geneva,
Switzerland, by which Japan
will become a member of the
General agreement- on Tariffs
and Trade 1 saw no concession
on the part of the United
States to reduce the present
22^ percent -duty on imported
canned crab' and 15 percent
duty on imported fresh or
frozen crabmeat. The United
States did-agree not to in-.,
crease existifr* tariffs in
these two categories of im
ports.
Thirty-four - countries be-,
l-Ong*to the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade through
which • duties on imports
agreed upon between two or
more countries are honored by
other participating nations.
It will be recalled that
in Novenfber of last year an
announcement was made by the
State* Department that among
other products of possible
concession by the United Sta
tes involving tariffs, crab
meat would be one of the sub
jects for discussion in ne
gotiation of a trade agree
ment with Japan, The an
nouncement resulted in rep
resentations made by many in
dividuals and organizations
in Alaska, including the Al
aska Department of Fisheries
and Delegate Bartlett, that
the existing tariff level on
crabmeat constituted a peril
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HENNING N. JOHNSON
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Registered \lX u \
Land Surveyor ^jj ®
Sub-division
Flann/r'
m
Construction Surveying
point ana that there anouixx
be no reduction in the exist
ing tariff amounting to 22j
percent ad valorem on canned
crab and 15 percent on fresh
or frozen crabraeat.
The total value of Alas^
crab products in 1943, aq
cording to Fisji and Wildlife
Service figures, was $156,392
as contrasted with the 1953
value of ^2,098,883. The in
come to the fisheimen in crab
land ings increased from
$27,162 for 734,947 pounds
landed in 1943 to $866,352
for 8,085,.015 pounds landed
10 years later*:
Prior, to the Geneva meet
ing, Delegate Bartlett ajv
peared before the House Ways
and Means Committee in op
position to any lowering of
these particular tariffs,
stating, ”It is contended,
and rightfully I believe,
that everything possible
should be done to act as an
incentive for the development
of this industry in Alaska.
Any action, such as reduction
of tariffs, would go far in
damaging that industry. The !
crab industry is extremely
vulnerable to imported crab
from areas where low labor
and production costs result .
in lower costs of the finish
ed product.
"The development of the
crab industry in Alaska,
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Don’t bum up
^ with curios-*
0 ity*.*just ask
> for a CASE LOT
oALHIS price i
list the next
time you are in the store*
YOU will he amazed at the
savings that are yours
when you buy by the case#
HOMER
FOOD CENTER ■
especially in Kodiak, Pet©rs~
burg, Ketchikan, Kake, Yaku
tat^ Cordova, Homer, Seldovia
Hydaburg, Hoonah and Valde?,
needs protection and encour
agement.1*
PORT Q-RAHAM MAIL
Once-a-week airmail sop
vice to Port Graham for both
incoming and outgoing mail
will begin July 1, according
to information given Delegate
Bartlett this week by the
Post Office Department.
Delegate Bartlett has been
in correspondence for some
time with General Superinten
dent Bode11 of the Postal
Transportation Service in Se
attle in the hope that a con
tract could bo awarded for
service between Seldovia and
Port Graham discontinued last
July.
(Ed. note - This is the con
tract which was awarded to
InlettFlying Service, as re
ported in the June 9 issue of
the HCMER NEWS)
DAUGHTER BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie B*
Carlson are the proud parents
of a' daughter born June 16,
1955 at' the Seldovia hospi
tal* The new baby weighed
7 lbs.‘ 5 oz* and has been
named Cheryl Diane. She has
an older brother, Tony, at
home. Mother and baby re
turned home Sunday*
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Trim your
3ails,Matey
and dock at
\ the old Yah
jSure the
Jnext time
you1re on
the road to
the airport
The
moat popular club in tevm»
YAH SURE CLUB
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YOU GET YOUR MONEY’S
WORTH WHEN YOU (
TRADE AT HOME
‘Don’t let anyone try to tell you differently, you
do get your 'money’s worth when you trade at home#
Buying at home is more than a matter of dollars and
cents. It is a part of $he plan that will make any
community more self sufficient#
The next time someone tells you that you can "get
the same thing from the catalog cheaper," weigh all
of the points. Look first at,price, freight in
cluded, then consider the quaL ity. Remember, you know for aire what
you are getting when you shop at home# Remember, there is no wait
ing 'dien you shop at home. It there is a difference in price in
favor of the catalog merchandise and all other things are equal,
think whether or not it is worth a few pennies saved. Don’t spend
your money in Seattle or Portland, spend your money in Homer. Trade
with your friends and they will .trade with you. Together we Can
build a better, stronger Homer.
Youir. TRADE-AT-HOME merchants
• BANK OP H0M3R
. - REX’S METAL WORKS
INLET SPORT SHOP
BAY CLOTHIERS’
HCMER FOOD CENTER
TERN MUTCH DRUGS
PIONEER HARDWARE
TERMINAL OIL SALES
DON E« SMITH, INS.
INLET SERVICE
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