Vol. I. Seldovia, alaska, May 24, 1947 No, 54
FISHERIES COLDSTDRASEPlRm nOUJ in OPERRTIOn
COUNCIL BUYS
LUMBER, PLANS
WALK BUILDING
Seldovia»s council
men authorized the
purchase of lumber
needed for Boardwalk
repairs, planned the
construction of a
plank walk up Barnes
street, okayed the
sale of city land to
Roy Henington, Milton
Mulligan and Tony
Rowe and discussed
the pros and cons. • of
Ordinance d( and tne
need for a municipal
ordinance against
gambling at last ev
ening^ meeting.
Lumber in the
amount of 500 feet in
1x6 and 1x4 sizes was
ordered ' purchased
from the mills of Ke
nai Industries.
The council list
ened to a letter from
G. J. Paulie, CiiA en
gineer, which advised
that nothing further
be done in the matter
of airport construc
tion until legal
points of the issue
> are settled in, Wash
ington •
Mr. Mulligan pre
sented a plan for the
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AFL Agent
Visits Here
Leo Hall, agent of
the United Fishermen
local of anchorage,
was a one-day visitor
in Seldovia Thursday.
Mr. Hall returned to
Anchorage early Fri
day morning in com
pany with Buckley
Douglas, local agent
of the United Fisher
men.
With CIO and nF of
L representatives
meeting with terri
torial Department of
Labor men in an ef
fort to come to some
agreement in the Cook
Inlet jurisdictional
.f^hing dispute, the
fishing outlook is
brighter than it.has
been for some weeks.
MOTHER AND SON
GO TO HOMER
Mrs. Ernest Crump
and her new son'Lee,,
released from Seldo
via hospital on Wed
nesday of this week,
went back to Homer,
with pilot Fred
Frakes that after
noon .
ICE-MAKING MACHINE.
FREEZER UNIT BOTH
STARTED THIS WEEK
The cold storage
plant of Seldovia Fi
sheries, under con
struction here for
the past two months^,
is now fully equipped
and ready to operate,
it was announced yes
terday by Ci S. And
erson, manager,
Mr. underson said
that with augmented
power facilities pro
viaed lor tae plant
by new equipment at
Seldovia Power &
Light Co., all pre
operation problems
now were solved and
the cold storage is
ready to take care of
the catch of king
salmon and halibut
fishermen in this
area.
The ice - making
plant of the Fish
eries began operation
Thursday and is now
producing five tons
of ice daily.
One freezer in the
Fisheries, with a
daily capacity of 6^
tons, is now ready to
quick-freeze fish and
another will be ready
very shortly, accord
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