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Alaska’s Massive Mad Mountains
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During the past month one f
numerous volcanos strung out
along the Alaska Peninsula and
down the Aleutian Chain thun
dered into earth-shaking spectacu
lar action spewing forth clouds ■'
black smoke and ash into the sky
to a height of 500 feet above the
3,700 foot peak and vomiting Up
streams of molten lava that plunged
down the angry mountain’s slope
into the Pacific Ocean where col
umns of steam spiraled skyward.
There are still a few Kodiak resi
dents who can recall vividly the
Sunny June day back in 1912 when
one of these rumbling mad moun
tains, Mt. Katmai, literally blew
itself to pieces in a cataclysmic x
plosion heard 750 miles away, caus
ing Kodiak to plunge into a “long
night” that lasted several days. The
path. Above is a likeness of these
many fascinating and terrifying
dense, ash-laden, gaseous cloud
that descended upon Kodiak de
posited 18 inches of ash on the
town but the numerous slides that
thundered down from Pillar Moun
tain behind town were many feet
deep and crushed houses in their
monster mountains located just
across Shelikof Straits from Ko
Nome Legislator
Hits State Fish
And Game Budget
JUNEAU — An investigation of
the Department or Fish and Game
to consider reorganization of the
department ‘ from the commission
er on down,” was proposed this
week by Rep. Bob Blodgett (D
Nome).
According to Blodgett’s state
ments, enforcement agents are not
“properly trained or qualified or
screened for the position of re
sponsibility for which they have
been employed.”
“I think the entire financial
structure and personnel structure
of the Fish and Game Department
should be scrutinized with a view
to substantial reductions.”
Bodgett admitted that he has
voted for some time against what
he termed, “entirely too liberal
fish and game budgets,” in previ
ous sessions of the budget commit
tee; •
Plan To Display
“Space Capsule”
The Kodiak King Crab Festival
chance lo see a replica, of a “space
capsule” sometime in March as the
Chamber of Commerce, Thursday,
voted to sponsor its appearance
here, probably at the Armory.
The space capsule is now being
shown throughout many Alaskan
communities. Only restriction is
that the capsule be insured fo:*
$8,000.
Patrochin’s Body
Is Washed Ashore
The body, believed to be that of
Richard (Dick) Patrochin, in his
early 40‘s, also known as “Deme
tri” and ‘ The Little Rabbit” was
found washed ashore near the Ko
diak Baptist Mission. Wednesday.
Patrochin, a fisherman was re
ported to police as missing early
in February by his sister. At that
time he had been missing since
about Jan. 10.
The remains are at the Kodiak
Mortuary pending funeral arrange
ments.
MARRIED FEB. 26
Ann Freeman of Santa Marie,
Calif., and Robert Edwin Lansford
of the U.S. Coast Guard were mar
ried Feb. 26 by Judge Mabel Fen
ner in the Magistrate’s Courtroom.
Witnesses in attendance were Vir
ginia Carlson and David Fremming.
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diak. (It is also suggestive of the
mood of Kodiak fishermen at sug
gesions that foreign fishing fleets
be allowed to continue to expand
their fishery efforts in the North
Pacific!)
Legal Notice
ANNUAL MEETING OF YOUR
• COOPERATIVE, KODIAK
ELECTRIC ASSOC.
The annual meeting of the mem
bers of Kodiak Electric Associa
tion, will be held at 8 p.m. on Mon
day, March 4th, 1963, at the Kodiak
Elk’s Hall, Kodiak, Alaska.
The purpose of this meeting is
for the election of a new board of
nine (9) directors to serve until
others are chosen and qualified in
their stead; and for the transaction
of such other business as may prop
erly come before the meeting; and
for the amendment of Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws.
Dated the 28th day of January,
1963, Kodiak, Alaska.
A. M. GIVEN
Secretary
Publish Feb. 22 and March 1, 1963.
Upswing In Fish
& Game Resources
Since Statehood
Statehood has been good for
Alaskan fisheries according to
data released by Governor William
Egan.
The third year of state manage
ment of Alaska’s fish and game re
sources was marked by a continu
ing upswing in the catch of salmon
and shellfish and an increasing
participation, by resident and non
resident alike, in the recreational
values of the sport fish and game
resources.
Since 1959, last year of Federal
management, the salmon pack has
risen each year from a low of 1,
778,289 cases with a wholesale
value of $49,492,789 to 3,420,400
:ases with an estimated wholesale
value of $93,000,000 in 1962. Of
particular interest, inasmuch as re
turning 1962 fish were the result
of the state’s first year of manage
ment in 1960, was the resurgence
of the pink salmon pack to 1,842,
100 cases. This is approximately
two and one-half times the pink
pack of the 1960 parent year.
Shellfish catches—king and Dun
geness crab, and shrimp—contin
ued their strong climb of the last
several years.
An estimated 21,000,000 pounds
of shrimp with a value to the fish
erman of $840,000 were taken dur
ing 1962 as compared with a 1959
catch of 13,052,321 pounds valued
at $505,537.
The knig crab catch rose from
18,839,470 pounds in 1959 to an
estimated 50,000,000 pounds during
1962. The catch value to the fish
erman also rose going from $1,477,
980 in 1959 to an estimated $,000,
000 during the recent calendar
year.
A similar increase was recorded
in the take of Dungeness crab
where the 1962 harvest totaled an
estimated 8,300,000 pounds valued
to the fisherman at $830,000 as
compared with 3,999,344 pounds
with an $325,638 value in 1959.
Halibut landings in Alaska rose
from 29,974,210 pounds in 1959 to
39,800,000 pounds in 1962. Value
of the 1962 catch to the fisherman
is estimated at $11,900,000 as com
pared with $3,899,108 for the 1959
catch.
Only one commercial permit was
issued for abalone during the year.
GETS 90 DAYS
Johnny Vail, a local musician,
was sentenced to three months in
jail at Anchorage after pleading
guilty to assault and battery
charges. The sentence was handed
down on Feb. 20 by Magistrate
Mabel Fenner.
SUNDAY SPECIALS
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Lemon Meriagae Pie. 700 Ea.
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