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VOL. 21, NO. 75_ KODIAK, ALASKA, JULY 7, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTS
MAC ARTHUR GREETED IN MANILA—General Douglas Mac- (
Arthur is greeted by Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia, right, on
his arrival at Manila July 3. The general has a lei around his neck 1
and wears the special campaign cap he made so familiar during World
War II. The general and Mrs. Mac Arthur are on a ten-day visit to the 1
Philippines after an absence of 15 years.
(AP Wirephoto via radio from Manila)
Bids Sought For
Waterfront Job
The City is calling for bids for
tearing down and removing the
warehouse on the City dock in
preparation for construction of the
new one. Bid forms will be avilable
after July 10.
The warehouse is 00x200 feet. In
addition to the demolition of the
warehouse, the bid invitation calls
for the construction of a rock-faced
fill with concrete building footings
and the preparation of the surface
for asphalt paving.
Bids will be received until 4
p. m., July 24, and then publicly
opened.
Salmon Pack Up
JUNEAU (A3)—The salmon pack
in the first week of the purse seine
season in Icy Strait, Western, East
ern districts were 28,725 it was re
ported by the state Fish and Game
Department.
Last weeks pack was more than
two-and-one-half times the pack of
the first week in 1960. Pinks ac
counted for more than half of the
total, most of them coming from
Indian Head Island and the Three
Hill Island areas.
Boats averaged between 600-800
fish daily. The run appears to be
building up with reports of catches
up to 2,000 fish.
Along The Waterfront
The Japanese do not plan to fish
for halibut east of the 170 degree
west longitude line, according to
Sen. E. L. Bartlett’s Newsletter
dated June 30.
First reports indicated they
would fish off Alaskan waters.
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How’s the fishing elsewhere?
Pack figures taken from the Cor
dova Times, show a total of 34,
529 cases, which include kings and
reds. “Total pack a discouraging
11,353 cases,” the paper reports on
clams, and 113,981 pounds of king
crab. All figures to June, 1961.
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The 1961 commercial salmon
pack in Cook Inlet was trailing
last year’s pack by 5,536 cases on
Monday, according to figures re
leased.
Pack figures show the lag is
mainly on kings, reds, and dog sal
mon. The 1961 pack of humpies
through July 3—1,394 cases—waa
far ahead of that for the same per
iod last year, which was 108 cases.
Total, to July 3, 9,104 cases, com
pared with same period 1960, when
pack was 14,640 cases.
Lots of activity by sea and air
these days with the transition from
clam canning, crabbing still active
and salmon canning in the offing.
The M/V Tatalina came in
Wednesday, discharging 700 tons
of freight. The ship took out three
vans of frozen crab. The small ship
ment was due to the M/V Susitna
taking the big pack of clams and
crabs the week before.
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Alaska Packers finished up clam
canning Wednesday. Del Valentine,
superintendent, said the pack held
up pretty good, with about an av
erage pack.
The cannery is now getting the
salmon line ready for operation the
latter part of this month.
General Superintendent Frank
McConaghy, was in town from Sat
urday until Tuesday, spending
most of his time down at the plant.
The Arthur H, Morning Star and
the St. Michael were in again, re
maining over the 4th. These vessels
are on halibut research work for
the Commission.
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The flyboys at Kodiak Airways
are busy as weather permits these
days, shunting cannery officials
and workers to various parts of the
island. Bob Hall reports good traf
fic as well as mail haul these days.
He said the Airways made 450 de
partures during the month of June
—a lot of flying.
Bill Tingston was in town Thurs
day and left Friday for Washington
Fish & Oyster plant at Port Wil
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Permit Required
To Build Cabin
On Refuge Land
A permit is required before
building a cabin or any other perm
anent structure on the Kodiak Na
tional Wildlife Refuge, according
to Will Troyer of the local U. S.
Fish & Wildlife Service office.
Failure to obtain the permit
prior to construction of a cabin
will result in automatic refusal for
such a permit and the individual
will be subject to arrest by federal
regulations.
Tent camps and temporary struc
tures do not require a permit if re
moved within 90 days after estab
lishment on the refuge.
This regulation is only subject
to lands within the Kodiak Na
tional Wildlife Refuge and struc
tures within village sites or pat
ented lands are not affected.
For further information contact
Will Troyer of the U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service office here.
Royden Greelys’
Here For Month
Mr. and Mrs. Royden Greely, of
Middletown, Conn., are visiting Dr.
and Mrs. Bruce Keers and family.
The Greelys are Mrs. Keers par
ents.
Arriving here July 2, they will
remain with the Keers until August
4. Making their first trip to Alaska,
the Greelys came up the inside pas
sage by Canadian ship, taking the
train from Skagway, and complet
ing the trip to Fairbanks, Anchor
age and over here.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY, No
bel prizewinning author, cradles
a shotgun in a recent photo. He
died Sunday of a gunshot wound
in his head, in his home at Ketch
urn, Idaho, near Sun Valley.
Hemingway was laid to rest in
a tiny well-kept cemetery in the
heart of the hunting valleys he
chose as his home.
LILLIAN SMITH
RETURNS HOME
Mrs. Lillian Smith, who has
been vacationing in the South 48,
returned home last Friday morn
ing.
Big Halibut Derby Starts Tomorrow
Many Prizes In Month Long -Contest
The annual Halibut Derby is on
tomorrow!
The Derby this year offers many
nice prizes to the fishermen who
bring in qualifying fish. As a grand
prize, the successful fisherman
who tops them all, will be able to
go to Seattle and return, via PNA,
his fare paid, all the way.
Elsewhere in the Mirror will be
found a picture of the kind of
ocean floor resident it may take to
win the grand prize. S. A. Futch
AK2, from the Naval Station, was
a little premature in hooking on to
his 222-pounder. He caught it a
week earlier than opening date of
the derby, which of course, makes
it ineligible for a prize. But many
optimistic fishermen will be out
there seeking an even bigger one.
Many of the prizes to be given
away can be seen in the Bank build
ing window. There is about every
thing there to delight the sports
man and outdoors enthusiast. A
fine prize is an outboard, a Mer
cury complete with tank, a Polar
oid Land Camera, a Brownie Twin
Camera, several salt water fishing
rods and reels, outboard motor oil,
a pair of binoculars, and many,
many other prizes.
The derby, sponsored by the
Kodiak Outdoorsmen, is to be run
differently this year than in pre
vious years. It has been split up
into four weekends in the month
of July. A contestant can either
purchase a season ticket for $5 or
pay a little more if he chooses to
enter each week instead. Dates are
July 8-9, July 15-16, July 22-23 and
July 29-30.
Areas to be fished this year, too,
are designated differently. Areas
are from Chiniak Point around to
and including Monashka Bay.
There is one requirement, and that
is that a fisherman entering a hali
but must have a witness at the
time he caught it. Additional rules
are printed on the back of tickets.
Tickets may now be purchased
at Donnelley & Achesons, O. Kraft
& Son, Kundsens and Breakers
Bar.
A partial list of doners of prizes
and cash was published in the June
23 issue of the Kodiak Mirror.
Others contributing include the
following:
Tuffy Halstead, Russ Welborn,
Harry Felton, Breakers Bar and
Liquor Store, Deveau Electronics,
Aleutian Realty, Knudsen’s, Knud
sen’s Outfitters, Kodiak Oil Sales,
King Crab, Inc., Sportland, Walt
Muller, Ovid McKinley, Roy
Rickey, Kodiak Airways, Harvey
Air Service, Kodiak Insurance, Al
vine Marine Repair, Patterson’s
Service, Clark’s Garage, Polar
Bear Cafe, Anna’s Apparel, Sutliff
& Son, Kodiak Welding, Orpheum
Theatre, Town Club, Jayar Build
ers, Kodiak Telephone, Thompson
Oil Sales, Log Cabin Liquor Store
and M. F. Egan.
Stomachs Wanted
The Alaska Department of Fish
and Game is interested in obtain
ing the stomachs of all halibut en
tered in the Halibut Derby, accord
ing to Guy Powell, King crab re
search biologist. “These stomach
collections will be analysed to de
termine if halibut are feeding on
King crab,” Powell stated. “The
stomachs of both large and small
halibut are desired.”
The King Crab Research Divis
ion will have a man at the small
boat harbor from 6 p. m. to 8 p. m.
on the weekends the derby is being
run to pick up the stomachs.” “The
co-operation of the fishermen will
be appreciated,” Powell stated.
Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
We know many of our readers
come from various towns in Alaska.
Many we know, too, have never
had the opportunity to go to any
of these towns they read about
from time to time. Each in his or
her own way form a picture of
what they are like. John Edinger
of the Centralia Chronicle made a
trip through the state recently and
the following are some of the im
pressions he gained while on the
trip.
Of Fairbanks he wrote in part:
“Fairbanks is a city hurriedly try
ing to regain the past while it yet
is living in it . . . much of Fair
banks is the same as it was during
the early days of its childhood.
The main part of the city contains
hundreds of log cabins which re
main the same the day they were
constructed (except for electricity
and running water) ... a fascinat
ing city of contrasts . . .”
From Nome, he wrote that gold
mining in the area and throughout
Alaska will come to a virtual halt
within the next two or three years
under present conditions.
From Anchorage, he wrote: “. . .
Anchorage is the 49th state’s me
tropolis. Its rapid growth during
recent years has been startling to
everyone but its own citizens . . .
it has taken advantage of (succes
sive bonanzas) with energetic pur
suit of nearly every opportunity.”
He noted that “Although this city
has grown rapidly during the past
ten years, it still deeply resents the
colonial attitude of Seattle and the
state of Washington.” From Jun
eau, he wrote: “The coming of
statehood has brought new atten
tion to Juneau, but at the same
time has forced it into a fight for
life . . . Juneau’s most prized re
source is its superb natural setting.
It is a potential paradise for vaca
tioners, sportsmen and sightseers.”
From Sitka, he noted that the
city is enjoying a small boom be
cause of a new pulp mill and it “is
an attractive town growing steadily
and it appears it will remain a ma
jor community as Alaska devel
ops.”
He felt a closeness to Xetchikan
“for at Ketchikan, the wooded
slopes look more like those of our
Puget Sound country, and the peo
ple here have a greater feeling of
closeness to the lower forty-eight.”
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