Along The Waterfront
Kodiak A Busy Port In Early Days
Men. Boats, Here In Steady Stream
(Ed. note: Editing a column such
as along the waterfront would have
been a cinch in 1940-41, as there
was a constant stream of boats and
ships in and out of this port. Some
of the people who figured in water
front news are still with us, but
others are long gone.)
June 28. Among the arrivals in
town to attend the negotiating
meetings between the fishermen
and the canneries were: Howard
Bailey of the Kadiak Fisheries,
Port Bailey; Clair Henerson of the
San Juan Fish & Packing Co.,
Uganik; Peter Dominici of the Pio
neer Packing Co., Uyak; 0. L.
Grimes Packing Co., Ouzinkie.
July 5. Arriving here on seneu
uled time, the Cordova brought 24
passengers to Kodiak and 9 for
Woman’s Bay.
July 26. Mr. H. Krerelsheimer,
owner of the Kadiak Fisheries, was
in town for a short time on Wednes
day. He returned to Port Bailey.
August 2. Great activity is in evi
dence along the waterfront where
local fishing boats are daily making
their deliveries of salmon to the
local cannery. From all the current
reports, the catch is good. One fish
erman, Oscar Nelson of Kodiak,
left early Thursday morning for
the fishing grounds and returned
to town about 9 a. m. with a load
of about 4,500 humpies. Nice catch
for 4 hours.
August 8. Strange Doin’s. A
stranger sitting in a restaurant in
town bragging about how he was
going to set his gill-net in the
mouth of the Buskin River, while
opposite sat the head man of the
Biological Survey and the Bureau
of Fisheries Warden listening to
the whole plan and story.
August 8. The “Kasiloff” was in
with Capt. “Heinie” Berger in com
mand.
August 8. The Cordova was in
Thursday and loaded 200 tons of
canned salmon from the local can
nery.
August 15. The halibut schooner |
“Sitka” put into port the other day I
on a quest for bait. She left in a 1
couple of hours after purchasing 1
some herring. They report plenty f
of halibut on the banks nearby
Kodiak.
With the first part of the fishing |
season at a close officially on Au- I
gust 15, many power skiffs are to I
be seen tied to the local wharves
waiting for the second half of the
season. i
August 22. Many large cannery
tenders and purse seiners that have
been engaged in fishing in the Bris
tol Bay area, passed through Ko
diak enroute to their winter berths
in Seattle and other Southern ports.
All boats report just a moderate
season this year, due mostly to bad
weather and a limited number of
canneries operating.
The Kasiloff, with Capt. Heinie
Berger, arrived from Cook Inlet
points with Pete Deveau from Sel
• dovia.
• August zz. un tne Dasis oi me
’ total fish caught by one boat dur
. ing the main part of the 1940 sea
son, within the Kodiak area, Oscar
Nelson and Howard Swan of Ko
diak are the “high boat” for the
season. Their catch amounted to
35,000 humpy salmon, 134 red sal
mon and 781 chum salmon.
August 29. Harry Howe, owner
of the Kupreanof Sawmill on Rasp
berry Island was in town today
loading a new RD-2 Caterpillar on
a scow which he recently pur
• chased.
• Business is so good it is needed,
Howe said.
August 29. Leaving Kodiak in the
light of the new moon, the Mavis,
owned by O. Kraft & Son, left for
Shearwater and Old Harbor on
Wednesday night with Capt. Wm.
\. Anderson and Ben Kraft, its
)wner, aboard.
Sept, 20. Word was sent to Ko
liak yesterday of the death of Cap
ain Louis Lane, aged 61, in Calif.
Bis daughter was Mrs. Wilson F.
Erskine.
September 27. The Monterey ar
rived in port Thursday with Bill
Brinkley, Charles Nelson, Eli Me
trokin, Mrs. Lena Metrokin and
daughter Mary, and Tim Metrokin.
September 27. Arriving on the
Cordova (among other passengers)
were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lamme.
September 27. The purse-seiner
Tuck A Hoe, with Capt. T. A. Rath
left for Cache Bay Wednesday
where they will fish for herring.
A crew of six men aboard her.
The Margaret, with Capt. Fred
OlNoreon left port on Thursday
bound for Old Harbor to fish her
ring.
The Commonwealth, of the Booth
Fisheries Co. came into port Sun
day for supplies, and is enroute to
Old Harbor where she will pack
herring.
The halibut boat Oceanus was in
port for a few days making minor
repairs to the engine.
October 4. The Mavis, with Capt.
Anderson, was chartered by H. H.
Waller, deputy mineral surveyor
of the engineering firm of Waller
and Waller of Seattle, for a ten-day
trip to Alttak. While there, Mr.
Waller will do some engineering
work for Pacific American Fisher
ies Co. and Suryan Bros., cannery
operators. Both of them have ex
tensive interests there.
October 18. The J. D. Martinlich
large herring boat, which has beer
at Port Wakefield all this last sum
mer, and belonging to the Apel
Fish Co., passed through Kodiak oi
her way to Seattle for the winter.
Oapt. R. C. Wakefield stated they
had a good season.
The Nooh came into port from
Cordova on Sunday. Capt. Johnny
Young paid he was on his way to
Old Harbor for the herring activi
ties there.
The Takae, Capt. Broedhl, made
a round-trip this week to Sitkalidak
Island, with Jack McCord and J.
Henington aboard.
Nov. 15. The Mavis, now operat
ing under a new mail contract re
cently awarded O. Kraft & Son, left
port Monday inaugurating the
“shuttle” mail service to Afognak,
Iron Creek, Ouzinkie, Port Bailey,
Uganik, Uyak, Old Harbor, McCord
and other way points. Capt. Walter
Kraft accompanied by a crew of
three men. expect to return in
about ten days.
Dec. 6. The Baronoff arrives.
Among passengers aboard were
Stan Nelson and Sally Pearl as well
as others.
Dec. 31. With Capt. Snapper Lar- j
sen at the wheel, the Cuner Beyer,
which recently underwent repairs
at the local dock, is in good service
able condition again.
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August 29 issue
$1,899,537 worth of gold was
shipped out of Alaska to the mint
during the month of July this year.
j*» You Know This Graduate?
PICTURED IS REV. GREGORY GLEBOFF, former pastor of the Russian Church here. He is
i seen holding the Church’s bible, which is said to be gold plated. It is still in use at the church.
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HERE IS THE REASON KODIAK has only one theatre. Taken from the files of the Kodiak Mirror, the picture shows the Lyric
Theatre as it burned some years ago. Location was in the heart of town, just below the Kodiak Cleaner s building. Photo By Norman