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VOL. 22, NO. 29 KODIAK, ALASKA, JULY 20, 1962 PRICE TEN CENTS
Record Breaking Salmon Catch Looms
As Canneries Are Pushed To Keep Up
By Karl Armstrong
The "Humpies” came in! Kodiak
canneries are swamped! Fishermen
have been put on a limit!
What appears to be a record
breaking pink salmon run is in full
swing in the Kodiak area. Some ob
servers believe this may be the
greatest salmon season in the is
land’s history although more cau
tious officials make highly optimis
tic but more conservative state
ments as to the overall season out
look.
It became evident on Monday
that heavy runs of pink salmon
were on in several mainland bays
directly across the straits from Ko
diak and within the Kodiak area,
particularly the Red River area
and Afognak Island bays. By today
reports indicated that fishing was
at the least, good in all bays and
excellent in many.
On Monday canneries announced
that they were placing a 1,200 fish
Swim Classes At
Pete Deveau Pool
Swimming classes for children
from the age of 7 through 14 will
begin at 3 p.m. this Monday, July
23, at Pete Deveau’s swimming
pool, according to Police Chief R.
E. Vickery.
The classes will be held each
afternoon through Friday, weather
permitting and will be conducted
under the Red Cross. Registration
will be at the pool. Children are
asked to furnish their own towels.
Further information will be given
at the pool.
Locate New King
Crabbing Area
King Crab exist in commercial
quantities in the deep gully lead
ing eastward out of Cape Chiniak,
according to catch records released
this week by Chuck Connelley, act
ing base director of exploratory
fishing and gear research for the
U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fish
eries.
Connelley has been with the
three biologists aboard the vessel
Yaquina which is under charter to
explore new areas for King Crab.
“Best crabbing in this gully was
at from 46 to 47 fathoms depth,”
said Connelley, adding, “the av
erage catch per pot at those depths
was about 35 marketable size male
King Crab. We got virtually noth
ing at 45 fathoms—only 12 market
able male crabs out of 5 pots.”
The research area in the gully
was about 30 to 50 miles out from
Cape Chiniak. The research work
will continue through the next five
weeks.
ARREST REPORT
Robert Gilbertson was fined $50
for operating a motor vehicle with
out the owners consent and on an
other charge was fined $75 and had
his driver’s license suspended for
90 days for operating a motor ve
hicle while under the influence of
liquor. Roy Kiester forfeited a $25
bail on a drunk charge.
per man per day limit. By Wednes
day the canneries in the consolida
tion had raised the limit to 2,000
but reduced it yesterday to 1,500
and today revealed they had to
place it at 1,200 again today as
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Kodiak Has Hint
Of Cold War Act
The Kodiak and the Trinity
Islands, specifically, received a
touch of cold-war activity this
past weekend.
As Gil Jarvela, pilot for the
Kodiak Airways, and Robert S.
Roys, Asst. Kodiak Area Manage
ment Biologist, circled a Russian
fishing trawl at a low level to
get a picture of its activities, one
of the fishermen picked up a
piece of wood on the deck and
hurled it at the plane.
“He missed us,” Jarvela said,
grinning.
Like Statistics?
Here Are Some
On Your State
Almost a third, 69,796 or 32 per
cent of Alaskan residents are na
tive-born, according to the U.S. De
partment of Commerce in its re
port on the U.S. Census of Popula
tion.
Of Alaska’s total population of
226,167, 128,588 are males with the
median age of 23.7 years, while
there are 97,579 females of 22.3
years median age.
In the 95 to 99 year age group,
13 non-white males are shown.
Alaska residents from other
states predominate from the West
(42,223), North Central (40,237)
and from the South (38,920).
Of the 41, 695 persons with earn
ings, 56.7 worked 50 to 52 weeks
during the year with median earn
ings of $6,621. Median income per
family was $7,326.
One Of The 35 Russian Ships
This is one of the 35 USSR fishing vessels operating about 12 miles
off the tip of Trinity Islands this past weekend. Alaska Game and
Fish Department officials who have been keeping the operations of
the Reds under surveillance for sometime believe they were fishing
for ocean perch. About 31 catchers and four mother ships were
spotted this past weekend. The “Hammer and Sickle” could be seen
on the stacks. Some of the fishermen objected to being photographed
and one threw a piece of wood at a plane operated by Kodiak Air
ways.—(AFG Photo—Mirror Engraving)
77-Pound Fish
Leading Halibut
Derby To Date
A 77-lb. halibut caught by
Travis Gilstrap currently has the
lead in the annual Halibut Der
by, according to the Kodiak Out
doorsmen, sponsors.
A 112-lb. halibut caught previ
ously was disqualified.
Close behind Gilstrap’s catch
is Bob Bardsley with two hali
but, one weighing 69 pounds
and another 68. Fourth place
honors, thus far go to Paul Bread
with a 64 pounder.
The Halibut Derby contest
closes on Sunday, July 22.
In the Junior Division, Nica
Azeba with a 51-pounder paces
the young fishermen while Da
vid Bardsley with a 37-pounder
is second.
TEST SIREN TOMORROW
The civil defense siren will be
tested again tomorrow at noon.
Kodiak Will Have
Two Voting Polls
Kodiak will have two of the
state’s 339 precincts at the primary
election on Aug. 14, according to
an announcement by Jack E. Mc
Farland, director of elections and
a former Kodiak high school in
structor.
The City Council indicated at
its last meeting that one of the poll
ing places will be the city hall, and
the second, some two or three
blocks away on the opposite side of
the Mill Bay Road.
City Seeks Bids
For Street Work
The City of Koliak has issued a
call for bids, appearing in today’s
edition of the Mirror, for construc
tion of approximately 780 feet of
Street Improvements on Mission
Road from Main Street to Tagura
Road.
The bids will be opened at 5
p.m. on Aug. 9 at the City Hall.
Further information about the
bids may be obtained from Doug
las G. Preston, city clerk and treas
urer.
Ten Grouse Will Be Planted Here
Ten grouse captured along Mit
kof Highway were shipped by air
to Kodiak last week for planting on
the island by the Alaska Depart
ment of Fish and Game.
Harry Merriam, district biolo
gist in Petersburg for the ADFG,
said that it is an attempt to intro
duce a new game bird in the Ko
diak area.
Two Leading Gubernatorial Candidates
On Campaign Trail In Kodiak This Week
Incumbent Gov. Bill Egan (D)
and former Territorial Governor
and a GOP aspirant for the Gov
ernor’s seat, Mike Stepovich of
Fairbanks, both arrived in Kodiak,
Thursday, in their search for pri
mary votes.
Governor Egan addressed a no
host dinner, Thursday evening at
the Mecca, in which he painted a
rosy economic picture for the state,
stating that investors were looking
towards Alaska as the state with a
future. Meanwhile, Stepovich had
comments to make about the “do
nothing” attitude of the administra
tion and Congressmen on foreign
fishing in Alaskan waters and
struck out at the failure of the
present administration’s road
building program.
GOV. BILL EGAN
To a capacity crowd at the Mecca
49 Room, Governor Egan lashed
out at “the phony and irresponsi
ble propaganda about the state’s
business climate being circulated
by Republican candidates and
newspapers.”
The Governor, in answer to a
query from the audience, assured
that “the Kodiak ferry will be a
15 Little League All-Stars Selected This Week; Journey
To Anchorage To Meet Spenard Champs, Monday At 4 P.M.
The Kodiak Little League All
Stars drew the state defending
champion, Spenard team, as their
opponents in Anchorage in their
first game to be played at 4 p.m.
Monday at the Anchorage diamond.
Tryouts for the all-star team
from Kodiak have been held in re
cent days under the direction of
Manager. Bob Ekin of the Elks
team and Coach Moody of the Red
Sox. v.
From a list of 20 boys, 15 were
selected to make up the team.
The 15 Little Leaguers, their po
sitions and teams, who will make
the trip leaving tomorrow are as
follows:
Eric Igartua, catcher, Braves;
Doug Ekin, catcher, Elks; Jamie
Beukers, lb, Outdoorsmen; David
Kraft, pitcher, Krafts; Jerry Val
ley, pitcher, D&A; Dennis Frank
lin, pitcher, Braves; Steve Hoff,
lb, Braves; Gary Fansler, 2b,
Braves; Blake Butler, outfielder,
Krafts; Freddie Fowler, shortstop,
Elks.
Rick Sindylek, 3b, Red Sox; Wall
Shuravaloff, 3b, Elks; Joe Lester,
outfielder, Outdoorsmen; Gordon
Ciano, outfielder, Krafts; Lee
Jones, outfielder, Red Sox.
Accompanied by Manager Bob
Ekin and Coaches Eugene Moody
and Vic Igartura, the Little
Leaguers will leave Sunday via
plane.
reality.” He pointed out that the
Kodiak ferry had to be a new de
sign . . . “an entirely new concept
in marine designing” while the fer
ries for Southeastern Alaska were
similar to those used in Puget
Sound. He gave assurances that
“the new design modifications
would put the total cost within the
$3,000,000 amount available for its
construction.”
MIKE STEPOVICH
“Something definitely should be
done, and done soon to protect
Alaskan fishing grounds from for
eign encroachment,” Mike Stepo
vich, who is seeking the Republi
can nomination for Governor, said
yesterday in Kodiak.
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Kodiak Kapsules—
(By Bill Mason)
With our new telephone books
due off the press within a few
weeks, we can’t help but com
ment that when a man answers
the phone, he reaches for a pen
cil. A woman grabs a chair.
* * * *
SIGNS OF THE TIMES:
The real music-lover is the woman
who applauds when her husband
comes home singing at 4 a.m.
Wives don’t mind suffering in
silence as long as their husbands
know they’re doing it.
Behind every successful business
man there’s a woman with nothing
to wear.
If you drink, don’t park—acci
dents cause people.
* * * *
After a couple of weeks in the
fair community of Kodiak, we
have come to the conclusion that
the quickest way to starve to
death is to go into the air-con
ditioning business, and this point
was brought to mind at last
Thursday’s Chamber meeting
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