-/Mirror
the afi (grfla&kdb MCori (rtfcUatul
CRAB WAR APPEARS IMMINENT
* t
Kodiak fishermen may soon
start shooting at Russian trawlers.
“We are in grave danger of a
terrible incident on the Kodiak
crab grounds,”**' warned ADF&G
Western Regional Supervisor Bob
Simon, as he described the reac
tion of local fishermen to the re
turn ef Russian trawlers into tra
ditional king crabbing areas of
Kodiak fishermen before the cham
ber of commerce Thursday noon.
Simon told the chamber that one
of two things may shortly happen
in the present tense situation
caused by Russian trawlers de
stroying Ameircan crab pot gear.
“Either our fishermen will stop
fishing altogether or they may be
gin to blast out the windows in the
pilot houses of the Russian ships.”
Simon said.
He told of Russian trawling
fleets showing up in several tra
ditional pot grounds since last
weekend on the south end of
Kodiak Island.
“Due to stormy conditions our
fishermen have not yet been able
to inventory their gear losses. We
will have more information when
they are able to get a more accur
ate assessment of their losses,”
Simon said.
He said that the C.G. Cutter Stor
is was on the scene but said “she
has not been as effective as the
Winona was in pursuading the Rus
sians to leave due to the fact that
she is slower than any of the Rus
sian vessels.”
Americans Forced Out
Two local king crabbers, the
Gladys R and Richard D have re
ported that Russian trawlers have
again entered the king crabbing
grounds located off Low Cape and
Two-Headed Island.
The C.G. Cutter Storis was on
the scene Wednesday according to
reports.
ADF&G 'officials report that they
received complaints that Russian
trawlers had entered the king crab
grounds located about 23 miles
east of Geese Channel.
Five local crabbers, the Adding
ton, Express, Brisk. Victory Maid fisherman commented,
and Chenega were forced to puli In looking over listings of heavy
their pot gear and move inshore, calibre guns available through
Big Guns Ordered various private firms the Mirror
Fishermen from two local crabnotes one ironic fact: most of sucn
boats have advised they have al-wcapons are of Russian or Chinese
ready sent in orders for large cali-make.
bre guns to arm their vessels. One Resentment Increases
has ordered a cannon while an- American fishermen appear to
other has sent for an anti-tank gun. have given up any hopes that the
Both have indicated a desire tofederal government would come to
obtain recoil-less rifles of the 105 their assistance in dealing with the
and 106 mm type which they de-red pirate fleets operating in
scribe as being “extremely effec-Kodiak waters by the hundreds
tive. and especially well suited f 'mow and in recent weeks warned
use aboard the relatively small they would “take matters into
crab boats.” their own hands” to protect their
“There is only one way to dealinterests themselves “in their own
with pirates on the hig hseas,” oneway.”
Nine Seek City Offices On Tuesday
Voters Approve Borough And Choose
Powell In Light Turnout Tuesday
Kodiak Island voters voted. infa
vor of incorporating a second class
borough and at the same time elect
ed as chairman the candidate who
opposed the incorporation.
Chuck Powell, who opposed the
'borough incorporation holds a 42
vote lead with two precincts still
to be reported. However, most ob
servers consider it unlikely that
the voting from the two remaining
precincts will appreciably change
the final figures in the chairman
ship race.
With at least two precincts still
unreported (Afognak and Larsen
Bay) it appears that Kodiak Island
voters approved incorporation of
a second class borough by a mar
gin of 71 votes. The total vote so
far is 273 Yes and 202 No.
Twenty votes were cast in OuZin
kie _ all voted No and did not
vote on anything else.
Chuck Powell holds a 42 vote
lead over Millie Markham in the
Chairman race in the total for the
three precincts in the immediate
Kodiak city area plus the Alitak,
Karluk and Old Harbor precincts
With no votes cast in Ouzinkie and
no report yet from Afognak and
Larsen Bay the totals in the chair
manship race were: Powell 170,
Markham, 128, Fremlin, 101.
Band Aid Sale
Will Aid Band
Buy a Band-Aid and help uni
form the Kodiak High School
Band. Members of the Cadet Band
will dispense printed band-aids in
downtown Kodiak Saturday morn
ing, Sept. 28.
All donations will be used to
help purchase uniforms for the
high school band. Decorated con
tainers will also be placed in var
ious stores. Please help our young
musicians look as well as they
play.
People overwhelmingly approved
the elected chairman over the ap
pointed manager form of govern
ment in all precincts reporting.
The totals were Chairman form
313; Manager form 75. In the im
mediate city area the vote was 268
to 53 in favor of the elected chair
man.
Totals in the race for three
assembly seats were Wright 134:
Alexander 116; Erwin 96; Ander
son 98; Pace 81. Results from
Afognak and Larsen Bay will de
termine the outcome in these races.
For the school board race in
which the top five would win elec
tion the totals were: Clark 325
Hall 339; Johnson 292; Keers 325;
Norton 355; Parker 147; Randolph
178.
Apex On Beach
Twc Rescued From
Stricken Vessel
The crab fisher Apex, about a
50-foot vessel, went on the beach
about two miles west of Cape Sitki
nak Tuesday afternoon and is be
lieved to be a total loss.
Skipper Paul Moreno and crew
man Allan Vincent were aboard
the stricken vessel but were re
moved safely Wednesday afternoon
by a small boat from the vessel
Neptune. Both the Apex and Nep
tune are owned by Norman Holm.
According to reports given Bill
Damery, marine surveyor, the tail
shaft coupling on the Apex broke
on Tuesday afternoon. She was
anchored off Sitkinak Island but
the anchor gave way and she went
up on the beach. She was unable
te call for assistance due to the
fact her radio was out.
The Coast Guard spotted her on
the beach about 4 p.m. Wednes
day afternoon and called the near
by Neptune to give assistance.
City Hall Bows To Attorney General's OK Of Write-Ins
City voters, as they go to the
polls on Tuesday, will find the tra
ditional spaces for write in votes
on their ballots . . . despite plans
by the city clerk to alter the ballot
so as to eliminate the write-in
features.
Alaska State Attorney General
George N. Hayes, in response to a
wire from State Representative Gil
Jarvela early this week wired simp
ly: “State statutes do not prohibit
write in voting for municipal elec
tions.’
Two candidates are listed on the
ballot for the office of mayor. They
are Wally Nelson and Pete Deveau.
A campaign is being carried on to
get Ed Naughton elected mayor by
means of write in votes.
For the two 3-year council seats
four candidates are listed. They
are Dave Fremming, Fred Brechan,
Wilton White and DeWitt Fields.
Seeking the two year 'council seat
are Oscar Dyson and Carl Rodli.
Candidates, with the exception of
Dyson, Rodli and Brechan, who
were unable to attend, spoke be
fore the chamber of commerce on
Thursday.
Ed Naughton said he was not
an active candidate but was aware
that there was a draft movement
being made to get him elected ma
yor by write-in votes.
“I do not seek the office but if
the people want me and I am elect
ed, I will serve,’ Naughton said.
Pete Deveau stated he was “run
ning for mayor as a tool to get
something done.’ He spoke of his
record of accomplishments to date
including his small marine aquar
ium and swimming pool. He said
he would, as mayor, carry on strong
protests against the Russians and
said he favored sale of revenue
bonds in order to get something
done about the roads. Although
favoring a 3 per cent tax on resi
dential rents, he stressed the fact
that it would have to be voted upon
by the people.
. WaJly Nielson, stressing “a gen
eral trend here in the wrong direc
tion,’ pointed out that the city bud
get now shows approximately $80,
000 for police but only $1,000 al
together for such items as the city
library, museum, crab festival and
the 4th of July celebration.
“It suggests that we must be ex
pecting a tremendous amount of
trouble or that we are extremely
suspicious of one another in this
community. He pointed out that
the city of Bellingham with over
40.000 popuation has only 16 police
men but Kodiak with only about
3.000 has nine policemen.
SEVEN DAY SEASON
The Kodiak Fisheries Advisory
Committee has adopted a recom
mendation by ADF&G’s Dexter
Lall that there be changes in the
regulations to permit a seven day
salmon fishery for pink salmon on
iCape fisheries and that some of
the bay closures be extended to
increase sanctuaries. The com
mittee will incorporate the recom
mendation into it’s own to the state
ADF&G board.
City Attorney Madsen Indignant Over Write-in Issue
The following statement was
given to the Mirror by City At
torney Roy Madsen and is quoted
in its entirety:
On returning to Kodiak on
Tuesday after an eight day absence,
I read with indignation, certain
statements attributed to me by
your paper which were deliberate
ly misleading. Since it appears that
a statement made by me was de
liberately and distortedly used to
build a “story,” I wish to make the
following statement by way of
clarification.
FIRST: I did state, and it is my
opinion, that a person who cannot
qualify as a candidate for City
election, would not be in anyway
enabled to qualify by write-in on
ballots.
SECOND: The declaration of
candidacy required by Alaska law
requires the candidate to state that
he has been a resident of the City
for at least ONE year next pre
ceding the date of his declaration.
THIRD: Although the Alaska
Statutes on Municipal elections
are silent as to write-ins on ballots.
I did not and would not say they
are illegal as to me that term can
notes something expressly prohib
ited by law. I do believe that the
voters should be able to vote for
any qualified person whether by
write in or otherwise but I do
think a disservice is being done
to the community by expending
time and effort in attempting to
circumvent the law for the pur
pose of pushing a candidate who
cannot qualify for the office.
Roy H. Madsen
Editor’s Note:/ The Mirror
share the city attorney’s indig
nation if anything he has said
has been deliberately distorted
to bu'ld a misleading “story”
and agrees with him that a dis
service is being done to the
community by anyone expend
ing time and effort m attempting
to circumvent the law for the
purpose of pushing a candidate
who cannot qualify for the office.
The editor is sure that any
one with the .city attorney’s
training and professional back
ground can readily discern that
the Mirror relied upon the city
clerk for the information con
tained in the story and it was
the city clerk who attributed cer
tain statements to the city at
torney NOT, we repeat, NOT the
. Mirror.
The article accurately reports
the city clerk’s statements. Only
speedy action HV Rep. Jarvela
and the state attorney general
prevented the city clerk from
going ahead with his attempt to
alter the ballot in such a manner
as to eliminate the write-in fea
tures allowing voters their tra
ditional and historic right to
(Continued On Page 4)