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Mirrored Reflections...
By SIG DIGREE
Row Do Wt Win?
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While you probably see the
benefit of spring cleaning and
renovating in your own home,
perhaps you wonder about the ef
fectiveness of our present com
munity beautification program.
Provided everyone cooperates,
what will we gain? Even this
^rtiad HSjf'will most likely sur
prise you: development of com
munity spirit; reduction of fire
losses- instruction in good house
keeping; respect for property;
vacant un’'rovement; promo
tion of safety; discourn ;ement of
crime; citizenship course for chil
dren; improvement of employee
morale; Clean Up supports busi
ness; stabilizes, restores and in
creases the value of real estate.
How do we win? In every way
that will contribute to our safety,
health and general well being.
H’s up to yoiI V.if you, and
yoci, and you support the cam
paign, we’ll all benefit, individual
ly and collectively.
Clean Up-Paint Up-Fix Up—it’s
a winning proposition.
Along The
Waterfront
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The Alaska ■ Packers cannery,
formerly Halfertys, will begin
dam canning operations next
week, • according to the cannery
■uperintendent, Del Valentine.
Crab operations are at a stand
still, of course, and many boats
have been in, and others still here
—many of them preparing for the
salmon season in the offing.
At king Crab, Inc., they are
working on shrimp, with two shifts
going daily.
The crab fishing incident be
tween ' the Kussian fishermen anti
Wakefields commanded the atten
tion of officials of the company
and government as far away as
Washington.
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A Russian crab fishing fleet had
maneuvered seven of its trawlers
away from an area of heavy king
cra>b concentration in the Bering
Sea. No violence, however, was
reported.
Lowell Wakefield, president of
the company, stated that his com
pany plans to attempt direct ne
gotiations with the Russian fleet
in an effort to solve the conflict.
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ung. iiwi; across the ocean floor
n the vic.nity of where the Wake
field trawlers were operating.
They “muscled in without a by
’•oupleave” according to Wake
field.
Go Egan ha3 signed the land
ing bill this week, according to
Rep. Pete Deveau. He authored
the bill, a regulatory measure for
fishing outside state waters.
Arrow Is Deadly
As Fired Bullet
JUNEAU UFi — Sportsmen who
hunt with bows and arrows have
asked the Alaska Fish and Game
Board to re-open hunting for
Grizzly, Brown and Polar bear to
archers. Glenn St. Charles, Seat
tle, Vice President of the National
Field Archery Association, said
“It’s the man behind the weapon
that counts.” He said he had hunt
ed in Alaska the last three years,
and hoped to come back again, and
that the arrow is just as deadly
as a bullet
Alaska’s 1960 game regulations
outlaw the use of bow and arrow
for taking those three kinds of
bear but permit the use for other
game.
Keith Clemens, Fairbanks, an
other archers spokesman, told the
Hoard, “We know the bow and
arrow is capable of killing any big
t; me animal in North America.”
In another matter, Joe I. Soloy,
of Temsco Copters Inc., Ketchikan,
asked the Board to change regu
lations prohibiting the use of such
craft by hunters. He said he feared
operators of charter flights might
innocently be made victims of the
language of the regulation.
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Friendly Neighbor
WHO SAYS KODIAK BEARS
AREN’T FRIENDLY? Pictured
above is one of the big fellows
who practically adopted the Jim
Imlachs at Zacker Bay last sum
mer and fall.
The monstrous brute has been
named “Chester" by the Im
lachs. Chester remained around
their home most of the summer,
and in fact, bedded down near
their home. He became such a
pest the Imlachs attempted to
scare him away with firing fire
crackers.
In the picture above, Mrs. ha
lach is feeding Chester apple
sauce from a tablespoon. He also
liked ice cream.
PM Announces
New Air Records
SEATTLE — Pacific Northern
Airlines, Inc., the largest air car
rier of all types of Alaska traffic,
established new record^ in total
revenues and in tonnage and pas
senger miles flown during 1959,
Arthur G. Woodley, president and
general manager, disclosed today
in the annual report to sharehold
ers.
Total operating revenues last
year amounted to $11,481,000 com
pared with $10,368,000 a year ear
lier. Revenue ton miles increased
to 17,013,000 from 15,937,000 and
revenue passenger miles jumped
to 113,359,000 from 105,595,000 a
year previous.
A strike in the Alaska construc
tion industry and a smaller com
mercial fishing yield affected net
income. After pending claims for
additional mail compensation, net
income was indicated at $338,000
as compared with $394,000 in 1958.
This was equal to 32 cents per
share as against 37 cents a year
earlier.
In 1959 a new route was estab
lished—Seattle/Tacoma direct to
Kodiak, adding 1,441 unduplicated
route miles to PNA’s system.
In addition to continuing its un
broken safety record of 28 years
without a passenger fatality, Pa
cific Northern late in the year flew
its one millionth passenger in
Alaska service—the first time this
important milestone has been
reached by an Alaskan carrier.
Pacific Northern currently is
studying the most advantageous
types of new equipment and plans
to make an early decision with
respect to jets or turboprop air
craft, continued Mr. Woodley. The
rapid technological changes in air
craft design and the traffic prob
lems peculiar to Alaska require a
“conservative approach to the situ
ation and a careful appraisal of
the special problems involved.”
E^an Vetoes Bill
JUNEAU UP* — Gov. William
Egan vetoed a bill which would
revoke State industrial tax incen
tive grants to firms which oper
ate so-called company stores.
Getting government out of di
rect competition with private en
terprise will cut the costs of gov
ernment in half, making it possi
ble to repeal all federal individual
income taxes.
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