Juneau, Alaska
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VOL. 21, NO. 70 KODIAK, ALASKA, JUNE 2, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTS
Final Brown Bear Season Closes June 15
The Department of Fish and
Game wishes to remind hunters
that the brown bear season for
Raspberry and Afognak Islands
and the Kodiak National Wildlife
Refuge closed May 31. The sea
son for that portion of Kodiak Is
land outside the Kodiak National
Wildlife Refuge will remain open
through June 15.
Successful hunters are reminded
to bring their bear hides for seal
Trucking Of Mail
Stirs Controversy
OLYMPIA, Wash. (A5)—Gov. Ros
ellini is preparing a reply to Sen.
Bartlett’s protest that the Wash
ington governor is “intervening”
in Alaska’s internal affairs.
In letter released Monday, Sen.
Bartlett criticized Rosellini for
urging Senate hearings be held be
fore post office department insti
tutes its plan to truck mail over
land to Alaska. “Your intervention
suggests a lack of comprehension
of Alaska’s changed political sta
tus,” Bartlett wrote Rosellini.
Rosellini’s press secretary, Rob
ert Reed, said a reply was being
drafted which would say the mail
issue is an interstate matter involv
ing Washington as well as Alaska,
with economic portents for Seattle.
He said the reply would also say
the issue involves rate questions of
concern to the entire nation.
The post office department said
the change is still under study, and
may require “a few weeks more of
investigation.” The department
said it’s study covers only the idea
of moving mail from Seattle, not
from some other point.
Seattle waterfront unions had
raised the question of employment
losses in Alaska if mail goes over
land.
WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION
HEARINGS SLATED IN JUNEAU
Hearings are slated to be held on
workmen’s compensation in Juneau
on August 24 through Augst 26,
according to an announcement by
the State Department of Labor.
Particular attention will be given
to insurance rates and the feasi
bility of a non-profit exclusive
state fund.
The Department of Commerce,
the Department of Labor and the
Alaskan Legislative Council are the
agencies responsible for holding
the hearings, which are being held
in accordance with a directive
passed by the Alaska State Legis
lature.
Individuals or representatives of
firms who wish to participate are
invited to submit written briefs or
offer suggestions for problem areas
or areas of interest to be covered
in the hearings. Participants will
also summarize their briefs orally
at the hearings.
ing to either of the Kodiak offices
of the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game, or the U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
Richard Berg
Overnight Visitor
Dick Berg, former City Clerk
here, arrived in Kodiak Thursday
morning for an overnight stay. His
home is now in Juneau, where he
is with the Alaska State govern
ment as Director, Division of Sup
ply in the Department of Admin
istration.
Berg was here in connection with
the hearing on a bid protest aris
ing in the State awarding contracts
to the island airlines. He left Fri
day morning.
Eggemeyers Leave
For Illinois City
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Eggemeyer and
family left today aboard a direct
PNA flight to Seattle.
The Eggemeyers are moving
from Kodiak and will make their
home in Chester, Illinois. Jim and
his wife Marlyss, and the three
children, Jesse, Tenley and James,
Jr., will travel by car from Seattle.
Eggemeyer resigned his position
recently as Elks Club manager.
No Decision Yet
In Plumbing Case
The District Court for the State
of Alaska, Third Judicial Division,
sat in special session this week in
Kodiak with the Hon. James M.
Fitzgerald presiding.
Most of the session was taken up
with a civil case involving Fred
Copsey, defendent, and Brian Mar
tin, plaintiff. The complaint dealt
mainly with an alleged agreement
on accounts receivable, when Mar
tin took over the business now
known as Harborview Plumbing &
Heating. Breach of contract is also
involved. No decision has as yet
been made.
A divorce case, Muelier vs. Muel
ler, was heard, without a decision,
and a jury sat in the presumptive
death hearing of Dave Murphy,
which was continuing at press time.
A Bad Record
A record death toll of 675 lives
was chalked up in the four-day
Memorial Day holiday observance.
Traffic accidents accounted for
the biggest majority, with 457
killed. This total was exceeded only
one other time, when it reached
491 over a Fourth of July observ
ance in 1950. Boating accidents ac
counted for 40 deaths, drowning
for 62. Miscellaneous causes ac
counted for 116, bringing the total
to the 675 figure.
Eskimos Need
Ducks, Geese For
Food, Says Egan
JUNEAU (JP)—Alaska’s welfare
costs would jump by some $150,000
a year if natives of northern, and
northwestern Alaska were abso
lutely forbidden to take migratory
waterfowl for food purposes out
of season, Gov. William A. Egan
said.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
agents arrested two Barrow Eski
mos last Saturday for killing ducks
and geese out of season. Monday
night, at a mass meeting in Barrow,
138 Eskimos brought eider ducks,
and signed statements saying the
birds were shot illegally.
Commenting on the incident,
Gov. Egan said he had been told
that welfare costs in the area
would take a sharp jump if na
tives were deprived of food they
have taken for generations. The
Governor said he had written Sec
retary of the Interior Udall asking
if the Federal Government could
alleviate the situation by permit
ting the Eskimos to take waterfowl
for food purposes at any time of
the year.
U. S. Citizenship
Given Mrs. Buxton
Mrs. Mavis Harlene Buxton, wife
of George Buxton, received her
U. S. Citizenship papers in Anchor
age, May 26. A reception for new
citizens was held at the Anchorage
Elks Club following the ceremony.
Mrs. Buxton was born in Sydney,
Australia. She came to Kodiak four
years ago following her marriage.
She holds several medals for
swimming and life-saving.
Coastal Cities
May Be Heard
In Mail Dispute
JUNEAU (JP)—Gov. William A.
Egan has asked the post office de
partment to explain at nine Alaska
cities about its recently announced
plans to transport mail to the state
by truck. Request was sent Post
master General J. Edward Day.
Gov. Egan said he noted a “gen
eral concern in coastal Alaska, per
haps arising from a limited knowl
edge of plans.” He suggested public
meetings be held in Ketchikan,
Petersburg, Wrangell, Sitka, Sew
ard, Cordova, Valdez, Anchorage
and Juneau.
SUMMER SCHOOL OPENS
AT ST. MARY’S JUNE 19
Summer vacation school will
open at St. Mary’s at 9 a. m. on
Monday, June 19. Children of kin
dergarten or elementary school
age are invited to attend this 2
week session. For registration call
486—2471.
Along The Waterfront
Union Dispute
Halts Resoff Ship
Robert Resoff, of Kodiak, en
route into Alaskan waters with his
ship, the Theresa Lee, ran into
Union difficulties in Seattle.
The ship was purchased by Re
soff, Jan. 18 of this year, at an auc
tion of U. S. Army ocean going ves
sels at Rio Vista Depot, Rio Vista,
California. Purchase .price -was
$29,000.
SEATTLE C/P)—A record of a
hearing is being studied to deter
mine if an election should be held
to establish collective bargaining
rights on the 179-foot fishing ves
sel, Theresa Lee.
Local No. 3, fishermen and al
lied workers, an affiliate of the
International Longshoremen Un
ion, are seeking to represent all
members of the crew aboard ship.
Marine Engineers Beneficial As
sociation, and Seafarers Interna
tional Union intervened. The en
gineers have been picketing the
ship in Ballard.
The National Labor Relations
Board is conducting a hearing here
into Local No. 3’s election petition.
Robert Resoff, operator of the ship,
said the vessel will be used three
months each year processing and
freezing salmon in the Yukon area,
and nine months handling crab on
the Aleutian Chain.
The ship is to be operated by the
American Freezer Ships, Inc., a
company that is being incorpor
ated. Joseph Jurich, secretary
treasurer of Local No. 3, said that
the Union represents crews on
ships in the crab industry, includ
ing those engaged in processing
crab and operating ships.
People to handle crab would be
picked up at Kodiak.
£
The news along the waterfront
is like the tide at times—low.
The two canneries working on
Treaty Involved
In Shooting Ducks
FAIRBANKS (A5)—Assistant At
torney Jerry Shortell said an inves
tigation is starting immediately by
appropriate Federal agencies into
the alleged taking by 138 Pt. Bar
row Eskimos of ducks and geese
out of season.
“Since this is a violation of an in
ternational treaty with U. S., Mex
ico and Canada, this matter will be
studied in great detail before the
U. S. Attorney’s office makes any
decision as to what action it will
take,” Shortell said. The Fish and
Wif'dlife agent making the ar
rests arrived back in Fairbanks
with nine sacks, or about 600
pounds of ducks and geese, which
he is holding as evidence.
crab are operating on a limited
basis. Alaska Packers have been
running about three days a week.
Many of their boats are being
readied for salmon fishing, but the
cannery will continue through the
month of June canning and freez
ing crab.
£
At King Crab, Inc., crab and
shrimp are being processed, both
on a limited scale. They’re expect
ing to operate tomorrow, with a
load of crab in.
£
The Linda, a Canadian Halibut
boat, was in for clutch repair.
£
At Alaska Packers, Del Valen
tine reports clams in in fair
amounts, although not as good as
hoped for. The Yarsh and Western
Traveller are expected in today
with clams from Switzshak and
Polly Creek. Other activity down
that way concerns getting the sal
mon canning machinery ready for
the summer operation in July. •
The “voice of authority” down
there has changed from Superin
tendent Del Valentine to his new
offspring, William, who was born
May 11. The latter calls all the
shots now.
Airways Contract
Award Disputed
Officials from the Alaska Depart
ment of Administration conducted
a hearing here Thursday arising
out of the awarding of contracts
to the two local airlines for trans
porting of personnel and supplies
for the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game.
Harvey Flying Service protested
the contract award to the Kodiak
Airways for use of larger planes.
Harvey received the contract for
use of the smaller planes. In a let
ter to the Administration he in
ferred “pressure” had been ex
erted.
It was brought out in the hearing
at which Floyd Guertin, Commis
sioner, Department of Administra
tion, and Richard Berg, director,
Supply Department, appeared, that
the Airways bid was lower than
that bid by Harvey. Milton Donner,
Aviation Administrator was also
present.
City Calls For
Fuel Contracts
Bid invitations went out to Stand
ard Oil Company and Union Oil
Company this week for the supply
ing of gasoline, stove, deisel and
burner oil to the City of Kodiak for
the year beginning July, 1961.
Sealed bids must be delivered
to the City Hall not later than June
22, and will be opened at 2 p.m. on
that day.