Dignitaries Visit Kodiak This Week
Visiting Kodiak on Tiffsday and Wednesday were two groups of
distinguished guests: M. and Mme. Raymond Cartier, representing
"Paris Match” magazine from Paris, and the Air Force medical ad
visory team, I)r. Richard K. C. Chang and Dr. Kazuo Miyamoto who
visited at the Naval Station hospital. From left to right, Dr. Earl
Hedblom, host. Dr. Chang, Mme. Cartier, Dr. Miyamoto and Ray
mond Cartier.—(Official U.S. Navy Photo)
Cancer Drive Is
Termed A Success
The House-To-House American
Cancer Society Fund drive under
the able leadership of Chuck Pow
ell and 25 willing volunteers Sun
day, Aug. 25, was highly successful,
according to Mrs. Charles Edris,
chairman of the drive in Kodiak.
Almost $480 was realized and in
addition local businessmen contriD
uted another $295 to the cause.
Mrs. Edris and her committee in
Kodiak have asked the Mirror to
publicly express thanks to all those
who took part in the drive and con
tributed to its success.
The drive has not formally
ended, and if you were missed Sun
day your contribution may be
mailed to the Kodiak Branch of
the Alaska National Bank, Box
1067 or to Mrs. Edris, Box 906.
Kraft’s Observe
59th Birthday
Kraft’s in Kodiak are celebrating
the 59th anniversary of the start
of their business with a sale which
gets underway Saturday, Sept. 1.
The current issue of the Kodiak
Mirror carries three pages of an
niversary specials including the
supermarket, hardware, men’s
wear and dry goods departments.
The anniversary commemora
tion extends through Friday, Sept.
7.
City To Observe
Labor Day, Sept. 3
Kodiak will observe Labor
Day on Monday, Sept. 3.
The Kodiak Branch of the Na
tional Bank of Alaska will be
closed as well as the windows at
the postoffice and the city of
fices.
Most downtown merchants
have also announced that they
will be closed for the only “long
weekend” of the 1962 calendar
year.
After a week of preparedness
and registration, Kodiak schools
will begin regular classroom
work on Tuesday, Sept. 4.
Halibut Storage
Tops 2 Million
Mark In 81 Days
More than two million pounds
of halibut have been received for
storage at the Alaska Ice and
Storage, Inc., since it started op
eration.
A sworn statement from J. F.
Denz, Certified Public Account
ant, released this week revealed
that to Aug. 13, 1962, exactly 2,
014,502 pounds of halibut had
been received — 81 days after
beginning of operations.
Dr. E. E. Bach, Optometrist
Will be in Kodiak Sept. 16 thru
Sept. 20 to do eye examinations.
For Appointment Call Mrs. Huer at
486—2451
AUTO-MAGIC CLEANERS
(Kraft's Super Market Is Across the Street From Us)
Let our professional spotter, Danny Seehafer, help you with
troublesome spots.
Week’s Cleaning Tip: Bring your clothes in on a hanger and
they will require little or no pressing.
Not Coin Operated. Our attendant will do your cleaning while
you shop or wait.
Phone 486-2980
Along
The
Waterfront
By Karl Armstrong
“SCIENTISTS ASSAIL INEFFI
CIENCY IN FISHING’’ . . . reads a
headline in the Juneau newspaper,
Alaska Daily Empire. And what
the scientist says gives plenty of
food for thought to all elements of
our fishing industry. “The wisdom
of inefficiency experts to make
commercial fishing more difficult
by not using the best available
gear and the most advanced meth
ods was questioned. . .” by Dr.
Donald Bevan of the college of
fisheries of the University of
Washington. And Dr. Bevan, who
has visited Russia and inspected
their fishing industry, makes com
parisons with their intensive and
extensive fishing efforts as com
pared with our own which pales by
comparison. Dr. Bevan advocates
a policy of attempting to out-fish
our foreign competitors just as
the early American whalers and
halibut fishermen did . . .” but
there has been little evidence of
that calibre of American ingenui
ty in recent years,” Dr. Bevan says.
Several months ago this newspaper
came out editorially along the
same lines of thought and called
for some bold thinking and acting
to promote and encourage all of
our fishery efforts. Insofar as Ko
diak itself is concerned it would
be easy for everyone to relax now
and merely enjoy the rewards of
a very good salmon, crab and hali
but year . . . and just ignore the
problems. But in at least one of
our budding fisheries ... the clam
fishery . . . some bold think
ing, fast action and plain old Amer
ican ingenuity is needed NOW. We
now have a small razor clam pack
here . . . one which doesn’t even
begin to satisfy the market de
mand. It is obvious that present
methods or gear are not adequate
to promote the enlargement of our
all-but exclusive razor clam fish
ery. Just as peeling shrimp by
hand labor was a block to the ex
pansion of the shrimp industry, so
is attempting to obtain clams by
hand an obvious block to the ex
pansion of our razor clam fishery.
Surely in this day^nd age of scien
GLASSES FOUND
A pair of ladies glasses have
been turned in to the Kodiak po
lice station, and the owner may
have the same by coming to the
department and identifying them.
Read the classifieds for profit,
use them for results.
This announcement is neither
an offer to sell nor a solicitation
of an offer to buy any of these
Shares. The offer is made only
by the Prospectus.
175,000 Shares
TRANS-ALASKA
TELEPHONE COMPANY
Common Stock
($3.00 par value)
Price $3.30 a Share
Copies of the Prospectus may be
obtained from
Trans-Alaska
| Telephone Company
110 East Sixth Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska
tific achievement and mechanical
ingenuity somebody could come
up with a better method of obtain
ing razor clams in quantities neces
sary to satisfy the market demand.
Surely clams must exist beyond
the low tide areas offshore from
the beaches. These clams are now
left to die of old age. Must we wait
for the Russians or the Japanese
to develop a harvesting method
. . . and they surely will if we fail
to take the initiative in this fish
ery. Here is an area of challenge to
industry and to the research biolo
gists. We have the potential of a
big fishery lying right on our
island doorstep . . . let’s get busy
and at least try to open the door
before some Japanese or Russian
swipes the cream off the top of the
bottle.
X
On the grid in the small boat
harbor early this week was Tex
Hawkin’s Irene, which, according
to Harbormaster Al Fenner had a
new monel shaft installed. Also up
on the grid on Tuesday was Rob
Bible’s Coco.
&
Shared a glass of suds with Sam
my Nelson who, along with his
brother Archie and another
Portage Bay pal, A1 Levine, ended
up the season as very “happy fish
ermen.” Siypmy is going out to visit
his mother in Mt. View, Calif.,
where he will meet brother Archie,
who is presently enroute to look
along the coast for a bigger crab
boat . . . “something in the 30 to
!)0 foot size.”
&
Note To City Fathers:
One minor matter a number of
fishermen in the small boat harbor
have been talking about are the
bleeding piles . . . that is, the pil
ing in the harbor ooze with drip
ping asphalt in the hot sun and
their mooring lines as well as their
boats become fouled with the stuff.
Various corrective methods have
been suggested including wrap
ping the pilings with old lines or
nailing two by fours around the
pilings.
LOU VEERMAN
AGENT
486-2656
SAILING FROM SEATTLE
Sept. 20, 1962
MS TANANA
Womens Ray, Kodiak,
Seldovia, Homer
TIGER BRAND SUCKS
From $6.95
To Complete The Ensemble
Joan Marie Sweaters-$6.95
Remember — You Can Find Anything You Need
AT
KRUDSER’S OUTFITTERS
YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR SHOES
AND CLOTHING NEEDS
Phone 486—5122