Beef Raising Venture On Marmot Island
Being Considered By Lower 48 Rancher
The current edition of “Alaska
Stockgrowers Association" news
letter published at Homer reports
an .interesting story, on John
Grounds who has recently arrived
from the beef-producing areas of
Arizona and Colorado and plans .o
raise cattle on Marmot Island.
In the June issue of the “Ari
zona Cattlelog” Mr. Grounds wrote:
“. . . During the winter wre saw
an ad in the Denver Record Stock
man stating: ‘An island ranch for
sale, in the the Gulf of Alaska!’
This ad had some interesting
points such as ‘The entire island
33.300 acres at $1 per acre, and
1.000 head of cattle on the island
with grass for twice that many.
Hay and grain never needed and
the temperature ranges from 25
above in the winter to 75 in the
summer. NO PERSONAL OR
REAL ESTATE TAXES!"
LOOK OVER ISLAND
“This made a very interesting
picture, so my wife and I made
plans to see this ranch at once. . . .
The problem on Chirikof was get
ting the beef off the island. Some
owners had been fairly successful
in shipping the dressed beef by
plane. While a Mr. Fry was there
he bought a B-18 and used it sev
eral years, hauling 6.000 pounds
of beef per trip. His plane had a
red bull painted on the wings. It
now lay on the beach by the old
slaughter house, partly covered by
sand. Later Mr. Wright bought a
ship to haul the beef; also, now
beached by the new slaughter
house. Last year Mr. Wright
bought a 120-ton subchaser, which
cost a small fortune. Last fall they
Roger Malutin
First Visit Home
In Four Years
Roger Malutin, SOG2, arrived
back in Kodiak last week for his
first visit home since he joined
the navy in December, 1958.
Malutin, who graduated with the
Kodiak High School Class of 1958
and was a star athlete, is enroute
to San Francisco where he is to
be stationed. He spent the past
three years operating out of Pearl
Harbor and more recently was sta
tioned at Long Beach, Calif.
Due to be discharged next
month, Malutin was caught in the
recent extension of enlistments
and will not get out until next
December. He will leave for his
new station on the 28th.
prepared to haul out beef and
beached the Randy A which now
lay on the beach with the surf
pounding it. We also saw 36 big
steers still hanging on the rails in
the slaughter house Weight tic
kets on the carcasses indicated
that the steers dressed from 720
to 840 pounds. The ship was
there until we came to look at the
place."
Committee Talks,
Defense Problems
On C of C Agenda
A hodge-podge of problems and
situations were discussed at the
Nov. 8 Chamber meet with reports
from Dr. Bob Johnson on the Tour
ist Committee, Nick Frost on the
Industrial Development Committee
aud A1 Hochberger on Civic Im
provements Committee.
Preparation for the Chamber's
brochure is moving ahead, Dr.
Johnson said, but emphasized that
no drive is planned for tourist
excursions due to lack of accom
modations at the present time, but
the group is writing prospective
apartment house and motel build
ers.
Hochberger reported on the
week promoted in passage of G.O.
No. 4 which won by a wide mar
gin in the general election, and
also urged that the city council
move ahead on the suggestion to
have taxi-cabs park on off-street
locations.
Frank Irick discussed the Civil
Defense situation stating that
there were only accommodations
for 150 people at Ft. Abercrombie,
as a shelter, and that apparently
the remainder of the state was in
the “dark” over the CD program
as was Kodiak. The members we'-e
in agreement on the general state
of confusion.
Guests were Sen. Bob Bartlett,
Rep. Gil Jarvela and Rear Adm. F. ,
E. Bakutis.
OFFICIALS NEEDED
With the opening of the 1962-63
basketball season, basketball offi
cials are badly needed. Anyone
having experience officiating
either with High School or City
League basketball and can work
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
nights, is urged to contact Joe
Floyd for details. Contact him at
the High School.
Mirror classifieds bring results.
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Letter to the Editor
Dear Mr. Mason,
Kodiak, Alaska
October 31, 1962
Those of us in the Kodiak Youth
Organization who have worked
with Dan Steadman wish to ex
press our deepest regrets in the
loss of this fine man. He gave end
less amuonts of time and energy
for the young people and will be
greatly missed and never forgotten
by any of us, the youngsters and
those of us who worked with Dan
on the Senior Youth Council of
Kodiak Youth Organization. Dan
was one of the original group who
have made the Kodiak Youth Or
ganization the success it is today.
May Dan’s hopes and efforts be
carried on by those who follow in
this worthwhile work.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Phil Anderson
Member, Senior Youth Council
Kodiak Youth Organization
NO CHARM
For the third time in less than
two weeks the Kodiak Cleaners
cash drawer was hit last Thursday.
Even though a back window was
broken, owner Don Wolfe ex
pressed the opinion that entry was
gained by someone having a key.
rotal loss of the three riflings was
5185, Wolf said.
Waterfront
Weather seems to be the main
Factor bring about the slow-up in
tannery operations hereabouts,
past week cannery workers had
several days off to rest up along
with fishermen who were shore
bound due to weather. All three
canneries are processing three to
four days a week however. King
Crab, Inc.’s, Office Manager Erwin
Thiessen reports that their Super
intendent Bob Springhill returned
from Seattle last Friday and they
are continuing work on the Popeye
there. Alaska King Crab’s Emil
Norton advises they are both freez
ing and canning yet but still don’t
lave too much gear out. “Things
should pick up pretty good short
ly,” he said.
NO FINER
GIFT
For Those on the
Outside
Than
Alaska’s
KODIAK ISLAND
(Copyright 1962)
A camera report of life at
Kodiak by
George C. Ameigh, Jr.
and
Yule M. Chaffin
* * * *
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Available at the
KODIAK MIRROR OFFICE
WODLINGER DRUGS
KNUDSEN’S
King Crab Along On Record Flight
Kodiak’s King Crab came in for
a load of free publicity as a result
of the record-breaking Kodiak to
Pensacola flight by the Coast
Guard amphibious flight late in
October.
The Pensacola Journal stated
that “A U.S. Coast Guard plane
skimmed into Pensacola Bay,
Thursday to bring a world’s dis
tance record to U.S. aviation and
a tasty seafood dish to an admiral.
The record is 3,107 miles—more
than double the previous record
set by Italy.
The seafood dish was a big king
crab from Kodiak. It was a sur
prise gift for Rear Admiral Carl
B. Olsen, Eighth Coast Guard Dis
trict Commander who greeted the
crew.
Other than the crab, the main
cargo was fuel—1,676 gallons of it.
The crab was a gift of a local
crab processing firm to the trio of
record-breaking flyers who in turn
gave it to the Rear Admiral.
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