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VOL. 20, N0.3 KODIAK, ALASKA, JANUARY 30, 1960 PIUCK 10 CKN1»
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Defining Of Waters Necessary To
Enforce Regulations In Alitak Area
ADF Unable To
Stop Dragging
A major problem confronting
the Alaska Department of Fisher
ies in taking over management of
fisheries resources arose in the
Alfcfk area crab fishing operation
this week. It concerns defining
"international” and “internal”
waters.
This was revealed this week by
Roy Rickey, in charge of fisheries
management for this area.
King crab fishing is at its
height this past week adjacent to
Alitak. The area has been a big
source for king crab for many
years. The question now is: Where
does the State jurisdiction begin
and end in the Shelikof Straits.
This is complicated by the fact
that boats in the area in question
are fishing with more than the
legal limit of pots. Dragging oper
ations are being carried on. Until
a decision is handed down from
the Attorney General's office, de
fining the waters in .question,
there can be no enforcement of
regulations set up by the Depart
ment of Fisheries.
In an opinion handed down by
Attorney General John Rader on
December 28, 1959, Sheiikof Strait,
including Cook Inlet, constitute in
land waters of Alaska. “A line
drawn along the Southern coast of
Cook Inlet," he stated, “will follow
out through the Cape Elizabeth
area, through the Barren Islands,
and on to Kodiak Island. Accord
ingly, Sheilikof Strait constitutes
inland waters of Alaska.”
The Attorney General continued
by stating that the United States
and Alaska have exercised a long
continued, uninterrupted jurisdic
tion over the waters under discus
sion. ‘‘Sheikof Strait has tradition
ally been considered an inland
body of water,” he stated. This
fact, he said, is significant in de
termining the status of any boiy
of water under rules of in
ternational law.
Radar Quotes from an Inter
national Court of Justice decision
Bears Win First
Game With Palmer
The Bears squeaked by the Pal
mer Moose 58-57 in their biggest
thriller this season, in the first of
a two game series played last
weekend.
The Moose quintet chalked up a
5-0 lead in the first five minutes
of play. A fantastic toss three
quarters of the length of the
court by Kodiak’s Danny Olsen as
the buzzer sounded tied the score
23-all at the half.
The Bears, spurred by a wildly
enthusiastic audience, fought to
a 43-37 lead before the battling
Moose drove within one shot of
victory in die final seconds of
play. McKechnie with 22 was
high for the Moose, as Souter led
the Bears with 18.
The Palmer Moose turned loose
on the Bears in the second game
outscoring them two to one for
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won 21-40.
in 1051 in the case of United King
dom v. Norway. On the question
of the 10 mile rule, the court stat
ed its opinion thus: “The real ques
tion raised in the choice of base
lines is in effect, whether certain
sea areas lying within these lines
are sufficiently closely linked to
the land domain to be subject to
the regime of internal waters. This
idea.. .should be liberally applied
in the case of a coast, the geo
graphical configuration of which is
as unusual as that of Norway..."
Radar contended Alaska’s coast
line to be similar to that of Nor
way and shoukl get the same con
sideration. The International
Court also took into consideration
“certain economic interests pecul
iar to a region” in arriving at its
conclusion. Radar contended that
Shelikof Straits meets that test.
It’s economy is closely linked with
that of Kodiak Island, he said.
The Attorney General has de
fined the area over which the State
has jurisdiction by drawing a line
from land points, which sets the
boundary of state control three
miles out from shore. A vast area
of the waters adjacent thereto thus
are placed outside the control of
the State fisheries.
Rickey has protested the posi
tion of the Attorney General in the
case, and is seeking a change of
opinion. He believes, as do other
fishermen, the present ruling can
have serious effect on the crab re
sources for many years to come.
Bob Simon, fisheries biologist
here, is in Aiitak.
Dog Sled Daces
Attract Big Field
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—One of
the largest and finest fields of dog
sled teams and drivers ever to take
part in a major race will be on
hand for the $6,500 World Champ
ionship event in Anchorage during
the laet’three days of the annual
week-long Fur Rendezvous, Feb.
16-22, according to Clyde Rowen,
Rendezvous Director.
Four otf New England's best
combinations will be added to a
field of 25 or 30 Alaskan and Can
adian mushers. Heading the list
from the “Southern 48” is Dr.
Roland Lombard of Waylsnd,
Mass., competing in bis third Ren
dezvous race. Dr. Lombard finish
ed second last year and then went
on to win at the Fairbanks Winter
Sports Canival later in the spring.
The Rendezvous race is the only
major race Dr. Lombard has not
won.
E. L Cardinal
In Seattle Clinic
E. L. (Card) Cardinal left last
week for Seattle where he is re
ceiving treatment at the Virginia
Mason Clinic for a virus infection
in his leg, according to his wife,
Marie.
Cardinal, who is employed at
the Public Works Power Plant,
Naval Station, does not know how
soon he will be able to return to
Kodiak.
Borough Plan
Proposal Made
JUNEAU UH. A proposal for the
creation of 16. organized boroughs
in Alaska was advanced to the le
gislature Thursday by Rep. John
HeJlenthal (D-Anchorage), not as a
(firm recommendation but as a
starting podnt for consideration of
the complicated intermediate gov
ernment problem.
Hellenthal’s bill included his be
lief that organized boroughs as
outlined in the constitution should
cover “every first or second class
city, every public utility district,
every independent school district.”
The Kodiak Borough would
comprise the entire Island of Ko
diak under Hellenthal’s bill.
Bill Stone Goes
To Conference
Wiliam Stone, Superintendent
of the Kodiak Baptist Mission left
Thursday for Juneau where he
will attend the Executive Board
of Child Care Institutions on which
Meeting of the Alaska Association
of Child Cure Institutions which
will be held January 29 and 30.
On February 1, Stone will be
joined by Rev . Leo Schleg.el of
Anchorage and Rev. George King
of Cordova, going to Sitka where
the three men willtepresenth
American Baptist work in the
state at the annual meeting of the
Alaska Council of Churches.
Outdoorsmen To
Elect Officers
Nominations for offices in the
club will be the first order of busi
ness to come before the members
of the Kodiak Outdoorsmen when
they meet, Tuesday, February 2,
in the Science Room of the down
town school.
Each member is urgently re
quested to attend. There will be
refreshments served and entertain
ment, which includes the showing
of an appropriate film.
Seek To Reimburse
For Bear Killings
Washington, D.C. (Special) Rep.
Ralph J. Rivers introduced a
bill in the House of Representa
tives on Wednesday of this week,
Which will provide reirrrbarsemcrtt'
to owners of livestock killed by
bear on Uganik and Kodiak Island.
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Griffin Memorial Hospital
Facing Grave Financial Crisis
At a meeting of the Advisory
Council of the Griffin Memorial
Hospital early in January, it was
announced .that the hospital is
facing a financial crisis. An ex
amination of the folllowing compar
live statistics for 1958 and 1959
will make the situation clear:
Number of Admissions, 1958: 540,
1959: 497; Patient Days, 1958:
3,657,1959: 2,791; Average Patients
per day, 1958: 9.94, 1959: 7.37;
Average stay per patient, 1958:
6.72, 1959: 5.61.
The cost of treating one patient
one day was $21.29 in 1958, but the
figure for 1959 will be higher be
cause of the increase in nursing
salaries to conform with the rul
ings of the Alaska Nurses’ Asso
ciation, and other increased costs.
The deficit for the year will be in
the neighborhood of $18,000.00.
Skating Party
Planned By CPA
A skating party will be held in
the near future, weather permitt
ing, by the Kodiak CAP Cadet
Squadron, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Verlyn Geriene on Mission
Lake. Tbds was voted on at the
groups meeting Tuesday.
AH adult and cadet members
and their friends are being urged
to attend. Also invited are any
adults or teen-agers who are in
terested in joining CAP or who
would like to find out more about
the Kodiak squadron. Refresh
ments will be served. Those inter
ested are asked to contact Geriene
at 6244 or Littleton at 601.
The Squadron plans to hold a
bake sale on Saturday, February 6
at the Donnelley & Aeheson store.
Members urge the donation of pies,
cakes, cookies or fudge, etc., and
also invite all to drop in at the
store where they may purchase
the baked goods offered.
Equipment from Wing Head
quarters at Anchorage has been
arriving for the Kodiak Squadron
this past week. Already received
are a projector, speaker and type
writer. The squadron is expecting
the arrival of more office equip
ment and a vehicle in the near
future.
Because of a conflict ion with
other dubs, meetings and organ
izations, the CAP meetings will be
changed flrom Tuesday to Thurs
day night between 7:30 and 9:30.
The meeting place will be the
same—the National Guard Arm
ory. The next meeting is schedul
ed for February 4.
Alaskan Teachers
Convene In March
The January meeting of the
Kodiak Education Association was
held last week. Refreshments
were served to the membership
before the meeting was called to
order.
Anouncements were made con
cerning the Alaskan Teachers Con
vention to be held in Anchorage
on March 24 and 25. Several
faculty members are planning to
attend this annual conference.
To account for this decline in ad
• r
missions are two important rev
sons, first of course, is the decline
in population, and the shorter pv
tient stay. With the coming of
the newer drugs, patients arc not
required to remain m the hospital
for. so long a period before dis
charge. The decline in the sal
mon industry has made a great
difference in the summer admiss
ions. These factors, added to the
number of people who prefer to
go elsewhere for medical- treat
ment, have made the operation of
the local hospital financially im
possible, unless at least some of
them can be changed.
A tong The
^ aterfront
Happy Days are here again.
King Crab operations have been
getting into full swing again this
past week, with local canneries
going at a good pace.
At King Crab, Inc. they are
working two lines one ehift •
day. Hie crab have been coming
in in good quantities and also Ira
good quality. They worked
five days last week and a full 'jveek
is anticipated for this week, with
about 75 or 80 people employed.
The tender APOGNAK wa^ ex
pected in with more crab today
(Friday). On board are Pat Can
non, Nick Miller and Ed
Gunderson.
At Alaska King Crab, it's the
same story. The crab are crawl
ing all over the place, with more
comihg in aboard the SUNRISE,
according to Emil Norton, Super
intendent there.
They have about 60 employed
there.
At the City Dock, it was’all
night shifts for the longshoremen,
with the docking of the TATA
LINA. 575 tons were brought in
and the ship loaded 160 tons,
mosty crab.
The Karluk Bridge materia] was
unloaded and will be taken by the
power barge ROSEMARY to Kar
luk, where it will be put in place
under the direction of the Alaska
State Highway Department.
Dock Superintendent Jack Metz
gar reports that about two more
weeks should complete the dock re
pair jab now underway. j
Stan Allvine is still on the job
of readying the scow for his dry
dock, which he expects to haye in
place for the rush of spring boat
work anticipated.
Dei Valentine of Halfertys is
still around, but expects to leave
shortly for Seattle.
Boy Shoots Self
Kenneth Lizer of Port Wiiltams
accidently shot himself and was
hospitalized, this week
The boy picked up his fathers
22 pistol and as he was unloading
it, slipped and fell, discharging it
The bullet traveled up his nostHl
and through his head. He left for
Seattle today for further medical
care.