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got word that seven more
cleared Sand Point headed here
. . . and mind you the season for
halibut area 3A (that’s this
area) doesn’t even begin till the
9th. All the incoming halibut is
from the Bering Sea! It’s keep
ing Bix and his hoys hopping
since they are also smack dab
in the middle of their expansion
construction as well as getting
their shrimp operation ready to
go!
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I’m taking advantage of the gen
erousity of my bosses John Salmine
and Bob lies and making a public
appeal here for housing for a love
ly, young, wonderful gal with
four extremely well behaved
children . . . preferably some
thing with about two bedrooms (or
more) and located reasonably near
town. . . . How do I know they are
such a perfect family? Simple . . .
she’s me sister! She’ll also be
looking for a job. ... Do ye read
me Bix? Ralph? Ervin? Jim? Emil?
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Three Coast Guard Cutters, the
Wachusett, Klamath and Winona,
have again been assigned to patrol
Alaskan waters to enforce interna
tional and U.S. Fisheries regula
tions. They will base here at Ka
diak and will cover the eastern half
of the Bering Sea, Bristol Bay, the
area south of the Aleutians and the
Gulf of Alaska. The Wachusetts
is presently enroute. The patrol
will last until mid-September. The
Bering Sea patrol will be conducted
by the icebreakers Northwind and
Storis.
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By a vote of about 2 to 1, ma
chinists in the Alaska salmon can
ning industry have approved in
agreement granting an increase in
seasonal guarantees of about 3%
per cent plus an increase in over
time rates from $3.03 to $3.10 an
hour for watchmen machinists;
$4.01 to $4.26 for salmon cookers
and firemen, and from $4.45 to
$4.70 for all other categories. All
classifications from helper to fore
man were increased $75.68 for the
110-day season.
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H a li b u t fishermen returning
from the Bering Sea area have
reported incidents of poaching by
Japanese fishing fleets which must
wait for Canadian approval before
they can legally begin operations
for halibut there. A new organiza
tion known as National Fishermen
and Wives, Inc., of Seattle, which
hopes to unite other fisheries or
ganizations under the association
into a single powerful force, has
made official protests on the poach
ing.
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Crewmen of the C.G. Cutter
Clover apprehended, boarded and
ordered two Japanese fishing ves
sels out of Alaskan-U.S. territorial
waters off St. Paul Island this last
week. The C.G. Headquarters in
Juneau said they determined that
no federal fishing laws were being
violated.
Rachel Rogers, co-owner of the
Club Casino departs Sunday on her
annual jaunt over to Bristol Bay
for the salmon season during which
she will be with Bumble Bee Sea
foods. Here’s hoping our Japanese
friends leave enough Bristol Bay
red salmon through their high
seas nets to make for a season over
there this year.
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Down APA way the clam opera
tion continues steady. Weather has
hampered the diggers on the
beaches somewhat but they have
managed to keep some clams
a’comin’ in. Eastpoint Seafoods is
still operating two eight-hour shifts
but not as steadily as before, due
to smaller deliveries this week.
The shrimp boats report the
shrimp have apparently moved out
of the south end of the island area
and they have been fishing the
Marmot area this past week. East
Point Supervisor Jim Major says
they have some prospects of being
able to shut down for the Festival
. . . but are not sure of this. Other
island canneries are busy gearing
up for the upcoming salmon sea
son and personnel are increasingly
going out for this preparatory stage
work around the island.
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Chuck Johnson, whom most of
you will remember being here re
cently with the ACS walked into
our office yesterday . . . wearing
his new freedom clothes . . . ci-.
.vilian mufti . . . tween planes
Now that he is out of the Army
Chuck is enroute to Port Williams
where he will be working for Wa
fico until college starts this fall.
He tells us that Hiram McAllister
is back in our midst once again.
. . . Welcome home!
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We learn today that our old
friend Bob Springhill has resigned
as Superintendent at King Crab,
Inc., and is getting all set for an
extended vacation during which he
will just “do a lot of resting and
a lot of traveling.” We haven’t
talked with Bob as yet but Ervin
Thiessen, who is Acting Superin
dent tells us Bob plans to leave
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around May 20. Ervin was also
elected Secretary-Treasurer at the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of King Crab, Inc., which was held
here this Tuesday. Elected Presi
dent was W. C. Hingston who left
for Port Williams Thursday and
will be back in town today . . .
plans to leave for Seattle tomor
row. Elected Vice President was
Edwin Gunderson who is well
known to Kodiak having lived here
the past five years.
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King Crab, Inc., is the first out
fit back into king crab processing
. . . they were operating today nd
will have about half a dozen king
crabbers operating by the middle
of the month. They are getting the
tender Anna A ready and she will
be activated shortly. Ervin Thies
sen reports that there are good
crab to be had and a ready market
for them. They are also going io
be ready to process Dungeness
crab as well as King crab. The
Dungeness will be cooked whole
and shipped fresh or frozen. More
good news is that they are making
every effort to make it possible for
East Point Seafoods, which shares
the same building, to continue
their shrimping operations right on
through the crab and salmon sea
sons this summer. It might work
out, due to their internal plant
water mains, that one outfit will
process during the day and one
at night . . . however if they are
able to get enough water through
their plant mains they may be able.
to both operate day and night!
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Down Alaska King Crab way
everyone is getting ready to depart
somewhere else for the salmon sea
son. Superintendent Emil Norton,
of course will, as usual, be busy
over at Kadiak’s Port Bailey plant
and Office Manager Bill Lencer is
taking off for Seattle but sez he
anticipates returning in time for
the king crab season later on.
Earlier this week the Coast
Guard Air Detachment flew Mrs.
Lona Anderson, who was suffering
from internal ailments, from Chin
iak to here where she received
emergency medical treatment.
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The mighty Malaspina is still
slated to come thisaway Gov
ernor Egan sez. Her trip to visit
Anchorage, Valdez, Seward, Cor
dova, was delayed due to her
sistership, the Taku, hitting
rocks and creasing her bottom on
her maiden voyage north from
Seattle shipyard. She is back in
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State Police To
Enforce Alaska
Brand Law Here
Anticipating the necessity, the
Division of Agriculture has made
arrangements with the Alaska
State Police for the enforcement of
the Alaska Brand Law in the Ko
diak and Homer areas, according
to Sigmund Restad, State Director
of Agriculture.
“It has been agreed the police
drydock but it is not known how
long repairs will take yet. Our
question: Just why ain’t Kodiak,
(of all places!) not on her ports
of call? After all she will be out
in the Gulf of Alaska a part of
the trip north . . . and she could
easily make her crossing from
Cook Inlet to Kodiak well within
our state’s inland waters . . .
Shelikof Straits! Come on now
Gov. Bill . . . give us isolated
islanders a glimpse of what we’re
supposed to get something near
like next July! Huh Pleez?
We can expect a number of re
search vessels in these parts this
season . . . the 73-foot trawler Ar
thur H is already in the Bering
Sea in halibut research. The
schooner Eclipse will be here for
a 3-month halibut survey. Also en
route are the Renoun, Commander,
Storm and Ocean Pride, all char
ter purse seiners doing salmon re
search for the University of Wash
ington College of Fisheries and
based here and Adak.
will carry out this work until such
time as it might conflict or inter
fere with their routine duties,” he
said.
“Therefore, if any question
comes up, or assistance is needed
in regard to brand law enforce
ment, please notify or get in toucn
with the State Patrol officer in
your vicinity,” Restad stated
WARNING!
Do not drink water from Is
land Lake unless it has been
boiled or chlorinated. That is the
warning issued today by State
Sanitarian Harry Carter who
took five water samples from
Island Lake for testing purposes
and determined that the lake’s
water is polluted dangerously.
“All five samples of Island
Lake water tested highly posi
tive for E. Coli bacteria,” said
Carter, adding, “it should not be
used for drinking purposes un
less it is purified through boil
ing or chlorination.”
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NOTICE
Dr. Don Fenner, Optometrist,
wishes to announce his office
will be closed from Friday, May
10 through Wednesday, May 15.
The office will be open as
usual Thursday, May 16, to take
care of your visual problems.
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ATTENTION FISHERMEN!
There Will Be A Meeting
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ASSOCIATION
MONDAY, MAY 13th
UNION HALL - 9 A.M.