FISHERIES BOARD ASKS TRAP ELIMINATION,
MAKES CONSERVATION SUGGESTIONS
Recommendations of the Alas
ka Fisheries Board, headed by C.
L. Anderson, to the U. S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, were made
public this %veek. The board met
recently in Juneau. Board mem
bers spent much time in the dis
cussion of fish traps, and went on
record unanimously for their
elimination as early as possible
Until that elimination can be
brought about by legislation, the
board suggested adoption of the
following steps:
1. Opening no new areas to
traps.
2. Traps not utilized during
the 1949 season to be withheld
for 1950 and all succeeding
years.
3. Increase minimum distance
between traps to one mile,
where traps are located more
closely than that.
4. Adopt a uniform method
of measurement between traps
to read "by the most direct wa
ter measurement from any part
of one trap to any part of an
other trap."
5. Abolish all traps that a re a
menace to conservation because
of their location in certain bays
and streams.
Continuing with its recom
mendations for specific areas, the
board urged the following steps
for the Cook Inlet area:
1. Retention of the 60-hour
weekly closure proposed by the
FWS.
2. Legalizing the use of purse
seines, since traps are permis
sible.
3. If the 60-hour weekly clos
ure is retained, then no cut in
the length of gill nets, unless
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absolutely necessary, m neces
sary, then it should be accom
panied by reductions in traps.
4. Minimum distance between
traps increased from 2500 feet
to a full mile.
5. To protect the king salm
on runs, prohibit use of traps
in all districts of Cook Inlet be
fore June 25.
CO-OP MARKETS
COTTAGE CHEESE
Another new milk by-product
went to market this week under
the “Matanuska Maid” label. On
Tuesday, Dec. 6, the first ship
ment of cottage cheese to be
manufactured by the Matanuska
Valley Farmers’ Co-Operating
Association since the war was
shipped to the Anchorage Dairy,
it was announced by Co-Op man
ager Jim Wilson. Recently the
MVFCA began the manufacture
of buttermilk, which' Mr. Wilson
said was being well received in
local and Anchorage markets.
Wasillo Lunches Digested
By Over 100 Partakers
WASILLA—About 110 students
and teachers of Wasilla School
enjoyed a hot lunch last Monday,
wrhen the community-built and
financed lunchroom opened. The
lunch program is running very
smoothly, according to Superin
tendent Frank Jones, who said,
"Wasilla is to be congratulated
on the fine bit of co-operation
they have shown in establishing
this program here.”
Mrs. William Senske has as
sumed the cook’s job at the
lunchroom, Mrs. Eugene Coghlan
having elected to confine her
cooking chores to her home.
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2 PER CENT ON SAVINGS
WE ARE SORRY.
E MR. RAY
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'r Community Chest solicitors^
'i"—please take note. People,E
E you’re wasting your time onE
Ethe wrong person when you’re^
; ^devoting your spare minutes to>.
Ethinking dire thoughts aboutE
^Les Ray and that report on the^
' 'Community Chest campaign, ;
Eyou read in the Frontiersman^
> 'recently. \ I
>r It’s true that Mr. Ray ex-A
; 'pressed concern at the way the' ;
' r’49 drive was apparently fail-> <
Eing to reach most Valley resi-E
''’dents. The words used in that>.
> Expression of concern were£
Ethose of the Frontiersman edi ■
.'tor and not of Mr. Ray. AncE
' ^headlines are always written^
''by the Frontiersman editor, scE
E^r. Ray couldn’t possibly have^
'i'oeen involved in that one^
'Ebout the drive. We neededE
; "a good strong word to express
> -our concern, as well as Mr.' ;
E Ray’s, and we thought ‘sabo-''
>riage’ was that word. E
>r It hadn’t occurred to us that'’
Ethe solicitors to whom it was-"'
>r\OT directed would be con-E
' ' erned by our expression of; ;
'Concern. We thought thatE
E>nly people with feet the right';
''■size would put on our shoes..".
uWe never dreamed that someE
E-size twelves would squeeze-1'
''into the extra small shoe of-E
Efered and then feel horribly-1'
'-pinched. E
'f Therefore, if you are one ofE
Ethe solicitors who did a good''
''job this year, we apologize.E
EWe didn’t mean to imply thatE
''there were no good jobs. OnE
Ethe other hand, if you are oneE
Ewho didn’t do a good job, and''
.only you will know that, thenE
Ewe do not apologize. We still''
-'don’t think ‘sabotage’ was suchE
Ea bad choice in words. But ;
' ■remember, we said it, not Mr.E
ERay. E
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VISIT IN WASILLA
WASILLA—Mr. and Mrs. Os
car Anderson of Big Lake, visited
friends in Wasilla recently. The
Andersons have resided at their
home on Big Lake for the past
several years.
I
Girl Scouts Hold
Investiture Ceremony
Seven girls, members of a new
Girl Scout troop in process of
organization in the Valley, par
ticipated in an investiture cere
mony last week. The ceremony
was held at the United Protestanf
Church on Friday.
The seven members of the new
troop, participating in Friday’s
ceremony included:
Darlene Brager, Betty Jean
Clark, Carla Jo Driggars, Lee Ann
Hoffman, Nancy Jane Ickes, Kit
Johnson and Elizabeth Schaefer.
Jeanette Ross was prepared for
the investiture, but was absent
from the ceremony.
Scouts of the new troop pro
vided refreshments, which were
served by members of Girl Scout
Troop Eleven. Parents and mem
bers of the Scout Council were
guests for the occasion.
Wasilla Club Elects
Officers, Builds Steqe
WASILLA—An election of of
ficers, plans for the sponsorship
of “treats" at a Christmas pro
gram. and discussion of construc
tion of a new stage, kept mem
bers busy at the Dec. 1 meeting
of the Community Club.
Officers named were Pat Car
ter, president; Walter Teeland,
vice-president; Mrs. Cecile Bry
ant, secretary.
Carl Paulson was named to
take charge of the stage con
struction.
MRS. NELSON HONORED
WASILLA — Mrs. Ernest Line
and Mrs. Wenter Harvey were co
hostesses at a stork shower for
Mrs. L. C. Nelson last week.
Hills Have Son
A son, second child for the
couple, was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Hill at Valley Hospital on
Dec. 1. The little boy weighed
seven pounds, 10 ounces at birth.
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