Fish and Wildlife Has
Trout-Salmon Problem
One of the many problems fac
ed by Fish and Wildlife Service
in Alaska is whether to protect
or destroy trout. According to
Regional Director Rhode the ser
vice is receiving demands for both
actions almost every day.
"This is one more argument
where we won’t be able to please
everybody,” he says. "Our biolo
gists are working on it, but some
times they come up with as many
questions as answers.-, It isn’t the
simple thing it might seem to be.
As an exampe he pointed to an
experience on Kodiak Island. ‘ A
lot of people have suggested the
solution for producing more sal
mon is to eliminate the trout
which are elleged to eat eggs
and young salmon. Most Alaskans
have seen trout guzzle eggs and
various species of small fish. Bio
logists are skeptical of everything,
so they decided to find out. They
seined and trapped thousands of
pounds of trout from the Karluk
river and reduced the trout popu
lation to a very low level. Some
thing happened. The sticklebacks
promptly took over the lake. They
multiplied by the thousands as
son as there were no trout to
fed on them. They are plankton
feeders and ate the food that
young red salmon needed. The
answer to this new problem was
to let trout multiply until they
knocked down the stickleback
population, mis prove you wu t
be sure of friend or foe without
doing some fact-finding”.
According to Rhode the service
has been urged to kill over a doz
en species of animals and birds.
“We know all of them prey to
some extent on salmon,” he ad
mits, “but it’s certain they have
to live mostly on something else
because salmon are not available
the year around.
“Control of predators can be a
very useful tool in the manage
ment of fish and wildlife species,
but we have learned to approach
it with a bit of caution. Some re
search must be undertaken to
find out how to accomplish it
without destroying beneficial
species.
Bounty System Failed
“The old sytem of paying boun
ties on trout tails resulted in
killing thousands of trout which
were not even in salmon waters.
Elsewhere, much of bounty money
was actually paid out for salmon
tails.” Now the service is be
: seiged by Alakan sportsmen to
do something about getting more
trout into streams and lakes,
Sport fishing is rapidly develop
ing into one of Alaska’s biggesl
industries and, according to e
: recent survey, resulted in a multi
j million dollar expediture in thf
! Territory last year.
This summer FWS is sending £
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THURSDAY. APRIL 16
AMERICAN LEGION & AUXILI- '
ARY, Carpenters’ Hall, 8 p.m. ,
HEALTH COUNCIL, CoOp club ,
room, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY. APRIL 17
Immunization Clinic, Health
Council
VALLEY HOSPITAL ASSN. An
nual meeting, School cafeteria,
8 p.m.
SQUARE DANCE CLUB, Moose
Hall, 8 p.m.
MUSIC FESTIVAL, Palmer stu
dents to Anchorage
SATURDAY. APRIL 18
MUSIC FESTIVAL, Palmer stu
dents to Anchorage
TURKEY DINNER & DANCE,
Wasilla Community Hall, 5:30
p.m.
SUNDAY, APRIL 19
PATRIOTS’ DAY
GREAT BOOKS GROUP, Charles
Wilson home, 8 p.m.
MONDAY. APRIL 20
KIWANIS CLUB, CoOp club
room, 12:05 p.m.
LIBRARY BOARD, Palmer Li
brary, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY. APRIL 21 '
P-TA MEETING, School cafe
teria, 8 p.m.
WELL BABY CLINIC, Health
Council Rooms, 2-4 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS, United Protestant
Church, 7 p.m.
i CITY COUNCIL, Co-Op club
room, 7:30 p.m.
: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
CARPENTERS’ LOCAL, Carpen
1 ters’ Hall, 8 p.m.
I THURSDAY. APRIL 23
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN
GE, Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
KIWANIS MINSTREL SHOW,
Opening Night; 8:30 p.m.
CHILD WELFARE WORKER
IN ANCHORAGE OFFICE
Mr. Henry A. Harmon, Director,
Department of Public Welfare,
last week announced the appoint
ment of Mrs. Mildred Wells as
Child Welfare worker assigned to
the Anchorage district office.
team of biologists to the Bristol
Bayi area to study the trout-sal
mon relationship there. “If con
trol of trout is indicated, it will
be conducted in specific waters
on specific species and not as a
blanket operation,” Rhode said.
The famous artesian wells on the property
of the Olympia Brewing Company provide a
faultless brewing water that
extracts the most desirable
flavors from hops and grains.
This water produces a beer of
exceptional flavor, constant
purity and unchanging quality.
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FULL PROGRAM SET
FOR P-TA MEETING
Installation of officers will be
held at the final meeting of the
1952-53 Palmer P-TA to be held
Tuesday, April 21. Mrs. Ben Hud
gins will be installed as presi
dent, Mrs. James Cottrell, vice
president, Mrs. Dick Mohan, sec
retary and Gottfried Stevahn,
treasurer.
Sergeant Stanley Laird of the
Alaska Highway Patrol will speak
on “Summer Safety,” illustrated
with short films. Kev. Edward
Imme will also present an out
line of the Civil Defense program.
The 4-H program in Alaska will
be outlined by Mrs. Marylou
Rideout of the Extension Service.
The meeting will be held in the
school cafteria and is scheduled
to begin at 8 p.m. Refreshments
will be served at the close of the
meeting.
NANCY FRANK BRIDE
OF OTTO PETERSON
In a quiet candlelight cere
mony held in her home, Miss
Nancy Lois Frank, daughter of
Darrel Frank of Palmer became
the bride of Otto Peterson ,son of
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Peterson, also
of Palmer on Monday evening,
April 13.
The single ring ceremony was
performed by U. S. Commission
er Dorothy B. Saxton before a
flower banked altar. Tall white
tapers set amid Easter lilies and
azealeas provided the light for the
I ceremony.
For her wedding the bride
chose a ballerina-length gown of
white nylon tulle, encrusted with
white flowers. Puffed shoulder
sleeves and high rolled collar
tapered the close fitting bodice
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tip length veil was caught by a
crown of white flowers. Her only
ornament was a shoulder corsage
of pink carnations.
Her maid-of-honor, Miss Bar- _
bara Wright wore a pink dress
makers suit, complimented by a
corsage of white carnations.
T. C. Klem was best man fori
the bridegroom.
Following the ceremony a re
ception for the couple, their fam
ilies and a few close friends, was
held at which Ann Holbrook was
hostess.
The bride is a graduate of Pal
mer High School, class of 1951
and has been employed by the
Palmer Drug. i
The bridegroom also schooled i
in Palmer and is employed by the ,
Evans-Jones Coal Mine. The coup
le will make their home in Pal
mer.
TO HOLD RUMMAGE SALE
Members of the Junior Sodal
ity of St. Michael’s will hold a
rummage sale Saturday, April 18
in the Co-Op Rec Hall. The sale
will start at 10 a.m. and continue
until 3 p.m. The public is invited
to inspect their sales and pick
up some “bargains.” _
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This week we won’t tell you
about the new formals for the
Prom. J"he newly arrived after
noon dresses, the dressy leather
contour belts. Cameron plaid
blouses and Crown jeans.
Nor will we mention a word of
the new shipment of maidenform
bras, Nu-eve slips and panties of
heavenly mist that arrived this
week.
Neither do we intend to say
anything about the new summer
cotton dresses and brunch coats
or terry cloth tee shirts for both
Mother and Daughter,
j We just wanted to let you know
! about some very sweet dresses
i for your littlest angel. But on
• second thought, why not come in
and see for yourself? They re
lovely and for a tiny price.
aee you soon _
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Bids Asked on SGS
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Notice was received in Palmer
this week that sealed bids will be
received by the Department of
Agriculture, Soil Conservation
Service office, 209 SW 5th Ave
nue, Portland 4, Oregon, until 2
p..m. April 24 for the construction
of and office and garage storage
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