Nome Is Also
To Be Developed
Nome and the Second Division,
termed by the Alaska Develop
ment Board as the "forgotten
corner” of Alaska, is to be the
subject of a new survey to be un
dertaken by the Board. Ralph
Browne, Ketchikan newspaper
man, arrived in Nome late in
September to begin a two-month
on-the-spot survey. Mr. Brown’s
work will take him into most of
the communities in the Second
Division, and will be initiated
through the cooperation of An
tonio Polet, Alaska Development
Board member who resides at
Nome.
HOMEMAKERS ELECT
NEW OFFICERS
New officers are assuming
their duties in the Valley’s vari
ous Homemakers’ clubs this
month. Both the Sourdough
Club and the Riverbend Club
named their year’s leaders at re
cent meetings.
Elected to office in the Sour
dough Club were:
Mrs. Seth Cook, president;
Mrs. Clyde King, Sr., vice-presi
dent; Mrs. B. J. Lossing, secre
tary-treasurer.
Heading the Riverbend Club
for this year will be: Mrs. Fred
Gaylord, president; Mrs. Jim
Berry, vice-president; Mrs. Ralph
Ware, secretary-treasurer.
PLAN HARVEST DINNER
WASILLA—Plans for a joint
harvest dinner for Northland
Pioneer and Wasilla Granges
were discussed at a committee
meeting held at the Harold Din
kel home in Wasilla last week.
The group made no definite de
cision on the date, but it was ex
pected that the details of plan
ning would be worked out at last
night’s meeting of the Wasilla
Grange.
THE
FRONTIER CAFE
WELCOMES YOUR PATRONAGE
Dick and Agnes Brooks, Proprietors
WE'RE NOW SERVING ICE CREAM, TOO.
ALSO PACKED IN BULK TO TAKE OUT.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN TO ALASKA VOTERS
Whether or not Alaska's salmon canning industry can continue
to operate all its present canneries if salmon traps are abolished
by your vote on October 12th, is a serious question.
Calmon canning is our business and you may be sure that w®
vrill not close any canneries that can be operated profitably.
But it is only fair to tell you that we now get 50% of all the
ar.lmcn we process from trap fishermen. Abolish traps and you
surely deal our raw supply sources a heavy blow. While other
sources of supply might be found, the immediate effect would b®
a snortage of fish for canneries.
Our analysis today indicates that
approximately 25 large canneries
would have to shut down ii iisps
are abolished
To cannery workers, fishermen, Alaska in gen~r=>I and our in
dustry, this could create an economic crisis. We of the ind isi y
surely do not want that. We doubt if anybody who works in f-i
industry warts it. But, we repeat, today we know of no way Lo
avoid closing canneries if traps are abolished.
It’s your vote. Vote as you think best, of course! But let
there be no guess work about the effect of abolishing traps. Such
action would close canneries and cripple the entire salmon industry
of Alaska!
MILTON G. BP OWN
rv •
A. 1 ^ O. i
Northwest Salmon Cannsrs Assn.
ARTHTIR W. WITTIG
A evident
Assn, of Pacific Fisheries