"News of ^Americas Last Frontier’
VOL 12 NO 8
KODIAK, ALASKA APRIL 26 1952
PRICE ltflCENTS
Navy Inspection Places
Local Cafe Off Limits
The Navy medical depart
ment inspected all commercial
food handling establishments
in Kodiak Wednesday. Lt. E.
L. Walter, Navy epidemio
logist, in charere of the rat
eradication program and Ovid
McKinley, chief of police,
were in the party.
Only one eating establish
ment failed to measure up to
the inspection party’s stan
dard.
The Belmont Cafe was
placed off limits to all Military
personnel and an off limits
sign placed in front of the
building.
The inspection was a follow
up of the city wide clean up
and rat baiting program which
attempted to rid the Kodiak
area of Weils Disease.
“These inspections will be
conducted regularly and in the
future each establishment will
be given a sanitary rating,”
Lt Walter said.
He explained that on the
first inspection particular at
tention was given to utensil
cleanliness, garbage disposal,
food storage, toilet facilities
and general cleunliness.
“The best way to stop an
epidemic of Weils Disease is |
to keep rats away from your
food and drinking water.” Lt.
Walter declared.
Permanente Cement Plant Operation
Scheduled June 1 At Naval Station
Oakland (-£*)— Permanente
Cement Co. announced this
week it will open a bulk de
livery plant on Kodiak Island
on June 1 to afford a greater
supply of cement for defense
and civilian construction in
that area.
The new plant, with a 7,
000 barrel capacity, will be
the company’s third in Alaska.
The other two are located at
Anchorage and Fairbanks.
The company representative
in Kodiak will be Robert
Burns but he will not arrive
here until around May 10, the
San Francisco office advised
tile MIRROR Wednesday.
The Kodiak Plant, located
at Women’s Bay, will receive
hulk cement by barge from
Permanente’s Seattle distri
bution plant. Initially, it will
serve Drake Puget Sound, now
building facilities at Kodiak
Naval Station, and other con
tractors engaged on defense
projects there.
The plant will be equipped
with sacking facilities and
portable pneunatic cargo
handling machinery for un
Driver’s License
Suspended
Dale Barton was fined $150,
received a 30 day suspended
jail sentence and a six month
suspension of his driver’s
license in U. S. Commission
er’s Court last Friday.
The cab driver was found
guilty on two of three charges
which were filed against him
by Frank V. Sheff of Kodiak
Naval Station. The case was
tried before a 12 man jury.
Barton was found guilty of
reckless driving and failing to
stop at the scene of an acci
dent. He was found not guilty
of driving while under the
influence of intoxicating
liquor.
Barton was represented by
Talmage L. Smith, attorney.
Members of the jury were I
Robert Dawson, Pete Unger,
R. S. Acheson, Jack Graham,
Eugenia Strega, Mary Bolden,
Dorothy Haag, Donald Bu
chanan, Alf Anderson, Carl
Sautner, W. J. Wheeldon and
Stuart Nuckols.
Mrs. H. H. Lander, pro
prietor of Queenie’s Fish
Grotto, left by plane recently.
Mrs. Lander did not indic
ate when she would return.
loading the bulk cement from
the barges, resulting in sav
ings in the cost of cement in
Kodiak by eliminating the
present sack delivery system.
An official Navy release
from the 17th Naval District
Public Information office
Thnrsday said: “In a recent
Associated Press release from
Oakland the Permanente Ce
ment Company announced it
would open a bulk delivery ce
ment plant on Kodiak Island
on June 1 to afford a greater
supply for defense and civi
lain construction in this area.
“Today (Thursday) Captain
J. C. Tily, public works officer
for the 17th ND. stated, “The
Permanente Cement Company,
has a contract only with Drake
Puget Sound Company to pro
vide cement for Navy con
struction in this area.”
The regular meeting of the
city council will be held Mon
day night at the Elk’s build
ing while the voting booths
are being prepared for Tues
day’s election.
ReservoirContract
Award Made
The bid of The Pacific A
laska Contractors, Inc. of
Tacoma, Washington, for the
construction of a new reser
voir in Kodiak has been ac
cepted by the Alaska Public
Works office.
Shupp, Chase and Tolbert
are joint venturers with the
corporation and will work on
the project. Paul Dupler, at
torney, told the Chamber of
Commerce Thursday.
The bid for the reservoir,
which does not include the
proposed new water or sewer
system, was for $286,000.
The Pacific Alaska Contractors
will furnish the preformance
bond for the job and will sup
ply some of the equipment,
Dupler said. Shupp, Chase,
and Tolbert will probably do
the greater amount of the
work and furnish most of the
equipment, Dupler added.
Pat Cannon, president of
! the United Fishermen of A
[ laska, told the C of C of the
Halferty Canneries decision to
not can clams here this sea
son. (See story adjoining
column)
Vic Ellis, C of C secretary,
; was named chairman of the
nominating committee for the
yearly election. Clarence Diz
ney, 0. H. Kimball and Max
LaLande were selected as the
committee. Nominations for
officers and directors for the
1952-53 year will be announced
during the first meeting in
May. At the second meeting
the election will be held.
Voting Polls Listed
Voters may cast ballots in
the Territorial Primary Elec
tion at the following peaces
Tuesday between the hours of
8 am to 8 pm.
Those residing within the
corporate limits of the City of
Kodiak vote at the City Hall.
Residents of Woody Island
and outside the city limits
may vote at the Union Hall.
Persons living within the
confines of the Naval reserva
tion will vote at the com
munity center on E Street on
Civilian Hill.
A pre-school tea for all
children who will be six before
Nov. 1, and their mothers will
be held May 1 at the Home
Making Room at the school.
There will be May baskets
for.the children and a program
has been planned.
The next regular meeting of
the PTA will be held at 8 pm,
May 1, at the school building.
Officers of the PTA will be in
stalled.
Halferty Wifi Not Can
Here This Season
Halferty Canneries Inc. will
not can clams in Kodiak this
year because clam diggers de
mands are too high. The an
nouncement was made Tues
day in a wire from the Seattle
office to Pat Cannon, president
of the United Fishermen of
Alaska.
The decision produced vari
ous reactions among cannery
workers, businessmen and
residents. The loss in wages to
cannery workers and diggers
will run to several thousand of
dollars.
The Kodiak MIRROR re
ceived a copy of the wire to
Cannon which stated: “Clam
diggers demands are too high
to permit canning operation
therefore we are forced to
abandon Kodiak clam canning
for this season, (signed) Hal
ferty Canneries, Inc., 512
Colman Building, Seattle.”
Cannon said Tuesday that
he thought the wire was final
and that there would be no
clam season for Kodiak.
Earlier he had been in Seattle
for negotiations with the can
nery operators.
In 1951 clam cannery work
ers received $1.91* per hour
and were guaranteed 225 hours
Yearling Deer Shot At Cliff Point;
Navy Man Arrested By FWS
Alfred M. Moers, 20 year
old sailor at Kodiak Naval
Station, pled guilty before U.
S. Commissioner Monday to
killing deer on Kodiak Island
Commissioner A. M. Voka
cek has set May 5 as the date
for pronuoncing sentence on
the case. The law provides a
maximum fine of $500 and a
six month sentence in jail for
such violations.
Moers killed the yearling
near Cliff Point, within the
confines of the Naval Reser
vation, Sunday with a neck
shot from a .22 caliber Mar
lin rifle.
There has never been an
open season on deer on Kodiak
Island since the herd was
started here in the 1920s.
A check for $200 has been
sent to Lt. Frank Anderson of
KNS by Emil Knudsen for
his part in the apprehension
of the young deer slayer.
Anderson reported the illegal
killing to Naval authorities
who in turn notifed the Fish
and Wildlife Service.
In the October 27, issue of
the Mirror the following ad
vertisement was carried in
the classified section:
of work. Clam diggers on the
grounds were paid $5.50 per
box for clams.
Cannon said the cannery
ottered to pay two cents under
the Cordova price. Cordova
canners are reported to pay
13 cents per pound for clams.
He added that the average
box of clams will weigh 47
pounds.
Cannery workers in Kodiak
face the grim prospect of an
entire season without work.
Earlier, it was announced
that no salmon would be can
ned at the Halferty cannery
here because of increased
costs and the reduction of the
fishing season.
Halferty, along with several
other companies, plans to con
solidate their salmon canning
operations.
“Its hard to take but I
guess the companies have
reached their limits,” one
business man declared.
Cannon estimated that ap
proximately 60 cannery work
ers and diggers would be
directly effected by the de
cision. The local cannery
workers are members of the
United Cannery Workers of
Kodiak.
“SKIPPER—is now almost
five and he still would like
to hunt deer on Kodiak Is
land when he is old enough.
He and lots of boys and
girls his age feel the same
way. His Dad will pay $200
for the arrest and convic
tion of any person killing
deer on Kodiak Island, (s)
Emil Knudsen.”
Two companions were with
Moers when he shot the deer.
They were not charged with*
any game violation. The FWS
has confiscated the .22 caliber
rifle and it will be sent to F
WS headquarters in Juneau.
At. various times the Juneau
office holds an auction on guns
confiscated where game viola
tions were involved.
The complaint against Moers
was signed by Roy Lindsley,
Kodiak representative of the
FWS. Numerous deer have
deliberately and wantonly des
troyed in the past few years.
The case of Moers is the first
where a conviction has been
obtained in several years.
Talmage L. Smith, attorney,
flew to Anchorage early this
week.