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First roar of political guns is
heard on the local scene with the
invasion of this island port by can
didates for election to the Terri
torial legislature. The first to ar
rive here is Thomas A. Fink, Re
publican candidate to the House of
Representtaives, who spent a few
days in Kodiak, getting acquainted
with voters. He indicated he would
seek development of Alaska’s nat
ural resources, and thought all pos
sible aid should be given to pros
pecting for and the extraction of
minerals, developing the fishing
and cattle industries.
• * * * *
Local Democrats and Republi
cans are holding meetings these
days in preparation for the big
election year, which will include
territorial elections as well as
those on the national scale.
Elsewhere we will give you an
account of hearings conducted here
by the Federal Trade Commission.
The general public's concept of
the issues being decided at the
hearings is vague, but they con
cern a comparatively new industry
for Kodiak, the King Crab Indus
try, which had a wholesale value
in excess of $2,000,000 in 1954.
“Tiny” Chichoski, who according
to his own testimony, played a con
siderable part in the development
of the industry, when he unloaded
35 King crab on the dock back in
1947, which were eagerly bought
by those who had never seen these
big crab before, at $5 apiece.
Since then, of course, these delec
table crustaceans have been pro
cessed and are enjoyed in Seattle
and New York, as well as m^py
other parts of the world. \
*****
The hearing, which began in
Seattle earlier this month, and
was reopened here on Moftdy, had
all the ramifications of a Congress
ional inquiry, involving as it did
the United Fishermen of Alaska,
the Kodiak Fish Producers Associ
ation, Wakefield Cannery and
many fishermen with offices in the
various organizations. The biggest
deterrent it seemed, in arriving at
a decision in the matter, was the
hearing of witnesses in Seattle and
a new set of witnesses here. This
gave the government attorney,
Fletcher Cohn, seemingly unlimit
ed opportunities for objecting to
witnesses’ testimony on the
grounds of inability to recall prev
ious witnesses in refutation.
There’s a lot of satisfaction in
doing a good turn for your neigh
bor, but sometimes you suffer for
having done so, as Police Chief
Vickery now well knows. He assist
ed several car owners in getting
their cars out of snowbanks last
weekend, and as a result he goes
into the hospital tomorrow for a
hernia operation.
* * * * *
Kodiak Island Toastmasters Club
may be the first to appear on TV,
on a closed circuit, of course, if,
and its a big IF, a small piece of
cable can be brought to Kodiak in
time for the meeting Tuesday.
Charlie Hamilton and Jack Kim
bell, who are opening a TV sales
and service in town, hope to have
the cable by then, but it has to be
flown in from Anchorage, if it is
available there. We have since
learned it is not available in An
chorage, and Seattle has been con
tacted. It is doubtful the cable will
arrive in time. Toastmasters will
probably do their own broadcast
ing, anyway.
A captain’s hat and a Navy rain
coat doesn’t make a man a seafar
er even though the wearer thereof
has a pronounced list to jiort side
due to too much liquid in the bilge.
One of our local liquified entre
preneurs, thus attired, was steered
into his “home port” by a member
of the Police Department, where
he will remain in drydock until
such time as his craft will prove
more seaworthy and can get on an
even keel, and his gyroscope is re
paired thus enabling him to take
on supplies without the aforemen
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Easter
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Delicious
Baked Goodies
For the Kiddies
This year have the Easter Bunny leave
baskets of delicious Easter Egg Cakes
& Cookies.
Ask us about the
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Around the corner from the theatre