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VOL. 17 NO. 42
KODIAK, ALASKA, OCTOBER 19, 1957
Concert
Tonight
The Alaska Music Trail concerts
will open the season tonight at 8:15
pjin. in the High School Audi
torium, when Reginald Kell
world’s greatest clarinetist will
appear.
This distinguished artist will pre
tent his first concert in Alaska
with his appearance here this even
jug. He will be assisted by Roberl
Ilrtrmm, noted New York pianist
teho is making his second tour witt
the Alaska Music Trail. He wil
also present a group of piano solo;
in the course of the program.
Season tickets are still avail able
from BPW members or at th(
Frontier Shop. It has been an
flounced today that single admis
sions for this concert will be pricec
at $3.50 for adults and $1.23 foi
students obtainable at the door.
A reception will be held in th<
school cafeteria, following thte con
cert to enable the public to mee
Wr. Kell.
Base Men Barred
From Driving Cabs
A revision is to be made to the
ordinance providing for chauffeurs
licenses which will prevent Navy
men living on Base from driving
city taxi-cabs.
A recommendation was made to
council by Chief of Police Vickery
that no chauffeurs license should
be issued to a person who has not
been a bon-fide resident of and
domiciled in Kodiakv or within
; three miles of the City limits, for
i a period of six months before ap
l plication.
! “The amendment would serve
to safeguard the well being of
• those in the community and sur
f- rounding area who rely on the ser
■ -vice of taxi-cabs,” said Vickery.
Council agreed to the recom
1 mendation and the revision will be
' drafted up by City Attorney Rus
sdll Arnett with the added provis
* ion that letters of recommendation
- for the applicant should only be
t accepted from residents' of the
City for one year or more.
Jim Loan Seriously Injured •
Knocked Down By Own Car
jRn Loan is in Griffin Memorial
Hospital with severe injuries caus
ed when his own limousine knock
ed) him down early Friday morn
lt is understood that Loan had
driven Mrs. Johnny Maloney to her
line on Cope Street in his limou
tmt- at 2:30 a.m. after she had fin
ished work Friday and had walked
to the door with her when the car
Started rolling down the hill.
Lean apparently ran out in front
of the car in attempt to get to the
wheel and brakes and was knocked
ton. A wheel of the car is under
stood to have passed over his
chest.
i Reports are that no one was al
lowed to visit Loan in hospital Fri
day and that his condition was
torious. No further details are
] A statement was made to the po
lice department Friday afternoon
|ij Hrs. Maloney who is keeping
constant watch by Loan’s bedside
at the Hospiatl.
'• In the statement she said that
had started to open her door to
£0 Into the house when she looked
Redheads Here
For 3 Nights!
Coming to Kodiak for the first
time, though well known locally
name, is a World Champion
Girls’ Basketball Team, the All
Amorican Red Heads f rom Cava
fy, Arkansas. This world touring
groep of lady basketball wizards,
flaying only mens teams under
men,s rules, has compiled an amaz
ing record, both in record of wins
and losses, and in attendance.
Tfejey played before one of basket
fetiTs largest crowds, 17,500, in
Chicago's Chicago Stadium, and
feme played before 4,500,000 per*
ifftK in 15 years.
■jfM girls te'ara^: averaging 6 feet
fe freight starring JESSE WRAGE,
i (Coptisised toj*g«J«)
round and saw the car moving.
Loan left her to stop the car while
she went indoors. She heard a
scream, she said, and rushed out to
find Loan lying on the road.
The car had swerved crosswise
on the road. It is thought that the
left front wheel had passed over
him.
City Clerk Resigns
After 16 Months
City Clerk for the past If
months, Nick Frost tendered his
resignation from that position a1
Council meeting Monday.
He will leave the City pay rol’
on November 15 but will be leav
ing the office on October 31 tc
start two weeks vacation with paj
as compensation for overtime
worked during his service with th(
City.
Frost told council members thal
.personalities were not the reasor
for his resignation—it was simplj
because he had decided to accepl
another position.
Cob Spencer moved that Frost’s
resignation be accepted effective
November 15, with separation date
October 31. The motion was
seconded by De.Witt Fields and
passed on a majority vote with
Eill Worth and Dick Berg voting
against the motion.
The new position accepted b>
Frost is as secretary for the Fish
errr.on’s Union. He will still ad
as City Magistrate, to which pos1
he was elected October 1.
Council set his salary for Mag
istrate’s duties at $1,800 a year
There was a suggestion that the
Police Department should be re
duced to provide means of paying
the magistrate’s salary but nc
action was taken due to strong op
position.
The City is now advertising
locally for a new City Clerk
Council agreed that the successful
applicant Should be paid $650 t
jmoBtfc starting salarry-, _
Abolish Fall Fishing Season
Proposal At Fisheries Hearing
The FWS Fisheries hearing held
this year at the Fishermen’s Union
hall last Saturday night was liven
ed by proposals from a fisherman
that the fall fishing season be
abolished.
The fisheries hearing, presided
o\er by John Gharrett, Regional
Director, .Bureau of Commercial
Fisheres, was attended by more
than fifty fishermen and interested
persons. . FWS personnel, fish bi
ologists and scientists making
studies in the area, gave reports on
their findings. Mr. Gharrett intro
duced the following: D>r. William
‘Royce, Assistant Regional Director
in charge. .of Research; Mr. Roy
Lindsley, Western Area Supervisor
'ifon-Kodiak, Anchorage, Bristol Bay
'and:Cook; Inlet; Mr. R. A. Mahaf
!fey,: District Fishery Management
Supervisor.
, Others who attended the meet
ing,' representing various phase's of
.fisheries research in the area, were
Dr. Howard Tate, Dr. John Owen,
Mr.. Fred Thorsteinson; also Dr.
Richard Van Cleave, Director,
School of Fisheries, University of
said. “The lnner-Karluk section we
Washington and Mr. El Sayed, his
assistant. Reports were given on
the various studies being made.,
See next week’s Mirror.
Lindsley outlined several pro
posals for changes in the present
regulations. Ho outlined two pro
posals which are applicable
throughout Alaska. One, prohibit
ing of setting of nets more than
two-thirds the distance across a
channel at any time; second, the
prohibiting of snagging of fish at
any time.
As regards the Kodiak area, the
Bureau’s proposal is to open the
season July 7 and run through
August 13, with four and a half
day fishing week. “We expect poor
pink salmon rUns; and it may be
necessary to close the season early
or cut down on the fishing days;
after August 3 or 4 if the runs are
poor,” Mr. Lindsley stated. The
Olga-Moser* Bay area :will open
July 7 next year, according to the
proposal. “The same amount of
fishing time will be allowed in this
(Continued to Page 4)
\ Mrs. Ellen Doll Bieler, Field Consultant, National Congress of Par
ents and Teachers, who will arrive in Kodiak tomorrow.
: City
Council
Briefs
The City jail, police department
and Shore Patrol quarters are un
likely to be moved to the new City
Kail until the Shupp, Chase and
Tolbert building has been purchas
ed by the City from the Small
Business Administration Office.
This was stated by Mayor Coon
at Monday evening’s council meet
ing when Chief William C. Chew,
U.S.N. told council that the Shore
: Patrol is interested in gaining
space at the new City Hall.
Mayor Coon added that negotia
tions were being made for facilities
; for the Jail and Shore Patrol but
space could not be erected until
the redemption period bn the
U Shupp building had expired on
: April 30,1P5C. _.g'.7
councilman can rtuer siaieu
that he had been informed that tho
City does not own a certain portion
of Mission Road.
He believed, he said, that the
title should be secured and a sur
vey conducted to establish the
centerline and grade so that a
paving program could be carried
out in the area.
An Ordinance on Vehicles tax
which will abolish city stickers was
passed by council on its first read
ing. If all three readings are pass
ed, the new ordinance placing
taxation of vehicle under property
tax instead of separate taxation
will come into effect on December
31.
Councilman DeWitt Fields asked
council to wri'>^ off $24.00 which
was owed for utilities by at pre
6'5”, Center, and two 6* forwards,
has class, finesse, comedy routines,
(Con ljb»ed tp page 12)
Along The
Waterfront
Vancouver AP—Fisheries scien- *
tists of three counties will meet
here starting Oct. 28 to thresh out
some of the industry’s most impor
tant problems. ,
Committee meetings will begin ,
on the UBC campus on Oct. 28 and
a general session, open to the pub
lic, will be held at the Georgia
Hotel on Nov. 4. ^
SEATTLE FISH
HEARINGS SET
Public hearings on proposed fish
ing regulations for the 1958 season
in Alaska will be held Nov. 13 to 15
in the Chamber of Commerce •
Auditorium in Seattle, according to
an announcement by the Bureau of
Commercial Fisheries. *:
The date for. hearings on the Ko
diak, Alaska Peninsula and Chig- •
nifej areas is.set foH^'ip.m. Novem
ber ' 14. A hearing on crab and j.
other shellfish is set for 10:30 a.m., •
November 15.
Gleanings from, the Fisheries
hearing: Cannon opposed abolish
ing fall fishing season. “If a poor
early season local people pick up a
few dollars, which means winter ;
food";:-Karl Brunstad: He did
not agree on abolishing fall sea
son, but felt “if wx* are going to i
open up one area, should open ♦
all." __ Pete Olson: Believes
sc a lions have, no real commercial
velue—should have means of con
trolling them. On later pinks “be
lieved have little reproductive
value and should be harvested.
They appear to jte a different run
altogether "-,.Sam Lukine want
ed to know if could get a bounty
on trout. ,Gharrett replied FWS
at one time paid bounty, but is
a hit and miss deal.Joe Ma
lutiu asked if he could fish Dolly
Vrrdens commercially. Was told
there is ho limit, no season, but
must be fished in salt water......:
Pat Cannon: "Does that mean in
the lagoons as well?” Was told
best to stay out in the salt water.
Ring Crab operations started
this week at King Crab, Inc. There
were throe deliveries made to the
moepany this wek—the Shell M
brought in 800 crab and the Susie
Q brought n i700. Miss Arctic was
in yesterday with a load—quantity
unknown at press time.
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Shrimp Industry
May Start Here
RESEARCH THIS WINTER
King Crab (nc. disclosed this
week that they are staking time
and money this winter on research
work to determine whether a new
shrimp industry can be set up in
Kodiak.
Research will start this winter*
according to Bob Resoff, when
trawlers equipped with drags will
experiment in different areas
round Kodiak Island to see if the
shrimp tonnage will be of com-| .[
merciaH proportions.
4 It is not yet known how many;
trawlers will be active in the re- >;
search Work hut' local ones are to be! j
used. Pots will also be used to nee
how wdl shrimp will be caught in
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