Hunting and Fishing for Table Meal
is Big Money Business in Alaska
If your favorite butcher looks at
you now and then a jaundiced
ove, it may not be because he’s
remembering the times you've
waIchcd the scales suspiciously.
He may have been reminded of
the economic import of wild game
meat-eating in Alaska by a customer
that just left with a package of link
sausage as his total purchase after
a conversation that went something
like this:
Well. Joe,” beams the butcher,
"Haven’t seen you around much
lately.”
"Nope, Guess not. But you know
since I got that new deep freeze
last fall and . . With this the
former good customer goes off into a
detailed description of the venison,
moose, duck, geese and fish filling
the deep freeze so full that it is get
ting difficult to close the lid and
then, without noticing Mr. Butcher’s
face is rapidly becoming the color of
liver, he moves off into a yarn about
hew each kill was made "all at un
believable distances), and perhaps
which good friend brought him this
and that.
The butcher put? ideas about the
meat cleaver out of his mind and,
dccilcy, hands over the sausage.
But by this time, he is thinking.
And if he gets a paper and pencil
he can come up with some interest-;
ing figures, not wholly accurate but
enough so to make him realize that’
hunting in Alaska runs into a multi
million dollar business. If he ar
rive at something like the follow
ing he has used conservative figure, j
w here facts were available and even !
in making some estimates where t
they were not.
130 Moose Processed
Just for an example: In the city j
of Seward, with maybe 1,500 popu-■
lalion, about 130 moose were proc
essed last year for lockers and home
freezers. Allow GOO pounds dressed
weight an animal and this mul
tiplies out to 114,000 pounds of meat,
or about 75 pounds per capita. This j
of course, is only moose meat. Also
packed into those freezers are many
pounds of other kinds of game meat.
Then, through the cold storage
facilities at Palmer, possibly a third
the size of Seward, last year went
some 45.600 pounds of moose meat
and 13,900 pounds of caribou.
Game Report
From a game report by the Fish
and Wildlife Service for the 1949
50 season comes the following fig
ures thought to be ultra-conservative
in pounds of various game taken-for
eating in Alaska; 176,000 pounds of
rabbit, 312,000 pouptls of duck, 148,
000 pounds of geese, 56,000 pounds
of grouse, 100,000 pounds of ptarmi
gan, 11,680 pounds of bear, 1,800,000
pounds of moose, 822,500 pounds of
Caribou, 450,200 pounds of deer, 18,
000 pounds of mountain sheep, 46,400
pounds of beaver, and 3,960 pounds
of muskrat.
As an illustration of how conser
vative these figures are, of 1,970
black bear estimated killed, only
one-tenth of these were counted as
touched for eating. And of this
one-tenth, only 20 pounds from each
animal was estimated as actually
eaten.
Added up, this is very nearly four
million pounds of game meat for
the tables of the 130,000 persons in
Alaska. At 75 cents a pound (is that
conservative?), this is some $3-mil
lion worth of meat.
Seafood Consumption
And small wonder the butcher is
not always his old, cheery self.
And as yet there has not been a
mention of the millions of pounds of
all kinds of fish and seafood con
sumed each year. There seems to be
no closely accurate method of esti
mating either pounds or total value
of fish and seafood taken for table
use in Alaska. Someone suggested
a left shoelace multiplied by the
estimated population of lower Slob
lovia might be as accurate a measure
as any.
The only official survey of any
kind available seems to be one by
tne Alaska Native Service show
ing the average annual catch of
food fish in 99 villages along the
west coast. This covered about 12,
k
000 persons, figuring about 30 fam
ilies of four members each to a vil
lage. This survey recorded over 500,
000 pounds of fish of these species:
whitefish. trout, shee. blackfish, pike,
ling and grayling. Here’s some 42
pounds per capita without includ
ing one pound of salmon or crus
taceans.
In slightly better than the shoe
lace formula, you can allow 40
pounds a person in Alaska's popu
lation of 130,000 and get over 5 mil
lion pounds of all kinds of fish and
seafood from water to locker to
table. At 50 cents the pound, here
is another $21 _■ millions.
It is estimated that non-resident
big game hunters spend about $1
million a year in Alaska. The many
more resident hunters and sport
fishermen spend much more for
guns and all kinds of equipment.
And hunting and fishing, bring
ing meat from the woods, fields
and waters of the Territory, give
a larger economic impact on Alaska
than is generally realized. It’s one
of the big Ebusinesses o' the Terri
tory.
Discuss Pooling
Military Strength
Continental Army
By Carter L. Davidson
PARIS, Dec. 27—UR—Cabinet
ministers of six western European
nations met here Thursday in an
effort to pool their men and mun
itions into a single European army.
They remained silent on whether
they thought it could be done.
The foreign ministers included
Italy’s Alcide De Gasperi who is
also Premier; Fiance’s Robert
Schuman; Belgium’s Paul Van
Zeeland; Holland’s Dirk U. Stikker,
Luxembourg’s Joseph Bech; and
Prof. Walter Hallstein of West
Germany’s “foreign office.”
Hallstein was sitting in' for
Chancellor-Foreign Minister Kon
rad Adenauer.
The first issue before the minis
ters was whether to run their pro
posed unified army with a single
high commissioner or to put it in
the hands of a board of commis
sioners.
France and Italy were known
to favor a single commissioner
while Belgium, Holland and Lux
embourg want a board of com
j missioners.
The ministers remained non
committal on the prospects of suc
cess.
“Who can tell?” replied Stikker
when asked if he thought a com
promise could be worked out.
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Team Captains of
Elks Bowlers Called
Leonard Holmquist, secretary of
the Elks Friday night mixed bowling
league, announces a meeting of all
team captains, Friday December 28,
at 7:30 p.m. in the Elks lounge.
DELTA CHAPTER HAS
OWN CHRISTMAS PARTY
Delta Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi,
held % annual Christmas party
Tuesday night at the home of
Linda Callahan, which was beaut
ifully decorated for the holiday
season. A short meeting was held
after which Jean Marsh gave the
, Christmas message, very appropri
1 ate to the holiday season. Teresa
> Fenster received the prize for hav
j ing the best “Christmas motif”
i corsage. Gifts were exchanged af
I ter which refreshments were served.
VISITORS FROM CORDOVA
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd C. Carlson
j of Cordova arrived here yesterday
on PNA and are stopping at the
Baranof Hotel.
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Christmas Party Ruins
Steel girders, lie twisted between ecncre^o walls where at least 41 persons, mostly women and children,
perished in a Christmas party at Tijuana, Mexico. The party was on the top, third floor (shown in t ie
picturel and (he only exit was down stairs to the front entrance. Eighty-eight others of t.,c crowd of
frem SCO to 4C3 at the party w' re burned or injur.- i. ’ s;rious!y. OP) Wirephoto.
Convicted Red
Gets Added Term
For Escape Try
NEW YORK. Dec. 27—l/ft—Gus
Hall, one of the 11 convicted Com
munist leaders, was sentenced to
three years in prison for criminal
contempt of court Thursday.
The sentence is to be served in
addition to a five-year term ordered
when he was convicted with the
other party leaders In conspiring to
teach and advocate violent over
throw of the United States govern
ment.
The contempt conviction was bas
ed on charges that he failed to sur
render last'July 2 to begin serving
his five-year term and that he vio
lated a court order in leaving juris
diction of the court. Hall fled to
Mexico.
Two Basketball
Games Set tor
Douglas Tonight
A curtain raiser between the Imp
erials and Mikes basketball teams
has been arranged for 7:30 o’clock
tonight at the Douglas gym, T. A.
Morgan of Columbia Lumber Co.,
announced today.
It will precede the main feature
game between the Sitka Columbians
and the Juneau Columbians which
is scheduled for 8:30 instead of
7:30 as originally announced.
The Sitka Columbians will meet
Mike's Saturday night, also at the
Douglas High School gjjm at 8 p.m.
Joan Osborn Is
Carried to Sgf.
Potolicchio
Mrs. Gordon G. Potolicchio arrived
here Christmas Day to spend six
weeks with her mother, Mrs. Hilda
Hanna. She is the former Joan G.
Osborn of Juneau and was married
to Sergeant Potolicchio, formerly of
the ACS here ,in Seattle December
21.
The ceremony was performed by
the Hev. Thomas R. Hanley in the
Ch; pel of St. James Cathedral with
M ,s Joan Bacon of Victoria, B. C.
a-, bridesmaid, and Thomas L. Ja
cobs. also formerly of the ACS here,
was best man.
Sergeant Potolicchio is now sta
tioned with the 11th Airborne group
at Fort Campbell, Ky., and is on
maneuvers in New York state.
Catcher Mas: Signs
Contract, White Sox
CHICAGO, Dec. 27— UP) —Phil
Masi, 35 year old catcher, became
the seventh member to join the
list cf contented Chicago White
Sox in signing for the 1952 season
Thursday.
FROM SITKA
Warren C. Christianson of Sitka
is registered at the Hotel Juneau.
FROM TACOMA
Leo A. McGavick of Tacoma ar
rived on PAA yesterday from Seat
tle and is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
B. F. Dunn Named
As Director of
U. S. fin Coip.
B. F. Dunn, traffic manager ol
Pan American Airways here, has
been named to the board of director:
of the U. S. Tin Corporation, Ken
neth J. Kadow, president and gener
al manager, anonunced today.
The action was taken at a special
meeting recently held in Seattle
when Lars Gillespie of Seattle was
also chosen to fill a vacancy on- the
board.
Kadow is leaving next week for
the company’s property on Lost river
on the Seward Peninsula where ex
ploration work is under way. He
says that underground mining and
also milling operations are to be
gin in February.
Over 8,000 Bathers
At Miami Treated
MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 27—GB—.Danger
from the man-of-war appeared to
be lessening Thursday after more
than 8,000 bathers along the lower
Florida east coast were treated for
stings during the long Christinas
week-end.
Capt. Earl Pir.der, Miami Bcacli
life guard, reported only 25 cases cf
mild stings yesterday compared with
more than 3,0C0 on Tuesday.
Capt. Ray Booker of the Cran
don Park Beach Patrol, said the
colorful, floating creatures will be
a menace until a wind changes to
sweep them back out to sea.
* The man-of-war has a small
floating body about two inches In
diameter with 10 or 12 tentacles.
CLOSING HOURS
The MERCHANDISE and
SERVICE Department will be
CLOSED
(except for EMERGENCY calls)
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
December 27and 28
for annual inventory, opening
again on
SATURDAY-December 29
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Office will remain open
throughout the week
ALASKA ELECTRIC
LIGHT aid
POWER COMPANY
U. 5. Olympic Ski
Squad May Be Cut
CHICAGO, Dec. 27—UPl—The U.
S. Olympic ski squad may be forced
to operate shorthanded in the 1952
winter games at Oslo, Norway, un
less additional funds for expenses
are forthcoming within a week.
The projected goal of $50,000 in
funds so far is $29,000 short, Cort
land T. Hill, of Los Angeles, chair
man of the Olympic Ski commit
tee has reported.
He said only $21,000 has been
raised to date. The winter games
are scheduled for Feb. 14-15.
"We ft el it unwise to enter a
team unless skiers can get required
training,” Hill- said. “The only
other alternative would be to re
duce the size of the team drastic
ally. This may be done if funds are
not forthcoming within a week.”
Originally, the committee planned
to send a squad of 31 by plane
to Europe next month for train
ing. The Alpine squad of downhill
and slalom stars is slated to leave
New York Jan. 2 while special
jumpers, cross country and other
Liberty Ships Are
Pressed to Carry
©rain to India •
SEATTLE, Dec. 27—OP—Three
more Liberty ships will be taken
out of lay-up at Olympia to carry
relief grain to India.
They are the Isaac Van Zandt,
! the Benjamin Franklin and the
j David Dudley Field, a Maritime
Commission spokesman said here.
They should be back in active ser
vice by the end of January. The
David Dudley Field will gb to yre
Alaska Steamship Co.
Approxtrr.cteiy 20 of the Liberties
are still laid t;p at Olympia.
The Alaska rtv.vr.ship Company
j las several v.-joeis the India
j ,rai" run.
TIRE CALL
The 4-2 fire call at 9:15 this
norning was for a pick-up truck
n frcr.„ cf Burford’s store. There
vns r.o damage.
entries are scheduled to leave Jan.
8 In; 7 Out on
PNA Wednesday
Eight persons arrived from west
ward points on Pacific Northern 4
Airlines yesterday and seven depart
ed.
From Anchorage: George Park • ,
Col. E. A. Hartley, R. G. William , *
M. L. Turner.
From Cordova: Mr. and Mrs. J.
Carlson and Judy.
From Yakutat: Edith Rener.
To Anchorage: Patty Norheim,
Ray Harrison, Pam and J. R. Porter.
To Yakutat: Jim Kretschmer, Jack
Thompson.
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