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j9J50_JOSHING REGULATIONS
(Condensed from Bartlett's Flew? •* Letter)
Power boats in the Bristol Bay region *
v/ill be permitted during the 1051 fishing
season, according tc the Alaska ooremororal
fishing regulations for 1051 issued in
March by the Interior Department* This
permission, which v/ill apply to boats less
than 32 feet in length, has beon long
sought by Beiegais Bartlett and oilier
interested persona*
Motors v/ili bo allowed in gill net fisha*
ing boats in the Kotsebuo^Yukciu-Kuskckwin
area this year, as wall as in the Chignik
area of the Alaska Peninsula region for
the first tine in the history of. the
modern Alaska fishery*
Two regulations dealing v/ith traps do
not appear in the 1950 regulations; that
requiring the filing of trapsite locations
y/i vh the FIS and the other which specified
neons of determining priorities of appfci*.
cations for the same trapsite * Both of
the* a regulations proved unworkable
according to tho FAYS* Any net or other
device which is set cr operated like a
trap 12 defined as a trap in this yeart8
regulations oovoring trope*
Guo regulation especially significant
to the Bristol Bay area is that dealing
with methods of marking and registering
f5a'.iing boats/) It is now required that
the numbers and letters bo at least 12
inches high and that each boat be letter*
ed to indicate the district in which it
operate? * Boats muei- be regietej ed with
the prior to the fishing season and
must be registered in advance of moving
to another dir tract.» It vail b? illegal
to e-gt got g:\ a^diirca qroa?-:.:r than
150 .narts high ii.it> mark *
Awco-ramg to the Service, tils regulations
for 1950 in this area are passed on a
rocommended maximum of 426 drift gill net
boats operating in the entire Bristol Bay
areaj
TWO ESCAPE IN PL INS CRASH
Hike Hosotli and 3aooxi walior.a luckily
v/alked av/ay from Hike13 crashed piano
Thursday f April 6f a fov/ miles above
Robert Noilson',s cabin on tho Nushugak
River after a dayle fishing* Pilot Hike
v.fas taking off cnrcutc home v/hon a dovni
drait sucked him into the rivor bank*
Both mon xocoivod head cuts and minor
truxsos# Duxing the night their oateh
of six fish disappeared mysteriously
from their* v/iechod plane*
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OBJECTORS NAMED
Following i3 tho lotter received by
Cly de Spears relative to ths individuals
contesting the Public utility District
Election*
April 1, 1950
Ibar Clyde*
Just received your wire* You are her*#
by adviced that the following named
individuals are the ones contesting the
Public Utility District:
Buoll R* Smith
William V* Smith
Clarence Wren
Don Wren
Kenneth Wren
Warren Taylor was by and I gave him
that information,
I received a letter yesterday from
David Carlson asking that hearing bo
put. off until tho floating court arrived
at Dillingham* I immediately called
Judge Dinond, who likewise had received
a copy of the letter* and at 2 o’clock
yesterday, 7 went in and upon oral
motion the Court continued tho hearing
until Tho floating court arrived at
Dillingham or until it was called up by
either party*
In orderto save transportation costs
for witnesses, I think it is tho only
thing to do under tho circumstances*
Trust this will answer your question*
Yours very truly,
(signed) J,L* McCarrcy, Jr*
cc* Mrs. Ruth H* Palmer
Mr* Alfred Oplund
'Mr*' David A* Carlson
TOWN MEETING
Tho regular Dillingham Town Mooting
was hold Monday, April 3 at tho
Dillingham Co:nmorcial Hecate’*, Many
weighty discussions came before tho
house; the first was culminated v/xth tho
passing of the motion to have thu sell
ing of tho Dillingham towns!tes aolayod
until after fishing season so that
ovoryone would have sufficient money to
purchase tho unclaimed .lots© It vis
voted to write Mr# Puckott cf Anchorago
to roquost this postponement#
• Continued Pago 8
Word has boon received bore that
Harold Eskimo passod away tho 31st of
March, at tho Tacoma Hospital*