PAF HERE GOESFUK NVlT/E LABOR
Dillingham is lucky that- the large
salmon cannery of the Pacific Alaskan
Fisheries located in Dillingham will em»
ploy Alaskans almost exclusively this
season, according to word sent to Gov.
Frank Heintsleman from the PAF execu
tive president, Stanley G. Tarrant*
In response to an appeal by the govern
or that the big canning company do every
thing possible to bolster the economy of
the Bristol Bay area this# Tarrant said!
’’Curtailment has necessitated shutting
down our Haknek plant but our company has
reopened its Dillingham cannery vrhich was
idle last year to conduct fishing and
canning operations there Jointly with'
/3?„sia Packers A ssociation and Libby,, Mc
Neill and Libby.
’’This should materially improve the
local situation as there was no extensile
operation in that district in *53. The
employment cf local residents and provid
ing a dependable market for*local fisher
men were prime faotors in our decision to
reopen the Dillingham cannery as LLo
operation there is vev*y risky vii^v c± (wo
day fishing week and unsatisfactory
fisheries forecast*
“Except for a email handful of neces
sary skilled technicians and supervisory
personnel from the statos, this operation
contemplates the employment of only bona
fide local resident cannery workers and
fisherman^”
Gov. Heintzleman expressed gratificatlo
ttt the attitude shown by Pa oific America!
canneries and the other companies assooia
rb^KLrffith--it-in-^he--Bli 1 liughmn. -ope ration.
Vo independent fishermen are selling
their flea, to ?AF this season* These 76
fishermen are all resident Al&ekans,
This represents 3B boat*;*
FI,PATTERS SIGNED
Contracts vrith three "floaters" were
signed by June 8th, and three more were
expected to be signed later that week.
George Johansen, A FU1 Sec.-Treas,
said the contracts based on last year’s
agreements, were signed with the Alaska
Reefer, the Pacific Reefer, and.the Pac
ific Queen,
Expected to be signed (no official
report-has arrived at The Beeson** office
at this date) were the Arc tie Ifcln,, tho
Reefer King and the North Star,
"How did you find!your steak, cir?**
"It was just luckr. I happened to move*
a piece of potato end there it was-?.*
“"'TDon’l: you Tcnow~;you"caiv"t"~sTlT insure
ance without e license?"
"I knew I couldn’t se 11 it, but I
didn’t know the reason,"
VJSj&y^ypursclf—that’s about all you
cau jrjgoy these days.
' Jolm loveu the good things of lifee
So when an uncle, who was old and stingy
left him a sizeable sum, John wrote friend
the good news in these wordsi
"Yesterday at five in the morning,
my uncle and I passed on to a
better life,"
xs
tt ’should have stayed home and taken
castor oilt"
MERCHANDISE ARRIVING
EVERY DAY
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