THE DILLINGHAM
” No, 2
5-11-55
Word* sent by the American Embassy in
Tokyo to The Department of State in Waslw
“ingjcn, state8 that The Fisheries Agency
the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestr;
has announced plans for salmon, trout and
crab fishing in North Pacific waters for
the coming season* Salmoiwfcrout fleets in
Aleutian waters will be markedly increased
above the 1S54 numbers and spocial e x
ploratory fleets will be sent into Okhotsk
Sea*
The Aleutian fleets are set up to iit*
olude eleven mother shipsj two hundred
eighty-four fishing boats and fifty suru
vey boats as compared to last year* s seven;
mother ships, one hundred sixty fishing
boat si
The communique also states that the
fleets will be permitted to fish 20 miles j
off the Kamchatka coast where last year
a 3C-*mile limit was imposed* The increase
in both fleets and fishing area are anti-*
cipated to produce a oatoh of 40 MILLION
fish, or about double last ye air* s catch*
(All mother ships in this yearfs fleets
are to be equipped with oanning facilities
LOCALLY OWNED CANNERY SBT UP
A new cannery# owned by local stocks*
holders and operated by local workers and
fisherman# w5.ll become a reality under the
organisational title of The Bristol Fish
Company in time to function duriAg the oojjb
ing season# barring unforseen emergencies#
Inis outfit plans to can salmon on the
beach in front of Dillingham by Jack Bexv
nis* shop which will be used a3 a war©*
hjn.se e * / |
MTo Bill Olsen# Salmon Cannery Supor- i
mtendent for many years and woll known 5.r.
Ifao Bay* has oome north to look oyer the
company*s formulating progress and to
assist in sotting up the industry# 3ill? s
presence is a stimulating factor towards
the company's future a '• teacc
After studying the situaxLjtt over, Mr*
Olsen cay3 the operation will not be
massive this year0 The aims will be reer
LOnubl© and No# 4# cans will be packed*.
Machinery needed for tho oannery has
been arranged for by Dennis Fonno and is
duo to arrive on the first boat# Too much
machinery is not needed for this first
venture as the cans will be hand^packcdj
but the machinery used will handle slow
speed linos on 4^ cans using about the
same amount of aalmon as af hig*i speed
line handled*
Supt# Olsen has already contacted the
brokers in Seattle and finds a deficits
r demand for ALL THE 4# CANS which can t*
paokedt The brokers were very optomi j’ i ?
about this institutional pack venture
because of the doExads made upon thca ly
prisons* collegess schools and even the
arny* for this economical sized can.-, Tug
Bristol Fish Company will bo the ONLY
cannery on this river supplying this s* - y
pook and figures on fishing silvers cr..
reds from the first through the lard:
Rates of payment will be higher for
oamex’y wo inkers to compensate their liv
ing at homes the fishermen will receive
the pro vailing rato for their fish with
the possibility of a post-season adjur-t
mont according to the scale laid out by
the Board of Directors*
* Stock in The Bristol Fish Co# is nor;
available at $loC0 par for common stock
and can be obtained through Dennis Fennc:
,) TOM TURNS OUT (POCKETS) FOR CAW7JJ,
Anna May Nunn* toortago daughter or
Mr* and Mrs* Carl Nunn* was oro.ncd
Queen of the Cami va! Try last year* s
queen* Dorothy Pelagio, in its closing
hour on April 2.7th in the School P2 a**
roam© Anna May lod the two other oca*
tenants* Evelyn and Selma Olsen ’by a
large majority of popular votes©
Following the coronation* Queen Anna
May drew the lucky winners for the three
raffles sponsored by the High Soh-;
They win Mrs* Lincoln who won the breui;c
horsog Jaok Caldwell who won the Jewels-;/
sot 5 end William Tennyson who took h.:. .j
the sat of steak knives«
Financially speaking the Carnival t
a big cuccesoj cooperatively speak:** >’>
- there has been none hotter© Initiate
for the first time was the adnittsn^o c-r
an Elementary Grades* Soot ion? Tho
Country Storo* Fortune Telling Booth t *
Batylaado Money taken in fjam the lc vt'-:;
will be spent directly by the grades i.;
playground equipment or come oompar lj a
item which is badly nooded©
The High School spond their share t :a
laaorfrfcory equipment* books* eto*£ a j
need expresses itsolfp after the erp s.
of tho Proa aro taken oare of©