NO * 10
THURSDAY , AUGUST 3, 1950
PRICE 10.0
POWER BOATS AND BRISTOL BAY
THE BEACON he.s been asked to publish the
foiloY/ing telegram so that all interested
parties may read it*
July 19, 1950
The folloY/ing information was received
from Cook Inlet District in a wire this
date# This information should be of great
interest to all Bristol Bay Citizens*
Quote: Situation here on Cook Inlet in
dicates conclusively that Bristol Bay
Citizens, fishermen, setnettera, cannery
Y/orkers and packers will make a tragic
mistake if they_ permit poY/er boats in Bay
Area# There are from six to eight hundred
pov/er boats drifting in Cook Inlet with
the follovring results*
First: Less than ten percent of the poY/er
boats are OY/ned or manned by residents of '
Cook Inlet#
Second: the other ninety per cent are from
Columbia River, Puget Sound, Southeastern
Alaska, Prince Y/illiam Sound, Kodiak Island
and other points vrith more arriving daily*
.They have either completed a ^season in
their own.districts or plan to go else
where for a .full season after fishing .
closes here'or both# None of them expect
to live in Cook Inlet or spend their earn
ings here#
Third: The pov/er boats cat Oh has resulted
in a sharp decrease in the catch*of set
netters and has so prejudiced the escape
ment that the Fish and Wildlife Service
has imposed a midweek closed period of
36 hours and a week end closed period of
48 hours in spite of the admitted fact that
the. run is good and that Cook Inlet has
previously enjoyed the most stable fishery
in Alaska# ' , . u
Fourth: Perfect Y/eather has permitted the
poY/er boats to fish v/ithout serious
accident or loss of life but nevertheless
a good many boats have been adrift because
of engine trouble, nets in wheels, broken *
shafts, etc# Many were so far from shore
that several hours and in some cases days
v/ere required to pick them up and get them '
in end under repair#
Fifth: A great deal of the catch is being
taken cut of Cook Inlet# During the last
feY/ days alone over tvro hundred thousand
fish have been taken out of the area#
Sixths The tyonek setr.etters whose situa
tion is similar to tha, of the seineiters
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DILLINGHAM T0Y7NSITSS
The following letter has been received
in answer to one written by Mr# David
Carlson which v/as published in the last
issue of THE BEACON:
Anchorage, Alaska
July 25, 1950
Mr# David Carlson
Dillingham, Alaska
Dear Mr# Carlson:
Reference is made to your letter of
July 19* concerning the sale of lots in
Dillingham Townsite#
I am now awaiting receipt of the town
site patent from 'Washington# It should
arrive, .within the next few weeks# At
that time- we will have notices published
to the effect, that applications for deeds
v/ill be accepted# This will affect only
those who occupied lots at the time the
survey was approved#
' Only after this 120 day filing period
has been closed can the remaining lots
be sold at a public auction# In other
words, the public sale could not be held
before sometime in November, and it may
prove more desirable to hold it in the
spring# I would appreciate your letting
me knov/ what- time after November you
v/ould; consider most advantageous from
the point of view of the residents of
Dillingham#
Very truly yours,
(signed) Lowell M# Puckett
' ’ Regional Administrator
and Townsite Trustee#
AIRFIELD TO BE GRAVELED
Y/e have had information on good author
ity that the nev/ airport now under con
struction r/ill be graveled this fall#
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STYLE SHOW
At eleven P.M# on the evening of July
26th, the dancing and dining crowd at the
Willow Tree Inn v/as alerted and silenced
as Dillingham fashion history unrolled
before their eyes#
Mr. M.J. "Pat" Y/inninghoff of the Utah
Tailoring Mills Co# presented a stunning
variety of fashion-high outfits* featuring
such famous brands as Forester, Strook
and Julliard#
Tho style show rose above the level of
•strictly* amateur by the prssenoe of
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