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TOWN MEETING# cont* from pago 1
A letter was read from Don C* Foster
regarding a letter from Hiss * Root in
which she inquired about the placement
of schools in several of tho cut-lying
villagesy no assured her that everything
wre being dene to oid those isolated
areas to attain schools#
Liters woro road from Sonator Magnuson
and Delegate Bartlett- now in Washington*
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Contrary to beliefs it was not tho REA
but the PUD that selectrified* tho town
noetdngl 4 .y mombors took the opportun
ity xo cxyrcs3 their view about the PUD
Lie •.Llr,c 7no most heated speech was
na&; by Buell Sudth, one of the five
cce.-osv.eats© Ho refused to state why
he had contested tho election, saying
thax he would 3tato his reasons in court#
He did Hike tho accusation that tho
oleotion was dishonost but would givo no
reason for his statement# Ho accused
tho Commissioners and Judges of dishon
osty but* again, would not state his
authority# It was pointed out to him
that if tho differences could bo sottlod
bore in Dillingham it would savo all tho
additional expenso of a court trial in
Anchorago as woll as a crucial delay in
tho PUD organization which might cost
tho town a loss of some magnitude in
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Kenneth Wron questioned Davo Carlsonf8
right to sign tho Dillingham Town Mooting*
namo to his request for a dolay of tho
PUD hearing without having oallod a
Town Meeting to discuss and give or
rejoct permission to do so# It was mado
most cloar that Mr* OarIson folt this was
within his right as President of tho
Town Mooting# His objoct in so doing
was to savo tho expanse of a trial ini
Anchorago that would havo to come out of
tho pockets of tho townspeople#
Ernost Palmer made a notablo spooeh in *
which ho tried to point out to tho objoct.
ors that wo arc all working for tho good
of tho community as a whole and sinco tho
majority of tho people votod for tho PUDj
it socnod as though that must bo tho will
of tho tovro# As far as the Board which
was oloctod is concornod, they woro
oloctod by popular voto from a ballot of
12 candidates• This could only moan
that they wore tho'^pooplo's choice#
Orvillo Braswoll questioned what ho
called 'socrot meetings* but when askod
what 'mootings* ho meant said ho meant
*ono* mooting hold by a misoollanoous
group of pooplo in tho D*C# thoatcr at
which fivo nominoos woro oloctod to bo
thoir candidatos on tho ballot* Ur*
Palmor pointod out to him that it is tho
privilege onjoyod by us 'under cur Democra
tic way of life to nominate ten candidatos
that w? fool arc suited for tao job to
which they try to bo elected©
^ __Confinnod pare 9
HERE IS THE REASON» continuod from lottor
submitted by Orvill Braswell for tho
Research Committoo and sont to tho Forty
Ninth Star,otc*s and printed in tho March
30th issue of tho Beacon*
Probably tho predator second in import
ance is tho Boluga or White Whale# Thoso
do not follow tho salmon to tho spawn! ng
grounds but they do intercept them on
thoir way thoro, and their kill thon con
sists of maturo spawn fish about to com
ploto their lifo cyclo ana so at thw peak
of their valuo to tho fishery* Boluga
have been cut open with as many as eight
king salmon in thoir stomachs# They also
congrogate in tho rivor mouths at that
period or the yoar when tho small migra
tor salmon are on thoir v/ay to salt wator#
It is not likoly that they aro fasting
at that time# Tho local Boluga herds
soom to havo greatly incroascd in sizo
in the last fivo yoars and this increaso
has been accompanied by a stoady dcclino
in tho salmon runs #
Next in tfco rogues gallory of prodators
comos tho torn# Thoso como by tho thou*..*11
sands to food on tho migrators each
spring# Thoy fish from morning until
night during tho long spring days and in
flict a terrible toll on tho immature
salmon*
Next comes tho soa gull* This bird
not only preys on tho salmon* but on tho
wator-fowl as wo 11 • With tho increasing
flscarcity of salmon tho gull presents an
increasing monaoo bocauso it not only
dostroys the eggs of othor birds but also
proys upon thoir young* Tho gulls kill
far moro young ducks and gooso on tho
nosting grounds than ovor grow up to bo
shot by hunters on tho shooting grounds#
It soems evident that tho FWS is on
tho wrong track in trying to bring baok
tho salmon runs at tho oxpon&os of tho
salmon fishormon whon tho facts concern
ing tho king salmon and the silver sal
mon which run in tho samo waters aro
oxaminod* Tho king run has boon subjoct
od to only light prossuro through commer
cial fishing; tho silvor run has not boon
oxploitod for ovor a docado; and yot in
both eases tho runs havo not built up*
This shows that restriction is not tho
corroct policy, at tho worst; or that it
must bo supplomontod, at tho best*
Our fish and vildlifo rosourcos will bo
gono long boforo 2,000 A*D* unloss
prodators ore controllod* Lot us assist
naturo in establishing a balance in which
a hoalthy prosperous fishory has an
ossontial part© Let's do it through pre
dator control* And do it this year*
instoad of next* lino is important*
It will take years to improve conditions
- in the salmon fishery* So lot's do it
nowfc