Vol. IV ITo. 14
October 19, 19f!3
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B3FU GOES TO EAT FUR RESIDENTS
Fallowing three years of fishing fail
ures and no governmental returns for the
”oountless millions" t&Ken from the Bris
tol Bay area# representatives of the BBFU
■went to bat in Juneau early this month in
an attempt to obtain assistance for Bris
tol Bay residents#
Jim Downey and Truman Embargo spokes
men for the union recommended employment
through publio works for the fishermen in
a oomploto rograveling of, the Dillingham
Kanakanak Highway and othor road improve
ment program; proposed a weekly fishing
period of from 40 W 72 hours; they asked
for an 84-hour weekly red salmon seasen
for setnettors in th&'logiak area on the
north side of Bristol Bay# with no person^
al restrictions on private use; and sug
gested the establishment of fresh water
fishery for such species' as white fish#
pike and trout. They asked that the pro-'
posal to close the Fushagak-Togiak area to
beaver trapping be dropped* claiming ’’there
are as many, if not more# beaver than in
previous years”.
If the above mentioned new fishery ven
ture -which the FVfS has tentatively agreed
to with the proposed opening date to be
Nov. 1# running to April 35, then a stake
of #250 for each of about fifty families
who would be involved would be provxued
by the federal and territorial bov«rnmeut•
They also propOsed work projects in
othor ports of Alaska#
•At the bottom of the creek in front of
his home on hensen’s Point, the mud-sodden
body of Charlie Olson was found Friday#
uct, it# by marshal Fonko, nufoo osterhaus#
Feunis U el sou ana AOy Smith# a searching
party enroute to the cabin* humors had
circulated that Charlie had not reached
home# though he had been gone from town
a week#
It is conjectured that'Charlie# alone
in his heavily loaded skiff when his
kicker quit, anchored it and walked up
the side of the Blough “until opposite his■
house. This is substantiated by his
tracfcB which led. fr091 the skiff to his ■
beat and shoe pacs which had been left on
the bank,,,mUto witnesses to the fact the
he attempted te swim across the creek.
Although known to lie a splendid swimmer#
he was drowned in his attempt to reaoh th
other bank not over 50* away#
Charlie’s wife# the former Catherine
Osterhaus# was in town during this fatefu,
trip# He left Oct# C and if his body had
not been recovered when it wee, it pro
bably world have been lost forever as onl;
a speck of his red shirt was visible to
the searchers#
Funeral Services were conducted by
RoV# Ditruer of Clark’s Point at the home
of hufeo Osterhaus, Sunday afternoon at
i;oo# interment was at hooc. aiver Ceme
tery#
B’harli© uison is survivea by his wife
and small daughter*