"News of oAmerica’s Last Frontier’
VOL 11 NO 19
KODIAK, ALASKA
JULY 14, 1951
PRICE 10 GEN'S
Washington Trio Fined
For Illegal Fishing
Three Washington fisher
men pled guilty to three vio
lations of fishing regulations
Wednesday in U. S. Com
missioner A. M. Vokacek’s
court and received fines total
ing $1,750.
Nick Andrich, Jr. Anacor
tes, skipper of the fishing boat
Ugat, pled guilty to fishing in
a closed area, fishing on Sun
day and fishing in the mouth
of a stream. He received fines
totaling $750.
Albert Simaz, Anacortes,
and Sidney Silver, Seattle,
pled guilty to the above vio
lations and received $500
fines.
The fishermen were spotted
in the closed Red River area
in the Sturgeon river on July
8, by Roy Lindsley, FWS
representative, and A1 Kropf,
FWS representative and pilot,
as they made a routine patrol.
The FWS men circled the
boat several times to deter
mine its identity. They re
ported that markers were up
near the river.
The Red River district has
been closed to all commercial
fishing since 6 am July 2.
Kodiak Flowers
On Denali Tables
Flowers from the fields and
hills surrounding Kodiak were
placed on the dining tables of
the Denali Wednesday after
the boat left Kodiak.
The flowers were a gift
from the Chamber of Com
merce and were gathered by
the Boy Scouts at the request
of Tenora Rockney, vice presi
dent of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Plans for a tour for the
round-trip passengers on the
Denali were arranged by the
C of C but the early sailing
prevented it from being ac
complished.
Mrs. Edith Clarke, manager
of the Kodiak Hotel, arranged
for the visitors to rest at the
hotel during their tour of the
town. The Russian Church
was open for the tourists’ in
spection and many visited the
famous Kodiak landmark.
The plan to conduct tours to
landmarks and interesting
spots in Kodiak will be
carried out for the next ar
rivals of the Denali.
Captain Ben Aspen, skipper
of the Denali, expressed
thanks for the Alaska Steam
ship Company for the gift of
flowers.
Bulletin
Fishermen in Cook Inlet
were ordered to shorten their
drift gill nets fri m 200 to 150
fathoms late yesterday by the
Fish and Wildlife Service.
The order was radioed to all
fishermen and the change in
aggregate length of nets was
effective immediately.
The directive originated in
Washington, D. C. and was
wired to all FWS representa
tives.
City Tax Notices
Have Been Mailed
Assessment notices were
mailed to local taxpayers this
week by the city clerk for pro
perty that was appraised for
municipal taxation for 1951.
Members of the city council
will sit as an equalization
board from July 20 to 27, in
clusive, between the hours of
7:30 and 9 pm for the purpose
of reviewing, adjusting and
revising appraisements of pro
perty made by the assessor.
Last year Kodiak residents
and businessmen were assessed
23 mills. The rate for this
year has not been determined
since the council has not held
a regular meeting for several
weeks.
If the millage remains the
same this year as last a per
son whose property was asses
sed at $3,000 will pay $69 into
the city’s coffers.
Michigan Party
On Expedition
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P.
Bank, II, and son arrived in
Kodiak Wednesday aboard the
Denali to continue archaeo
logical research for the Uni
I versity of Michigan.
Bank is expedition director
and research associate for the
university. This is his sixth
trip to Alaska. Mrs. Bank has
accompanied him on several
of the trips.
They plan to be here for
several days and will then go
by boat or fly to Unalaska for
the summer. While on the
island they plan to fly to the
Alitak area for research work.
Fire In Galley
The fire department made a
last run to The Galley Wed
nesday night at 10:55 pm to
extinguish a chimney fire. It
was quickly put out and there
was little damage.
Housing Project
Sure Says Mayor
The Chamber of Commerce
received assurance Thursday
from Mayor Lee C. Bettinger
that the housing project in the
east addition would become a
reality.
Bettinger addressed the
group following the regular
bi-monthly luncheon at the
Montmartre Inn.
The actual construction of
the job will probably begin
around November 1, Bettinger
told the members.
He returned to Kodiak on
Wednesday’s plane after a
trip to Washington, D. C.,
San Francisco and Juneau to
confer with various govern
ment officials on preliminary
details of the project.
The actual building of the
400 one, two and three bed
room units hinged on the city
receiving government funds to
improve and extend the pres
ent city owned water and sew
er system.
He explained that efforts
will be made to coordinate the
two projects so that work on
both may be done at the same
time.
The completed houses will
be occupied by military per
sonnel and rentals will start at
$100 per month for the one i
bedroom units. The figures for'
the two and three bedroom
houses were not given.
Bettinger told of the leg
work, waiting and conferences
he attended in Washington to
acquire approval of the proj
ect.
He also told of the support
given him by Kodiak Naval
Station officials in his efforts
to get the needed stamp of
approval from the various gov
ernment agencies.
He said that a complete re
port of his work would be
made at the next meeting of
the city council.
Kodiak Salmon Run
Continues Poor
Fishing continued poor a
round Kodiak Island this
week and the Fish and Wild
life Office said there were few
pinks showing.
The Karluk and Red River
areas, closed at 6 am July 2,
remained shut down.
The Whiz Halferty cannery
continued to can salmon most
of which was taken in the
Cook Inlet area.
A long heavy fog bank
hanging around the island
held up two Whiz Halferty
tenders Thursday which were
attempting to reach the can
nery and unload.
Ridgway To Continue
Commie Peace Talks
Wild West Show
On August 5
A Wild West Show which
will include bronc busting and
horse racing will be held Au
gust 5, at Kalsin Bay.
The event will be sponsored
and produced by Tom Nelson
and John Gibbons. Cash
prizes will be awarded for
winners of all events and
there will be an admission to
the show.
Free horse back rides will
be provided for children 10
years and under. A feature
event will be a matched three
horse, pony express race
between Bob Acheson and
Gibbons. Gibbons said yester
day that Acheson had chal
lenged him to the race and
that he had accepted. The
loser is to make a substantial
donation to the Cancer Re
search Fund, Gibbons said.
Other events will be wild
cow riding and wild cow
milking. Bare back riding and
calf roping will also be done by
the contestants.
Further details of the show
will be published in later
issues of the MIRROR.
. Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
Washington (iP)—The Unit
ed States, Australia and New
Zealand agreed to a three-way
treaty in which they will re
gard an armed attack on any
one as “dangerous” to all.
The treaty pledges each in
the event of an attack to meet
the common danger. The
agreement was initialed by the
state department of all three
nations but still requires Sen
ate ratification. The agree
ment is part of the general
war settlement which is ex
pected to be formally signed
in San Francisco early in Sep
tember when the Japanese
treaty is due to be signed by
fifty nations.
Meanwhile in Washington,
the State Department disclos
ed the suspension of two high
ranking career diplomats who
are to await hearings on se
curity charges.
Both are charged with se
curity violations on the U. S.
Chinese policy. The men are
John Paton Davies, son-in-law
of Ambassador Henry F.
Grady, U. S. envoy to Iran,
and Oliver Edmund Clubb,
director of the State Depart
ment's Office of Chinese Af
fairs.
By the Associated Press
Munsan—General Matthew
Ridgway told the Communists
the United Nations were ready
to resume ceasefire talks but
asked the Reds to remove all
armed personnel from the
Kaesong area.
He suggested the negotia
tion site be moved if the Reds
refused. In a message broad
cast by Armed Forces radio at
Seoul to the Korean Com
munist General Nam II,.
Ridgway accused the Reds of'
blocking peace talks. The
United Nations delegatim re
mained at their base Thursday
after armed Chinese guards
refused to permit newsmen to
enter Kaesong.
Ridgway proposed that the ■
Reds clear all armed personnel
from a circular area 10 miles
in diameter around the city
He suggested each side be
limited to 150 persons who
would be permitted to enter.
; the neutral zone.
An answer to Ridgway’s •
proposal was expected by r
radio or through a liaison of- -
ficer at the United Nations ■■
lines. The Chinese Peiping
radio carried an unofficial re
port accusing “bluff and pres- -
sure tactics” by the United.
Nations.
Washburn Party
Scales McKinley
Anchorage— For the fifth:
time in history three men,
members of the Mt. McKin
ley Scientific Expedition,
stood on the peak of the
highest mountain on the
North American continent
this week.
A radio message flashed the
news that the three had suc
cessfully scaled the unex
plored west buttress of the
gigantic mountain.
The expedition is headed by
Dr. Bradford Washburn,
director of the Boston museum
of science. Five other soem-r
bers of the party were re
ported “still climbing’*.
The group has been con
ducting geodetic and geologic
research under the joint
sponsorship of the Boston
Museum and the University of
Denver.
The expedition reported
the mapping and geologic pro
jects have yielded valuable in
formation about the great
mountain which Alaskan Indi
ans named Denali, “Home of
the Sun”.
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