cook Inlet Fish
Catch Given
The total number of salmon
taken in Cook Inlet the past 1
season and brought to various
canneries on Kodiak Island
for canning was 629,475 ac-j
cording to the U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
The majority of the fish
were red salmon and the FWS
figures on the number canned
are: reds, 520,219; kings, i
15,925; pinks, 746, chums, 71,
152; cohoes, 21,433.
Between 10 and 11 red sal-1
mon are required to fill a case.
The FWS said the catch was
smaller than that pacKed last i
year of Cook Inlet fish.
One section of the ware
house at the city dock was
completely tilled with cases of
canned salmon which will be
shipped by Alaska Steamship
Company freighter to Seattle
Bea Malutin's Wedding
Set For September 2
The wedding of Beatrice
Irene Malutin and Peter
Smith, USMC, will take place
Sept. 2 at 3 pm at the Rus
sian-Greek Orthodox Church
on Mission Road.
Following the wedding a
reception will be held at the
home of her parents Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Malutin. Invita
tions to the wedding and re
ception were mailed this week.
Talmage L. Smith, local
attorney, flew to Anchorage
this week on business.
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KODIAK to HOMER $18.25
KODIAK to JUNEAU $105
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700 Attend
[Rodeo
, Nearly 700 rodeo fans
turned out for the Wild West
Show Sunday at Tom Nel
son’s ranch on Kalsin Bay.
The large crowd attended
the various events despite
occasional rain and threaten
ing skies. In the saddle bronc
riding contest no one quali
fied and each contestant took
a share of the prize money.
Don Bentley finished first in
the bareback riding contest
and J. C. Davis and G. R.
Newman, second and third,
respectively.
Ralph Gibbons was winner
of the wild cow riding con
test and Richard Mallory won
second place honors.
John Gibbons won the calf
roping contest with Tom Fel
ton taking second and Richard
Mallory third. Bob Hightower
won the quarter mile with
Tom Felton and Dale Barton
coming in second and third. 1
In the quarter mile race for [
women Grayce Hightower <
brought home the winner and <
Shirley Wallace placed second. ]
There wras no challenge
pony express race but each i
contestant made a donation to I'
the Cancer Crusade tund. i
Many of the winners of the
various events also turned
their prize money into the
cancer fund.
John Gibbons, co-sponsor of
the show, said he was think
ing of holding another one on
Labor Day. He indicated there \
would be more livestock for ,
the Labor Day show and pos- '
sibly more contestants. '
School Board
Receives Check
The Kodiak Independent i
3hool District board received
a check for slightly over $6,
300 Thursday as the initial ad
vance on advance planning
money.
The U. S. government
check was received by Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson, president of
the ISD, from the Alaska
Public Works program.
The board will meet this
week to consider a replace
ment for Thomas Crooks, who
resigned from the board and '
later left aboard the Denali <
for the states. <
Bad Checks Issued
In Anchorage
Merchants in Anchorage
were warned to be on the
lookout for three stolen checks
totalling $235.32 this week.
The checks were on the
First National Bank of Port
land made out to Alva Ross
and were issued by the Robin
son Tile and Marble Co. and
Roedel Tile Contracting.
The checks were no. 93 for
$7.78; nos. 132 and 169 for
$113.77 each. They were
signed by Virginia Houston
and Earl Wood.
Donald T. Lowery, REA
representative, was in town
this week.
Tax Deputy Guilty
Of Embezzlement!
Anchorage (*P) —Archie L. j
Brown, former deputy tax col
lector, was found guilty of
embezzling $4,350 of territorial
funds by a Third District
Court Jury this week.
The jury, composed of 11
women and one man, deli
berated for 20 hours before
reaching a verdict.
Brown was accused of em
bezzling money given by the
Northern Music Company in
payment for slot machine
taxes. No receipts or stamps
for the machine were ever
issueu.
Brown was free on Sf5,000
bail late this week. His at
torney Wendell Kay announc
ed he would appeal.
Polly Toshwak Returns
Miss Polly Toshwak, who
left early this year for special
medical treatment at Morning
si le, has returned to her
home on Kodiak Island.
A letter to U. S. Commis
sioner A. M. Vokacek from an
offical at the sanitorium said
Miss Toshwak had been re
leased and was enroute home.
Paul A. Dupler, local attor
ney, flew to Anchorage early
this week.
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