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"gAferns of cAmerica's Last ’frontier
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
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Entered in the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
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Candace Crawford, Executive Editor
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for the people shall not perish from the earth.'—Lincoln
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for republication of all news dispatches credited to it
or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the
local news published herein.
Bad Real Estate Deal |
Persons moving on and erecting camps or dwellings on
land now held by the Bureau of Land Management are mak-|
ing a bad investment. !
Land beyond the Clark homestead on Mill Bay Road (
and along certain sections of Mission Road has been with
drawn by the BLM and has not been subject to legal entry .
for over 10 years. j
The land along Mission Road includes some property
near Potato Patch Lake and beyond the Baptist Mission. The'
land on Mill Bay road is that beyond the Montmartre which is
held by persons not having a patent or deed. j
The land was recently surveyed and plotted by a sur- •
vey party from the Anchorage office and a plat is now in the
process of being prepared. Over 140 small tracts, averaging j
11 acres each, have been plotted and will be up for disposal i
this fall or winter. Veterans will be given preference and in
the event two or more persons file on the same tract the
question will pe settled by drawing.
If you are one of several who have begun clearing or,
constructing dwellings on the recently surveyed land you are!
taking a chance with your work and investment.
A representative of the BLM said, “There will be no
such thing as squatter’s rights. As soon as the temporary
plat is completed everyone will have an equal chance to obtain
a certain tract regardless of any structures or improvements
made on the land.”
Land in this area which has been filed on because of
minerals believed there, or claimed found on the land will be
subject to inspection by mineral experts from the BLM office.
A person filing on a certain tract must post a filing fee
and it has been pointed out that he can exercise his filing
rights only once in two years.
Anyone now building, or who has built, houses or build
ings on any of the government held property recently sur
veyed has no assurance that one year from now the property
will legally become his own.
THE STORY OF MONEY
IN KODIAK
In January, 1943, savings deposits
were $795,000. When construction stopped
on the naval station they fell away rapidly
and by June of that year were down to
$320,000. To-day they stand at $817,000, a
new high record in Kodiak.
In January, 1943, total deposits were
$3,825,000 and later declined to $1,590,000.
This week they were back to $3,455,000.
It is true that the value of money has
shrunk, but Kodiak is holding its own
financially.
Closad every Thursday
Ranking servica at N. O. B„ Fridays. Old Administration Building, 5:00 6:30 F. M
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
! LEIIIR TO EDITOR
August 8, 1951
Dear Editor:
Your article in the July 21
(issue of your paper quoting
me relative to hydro-electric
and irrigation projects in the
Columbia River basin seems
to have stirred up a little con
troversy as evidenced by the
letter from Mr. Glenn A.
Diehl published in your July |
28 issue.
As your article was written,
one might infer that all dams
on the Columbia River were
constructed without fish pro
tective devices. If you will re-,
fer to my statement where I
mentioned the spring runs of |
salmon on the Columbia River
it reads “On the contrary the
spring populations are in de
plorable shape. Some are com
pletely and uermanently an
nihilated. Most of the up
river spawning areas, for
merly used by these early j
runs, are absolutely blocked!
by high dams. Grand Coulee j
and a number of lesser ones '
could be mentioned. No at-1
tempt whatsoever, was made I
to elevate the mature salmon
over these edifices. The
spawning areas above were
simply, and finally, written off
by the dam builders. It would
seem, that, if just a part of
the creative genius, required
to plan and build these struc
tures, had been applied to the
problem, spawning salmon
would still-going above Grand
Coulee to complete their life’s
mission and their offspring
would be coming down safely
to the sea.”
; The Grand Coulee dam a
| lone eliminated over 1000
j miles of spawning and feeding
J areas. Of the lesser ones I|
! could have mentioned Tieton,
| Cle Elum and Bumping Lake
dams on the Yakima River;
Boise diversion canal and j
Arrowrock dams on the Boise!
River; Black Canyon dam on
the Payette River; Malheur,
| Burnt, Powder and Owyhee
|river dams in Oregon; and a
number of others. The Federal
government built 40 dams on
the Columbia River Water
shed between 1902 and 1942;
and of these 35 constituted
total barriers to fish migra
tion and have accounted for
the total destruction of most
of the former salmon runs in
to the watershed above their
respective locations*
Likewise none of the early
irrigation projects made any
attempt to screen the intakes
of their canals. Thousands
upon thousands of small sal
mon, trout and other fish are
carried into the fields by the
lateral irrigation ditches,
where they perisheL
It was only upon continual
insistence of the state fishery
agencies and representatives
of the commercial and sport
fishing interests that dams
were equipped with ladders
and diversion ditches screen
ed. Much progress has been
made but results are still not
satisfactory. Even at Bonne
ville Dam where $7,000,00o
was spent for fish protective
devices, the best scientific in_
formation today indicates that
both the upstream and down
stream migrants suffer a loss
of 15-20% in passing this dam.
It is not my purpose to en
ter into a lengthy argument
on this subject. However I
do have ample evidence to
supDort every statement given
you on my recent trip to Ko
diak. I expect to be in Kodiak J
again soon, and will bring I
with me some of the sub
stantiating data. I will be
pleased to show this to Mr.
Diehl or any other interested
parties at that time.
Sincerely yours,
[s] C. L. Anderson
Director
Alaska Department of
Fisheries.
Bomber Crash
continued from page 1
reports of the sighting of the 1
wreckage were made the Tilla- ]
mook proceeded to the island
and put a landing party
ashore.
The USS Bagaduce from:
Adak, also participated in the
seaich.
A nine or ten foot section j
of a wing with the white star1
of all United States aircraft
was seen by Lt. A. M. Zaka
rian, pilot of the PBY which
found the wreckage.
He said an area approxi
malely 200 feet in diameter
was burned and that the plane
definitely exploded.
Hospital Hews
BIRTHS:
To Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Levine, a son, Arthur Roy,
Aug. 12, 7 lbs., 13 oz.
Medical attention: Evelyn
I Pratt, Judy Nekeferoff, J. G.
Richmond, Lloyd White, Mrs.
Mildred Lewis, Mrs. Leah
Jackson.
Charles Bryan Warren and
Irene Nieminen of Kodiak
have made an application to
the U. S. Commissioner for a
marriage license.
Baptist Conclave
Ends Thursday
The three day Alaska Bap
tist Convention here drew 57
delegates from Ketchikan,
Juneau, Fairbanks, Anchorage
and Spenard.
The delegates arrived Tues
day in a chartered PNA plane
from Anchorage and departed
Friday.
Reverend James Bolton,
Juneau, was president of the
convention and presided dur
ing the meetings. Other
speakers were: Rev. Felton
Griffin and Rev. DeFoore of
Anchorage: Rev. B. I. Car
penter, Ketchikan; Rev. Or
land Cary, Fairbanks. Rev.
R. N. Wilkinson was host
pastor to the convention.
Between meetings the dele
gates made excursions to
Woody Island and the top of
Pillar mountain, inspected the
Evangel and the Kodiak Bap
tist Mission.
Ketchikan has been chosen
as the site for the next con
vention.
2nd Wild West
On Labor Day
A second rodeo will be
held Labor Day at the Nelson
ranch in Kalsin Bay, John
Gibbons, co-sponsor of the one
held Aug. 5, announced yes
terday.
Feature events of the show
will be riding, roping and wild
cow milKing contests to deter
mine the Kodiak Island cham
1.1 jnship.
Winners of the bareback
bronc riding, wild steer rid
ing, wild cow milking and calf
roping will receive sterling
I silver belt buckles, Gibbons
said.
Entrance fee for the con
testants is $5 for each event.
The purse will be split four
ways, the winner receiving
40% and second, third and
fourth places receiving 30, 20
and 10% of the purse respec
tively.
Give to the Cancer Crusade
WE WANT TO SAY
THANKYOU
to everyone in Kodiak who has had
a part in making our visit to Kodiak
a MEMORABLE one
Messsengers to
The ALASKA BAPTIST
CONVENTION