-Eodiak Rlirror
"c^femts 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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Good Reading ’
A three foot social hygiene book shelf is now at the
Kodiak Pub'ic School through the courtesy of the American ;
Social Hygiene Association. 1
The public is welcome to inspect the books through the,
courtesy of Raymond Sanford, field representative of the!
ASHA. Sanford was in Kodiak during the recent convention!
of the League of Alaskan Cities. j
The American Social Hygiene Association was founded;
in 1913 and is concerned with the role of sex or reproductive
instinct in human life. The association is civilian but works
closely with the military.
‘‘The program of the ASHA has positive and negative
aspects,” Sanford said. ‘‘On the positive side it seeks through j
education and social measures to better each succeeding
generation and to adjust the expression of the reproductive1
instinct to the pattern which social experience indicates is i
most beneficial to the individual and the community.”
The books have been inspected by Father Louis B. j
Fink, S. J., of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and Chaplain!
Peter McPhee of Kodiak Naval Station.
The books are recommended reading and should prove
of great value to all.
NOTICE
It is planned to have a his;
Christmas party for all child
ren under 13 years of age of
military and civilian personnel
serving ot the Naval Reser
vation and Fort Greely, Child
ren from the Kodiak Baptist
Mission will be invited to at*
tend.
The party will be held at
the Naval Station gymnasium
at 1:30 pm on Dec. 21.
Ardis Fenner was an out
going plane passenger for
Seattle this week.
LETTER TO EDITOR
Dear Editor:
Tnis letter is in reference to
the prices of fresh seafoods.
The price of crab to the con
: imer should not exceed the
price to the producer more
than 100% at any time. As to
their cash investment as buy
ers and handlers in comparison
to the cash investment of
fishermen pro-rated in this
locality, the vessel owner has
as much overhead and mita
tive cost as the majority of,
crab handlers have.
If the value of crabs is
placed within the means of
people who consume them, the
product can be self-handled
and self-advertised. Does a
community of fishing vessels
the size of Kodiak warrant six
and possibly seven handlers
of fresh crabs? If so why
should the crabs be $1.00 to
$1.50 each?
I have operated in many
localities from Oregon to Ko
diak and have personally
watched the wanton destruc
tion of thousands of pounds
of crabs, salmon and fish of
all sorts, rendering communi
ties who at one time had an
abundance of the above men
tioned, only to have it picked,
culled and graded by buyers
who were becoming rich over
night.
Does it seem possible a fish
worth five cents a pound to
me and my employees should
arrive on your table at 65
cents a pound? Does it seem
possible that crab meat that I
receive appx. 12 cents a pound
for should reach your table at
better than $1.00 a pound
average? Is the fishing in
dustry in this locality selling
Argentina Beef? Or does it
want to support the “Jonny
Come Quicks” in the industry?
Being criticized for the sale
.of fish and other sea foods
within the means of every
body’s pocketbook seems tc
have raised a lot of ridicule.
The operation concerning
local king crab and fresh sea
food which is one of the few
exports nationally known anc
Monday will mark three full years of insured deposits in the Bank of
Kodiak.
Three years ago deposits were $2,150,000. Now they are $3,400,000.
Insurance has been good for our depositors and good for us.
Every depositor is insured to $10,000 including checking and savings
accounts. But for more than seven years no depositor in any insured bank
has lost even a penny whether his deposit was $1 or $50,000.
Bank with Kodiak’s independent, locally owned bank.
f Rank of Kodiak
Closed Every Thursday
Banking service at U.S.N.S. Fridays, Old Administration Building
5:00 -6:30 P. M.
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
self-advertised, produced and
processed in the city of Ko
: diak, shipped direct to most
any point in the U. S., should
itn t be consumed and en
joyed by the local residents,
including the Army auu K av y,
at a fair price to both fisher
; man and processor? Making it
! possible for a fair price to the
consumer, not 50 and 60 cents (
a pound which renders the]
crab inpractical, to the aver
age budget.
At any time the price of
crab may fall to a level not to
exceed 100% of what is paid to [
the fisherman, I will gladly;
return to fishing as me opera-'
tion and sales should be
handled by persons suited and ,
equipped for such a business.!
■But nntil such a time I will
Sremain in the fresh fish busi-j
| ness, trying to be fair with
my fishermen and the custo- j
mers so kind as to do business
with us.
Walter French
Northern Packing Co.
i
Kegglers Corner
Scores in the league bowl
ing is very good for early j
season. J
Starring for the women was
Dorothy Kreiner of the Oilers
who turned in a 302 game.
This performance helped the
Oilers to defeat the Tortoises.
three games.
Kraft’s team was sizzling!
last week as they whalloped
The Bowl’s team two of their
three games. Kraft’s captain, |
Tommy Renshaw repeated his ■
outstanding performance of i
taking high individual game1
honors with a 343 game.
Also, in the hot spot is
Morris Sargent who establish
ed an average of 222 for three
games, one game being 305.
In the Mixed League, A
laska Transfer is first. Alice
Simenoff of the team turned
in the most unique balancing
act. Alice threw a perfect
strike ball only to have the
number two pin teeter on the
gutters edge, while both
teams concerned looked on
with “it’s down’’, “it’s up”
thoughts, better luck next
time Alice.
LETTER TO EDITOR
Dear Editor:
I have talked to about 50
persons concerning the moving
of the city dump.
There does not seem to be
any opposition to moving the
dump. The question is “Where
will we move the thing.” Ev
eryone has an idea. Some seem
to think there isn’t a suitable
place.
I am going to pass on some
of the ideas which are new. I
beleive the council has heard
them all before. One plan is to
ask for the Army dump. This
would be the best and least ex
pensive method.
Another plan is to move the
dump just beyond the city
dock toward the base. The
plan has a lot of support and a
lot of good points. It is close to
town therefore the hauling
cost would be less, little road
maintenance, the city owns
the property and could there
fore completely control the
area, including the rats and
shooting. The area is unfit for
residence.
If a net or some other ob
struction was built to keep the
dump from drifting back into
town and if a ramp was built
so the garbage could be dump
ed directly into the water this
should be ideal.
Another suitable place is
Monashka Bay. I understand
Fred Solberg will give right of
way to this area without
charge.
Another gentlemen with the
experience and the know how
says he can build an incinera
tor for $3,000 that will burn
all the dry garbage that in
cludes everything except bot
tles and cans.
I have collected many other
ideas and plans but they are so
good and valuable I shall
charge a fee for them.
(signed)
T. T. Jackson
Sgt. and Mrs. E. A. Boivin
and children plan to leave on
the USS Funston for Seattle.
Sgt. Boivin of the ACS has
been here several months.
TERRITORY OF ALASKA |
Office of the Auditor
Juneau |
CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION |
I, NEIL I1'. Moore, Auditor of the Territory of |
Alaska, and custodian of corporation records for said |
Territory, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that there has been J
filed in this office on the 5th day of November, 1951, the |
written consent of all the stockholders of the W. J. jj
ERSKINE COMPANY, a corporation organized and )
existing under and by virtue of the laws of the Territory j
of Alaska, to the dissolution of said corporation.
THEREFORE, in view of the above premises. I )
DO FURTHER CERTIFY that the W. J. ERSKINE j
COMPANY, a corporation, is dissolved, pursuant to ;j
1 itle 36, Chapter 1, Section 145, Alaska Compiled Laws i
Annotated, 1949, upon the filing in this office of the pro- \
per proof of publication of this certificate.
(Official Seal of the IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF j
Auditor of the Ter- I have hereunto set my hand J
ritory of Alaska.) and affixed my official seal, at !
Juneau the Capital, this 5th !
day of November,, A. D., 1951.
NEIL F. MOORE,
Auditor of Alaska