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"News of oAmencds Last Frontier*
VuLll NO 2
KODIAK, ALASKA MARCH 10, 1951
PRICE 10 CENTS
*51 Fishing
Season Set
Washington (■£>)— For the
first time in history, Alaska
will have restrictions on non
commercial fishing next sum
mer.
Secretary of the Interior
Oscar Chapman announced to
day the 1951 regulations for
protection of Alaska’s com
mercial fisheries. They in
clude the closing of specified
streams in the Cook Inlet
area, near Anchorage, and in
the upper Copper river, to sal
mon fishing—“including that
for local use.”
“Only four out of the hun
dreds of streams have been
closed,” Chapman said.
"Without such protection, the
salmon runs in these streams
would be completey de
stroyed.”
Chapman said the new regu
lations contain more changes
than usual, because of chang
ing conditions in the fisheries,
On Kodiak Island the mid
season closure from July 15 to
Aug. 1 will be effective this
year in the Red River Dis
trict as well as in the other
districts of the area.
The fishing season in the
Karluk District will close July
15 for the remainder of the
year.
The commercial quota for
herring for 1951 was reduced
to 100,000 barrels, from 150,
«00 for 1950.
1951 regulations also decree
ftnew method of rendering
traps inoperative during
seasonal and weekly closed
periods. A section of the pot
wall of each trap must be
opened and sealed in place
during such closed periods.
The Alaska regulations are
made and enforced by the
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Chapman said.
Seward Mayor
Indicted For Fraud
The mayor of Seward, Eu
gene N. Lanier, was charged
with obtaining money by
false pretenses in a secret in
dictment returned by the
grand jury Feb. 28, and
made public this week, ac
cording to the Anchorage
Times.
Lanier is accused in the in
dictment of “intent to de
fraud md injure the City of
Seward” by accepting $200 as
expenses for a trip to Juneau
to attend a U. S. Coast Guard
meeting there Jan. 8, 1951.
However, the indictment
states, Lanier well knew he
bi4.< tv>r attended the meeting.
Senate Votes Increase In
Salmon Tax; House Votes Later
By Jim Hutcheson
of the Associated Press
A 50% increase in the can
ned salmon tax was approved
by the Territorial Senate
Thursday. It is estimated the
increase will produce an addi
tional $700,000 or more yearly.
The vote was 10 for the
j measure and six against.
The present tax is four per
i cent of 50% of the wholesale
[price. The new bill would
i boost the tax to six percent.
All Third Division senators
j favored the six percent tax on
! the final voting on the bill.
Opponents to the increase
argued that the Alaska Sal
mon Industry shouldn’t be
singled out for the additional
“sharp” tax boost. Propon
ent contended the ASI could
afford to pay.
Fete Gilmore, A SI repre
sentative, cited pack and fish
trap taxes that totaled over
four million dollars for the
present biennium. He also
pointed to other territorial and
local taxes paid by the ASI.
The bill is the second tax
boosting measure to pass the
senate. The other was the
cigarette tax increase. The
house hasn’t acted on either
bill.
The house passed a bill for
licenses for sport fishermen, a
dollar a year for Alaskans,
three for non-residents, and
Easter Seal
Campaign On
Easter seals sold under the
sponsorship of the Alaska
Crippled Children’s Associa
tion were received in the mail
here this week, from An
chorage headquarters of the
organization.
The campaign is the 18th
annual crippled children
Easter seal drive, and is
sponsored nationally by the
National Society for Crippled
Children and Adults, Inc.
The seals, in sheets of 100,
are printed in green and
purple and show a little girl
on crutches with hand out
stretched to receive a con
tribution.
Contributors are asked to
give whatever tney wish for
the seals, and to mail it to the
Auchorage headquarters in an
envelope enclosed with the
seals.
The letter accompanying the
stamps also asks that the
name and address of any
crippled child not receiving
adequate attention be sent to
the ACCA.
natives exempted.
One of the busiest men a
round the legislature this
week was "Marshall Crutcher,
president of the Bank of Ko
diak. He said he was feeling
fine this week after the house
passed three of a half a
dozen bills he drafted as chair
man of the Alaska Bankers
Association legislative com
mittee.
He has been called on fre
quently to explain the bills to
the legislators. He was also
called as a witness on a bill
legalizing film copies of re
cords. He said he wanted bank
records filmed because Kodiak
was a danger area in case of
enemy attack and he wants
duplicate records filed in a
safe spot.
Taxpayers’ Group
Formed At Base
The Civilian Taxpayers
'League of Kodiak Naval Sta
tion was formed this week for
the purpose of giving civilian
woiker» exact and correct in
formation regarding territorial
and federal taxes, Jules ha
dinsny, manager of the Civil
Service Club, told the Cham
oer of Commerce Thursday.
“Lots of workers do not
understand why or how much
territorial tax to pay. The
league will protect the in
dividual and assist the de
partment of taxation," Ra
dinsky said.
Radinsky told the Chamber
that the reason he wanted to
acquaint the group with the
league was to avoid any mis
understanding with the work
ers at the base and town resi
dents over the paying of
taxes.
White Again
Heads KEA
Wilton White was re-elected
president of the Kodiak Elec
tric Association during a
special board meeting Thurs
day at the local plant. White
served the past year as presi
dent of the co-op.
Basil Clark was chosen vice
president and Marshall
Crutcher was again selected to
be secretary-treasurer.
Robert Acheson, who was
elected a director during the
annual meeting Monday night,
has resigned and Jay Wolf,
owner of Kodiak Cleaners,
will be asked by the board of
directors to fill the chair for
the year.
Kay Disputes
Chamber’s Letter
Wendell P. Kay, Demo
cratic territorial representa
tive, has written the Kodiak
! Chamber of Commerce re-j
garding a letter sent protest-1
ing an anti-discrimination |
bill introduced'into the legis-i
lature. \
IheGofG wrote a letter,
on hearing of the proposed
bill, protesting its passage
: and pointing out that the bill [
' would quickly be seized by!
j Southern dixiecrats as another
reason for not granting A
laska statehood.
The letter further pointed
out that the Kodiak G of C
j felt that discrimination did
| not exist in Alaska and that
the bill would serve no use
| ful purpose.
1 Kay polaely thanked the
r of C for its interest and
letter but strongly pointed ont
that disci iminat;on did exist
and that he had data proving
tnat 3U or more instances had
come to his attention.
He admitted that the dixie
crats might take advantage of
the opportunity to cry and
protest equal rights for every-'
one but he telt ih :t the bene
fits derived in the territory
from the bill s p issage and en
forcement would justify its
enactment.
Senator Lyng introduced
the bill, number 23, into the
Territorial Senate.
Howard Bailey
Dies In Seattle
Seattle LP)— Funeral ser
vices for Frederick Howard
Bailey, 59, Alaska manager
of Kadiak Fisheries, were
held Friday at 11 am from
the Arthur Wright and Son
Chapel in Seattle.
Bailey died Tuesday in
Swedish Hospital following a
short illness He was born in
Port Townsend and lived in
Seattle for 20 years. He is
survived by his wife, Lilly, ai
son, Frederick both of Seattle, i
His body was cremated.
Kodiak—Howard Bailey wrs
well known and popular with
residents of Kodiak Island j
and his employees. The three
Kadiak canneries, locked at
Port Bailey, Snearwaler and
Chignik, were under his
supervision for year
Friends of Bailey wired
flowers for his funeral and
messages of condolence to his
widow. Bailey v as in Kodiak
for the last time in the fall of
1950.
Lee C. Bettinger was an m
jOming passenger yesterday.
Tony's Bar
is Sold
Tony’s Bar and Liquor Store
was sold this week to Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Gottschalk of
Nome. Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Butler, former owners, an
nounced the sale late yestei
day following the signing of
the sale papers.
Gottschalk is owner of the
Quianna Club, a bar, in Nome
and has been there the past
three and one half years.
Prior to that he lived in Fair
banks.
Mr. and Mrs. Butler did not
reveal their plans for the
future but indicated they
would go to the states in a
few days.
Earlier, Gottschalk visited
Kodiak and obtained an option
to buy the bar. Tony’s Bar
and Liquor Store is located on*
the corner of Brooklyn avenue
and Alaska Way. It is one o'
the oldest established bars in
Kodiak.
Curly’s Barber Shop and
Connie’s Cafe will continue to
do business at their location in
Tony’s Bar.
Jury Suggest Earlier
Night Club Closing
Night clubs and liquor
stores outside of the corporate
limits of Alaskan cities wib
observe the same as the regu
lar closing hours of bars in
towns if the territorial legis
lature accepts a recommenda
tion of the grand jury,
The recommendation of the
jury was among several that
will affect various businesses
in the territory. The territorial
meat inspection laws were
condemned and the jury
recommended to the legisla
ture that it pass a sanitation
and inspection bill in order to
protect the health of the
public.
Another recommendation
called for the building of a
juvenile detention home in the
territory. At present juvenile
offenders are held in federa1
jails along with older ami
hardened offenders.
The Third District grand
jury sat for eleven days and
returned 38 true bills, three m=
true bills and passed four
matters. They examined 117
\ it nesses.
Ben Kraft plans to leave to
morrow for a trip to the
states. He will be gone three
or four weeks.
Walter Welch, Elks C Ink
steward for the past severa
months, and Mrs. Welch left
this week for SewaH.