merely of resources, let’s not for- It’s Springtime In The Aleutians get the whale; the Aleutian waters is blessed with whales in great (Ed. note: The Oils folowing article volcanic, sparcely populated, inhos- numbers—to the happiness (and For The Best in Heating was written A. K. and by Larssen, pitable, barren—with nary a bush profit) of the Japanese whale hun- is a of the Aleutian —let alone a tree—to their name. description ter, who is ‘johnny-on-the-spot’ USE Islands with an evaluation of the indeed. (But — Rugged country, here as elsewhere. Islands to the Westward. The writ- once, and not too many years ago, And, let it be said, the modern er is aboard the M/V Commander, these same islands were called, Japanese whale-hunter (killing- which is currently conducting a proudly, ‘The Bridge to Victory’). boat) is a thing of beauty, a hyper- WON OIL'S research on the habits and migra- Be that as it may, the Aleutian U modern ship, fast, efficient, dead- tions of salmon in adjacent waters. Islands have something not men- ly. There are many of these op- Larssen is on the editorial staff o? tioned in the geography books, erating in the Aleutian Island area the Fishermen’s News, a monthly much more. And I am not now at this writing—some of them not EW publication devoted to the fisher- speaking of their peculiar, and fas- N any too far off shore. men of the West Coast and cinating, beauty — that’s another has been — The weather particu- Alaska.) story I am speaking of their bad this even for the A. K. Larssen riches. larly year, Aleutian Islands, one storm follow- I IMPROVED And now it’s springtime in the Yes, riches. For, it is in the cold ing close on the heels of another, Aleutians. Now that’s perhaps a and turbulent waters adjacent to week after dreary week, from statement which would be hard to the Aleutian Islands that the bulk every point of the compass. prove by the thermometer — the of the Alaska salmon—particularly the eider ducks build DEL—WITH Aleutian Island temperature being the Alaska Red salmon—grow up, —Still, F the chatter in the what it is—but, there are other, from ‘minnowhood’ to ‘fishhood,’ nests, ptarmigan faroff the foxes bark, and more conclusive, signs of if you please. Therefore, these hills, hap- It still and all, in spring: the snowbanks are getting same cold and turbulent and all pily. is, spring the Aleutians. smaller, skinnier, more forlorn- too often dangerous waters are L ESS looking day by day; here and there teeming with young salmon, untold along the seashore, and along the millions of salmon; which is an- creeks, the grass is beginning to other word for riches. CAP News that lucious eider SH get green color; Millions of salmon, you ask? Yes, Two Senior members of the Ko- A ducks, and other denizens of the indeed; remember that the Japa- diak Squadron were awarded areo- seashore are busy building nests nese gillnet fleet, operating in nautical ratings. fin- (the sea gull, that individualist, has these same waters, caught S.M. Robert Heikes was awarded his nest weeks and the ished ago, somewhere between 50 and 70 mil- More CAP Pilot rating and S.M. Charles ptarmigans chatter merrily in the lion salmon, year by year, these B. Hamilton was awarded Senior dead grass of yesteryear. Far up in last seven or eight years. And when Pilot rating. hills the foxes bark their stac- the salmon is the caught by million, It has been announced that cato sure enough, the. KERRY mating call; that riches. E spells Alaska will be host for the has as the Wing ‘spring sprung’, saying don t ever think that the Now, female Cadet Exchange which will ... in the Aleutian Islands, goes is the source of wealtn OIL salmon only from 9 -H-1 STOVE OIL ■W'2 BURNER is the third of the take place July througn And today day in the Aleutian Islands. Far from 1962. Two will be se- month of June. July 20, girls the is a it; kingly King Crab, also, lected from each of the six Wings Now; just what are the Aleutian resident of these islands and the order from of the Pacific Region. This includes Islands? in a shrimp is plentiful many deep Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Atka mackerell, hali- Well, geographically speaking, bay. Smelt, Oregon and Washington. the Aleutian Islands is, merely, a but, clams—they are all here, al- These girls, plus five escorts arc chain of islands, composed of big though we do not know in what KODIAK OIL SALES expected to be in Kodiak July 11 ones and little ones, stretching numbers. What is needed—and the and 12 for a tour of the city. Final some 900 miles from the Alaska sooner the better—is investigation, PHONE — 486-2411 details will be announced at a later Peninsula in a (roughly) south- research, an inventory of sorts, a date. western direction; a chain of rough listing of our properties. and rugged islands, mountainous, When we speak of riches, or CAMPAIGN COMMENTS To Pass The Test, Look Your Best 30 Days Required On All Orders Received After April 1st (No Exceptions) Order Now! HOWER SHIRLEY & CURLEY WHEN YOU GET

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