The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 31, 1940, Page 30

PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT EDITION THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1940.- ~ % e UOREING | Alaska'sdmportont “PauTindle” — KEICHIKANREPORTSYEAR | R 1 T a7d OF PROGRESS; LANDMARK Sunny Point Cannery Puts ine ; : o | WOOD STREEIS REMOVED Up Experimental Pack : : b e 225 i i e G o BY KETCHIKAN CHAMBER. | rogularly foc the past eight years by New PrO(eSS ; ) }m'— sl 3 ; OF COMMER( The_ services. of .the. city-own 4 5 Ketchikan is undergoing a trans- | Ketchikan Public Utilities haye been To th r\ldfik'\ Pacific Salmon ¢ 4 = tecd " formation.in appearance. So great- onded to a large portion of the | Z (ANNED FISH OF Company’s Sunny Point cannery at | 3 - Z 7 g WA 8 fen™ ly are her characteristics being | rural population on the 25 miles off Ketchikan goes the honor of being Y \ a o } changed this year that not.only the |road leading out of town. It is only cannery pioneering R old-timers who wisited her briefly | planned to cover about three nmcsl Alaska’s only ; o u- S. IN SINGI.E with packaging of salmon. It is an ) 5 S\ 1 during the gold rush days, but even|of this road to the south with a ¢ aiding Ket- & \\( v B} b 9} the settlers who moved away only | hard surfacing this spring. , cup guicié Ifl% !Epl’d!!l SELLING SALMON e rrrrr e rrrrera) exper‘ment materially | ¥EAR s113 000 ooo chikan, as well as the cannery, for | L7y X YEEN ) > a year.or two ago would now hardly The . Ketchikan Spruce Mills, ¥ Y 33 men are employed in the pro- | 2 R know.“The First City." largest industrial enterprise in the b e —_— g | . N\ CHLIC. LOF ° 4 Ketchikan has long been known |eity, was in opcx.nwn for a longer d s Many observers believe packir Y X i for*her many miles of board-walk | period last year than in many years.| | Pojd” canty Alaska A((oun's for More ish, by means of the quick-free N > o streets, .a - characteristic whigh has|It plans to open early again this teaspoons each paysley, lemon r A0 3 greatly intrigued visitors, but has|spring. 3 f pro will some day play a more 2 \ { 3 than Third Na'lOflal t role in the fishing in- W) 3 ! 3 BRLTILSH been the despair of her “City Fa-| Several small shingle mills have BES, $oy dustry than canning. If so, the 3 thers” who have hagl, tg provide|been established recently; mink Combme ta.ploca. Ouipui n 38 Sunny Point cannety is getting a N | CoLUME IR #8§nds for their reconstruction every | farming is on., the increase; steps j B double poiler; I head start on the field five or ten years. Gradually during|are being taken to increase att - | point 5 min"?&'- While Northern Fisheries is ex- the past few years the streets, have | tions. for, tourists and sportsmen; | flaked salgn, reseryil ts “and byproducts in the|Derimenting with the packaging of | been filled in, but now the longest|several businesses. have expanged | | pieces to ‘top sbume be!qré blklna. | States and Alaska in 1938,[C0d and other species, the Sunny stretches are at last and very quick- [ in the last yeax; the mehem‘ddd chopped ' parsley, leny .t year for which figures are|FoInt cannery is the only one so 3 > S ad 6 Iy glving way to permanent, grav- | Fisheries has entered the new field | Remoye ~rom, tire., sn{ %\*‘, available. was valued at $113,861,000, handling saimon, although it is not & eled streets. of producing quick-frozen fillets, | beaten egg yolks, £ Cool, fold It stiff- ccording to the Bureau of Fish-|the only place on the Coast pack- =3 > Improvements and there has been a marked in-|ly beaten whites, turn into buttered = aging salmon. The B. E. Maling ) A $180,000 project is now in pro- | crease in mining, activities. Alto- baking d),sh Bake in’ m oven Of the total, canned products Cempany at Hillshoro, Oregon, found gress. . This will eliminate the boards | gether, it appears that 1940 will see | (325 F.) about Qne b‘ were valued at $83,300,000, a de- |the business profitable a few years from down-town Mission and Sted- | the greatest changes and the great- | with sauce made’. by el crense of 21 percent as compared|380. It is practically without com- A man Streets and Bawden Stroet from | est growth in Ketchikan in over 3-ounce package pi with 1037, and 12 percent as com- |Petition. , cér:e hoslpi]l.‘)l to Grant Street. ,Grant | three.decades, . «- - ~ - {2+ wnsmedmvdn Saugk., jared w 36. The value of by- Retains Moisture reet hill near the Main School is| * = : I lv{v'.q‘t‘“v]r lu!:»;i s{i:)“.‘v(i‘].:)’m)_ 01( <::- The way salmon frozen by the being blasted away and it will soon | $"="=" o of 17 percent from 1637. Birdseye quick- freezing units used be, possible for cars to drive from | § ry products were canned in|by Sunny Point retains the fresh Main Street to Bawden, across the establishments in the United flavor and moisture it would lose center of the city, previously block- | States and Alaska during 1938 com- [Py ordinary {reezing methods is ed by a steep cliff pared with 405 in 1937-and 412, in |comparable to the superiority of) The fill for Mission, Stedman | 1936. The combined cannery out-|meat fried swiftly over meat fried and Bawden strects is being taken b was 16,969,000 standard cases At low temperature for a long pe | from the City baseball park and with an a .ate net weight of iod of time | this park is being lowered aver six | 3,000 pounds. It is still an experiment, though, | feet. Rock for ballasting the walls| of the fills is being taken from the | <5 usual ranked first in the|it is said, as the concern must de- termine if the cost of production | Grant Street cliff. .In running value of canned hery products 2 i " | will enable ‘putting out a product | SOUTHEASTERN 3 g / through this hill, by the way,.a and byproducts, accounting for $39, : i 00, or 34 percent of the total.{at @ price which customers find AN / inch vein of gold-carrying quartz nned salmon valued at $36,637,000, | attractive. | ALASKA Az was, cut. Assayers found. the vein | accounted for 94 percent of Alaska's| In 1938, when the new process | of no commercial importance due stal output of canned fishery eries. ¢ in the canning of sardines| Year packaged about 100,000 pounds | ] ? construction of homes during the and tuna and production of fish|of cchoes. The switch from pinks and meal ranked socond to Al-|t0 cohoes was just experimental Forest Service,US.Dept of Agriculiure, S ')/\ 3/4 A '| past few vears, specially. along the | ith 31 percent of the the cannery reported. roads cut of town and in the Char- ¢ Pacific Coast 8 Cut at Canner; a coal Point District, W acres of | 1e Pacific Coast Stat ik & Loy Nearly half the total population of the Territery lives on the mainland and archipelago Er(,"”,"h‘m. oy (h,h::m el toniriten o TE bk The fish are cut up at the can- | rp o Rty ; alfitotal hery, the tall part belng used ‘for| OF Southcast Alaska. Nearest the States, this is the most metropolitan and fastest . |moder homes have been construc was the most important fillet, the front part for steaks. It growing section of Alaska. ed. * SERVICE DAll" MEALS t/ every dge . 4 you h aven't tried our CHINESE NOGDLES you've missed so"“ethlnq Fhowe B77 Phons 371 aned, the total pack being |15 Wrapped in five-pound amounts | Among the factors which have 5 1 the a ing ord 6,517,000 cases lers representing approximately 80 i i valued at $42865000. and_contrib- ;)‘?(.lf/vlln)mdm and frozen by two CANNED SAlMON o lbc Whieartods: Ganser AR ey oerts Sr D A ll;‘(‘(llljjfllllxll (f}uj"” & ;‘n;memlz.x.m‘ o uting 51 percent of the total value freczes | methods 1n Alaska participated in by | pack fir o RomR U,:“;,:‘t'i of canned products. Packs of other| The finished product will be (’XS-‘ 1- hermen, salmon cannery opera- 3 O ere follews: Tuna and tuna- States. ‘ e ‘4 oA uneau, some miles from |new Federal Building, which .ALL.u‘ ‘| ective in I)nll(llm up the average | (ho arctic Gir ? ishes, 2,75 cas! v Alle r e ¢ any's | cle, a newspaper ma; s o 9 alte 3 fi i»(\ z_:lolq.(fuo u e \,aluf‘f* at o ‘;f,,r,t”(,:;i I"\m‘:,“:" ,“";2’::"; "1 BY ADVERIISING pack as well |'be read near midnight ogd{]um‘ 21y i::‘;r;:,(:?( O'nbn::‘h( ,ll\(,) ,,1"1:;1[,:13;‘,&5 85,000, California and Matne 5 8, ORI, o LRl Despite a substantial reduction in vunmuv. artificial light 4 AR ardines. 2,933,000 cases, valued at kan at the beginning of last season the average salmon paeks on Puget \ al light. as Basin H'irbox which has been $0.469,000; shrimp. 1,073,000 cases, to get the process in operation, und and ‘Columbia River, the .n—‘ S h“""’a pubh(: Ilbrar) ofw;llevbtczu ‘l];:m];)ow:n p“mnl;-’lxy;hllx:r valued at $4,855,000; clam products, then turned direction over to local | “iage total American pack of canned 756,000 cases, valued at $3,130,000: cannery officials and departed. ‘Ga n of MI“IOH Cases Per seliopn ialk \ch 13 per cent 2;’:’0 Al KO R Wee Suriaye oo, L;)‘;”"“‘fl‘“: il ’h‘\‘”“' g v ore floats have been add cveters, 467.000 cases, valued at $1,- e ; | Yearl_ |d foc m al ; g ; for the four years as compared with 831,000; mackerel, 966,000 cases, val- FRENCH FRIED SALMON | a ampaign [ the preceeding 'tem syeanps -y ~+ Tt 5,000 WITH LEMON GARNISH by IfldUSffy gt moreatse P 4 Marine oils were valued at $13,-| 1 pound canned salmon | Vi unw‘:t on m:k ai“; i 4000. The value of other im-| 1 egg | et o > A e e (f‘,; e | The national advertising "um»‘ ars prior to 1935 was 6,539,000 e N g Frbittie paign conducted by the Canned|es. The average for the four ye m‘“‘" ew‘sfllzt{ogwmarfn: p“"! s | Salmon Industry has boosted sales | 1935-38 was 7:455,000 cases. The total | Butu Proudiw, e v 1850 wil= < le \ " n E ) lln“ tel sselshel r s S 4 Seps of all canned salmon approximate- | American pack for 1939 was off due | j‘r.:};u. ;1' 1;nllaX;}zdu::‘;]\];.f]fi?au:lg‘ “ri(rf)‘.lrR \ali:(’)n into eight large| )y one million cases per year over |chiefly to the poor Alaska produc- ducts,” $1.415,000. ok B Ill:kr “m;( ot e Hip Salm“n‘ the average yearly sales of the in- |tion last summer. The pack amount- : Fiake: x'*] b2 and then in|gugry prior to launching the cam- |ed to 5971527 cases | ad crumbs. Heat fat to 380 de-|pajgn, a report released recently by | The advertising program which (ENSUS Io pROVE grees and fry salmon flakes for|ine salmon industry ‘ndvx‘rnsmglhas brought about the increase in from 3 to 5 minutes until browned.| committee shows. Stnt was launched, Sunny Point pack MILES to its small size, but, it .carries $5 California, with important indus- | €d 30,000 pounds of pinks, but h‘l‘ 25 5 " a ton in gold. There has also beep much new | the use of canned salmon has util- OF REAL vAluE To ‘ED::C garnished with lemon bas-| The report compares the average | ized all recognized advertising media (] | yearly sales for the period July 1,| National women’s mag news- | HSHI"G '“DUSTRY To make lemon baskets, remove 1935 to July 1, 1039 with the aver- | papers, farm magazines, newspaper imlmx rromi the upperrhaltil of alage of the preceding ten years.|supplements, radio, outdoor bill- emon, excepting a one-fourth inch| Average figures are used because|boards, and trade paper advertis- While the 1940 census—the 16th strip across the top, left on for|they tend 8o eliminate the wide|ing have been used in the campaign taken in the United States—does|the handle. Remove Jlemon pulp| fluctuations caused by exceptional| The salmon industry’s advertising not cover the actiial catching "ficarerully under the handle and| conditions in individual years. campaign received professional rec fish, the Census Bureau states that,| decorate baskets with pxmlento\ Sales Up 16 Percent ognition last summer when it was | in its inventory of American popu- | strips or parsley, The edges of the| During the four years in which |awarded honorable mention as best % o lation and resources, it will collect|jemon baskets may be scalloped if | the industry has carried on adver- |designed to meet the sales problems i : 1 e 8 facts and figures of real value to|desired. tising, the average annual sales |of the advertiser at the annualk con- the fishing industry. | S o | have amounted to 7,575,000 cases.|vention of the Pacific Advertising A As J U N E AU Data on fish and shellfish pro-| Biggest glacier in Alaska is Mala- | This is an increase in average sales|Clubs Association held on Treasure cdssed will be assembled by a cen-|spina covering 1500 square miles,|of 16 per cent over the average for |Island in San Francisco Bay. sus of manula_cturcs, while a census | larger than the State of Rhode Is- | the ten year period prior to the ad- The campaign is supported by a of business will trace the distribu-|ana; | vertising campaign, when sales av- . assessment paid by pack- tion of fresh and processed sea foods through wholesale channels.|f = = A census will be taken and a spe-| A . 1 cific report made on the number |} lT’s This day and age, to OWN C 0 M P A N Y of sea food markets and their dol- (]| A HOME OF YOUR OWN. || lar sales. The census of manufacturers al- so will collect up-to-date informa™ Il [ tion on the operations of fish can- P f TAKE T E FIRST 5 . - . ,6 ot Y 4 A 2 neries, and on the processing of fish oils in various industries. Pro- | sction of fish and in J \ 3 - ::usl ete, will be :;:E ewxaéfim?xl, | 9 . l Vasw e | | % STEP TODAY! SEE, MINE and MILL: Juneau, Alaska more detail than formerly, bringing o out figures of definite significance QY ¢ f in the various branches of the |} - \ § 4 field. S ‘ (3 Aside from fishery matters as | U such, the census will collect essen-|j & \ 71X “ AR SIS BRSBTS S e UL Iaee . tial data on employment, payrolls and other operation items of value ¥ in )110:i.~ux'irllg the many economic|f| Irfeg;': 1:; Ir;]r;v;yrj vtl(; l\’l)v‘lellldb:qli‘;r;nm ¥4 “, i ¢ g o : activities of the nation. In com- 4 piling chsh‘::ries dat:. enumer:wmrsi ) offer you help and contructive ideas EXECUT"/E 0FF'CE‘ ! we can aid you with materials are working in close cooperation { s with the Bureau of Fisheries. and plan .m\d our prices are 1 Su” Fru”cisco U S ‘ It is pointed out that only ques-| easonable. s Lo Do [Re tions considered absolutely indis- | pensable have been included on the | P e e schedules. Representatives of many| VR gL N ¥ P 5 £ 4 o industries were consulted on the 4 A 4 B 1 s P 0 s v s v | IR orilel o HHOME that WILL LAST question must serve a practical s % purpose. Further, those reporting‘ are carefully protected under the . law from disclosure of confidential PH = o e information or use of their reports ONE BLACK 135 TO SEE OUR CHOICE for purposes of taxation, regula-1 EVERGRE‘?N Lx_IuHTS LOTS tion or investigation. The censuses of business and . D manufactures were commenced A und January 2, and it is announced that at least basic figures gathered in this work will be published in late| 0f “Humes that Satnsfy” mmer or early fall, with more| efaied reports tollowing as rapia. | HOUSES NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION 2t OPENFORINSPECTION ly as possible. ‘