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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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Report on the lack of buoys and lights along the Alaskan coast westward, posing dangers to mariners amid growing fishing, livestock, and fur-farming industries in the Aleutians and Alaska Peninsula. Jack McCord raised the issue at the Seward Chamber of Commerce luncheon yesterday, advocating for better marking of western capes.
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You can travel several hundred miles to the Westward and not see a buoy or a light. The hardy mariner has to do his stuff "by guess and by God," but if the winds and the fogs come up he has to do more guessing.
The matter is becoming important in view of the fact that fishing, livestock raising and fur-farming are speeding up along the Aleutians and the Alaska Peninsula.
It was brought up at the luncheon of the Seward Chamber of Commerce yesterday by Jack McCord who is interested in sheep, cattle and blue fox on Sitkalidak Island, off the southeastern shore of Kodiak. The capes to the Westward should be better marked, Mr. McCord thinks; and the Gateway is in accord with this view.
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Aleutians, Alaska Peninsula, Sitkalidak Island Off Southeastern Shore Of Kodiak, Seward
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Jack McCord, interested in sheep, cattle, and blue fox on Sitkalidak Island, raises concern at Seward Chamber of Commerce luncheon about inadequate buoys and lights along the western coast, emphasizing the need for better marking of capes due to increasing fishing, livestock raising, and fur-farming activities.