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FOSHAY CHAMPION
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Do you remember a short time
back the north end publication
was telling of the advantage to
the city if it sold its public util
ities? Not a peep since, except
in vague generalities. Now just
when was he really supporting
the idea last? Remember? A
lot of boloney! What?
DEVIOUS METHODS
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When the Power Trust can’t
buy or bribe a newspaper it en
deavors to drive it out of busi
ness with subsidized competi
tion.—George L. Knapp in LA
BOR.
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DELIBERATE PREVARICATION
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A recent article in the Empire
of Juneau stated that owing-to
continued storms and seining
operations the traps were not
getting as many salmon, the
early part of the season.
The actual fact was that the
storms did not interfere much
with trap operations; the sein
ers did not get any fish for only
a few had gotten out on the
grounds.
The early run of salmon did
not materialize. A depleted sal
mon run cannot appear in the
fishing areas. But the Empire,
the mouthpiece of the Salmon
Trust must give the tools—Bu
reau of Fisheries—an excuse for
the failure of salmon to appear.
TO HIM THAT HATH
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The Salmon Trust with their
traps are demonstrating that a
salmon pack can be put up with
out the use of seines. The Trust
has plenty of financial backing
When they haven't, they go out
and sell stock and issue bonds
to cover their needs.
Their trap system is putting
up their packs this year. The
resident fisherman is doing
nothing but run around burning
gasoline and running accounts
with resident business houses.
If there earnings continue the
remaining few days of fishnig as
to date, who is going to pay the
bill—the: .fisherman who has
nothing or: the business man
who, to . continue in business
MUST pay-his bills to wholesal
ers.?
ROCKS AHEAD
“I am: afraid of myself. If I
dont quit fishing. I know I will
be caught fishing illegally and
before I submit to the Bureau
highbinders (bureau of fisheries
wardens) I will take my gun and
shoot them. It is safer for me
to quit before I do hurt.”
Not once, but several times
this summer has the above
statement been made to us.. It
comes from resident Alaskans.
Not Indians for when the Indian
has had enough of the damn
nable czaristic autocracy of the
O’Malley system, they will shoot
first and talk about it after
wards.
The history of every industri
al revolution has been an evo
lution by force of direct action.
The citizen—no matter how good
—when he has had enough of
the iron heel of the overlords
turn upon them and by the
shedding of blood and destruc
tion of property, call a halt.
This is not a threat. It is a
statement of the actual senti
ment to which the Bureau of
Fisheries is driving the resi
dents.
A kiss on the dock is worth two.
“NORMAL PACKS”
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When reference is made to the ]
salmon pack for 1929, it is al-1
ways said that there will be a
“normal pack” and that the fish
are showing a “normal run.”
The salmon runs are abnorm
al. Except in isolated instances
the run of salmon to the parent j
stream is a failure. There is no
qualification in this statement.
The entire coast shows a deple
tion that no amount of figures
or bureau officials can dispute.
Salmon streams that WERE
good spawning grounds now
are absolutely- barron of fish of
any kind save the almos tuseless
dolly varden trout.
ESCAPEMENT AT ANAN
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With much feeling of pride the
agents of the bureau of fisheries
point to an escapement of 120,
000 salmon at the famous Anan
humpback stream.
Of all the blatherskite, mis
leading half truths, this is the
limit.
Only a few years ago it was
when the Alaska Packers’ Asso
ciation cannery at Wrangell av
eraged 40,000 cases FROM THIS
ONE STREAM ALONE. The year
of the wrecking of the Star of
Bengal, that cannery packed
67,000 cases from that one creek
alone; the F. C. Barnes cannery
at Lake Bay put up close to 20,
000 cases from that stream;
the Northwestern Fisheries can
nery at Santa Ana put up close
to 30,000 cases; the Burnett can
nery put up about 10,000 cases;
a steam tug was taking two
scowloads of salmon to the A. P.
A. cannery at Loring; the North
western Fisheries at Kasaan had
several boats all fishing in the
same spawning area. And more
salmon escaped up to the spawn
ing grounds that year than the
same stream has seen in the
past seven years
When -Mr. O’Malley’s hench
men talk-of escapement to Anan
Creek being: normal, they are
either crazy, they are lying or
they are a '• bunch of ignorant
fools. * - •
SNAKE CREEK
Ask any old fishermen if he
ever fished in Snake Creek and
he will laugh at you. The stream
under the old order was not
good enough to bother with so
the fishermen passed it up for
the larger spawning aeras. Now
in the reports by the bureau
agents, they point to Snake
Creek with pride. In the old
day it was only good for the salt
ery men.
WHO’S AN ASS
From The Pacific Fsherman
We get" keen pleasure from a
fable sent out* in a circular by
Wiley Ambrose, the San Diego
tuna packer. It seems to apply
pretty well to the fish canning
industry and the fish business
in general, but perhaps with
special force to the situation in
California. Here it is:
The Wisdom of the Sheik’s Asses
At the beginning of things,
when the world was young, the
donkey was esteemed by all the
tribes of man as the wisest of
animals. The good sheik El
Pistonah owned a great herd of
these sagacious beasts which
was the pride and joy of his
heart.
Other sheiks from miles around
came to listen and marvel at
the wisdom of the herd. At such
? time came even the Prophet
himself—most learned and wise
of all the sons of the East. With,
much glowing of pride. El-Pis-1
tonah led him out to the herd
and said: “Behold, oh Prophet,
the wise and talented asses.
Converse with them, test them,
and see if they are not verily
wiser than forty trees full of
owls.”
Then the Prophet addressed
the asses—“Let us test your wis
dom,” said he. “Answer me this
question: ‘What should an ass
require for a three days’ jour
ney?”
“And they counseled among
themselves and then made re
ply: “For a three days’ journey
Oh Prophet, any ass should re
quire three bags of dates and six
bundles of hay.”
“Very good,” Quoth the Pro
phet, “that soundeth like a fair
and proper price.” Whereupon
El-Pistonah broke into loud
chuckles and said: “Did I not
tell you they are passing wise?”
But the Prophet answered:
“Wait!” and he again address
ed the asses. “I have for one of
you,” he said “a three days
journey, but I will not. give thre
bags of dates and six bundles o
hay for making it. Let him
who will go for less stand forth.’
And behold they all stood forth
and all began to talk at once
One would go for two bags of
dates and six bundles of hay
Then another one for one bag
of dates and three bundles o'
hay, until finally one specially
long-eared ass agreed to go fortl
for but one bundle of hay.
THERE ARE ASSES AND ASSES
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When prices are low in tht
halibut industry there are asse
who go out on trips even thougl
they know they will go in the
hole for the trip; even though
market conditions and stock ir
storage would justify staying at
home.
There are asses in the trolling
game who cut their ow nthroatr
by going out for salmon wher
prices offered will not pay ex
penses. But knowing the pricer
are not right, they go just the
same.
There are asses in the seining
game who cut their own throatr
that they cannot earn a decent
living wage, let alone ‘cultura1
wage.’ They go knowing they
only go out to get into debt.
There are asses, sitting by
mouthing no protest when ah
these things are taking place.
There are asses and asses. It
is time that they learned some
thing.
“PRINTS ALL THE NEWS ”
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Says Eddie Morrissey of Ket
chikan on his masthead “we
print all the news worth print
ing all the time/’
Many things worth printing
and should be printed, are never
even mentioned by our contem- '
porary. And not the least of it'
is the charge of exploiting of the '
Ketchikan citizens by the Fo- 1
shay Company. Eddie lacks the j
guts to tell the truth about what
he knows to be a monopolistic
advantage for the purpose of
paying big dividends by gouging
the public.
A lot of stuff Eddie and John
ny and Jacky and others of that
tribe of political abortions
should print they leave unsaid.
But they sure lay on the molass
es when it comes to exploiting
the man who is digging his home |
out of the woods and hills of
Alaska.
“To the Big Canneries Who
Employ Cheap Labor”
“Listen to me big man” Who
Are You
Seattle, Washington
August 5, 1929
The ALASKAN,
Petersburg, Alaska
Dear Editor: 1
Alaskans are confronted each
Spring with the problem of an
invasion of an army of Japs,!
Chinese, and Filipinos who do
not quite understand a white 1
man’s mode of living or culture, 1
ind who are incapable of being!
assimilated. This great army of
riff-raff, cheap labor is sucking
the life-blood from true Alas
kans. These cheap birds are an
xious and willing to. work any
and all hours for wages and un- I
der conditions that an Ameri- \
can worker could not survive and :
keep up an American standard
of living. It is seriously under
mining our very Alaskan-Am
crican existence.
These invaders, chiefly males,
ire also responsible for the cre
ation of a moral situation that
cannot be tolerated.
Confronted with such a prob
'em of a wholesale invasion of
Alaska, we as Alaskans, must
lemand the same exclusion
‘rom our land of the Filipinos as
*ve have against other Orientals.
Freedom for the Filipinos, cer
tainly, but we also demand free
lom for the Alaskans from this
nvading, menacing army that
Threatens the very foundations
f our standard of living.
Very truly yours,
JAMES R. LITTLE
\N O’MALLEY VICTIM TALKS
This letter is me story of u
victim oi u lvuuiey s lisn reguia
aons ior tne onumtigiu isiuiius.
mere are others wno ten tne
-tory with sngiit vanauoiis. uii
-loses with "its a good thing
j Maiiey travels arouna wen
guarded by congressmen ana
ethers!”
Shumagin Island, July 9, 192y
rhe restrictive fisn regulations
n'e getting worse and worse. The
-our days a week closed period
vorks only to the injury of tne
.mall fry. The canneries will
■tave a full pack at the end of
-he season as usual. They are
now running overtime every day
.n the week with traps full at
all times. The fish wardens are
a human lot but they are wont
ing for a small salary, not
enough to keep them in decent
clothing and board for the bal
ance of the year. They are din
ed and wined by the canneries
and get no favors from us poor
Sourdoughs, so what can you
expect? One fish warden can
not travel over his district often
enough to do any good as far as
seeping tabs on the traps is con
cerned. The fact is that the
four days closed times is only in
tended as a check on us poor
devils. The Bureau of Fisheries
nas made criminals of every sal
mon fisherman in Alaska. To be I
forced to act arid feel like a j
criminal for every fish you take,
and at the same time see mil
lionaire concerns with head
quarters located thousands of
miles outside the Territory get
a free hand to take fish by the
millions while we poor devils are
compelled to stay home four
days a week, the best time of
the year and worry on how we
can manage to get pork and
beans enough to' do us through
the winter, is a hard lot indeed.”
“Have you any Lifebuoy?’*
Queried a fair customer the oth
er day of a local Othello clerk.
“Just set the pace, kiddo,” was
the smiling reply of Peter Sheik.
United States Department of
Interior
General Land Office
Anchorage, Alaska, July 11, ’29
Notice is hereby given that
Robert Oscar Parks, serial 06296,
entryman, together with his wit
nesses, . Carl . Adolph. Swanson
and Louis John Israelson, all of
Petersburg, Alaska, has submit
ted final proof on his homestead
pntry Forest List 8-9, H. E. S. No
170, and it is now in the files of
the U. S. Land Office, Anchor-*
age, Alaska, and if no protest is
filed in .the .local .land .office
ivithiij the period of publication
ar thirty days thereafter ,said
aal proof will be accepted and
final certificate issued.
J. Lindley Green
Register.
Date first publication Aug.1,9192
Date last publication Sept.27, ’29
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