SURVEY OF ALASKA'S
FOREST RESOURCES
Delegate Bartlett has called i
for a survey of the forest re
sources in Alaska through legis
lation introduced this week in
the House.
The measure would include
Alaska and other territories and
possessions in a bill enacted In
1928 providing for a nation-wide
survey of national forest re
sources in the continental
United States. The inventory in
the States, carried on since 1930
to obtain information as to avail
able timber resources, has cover
ed more than 70 percent of the
total forest land area of the
United States (exclusive of the
territories and possession), and
since 1946 about 90 million acres
have been resurveyed.
WRITES ROBERT H. SECRIST, JR.:
Alaska Salmon Industry Plays Major Role In March Of Progress
The importance of the Alaska salmon in
dustry to the Territory was graphically de
scribed by many of the entries in the recent
$1,200 Student Essay Contest sponsored by
the Alaska Salmon Institute. Reprinted be
low is the first place essay in the High
School Division which won Robert H. Se
crist, Jr., of Juneau High School a $300 cash
award and a $125 set of encyclopedias for
his school library.
Through the years the Alaska
salmon industry has played an
important part in the development
of the territory. Its operations
have furnished employment to
many thousands, and its taxes
have paved the way for the
steadily increasing prosperity that
Alaska has enjoyed ever since
1867.
The industry has also played a
major role in the steady march
of progress that has brought the
delights of Alaska salmon into
millions of homes the world over.
Through the Fisheries Research
Institute, supported by its mem
ben, the Alaska salmon industry
Is constantly delving into the mys
tery of the salmon, both to in
crease the annual catch and to in
sure the perpetuation of this great
natural resource.
In addition to its scientific
studies, the industry has con
stantly improved and perfected its
canning methods until, today, the
Alaska salmon cannery is one of
the most efficient operations to
be found anywhere. In the can
neries speed is combined with
care, in order to pack the salmon
with the utmost efficiency, but
vlthout sacrificing its health-giv
ing qualities or delicate flavor.
From the moment the salmon en
ters the cannery, every precau
tion is taken to insure its excel
lent quality.
Every machine used in the can
ning of salmon is a specialized
miracle of efficiency. The Iron
Chink, a remarkable machine
unique to salmon canning, re
moves head, tail, fins, and viscera
with amazing speed. The filler
weight. Through all of these op
erations the utmost caution is
taken to preserve the fresh flavor
and texture of the salmon.
Anyone fortunate enough to visit
an Alaska salmon cannery cannot
help but be Impressed with the
scenes that are constantly enacted
there and at other such canneries
throughout the territory. To ac-^
tually work there and thus be a
part of the great Alaska salmon
industry Is an awesome and un
forgettable experience. There is
something gratifying In being a
part of the steady march of prog
ress that is bringing salmon Into
millions of homes everywhere.
This is not a mechanical march
of progress, but rather a living
overture to humanity, throbbing
with the lives of thousands of men
and women, and played to the
tune of millions of dollars. It
opens softly with the seiners and
tenders coming in sight after
reaping the rich harvest of the
sea, swells to a mighty roar with
the canning of the fish, and fin
ally dies away to a faint echo with
the steamer sailing away, loaded
with thousands of cases of salmon
— sailing away to bring the fruits
of the Alaska salmon industry into
all the world—canned salmon, our
greatest food from the sea.
slices the fish and deposits a
specified amount in each can —
at the astounding rate of three
hundred cans per minute. The
weighing machine is one of the
most interesting in the cannery;
as it revolves, it automatically re
jects any cans that are under
Alaska Salmon Institute
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