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WOULD CHANGE FISHING
SEASON
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Senator Fred Norman, of Ore
gon, was in Olympia recently for
a conference with the State
Fisheries Department on mat
ters relating to commercial fish
ing in his district.
After a discussion with State
Director of Fisheres Clialres R.
Maybury, Senator Norman an
nounced that if there was a gen
eral desire for any changes in
fishing seasons or regulations on
gear or deadlines, that arrange
ments would be made for a pub
lic hearing on the desires of the
people in this district on fishing
matters. Such a hearing would
probably be held in South Bend
the latter part of July and would
be presided over by Directoi
Maybury. It is possible that
Governor Hartley would be able
to attend. • •
A nnhlir h partner was held or
Grays Harbor about a month agc
by Director Maybury and Gov
ernor Hartley After hearing
from the fishermen, the matte'
of changes was taken under ad
visement and later the following
new seasons were announced for
commercial fishing in the Grays
Harbor District.
Open from June 15 to Augus4
25 inclusive, then closed to Sep
tember 5, then open again from
September 5 to November 30, in
clusive, then closed to June 15.
The old seasons which were
changed were: open from Janu -
ary 15 to March 15 and open Sep
tember 1 to November 25.
The new changes in open sea -
son is much more satisfactory
to the Grays Harbor fishermen
and since the new dates were an
nounced, a movement has beer
started by the fishermen of Hot
River to get the new season tr
apply to the Olympic Peninsulf
streams.
. .Senator Norman, who is chair
man of the Senate (Oregon
riaiiciica V-zUiiiiiiiotcc, ouaicu una.
requests for changes had comr
to him from fishermen in the
Grays River territory and vari
ous streams on Willapa Harbor.
Mr. Norman suggested that the
fishermen interested on each
stream should get together and
agree on what they wanted—al
ways taking into consideration
the importance of perpetuating
the supply of fish. Then when
a hearing is held, they could pre
sent their desires together with
the arguments in support of
them. A full opportunity would
be given for all fishermen tc
present their views.—Chinook
Observer.
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STATE VERSUS FEDERAL
CONTROL
The difference between state
and Federal control of fisheries
is made most prominent to Alas
ka fishermen by the publishing
of the Oregon and Washignton
systems of state control.
The state method of control
Id piUIlUUlltCU uy QCildtUl IN UI -
man of Oregon as follows:
“The fishermen of each stream
should get together and agree on
what they wanted—always tak
ing into consideration the im
portance of perpetuating the
supply of fish. Then when a
hearing is held, they could pre
sent their desires together with
the arguments in support of
them. A FULL OPPORTUNITY
WOULD BE GIVEN FOR ALL
FISHERMEN TO REPRESENT
THEIR VIEWS.”
The systems in Alaska under
Henry O’Malley, U. S. Commis
sioner of Fisheries is as follows:
Call a hearing in Seattle, Wn.,
and San Francisco, Calif., which
is attended by canners only;
refuse to hold a meeting in the
Territory where fishermen can
present their views and argu
ments on any phase or the re
gulations; ignore any and al!
requests of fishermen for a hear
ing; promulgate regulations
without any regard or considera
tion of the right of Alaskans tc
a decent living. In fact, to be
a czar that would put to shame
any czar of Russia and this ir
the “land of the free and the
home of the brave”—what used
to be a democracy.
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VVE CALL IT “INDEPENDENCE
DAY”
It would perhaps be profitable
to most of us to ask in all candor
just what is it tnat we celebrate
on the Fourth of July. What was
4iat “Spirit of ’76” that we ap
plaud, today? What was thal
which our forefathers purchased
at such a cost and what was the
spirit that impelled them to dc
it? What did they have after
,vard that they did not have be
ore0 Th-^y had the cares anc
esponsibiliyt of' founding anc
naintaining a new government
They had incurred an enormou:
war debt and the ugly prospec
.f having to tax their childrer
for generations to come to pa;
the interest on it. Instead of ;
mere three-penny on their te:
and a revenue stamp on lega
iocuments. They found it neces
sary to levy taxes for man;
things—a legislative body, an ex
ecutive department, the judici
a-ry, the common defense, and ;
thousand and one cares and ex
oenses of local government am
jolicing which theretofore hai
been under the direction of th
British Crown. Ther farms am
businesses had been neglecte*
"or eight long years with conse
luent disorganization. Thei
‘hildren had grown up withou
paternal care, to a heritage—o
vhat? Burdensome responsibil
ities, poverty, and debt—all o
hat certainly, but with that oth
?r more precious tiling, tnei
'eritage of selfrespect, untarn
shed. And it is pertinent to as!
ourselves, now, if their sacrific
vas the only one required? Is i
oossible that they could have de
vised a scheme of governmen
so perfect that no further sacri
fices are necessary to upkeep an
maintain it? Are not the sam
forces of greed and averice whic!
our forefathers fought to re
strain in 1776 rampant in ou
day? Is our heritage safe fror
aggression? We in Alaska prid
ourselves on our wealth of fish
eries, of forests, of minerals Ar
these our own? Are not they an
the governmental control c
them being usurped by interest
foreign and antagonistic to th
economic development and last
ing prosperity of this Territory
Are we keeping the faith? Ar
we in 1930 holding aloft the tore]
of liberty? That heritage o
equal opportunity, is it as trill;
^ours as it was in years past
(Can we pass it on unsullied to
those who will stand in ou
‘ places tomorrow? Is it sufficien
j that we merely keep our heritage
i intact? Are we not in hono
bound to augment and enhanc*
it? May we not bequeath to ou
children a better opportunit:
than that which we inherited'
What, then, are my duties as i
citizen?
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PLEADS FOR REVERENCE FOP
! CONSTITUTION
A call for “reverence” and obe
| dience to the Constitution and
I “all its articles and amend
ments” was issued at Ocean City,
N. J. by Vice President Curtis on
July the 4th. .
Speaking in this wet state be
fore a gathering of members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
the vice president took note of1
the prohibition issue indirectly
in calling for strict enforcement
of all laws.
“The Constitution of the Unit
ed States is the keystone of our
national strength,” he .asserted,
1 “and whoever seriously wishes
(to preserve our Constitution in
its full purity and vigor must of
necessity wish to have all its ar
ticles and amendments honestly
obeyed and faithfully emoreeu.
“What we need now more than
ever is reverence for the Consti
tution and respect for the courts
of our country. It is not pleasing
to notice the wave that is sweep
ing over the country which dis
regards law and order and the
Constitution and substitutes
man’s desires and weakens opin
ion of law.
“While people may differ as to
the wisdom of enactment of a
particular piece of legislation or
as to the amending the Consti
tution in regard thereto, it is im
i possible to ignore the Constitu
nun ana uiibiiiimauie ta cvaue it
by an administrative policy,
either national or state.
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BADGE WEARERS
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. .Responsibility for the bureau
cratic government which has
come into being at Washington
and for the superabundance ol
1 inspections and supervisory ac
tivities that are the stock in
trade of the bureaucracy must
! be placed on the political propo
1 sition that the public must b«
' protected. It is giving the opti
’ ticians credit for too much im
' agination to charge to them th<
1 invention of the one thousanc
7 and one ways of the bureaucracy
1 to make new jobs for the rewarc
1 "of party loyalty.
1 All for the protection of th<
citizenry, congress and the stati
f legislatures, in the course of s
relatively few years, have pass
ed laws and appropriated bil
1 lions in public monies for the in
spection of mines, ships, airship
meat and other foods, biddings,!
plumbing, factories “cellars,”
weights and measures, butter
substitutes, dairy herds and their
products, homes, babies and so
on ad infinitum.
1 . .Now all this government med
dling—it often amounts to only
that—could be tolerated grace
fully and the enormous bill pre
1 sented to the taxpayers, for it
would not seem excessive if it al
r ways accomplished its given pur
pose.
C Theoretically, government in
spection is justified by the care
L lessness, recklessness and irre-1
sponsibility not wholly foreign
1 to private business. But on the
same theory, government inspec
tion is justified by the large
6'number of accidents that oc-!
1 cur in spite of compulsory i n
spection.
r
When the government main
^ tains an inspector the public has^
L|a right to expect the inspection
to be both thorough and compe-i
tent. When the inspection
proves otherwise, the public is
warranted in feeling that the:
^ inspectorship is for the profit of j
the badge-wearing job holder
rather than for the protection of
the people.—Anchorage Times.
J FEDERAL FUR FARM
? From Anchorage Daily Times J
5 While there are many in An
nchorage who will insist that the
t interests of fur farmers can be
? served best by carrying on exper
r iment work in a section of the
i territory where the fur farming
: industry has made greatest ex
t pansion, fur farmers generally
> will welcome the announcement
l of Commissioner Flory that the
biological survey is planning the
j establishment of a fur experi
] ment station in connection with
the Alaska College. If establish-1
ed, it will be a federal station,
maintained by federal funds,
; for the benefit of all who are in
terested in fur farming, just as
the agricultural experiment sta
tions are operated for the bene
fit of the dirt farmers of the
country. The reason for com
bining the proposed station with
the other activities of the biolog
ical survey at the college is that ;
the cost of operation will be less
there than It would be elsewhere,
and it is very doubtful if con
gress would consent to the es
tablishment of an independent
station, even if requested to do
so, in view of the fact that the
proposed work can be combined
with the experiments already
under way at the college station.
I The Times would like very much
to have an experiment farm
established in the Third Division,
where there are more private
farms than there are at the
northern end of the railroad;
and fur farmers of the First Di
vision, of whom there are a
great many, doubtless would pre
fer to have the station closer tc
them. But even those most dis
tant from the college 'must ad
mit that it will be better to have
a station there than to be de
prived longer of the benefits
which sucn a station, wnerever n
might be located, will be able tc
give. If the results are not what
Alaskans think they should b€
there will always be the oppor
tunity to establish a territoria
station In the meantime Alas
kans can speed the coming of thf
federal station by giving suppor
to the recommendations whicf
Commissioner Flory has made.
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INTEREST IN LEGISLATION
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How many people actually in
terest themselves in legislation*
Our greatest fault is a genera
apathy on political question
both at home here in Alaska anc
in the nation. The average mai
' who would not trust anothe
1 with the loan of five dollars wil
r vote for him and place his des
t tiny in his hands; he will not ev
on go so far as to call the polit.
! ical aspirant to the rostrum am
- ask him to demonstrate his fit
1 ness nnd training for lawmak
-ing. Rather he is too busy chas
■ ing a dollar to be bothered wit:
■! such things.
. .And yet, we complain of over- *J
legislation, unjust legislation j j
and kindred ills, never pausing j
I to meditate the fact that we, the j
people, are to blame, not the j
politicians.—Seward Gateway. |i
WORRYING ABOUT ALASKA’S l|
BROWN AND GRIZZLY BEAR '
An article in the Seattle P. I.,
by W. W. Jermaney indicates that
the “sporting fraternity” of the
states are worried not a little on
, account of the recently publish
I ed regulations governing the
1 killing of brown and grizzly bear
in Alaska.
. .“The American Game Protect-1
ive Associations says that sports-j
| men will need to assert them- j
selves vigorously to prevent the
early extermination of these
great game animals in a large
part of Alaska,” says the story.
“In marked contrast with the
! foregoing is the careful way in
which the government is looking
after the preservation of wild
life in the national parks of the
West, which are coming to be
• great game preserves and wild-;
life sanctuaries. In these parks
thousands of tourists have fish- f
1 ing privileges every year. In es-1
tablishing Yellowstone Park says;
“From the standpoint of the!
; visiting public, it is doubtful *
I whether any natural feature of r
| Yellowstone Park no matter how
1 spectacular or beautiful, gives
I the pleasure that is derived from
? the sight of large animals in
' their natural habitats of moun-‘
i tain, forests and meadow. Wild f
r life must be protected for its own
1 sake as a national resource, for
- scientific study, and also becausej
- it gives such extreme pleasure
-! to park guests..” Bear, grizzlies,
I deer, etc. have become numer
-! ous in the several national parks
- maintained in the States, in
- eluding elk, buffalo, antelope,
i mountain goat and sheep. The
“new regulations in Alaska do
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