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OBSERVATIONS ON SCHOOL
SCHOOL PROBLEM
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“Public monies for public pur
p« ses” is the slogan of tin* Attorney
General of Alaska. The position
taken in Petersburg is “public mon
ies for white children.
Amendment 14 to (he Constitu
tion of the United States: l.AU
persons born or naturalized in the
United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of
U e United States and of the State
wherein they reside. No State shall
make or enforce any law whicn
s' all abridge the privileges or im
munities of citizens of the United
States; NOR SHALL ANY STATE
DEPRIVE ANY PERSON OF LIFE,
LIBERTY OR PROPERTY WITH
OUT PROCESS OF LAW, nor deny
to any person within its jurisdiction
the equal protection of the laws.”
In article 4 of the Constitution the
citizens of each State shall be en
titled to all privileges and immuni
ties of citizens in the several States
Petersburg through its action says
this law does no apply to citizen In
dians therefore being “full-blood In
dians automatically bars them from
the rights freely granted other citi
zens and non-citizens.
The decision previously made by
the Board was that “no more In
dians will be taken into the “public
school” beginning this year.” On
this ruling the application of Roy
Bean and Thomas Austin to enter
their children was not considered.
During the past week an Indian
child with a father neither a white
man nor an Indian was entered. It
means more to Petersburg to devel
op its children of foreign floating
parentage than its permanent citi
zenry.
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The Industrial School was in the
balance, not the value of potential
citienship—right or wrong—regard
less is the proper position.
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The children who desired to enter
the “public school have gone else
where—the problem is now but the
backwash of the current.
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The p-p editor agreed last week
to leave all reference to the school
question out until after the meet
ing Wednesday night. He did not
and further misrepresented and drew
inferences to bring discredit. A de
liberate misrepresentation and half
truth guages the character of the
tl 'ng that wears pants.
“If you can bear to hear the truTli
you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap
for fools” fits the sneaking meth
of of perverting the truth to suit
tnworthy purposes.
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The ladies of the School Board,
Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Tveten were pre
sent to get the views of the Club.
The man of the Board, Mr. Heim
dahl had important business which
precluded his presence.
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Tne members of the Club prefer
red to dodge the responsibility of
taking a positive position. The line
of least resistance—which marks
to a large extent—what’s wrong
wit ii Petersburg.
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ARE BREEDING LATE FISH ,
The assertion has been made by
The ALASKAN that we are, by the
system of closed seasons, breeding
late fish. The Bureau of Fisher
ies, publicly deny this statement.
The Canadian Fisheries now come
with their report for 1927 and show
conclusively that LATE FISH ARE
BEING BRED. Sockeye salmon re
turning to spawning grounds as late
as October and November. From
the report we draw the conclusion
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that iu a few years we will be hav
ing sockeye salmon for Christmas
dinner. They further call atten
tion to the alarming depletion of
all species of salmon. The United
States Bureau of Fisheries is not
honest with itself or with the Pub
lic in its reports. Time for a good
house cleaning.
roo MUCH ILLEGAL MSHINC J
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Orders were issued by the De
partment closing down fishing for
the year a week sooner than expect
ed. It was to be expected for two
reasons—the fishermen were mak
ing a few dollars and there was too
much illegal fishing, by and with the
consent of the Canners.
deports here indicate that fish
erman through the Canners pur
chased immunity and in. some in- j
stances bribes being paid by the
fishermen at $5. per member of the j
crew.
The run of humpies was very late
ai.d inside the line in most instances /
while the run of dogs did not devel- i
op until closing date. To secure
any fish the crews had to go inside j
the lines and the Canners knew this
but rather than close down they be
came party to the illegal fishing. ,
Ninety-five per centa of all sal
n,m fishing MUST BE DONE IL
IEGALLY or the fishermen would
starve.
BRITISH COLUMBIA FACES FISH
DEP1 ETION PROBLEM
Allied to the Alaska salmon fish
eries are the fisheries of British Co- !
himbia. Depletion of Alaska salmon
murks depletion of British Columiba j
salmon. The Alaska Native Broth
erhood members have warned
the industry and Alaskans that it j
was but a matter of time when sal-j
mon in Alaska would be scarce as j
the proverbial hen’s teeth: later it j
was the assertion that to conserve |
only the late run of salmon meant I
rhe return of late runs of salmon in |
their cycle. The report of Mr. Bab
cock, assistant commissioner of
Fisheries for British Columbia for
19 37 bears these statements out. He
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says:
T saw and heard of fewer sock
eye in the spawning area of the
Fraser basin above Hell’s Gate Can
yon in August and September of
this year than in any other of the
which I have hunted for them there
in those months. It was like hunt
ing for a needle in a haystack. In
most of the lakes in the Upper Fras -
er basin—which includes Stuart,
Fraser, Francois, Quesnel, Seton.
Anderson, and Shuswap—visited in
August and September, I did not see
oi hear of more than a few hundred
sockeye in any of them.”
‘'Referring, to conditions in Hell’s
Gate Canyon in the Fraser River.
Dominion Officer Scott is quoted as
having reported to IVfajor Mother
irvell that very few -sockeye were
j'.ee there in July and August, and
hat but a limited number were
i considerable number reached there
u.rly in October and passed through
vithout delay. Presumably the lat
er were fish that were later noted
n Adams and Little rivers, Shuswar
ti^a. Officer Scott reported that a
rmy large number reached the Gate (
>n October 25th but that water con- (
liiions were unfavorable and that
nany of the fish, which appeared in .
rood condition, either had no in- ^
lination to or were not strong j,
rough to pass above the Gate. <;
“The early run of sockeye to the j
lirkenhead River, at the head of the (
larrison—Lillooet Lakes section
ras distinctly disappointing—the j ^
mallest September run in many j (
ears. Some uneasiness was felt ,
ntil October, when a good run of (
ish began, equal in number to those i i
vhich have spawned in that section
or many years. The Birkenhead is <
he only section in the Fraser Rive:
jasin where the run of sockeye
shows no sign of diminishing. * * *
The Skeena River Section: The
information supplied lor this area
indicates that the run was ten days
later in arriving Ilian usual and ran
seme fifteen days later.
V'ciy little evidence was found in
the Naas of the early run of sock
ey but later reports show that tli3
run was later but did not offset the
absence of the early run.
The ‘report in detail
‘ The catch of all species of sal
mon in the Provincial waters of the
Fraser River system this year pro
due: (1 a pack of 2<84„37S cases, .is
against 274,1)51 cases in 192G, 276,
SS5 cases in 1925, 212,059 cases in
1T 2 1, and 226,869 cases in the
fourth preceding year, 1923.
“The pack consisted of 61,39.
cases of sockeye, IS,452 cases of
springs, 24,079 cases of cohoes, 120,
536 cases of pinks, 67,259 cases of
chums, and 10,658 cases classed in
pack .statements as “bluebacks and
s< mi heads.”
• The pack of sockeye was second
largest made since 1917. it was
24,296 cases less than in 1926 and
29,73S cases greater than the brood
year 1925, The pack of pinks—it
was a “pink” year—was 2,7 36 cas
es greater than in the brood-year
1925. The pack of chums was 21,
20 6 cases less than in 1920 and th >
colioa-pack was 2,66.8 cases greater
that: in the br.ood-year 1924.
"Yne catch of sockeye in the
State of Washington waters of the
Fraser. River system in 1927 pro
duced a pack of 97,594 cases, as
atrainsf 44,673 cases in 1926, 112,
02 3 cases in 1925, 69,3 69 cases in
1924, and 47,402 cases in 192.
‘The total catch ot’sockeye made
in Provincial waters of the Fraser
River system in 1 927 produced t
pack of 158,9S7 cases, the largest
since 1917. It was 50,192 cases
greater than in the preceding fourth
year.
The catches of sockeye made in
Pio.iucial waters of the Fraser Riv
er system in 1927 again illustrated
the tendency towards a late run
Of t le 61.393 cases packed this year
2.112 cases were packed in July
12.381 cases in August, 37,565
case j in September and 8,0 3 5 cases
in October. Over 70 per cent con
sist* d of sockeye caught after Sep
tember first. Before the sockeye
rue to the Fraser was so deplete*1,
tlie rack was made from fish caught
before August 25th, and compara
tively few were caught later. Onlv
in a few big years were sockeye in
nun hers taken from the Fraser in
Sep ember and October.
”ul l" saw and heard of fewer sockey '
in i he spawning area of the Frase^
basin above Hell’s Gate Canyon in
August and September of this year
than in any of the preceding twenty -
four years in which I have hunted
there for them in those months, j
It was like hunting for a needle in
a haystack. In most of the lakes in
the Upper Fraser basin, which in
eludes Stuart, Fraser, Francois,
Qnemel, Seton, Anderson, and Shus
wep, visited in August and Septem
ber. I did not see or hear of more
than a few hundred sockeye in any
of them.
Tne reports made to major Moth
erwell indicate that a few thousand
sockeye spawned in the Horsefly
River, a tributary of Quesnel Lake,
ir. October, but sockeye were not
repored as having been seen in any
other tributary of that great lake. In
this connection it should be noted
that in the big years, when the Fras
?i produced more sockeye than any
oilier river in the world, the runs .
of sockeye to the Upper Fraser
oasm were always greatest in Aug- '
isi and September, and that with '
he exception of Seton, Anderson and ]
ihuswap Lakes, comparatively few ]
io< keye reached there after Septem- ]
lev. So few sockeye have reach • ]
id the upper lake sections of the ^
Eraser since 1913 that it is being. !
orgotten what vast numbers spawn- <
id in their tributaries in past big «
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diars, and that up to 1906 a consid- <
srable number spawned in them in
he lean years. It should be re
ne inhered that ovey 4,000,000 sock
:ye were noted as they entered the
duosnel Lake in 1909, and that the
lumbers which reached 'Chilko Lake
that year were approximately as
yreat. Even in 1913, the year of the
disastrous blockade in Hell’s Gate
Canyon, over 550,000 sockeye were
counted as they entered Quesnel
Lake in August, and the reports of
tl.'t year indicate that as great a
number reached both Chilko and
Snuswap Lakes. Those which en
tered Quesnel and Chilko in August
of 191. consisted of fish which pass
ed through Hell’s Gate during high
water in July before the blockade
became effective, and those reach
(1 Shuswap consisted of fish that
were assisted over the blockade late
in ihe season.
Li view of the foregoing records
it is apparent that thede is littlewar
rant for terming a run of a few thou
sand to any of the lakes “a good
run,” or to forecast a good return
from their spawning. There can be
no considerable return four years
heuce from sockeye that spawned in
the Quesnel, Chilko, Stuart, Frase»\
Francois, Seton,. or Anderson Lakes
this year.
Ac already stated, no sockeye are
known to have reached the Shuswap
urea in August and September or
this year. However, a consjderahla
number made their appearance in
Little and Adams Rivers about the
middle of October. In company with
Dominion Fishery Officer Shotton T
saw them spawning in those waters
on October 25t,h. The waters in
both rivers were much higher in
1920, with the 'esu.i Ilia? the hsh
were more scatter, '! ; nd it was m ■
diihcult to form an estimate of tin i
numbers. I formed the opinion
that the number was less than in
It* 2 6—that approximately 100,000
were seen spawning there this year.
The fish we saw there were strictly'
of the upper river type which form
er iv spawned in vast numbers in ail
the great lakes of the Eraser abov •
j Hell’s Gate. They were large, strong
lish with carmine-red bodies and
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Rev. W. J. Maakestad, Pastor
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