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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
On another column of this issue
is printed a letter from E. Emstoss,
buver for the Atlantic and Pacific
Packing Company. Mr. Emstoss
represents a company that is recog
nized as one of the largest buyers
of king salmon in Alaska. He has
done more in the past few years to
give the trollers a chance to earn a
livjng wage than any other agency
in Alaska. Everywhere he is spok
en of kindly by the fishermen; the
buyers of fish speak of him with
epithets unworthy of Americans.
As a buyer of king salmon, which
feed on herring, he is through his
many rpe'resentatives, able to get
a line on trolling conditions, habit,
habitat of salmon and feed and
feeding grounds of same.
A0 a buyer of king salmon he is
interested in keeping up the supply
of salmon. When he states that de
struction of the feed supply means
the destruction of the king salmon
supply, he voices the general opin
ion of experienced trollers and fish
ermen.
No where, not even in Norway, is
there such wanton waste and de
struction of food fish as in Alaska.
Seattle, Chicag and San Francisco
have ruthlessly prostituted the fish
resources for so many years that
piesent demands are given no ear.
The waste will continue, as in the
salmon industry until seed suppyl
is gone, when Mr. O’Malley will be
gin measures of conservation, but
be will have no measures to con
serve population. That is an ele
n.ent that vitally effects the finan- (
cial structure and should be pro-'
tected before too late.
DEPLETION IN SIGHT
It is only a few years ago when
considerable herring was packed
and shipped out of Petersburg. It
was not long when the large her
rmg supply was depleted. The
packers then moved to Cape Fan
shaw then to Port Houghton. To
day there are no large herring suit
able for packing in these bays, i
The supply of herring ic not in-1
exhaustable. The first five years
according to the Norwegian investi
gators in Norway the herring do
not reproduce and they die when
they are 13 years old. In the 8
years of spawning period the large
herring meet natural enemies in j
the seas which tends to deplete the
suppyl. Augmented by the present
system of destroying thousands of
barrels every year without even
geting them to the canneries and
the ( present system of running
thousands of barrels through ev
ery day as fertilizer, it is not long
when empty shacks, once finely
equipped fertilizer plants will be
all that remains of that industry.
The several thousand fishermen will
have moved to other climes for
better labor markets and the resir
dent tax payer will be overburden
ed T^ith the cost of government. J
THE WINNING SPIRIT
The citizens of Petersburg are
demonstrating to themselves that
they can secure those things upon
which they have set their heart if
ihey just start to do it. The move
ment for a town gymnasium spon
sored by the Petersburg Athletic As
sociation is plenty evidence of that
fact.
There has been a crying need for
gymnasium faciities which has been
generaly recognized for several
3 ears. Different men and organiza
tions each year have sponsored the
movement to build such a hall. But
Ihe plans enerally died before they
got beyond the talking stage.
The Petersburg Athletic Associ
ation, composed of public spirited
men have said, “Let’s Go” and as
indicatet on another column they
are definite in their plan and have
a full determination to carry it
through. They doi not plan this
hall in competition with a school
gym. They are positive in their
statement that whenever the town
decides to build, the Association
will be ready to help along with
any aid necessary to insure the com
pletion of the building.
The present movement shows
conclusively what ePtersburg can
do in a civic way when all forces
are united. The plan of the Asso
ciation is on broad principles for
the better devolpment of the youth
ard businessmen of the town. ,
Every citizen of the town should
hack this movement morally, finan
| daily and physically in order that
the pans may sooner 'be brought
j to a conclusion.
NEGRO STUDENTS WORK
WAY THROUGH SCHOOL
Dr. H. O. Sargent, agent for ne
gro schools in the Agricultural Ed
ucation Service of the Federal
Foard for Vocational Education, re
cently reported that in the Agri
cultural and Mechanical S,tate
School at Forsyth, Ga., 56 colored
boy* are working their way thru
school.
Commenting on the work of !
these boys as observed by him on a
recent visit to the school, Dr. Sar
gent said, “the school has rented a
large farm on the halves, which
these boys cultivate under the su
pervision of the agricultural teach
er. The boys work during the day
and are paid from 5 cents to TO
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sip repeats the
goodness of Hills
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"tents per hour and their board and
AO to school two hours at night,
fiom 7 to 9 o’clock. So far, the
school has been able to make the
faira work self sustaining and it is
giving these boys an agricultural
education which they never other
wise would have obtained.
Professor Hubbard is teaching
the negroes to work and be law
abiding citizens. In his school work
ho has the backing of every white
and colored citizen in Forsyth.”
GOOD ADVERTISING
Glen C. Bartlett, former manager
of the Gastineau Hotel of Juneau
and present manager of the Stevens
Hotel of Seattle wired Ketchikan
as follows: i.- *.t
“Ketchikan should feel proud of
basketball team. Hast night the
boys won their third straight game
from a team heavily outweighing
ihem. It would do Ketchikanites
good to hear the wid applause and
cheers the boys receive because of
their fast and sensational playing.
All of them are having a wonderful
time between games. The press has
treated them wonderfully well, giv
ing fine writeups and large pictures.
Their skill and general conduct are
bringing Ketchikan a wealth of fa
vorable comment. May they never
lose a game.”—-Chronicle.
(Even a high school can get for
a community a lot of fine advertis
ing and without cost.)
DR. SUZZALLO SHAKES
UP TEACHERS CONVENTION
At a meeting of teachers in Port
land, Oregon, Dr. Suzzallo declared
that “The school is an Institution
pre-eminently devised to deal with
intellectual things. *** The aver
age critic of our schools expects
them to do things they were never
designed to do. He expects them
to develop tripple-A high moral
character which is onmaiily 'the
l unction of the home and the
church.
“I love my job as a sei oolmaster,
but I am not going to take respon
sibility for the development of those
things in youth whicn are left un
developed by tho breakuown of
other institutions. 4 commend this
viewpoint to you, fellow-teachers, as
a consolation, so that you can be
ui least reasonably happy.
"Remember,” he said, “the clay
leaves yur hands at 3 o’clock in
the afternoon. On its way home
many fingers get into that clay.
Then at home the parents get their
hands into it. Next morning you
may not recognize it. *** Temper
nent, that thing which we think we
are born with, is more than likely
due to something someone did
to us between the ages of one month
and 24 months. *** It is said that a
man is known by the company he
teeps. That is because emotions
tend to travel across from one per
cou to another in thesame company.
A call for a women’s patriotic
conference on national defense to
combat activities of organizations
favoring complete disarmament has
been sent out by Mrs. Adalin W.
Macauley, national president of the
American Legion Auxiliary, (and,
Mrs. Grace W. Brosseau, president
general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. The com-«
ference was held in the Memorial
Continental ,Hall, Washington, D.
the 8th, 9th and 10th of this
month.
Practically aJl natjion^l giroupa j
of women’s oiganizatins were re- !
presented at the conference.
“The purpose of the conference1
is to show Congress and the nation
cur united stand in support of the
Defense Act of 1921; to show them
our belief that it is the best peace
insurance for the nation, and if
faithfully carried out would pre
vent the needless sacrifice of our
boys which has occurred in every i
wai in the history of America, due j
to lack of adequate preparedness.” j
RAID ON HOPHEADS
Federal agents made a raid on a
number of New York night clubs
as a result of a tip that they were
participating in the drug and nar
cotic traffic.The raid of the Gren
bourt hoteil and an house on West
48th street yielded 35,000 grains
of morphine hydrocloride and 7,000
grains of opium.
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