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AliOLufcvlLLNO THE *1SH
UAXCUURlt
Tiie action oi tde legisiaiuro iu
lolling lo provide iunds to ooutnue
Uie operation ot tlie Territorial
owned datcdery dere will undoubt
ediy prove a distinct lose to tne
naileries oi Alaska, and will ulu
mateiy result in a great loss oi re
venue to tlie Territory itseli
Cast year tne local datcdery
gave to tlie waters niore Uian
l.&UU.UUO king salmon. This year!
more tnan two million, dave been
datcded and tde datcdery sdould be
permitted to rear tdese to sued a
bize tdat tdey can care ior mem
eel ves, just as is now being done
on me Columbia river.
A striding example ot wdat we
may expect can be read in tde nia
tory oi me Columbia river. Many
years ago its waters, alive witu
rung salmon, gave liviiidood to
Uiousandg oi iamiies. as a natural
result me waters soon became de
pleted. Tde salmon were gone.
Tdousands oi iamilies ielt keenly
tins situation, but tdrougd me es
iabiisdmeni oi me datenenes me
waters again necame alive witn
salmon and touay mere is as great
a supply oi mis grade oi stock as
ever.
Tdus, is it proved, tde metdods
adopted on tde Columbia river ior|
propogaung king salmon dave been
morougdly success! ul; so mued so
in iact, tde state oi Oregon and tde
Columbia river paeKers continue
me datederies irorn year to year.
**lt is Conceded by those iam
iiiar with the fishing industry that
the proceedure at the Ketchikan
natchery would prove successful it
given a fair trial, it is also con
ceded that the legslature has made
a serious mstake in tailing to pro
vide tunds to carry on this work,
or at least to take care ot the stock
ot hsh now on hand in the hatch
ery. Ketchikan Chronicle.
ALASKA HAA'CHKIiiKS Ai.l. liLWiv
For many years the United
States Bureau ot Fisheries have
maintain the Salmon Hatchery
system in Alaska. They have ted
the public on such bunk as now
eminates trom our esteem'd con
temporary ot the First City. For
many other years the Alaska Pack
ers Association and the Northwest
ern Fisheries Companies have car
ried on a tart dodging system which
they claimed would build up the
red salmon tishernes ot Alaska.
In spite ot the several billions ot
salmon try released by these differ
ent agencies no benefit can be
shown except by Secretary Herbert
Hoover who declares that through
the hatchery system of the United
States, beneficial results to the mu
nificent tune of one-third of a fish
per person can be pointed to. How
he arrives at such figures we do
not know or care. We prefer to
take the word of such a man as J.
R. Heckman of Ketchikan, a man
who has operated hatcheries and
therefore thoroughly familiar with
Us benefits. He stood before the
Fisheries Committee a couple of
years ago at Juneau and declared
that he would not invest eleven
cents oi Ms own. money m tne sys
tem. Yet such “fishermen” as Ed
itors Morrissey and Troy pretend to
be sincere in their demand for the
perpetuation of a system that is
nothing more than political jobs for
their henchmen.
, There is pretense in the state
meat that the hatchery system built
•up the Columbia river section. No
thought or consideration is given
to the natural propogation of sal- i
non by proper escapement of sal
iiiuu through tile closing dowu oi i
ctii uups and seining ou Lue Oregon
bide oi tile river. More direct and
immediate beneiit can be secured
u’oui tiie eseapeuint oi salmon to |
parent streamy tiian can be propo-'
gated by tiie entire territory and1
tiie Bureau oi fisheries combined.;
ike continued over production will!
not insure tiie industry beyond
auotiier twenty years at tiie present j
rate, it therefore behooves the Ter
ritory to throw overboardl the me
Lnods that have been tried in Alaska'
b* the Territory, the Bureau ot
fosheries, the Backers, private in
dividuals and which system has had
a more thorough trial in Canada
and there proven a failure by the
canners themselves.
No one who has thoroughly in
investigated the hatchery method
oi propogating salmon hag a good
word for it. The demand for its
continuation being by the rule or
ruin eliment that tries to dorniu
ate all ahairs in the Territory.
thk CANADIAN VICVV
We have no desire to advise the
closing up of all hatcheries and
bringing to an end all operations
connected therewith simply on the
strength of what we nave neard so
lar. We do feel most strongly, how- i
ever, in the light of all the evidence •
heard and documents consulted that!
ike Department should move slowly j
until we have more deunite and sat-1
isfactory proof that the industry and'
tne country is receiving some re
turn for tiie annual expenditure of
more tdan $130,000 in B .C. alone. I
it was made quite evident to us■
that the old hatchery methods were
of little commercial value, it was
made equally plain that the retain
ing pond system which is still in the
experimental stage and expensive by
reason of the feedings of the hsh,
nas, as yet given no proof of its effi
ciency. There is a wide spread be-'
lief, however, that the system of;
placing eggs in gravel by means of {
specially constructed boxes, will
prove more effective than any other, I
especially in seeding remote streams,
and streams from which the natur
ally deposited eggs have been washed
out and destroyed by freshets .
Consequently, we urge that before
the service is extended, some defin
ite experimental tests be carried on,
for a series of years. We make the
condition, however, that the opera
tions be carried on and observations
made directly under competent sci
entific supervision, not under fishery
officers or hatchery officials alone
who have no scientific knowledge.
We also recommend that more at
tention be paid to improving the
spawning places by ridding them of
enemies of the salmon, and clearng
streams for the passage of fish, and |
commission regarding the hatchery!
by takiWft such other masures as may !
oe deemed prudent in the premises. I
Canadian Fisheries More Healthy
j
No one accuses the Canadians of
beinglax in their attention to their j
fisheries or of attemptng to destroy
them. Yet the report of the spe
cial committee konwn as the British
Columbia Fish Commisson made
this adverse report anent the hatch- j
ones on me uanaaian siae oi me
line. The action of the Territorial
legislature is to be commended in
eliminating this waste of taxes in
the Territory. If our friend (?)
the “Conserver of salmon in the
Territory wishes the Federal govern
ment to continue this wasteful prac
tice he can so do. We have had
enough of this bunkum whereby
through hatchery hocus pocus the
supply of salmon will be maintain
ed in spite of over production.
CONTROLLER BILL
xutj oouuuuci' uih is Diet LOU ior
<-iey discard, any mends ( !) ol
uume rule.
iue lineup on tiie election lust
ibil was clear and distinct. Auonan
lnent oi tiie katcliery system, me
trap system and tile enactment ol
tne controller bin. n.egiaiatora in
tne vv eat ward divisions were elect
ed on tlie Progressive Republican
ticket and in support ol tiie policies
ol Delegate Outlier land at Waaiung
ton. let wiien tiiese same policies
are considered in tiie legislative
nails, tiiese same men oppose tliem.
Yvnen tiie Controller Dill was be
lore tiie benate, {Senators Dunn and
Howard staled tliat tliey would sup
port tire measure il tiie Attorney
General were eliminated irorn tiie
Hoard and tne Governor placed
mereon instead.
let, when {Senators Dunn and
Howard are given opportunity to
demonstrate tiie sincerity oi liieir
words, tney immediately give lim
lie to tlieir own declarations de
voting against accepting in tiie {Sen
ate tiie very bill so amended as to
coniorm to tlieir expressed wish—
tiie governor on ike board.
A deliberate lie is never iorgot
ten or ever iorgiven.
J L LLb S. J
At lonely Akuiarak on the wind
swept wastes where Yukon waters
mingle witli Behring Sea there pass
ed to the Great Beyond one of those
sublime souls that nature seems
to set apart from her common hu
man handiwQrk to command the
deference, the respect, the admira
tion and the love of their fellow
men. .
To those who knew Father Jette
during the many years he lived in
me .North his departure will be a
great loss. He was to those who
knew him a great teacher and his
pupils held for him a feeling ot
admration and reverence akin to
mat of the great apostle of the
early church for Gamaliel at whose
leet he sat. Like Saint Paul, Fath
er Jette renounced all the attrac
tions the world held for the patri
cian and scholar and elected to
serve mankind as an humble am
bassador of the Christian Church.
Of aristocratic birth and blessed
with natures noblest charms, edu-j
cated in American and European
universities, a scholarly gentleman,
the educatonal, the scientific, the
poltical world was ready to receive
kirn but he set aside all secular am
bitions and chose for his life work
„ne spiritual service oi manjuna.
To the profane his life seemed cir
cumscribe ministering to the people
of the distant Yukon and the shores
of Behring Sea. The church he
served found no elevated office for
him nor did he seek it; the joy of
service to the poor and needy was
his reward. T here will be for him
no high posthumous honors of the
church but he will be canonized in
the hearts of all those who knew
and loved him. To the people of
interior Alaska throughout the Yu
kon valley and the delta the name
of Father Jules Jette will ever
stand as a synonym for all that is
good and noble and holy in mortal
ity.
The elements raged in wintry fury
around isolated Akularak mission
but the passing over of Father Jet
te was in peace and tranquil resig
nation. He passed beyond the mists
that obscure our mortal vision.
Like Bunyans Valliant for Truth,
he passed over and all trumpets
sounded for him on the other side.
And he will be welcomed there.
The priest will be welcomed by the
prelates and hishops of all creeds
who have gone to the Church Tri
umphant for there will be no de
scnoiar will De nappy m tne great
company of those who added to
wordly knowledge before their de
nominational barriers there. The
parture. The patrician will be at
ease in the presence of Enoch and
Elijah and the gentleman will be
courteous to Mary Magdaline.
—DAN SUTHERLAND
Roosevelt did not make the An
nanias Club fomous—he made it
infamous.
A DELIBERATE LIE
“If the people of Alaska, or a ma
jority of them wish to build up a
political machine with Bill Paul at
(he head of it; if they wish the Ter
ritory' ruled by a man we have no
hesitancy in saying is not a citi
zen of the United States**
A man who prints such a deliber
ate lie is capable of doing the
most contemptible act with brava
do and without shame. The more
we see of common curs on the
streets of Petersburg, the less we
think of liars in the honorable edit
orial profession who publish “with
no hesitancy” what they know to be
false.
What of Senator Robert J. Heck
man, serving the people of the Ter
ritory and not a citizen. Is his life
any cleaner, morally or physically
than that of William Paul; what
of the Canadian lawyer Bert Faulk
ner who dares not come out in the
open and declare himself a full citi
zen of the United States in spite of
the camouflage white wash bath
given him by that poor specimen of
a district attorney, George Arhur
Shoup.
Any aspersion on the birth of
William Paul is an insult direct at
that noble woman, his mother, Mrs.
William Tamaree, Presbyterian lay;
worker of Petersburg. She was a.
missioner before such scum ever.
thought of coming to Alaska to fat-1
ten off the land. Her citizenship
was never questioned by THAT dis
trict attorney and machine whica
sought to bring shame upon her
good name by dragging her into
court on a trumped up charge.
Come on Mr. Brave Editor, show
what kind of citizenship certificate
you have and then bring to life a
few of the "dead” witnesses of that
i non-citizen, Canadian lawyer Bert
| Faulkner, who you prefer to fol
I low to a decent full fledged Ameri
can citizen. Said history can be
traced back several more genera
tions than can that of some editors
we know. Show your stuff we just
call your little ante.
ALASKA IXDIAN SCHOOLS
School services has changed the
Alaskan native from a trivial to aa
important factor in the lndustirai
and economic affairs of the north
ern territory. Educational work
began in a small way forty years
ago and has progressed until it is
prosecuted in all except a few re
mote places now. It embraces
mental and manual training. In
addition to dissemination of know
»edge, there also is medical into a
stratum of society where the bleary-;
public health in smaller com- j
munities. According to a report;
iust issued by the department of1
the interior, 159 instructors are en
gaged for -a native population of
13,192.
The high standard achieved by
the aboriginees of the Northland
compares favorably with the posi
tion attained by any class of In
dians in the states. For the most
part, Alaska natives are comfort-i
ably housed and wholesomely fed
They have succeeded in all the pro
fessions, trades and various lines
of business. In several places na
tives hold public office and are
prominent in religious, social and
welfare activities.
Development of the territory was
been assisted materially by ad
vancement of hte aboringees. Mines
and lumber mills and, particularly,
fisheries, canneries and the reindeer
industry have been dependent to a
considerable degree on native labor,
which constantly is becoming more
intelligent and more efficient.
Schools have transformed the na
tives from a position of savagery
to a state of civilization, and made
almost all of them capable of sup
porting themselves. The board "f
education has accomplished com
mendable results. It merits and,
no doubt, will receive continued co
operation from territorial and fed
eral government.
—Anchorage Times.
GOAST GUARD TO GIVE
MEDICAL ATD
Delegate Sutherland has request
ed the Coast Guard Service to in
struct the captains of revenue cut
ters in Alaska waters to cruise
more among the fishing fleets dur
ing the fishing season. This would
enable injured fishermen to receive
medical attendance by the cutter
surgeons. There are many fisher
men in Frederick Sound and Chat
ham Straits during the summer sea
son and there is no doctor nearer
than Petersburg. This is a move
in the right direction.
The Lake Erie Fishermen’s As
sociation at their recent convention
passed a resolution urging interna
tional cooperation to conserve the
supply of lake herring. Proving
fhat fishermen have as good bus
iness heads as anyone else.—Can
adian Fisherman.
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of appetizing ways to prepare this
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find them all in Frye’s “Meat
Guide” — free on receipt of 2c to
cover postage. Write to Frye 6c Co.,
■ Seattle.
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hl.'out noon.
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