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. . THE DIFFERENT REASONS . .
When the salmon failed to show
UP in July in the First Division, the
organ of the Fish Barons published
by Eleven Ounces at Juneau said,
“owing to lateness of the season of
all things generally, this year, the
salmon are late. The “Me Too”
ga*g said "Yes, Yes."
When the Bureau of Fisheries,
through its Alaska spokesman, Pro
fessor, doctor of pisciculture, bull
head college, flounderville, Alaska,
had to give a reason for the non-ap
pearance of the finny tribe, he said
at Ketchikan that conservation of
salmon could not be expected by the
pyramiding of gear, and that over
200 traps were put in this year over
that of last year. Since that state
ment he went to the meeting of the
Fish Barons at Seattle where he had
to pull in his horns and place the
blame somewheres else. Doctor
Radcliffe, another addeged scientist
connected with the Bureau of Sal
mon Destruction said that the dirth
of salmon was due to “cataclysmic
upheavels under” someplace in the
vage nowhere. Henry followed the
(piscatorial scientist but in the
words of the layman attributed the
shortage of salmon to a “submarine
earthquake.
The poor fisherman, pioneering ia
the Territory—trying to pay his lit
tle taxes, pay his bills and buy a
pair of shoes for his kiddies speak
ing from his years of experience and
observation, say, the 'shortage of
salmon was due to the too intensive
fishing with the scientific trap and
the overproduction at the expense
of seed fish.
One poor fish came along and
said OMalley was right, Bogoslav
Island was 'smoking plenty this sum
mer and once or twice did the disap
pearing act and took the fish along
with; other millions disappeared
around the island of Japan when the
‘cataclysmic upheavals’ took place
there. The scientists observed mil
lions of salmon floating around in
the vague H2S somewhere. And that
it is a smart bunch running the fish
1 eries regulations—they know on
which side of their bread the butter
j is on. We believe this fellow.
REPORT OF HALIBUT COMMISSION
Did O’Malley face the truth fear-|
lesslj and declare that depletion of
our salmon fisheries was due to
“the increased use of gear and the
intensity of fishing’’ he would gain
the respect of Alaskans. But to
crawfish behind “cataclysmic upheav
als’’ and “submarine earthquakes”
is the act of but a craven coward.
Where were the submarine earth
quakes? When did they happen7
What facts have been shown where
by any relation can be shown to
said submarine earthquakes and the
disappearance of salmon?
Alaska needs to borrow Mr. Bab
cock from the Canadians and the ap
plication of her laws if she would
put the salmon industry back to its
normal production.
The report of the International
Halibut Commission printed on an
other column is a frank observation
of the condition of the. halibut fish
eries. There is no doubt in the
minds of men interested in this in
dustry, that the commission is go
ing to set forth protective regula
tions for the welfare of the future
of this industry. There is no deny
ing the conditions set forth and
there is no getting away from the
fact that this industry destroyed
will leave a loss from which the
territory can not soon recover.
How different this report front
that of Henry O’Malley’s: The chair
man of the commission says, “The
catch is maintained by the increase
ed use of gear and the intensity of
the fishing.” Henry O’Malley says:
“All sorts of stories have been cir
culated to account for the disap
pearance (of salmon) and among
them is one attributing the death of
fish at sea by submarine earthquake
disturbances.”
ALASKA NEEDS LIBERAL POLICY
“I am not in accord with the
views on Alaska as expressed in and
out of Congress by my neighbor,
Congressman Allen T. Treadway, and
I am going to tell him so when I
return to Massachusetts,” said Wm.
B. Osgood-Field of Lenox, Mass., to
a reporter of the Anchorage Daily
Times.
Alaska presents an unusual prob
lem in his opinion and it will re
quire unusual methods to bring
about that development which the
government seems to desire but ap
parently is unable to bring about.
There is too much restrictions, hurt
ful retrenchment and , lack of under
standing, he believes, where there
should be liberal policies, generous
appropriations and closer contact be
tween the federal government and
the people of Alaska.
SUCH IS FAME
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh’s
secretarial aide, Commander Fitz
hugh Green recently made public the
cataloguing of the popular flier’s
mail. He stated that 3,500,00(1
letters and 100,000 telegrams were
received by Colonel Lindbergh. An
offer of $1,000,000 by a motidn
picture corporation was made if l e
would be photographed in an actual
marriage ceremony with any girl 1 e
chose to wed, Business offers total
ing $7,000,000 were refused. Sc -
eral thousand marriage proposals
and three invitations to join an at
tempt to reach the moon via sky
rockets. Fourteen thourand person*
sent gifts to the aviator and 500
“close relatives” asked for money
The women were the heaviest wcY:
ers. Over $10,000 in stamps were
inclosed in letters for return po ’.t
age.
JUST GOSSIP
It is related that a certain man,
who apparently didn’t like Buddha,
came up to him and called him a
lot of very ugly names. Buddha,
listened quietly until his reviler had
quite run out of epithets, and .then
said to him:
“If you offer something to a man,
and he refuses, to whom, then does
it belong ”
“The man replied, “It belongs, I
suppose to the one who offered it.”
Buddha said, “The abuse and vile
names you offer me, I refuse to ac
cept.” Ditto, says the Alaskan.
EXPORTS FOR 1927
August shipments
1927 $13,408,966
’926 .$’4,121,180
1925 .$11,008,000
Copper shipments amounted to
$583,857 being $441,000 less than
in 1926. Canned salmon shipments
amounted to $11,039,288 compared
with $11,377,576 in 1926. Fur
shipments were about $169,000 as
compared with $30,000 in, 1926.
Herring, fishmeal and fish oil
shipments fell a total of about $40’,
000 compared with last year.
ALIENS VIOLATING PROHIBITION
ACT LOSE CITIZENSHIP
Violation of the prohibition law
by an alien who desires to become
a naturalized citizen may result in
refusal to grant citizenship accord
ing to a statement made by Commis
sioner of Naturalization Raymond
F. Crist. He reviewed decisions of
Federal judges who refused citi
zenship on the ground that the ap
plicants had violated the Eight
eenth Amendment. In one case cit
ed by Commissioner Crist the na
turalization certificate of a recently
naturalized citizen was withdrawn
because after receiving it he plead
guilty to unlawful possession and
sale of intoxicating liquor and to
the charge of assault on Internal
Revenue officers of the United
States. In that case the Federal
Judge held that the defendant had
shown bad faith in violating his oath
that lie would support the Constitu
tion of the United States.
Since 1791 the naturalization
laws have contained prohibition
against the admission of unworthy
applicants to citizenship by natur
alization by providing that' the
courts naturalizing aliens shall be
satisfied that during the five yearj
immediately preceeding the applica
tion he has been a man of good
moral character, attached to prin
cipals of the Constitution' of the
United States, and well disposed tu
the good order and happiness of the
same.
Territorial School Board
Presents Facts On
Growth Alaska
STATISTICS ARE COMPILER, TEN
YEARS AGO WITH PRESENT
DAY, SCHOOLS
i The principal speaker at yester
day’s meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce, was Lester D. Hetnderson,
Commissioner of Education, Terri
torial schools of Alaska. And Mr.
Henderson presented conclusive ev
idence, in the nature of figures,
which ■smashes to “smithereens” the
statement recently made by a United
States , Senator, that the schools of
Alaska had decreased enormously in
the last ten and twenty years.
Checking back to a period of ten
years ago and comparing the figures
of that date with those of today, he
uncovered the following illuminating
data:
Last year’s school service ended
with a growth of 27 per cent in
number of schools. There were but
64 schools 10 years ago. Today
there are 81.
Ten years ago the high school en
rollment was 3,341; today this num
ber has been increased to 4,673, an
increase of 40 per cent.
Ten years ago the elementary en
rollment was 3,030 as against 4,013
to today, an increase of 32 per cent.
Ten years ago the high school en
rollment was 311; today it is 669,
an increase of 115 per cent.
Ten years ago there were 145
teachers employed; now there are
216, which is an increase of 49
per cent.
How do these figures sound?
Ten years ago there were 29
high school graduates; last year
there were 96, an increase of 231
per cent.
Ten years ago graduates from the
elementary grades totalled 112; last
year there were 2 38 graduates, an
increase of 1P3 per cent.
Ten years ago there were but
six high schools in Alaska. Today
there are 13 or an increase of 117
per cent.
Ten years ago there were three
accredited high schools. In this
present day and age there are eight;
an increase of 167 per cent.
Ten years ago the average salary*
of a superintendent or principal was
$1,664. Today they are receiving
an average salary of 2,256, an in
crease of 59 per cent.
Ten years ago high school teach
ers were paid an average salary of
$1,226; today they are receiving
$1,640, an increase of 38 per cent. -
Ten years ago elementary teach
ers, in incorporated towns, were re
ceiving an average salary of $1,144;
they are getting $1,538 now, an in
crease of 34 per cent. Outside of
incorporated towns they are enjoy
ing an increase of 39 per cent.
Ten years ago the per capita cost,
of education was $106. Today it is
$135, due largely to increased salar
ies. This is an increase of 27 per
cent.
Ten years age there was spent the
sum of over $272,000 for the opera
tion of Territorial schools; Last year
over $509,000 was appropriated for
this purpose, an increase of 82 per
cent.
These figure not only indicate the
growth of Alaska, from a school
standpoint, but is certainly a barom
eter with which one can guage no*
only development of the Territory,
but the increased premanancy of it^
residents.
Not so bad when one gets the
facts, what?—Exchange.
SALMON PACK MILLIONS
CASES SHORT DECLARES
COMMISSIONER O’MALLEY
For reasons as yet a mystery to
the fishing industry and to govern
ment experts the salmon catch on
the Pacific coast this year has been
reduced to about 50 per cent of the
normal. Henry O’Malley, Commis
sioner of Fisheries, estimated the
Alaska catch has been cut to three
and a half million cases and on
Puget Sound it has been reduced to
1675,000. In British Columbia the
catch amounted to 375,000 cases or
about half of last year’s pack.
Were Plentiful In D)2.->
“We are entirely at a loss to
know why salmon failed to put in
an appearance on the fishing grounds
this season,” stated Mr. O’Malley.
“The pink salmon variety, which is
the fish which lives through a two
year cycle in salt water, was plenti
ful on the spawning beds in 1925
which should have brought the
schools back into the fresh water
streams of Alaska. There should
have been large numbers this year
but for unknown reasons the fish
has been killed off or for some otli
er reason have failed to appear.
Submarine Earthquake i
“All sorts of stories have been!
circulated to account for the dis
appearance and among them is one1
attributing the death of fish at sea
by submarine earthquake distur-!
i
fiances. We have no record that
government regulations which have;
been adopted in Alaska in recent'
years for protecting the fisheries j
have anything to do with the matter.
In spite of the disapsearance of the
fish this year there’ is every reason
to presume salmon in 1928 and later
years will continue to make their
appearance on the fishing grounds at
the outset of the spawning season.”
—Gateway.
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Because of its two leaven
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more leavening power and
hence is a most dependable
baking powder.
Thousands of women of
the West have used Cres
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This exact process is Con
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