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SENATOR BARTLEY HOWAKi>
DEMO-REPUBLICAN CANDiDATE.
FOR DELEGATE TO COAGltESo
The Dictators of Alaska—mem
bers of the sexless political party
ol Alaska have induced benalor
Bartley Howard to ruu lor tuu ornce
of Delegate to Congress to suceed
Delegate Dan A. Sutherland, Re
publicau.
The Juneau Empire and thej
Ketchikan Chronicle, supporters ol
Senator Howard, both Democratic
organs, have listed themselves thru
certain agencies as “Independent.
What’s a little lie to these papeis
and editors so long as t hey can
keep control of the political aliuirs
of the Territory.
It will be remembered that at the
last primaries held n the Territory
Mr. Boyle hied through the Demo
cratic party for the ollice ol Dele
iate to Cougress. A Mr. Adams al
so hied. At a small political meet
ing in Ketchikan it was decided
that Boyle would stay in the run
ning long enough to defeat Adams
and then withdraw in favor of some
other candidate. President Bunnel
wras thought to be the right man but
he was wise enough to hang on to
his presidency of the Alaska Col
lege. Finally Thomas Murquam was
“induced” to hie in opposition 10
Dan Sutherland. A betrayal of the
Democratic party which was ^ c
membered at the polls by the vot
ers.
. JLHU NEW “HYPHANATE” HOPE
The hyphanate, “independent”,
“Non-partisan”, “Regular Republi
can” party of Alaska now puts forth
the Honorable Bartley Howard as
its hope for the further “feather
ing' of the nest of the Non-resi
deut Dictators of Alaska—the
Lords and Barons of the Fish Trust
of uregon, Washington, California
and Illinois. The Alaskan intro
duces to the electorate of Alaska
the Honorable Bartley Howard, Mr.
President of the Senate of the last
Legislature.
“HE STANDS ON HIS RECORD”
He is high in the estimation of
Jawn Walker Troy, more general!y i
known as “Eleven Ounce ' i'roy,
and with “pirate” cannerymen who
^peut no inconsiderable amount oi
the coin of the realm “entertain
certain “spineless” members of the
last legislature.
His attitude en every issue of
moment to the general interest to
the Territory was antagonistic and
his record relative to the Controller
Bill is best described by the Hon.
James Wickersham of Juneau, in
the July issue of the Alaska Fisher
man, which follows in part:
* * * *
follow with article from Fisherman
by Wickersham
THE VOTE AGAINST SEF GOVRN
O’MALLEY PLAYS IN HANDS OF
CANNERS AT AI L TIMES
“What do you think about O’Mal
ley, do you think lie is playing
square with the Territory in its fish
eries or not?” was a question asked
us this week by a resident fisher
man who has observed much of the
regulations and management of
the fisheries this summer.
Candidly we do not believe that
HenryO’Malley, United States Com
missioner of Fisheries has played
square with the Territory in the
past nor in the present and willl
continue to aid in the prostitution of
thi3 great asset unless and ul.T
driven by force of circumstances to
change his attitude on matters of
regulation.
AS THE FISH BARONS DICTATE
Bristol Bay Area
Salmon Fishery — Supplementary
June 23, 1927, extending the week
ly closed week period 12 hours in
certain waters of the Bristol Bay
area are hereby cancelled.
(Signed) W. P. MacCracken, act
ing Secretary of Commerce.
BRISTOL BAY AREA
Salmon fishery. - Supplementary
Regulation No. 251-13-9, dated July
15, 1927, prohibiting commercial
fishing for salmon after 6 o'clock
postmeridian July 16 is hereby can
celled.
(Signed) W. P. MacCracken, Jr.
Acting Secretary of Commerce
BRISTOL BAY AREA
Salmon fishery.- Regulation No.
i is amended so as to prohibit com
mercial fishing for salmon in the
period from 6 o'clock postmeridian
July 19 to 6 o’clock antemeridian
August 6, after which date com
mercial fishing for salmon during
the remainder of the year is per
mitted.
(Signed) W. P. MacCracken, Jr.,
Acting Secretary of Commerce.
We quote the following from the
Junau Empire dated July 21:
“All of the Bristol Bay district
except the Kvichak-Naknek area
was closed to commercial salmon
fishing last Saturday at 6 p. in.,
according to advices received late
yesterday at local headquarters of
the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. Fish
ing was permitted in the Kvichak
Naknek area until 6 p. m. last
Tuesday when the entire district
was closed down.
The closing orders were issued
by Agent Dennis Winn who was on
the ground observing the runs and
escapement to spawning areas.
When the blanket closing order
issued on July 15, by the Depart
ment of Commerce, was revoked,
Mr. Winn was directed by Commis
sioner Henry O’Malley to permit
fisliing from day to day and close
down when in his judgment such ac
ion was necessary to insure ade
quate escapement to spawning
areas.
**“It was believed, however, the
total pack would be small and prob
ably not to exceed 60 per cent of the
1926 pack.”
Again comes the orders, but now
opening this same area to commer
cial fishing the balance of the fishing
year UP TO JANUARY WHEN THE
PACKERS HAVE NOT LEFT
Astoria or San Francisco.
The run in Bristol bay was 500,
000 cases below that of 1926 and 76
per cent of the pack of that area
was taken from the Kvichak-Nak
nek area, the balance of that area
producing only 96.000 this year as
against a pack of 500,000 cases fo~
the district outside the Kvichak
Naknek area.
in other words,, the Bureau of
Fisheries in spite of the absolute
knowledge of conditions, again per
mits the commercial fishing for sal
mon in the Bristol Bay area when
there has not been a 50 percent
required by the law of June 6,
1924.
It has ever been thus with the
Bureau of Fisheries^—THEY CON
SERVE THE VESTED INDUSTRIES
BY AND THRU REGULATION TO
THE DETRIMENT OF RESIDENT
FISHERMEN AND BUSINESS
MEN.
The Bristol Bay was closed and it
should he kept closed if they will
have any salmon there in the fu
ture The “Off agin, On agin, Go
ing agin, Finnigan’’ policy of the
Bureau spells destruction of the re
turn cycle of salmon in the Bristol
Bay area. It emphasises the fact
that when tho^jiackers wish a cer
tain ruling or regulation for their
own special benefit, Mister O’Malley
and the man who made sugar fa
mous during the World War, saw to
it that the regulations were promul
gated in the interest of conserva
tion bunk which they pass on to
men like Congresomen Free of Cal
ifornia* who knows no more about
salmon than does Jawn Walker
Troy.
SHALL WE HAVE ILEAL
CONSEliVATION
. . By HERBERT K. VERTREES,. . ,
Secretary of Pike County Chapter
of the Izaak Walton League of
America, Pittsfield, Illinois
. . (Contnued from last week).
In order to show just what kind
of conservationists Mr. Hoover and
Mr. O’Malley were, it will only be
necessary to refer to the figures
which appear in the results of the
salmon fishing season. The results
were published by the Department
of Commerce, So they will probably
be satisfied with their own figures.
The record of the Cook inlet sec
tion of the reservation for 1923
shows that ten canneries were al
I
lowed a total pack limit of 208,000
cases, while the actual pack was
SS,9 37 cases.. This is much less
than one-half of their allotment.
Cook Inlet was scraped from end to
end for red salmon, and residents of
the Inlet section reported that few,
if any fish escaped to the spawning
beds. The tabulated report of the
Department of Commerce shows
three large canneries operated in
Chignik Bay in 1923 and that each
was limited to 50,000 cases, or a
total of 150,000 cases. The most
that was caught by any one of these
three canneries was 2 3,30 9 cases.
The three canneries caught a total
of 09,SS(j cases. Thus with intens
ive fishing the Chignik packers
could not catch one-half of the
j amount that was allotted them by
the Department of Commerce.
The Government documents prove
that the Department does not prac
tice real conservation, but that it
helped the Fish Trust which was de
stroying the salmon fisheries.
One incident of the monopoly
serves to show the general ruthless
regard for public rights in the ad
ministration of the fishery reserva
tion by the Fish Tust and the Bu
reau of Fisheries. Two young men
who had fished independently at
Karluck in the season of 1S22, ap
plied for permission to fish there
in 1923, but were refused on the
ground that the fish belonged to the
Trust. These two young men were
fishing in Alaska when the war
broke out and both entered the ser
vice, one in the Army and one in
the Navy, and at the close of the
war they both returned to fishing.
The right of fishery that had been
exercised after the war was taken
from them and given to the fish
Trust. They gave all to the service
of their country, and were certain
ly entitled to protection of their
rights by the Government they had
served.
All, of these unjust and un-Ameri
can conditions were brought to the
attention of our Congress by Mr.
Dan A. Sutherland, and he deserves
much praise for his courage and
his perserverance in his successful
fight for the protection of the Alas
kan salmon fisheries. It was be
cause of his efforts that Congress
made a new law for the protection
of the Alaskan salmon fisheries.
This law, H. R. 814 3 was approveu
June 6, 1924. It provides strong
protection for our Alaskan fisheries,
so that these resources are now be
ing conserved. It will not be pos
sible for any private monopoly to
secure exclusive rights to these fish
eries. It also provides that no ci
tizen of the United States shall be
denied the right to fish in any of
the waters where fishing is allowed.
Some one may suggest that this
article is exaggerated or untrue.
The fact is that it is possible to
prove every statement. Really, the
half has not been told. The writer
has enough material pertaining to
the conservation of the pearl fish
eries to write a large book upon the
subject. In preparing this paper
for our League members he has
done so of his own free will and
accord, and he has considered the
best interests of the Izaak Walton
League and our nation. He feels
that this is a just and timely criti
cism of the League management
and of the Bureau of Fisheries. He
has no malice toward Mr. Hoover
or Mr. O’Malley, or others. He
hopes it will not be necessary to
write more extensively upon this
subject.
(The End)
“SALMON RUN THIS YEAR MAY
THE SEASON
“Something will have to be done
about getting the fish in this sec
tion to run according to calendar
as they don’t seem to realize the
fishing season closes on August
22 nd. For the past four seasons
the run ha3 been coming later than
in former years and it is claimed
the fish this year have been latei
than ever before in the history of
the fishing industry in southeastern
Alaska. It seems certain at this
time that the closed season will
have to be extended to get up a
pack that is at all worth while this
year.—Wrangell Sentinel.
. . . . BREEDING LATE FISH.
The canning industry has never
yet faced such a situation a3 has
presented itself thi3 year. In the
early day fishermen were at Anan
Creek catching salmon by the 12th
of June. After 1914 the run in
this famous humpback creek did
not present themselves until the
end of June and the last ten years
there has been no extensive fishing
there until after the Fourth of July.
Those in sympathy with the Bu
reau of Fisheries in its administra
tion of regulations of the industry,
have refused to admit that the
fisheries of Alaska are being deplet
ed. They pointed to enormous
packs as proof of the cry of “wolf,
wolf” and even pointed to “amaz
ing increase due to escapement un
der the regulations of 1924.’
rihe enormous pa^ks put up by
the middle of August in previous
years tell but one 3tory—depletion
of the early run of salmon. And
that under the ‘eagle eye of the
Bureau of Fisheries Conservation
as far as the Bureau of Fisheries is
concerned, has been and continues
to be a farce. Unless the methods
are entirely changed, salon in
Alaska will be as much of a curio as
the totem pole3 now on exhibition
in various towns.
A chicken rancher who sells all
of the early eggs from his ranch,
and kills off all the chickens, will be
able to raise only late chickens and
will have only late eggs in time.
The fishing industry ha3 been kill
ing off all early fish and now the
present situation is but a natural
reaction because of the intensive
fishing of the past.
Those most interested in this In
dustry shohld face this situation
frankly and fairly and take steps
to insure the perpetuation of the
industry by doing less intensive fish
ing and by seing to it that more
than sufficient salmon escape to the
spawning areas for only by the
seeding of these areas can there be
any return of fish in later years.
IN .THE DISTRICT COURT .FOR
THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA DI
VISION NUMBER .ONE, JUNEAL
BANK OF PETERSBURG, a
corporation
No. 2187 — A
NOTICE OF MARSHAL’S SALE
BANK OF PETERSBURG, A COR
PORATION Plaintiff vs
GUS A. LEHNER, J. G. SMITH,
LOUIS LARSEN, JOHN JOSEPH,
GEORGE G. SMITH, and FRANK
RICHARDSON, Defendants.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY!
GIVEN, That by virtue of a writ of
fieri facias, or execution, dated July
19th, 1927, issued out of the district
Court for the District of Alaska, Di-1
vision Number One, on a judgment1
rendered in said court on the 19th1
day of July, 1927, in favor .of Bang I
of Petersburg, a corporation, and}
against Gus A. Lehner, J. G. Smith J
! Louis Larsen, John Joseph, George i
W. Smith and Frank Richardson, i j
have, on this 2 9tli day of July,
1927, levied upon the following do ,
scribed real property situated in the'
Territory of Alaska, Division Num-j
ber One, at Petersburg Alaska,
which was heretofore attached on I
June 3 1922, in Cause No. 2187-A,
by virtue of a writ of attahcment
issued out of the District Court for
Number One, to-wit:
“All of the right, title and iutei
est and equity of whatever nature
of the defendant Frank Richardson,
of, in and to all of Lot No. G in
Block No. 80 of the Town of Peters
burg, Alaska, U. S. Official Survey
No. 1252, according to the oificiai
plat of said Townsite of Petersburg
Alaska’’;
and that I will accordingly offer
all of said real property for sale at
public vendue to the highest and
best bidder for cash on the 6th day
of September, 1927, at the hour oi
10 o’clock A. M. at the front door
of the United States Marshal’s Office
at Petersburg, Alaska.
Dated at Petersburg, Alaska, July
29, 1927.
ALBERT WHITE
United States Marshal, Dis
trict of Alaska, Division No. One.
By C. V. BROWN
Office Deputy.
1st Publication August 5th, 1 927.
Last Publication August 2 6, 1927.
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