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An Open Letter To
Hon. Francis D. Culkin.
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.Ketchikan, Alaska
Dear Mr. Culkin:
Washington, D. C.,
In Re: Henry O’Malley, the
The Enemy of the Natives of
Alaska.
In view of your “Extended Re
marks” of April 18, 1930, you
need some educating. We don’t
blame you, for you are but a vie
tim of the propaganda continu
ally sent out by the Department
of Commerce who still believe in
Henry O'Malley.
You state, “While I am not as
familiar as many of my members
with the effectiveness of the
work of the Bureau of Fisheries
in the past, I wish to pay tribute
to the present Commissioner of
Fisheries.” Why?
Was it because he supported
the present "White” Fish Law?
He was opposed to it. See
hearings on H. R. 2714 of 1924.
Is it because he is a great con
servationist?
The average pack is as high as
ever. .» j
The average pack for the “war
years” (the highest attained by
the industry) was 5,215,332 (1914
to 1918 inc.)
The average pack from 1924
to 1928 inclusive, when Mr.
O’Malley had absolute power to
“conserve” fish, was 5,209,177 or
within 6,000 cases of the “war
years.”
. .What then becomes of Mr
O’Malley’s statement in the
hearings in 1924 on H.R. 2174
“Certain districts are so serious
ly menaced that it would be wise
to close them for a term o!
years. * * * All of those who have
entered the controversy con
cerning a wise and efRcien'
method of administei ing the
salmon fisheries of Alaska, are a
unit in contending that deple
tion has already occurred anc
;hat utter destruction of the in
dustry will follow if remedial
measures are not promptly tak
en,” page 4. Also see Curry hear
ings on H. R. 5G94 (1921) pg. 444
and 445.
There lias been no conserva
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What has O’Malley done?
By his system of unfair and
discriminatory regulations and
WITHOUT giving us, the natives
of Alaska, a chance to be heard,
he has driven us out of our an
cient fishing grounds with the
following result. The percent
age of seine caught fish in 1924
compared with trap caught fish
was 38 per cent to 57 per cent. In
1928 (after four years of Henry
O’Malley) our gear (the seines)
is reduced to 25 per cent and the
traps (specially favored by Mr.
O’Malley) is increased to 71 per
cent—WITHOUT any change in
the average pack.
Who told you that “most of his
•ritics now recognize the sound
ness of his judgment”? Most of
his critics have been silenced by
fear of his autocratic spirit and
power, but time will prove that
he is fundamentally wrong and
we are his victims,
If you have a heart, you will
be touched by the enclosed copy
of a letter which I j ust received.
This woman is a victim with
HUNDREDS of others referred
to in Delegate Sutherland’s
speech of January 7th, 1930 in
Congress.
Kasaan, Alaska
April 26, 1930
William L. Paul,
Ketchikan, Alaska
Dear Mr. Paul:
I only want to know if you'
could help a poor widow like me. j
We didn't work in the cannery !
last summer; for two years we
have been on the verge of starv
ation, at least it seemed that
way to me, every year we don’t
have money enough to buy pro
visions for the wiikter can’t even
afford to buy clothing.. My two
children are still going to school
yet. I would be very grateful ii
you would help me.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Mrs. B. Williams.
As the result of O’Malley’s dis
criminations—not based on law
or not in the interest of conser
vation in spite of his proclama
tions—our people are reduced to
less than $150 per annum per
family. The Bureau of Fisher
ies says we can live on $265
which is a cruel lie.
We Charge
That O’Malley promulgates re
gulations after he gives the big
packers a full chance to discuss
chem with him.
That in no instance has he ev
er given the local fishermen a
chance to discuss the regulations
cither before or after. On July
3rd, 1929, he refused without
sufficient excuse to attend a
a hearing requested by thirty re
presentatives of over 150 local
fishermen:
That he has done nothing to
promote conservation;
That he has done nothing to
•ffectively reduce the efficiency
)f the expensive fish trap sys
tem;
That he has continued to han
Jicap seines already but l-5th as
efficient as the fish traps to be
gin with;
. .That he has closed all areas
favorable to our form of gear;
That his order spacing traps
one mile apart has absolutely no
effect on the amount of fish
caught by the remaining traps,
out oruy means tnat tne same
number of salmon shall be
caught by fewer traps;
That his system of closing
commercial fishing in the midst
if the run is wrong for reasons
stated by Dr. C. H Gilbert of
Stanford University in 1924.
That by threats of confiscation
of our boats, he has compelled
many of our people to plead
‘guilty” when innocent;
That the business depression
in Alaska is due to Henry O’Mal
ley and his unjust, unsound and
discriminatory regulations which
are effectively and we think de
signedly drawn up to help non
residents as against resident
fishermen.
Yours very truly,
William L. Paul.
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ELECTRIC FISH HERDERS
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Much has been said of sheep
herders—and the Bureau of
Fisheries has now entered that
class. They will herd salmon in
to spawning streams through a
weir. This is a part of their cam
paign for the conservation of
fish in Alaska waters. This meth
od will be tried out at the mouth
cf the Naknek River in the Bris
tol Bay district.
The apparatus consists of logs,
some chains and a small storage
battery outfit. The logs will be
anchored below the weir gate and
the other end extending some 120
feet below the weir. The open
ing at the outer end will corres
pond in width to that of the
weir. Attached to the logs for
most of the length of the chan
nel will be steel chains These
will be wired to the battery out
fit which will furnish current
ior cnarging. only watts is
required to charge the outfit. It
is believed that contact with the
charged area will drive the fish
on through the weir to the
j.spawning grounds.
| This novel idea might be adapt
ed by trap men in order to make
their scientific machines more
efficient in the catching of sal-j
mon. The plan is probably feas-'
ible and if its worth is demon
strated by the Bureau of Fish
eries, its use with traps will re
duce the cost of trap catch while
at the same time increasing it.
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JOHN FRAME
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With the filing of John Frame,
Monday, April 28, for territorial
senator from the First Division
on an independent ticket, there
will be three candidates in the
fall election: Allen Shattuck,
Democratic candidate; C. T.
Gardner, Republican candidate
and John Frame, independent.
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Justice Brandeis On
Liberty
We have never read anything
more beautiful than the follow
ing discourse on “Liberty” by
Justice Louis Brandeis of the
United States Supreme Court:
“We speak of liberty as one
thing, and of virtue, wealth,
1 nowledge, invention, national
strength, and national independ
ence as other things. But, of all
tnese, liberty is the source, the
mother, the necessary condition.
She is to virtue what light is to
color; to wealth what sunshine
is to grain; to knowledge what
eyes are to sight. She is a geni
us of invention, the brawn of na
tional strength, the spirit of na
tional independence. Where lib
erty rises, there virtue grows,
wealth increases, knowledge ex
pands, invention multiplies hu
man powers, and in strength and
spirit the freer nation rises
among her neighbors as Saul
amid his brethern—taller and
fairer. Where liberty sinks,
there virtue fades, wealth dimin
ishes, knowledge is forgotten, in
vention ceases, and empires once
mighty in arms and arts become
fi helpless prey to freer barbari
ans!
“Only in broken gleams and
partial light has the sun of liber
ty beamed among men, but all
progress hath she called forth.
“Liberty came to a race of
slaves crouching under Egyptian
whips, and led them forth from
the house of bondage. She hard
ened them in the desert and
made them a race of conquerors.
The free spirit of the Mosaic law
l ook their thinkers up to heights
where they beheld the unity of (
God and inspired their poets
with strains that yet phrase the
Highest exaltations of thought.
Liberty dawned on the Phoenic
ian coast, and ships passed the.
Pillars of Hercules to plow the
unknown sea. She shed a par
tial light on Greece, and marble
grew to shapes of ideal beauty,
words became the instruments of
subtlest thought, and against
the scanty militia of free cities
the countless hosts of the great
king broke like surges against a
rock. She cast her beam on the!
4-acre farms of Italian husband
men, and born of her strength a
power came forth that conquer
ed the world. They glinted from
shields of German warriors, and
Augustus wept his legions. Out
of the night that followed her
eclipse, her slanting rays fell
again on free cities and a lost
learning revived, modern civili
zation began, a new world was
unveiled; and as liberty grew, so
grew art, wealth, power, know
ledge, and refinement. In the
history of every nation we may
read the same truth. It was
strength born of the Magna
Charta that won Crecy and
Agincourt. It was the revival of
liberty from the despotism of the
Tudors that glorified the Eliza
bethan age. It was the spirit
that brought a crowned tyrant
to the block that planted here
the seed of a mighty tree. It
was the energy of ancient free
dom that, the moment it had
gained unity, made Spain the
mightiest power of the world, on- j
iy to fall to the lowest depth of
weakness when tyranny succeed
ed liberty. See, in France, all
intellectual vigor dying under
the the tyranny of the seven
teenth century to revive in
splendor as liberty awoke in the
eighteenth, and on the enfran
chisement of French peasants in
the great Revolution, basing the
wonderful strength that has in
our time defied defeat.
Shall we not trust her?
In our time, as in times before,
creep on the insidious forces
that, producing inequality, de
stroy liberty. On the horizon
the clouds begin to lower. Liber
ty calls to us again. We must
follow her further; we must trust
her fully. Either we must whol
ly accept her or she will not stay.
It is not enough that men should
•vote; it is not enough that they
should be theoretically equal be
fore the law. They must have
liberty to avail themselves Qf the
opportunities and means of life;
they must stand on equal terms
with reference to the bounty of
nature. Either this, or Liberty
withdraws her light! Either this,
or darkness comes on, and the
very forces that progress has
evolved turn to powers that work
destruction. This is the univers
al law. This is the lesson of the
centuries. Unless its foundation:
be laid in justice, the socia5
structure cannot stand.”
LONG TIME GETTING THERE
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Eighteen years and three long
months after a postcard was put
in the Seattle postoffice, it was
received by J. W. Headlee, of Ev
erett. Sheriff Bannick when he
was chief of police in Seattle,
■ent the card to J. W. Headlee of
Everett on March 4, 1912 and was
cancelled at the Everett office—
30 miles away—cr. June 7, 1930.
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NED STEAMER FOR RAILROAD
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The Marine Construction Com
pany of Seattle, with a snip
building plant on the West Wa
terway, submitted the lowest bid
for the construction of the Alas
ka Railroad’s new Yukon and
Tanana River sternwheel steam
er. The company submitted a
bid of $393,750 for the ship com
plete.
PULP AND PAPER NOTES -
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The Westminster Paper, Co, ;
Westminster, B. C. opened its
new plant recently with consid-1
trable ceremony. The plant has
a capacity of drying unit of 600
! feet of 120 inch paper a minute
the gloss rolls turning out 72,000
pounds a day. Printing, coloring, j
winding, foi ling and other mai-i
chines are in full complement.1
The new plant is considered the
cleanest of its kind on the coast
and will run 24 hours a day for
some months.
New Paper Plant Arising
Although times are quiet there
is some talk of pulp and paper
activities. At Ocean Falls addi-,
tions have been made to prevent
power shortage such as occurred
last year. Pacific Coast Paper
Mills is building a fine specialty
paper plant in Vancouver. The
Powell River Company is busy
with expansion.
Coquitlam, the municipality
just east of New Westminster,
announces the erection of a pulp
and paper plant in that munic
ipality as practically settled, the '
builders being Californians,
Ketchikan Pulp
According to Mayor Walker,
the Zellerbach interests have
completed plans for construction
of a large pulp mill near Ketchi
kan. It is expected that the
work will begin within two years
and. the plant will be put in op
eration within four years, em
j ploying 2,000 men.—The Timber
1 man. i
CONDENSED
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“Make it short and snappy,” i
cried the city editor. Boil it
| down.”
(..And when they hnnded the.
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j mandments, to try him on, he j
I wrote:
j “Don’t.”
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51 per cent of all ike ccrs registered in the State
of Washington during the month of May were Fords.
This is only slightly over the overage for the en
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Petersburg ... Alaska
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