i
]
A. N. B. Publishing Company,
<
..Published every Friday by the Alaska Native Brotherhood (
Publishing Company, at Petersburg, Alaska.. Entered in the Post
l>Hice in Petersburg as Second Class Matter.
Subscribtion Hates:
The Alaskan, six months, $2.50
Ihe Alaskan, per year, $4.00 Louis F. Paul, Editor-Manager.
WHAT THE FISHING
INDUSTRY NEEDS
What the fishing problem in
Alaska needs is a thorough in
vstigation by an impartial group
of men of judgment and fair
ness.
. . We do not concede that any
investigatioii made by the De
partment of Commerce of one of
its own branches worth two cents
on a thousand dollars. Any in
vestigation of charges against
the Bureau of Fisheries is refer
red back to the Bureau of Fish
enes; and they, past masters at
the art of peddling propaganda
far from the truth, in their slimj
smooth way prove to the satis
faction of the Secretary of Com
merce that all charges agains
the Bureau of Fisheries and it.
officials are but the charges o
“irresponsible radicals.”
If an investigation is conduct
cd, and this publication invite.*
an honest one, let it be made
from evidence presented by mei
of Alaska who owe no allegiance
to any bureau for their jobs o
for anything else; let the find
ings be published as unvarnish
ed truth.
-x
CUT ’EM OUT BOYS
Henry O’Malley again gave hi
singly blessing to resident fish
ermen—this time it is the gill
netter who is on the receiving
end and who pays for “conser
vation” of salmon. Rather, we
would say for the conservation
of trap gear and operations.
“Circular No. 251, 16th edition
issued under date of December
19, 1929. together with subse
quent regulations, are hereby
amended by the following regu
lations”:
General Regulations Effectivi
In All Areas
Salmon fisheries—1. No gillne'
shall include any webbing othe1
than a single sheet hung be
tween the cork and lead lines.
2. The use of any tramme
net, diver net, or so-called “com
bination net” is prohibited.
..3..No gill net shall be used ir
any form of seining operation^
What are seining operations'
Is making a circle around a
school of salmon distinctly a
“seining” operation? Is it legal
to make a round set with a gil1
net? Is gillnetting permitted in
any and all areas, or it it per
mitted only in the large river
areas? Can the gillnet be used
to catch humpies, dogs and co
hoes? Must a gill net be set only
in a straight line? 1
Frankly this publication knows
less about this regulation the '
more thought it gives to it. Per- ,i
haps the fishermen and business
men interested can give a satis- n
factory explanation of the regu
lation. e
n
MAKE IT THE SAME ALL OVER
ALASKA
Herring fishing in the Alaska
Peninsula and Aleutian Island
areas this year is limited to gill
nets of 3]2 inch mesh, stretched
measure.
This prohibition is an indirect
curtailment of reduction oper
jS
| a
jh
o:
h
P
ations in those areas. It is a de- pi
monstrated fact that reduction g]
plants cannot operate on herring C(
caught in gillnets.
j ol
This prohibition further indi- b<
cates that Henry O’Malley has'nt
gotten cold feet and is uneasy:
over the conditions which during tt
the past two years have endan-! U1
gered the westward supply of'm
herring. The depletion of her-'se
ring in Southeastern Alaska had to
caused change of operations to re
the Westward. in
Heretofore Mr. O’Malley has'gr<
placed himself on record as be-icie
;n<T unshle to curt.aii reduction !wa
plant operations “because there' Na
was no law to govern.” He now'Ah
brands himself as being reckless jvel
in his handling of the truth— ma
a more gentlemanly term for at the
shorter and uglier worn uua ms
nis statements.
What is good for t ae West
ward in the line oi re ’trictions
is also good for the 1* irst Divi
sion. O’Malley is to be com
mended for curtailing t he wan
,on waste and desli action” of a
food fish to the W< si ward. Hu
will receive further commenda
tion if he will apply the same re
strictions in this Division.
SHALL AID IN THE DEVELOP
MENT CP THE Fi ll INDUSTRY
Continued from Page One
the fur farmers are still flound
ering in a wilderness <u theorieo
.Since no provision wa made foi
conducting any expo, imental re
search, this ‘‘expert was obligee
m glean his knowiec! ';e of foxes
irom the farmers themselves. In
hree years of such t uition, he
has accumulated a store of hear
say knowdedge. Perhaps he hat
caught up with hi would-be
followers—he certainly *has noi
;ed. Hundreds of valuable ani
mals are being lost this season
as in every season, and it is not
mly the fur farmers but the Ter
itory in general that loses the
uenefit, for every dollar that th:
ur farmer produces Is a foreign
iollar brought to your home
town.
And now, to cap he climax,
md as a final con ur ination of
he whole ridicuiou farce, our
‘expert” resigns his pointmem
Toes to Seattle to nv e the riglh
connections and pi s to start
ur farming on a md scale
ome place within tue Territory
md the latest advi s from Ju
leau indicate that nous con
ideration is being given to a re
•ent graduate of the Alaska Col
ege to succeed him Perhapr
hat may be some peoples’ con
•eption of the meaning of that :
orovision of the law which says
The purpose of such appoint- i
nent shall be to aid in the de- i
’elopment of the industry of 1
•aising fur” Perhaps, after all
he letter of the law has been 1
ollowed— one fur farmer ha:
'een developed and now we will
'e given an opportunity to spend
mother $32,500 to - educate
mother. And perhaps the vi
nos practice will continue—de
reloping and educating fur
armers every two years at a cost
f $16,250 per year.
Acting on the recommenda
ion of Commissioner Charles H
’lory, the Department of Agri
ulture has recently given ap
roval to a plan for the estab
shment of a feder.-.i fur exped
ient station in connection with
1
i
r
e
C
t
C
c
t.i
ie Alaska College. Pome phas
3 of this matter will be more
illy discussed in these column'
ext week.
T
t!
'.i
w
“CHEAP TIMBER SUPPLY” ’a
Mr. Flory of the U. S. Fores -
^rvice while in (lie States gav.
speech over the radio in which sf
? touched upon 1 he resource
? tiie Territory He dwelt brie'
upon the “Cheap Timber Sup
y” of Alaska as follows:
The vast timber resources, er
?cially those found in the tw;
eat National Forests along th<
»ast, afford a cheap, plentiful
!PPly of raw material for lum
ir and for the manufacture of
iwsprint paper.
A
ti
‘ r
cl
w
C:
fa
a
Pi
These forests are owned bj
e Federal Government and an
tder s ientiPc forestry mar.eg
snt of the United States Forest
rvi .0. The timber is for sale
anyone. The land only being
mined in Federal owners1 r r
order to insure a continu" as
)wt!i of trees. Thre is sufh
nt Umber and undeveloped
ter mwer within the Tonga°s
tional Forest in Southeast
ska to supply, when fully de
ap.'d, the raw material for the
nufacture of one-fourth of
newsprint paper consumed
er
Ai
su
re
Cc
er:
ev
cir
th<
cei
est
al
me
Sta
Thi
mnually within the United I
States—and to continue at this
'ate in perpetuity.
“As our industries are devel
>ped through the increased use
>f the natural resources, popula
tion will naturally increase, a
arger market for farm products
issured and consequently a
greater inducement for growing
them. The Alaska of the future
holds much of promise and this
Northland of ours will someday
take its place as the 49th star in
the flag of our Union.”
Hip! Hip! Hooray! The 49th
star. Right now Alaskans are
seing mostly 4900 stars from thf:
cracks they have received at
thg hand of the Forest Depart
ment; the Bureau of Fisheries
and what not.
Why
With two National Forest.
Pictured oy Mr. Flory as having
so much timber, why is it that
virtually every sawmill in the
ountry is today bankrupt?
Why is it that where ther
were more than two dozen crew
logging for Wrangell and Pc
tersburg back in the early 1900’s
today there are not more thai
rive outfits in the field?
Did you know that if you ask
^d for permit to log piling on a
certain area, that Mr. Flory’s
department would force you tr
take out the hemlock and spruce
in that area, Even if you had
no market for that timber? Or
that if you had a permit or
another area to log off the spruce
j-ou would also have to take out
hemlock and piling—EVEN if
vou had no market for piling or
hemlock.
inat is the bureaucratic way
of developing a resource—drive
resident small operators out of
(he game—give vast timber areas
away as inducements to pulp
concerns to come in. Impoverish
local sawmills by regulations in
the cutting of timber which does
not permit operation of the mills
except at prohibitive costs and
thereby eliminate them from
competitive markets in the vari
ous fields. The timber is cheap
Uright—to the pulp concerns
-vhich are invited to the Terri
ory—but mighty expensive to
esident business.
This publication does not op
>ose entrance of pulp concerns
nto the Territory—on the same
iasis with the mills, but it is op
posed to the petty tyranny that
las driven and is driving resi
lent loggers and mill men out of
msiness.
ANOTHER FISH AUTHORITY
Mr. Jermane, associate editor
f the Seattle Times sets himself
p as another authority on fish
ries of Alaska, Washington and
ianada, incidentally he hands
d the King of Alaska, Henry
>’Mailey, several bouquets that
Dund like they were writtenby
Id Hank himself.
A signed article dealing with
le salmon treaty between the
nited States and Canada was
le idea which fathered the ar
cle. According to Mr. Jermane '
hether the sockeye fisheries is,
,o survive or perish is left' i
rgely to the discretion of the 11
mnerymen of Washington.’ I
Copies of the treaty are being 11
udied by the Cannerymen’s,!,
ssociation of Washington State.
First negotiations for the con
ol of the sockeye fisheries in;
le Fraser River Basin, which in
udes Washington coastal plain
as begun back in 1908 when the
inadians first appreciated the
ct that their fisheries were on
down grade in production.
Treaty after treaty was pre
yed and presented each gov
nment for consideration—the
nerican government never did
cceed in even getting favorable
port on each treaty from the
mmittee on Marine and Fish- i
es; the Canadians have passed j
?ry treaty and then had to res
id its action upon failure of
J American government to ac
>t the treaty.
Phe present treaty provides for
ablishment of an internation
fisheries commission of six
mbers, three from the United
tes and three from Canada.
; commission is granted ex-1
tensive regulatory powers over
Lne fisheries in national and ter
litorial waters and over fishing
for sockeye by American and Ca
nadian fishermen on portions ol
rhe high seas.
The commission will make a
thorough investigation into the
history of the sockeye salmon
and it is authorized to construct
and maintain hatcheries. It wih
have the power to prescribe the
size of the meshes and fishing
gear and appliances that may be
used in the convention waters.
The life of the treaty is sixteen
years, after which it is subject to
termination on notice of one
year by the government of eithe;
country.
Fact and Fiction
“Ten years ago it became ap
parent that the salmon fisheries j
of the North Pacific were to rnee.
the same fate as did those of the
Atlantic. In the early history of
this country the streams of the
Atlantic ocean as far south a
the Susquehanna River teemed
with salmon. The shore lines o:
both the oceans and the rivers
were dotted with canneries, bu'
in the course of years the fisher
ies were destroyed because the
a lrnon were unab’e to pi one
gafe.
Today there is not a single sol
mon cannery on the At’antf
seaboard though there are thre~
small streams in which a few s d -
mon are occasionally caught.
The number is just sufficient to
furnish sport for flv fishermen
There is not enough to sustain
even the smallest of packing
plants. The salmon fisheries of
Alaska were in a fair way to fol
low the path of the Atlantic sal
mon when the Jones-White Act
was enacted and Pre ident
Hoover, then secretary of com
merce, stepped into fbe picture
Mr. Hoover, under the Jones-!
White Act. was given full author
ity to regulate the fisheries of
Alaska and he delegated the job
to Henry O’Malley, United States
Visn Commissioner..
“Mr. O'Malley is red-headed,
and his name indicates that he
omcs from an obsiinate and'
opinionated race. After investi
gation of the number of fish tax-1
on over a period of years,heclosed
ashing on the streams that
showed depletion. The cannery- \
men of Alaska were up in arms'
ibout it. and scores of them |
tame to Washington to protest
o Secretary Hoover but Mr.
Hoover stood by Mr. O'Malley
_.nd when he ordered the streams
closed to fishing, they remained
closed.
Continued next Week
VIEWED BY JUSTUS IN TIIE
STAR
-x
Some of cur wisest men, who j
are not fanatics, assert that the!
Volstead Law is being enforced
.id per cent, if you had 10 boys
end six of them were sober and
four of them drunken, would you
favor more or less liquor? If you
lived in a town where 60 per cent ‘
of the citizens were sober and 40
per cent drunkards, which
group would you run with? Let
be honest with ourselves an,
with our children.
Somebody in the audienc
shouts that if you prohibit
thing it makes the youngster,
want it. Some truth in that, bu
it does not keep mother from
putting the rat poison out of th*
reach of the baby. And most o.
those who are in position to know
rssert there is less drinking
among students than in former
days. This possibly does not hold
good with girls. But girls are
smoking more and painting more
than they did in former days.
Cigarettes and cosmetics are no
prr hibited.
-x
RACE ISSUE IN HAWAII
“The comparatively newly im
Smokers Supplies of Highest Quality.
Phone 17 |j
THE ARCTIC CLUB
HOME OF THE FISHERMEN
FULL LINE O" TOBACCOS & ONFECTIONFTY {•
IN FIFTEEN YEARS
We Have never lost a can or a
customer of “HAPPY HOME** Foods
When you order canned foods
insist on the “HAPPY HOME** brand
Pears
Peaches
Cherries
Pineapple
Grapefruit
Raspberries
Blackberries
Strawberries
Okra
Pickles
Spinach
Hominy
Sweet
Potatoes
Pumpkin
Sardines
You will find them all at the
SANITARY MARKET
RIDE
i HE NEW FORD
Owing to the enormous production of new Ford Cars
-9700 per day. - we are authorized to pass on a re
duction in price of from $5to$25percarf.o.b. factory.
51 per cent of all the cars registered in the State
of Washington during the month of May were Fords.
This is only slightly over the overage for the en
tire United States. THERE IS A REASON FOR IT.
Let us give You a demonstration.
Fryer Machine Works.'
Local Ford Distributers
;?
x
i
.1.
i
X
t
t
X
yM SKYMAN’S h,
BARBER SHOP
HEALTH PARLOR AND B \THS
'•■■IBB...—mi—.....in....
! AWAITING YOUR APPROVAL
Bfue l late Lunch - A service
You w‘ll appreceate.
| Grand Cafe |
tiiKitttntiXiinnituiUiizzztisz:
You Can Order Your Lumber
by Telegraph from Alaska’s
Lumber Yard
WE feature speedy service to
Alaska - just wire U3 and
we’ll make shipment on the first
boat. Regardless of size. Alaska
orders receive special attention
here.
Specify Farrell Lumber-it
is your assurance of Qual
ity, Special Grading and
Prompt Shipment. Fine fin
ish lumber is our specialty.
Seud us your specifications.
i
FARRELL OJMBERCQ
Westlake and Prospect - SEATTLE
Factory Lumber
lout Lumber
Would ims
^helvng
Milwork
Shingles
Veneer
Doors
Pash
bath
Pir
Cedar
Concrete Products
Patent Shingle*
Chimney B ock
Buih'i.ig Paper
Plaster Board
Balsam Worn
spruce
lard wood
LUMBER
AND
,1-b BUILDING
MATERIAL
iT900-4t>} AVE. SO.-SEATTLE, WASH.*]
P.nsenjtr accom
daii< ns op all th
\dmiial Line Ves
iels have been'|
-ompletly and ma
terially improved, I
You will find them
very attractive and
comfoi table.
regu'arly and dependably.
Northbound from Sea tie
Admiral Evans.June 4
Admiral Rogers june 5
Admiral Watson.June 11
^ueen.June 12
Southbound from Petersburg
Ro-ers. June 13
^vuns June 19
Queen.June 20
Watson.June 26
INFORMATTON A\rv TICKETS"
Kd. Lockett. Agent.
Petersburg . . . Alaska
Leave Seattle SB
Petersburg
Northwestern
June 17 June 23
Alameda
June 24 June 30
Pass. & Freight to S.E. & W. Alaska
Phone 15 Petersburg, Alaska