TO ATTEMPT TO
SOLVE PROBLEM
FOR FISHERMEN
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30 (by As
sociated Press).—The available food
resources of the North Pacific ocean
are being utilized only in small part
according to Professor John M. Cobb,
director of the college of fisheries at
the University of Washington,
Seattle.
“There are in our Pacific coast
■waters, so far as known, more than
400 species of fish, several hundred
species of crustaceans and mollusks
and many species of marine algae.
More than half of the species of fish
are known to possess considerable
food value, yet we do not utilize more
than about 45 to 50 of them and of
these 15 species are used to a very
limited extent. Of the crustaceans
about six species are used commer
cially, while of the mollusks only
about eleven species are to be found
in our markets.
“Many problems in connection with
the best methods of preparing these
for market will have to be solved be<
fore the majority of the species can
be utilized, and these problems are
being attacked in fisheries experimen
tal laboratories established on this
coast since 1916. A considerable part
of the research work of the new col
lege of fisheries will be along these
lines.
“An interesting promem ior me
bacteriologist and chemist is that of
determining why the flesh of certain
Chinook or King salmon should be
white while the majority are of the
usual salmon color. This peculiar con
dition prevails- from Puget sound to
Bering sea, being practically unknown
south of the Sound, and the propor
tion is from one-fourth to one-third
of the catch. With these off-color fish
the flesh is generally white, although
occasionally one is found with the
fish on one side white and on the
other red, while a few have mottled
flesh. As these white-meated fish do
not bring the fishermen much more
than one-fifth the price obtained for
the red-meated fish, owing to the dif
ficulty experienced in finding a mar
ket for them, it inflicts a heavy finan
cial hj|#«Hcap upon those operating-fit:
the regions affected.
“Another problem for them would
be the determination of the cause for
“mushy” halibut. The halibut, when
taken from the water, dressed and
stowed in the ice bins in the vessel’s
hold, appears to be all right, but when
landed at the home port some days
later a portion of the fish may prove
to be “mushy.” This condition is es
pecially noticeable when the flesh is
cut as it is mushy in appearance and
clings closely to the blade of a knife
instead of breaking away from It as
in the case of healthy fish, Sac-like
bodies of the consistency of hard fat
are to be found in the muscular tissue
of the diseased fish, and these break
and a whitish fluid flows from them.
Fortunately for the fishermen these
mushy fish appear at irregular inter
vals, and when the proportion gets
too high the fishermen seek other
grounds for the time being. Some
times the proportion of mushy fish
i. .. ' .
will be 45 per cent. The fishermen
invariably throw these fish overboard
as they are considered unfit for food.”
TRAPPERS RETURN FROM
MINCHUMINA LAKE REGION
J. Hanson and B. Parker, trappers,
from the Lake Minchumina country,
have arrived at Nenana with a big
bunch of furs, which they brought out
to dispose of to local dealers.
' The catch of the two men repre
sents a year’s wanderings over a
large stretch of country. They oper
ated a sor tof a moving outfit, instead
of the customary trap line, trapping
first in one district and then another.
They made their headquarters in the
Lake Minchumina country and in
vaded the neighboring fur districts
from that point, going on one oc
casion to the very base of Mt.
McKinley.
Toward the end of the season their
supplies gave out and they made two
unsuccessful attempts to get out of
the fur country before the breakup.
But traveling conditions forced them
to abandon the trip until the opening
of navigation, notwithstanding the
fact that they were hard pressed for
food. Supplies obtained from natives
enabled them to live while waiting for
the water to run, after which they
made their way to the Tanana river,
where they secured passage to Ne
nana on the Newman launch. Their
catch of furs is varied and includes a
number of fine skins.
They report the fur thinning out
throughout the district in which they
trapped, and but for the fact that they
covered a very large section of
country during the winter, their catch
would not have been nearly so large.
Rabbits and birds are reappearing
in several districts where there have
been none during the past several
years. Newman, who spent the winter
on the upper Tolovana, reports that
he saw many rabbit tracks in the
course of his travels, and grouse were
in evidence in small numbers. Similar
conditions were reported in the Mc
Kinley country by Hanson and Parker,
and it is believed that next winter
v/ill find both rabbits and grouse
much more plentiful in the interior.
Special turkey and chicken dinner
served at the Cordova Grill on Sunday
from 12 to 8 o’clock. Price $1.00.
FACTORY GIRLS
ARE GIVEN NICE
SURROUNDINGS
LOS ANGELES, June 30 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Residents of Los An
geles’ most exclusive home district—
the Westlake—were shocked, then
surprised and now they don’t know
just what to think, as the result of an
announcement made here recently by
the owner of the largest shirt waist
factory in the city that he intended
to construct a $300,000 factory right
in their midst.
When the project was first an
nounced, home-owners, picturing an
unsightly, gaunt building, rose in
their wrath and prepared to fight the
plan. But that was before the shirt
waist manufacturer showed the archi
tect’s plans for the building.
According to the proposed plans,
the building will have the appearance
of a high-class apartment-hotel, or a
school and is considered a decided
innovation in industrial construction.
When asked to explain why he de
sired to move from the industrial dis
trict to the residence district with
his factory, the manufacturer said:
“It is not proper that a shirt waist
factory should be sandwiched in be
tween an iron factory and a machine
shop and it is not right that employes
in my factory should be forced to
work in the smoke and soot which
these establishments give off.”
The building will be constructed
U-shape and will be five stories in
height and two of the interesting fea
tures will be a school of instruction
for employes and a permanent exhibit
of products of the sik industry from
the raw silk to the finished articles
of commerce.
To allow the construction of the
building, it was necessary to secure
approval by two-thirds of the property
owners in the district and the manu
facturer announces he has secured
approval of 85 per cent.
We always have a supply of
pasteurized sweet milk and cream on
hand. Also buttermilk and Bulgarian
buttermilk. City Dairy. Phone 187.
Best coffee in town at the City
Bakery. 2-6t
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
FOR 8ALE—Concrete chimney blocks.
Leave orders at Finkelstein & Sa
piro’s or Blum, O’Neill Co.’s. 26-tf
FOR SALE—Good stock of rabbits for
breeding purposes. Apply A. Cohen.
Phone 167- 3 rings. 19-tf
WANTED—A position by a woman as
cook in camp. Room C over North
ern drug store. 17-2t
FOR SALE—$60 Victrola, with ten
records. Price $35, if, taken at once.
Ring 188. 31-tf
JUST RECEIVED
NEW DRESSES, '
CAPES,E WAISTS AND
SILK STOCKINGS
You are invited to call and see
these goods, whether you buy or
not.
THE REGENT
(MRS. JOHN NELSON)
Across St. from Modern Laundry
WINDSOR HOTEL
L. WALN, Prop.
WHERE YOU GET
COMFORT AND SERVICE
And the Rates Are Right.
CORDOVA, ALA8KA
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ADMISSION 35c CHILDREN 15c LOGE SEATS 50c
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Overland Hotel
MRS. J. W. KENNEDY
Chitina, Alaska
POOL TABLE IN CONNECTION
BEST BRANDS OF CIGARS KEPT
The Burkhardt
Hand Laundry
and Bath
Burkhardt Flats
Neatly Fitted up with Large
Porcelain Tubs. Everything
Clean and Sanitary. Open All
Night. Phone 61—three rings.
Cordova Dairy
Fresh Milk, Fresh
Cream, Bulgarian
Buttermilk
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MINING MACHINERY
I Steel Shafting, American Steel Split Pulleys, Shafting, Hangers, Bearings. All sizes Malleable Pipe Fittings, Vic
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MACHINE WORK
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