NEW FISH BILL
IS DRAWN IIP
BY COMMITTEE
A committee representing the Unit
ed States bureau of fisheries, the ter
ritory of Alaska and the salmon pack
ers’ association, which has been in
dustriously and efficiently engaged in
the drafting of a bill providing for
the preservation and protection of the
salmon fisheries of Alaska, h^s com
pleted its work, and the fruit of its
patient endeavor has been sent to the
national capital, there to be presented
to the congress for passage or rejec
tion, as the case may be.
The committee worked long and
faithfully on the measure that wras
eventually worked out, as adapted to
meet the situation in Alaska, and
while, of course, it was a case of give
and take, in the main the completed
bill may be said to meet the approval
of the various interests involved,
namely, the federal government, the
territory of Alaska and the salmon
packing industry. It may be stated
further that the bill was adopted by
a unanimous vote of the members of
the drafting committee.
It is common knowledge that there
has been conflict as between the Unit
ed States bureau of fisheries and the
territory of Alaska over the matter of
control of the Alaska fisheries, and it
was no easy problem to reconcile
these conflicting views. The bureau
of fisheries had no wish to relinquish
its present control over the Alaska
fisheries, while the territory has
sought complete jurisdiction. The
salmon-packing interests have taken
no arbitrary view with either side of
this controversy. They see the need
of more adequate protection to the
Alaska fishing industry, if it is to have
a long lease of life, and are concerned
only in seeing an effective, sane meas
ure applied to this end.
This particular provision in the bill
as drawn was the most difficult to
solve, and it is thought that a way
has been found to meet the conflicting
views on the subject. The bill pro
vides that after a period of four years,
during which time an effort will be
made to restore the Alaska fisheries to
their former standard of production,
they will automatically pass to the
control of the territory of Alaska.
The fate of the bill when it reaches
the hands of the congress, it is freely
admitted, rests largely with Governor
Thomas Riggs and Delegate Grigsby.
The delegate has already introduced
a bill providing for territorial control
of the Alaska fisheries. There ap
pears to be no hope of the passage
of this bill, due to opposition on the
part of the United States bureau of
fisheries. It is the hope of the com
mittee that the governor and the dele
gate will get behind the committee’s
bill. In this event its passage seems
assured. But if the governor and the
delegate make a fight on it. the result
will be doubtful.
INAUGURATION OF
NEW PRESIDENT WILL
/ BE GREAT EVENT
BERKELEY, Cal., March 5 (by As
sociated Press).—An international as
pect is to be given the fifty-fifth Char
ter day ceremonies at the University
of California on March 23, when David
P. Barrows will be formally inaugu
rated as president.
Leading universities throughout the
West and in the Far East have been
invited to send representatives to par
ticipate in “the induction into office
<of the highest administrative respon
sibility of a man who has been long
and widely identified w'ith the higher
educational interests and international
relations of the many peoples who
border the Pacific ocean.”
The universities to which invita
tions were sent include British Colum
bia, the national universities of the
Hispanic-American countries facing
on the Pacific, and all of the Western
states. Invitations were cabled to the
universities and colleges of Australia,
New Zealand, Hongkong, Java and the
■ imperial universities of China, Indo
china and Japan.
The marching groups in the Charter
day procession will be made up ac- j
cording to nationality, each group car
rying the banner of its country.
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GRANITE MINE WILL !
SOON BE REOPENED,
SAYS COL. MILLARD
President B. F. Millard of the Gran
ite Gold Mining Company announces
that the well-known Granite mine, in
the Portage Bay district, Alaska, will
be reopened and placed on a producing
basis just as soon as a new power
plant can be installed in the spring.
This famous mine was cloed down in
the spring of 1917, owing to the high
cost of material, labor and fuel oil.
Up to that time, it had produced $400,
000 in gold bullion. It is opened up
in fine shape for mining operations,
and by using water power in lieu of
fuel oil the management expects to
largely overcome the high operating
costs.
Future development plans, said Col.
Millard, comprehend the installation
of a hydro-electric plant; piping the
water 4,000 feet to the bay, where
a power plant will be constructed and
a Pelton water wheel, together with a
dynamo, will be installed. From this
point the power will be transmitted
about seven thousand feet to the mine
and mill. This additional equipment
will be installed just as soon as pos
sible in the spring, and w'hen in op
eration the mine will be ready for pro
duction.
Colonel Millard has taken a bond
on another property on Valdez bay,
just across from the town, and he ex
pects to open and equip the property
the coming summer. From surface
showings, said the colonel, this prop
erty should prove another Cliff mine
in richness. Under a lease the Cliff
mine produced about $900,000 in four
and a half years. Colonel Millard ex
presses satisfaction that this mine is
again to be placed on a producing
basis, a new company having taken it
over.
PROHIBITION IS BOON
TO LABORNNG CLASSES
OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
VICTORIA, B. C., March 5 (by As
sociated Press).—Prohibition as em
bodied in the present British Colum
bia prohibition act has been of great
benefit to the laboring classes, dele
gates at a recent meeting of the Vic
toria Trades and Labor Council de
clared. The council went on record
as favoring the continuance of the act
in force with an amendment legaliz
ing the sale of 4 per cent beer. At
present the law banas beer with more
than 2y2 per cent alcoholic content.
WINSOME BILLEE BURKE
IN “PURSUIT OF POLLY”
AT EMPRESS TONIGHT
There is no more bewitching screen
star than Miss Billie Burke. Just as
she throws her personality across the
footlights of the legitimate stage,
charming and winning her audience,
so has she made millions of friends in
the “silent drama” through her pretty
whimsies and fascinating charm. In
“The Pursuit of Polly” she is at her
best—a sparkling, joyous little com
edy so full of action that it fairly bub
bles over with fun. Along with the
nonsense there are a few thrilly shiv
ers, and an interesting story that sus
tains the interest from beginning to
end. This popular star, in the clever
comedy drama , “The Pursuit of
Polly,” will be seen at the Empress
tonight and tomorrow. Education and
fi^ivel reels complete the program.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF EX^
ECUTOR’S ACCOUNT
No. 173
In the U. S. Commissioner’s Court
for the Territory of Alaska, Third
Division, Valdez Precinct, at Val
dez. In Probate.
In the matter of the Estate of Robert
D. Gray, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that James
Smith, executor of the last will and
testament of the above-named de
ceased, has rendered and presented for
settlement, and filed in this court, his
final account of his administration of
said estate; and that Friday, the 23d
day of April, 1920, at 10 o’clock in the
forenoon, at the office of said probate
court in Valdez, Alaska, has been duly
appointed by the judge of said court
for the settlement of said final account,
at which time all objections to said
final account and the settlement
thereof will be heard and determined.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 18th
day of February, 1920.
JAMES SMITH, Executor.
Feb. 18—Mar. 17.
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