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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1919
THE FISH OF YESTERYEAR
It may be true, as has been recently
asserted, that the fishing industry of
Alaska is in its infancy. There is
probably reason for the statement, in
as much as only a few kinds of fish
are now being caught for commercial
purposes. It is equally true that the
salmon-canning branch of the indus
try is declining steadily.
The cause is to be found in the lax
ity of regulations and the practical
non-enforcement of those which we
have. Juneau and vicinity were greatly
concerned over “fish pirates” during
the past season, meaning by the term
persons who were robbing established
traps, making raids on cannery prop
erty. The real fish piracy, however,
is being carried on today by estab
lished companies, concerns which, for
the sake of immediate financial re
ward, are systematically exterminat
ing the salmon tribe.
The case of the cannery on the lower
Yukon river is illustrative of how it
is being done. Located near the mouth
of the Yukon, and according to a state
ment made in Fairbanks by Field
Manager Hawkinson last spring, fish
ing even outside the south mouth of
that stream, its fishermen can almost
shut off the salmon run from the upper
river, giving them no chance to reach
their spawning grounds. The Carlisle
cannery on the Yukon last season
packed 50,000 cases of fish, largely
king salmon, according to employes of
that company who recently arrived
here. From above the cannery to the
headwaters of both the Yukon and
Tanana rivers, in the Koyukuk region,
the fishermen are feeling the effects
of the cannery, and hundreds of na
tives are in destitute circumstances
on its account. In all the land there
is a serious fish shortage, while the
packers are shipping a sufficient
quantity Outside to more than supply
every need.
Employes of the Carlisle company
say that it plans to repeat the opera
tions of this year next season. And
judging from present conditions, we
may expect a similar fish shortage
next year. The packing interests
claim that the shortage is due to other
reasons than their operations. But
they do not dispute the fact that they
can, if they so desire, block the stream
to the salmon run. They control the
channels through which the fish must
pass. Their power over the supply
is practically unlimited. And this
power is too great for any set of men.
no matter how benevolently inclined
they may be.
The situation faced by Interior
Alaska is prevalent in Alaska gener
ally. “Alaska’s dwindling silver horde
must be built up at once if the salmon
industry of the North Pacifiic is to con
tinue,” according to Dr. C. H. Gilbert,
zoology professor of Stanford Univer
sity, who has long been recognized as
a world authority on the salmon. Dr
Gilbert recently arrived in Seattle
from the North, where, as a special
assistant in the United States bureau
of fisheries, he spent the summer
studying conditions.
Silver wanderers of the sea, the
sockeye, the king and the othei
salmon, are simply being fished out
Dr. Gilbert reports. “With every cas
ner eager to prevent the fish from re
turning to their fresh-water spawning
ground and fishermen and gill netters
catching tons of salmon trout, which
were only half-grown salmon, the
salmon simply hasn’t a chance for sur
vival,” he asserted.
Stringent protection laws are need
ed, Dr. Gilbert believes. “Man de
stroyed the salmon horde and it will
be for man to build it up again if the
salmon industry is to continue,” he
said recently. ‘‘Only strict legislation
that will close the principal fishing
grounds to trapmen and nets for years
to come will prevent the extinction of
the salmon. Today rivers that once
supplied the largest number of fish
furnish but a handful compared with
their former amounts. *
‘‘There is nothing that can take the
place of the salmon. This summer in
many places I saw only thousands of
fish where years ago millions used to
swarm.
“It’s all an old story. We have
preached our tale for years and we
can not convince these men who make
money enough in the big years to af
ford to lose in the lean ones that they
are killing the goose and that the
golden eggs will shortly cease to be.”
The remedy does not lie in our
hands. Alaska has no power over its
fishing resources. Only the federal
government can take the steps neces
sary for protection. Protests were
made against the establishment of a
cannery on the lower Yukon when it
was first proposed. These should be
renewed and the Washington authori
ties given an account of Interior con
ditions resulting from the operations
of the present season.—Fairbanks Cit
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SUMMONS
No. C—180
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third division. Carl N.
Anderson, Victor Swanson and Jus
tus Johnson, plaintiffs, vs. North
Midas Copper Company, a corpora
tion, and Frank A. Ball, trustee,
defendants.
The President of the United States of
America, greeting to the above
named defendant, Frank A. Ball,
trustee:
You are hereby required to appear in
the district court for the territory of
Alaska, Third division, within thirty
days after the completion of the pe
riod of publication of this summons,
to-wit: within thirty days after the
13th day of November, 1919, and
answer the complaint of the above
named plaintiffs in the above-entitled
action in which said plaintiffs demand
the following relief, to-wit: A per
sonal judgment against defendant,
North Midas Copper Company tor the
sum of twenty-five hundred fifty-two
and .82-100 dollars ($2,552.82), the
further sum of seventy-five dollars
($75) for preparing and recording
plaintiffs’ claims of liens, the further
sum of four hundred fifty dollars
($450) as plaintiffs’ attorney’s fees
in this action, and for such other
costs and disbursements as plaintiffs
may incur in this action, and that
such sums and all of them be ad
judged first, prior and superior liens
upon and against that certain mine
and mining property, situated on the
east side of Kuskalina river, in the
Chitina recording precinct, territory
of Alaska, and consisting of the lode
claims called Morning, Hercules, Cen
tury, Evening Sunrise No. 1, Sunrise
No. 2, Sunrise No. 3, Sunrise No. 4,
Golconda, Minnehaha, DuPont, Camp
Bird, Boston, New York, May Day,
Black Jack, North Midas No. 1, North
Midas No. 2, North Midas Millsite,
and the placer claims called North
Midas No. 1, North Midas No. 2, North
iviiuus u. o, lNUim lviiuas *±, lu
gether with all buildings, tools, ma
chinery, equipment, trams, cyanide
plant, mill, and all other tools, ma
chinery, buildings and equipment sit
uated upon or in any manner connect
ed with said mining claims; and that
plaintiffs’ said liens on said property,
mine and premises be foreclosed in
this action, and that any interest,
lien or claim that you, the said de
fendant, Frank A. Ball, trustee, have
or claim in or to any of said mine,
premises or property, be adjudged to
be inferior and subordinate to plain
tiffs’ said liens, and that as against
plaintiffs you be adjudged to have no
valid right, claim or lien to, upon or
against any of said premises, mine or
property.
The date of the order for the publi
cation of this summons and the serv
ice thereof by such publication is
September 30, 1919.
The date of the first publication of
■ this summons is the 2d day of October,
1919, and the date of its last publica
tion is the 13th day of November,
1919.
Witness, the Honorable Charles E.
Bunnell, Judge of said court, and the
seal thereof, on this 30th day of Sep
tember, 1919.
(Court Seal) ARTHUR LANG.
Clerk of the district court for the
territory of Alaska, Third division.
By JOHN B. MILLER,
Deputy Clerk.
Donohoe & Dimond, attorneys for
plaintiffs.
First publication, Oct. 2, 1919.
Last publication, Nov. 13, 1919.
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