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Cannery Still Maintains
Death Grip on the Yukon
(Contributed)
All efforts to dislodge the cannery
-of the Carlisle Packing company, j
at the mouth of the Yukon, have
been of no avail, and the desperate
endeavor to obtain an executive or
der from the President for the im
mediate prohibiting of commercial
fishing for export purposes on the
Yukon and the waters adjacent to
the mouth have failed, according to
a telegram received from Arch
deacon Stuck, who has been leading
a determined light against the can
nery.
But word comes that Delegate
Grigsby has introduced a bill for
the purpose of the immediate re
moval of the cannery, and the fu
ture prohibiting of commercial fish
ing for export purposes on the Yu
kon and the marine waters adjacent
to the mouth of the Yukon. It is
thought that the real fight is now
on, for, according to the Govern
ment reports dated January 2, 1920,
there has been no action taken to
prevent the operation of a cannery
on the Yukon. The regulations per
taining to the Yukon river remain
the same as enacted December 14.
1918.
Advices by wire Indicate that Del
egate Grigsby will be greatly helped
in his fight for the protection of
the inhabitants of the Interior,
against the inroads made on the
salmon supply by the cannery- if
the entire population, or the greater
part at least, will sign a petition
asking for the removal of the pres
ent cannery, and the prohibition of
commercial fishing -for export on
the Yukon and the waters adjacent
to the mouth of the Yukon. It is
important that the cannery be re
stricted from operating in the wa
ters in ' the vicinity of the mouth,
for with no restrictions it would
be just as easy for the commercial
company to cut off our supply be
fore it entered the river, as after
entering. It is one and the same
| thing whether the salmon is caught
outside the mouth, or in the mouth,
;for if it is the Yukon run it will
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mean the depletion of our catch
along the Yukon and its tributaries,
either immediately or else eventual
ly, for the annual run to the spawn
ing grounds is lessened, it will be
only a matter of time until there |
will be no salmon to spawn.
Take, for example, the case of
last summer. The catch of Kings j
at such favorable points as the bluff
at Xenana and other bluffs aiong
the Tanana river was not twenty
percent of the usual catch. A white
fisherman near the Salcha telegraph
station said he caught only 40 King
salmon during the whole season, and
formerly he would average around
40 each day. This means that the
Kings did not reach the spawning
ground last season in numbers suf
ficient to warrant anything but a
failure of fishing four years hence,
when the 1919 fry' are supposed to
return to the place where they were
spawned. Yet every°ne knows that
the cannery company caught all the
King salmon they wanted, and that
the catch was often so much more
than they could handle that the
fish and fur warden, Mr. Town
send, cannot be convinced that the
salmon did not come up the \ukon,
for, he says, :-.There were plenty of
I salmon at the mouth of the Yu
i kon.”
i But we have a clear case against
! the cannery, not only because all
efforts to catch salmon failed, when
.the cannery often had more than it
'could handle, but also in the fact
j that the salmon caught above the
.cannery were small in size for the
most part, and the majority of the
.larger ones caught showed net
marks. The blockade maintained by
the men fishing for the Carlisle
Packing company was evidently very
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effective.
The pity of it all is, from the
standpoint of Alaskans of the In
terior, that while we have the Gov
j ernor and every loyal sourdough
strongly opposed to this cannery ai
the mouth of the Yukon, we have
no redress or chance to put through
legislation that will protect us fron
•the depredations of outsiders. The
| whole matter must go to Washing
I ton and be settled by a special lav
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Charles E. Herron
Candidate for
NATIONAL
COMMITTEEMAN
Solicits the Support of
INTERIOR ALASKA
REPUBLICANS
DUKE
April Primary Election
A Vote for Herron means a
Vote for Alaska Progress
passed by Congress itself. Yet we'
are convinced that when the senti
ment of the population of the In
terior is known, the fight for our
protection by Delegate Grigsby will
be made effective.
For this purpose a petition will
be widely circulated, and every man
and woman of the Interior who be
lieves in the safeguarding of our
salmon supply is asked to sign the
petition.
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quarters in the Union building to
night in regular weekly session for
the consideration of business which
has developer! since the last meet
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Mr. McPherson which will require
action tonight.
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000 francs for the vocational train
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keeping. stenography, dressmaking,
and household economy are taught.
The students enter by competitive
examination at the age of 13 and
up to 17.
Each orphan attending these
schools will receive the sum of 500
francs for each year of study. This
aid is to go toward living expenses.
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turned to town today from Fair
banks, where he delivered an insane
patient.
Miss Frieda James, daughter of
Bennett James, is reported to have
died in Seattle early this year. Mrs.
James died during December.
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| Miners and Prospectors! j
| NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS |
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I According to a recently issued Court Order by 5
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
5 cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- E
= nifield and Totatlanika Districts. 3
| Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be §
| enabled by this change to do their recording and f
= transact other business at Nenana, which is within E
1 easy reach of their mining activities. |
j NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. §
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