A CARLOAD
OR A SACK
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HEALY LUMP, NUT OR MINE RUN,
BAXTER NUT OR MINE RUN
EVAN JONES LUMP OR MINE RUN
NANAIMO RANGE COAL
IN SACK OR BULK
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
WOOD, ICE, HAY AND GRAIN,
TRANSFERRING AND TEAMING
TEL MAIN 17 ARCADE BLDG.
H. V- HOBEN A- F. DAVIS
CHRIS' PUCE
Cigars and Tobaccos
Soft Drinks and Candies
CARD TABLES
Phone • Madison 54
CHRIST LARSEN, Prop.
Next Door to Liberty Theatre
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
CHOP SUEY, NOODLES.
OYSTERS AND SHELL
FISH—
Open Day and Night
Private Dining Room*
SEWARD GRILL
ANDY'S EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND
TRAINS
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
Drill Press Arrives
for Hussey & Bolam
The machine shop of Hussey and
Bolam received a big new drill press,
an emery grinder and other equip
ment, on the S.S. Northwestern and
are busy installing the machinery in
their shop at Ogles garage.
This enterprising firm has made
great forward strides since starting
in business a few months ago, which
necessitated the installation of the
additional equipment. They special
ize in auto repair work but are ac
complishing some fine looking boat
jobs, as well.
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0. K. BARBER SHOP
Clean, Santiary Baths, Expert
Barbers and Reasonable Prces
Keep Us Busy.
Thomas Jasper, Propr.
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R. F. Tillman
Next to Crawford’s Shop
ARONER1CSON
Painter and Decorator
SIGNS WALL PAPER
THE SURROUNDINGS
Service and Food are the best at
FISHERS’ CAFE
PRIVATE BOOTHS DANCE ROOM
CHARLES FISHER, Prop.
Meat Buying
Made a Pleasure
OUR MEAT remains at its us
ual high standards. The only
thing cut about it is the price
—and that's so interestingly
done that you’ll surely come
here.
CARSTENS PACKING COMPANY
E. KURTZ, Mgr.
FISH PROBEMS
ARE STUDIED
AT CONFERENCE
ELLSWORTH AND HECKMAN'S
SUGGESTIONS RECEIVE DUE
CONSIDERATION, SEATTLE
In the Pacific Fisherman of last
month, a lengthy article appeared
pertaining to the Pacific Coast sal
mon conference, held in Seattle and
to which two members of the Alas
ka Territorial Fish commission, J. R.
Heckman of Ketchikan, and H. E.
Ellsworth, of Seward, attended.
The conference met at the invita
tion of E. A. Sims, chairman of the
Washington State Fisheries Board,
who presided over the meetings. Im
portant extracts from the interesting
article covering pelagic fishing are
re-published below:
“Twenty-five years from now the
Pacific salmon fisheries will be even
more prosperous than they are to
day.” This confident statement,
made by Dr. C. H. Gilbert at the
close of the conference of fisheries
officials held at Seattle March 16
and 17, expressed the general feel
ing of those present as a result of
the adoption of a cooperative plan
for the study of problems bearing
on the preservation and upbuilding
of the salmon runs. The conference
is hailed as the most promising step
ever taken toward the acquisition of
knowledge required to bring the
wmrk of conservation to its highest
effectiveness, and is expected to lead
to a far-reaching improvement in me
thods by which the salmon resources
may be made increasingly produc
tive. From the attitude of the vari
ous conferees, it wTas very evident
that the object of their efforts was
the greatest possible utilization of
salmon for commercial purposes con
sistent with the permanence of the
industry; and that their immediate
aim is to determine the best means
of keeping up or increasing the avail
able supply. As a result of the meet
ing it is expected that progress in
this direction will be greatly accel
erated.
The first question brought up for
detailed discussion was the desirabil
ity of immediate action to stop fish
ing on certain feeding grounds, bas
ed upon an accumulation of evidence
of the destruction of quantities of
small and immature fish through this
practice and the enonmous waste re
sulting from it. It was brought out
that such fishing grounds are largely
outside the three-mile limit, and be
cause of this and of the migratory
nature of the fish, control can only
be exercised through international ac
tion. Incomplete knowledge of the
(migrations and other related ques
tions also appeared as an obstacle to
immediate action; and it was finally
greed that steps should be taken to
negotiate a treaty on the subject,
providing for a commission to inves
tigate and make such regulations as
the facts might warrant in regard to
extra-territorial fishing. It was also
agreed that, if possible, a systematic
investigation be made this year to de
termine the essential facts as to
coastwise migrations, especially of
King - salmon, and to get any other
acurate information required in re
gard to “outside” fishing.
The imminent danger from the con
struction of dams in salmon streams
was discussed at some length, with
particular reference to the Priest
Rapids project on the Columbia Riv
er, and emphasis was given to the
desirability of state legislation to
place the burden of developing and
providing adequate means to assure
the safety of the fish definitely upon
those who propose to build such
dams.
Prof. John N. Cobb described his
experiment in raising salmon over
the Condit dam; and in discussion
w'hich followed it was brought out
that the fish handled in that work
were spawning, and in a condition to j
stand considerable rough usage ■with
out injury; whereas those passing
above Priest Rapids would be much
more susceptable to injury. The
problem of leading the fish into a
fishery of the type used also pres
ented difficulties which had not been
surmounted.
At the close of the first day’s ses
sion a committee was appointed to
draw up definite plans for action
along the lines suggested. On rec
OGLES GARAGE & FILLING STATION
Phone Madison 66
GASOLINE OILS GREASES VULCANIZING
Agent for Overland and Willys-Knights
Machine Shop in Connection
DAY AND NIGHT TAXI SERVICE
HUDSON AND STUDEBAKER CARS
HUSSEY & BOLAM, Mechanics _
om'mendation of (his committee, the
conference organized on a perma
nent basis to continue the coopera
tive movement and carry out its pur
poses, adopting the name of Interna
tional Pacific Salmon Investigation
Federation. As a nucleus for this
rather informal organization there
was appointed an executive commit
tee of nine, of which Commissioner
O’Malley was named chairman; three
members from Canada to be includ
ed. The other members: Maj. J. A.
Motherwell and Dr. W. A. Clemens
of the Canadian service; John P.
Babcock of British Columbia; J. R.
Heckman of Alaska; F. P. Kendall
of Oregon; N. B. Scofield of Califor
nia; Dr. C. H. Gilbert, and E. P.
Blake of Washington, secretary. This
committee was charged with drawing
up a treaty, as previously mentioned,
relating to “outside” fishing; work
ing out definite plans for the keep
ing of uniform statistics; and, mak
ing such arrangements as might be
possible for an immediate investiga
tion of the extra-territorial salmon
fisheries and plans for a comprehen
sive biological survey, in cooperation
with the fisheries department of all
governments interested.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
APPEARS IN SEATTLE
PAPER ANENT ALASKA
This man “Sourdough Jack” Mc
Cord, apparently is moving mountains
in his attempt this year to keep Al
aska in the public limelight. Arti
cles have been appearing all over
the United 'States in the last few
months about Alaska and in many
of them the name of McCord gen
erally receives a few line. The most
recent of these is an editorial ap
pearing in the Seattle Post-Intelligen
cer of May 12 issue, under the cap
tion, “Alaska In the Public Eye.”
The editorial is republished below:
Alaska In the Public Eye.
While statesmen, federal officials,
and the appeals of the people most
concerned, have had much to do with
the loosening up of Alaska’s chains
to permit the development of some
of its great natural wealth, the pio
neers, the old sourdoughs who liaAre
fought, bled and almost died for a
decade or two, to open up the great
territory, have had a decisive ef
fect in loosening the iron-clad fed
eral laws and regulations and in at
tracting the attention of the nation.
Among these, the pioneer Alaskan
known as Jack McCord, financed to
some extent by friends in Seattle,
made the long trip to the national
capital, and with his first-hand
knowledge of affairs, had much to
do with prying the territory open
to development. Among other ob
jectives, too, he helped to interest
the big oil companies in the promise
of petroleum in Alaska, and some of
them are now in the field, drilling
wells or preparing to drill them.
The Standard Oil company was
reported, not many days ago, as
down 3,375 feet with its drill, and
near the depth the oil should be
found, if at all. If there is a big
strike, at least one seasoned sour
dough, in the person of McCord, will
express great joy.
The man has a vision of Alaska
as a treasure chamber of immense
natural wealth, and is devoted to
the purpose of throwing it open to
development by his countrymen.
Further, he has helped to initiate
legislation whereby the federal agri
cultural and interior deportments
are co-operating to furnish grazing
grounds for the herds of reindeer
along the line of the Alaska railroad.
This means a packing house on the
rail line, and more business for both
j railroad and Alaska people.
I Many Alaska pioneers, who best
| know the possibilities of their home
I land, are busy, here and there, with
j their personal contributions to em
, pire building in Alaska, and their
| work has been most effective. It
j should not be many weeks or months
| before the result of all this unselfish
j missionary work will be evident in a
j renaissance of Alaska industry, de
velopment, and production ot na
tional wealth.
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New Heating Plant Just Installed
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POWDER—CAPS—FUSE—MINERS’ SUPPLIES
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ANCHORS, ROPE AND TWINE
HALIBUT LINES AND HOOKS
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