THOUSANDS OF COAFT
The magnitude of the Alaska
fishing industry may be guaged by
, a number of indices, among the
most easily visualized of which is
the fleet of vessels and boats en
gaged in fishing and fish trans
portation in the territory- Survey
of this fleet likewise reveals an im
mense market for boats, engines,
marine equipment, fishing gear
end supplies existing in this one
division of a vast field.
The Alaska fishing fleet alone
'o 1929 included <3 st am vec-? 1 s
with ‘ a tonnage of Cl7 tons; 726
motor vessels aggregating 11 999
t on.-; 1.S61 motor boats: and 3.559 ,
boats propelled by sails or oars.
The fleet engaged exclusively in
transoortiog fesh in A aska is not
able. In 1929 it included 24 steam
vessels with a tonnage of 32.415
tons; 390 motor vessels of 14.261
tops: two sailing vessels of 3.555
tons. In addition to these vessels,
P99 scows, barges, pile drivers and
ether unpowered craft were em
ployed.
These statistics are taken from
official reports of the U. S. Bureau
of Fisheres. They do not take into
acount 22 vessels owned or charted
by the Bureau of Fisheries and
employed in law enforcement work,
nor 55 boats employed in this act- '
ivity.
Men employed on fishing vessels '
in Alaska numbered 10.921 last year
with 1.716 men on transporting
vessels.
Gear operated included 714 fish
traps, 703 purse seines. 176 haul
seines, 4.225 gilnets, 9 beam trawls.
246 fish wheels, 91 hand lines, and
44 trawl lines for cod fishing, 3,
?P0 troll lines for salmon fishing,
7150 skates of halibut gear, 740
crab pots and 20 herring pounds- j
Professional Cards
Curtis R. Moriord
FOK FIRE INSURANCE
Donohoe & Dimond
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Office*
VALDEZ and CORDOVA
Dr. A. R. Roberts
DENTIST
iPhone MAdiaon 108—Teeklesberg Bldg.
ILIAMNA LAKE
BOAT SERVICE
From Iliamna Village to
any point on Bristol Bay
$3®. Special Charters to
Nushagak
Lake and river service
connects with arrivals at
Iliamna hay of the mail
boat M. S. Discoverer. .,
The Gasboat Iliamna
Harold and Sam Foss
owners
ADDRESS:
ILIAMNA. ALASKA
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“HOTEL SEWARD*
Hot and cold water in
All Rooms
Rooms with or without
Baths
Oscar Dahl
8 PORT OF MISSING MEN 8
Anyone having information re
garding one Lawrence Oaks, a
barber by trade, who lived in
Alaska for a number of years
and who left in 1927 or 1928 for
Seattle and San Francisco, or any
information about his relatives,
please communicate with the Gov
ernor’s office at Juneau.
FED, EMPLOYEES TO MEET
A meeting of Federal Employees
will take place this evening at 9
o'clock in Odd Fellows hall. Pres
ident Ralph Priddy will address
the members.
Signed—R. D. Sullivan, Vice
President.
DECKEL DI E HERE
Superintendent of Light houses
in Alaska. Mr. Debril, is due to ar
rive in Sew Td from his Ketchi
kan headquarters enroute West
ward on an inspection trip. It is
said that Superintendent Debril
will make two Westward trips
this season instead of his usual
one, owing to installation of a
radio beacon at Scotch Cap.
HAVE YOU HEAIif) THE NEW
THEY ARE WONDERFUL. *
OKFH ’ RECORDS at SYLVIA’S?
THIS BUT III IISTSHI
j 1889—Chippewa Indians con
sented to opening of the Whit
Earth reservation.
1873—Convention held at Jack
son, Tenn., to inaugurate a move
ment for a new state.
| 1835—Charleston. S. C.. mot
forced postoffice and destroys
a nti-slavery publication.
1729—Carolina became a roya
province, the king having bough
: seventh-eigths.
“TIIE STORE WITH
THE GOODS"
Genera- Merchandise, Dry
j goods. Notions, Black Rear
Clothing, Ship Chandlery,
Rope. Hardware, Fishermen’s
Supplies, Lumber and Build
ing Material. Faint. Gaso
line, Kerosene, D-esel and
j Lubricating 0 1. Coal and
Salt; All sold at lowest possi
ble prices. Mail orders given
prompt and careful atten
tion. Post office, domestic
and international money
order office, notary public
and marine insurance.
Arthur M. MeJlick
SAND POINT, ALASKA
SEWARD WATER SUPPLY
SEWARD, ALASKA
“Good Water a Necessity in Every Home”
John Nelson. Mgr. Wayne Blue, Agent
Office, Arcade Bldg. Phone Main 81
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The Kohler Automatic Fewer and Light Plant produces
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Coupled with this advantage of the Kohler Automatic is
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