mm INTERESTS
UNITE AGAINST BILL
By DEL. Slum
SEATTLE, Apr 1(5.—The National
Canneries Association, composed of
canneryinen oi Seattle, San Francis
co, Portland and Alaska this after
noon began a systematic bombard
ment, through bankers, business men
and cannery operators, of Congress
and President Coolidge, protesting
against Delegate Sutherland’s amend
ments to the White Bill, which they
declare will ruin the Alaska fisheries
in case they are adopted.
The amended bill as amended by
Delegate Sutherland is as follows:
“A bill for the protection of the fish
eries of Alaska, and for other pur
poses.
“Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States of America in Congress as
sembled, that for the purpose of pro
tecting and conserving the fisheries of
the United States in all waters of Al
aska the Secretary of Commerce from
time to time may set apart and re
serve fishing areas in any of the wat
ers of Alaska over which the United
States has jurisdiction and within such
areas may establish closed seasons
during which fishing may be limited
or prohibited as he may prescribe. Un
der this authority to limit fishing in
any area so set apart and reserved
the Secretary may (a) fix the size
and character of nets ,boats, traps, or
other gear and appliances to be used
therein; (b) limit the catch of fish
to be taken from any area; (c) make
such regulations as to time, means,
methods, and extent of fishing as such
fishing area and during the time fish
ing is prohibited therein it shall be
unlawful to fish therein or to operate
therein any boat, seine, trap or other
gear or apparatus for the purpose of
taking fish; and from and after the
creation of any such fishing area in
which limited fishing is permitted
such fishing shall be carried on only
during the time, in the manner, to the
extent, and in conformity with such
■rules and regulations as the Secretary
prescribes under the authority herein
given; Provided, That every such
regulation made by the Secretary of
Commerce shall be of general appli
cation within the particular area to
which it applies, and that no exclusive
or several right of fishery shall be
granted therein, nor shall any citizen
of the United States be denied the
right to take, prepare ,cure, or pre
serve fish or shellfish in any area of
the waters of Alaska where fishing is
permitted by the Secretary of Com
merce. The right herein given to es
tablish fishing areas and to permit
limited fishing therein shall not apply
to any creek, stream, river or other
bodies of water in which fishing is
prohibited by specific provision of
this act, but the Secretary of Com
merce through the creation of such
areas and the establishment of closed
seasons may further extend the re
strictions and limitations imposed up
on fishing by specific provisions of
this or any other Act of Congress.
Sec. 2. In all creeks, streams, or
rivers, or in any other bodies of water
in Alaska, over which the United
States has jurisdiction, in which sal
mon run, and in which now or hereaf
ter there exist racks, gateways, or
other means by which the number in
a run may be counted or estimated
with substantial accuracy, there shall
be allow'ed an escapement of not less
than fifty per centum of the total
number thereof. In such waters the
taking of more than 50 per centum of
the run of such fish is hereby prohib
ited . It is hereby declared to be the
intent and policy of Congress that in
all waters of Alaska in which salmon
run there shall be an escapement of
not less than 50 per centum thereof,
and if in any year it shall appear to
the Secretary of Commerce that the
run of fish in any waters has dimin
ished, or is diminishing, there shall be
required a correspondingly increased
escapement of fish therefrom.
Sec. 3. Section 3 of the Act of
Congress entitled “An Act for the pro
tection and regulation of the fisheries
of Alaska,” approved June 26, 1906, is
amended to read as follow's:
‘“Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful
to erect or maintain any dam, barri
cade, fence, trap, fish wheel, or other
fixed or stationary obstruction, ex
cept for the purpose of fish culture,
in any of the waters of Alaska at any
point where the distance from shore
to shore is less than one thousand feet
or within five hundred yards of the
mouth of any creek, stream or river
into which salmon run, excepting the
Karluk and Ugashik Rivers, with the
purpose or result of capturing salmon
or preventing or impeding their as
cent to the spawning grounds, and the
Secretary of Commerce is hereby au
thorized and directed to have any and
' all such unlawful obstructions remov
i ed and destroyed. For the purpose of
this section, the mouth of such creek,
stream, or river shall be taken to be
point determined as such mouth by the
Secretary of Commerce and marked in
: accordance with his determination. It
! shall be unlawful to lay or set any
I seine or net of any kind within one
j hundred yards of any other seine, net,
or other fishing appliance which is eb
' mg or which has been laid or set in
any of the waters of Alaska, or, to
j drive or construct any trap or any
other fixed fishing appliance within
j six hundred yards laterally or within
| one hundred yards endwise or any oth
er trap or fixed fishing appliance."
“Sec. 4. Section 4 of said Act of
Congress approved June 26, 1906, is
amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful
to fish for, take, or kill any salmon of
any species or by any means except by
hand rod, spear, or gaff in any of
the creeks, sti'eams, or rivers of Alas
ka; or within five hundred yards of
| the mouth of any such creek, stream,
j or river over which the United States
' has jurisdiction, excepting the Karluk
and Ugashik Rivers: Provided, that
nothing contained herein shall prevent
the taking of fish for local food re
quirements or for use as dog feed.”
“Sec. 5, Section 5 of said Act Con
gress approved on June 26, 1906, is
amended to read as follows:
!
I
fcec. b. mat it snail De uniawiui
to fish for, take, or kill salmon of any
species in any manner or by means
except by hand rod, spear ,or gaff for
personal use and not for sale or bar
ter in any of the waters of Alaska
over which the United States has jur
isdiction from six o’clock post merid
ian of Saturday of each week until six
o’clock antemeridian of the Monday
following, or during such further clos
ed time as may be declared by author
ity shall not be exercised to prohibit
the taking of fish for local food re
quirements or for use as dog feed.
Throughout the weekly closed season
herein prescribed the gate, mouth, or
tunnel of all stationary and floating
traps shall be closed and twenty-five
feet of the webbing or net of the
‘heart’ of such traps on each side next
to the ‘pot’ shall be lifted or lowered
in such manner as to permit the free
passage of salmon and other fishes.”
“Sec. 6. Any person, company,
corporation, or association violating
any provision of this Act or of said
Act of Congress approved June 26,
1906, or of any regulation made un
der the authority of either, shall, up
on conviction thereof, be punished by
a fine not exceeding $5,000 or impris
onment for a term of not more than
ninety days in the county jail, or by
both such fine and imprisonment; and
in case of the violation of section 3, of
said Act approved June 26, 1906, as
amended, there may be imposed a fur
ther fine not exceeding $250 for each
day the obstruction therein declared
unlawful is maintained. Every boat,
seine, net, trap, and every other gear
and appliance used or employed'in vio
lation of this Act or in violation of
said Act approved June 26, 1906, and
all fish taken therein or therewith,
shall be forfeited to the United States,
and shall be seized and sold under the
direction of the court in which the
forfeiture is declared, at public auc
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tion, and the proceeds thereof, aftei
deducting the expenses of sale, shat
be disposed of as other fines and for
feiture shall be in rem under the rules
of admiralty.
“That for the purposes of this Ac'
all employes of the Bureau of Fisher
ies, designated by the Commissionei
of Fisheries, shall be considered as
peace officers and have the same pow
ers of arrest of persons and seizure
of property for any violation of this
Act as have United States marshals
or their deputies.
Sec. 7. Sections 6 and 13 of saic
Act of Congress approved June 26
1906, are hereby repealed. Such re
peal, however, shall not affect any ad
done or any right accrued or any sui1
or proceeding had or commenced ir
any civil cause prior to said repeal
but all liabilities under said laws shall
continue and may be enforced in thr
same manner as if committed and al
penalties, forfeitures or liabilities in
curred prior to taking effect hereof
under any law embraced in, changed
modified, or repealed by this Act. maj
be prosecuted and punished in th(
same manner and with the same effed
as if this Act had not been passed.
Mr. White, representative from
Maine, in a report to the Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
having under consideration House
Resolution 8143, strongly endorsed
Delegate Sutherland’s remarks on fhe
fisheries, saying in part:
“For several years those interested
in the Territory of Alaska and famil
iar with the fisheries thereof, ha', e
been gravely concerned with ’he di
minution in the numbers of salmon
fcunct in the waters adjacent to Alas
ka, and in the bays and streams
thereof. * * It has been repeatedly
urged upon Congress that unless some
conservation measures were adopted
this valuable food supply would dis
appear. The committee has had the
benefit of the testimony of officials
of the Iimeau of Fisherise and the
knowledge of conditions possessed bv
the Delegate from Alaska, Mr. Suth
erland.
“The evidence discloses that in the
la -1 ten or twelve years '.here lias
been a marked decrase in the run of
salmon and in the numbers taken.
The evidence also discloses that in
i artit'.itar rivers and areas there i..ts
been an almost total extinction of
salmon.
“At the present time it is ths
policy of the department as one
means of control of fishing to
grant a limited number of fishing
permits within any designated
area and to exclude all others
from fishing rights therein. Your
committee does not question the
purpose of the department in th:s
regard, but it has r-s^cl ed the
unanimous ana positive opinion
that this practice of granting ex
elusive fishing privileges should
cease, and in this section it is
declared that all regulations au
thorized to be made shall be of
general application and that no
exclusive or several rights of
fisheries shall be granted, nor
shall any citizen be denied the
right to take fish in waters where
fishing ■ is permitted.’
This declaration of policy and pro
hibition of law was earnestly urgec
upon the committee by Delegate
Sutherland, who declared that it hac
the general support of the people o
the Territory.
—
SITKA EMBARRASSED
BY INDIAN VOTERS
The question of the Indian vote i:
one that is being threshed out at thi;
time, and the town is said to be ver?
much embarrassed over the situatioi
according to the Sitka Tribune. Th<
City of Sitka derives of $5,000 in
come from its taxpayers and bu
$670 is paid by the Indian popula
tion. There are approximately 14(
Indian tax payers on the tax roll
Under the present law these Indians
their aunts, uncles, cousins, am
friends all vote and naturally over
whelm the vote of the whites whc
pay 86 per cent of the revenues.
REDONDO HAS HARD TRIP
SELDOVIA, Apr. 10.—The arrival
of the steamer Redondo at Seldovia
this week was a rather sensational
sight for the residents of this city.
The vessel was a mass of ice when
she reached port having bucked a
heavy gale for six hours.
JUDGE WICKERSHAM’S
MOTHER SUSTAINS STROKE
Judge James Wickersham received
word last week that his mother, aged
86 years, had suffered a light para
lytic stroke at her home, Enumclaw,
Wash. He has instructed that he be
kept posted as to his mother’s condi
tion and if her symptoms become very
alarming, he will leave on the first
steamer for the south.
Sunday, April 13, to Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Erickson, of this city, a nine
pound boy. Dr. Baughman attending.
(AVIATORS HOP OFF
FOR CHIGN1K TODAY
The Steamship Starr wirelessed to
the Seward station that the airpiane
squadron passed Chugach Islands at
the mouth of Cook Inlet near Cape
Elizateth at 11:45. The fleet bore
away toward the mainland, and up
the right shore of Shelikof Strait.
Sunny skies and gentle breezes
were harbingers bf a pleasant trip
when the round the world squadron
>f Array airplanes hopped off about
9:45 this morning on the fourth leg
of their long flight of 450 miles to
Chignik. The start, which was to
have been at an early hour, was de
layed owing to unfavorable weather
reports from Chignik and westward
points, but about 8:30 o’clock word
• as received that, the weather was
rapidly clearing up and yesterday’s
gale had moderated into a gentle
breez..
The first plane to take off was the
! New Orleans, No. 4, under charge of
I Lieuts Nelson and Harding. This was
followed by the Chicago, the Boston
and the Seattle. Major Martin had
some trouble in getting up sufficient
i speed to rise from the water, but
I finally arose and joined the fleet,
I which arose to a height of about 1700
feet and sailed for the mouth of the
Bay, the fleet topping the peaks on
Box island at 10:15.
Practically the entire town was at
the waterside to wish the men a
! good voyage. The bay was like glass
land the sun warm. Major Martiii said
| this morning that the fleet would go
I over Barren Islands, thence square
j away down Shelikof strait for Chig
j nik, which it was expected would be
reached in about five hours.
Seward greatly enjoyed the visit of
the fleet, many residents seeing their
first plane.
The fliers expect to arrive in Chig
nik between 2:30 and 3:00 p. m. this
afternoon. Lieut. Nelson, pilot of the
New Orleans, is in command of this
! part of the trip. At Unalaska a new
; motor will be installed in the Seattle,
i flagship of the fleet.
—
Major Martin Brings Letter
to Mayor from Hobson
Major F. L. Martin, in command of
the Army around the world flyers,
was present at the meeting of the
Common Council Monday night and
handed Mayor L. V. Ray the follow
ing letter from Richmond Pearson
Hobson, well known Spanish war
hero, relative to the traffic in drugs,
j To the Mayor, Seward, Alaska.
Honored Sir: The International
j Narcotic Education Association thru
j the Commander of the First American
j around the World Flight Squadron,
j sends greetings to your government
' calling attention to the expanding so
i cial ills of narcotic addiction that
| now presents a pressing problem to
all the peoples of the world.
This Association is incorporated
j under the laws of California as a non
profit organization and is classed by
. the federal government as a scien
, tific and educational organization
1 I witli international headquarters al
j Los Angeles, California. It is under
' j taking to check and help ultimately
j to overcome the growing menace ol
I narcotic addiction by the process ol
; education which is essentialy tin
! method of prevention applicable tc
| most social ills, but particularly tc
this ill, with its secretive methods
and with its powers of deying law
The Association will acquaint youi
government with the practical pro
gram through which it plans to at
tain its objective. In due course, its
j Commission will undertake a narcotic
! survey of the world.
The Association’s work and ob
! jects are endorsed by the President
of the United States and the mem
bers of his Cabinet, wThose depart
I ments are concerned. Also, by mem
bers of the judicial and legislative
branches of the national government,
by the governors of all the states,
the mayors of large cities and out
standing figures in the religious, ed
ucational, scientific and business
world, regardless of political affilia
tions, or race, creed, or any other
difference.
The Association would appreciate
in the acknowledgment an expres
sion from your Government, espe
cially in regard to successfully ap
plying the education treatment to
this serious ill.
With great respect we remain,
Yours in the cause of humanity,
RICHMOND P. HOBSON,
President International Narcotic Edu
cation Association.
The letter wras enclosed in a sealed
white rubber envelope.
OPERATION ON CLEGG SUCCESS
ROCHESTER, Minn., Apr. 14.—
Judge Cecil H. Clegg, whp was oper
ated on last Wednesday for internal
goitre, is recovering rapidly and will
be able to leave for home within a
week or so.
Army Fliers Arrived Sunday;
Struck Heavy Gales On Gulf
I
Completing what the air pilots de
scribed as one of the most gruelling
I flights of the trip, the four Army De
Haviland planes, Seattle, Boston, New
Orleans and Chicago arrived at Sew
ard yesterday afternoon at 3:11 direct
from Sitka, dropping gracefully into
the water and taxiing to their moor
ings within a few minutes after being
sighted. The long trip of nearly 600
' miles from Sitka to Seward in seven
hours and 26 minutes, was one of the
worst the airmen had experienced on
their trip, snow squalls, rain, hail, and
tremendous winds causing the intrepid
pilots indescribable trouble. Off Males
pina glacier amid the baffling air cur
rents of Mt. St. Elias was found the
j worst stretch of flying. Lieut. Leigh
Wade, commanding the Boston, the
flagship of the squadron on the flight
from Sitka, said the weather could not
have been worse; in fact they did not
want to see it any worse, and his com.
rades voiced the same opinion.
“We’re here because we’re here,”
said Major Martin, commander of the
I flight and pilot of the Seattle, the
flagship of the airplane fleet, as he
voiced his satisfaction at concluding
what is acknowledged to have been
. one of the hazardous legs of the voy
age.
Seward is before the eyes of the
world today, the news of the fleet’s
arrival having been telegraphed out
to all points of the two continents by
special correspondents for outside pa
pers. Shortly before the hour an
nounced for the arrival of the planes
practically every man, woman and
child wended their way to the beach,
the Anchorage delegation swelling the
throng to nearly 1000 persons. The
day was perfect, being bright and sun
ny with just enough breeze from the
! west to ruffle the sun kissed waters of
beautiful Resurrection Bay. Track of
the flight was kept at points along the
way, radio messages reporting the fly
ers had passed the stations and giving
the time. At 2:13 word was receiv
ed that the squadron had passed above
Latouche, and everyone was the qui
vive tense with excitement, as the
^lour approached.
Suddenly the planes popped above
Fox Island and dropping to a level ol
about seven hundred feet, skimmed
gracefully above the water, skirting
the town side of the shore to a point
directly opposite the plant of the San
Juan Fisheries and Cold Storage, and
wheeling like a flock of gulls, dropped
to the water, with scarcely a splash.
Then they taxied to their respective
buoys located and in readiness about
200 feet off shore. The acting flag
ship Boston, with Lieut. Wade, pilot,
and Sergt. Ogden, mechanic, was the
first to take the water, at 3:11. Then
followed the Chicago, with Lieutenant
Smith and Lieut. Leslie P. Arnold, pi
lot and mechanic respectively. The flag
ship Seattle was next, with Major
Max-tin, commander and Sergt. Har
Ivey. The New Orleans circled about
once moi*e and finally took the water
, at 3:13. Lieut Erik H. Nelson and
'Lieut. John Harding were in charge.
A launch was sent out to the buoys
I and the pilots came ashore where they
.immediately started refueling their
j machines, preparing for the long
j flight from Seward to Chignik. With
an hour or so the machines were ready
to resume their trip, so complete was
every convenience tor their returning.
The planes lett Sitka at 7:45, Sew
ard time, arriving in c^waru at 3:11.
'll was a long, hard trip," said Lieut.
Lowell Smith, pilot of the Chicago.
“We are sorry not to have stopped at
Cordova, but we are behind our sched
ule and must avoid delays.”
'ine landing of the airplanes at
Seward is an epoch in the history of
the city. “We were agreeably surpris
ed at the excellence ot the harbor and
the steady air currents,” said Major
martin.
liundreds of the persons witnessing
the arrival of the airships hat! never
seen an airplane other than in the
movies, naturally were much interest
ed in them. To the pioneer and old
„imer who came into the country in
L>f>8, taking months to make the voy
age made in seven hours by the air
ships, the feat seemed marvelous. Even
to the spectator used to airships, there
was something fascinating about the
closely grouped bunch flying low down
and close to the shore line.
rl he flight from Sitka to Seward
was made in sunshine, rain, squalls
and snow flurries. Off Icy Bay the
tleet was flying low in a snow flurry
and encountering an air pocket, the
flagship, to save falling shot up steep
1, followed by planes two and three.
Plane No. 4, struck the pocket and
for a time was in great peril. The
planes were forced to descend low
enough to see the surf breaking on the
beach, which was followed by the Bos
ton, the other planes keeping the flag
plane in sight. The flying time from
Sitka to Cordova entrance was five
hours 38 minutes. From Cordova en
trance to Seward, two hours, the mach
ines being in the air seven hours and
thirty-eight minutes. Major Martin
states that in all this time his lunch
consisted of five malted milk tablets.
The Major said that in all his experi
ence in the air the trip was without
doubt the hardest he ever experienced.
The ladies of the auxiliary sent a
representative to th Major asking if
they could not prepare hot coffee and
a lunch for the next trip and was in
formed that the squadron flyers would
be delighted to have food with them,
The ladies have gathered a large ther
mos bottle and ample sandwiches for
each man in anticipation of the flight
being resumed in the morning.
While nearing Latouche on their
trip the planes passed over the steam
ship Starr, which saluted them with
three blasts of the whistle. Major
Martin said they could not hear the
whistle but saw the steam escaping,
and each plane dipped three times in
salute. The Starr was on her way
to Latouche with a tow, returning last
night.
Flyers Laying Up Today
The flyers are resting at the Van
Gilder today, and will resume their
flight tomorrow weather permitting.
The planes are in fine shape for a
continuation of the voyage and ev
erything is in readiness. Mayor Ray
and Secretary of the Chamber Han
non visited Major Martin today and
offered to arrange a program for the
aviators tonight but the offer was
refused, the Major desiring his men
to spend the time in rest and in
arranging for tomorrow’s fliglir.
FRANK DE LONG IN TOWN
FROM ACROSS THE BAY
Frank DeLong, the popular rancher
from Fourth of July creek, was a
Seward visitor yesterday, Mr. DeLong
who has a 160-acre homestead across
| the bay, is making a success out of
his silver black foxes, fifteen pups
■ being expected to arrive in the near
j future. Mr. DeLong started with five
pairs of animals, and within a few
years will reap a competency. He
started in ranching about three
years ago, and has a rich piece of
soil, raising potatoes, turnips, car
rots, rutabagas, and all crops gener
ally raised in this vicinity. The foxes
will bring from $200 to $600 per ani
mal when marketed. They are kept
i in pens, and have grown so tame
that recently when one escaped, it
came back and jumped into the pen
at feeding time.
Mr. DeLong says the winter has
been a good one at his place. Tom
O’Hara has a raft of 400,000 feet
ready to bring to the sawmill when
tides permit.
Harry Melville, a hand logger, has
about 50,000 feet ready for the tug.
He recently was injured by a tree
striking him on the head and shoul
ders. He was crippled up but is
out again.
JUNEAU COUPLE WEDS
Miss Mary Gertrude Halm and Mr.
Harry Sperling were married in Ju
neau last week.
DAWSON MAN BURIED
IN HUGE AVALANCHE
Frank Banks, manager of Chas.
Kaiser’s hardware store at Dawson,
was completely buried under an ava
lanche of snow recently. The ava
lanche came off the cast iron roof of
one of the company’s warehouses, and
buried Mr. Banks completely jamming
him between a fence and the build
ing. By considerable effort he man
aged to get one hand through the
drift and thus was able to get air.
Several hours later his cries were
heard and he was extricated by a
gang of shovellers who had to tea;
down the fence and shovel the snow
away below Bank’s knees it was paca
ed so tightly. He was in the drift
several hours.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Anchorage,
Alaska, March 27, 1924.
Notice is hereby given that final
three year proof testimony on Home
stead Entry, Serial 04579, embracing
lands in Lot 4, Sec. 31, T. 5 S. R. 12 W.
and Lot 1 NEV4 NW^Sec. 6, T. 6 S. R.
12 W. has been submitted by George
Thomas Press, entryman, and his wit
nesses, James Walter Sampson, and
Harry Smith, all residing at Homer,
Alaskan and is now on file in the local
land office at Anchorage, Alaska, and
if no protest is filed in the local land
office at Anchorage, Alaska, on or
before May 20, 1924, said final proof
will be accepted and final certificate
issued.
FRANK A. BOYLE,
Register.
First publication April 5, 1924.
Last publication May 3, 1924. 5t