SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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DR. C. H. GILBERT
SALMON EXPERT
FINISHES WORK
NATIONALLY KNOWN SALMON
AUTHORITY COMPLETES
INVESTIGATIONS.
En Route To the States
Was Sent North As Special Investi
gator for United States Bureau
of Fisheries.
At Karluk a fair run of salmon oc
-cured this season but at Chignik, the
run was below normal, stated Dr. C.
H. Gilbert, special investigator of
the LL S. Bureau of Fisheries depart
ment, who arrived in Seward last
evening from a summer spent to the
Westward, where he has been con
ducting investigations since May. Dr.
Gilbert, who is a member of the
faculty of Stanford University, at
Palo Alto, Calif., and is conceded
the foremost authority on salmon in
the United States, will depart for
Seattle on the steamer Alaska. Fol
lowing a conference in Seattle on
fishery matters, with Commissioner
of Fisheries, Henry O’Malley, Dr.
Gilbert will leave Seattle for the
southern university. He looks for
ward to return to Alaska next spring
to carry on his investigations.
New Policies Adopted.
Regarding the Karluk and Chig
nik rivers, Dr. Gilbert said the bu
reau adopted a new policy this year,
in addition to the law passed by
Congress last year, which was to the
effect where weirs were installed and
the spawning fish counted, the com
mercial catch was limited to one
thalf the run, in other words, for ev
ery two fish passing to the spawn
ing area, one fish could be caught.
But in years of very poor runs,
one-half the fish would prove inade
quate for spawning purposes, so the
Bureau has now adopted a regulation
providing that in the Karluk and
Chignik rivers, at least a million fish
must be permitted to escape. Dur
ing the middle of the past fishing
season, it became evident to the bu
reau that if the fifty-fifty division
would not pass. So fishing was sum
marily stopped for several weeks un
til 800,000 had passed thru, a num
ber sufficient to warrant the reop
ening of fishing for the remainder of
the season. The last report receiv
ed by Dr. Gilbert from the bureau
representative, stated over 900,000
salmon had escaped to the spawning
grounds and that the million was as
sured.
Fishing Halted Yesterday.
Another policy adopted went into
effect yesterday, 'which stopped all
fishing September 10. This will per
mit the fish, for the remainder of the
season, to go up the rivers without
molestation.
At Karluk is is stated some 1,200,
000 fish had passed thru the weir,
and according to present indications,
at least one and one-half million will
pass to the spawning area.
Hope Work Be Appreciated.
The only thing desirous by the bu
reau, Dr. Gilbert remarked, is that
it is the aim of the bureau to be
sufficiently understood so that the |
work will be fully appreciated. The!
Bristol Bay district always has been
the largest producer of salmon in
the Territory. The past season, how
ever, has bpen poor, and the situ
ation is viewed with a great deal of
alarm. It is hoped the past season
was one of those unaccountable hap
penings and may not occur again. It
is stated, however, such an occur
rence demand's caution in handling
and that the regulations imposed will
place the situation on a more con
servative basis so that the bureau
will have a definite understanding
of the case.
Studied Ages of Fish.
The greater part of Dr. Gilbert’s
investigations this season, consisted
of a detailed study of the red salmon
run to the Kariuk river, for the pur
pose of ascertaining the ages of the
fish which constituted the run, and |
especially the proportions in which 1
the individuals of each age are rep
resented. Through a series of stud
ies, which will be carried on over a
term of years, the relative efficiency
of spawnings of various sizes, and
eventually to learn the number of
spawning salmon that should be per
mitted to escape the fisheries, in or
der to maintain the run at its mini
mum size, will be ascertained.
A. M. Hartzurn, young radio oper
ator with the U. S. Signal Corps,
who has been stationed at Liveng’ood
for the past two years arrived in
town on the last train on his way
to Juneau where he expects to re
lieve an operator at that, place. The
way things are stacking up, he' says,
he thinks he will be transferred to
Haines, (Chilkoot Barracks) upon his
arrival down in Southeastern Alaska.
William Neville, owner of the Har
ley-Davidson motorcycle which is !
buzzing about the town, now wears
the mantle of a trail blazer for he
tooled his machine out to Mile 18
last Sunday, which was the first
time a motorcycle had been over
the road to the end. Bill said if he J
would have had pontoons along he
would have went down the lake.
Lester D. Henderson, commissioner
of Territorial schools is on board the !
Alaska, due to arrive in Seward to
night or tomorrow from the south.
Consulting Engineer
of San Francisco
Makes Examination
John A. Burgess, consulting engi
neer of San Francisco, who has been
making an examination of certain
properties in the Willow Creek dis
trict, passed thru Seward the fore
part of the week, in company with
Jerome Drumheller, owner of the
Fern mine. Mr. Burgess stated his
trip to the region was on special de
tail the particulars of which he re
fused to make public. A
The district looks good, Mr. Bur
gess stated, and several of the pros
pects are mining at a profit. His
examination in the field took three
weeks. Alaska as a whole, reminds
him of early pioneering days in the
West. The Territory will grow the
same as the West, but probably slow
er. .Mr. Burgess was formerly man
ager for the United Eastern Gold
mine in Arizona. The sum of $10,
000,000 was produced from the mine
under his administration.
Stanley Herning of Wasilla and
William Stolt of Anchorage, were two
of the most recent Alaska youths to
leave Seward for the States to enter
College. Both are on their way to
the Washington State College at
Pullman.
The Bureau of Education boat the
Kittiwake, Capt. Cole, is scheduled to
arrive at Seldovia today to pick up
Dennis Winn, agent for the depart
ment who has been to the westward
for the last few weeks, on his annual
trip of inspection.
Charles W. Hamley, memory expert,
leaves Seward Sunday for Anchorage
where a large class has been organ
ized and where he will remain for at
least a week before departing for
Fairbanks. Mr. Hamley will return
to the coast from the Interior via the
railroad.
May Stewart, who arrived in Sew
ard two weeks a^o from Deering de
parted the first of the week for Ne
nana where she planned to catch a
iown river boat en route to Napamute
where she will teach school.
tkevery
Bye cure perfects
natural quality
The natural quality that is the
result of using only the choicest
young, grain-fed porkers in the
preparation of Frye’s ‘Delicious’
Hams and Bacon is perfected
by the very mild curing process
which keeps in every ounce of
matural goodness, adds an un
usual piquancy and makes par
boiling unnecessary.
These sweet flavory products come to you
FRESH from the great Frye Establishment
with the least possible delay—one more reason
why you should ask at grocery or market for,
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AN INTERESTING PATHE NEWS
f
Miss Winifred Arthur, a beautiful
New Zealand girl of 19, is conductor
of the ondon HiLppodrome orchestra.
Miss Blanche Hitzman of St. ouis
received a commission of $40,000
for selling a hotel property which
brought $1,500,000
Gateway want-ads bring results.
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