COPIES OF NEW
B, OF F. LAWS
ABE RECEIVED;
_ I
NEW FISHERIES REGULATIONS
CALL FOR 48 HOURS FOR
EVERY WEEK END
Copies of the Bureau of Fisheries
regulations in this district for 1926
just received here, embody several
changes from those in force last
season.
The only alteration in the Ressur
rection Bay area prohibits commer
cial fishing for salmon within 1,700
yards of the mouths of Bear Creek
and Resurrection River, 200 yards j
difference from the previous regula
tion.
On Prince William sound the |
length of set or anchored gill nets j
is doubled, the ruling permitting them
up to 200 yards in length. New
closed areas include mouths of the
salmon streams in Constantine Har
bor and at the head of Port Etches
also all waters within 1,000 yards of
the mouth of Twin Lake Creek.
The weekly closed period on the
Copper River has been extnded from
36 hours to 48 hours, beginning at
6 a. m. Monday.
Fifty fathoms more is allowed for
drift gill nets for reds and 100 ad
ditional faihoms for king in the reg
ulation which reads
“Prior to 6 a. m. August 19 the
total aggregate length of drift gill
nets on any salmon fishin boat, or
in use by such boat, shall not exceed
250 fathoms hung measure; provided
that during the period from 6 a. m. j
(May 20 to 6 a. m. May 31, any gill!
net boat on the Copper River flats 1
may carry and operate not to exceed ;
100 fathoms of net of mesh not less j
.than 8^ inches stretched measure
between knots in addition to 250
fathoms of smaller mesh net.”
All other regulations remain the
same as last year.
PHOTOS OF TRACTORS
The Sew'ard News Company and
J. L. Graef Hardware has on dis
play a photograph of one of the snow
tractors with which the North Pole
expedition, which arrives in Seward
(Saturday, has three. The motors
have attracted considerable atten
tion being an entirely new innova
tion for this country. They are queer
looking machines.
The scouts basketball team was
made happy yesterday upon hearing
the good news that Irvin Dyer will
instruct them each Friday afternoon,
(following school hours, to 5:30 p. m.,
at basketball. The coach wiil put
the boys thru their paces at the S.
A. C. gym.
Algebra tests were given the high
school classes today and tomorrow,
English tests will be made.
Photo Albums, $1 to $9—Alaska
Shop. t.‘
WHAT’S IN A NAME
The world champion chess player
in the recent tournament was Bogu
ljobow of the Ukraine. It sounds
more like an all-day sucker.
LOST MOTION
It is rather embarrassing when a
high-browed scientist stands up to
refute the Einstein theory. Somebody
has to turn back and find out what it
was.
WHY CROSS BRIDGES
What’s the use of stirring up so
much opposition to the Italian pay
ments when they haven’t made any
yet?
ANNUAL REPORT
GIVES INCREASE
IN FOX ISLANDS
FOREST SERVICE DEPARTMENT
PREPARES STATISTICS ON
SPECIAL PERMITS.
Fox farms in the Ohugach national
forest are on the increase, accord
ing to the annual report of the forest
service, which shows that there are
three more permits in force than
•last year. Where three wer can
celled, six new ones were issued,
bringing the total to 38. For farms
•are the largest item in area on the
•special use list, covering a greater
•area than all the rest put together.
Two of the new ones were for
Wooded and Wingham Islands, re
cently added to the forest.
Seven homestead applications were
recorded during the past year
•bringing the total number on the
forest to 444. The acreage listed
for homestead entry is 25,882.
Eighteen mineral claims in the
forest went to patent last year,
covering a total of 394 acres.
The 141 special use permits in
effect at the close of the year cover
78.600 acres, used for agriculture,
cabin sites, canneries, salteries, hat
cheries, fur farms parks sawmills,
tramways and wharves. The total
value of permanent improvements
•on the forest exclusive of roads and
trails is $10,607.
The grade children are taking a
long journey—a trip around the
world. Instructions are that each
child must choose his or her own
itinerary and while stopping off at
divers cities en route must have
some article or product representing
that particular state or city.
Weekly Gateway
Will be published every Friday, the
tirst issue appearing in February
THE SEWARD WEEKLY GATEWAY WILL BE A NEW DEPARTURE in
the field of Alaska journalism, and will start off with a circulation of nearly 1000
copies. It will contain the Associated Press News of the week, local news and e
ritorial News, as well as news of the mining and fishing industries The Seward
Weekly Gateway will have nearly exclusive entry to the vast distiict vest °f ke
ard owing to geographic location, and will have a splendid staff of correspondents
in each camp. Subscribers taking the Saturday Gateway will be transferred to the
Weekly Gateway as it will be more in line with what they expect m a weekly paper.
We believe this new venture will prove sueessful inasmuch as it will offer an adver
tising medium for outside advertisers to reach the westward public.
While The Seward Weekly Gateway will be published m Seward, for a time at
least, it will be distinctively an Alaskanpublication, by Alaskans for Alaskans. Ad
vertising rates will be 50 cents per inch per issue or $2.00 per month.
SHELTER HARBOR
PROGRESS BEING
MADE COMMITTEE
—
CORRESPONDENCE MARKS MANY
STRIDES MADE FOR LOCAL
IMPROVEMENT.
Considerable correspondence and
telegraph' messages have been inter
changed between th Seward Cham
br of Commerce, Mayor L. V. Ray,
and the War department during the
•past few months relative to the pro
posed local harbor shelter for small
craft. The latest of these was re
ceived by Mr. Ray in the last mail
from Major Lunsford E. Oliver, act
ing engineer, Juneau office, and was
as follows.
“I received your wire containing in
formation regarding tonnage imports
and exports and very much obliged
(for your prompt action in this mat
ter. I assure you that there is no
■misunderstanding wdth regard to what
is desired at Seward, but regulations
require us in making a report to
state the amount of business now be
ing carried on. The information as
to imports and exports by the large
ships will, of course, have little bear
ing upon the desirability of provid
ing a harbor for the small boats but
by regulation we must include such
information.
“I assure you there will be nothing
in our report to reflect upon Res
urrection Bay as a harbor for large
•ships.”
To W. E. Mount ray, Alaska mana
ger for the Standard Oil Company, a
former resident of Seward who now
makes his headquarters at the Seat
[ tie office, J. P. Hannon, secretary of
thee hamber, dispatched the follow
ing telegram some days ago:
“We need a duplicate letter from
| the Halibut Vessel Owners Associa
tion, of Seattle, requesting shelter
harbor for small craft. You probably
recall letter in question which was
forwarded to Washington, D. C., U.
»S. Army Engineers office. Now de
sire duplicate to incorporate their
recommendation of the shelter har
bor. Have letter addressed to us and
forward soon as possible.”
Mr. Moultray wired back two days
ago the following message: “I just
returned to Seward; wiy get letter
suggsted and mail to you on next
■steamer.”
Nothin is being left undone locally
to put this proposed project through
to a successful conclusion and the
special committee detailed on the
project by the Seward Chamber of
Commerce, Captain O. A Johansen
and L. V. Ray, deserve much credit
for the splendid progress thus far.
FORD TRYING
TO TEACH WORLD
CORRECT DANCE
DETROIT, Jan. 20. (/P)— Every ef
fort to denature the dance has ended
in failure, declares Dr. W. H. Phelps,
editor of the Michigan Christian Advo
cate, official Methodist Episcopal or
gan for the Detroit area.
“Henry Ford has put the world on
wheels but to teach the world to dance
decently is a giant’s task,” asserts Dr.
Phelps. “We wish he could do it,
but our faith is admittedly small.
“Nevertheless he may be right. Our
cocksureness about the dance is gone
but our old convictions have not faded
an iota.
“We no longer think the dance as
wicked, as we did once, but think of
it now rather as dangerous.”
There are worse things than the
dance, the writer adds, and asserts
that the “night automobile undoubted
ly is luring more girls to immorality
than the dance ever did, and that is
saying a good deal.”
Dr. Phelps maintains that “an evil
by-product is the use of the dance to
finance the athletic department of the
school which makes non-participants
appear as slackers and brings in out
siders that leave little cash and fre
quently a lot of smut behind them.”
DULL ONES
Golf is a great old game. But
some of the people who can’t talk
about anything else, wherever they
are, might fittingly be called golf
sticks.
Hand tinted pictures wrapped se
curely for mailing—Alaska Shop, tf.
Manicure sets, $3.30 to $15—Alas
ka Shop. tf.
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Jeweler
Dealer in Watches and
Clocks, Nugget Jewelry,
Did Ivory, Curios, and
a full line of goods usu
ally carried in a first class
Jewelry store.
Watches Repaired on
Short Notice
Or. J. A. Baughman
Physioian and Surgeon
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Phone Madison 90. Seward, Alaska
W. D. Coppernoll
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
LAW
Will Practice in All Courts of the
Territory
SEWARD, ALASKA
SEE
Curtis R. Morford
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
Dr. A, R. Roberts
DENTIST
Dental and General
X-RAY WORK
New Tecklenberg Bldg.
Phone Mad. 108 - - - Seward, Alaska
Aaron E. Rucker
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office in Benson Building
PHONE MADISON 114
Hugh Dougherty
REAL ESTATE AND FIRE
INSURANCE
AGENT FOR
Equitable Life Assurance
Society
TELEPHONES
Bus. Adams 152 Res., Madison 58
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FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
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Louis Bell, owner
Ice Cream
MADE DAILY
HIGH GRADE
Candies
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