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Low Mass at 8:30 a. m.
High Mass at 10:30 a. m.
Sunday School at 2:30p.m.
Sunday Vespers at 7:30 p. m.
Week Day Mass at 8 a. m.
Rev. PAUL P. KERNS.
Pastor.
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Saint John's Church
Rev. Harry P. Corser. Priest it
charge.
Sunday S a.m. second Sun
day ol the month) Holy Com
munion.
y :43 a.m. Native Sunday
School.
it a.m. Morning Prayer and
Sermon. Duriug December, 2:i-j
a id 4th Sundays.
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wi h Sermon. 2nd and 4th Sun
day, of December. Musiea;
service 1st and 3rd Sundays.
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day night of each month:
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SALMON INDUSTRY
By K. L'slcr Jones
Continued From Yesterday's Daily
Markers At Stream Mouths
For ; «>s there has beeu ceinio
1 vorev in Alaska as SO what cons!i
tutes the month of a river. On ac
count of varying conditions, it is
rather difficult to "pplv any geu
!eral rule as to where the month of
a stream begins. A recent court
. decision specifying that stream
mouths in Alaska must be fixed at
low water marks seems to afford a
good basis upon which to work. It
is evident, "however, that some def
inite action must be taken in the
near future in the way of monuments
f or markers to define and locate ■ x
aetiv the mouth of each stream. This
' is necessary in order that fishing
may be regulated properly, lr so'v
■ instances these monuments at low
l tide mav be a considerable distance
j from the main channel of the stream.
But during flood stages of the tide
there are in such cases extended
areas of shallow water, and it is
(perhaps only natural for a fisher
man to operate therein when no
, definite evidence exists as to what
is considered to be the month of
j the stream. The solution is to place
monuments or markers at low water
iand thus insure the protection of
salmon as they loiter about the '
. stream months before ascending to
spawn, this should be done jointly
bv officers of the Bureau of Kish
cries and the Cost and Geodetic Sur
vey. there should be heavy pen
alty* for the removal or defacement
of such monuments or markers.
Close Season Districts
That there should be a definit- j
closing date for salmon fishing in j
> Alaska ‘veins necessary, as the end ;
f the stasis is a trouble maker t ■ j
■ :he cannery men and a drain on the j
j ‘upply from which the canning in- ■
i ; erects would no doubt be glad to
; have relief. The tendency this 5
"ear. partivnlary in * uthcastern Al- =
ska. was to continue operations un- |
i til the very last and take ever- ;
j -ish that could possibly be caught j
is order to fill a few remaining cans :
i It is weil known that toward the
nd of the season to deterioration
f the Pacific salmon incident to the
pawning function makes them quite
! inferior for .-aiming pun- - s.
After much eonsi deration of this
natter, taking into account the op- j
ni*-‘ of fishermen, ramsemnen. and
•■♦her men of experseace- it seems
■ro;-o -.> step ail fisiiing in Alaska
' s follows:
August - : Juneau district .-mi rac
J ic2 all the waters north of 5T <le .
. ■?«c- sort’s latitude- or n rth of a
inc approximately through the towr
jf Hake, at the north end of K re
-ear.of Island, and south of Sitka
- id Baranof Island, and east of i’aj-e
1 Spencer.
September 1: Wrangell district,
ir ! raring all the waters in south
eastern Alaska between >’ egree*
j north latitude and -IT degrees north
’atitode, or with a - them boundary
inc approximately front Yes Bay
dale herv westward !■■ * ape Beei.o.n
S. • iember lfl*: Ketchikan <listriet
embracing ail the waters in south
■astern Alaska from ~6 degrees r.orV
j latitude south to the international
boundary line at 51 degrees 4m irin
tes north latitude.
August 1": Stop all salmon fishing
.» Alaska nest of v ape Spencer, ex
ept Kodiak Island, where the ties
ng season should he August id.
It was clearly show i. to me a mini
or of times during the past suiumei
hat the canneries have operated to.
ate t the season. In a certain see
ion in central Alaska, where three
amienes operated in the same viein
ty and where there n-.-.s a scarcity ot
.is':, the canneries > • penned by al
ernntjjrg in canning the day's catch
ven then they had hardly enough tc
eep moderately bus; and the re
-nit was that in an effort to make p
full pa k many of tie salmon the;
sed were s; eat. Although these fi*
-ere fresh from the traps and ha
. een out of the water only a fee
ew hours- they were quite inferio
for feed purposes on account of hav
r.g spawned. According to adrnis
•ions of the s • printer tents, this wa
j wing t r a sition and the eannet
es world reailv have been better of!
o lave discontinued ; orations. Tlii
m :i‘i >n may be corrected by fxin;
■ definite date when all eannin:
v.st s.. e h season.
Weekly Close season
An important matter in providing
t. d escapement : abfon to th«
pawning grounds is in eonneetioi
ith the lengthening of the weeklt
lose season. It _ ■ ' without sayiuj
..at sontethieg must '■ e done to safe
n.ard the future of the salmon in
ultT. and it is to the interests of
e cannety meu and the fishermei
La: these fish should he affordei
urther protection. Undoubtedly an
xtension of the present weekly dost
reason will he it' ma' rially in bring
ns about this result. The present
dose season requires that eomereia
idling shall cease at 6 oVloek Sat
rday night, and not begin again nn
d the following Monday morning at
oVloek. making a dose season of
hours. I would recommend the
xr-rsi r> f this fro-. Saturday noon
the following Monday noon. This
ill make the weekly dosing period
- burs longer and "ill not only of
r a better time of day to the fish
men in which to dose and oper
heir trap3, bnt it will better enable
e I- -vernment offi-ials to see that
e law is being observed. The oper
-tion f all seines, gill nets, am*
tfcer fishing appliances shoubl als<
e included in tbi= extended closing
eriod as well as tr lling for com
.er-ial purposes.
Methods Of Canningi
The various methods employed in
naitig salmodn are naturally of in
• res; and importance to the people
_ho use this popular 3 gnd a high
tan-lard of -auitatinn and cleauli
ss in coni,- -tion with its prepara
■ m is demanded at all times. Thir
s now generally the case, as prae
i-ally all steps in the process of
aiming are performed by highly per
o-tf-l machines. Upon arrival at the
.tie fish arc passed through
he iron chink, a machine that re
loves their he : b fins, and viscera,
"he fis a.e then washe-1 and cut b>
o automatic er.ting machine int<
rot.; suitable for canning. These
-ce-i are ;b'-n put itto the cans by
•• '.tie fillers, following which the
. s ere d. -n,i aE,i nre ready for
joking nt the steam retorts. From
.e standpoint of sanitation and
-anlir.'-ss. these automatic processes
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Carried by all dealers in FIRST Cl ASS fish
| ing gear used by all SU ✓CESFUL fishermen.
MADE IN THE FOLLC A'ING SIZES:—
For hand trollis ; - S 01., I lb., 2 lb. & 3 lb.
For power trolii- 6 lb. and 9 lb.
H. E. HECKMAN l CO., Distributors,
7j Loring ■ r » Alaska
trough- appeal to everyone.
At some canneries hand parking is ;
tiil partially in vogue- This process j
iiffers from the above in that the j
fish are put into the cans by hand. !
More workers are thus required, j
loves are worn by some of the ero- j
lovers who handle the fish, and their j
se by all persons so engaged should j
e encouraged.
Turning to another part of the
York, l want to speak of the fish ;
>t'w. or fish fork. These pews are I
undo sometimes with one prong and '
sometimes with two. They are ox- j
dusivelv for handling the salmon X i
ave seen salmon with as many as 1
'iglit or nine abrasions made by these ;
(sanitary pews. There seems to be j
e regard for the preservation of the j
lesh or the fart that it is going in !
' cans in a few hours. I opened a
lumber of cans of salmon ready for
he market and found brown, discol
ored meat, the direct result of a stab
from a fish pew. Unless the cannery j
eople feel the necessity for stopping
his practice, it would seem wise to
••ass a law prohibiting the use of
ish pews on any part of the salmon
-xcept the head. At some canneries
his is now being done, but in many
nstanees the matter receives only
ndifferent consideration.
There is another matter regarding
rnitary conditions that should re
eive more consideration from the
wners and managers of some of the
anneries. and that is the condition
f the outbuildings and surroundings,
'he quarters in which the employees
sleep and eat are in some places quite
i*tivy and even worse than many city ;
encment houses. These employees
ho handle in various ways the food
at is being prepared for general con
uiiption should have comfortable
-id healthful quarters and surround
igs provided for them. Matters of ,
is character should come under the
r.pervision of the Government of- ;
‘■■sals just as much as the Inspection j
f the interior of the canneries.
overnment Inspection
of Cannery Product
"he question of Government in^pee
on of the product of every cannery '
a Alaska is a splendid scheme in
cory and is strongly indorsed by
lost of the eannery men and the
eople at large; but looked at from
practical standpoint the plan does
ot seem feasible. There are 80 can
eries in Alaska which are in oper
tion from two to five months each
ear. ami no competent man. exper
need in cannery work, would give
is time or engage himself in such
aspect ion work unless afforded em
lo\ ment throughout the year. Un
ibed impractical men would only
'eate disorder and misunderstanding,
"he suggestion that these men be
aid by the canneries is out of the
■uestion, for the Government should ,
rnisb such services to make them of j
ay value. Therefore, while it seems !
■shly desirable that closer inspection
e made of the canneries ami their
rodnet by Government officials, it
ppears impracticable on account of
he short season and lack of fnnds to
apply such inspectors. With a proper
atrol service and a more adequate
dree of men to undertake this work,
he ins]»eetion of all canneries eould,
o a large extent, be accomplished.
The suggested patrol service will* be
urther taken up under another head. '
The question of handling partly
[.•oiled fish is an important one. The
aw today forbids the canning of
almon which have been dead for
lore than 4S hours. This is wrong
'rom two standpoints. It is an un- j
eniable fact that many salmon which
ave been dead not over 24 hours
ecaVe of the method in which they
ire caught, the way handled, and the
eat her conditions, are not fit. to
o into cans. On the other hand, I
aw fish that were to my knowledge
hours old which were perfectlv
mod and could properly have been
anne I so far as their condition was
om-erned. Still, under the existing
aw, it. was necessary that these fish
•e thrown away.
I observed in eaneries no less
han a dozen instances where from
00 to 5,000 salmon were absolutely
nfit for canning; yet. when I re
.oastrated with the superintendents,
proved that some of these fish
ere not over 48 hours old. Thero
ore they were technically complying
rjth the fisheries law. Some of these
ish had. of course, deteriorated more
ban others. StHI^ superintendents,
nowing these eonditions have allowed
ueb fish to be put up for foor. It
•oes without saying that all such
almon, canned or uncanned, were
i 'brown overboard without delay.
The question may be asked, llow
-" '011 account for this variation in
condition of fish at the same
of the year and in the same lo
j -ality? My explanation is this: As
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E: where you can have youn shirts
= i collars, etc., done up so that
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