Pacific New3 Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A govern
merit census of the fisheries of the
luciflc Const, covering nil phase3 <v
tfc" Industry, Is being compiled bv th
United States Bureau of Fisheries.
The census will be the first taken
since 1904, and Is expected to prove
of great value to all the fishing in‘er
est3 of the country. Pacific Coast
catching and packing concerns especi
ally are anxiously awaiting the gov
element's announcement of the work's
completion.
Two statistical experts of the bur
au are now on the Coast gathering
iatn. Hobley Grier has completed the
:urvey of the industry in Oregon and
is row engage 1 in California. \V. A.
Roberta has been Investigating condi
tions and gathering figures in Seattle
for several months, but is now work - 1
ing In smaller Puget Sound ports.
The census will consist of elaborate
. J .. c- ■;
expositions on the times, and 3izes of^
the "runs” of all the Important com • t
mercial lisle sj the amount of the
catch of all fishes; the output of all
the canneries as a whole and of the ^
larger ones specifically: the prices ob
tained and will set forth any new ;
possibilities in the industry that the
go’ ernment may have investigated.
The census will be taken a9 .of
1C16, and the figures will be compared
with those of the last census, taken
twelve years ago.
The census will not be completed
until early next year, and will be
made public as soon thereafter as *it
is possible to rush it through the
government's printing department, so
that the fisheries interests of the
country may be aided by the statistics
and lay their plans for next season
accordingly.
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BLONDE ESKIMOS MAY ASSAIL
THEIR DISCOVERER STEFANSSON
NEW YORK.—Fear that the blonde
Eskimos may prove a menace to his
expedition are expressed by Vilhjalmur
Stefansson, the explorer, in a letter
written from Cape Kellett,Ranks Land
in the Arctic, and received by Herbert
J. Spindle, assistant curator of anihro
pologry at the American Mu3eum of
Natural history in this city. Stefans
6on wrote In part:
"We have had a falling out with
[ the blonde Eskimos (Kaughhirjuar
mlnt) which is exceedingly unfortun
ate.
"To make matters tenfold worse
contact with the whites have given*
the tribe severe colds, something they
had never heard of, and the last we
I knew they were on the verge of atar
I vation because Illness had prevented
hunting. They believe we have be
witched them, and prayed us by dep
utation to remove the witchcraft and
allow them to get well enough to
hunt again.
"Should any deaths occur, either
from disease or starvation, the break
with them will be serious."
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ALLIES IMPORTING COOLIES TO
RELIEVE MUNITION WORKERS
Pacific News Service, Wash. Bu'eau
WASHINGTON— Tnousands of
Chinese and Indo-Chinese are being
Imported into entente allied countries
to work in munitions factories and
arsenals in order that the native work
men may be relieved for military duty
the state department haslearned.
Twenty thousand coolies are already
at work in French war material plants
ard Franco has contracted with the
new Oriental republic for 30,000 more
for a period of four years’ service In
Ftance. More than 5,000 Chinese have
arrived in Rus3ia and 15,000 more will
shortly be imported, it is reported.
Most of the orientals are trained
artisans, drawing wages in some in
WRAPPING TWINE
MADE FROM PAPER
IS SATISFACTORY
Pacific Ncwa Service, Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON.—Satisfactory wrap
ping twine can be made from paper
and its use is recommended by the
Forest Products Laboratory, Madison
W!s., which has just completed ex
tensive experiments with a view of en
larging the uses to which wood pulp
may be put, the United States Forest
Service has announced.
In making twine the paper is cut
into narrow strips which are then
twlste l tlgiitij to form p cord. The
strength of the twine depends upon
the character of paper used and the
process of treatment. It is well ad
apted to a number of purposes but
means have not yet been found for
prolectlng it from the action of water.
Several hundred packages each con*
tainlng a medium-sized book were
wrapped and fastened with the light
est-weight paper twine and mailed to
various points throughout the United
States, Practically every package was
received in good condition, the report
states.
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From Our Exchange!
rorty troopers from Fort Seward
have been stationed at Anchorage foi
the winter.
The freighter Tyonic reached An
chorage recently with a cargo of loo
tons of coal from the Bluff Point coal
mines on Cook nlet
The Catholic ladies of Douglas ore
planning to hold a big fair in the na
tutorium at that place on the lGih, 17th
ar.d 18th of thi3 month
The 25,000 inhabitants credited to
Dawson City, Yukon Territory, during
the height of the 1838 gold rush, have
now dwindled to a mere 2,000.
H. K. Latdlaw, head of tho comnvs
8ftry depurement of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company, has been ap
pointed purchasing agent of th« Paci
fic Steamshop Company.
Fay, name unknown, one of the un
fortunate denizens of Anchorage's re
st* Icted distric', attempted suicide re
cently by drinking sulphuric acid.
Prompt aid by Dr. Kyvig saved her
11* e.
Tho United States marine inspec
tors have suspended the license of
Capt. Wie of the steamer Northland,
which sunk at Kake several months
ago, for a period of 31 days. 11c was
found guilty of negligence in loading
and discharging cargo, causing tho
sinking of the vessel.
The First National Bank v*9. F. Q.
Noves is the title of the case recently
brought up for trial In the district
court at Fairbanks, In which the
plaintiff seeks to recover $51,418.41 al
leged osses of the First National Bank
during the time the defendant was a
director o fthe Institution.
George N. Williams, Klondike min- 1
ing man and pioneer, has been ap
pointed administrator of Yukon ter
ritary with all the powers of Commls
sioner. Commissioner Black retains j
the office and title on leave of absence,
as Commissioner Black has enlisted
with the Canadian troops for service
In Europe.
Patrick Bonner and associates of
Spokane and Wallace have purchased
the Erickson Copper property on Glac
ier creek, near McCarthy. The con
sideration is reported to have been j
$100,000.
I icutenjint Frederick Mears of the
Alaska Engineering Commission has
recently received hiB commission pro
moting him from a First Class Lieu
tenant to the rank of Captain of Cav- ,
alty In the U. S. army.
—
Rev. Father Crimont has returned
frem Fairbanks to Juneau where he
willl remain for n time. Father Cri
mont is Prefect Apostolic for the Alas
kan diocese and recently blessed the !
bells Installed In the Catholic church
at Fairbanks.
Several skaters at Seward are re •!
ported to be nursing sore spots as
the result of violent contact with the
icc One Indy Is reported as having
nearly suffered a permanent injury I
to her spine and a man was at first I
thought to have fractured his skull.
The office of city engineer of Juneau
has been abolished for the winter
months, F. A. Buck the present In
cumbent leaving for the states on a
visit. The office was abolished by
mutual consent of the contracting par
ties and Mr, Buck will resume the
work to the spring
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