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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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MODEL ROADWAY GREETS TOURISTS
AMONG the attractions that have caught the eye of tour
** ists visiting Seward is the beautiful highway extend
ing northward from the city, over which many have been
taken during their stay in town. This roadway, con
structed by the Bureau of Public Roads, serves the double
purpose of affording access to scenic grandeur equal to
any in Alaska, and offers a fine example.of the class of
work the Bureau of Public Roads is performing in road
building- The result is due to the excellent staff of men en
trusted with the task of construction.
But far surpassing the local road is the Moo^e Pass
highway which now extends from Mile 29, on the Alaska
Railroad, clear through to Hope and Sunrise. There, |
under the supervision of skilled engineers a standard road
has been constructed which will ever stand as a monu
ment to this most important of Alaska departments, the
road builders.
Heading the important link in Alaska’s development
is an unassuming, likeable and trained engineer, M. D*
Williams, who at present is in the Pass country inspecting
progress to date. It is a certainty he will return to Sew
ard in a few days highly pleased with the task which has
ever moved steadily forward under the direct supervision
of Engineer Ingram who undaunted in inclement weather |
has pushed the work along to a point where autos may
now traverse the entire length of roadway.
The time is rapidlv approaching when roads in the!
Pass will radiate to all points of the peninsula serving
those immediate districts where activities abound.
It will be a happy day for the citizens of this region,
which embraces one of the largest productive areas in the
Territory, when through the agency of these wonderful
road arteries the Bureau of Public Roads is constructing,
one may step into an automobile in Seward and drive to
any point on Kenai peninsula, where fishing, mining, fox
farming, hunting, and agricultural pursuits flourish, and
where scenery surpassing the famous wonder spots on the
globe brings gasps of awe and amazement from the vis
itor.
When that day arrives then will see this part of this
wonderful country, rich in potential resources, blossom
like a flower.
Fairbanks reports a flaming meteor flashed across
the sky Friday evening. Perhaps it was Aviator Joe
Cross on.
LEGAL NOTICE
SERIAL 06696.
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OF
FICE AT ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.
In the Matter of the application of the
Crescent Herring Company for a
Patent to land embraced in U. S.
Survey No. 1738, situate on the north
shore of Shuyak Strait, Alaska.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
the CRESCENT HERRING COMPA
NY. a Washington Corporation, "whose
principal office and Post Office address
is 1911 L. C. Smith Building, Seattle,
Washington, has made application in
the United States Land office at An
chorage, Alaska, Serial No. 06696, to
enter the land embraced in -"United
States Survey No. 1738, as a Trade and
Manufacturing Site under Section 10,
Act of May 14, 1898, said tract of land
being situated on a small bay on the
north shore of Suyak Strait, Territory
of Alaska, more particularly described
as follows:
Beginning at Corner No. 1 of
said U. S. Survey No. 1738, a me
ander corner on the east shore of
small bay, north shore of Shu
yak Strait, south side of Shu
yak Isiand, rrom which United States
Location Monument No. 1696
bears north 80 degrees, 47 min
utes east 39 links distant (varia
tion 25 degrees east), and from
which corner No. 1 of this survey,
corner No. 1 M. C. of U. S. Survey
No. 1696 bears north 23 deg. 11
min. 21 Sec. west 15.8 chains dis
tant, and running thence from
said corner No. 1 U. S. Survey No.
1738 along the meander of above
' described shore line (first course
south 18 deg. 28 min. west 1.20
chains, second course south 16
x
deg. 2 min. west 3.2 chains, third
course south 44 deg. 21 min. east
2. §0 chains, fourth course south
4 deg. 8 min. west 3.91 chains)
a total of 10.91 chains to corner
No. 2, thence south 71 deg. 5
min. east 9.2 chains to corner No.
3, thence north 3 deg. 8 min. east
9.71 chains to corner No. 4, thence
north 71 deg. 5 min. west 10.04
chains to corner No. 1 M. C., the
place of beginning, containing an
area of 9.30 acres.
United States Location Monument
No. 1696 is an iron pipe 4 inches di
ameter showing 2 feet above ground,
marked USLM No. 1696, situated on
top of bank about 20 feet high on east
shore small bay north shore Shuyak
Strait in Latitude 58 deg. 29 min. 17
sec. north and Longitude 152 deg. 35
min. 2 sec. west.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion of the above de
scribed tract of land are required to
file with the Register of the United
States Land Office at Anchorage,
Alaska, their adverse claim thereto
under oath, during the period of pub
lication or within thirty days there
after, or they will be barred by the
provisions of the Statute.
This Notice is issued at thg United
States Land Office at Anchorage,
Alaska, this 16th day of June, A. D.
1927, and ordered published for a pe
riod of sixty days in The Seward Gate
way, a newspaper of established char
acter and general circulation, publish
ed at Seward, Alaska, nearest the land
herein described, and hereby desig
nated for'that purpose.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Register.
E. JEWELL WATKINS,
Agent for Applicant,
315 Railway Exchange Building,
Seattle, Washington.
First publication June 16, 1927.
Last publication August 25, 1927.
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But the most striking decline has
been on the southern banks. In 1906,
when the British Columbia Fisheries j
Department obtained our first really j
reliable records, the catch per unit of J
gear in Hecate Straits was in the vi
cinity of 450 pounds. Through the
years it showed a steady decline to
1914, when it was approximately 143
pounds, and we have found that since
then the rate of decline has continued
evenly until in 1926 the yield was but
47 pounds. Almost equally striking
results are available for other banks.
Not merely the size but also the av
erage weight of the fish therein has
declined markedly, and although it is
true that young fish could be ob-!
tained in considerable quantity even
in early days, now there is an increas
ing tendency to fish intensively those
banks inhabited by these immature
fish, the so-called “chickens.” In!
proof of the decline we have shown
that the days per voyage have increas
ed and the number of fishing days re
quired necessarily have done the same.
Total is Maintained
“The total landed from the whole
coast has not markedly declined, the
highest recent year being but 10,
000,000 pounds below the year of maxi
mum return. The total yield has not,
however, been maintained on the
southern banks. There the decline in
total taken has clearly begun, so that
to maintain the total for the whole
coast the fishery has had to shift
to the westward. There the yields
from the individual banks have in
creased despite the fact that the ac
tual abundance is on the decline, the
amount taken from the banks near
Kodiak having tripled in the last three
years. This shift of the fishery with
the decline of the southern banks was
taking place as early as 1911, and has
continued consistently since. The pro
cess cannot go on without disaster.
“The scientific studies have been
equally productive, but, of course,
have dealt less with the condition of
the banks than with the factors which
must have taken into account. As we
have seen, the statistics show that the
southern banks were more extensively
depleted, something which could not
occur unlss the population on those
banks were to some degree independ
ent'of those to the westward. But it
has remained for the biological work
to show to what extent this was true.
By tagging the fish it has been shown
that there is very- little interchange
between the various southern banks,
on which are left only immature fish.
On the other hand, the evidence which
is1 accumulating seems to show that in
the Gulf of Alaska, where mature fish
comprise the major portion of the
population, there is an apparent mi
gration, an apparent movement of the
adults.
Variety of Races
“Through the study of structural
characteristics there is evidence to
show that the halibut on the coast
are not a homogeneous race, but that
in their earlier years at least they are
comprised of races readily distin
guished one from the other. There
are big-headed, slowr-growing races and
small-headed, fast-growing races, but
on the offshore banks there is some
evidence that these races intermingle
when mature.
“Some progress has also been made
in the study of spawning places and
depths at which spawning occurs.
Floating fertilized eggs have been
taken at a depth of over 200 fathoms,
and a few larvae have been taken,
smaller than any previously recorded.
This material is important from the
standpoint of the drift of the eggs and
larvae, and the corresponding spawn
ing migrations of the adults, but the
material so far obtained from this line
of work is scant. Just as it w^as well
under way our field work was stopped
Continued on Page Seven)
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prices, $2.50 each. Urbach’s.
■ A taste of FRYE’S BABY BEEF
speaks for itself.
Strictly fresh candies. Schallerer'a
Alaska Shop.
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8 O’CLOCK
The Big Special Nine-reel Feature
“Aloma of the South Seas”
With the New Screeny “Find”
Gilda Grey
as the Star, apd Percy Marmont and Warren Baxter
as the Leads
This is a great story of everybody’s dream land, the
South Sea Islands
Rich in Acting and Settings
THE BEAUTIFUL TROPICS
This is Hilda Grey’s first starring feature and she
sure makes good
There will also be a fine Pathe Review
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