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VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 275.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1927.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
Sharp Curtailment
In Salmon Fishing
Operations In 1928
MARKED REDUCTION IN ALASKA SALMON
CATCH DURING 1927—SAID TO BE 46 PER
CENT LOWER THAN 1926 AND 19 PER CENT
UNDER AVERAGE PACK FOR THE LAST FIVE
YEARS—REGULATIONS WILL REDUCE FISH
ING AREA > j
UN TUPS EXCLUDED FROM RESURRECTION Ml
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Bristol Bay fishing limited to four areas—pronounced
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changes to be made in Kodiak area—measures also
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been taken to protect herring, shrimp, clam and
crabs—suplemental regulations will be issued later
to meet changing conditions.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (/P)—-Sharp curtailment of
salmon fishing operations in Alaskan waters \yas an
nounced by the Commerce department effective Jan. 1.
Unoffical statements on the new regulations said the I
marked reduction in the salmon catch during 1927 neces
sitated taking additional steps for conservation. It is es
timated this year’s pack was 46 per cent under last year
and 19 per cent under the average pack for the last five
years. The new regulations are designd to reduce the
areas in which fish may be caught next year and the ef
fectiveness of catching devices.
JCY STRAITS DISTRICT OPENS
JUNE 15; FALL SEASON
OPENS SEPTEMBER 5
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. </P>—Th-'
l Department of Commerce announced
the new opening dates for Southeast
ern Alaska commercial salmon lush
ing as follows: Cross Sound and Icy
Straits district June 15 to Augusr 6.
The fall season opens Septemoe- 5:
the date of closing is undeciled yet.
From parallels 57 to 58 June 20 to
August 11; September 15 to October
4 13.
Ketchikan district June 25 to Aug
September 15 to October 15.
/ West coast of Prince Wales Island
July 15 to August 22; September 15
to October 15.
GIRLS WERE LURED
GENEVA, Dec. 14. (JP)—Accounts
of how girls were lured into vice in
various countries on representation
of supposed theatrical managers that
they were to be employed on the
stage as artists was related in a re
port submitted to the League of Na
tions council.
Anchorage H.S. vs Seward H.S.Tomorrow Night
I The statement said; Traps will be
! prohibited in all waters in Southeast- }
eru Alaska except in 118 closely j
' limited places. It is expected that
' during next year 160 fewer traps will j
i be allowed or 30 percent less than
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| this year.
| “The use of traps will be prohibit
ed in Prince William Sound except
in 25 places. The new restrictions
will not only be in relinquishment
of a large number of traps sites but
prevent extension of trapping to new
ground s.
“In the Bristol Bay area all com-1
mercial salmon fishing will be re
stricted to four places namely, Nus’h- j
agak, Kzichaknaknek, Egigik and j
Ugashik. Commercial salmon fishing j
will be prohibited Pom 6 o’clock in
the evening, on July 23, to 6 o’clock •
in the morning of August 6.
“Traps w ill be prohibited along the j
Bering seacoast from the Northern <
boundary of the salmon area to Cape
Seniavin and Point Krenitzen; also
along practically the -whole coast
from Unimak Island. Further re
strictions w ill be placed in Shuinigan i
Islands.
“The number of waters in which
commercial fishing has been prohib
ited lias been increased but pronoun
ced changes have been made in the
Kodiak area. All the eastern shores
of the Island from Ugak Bay to Kish
iivak Bay inclusive, are closed to
traps and all salmon traps are ex
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PORT ALEXANDER, KETCHIKAN,
INCLUDED IMPROVEMENTS
ALASKA PROJECTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (/^—Re
commendations for improvement to
rivers and harbors were transmitted
to Congress by Major General Jad
win, chief of the army engineers, and
included Port Alexander harbor, Al
aska, to provide a channel 15 feet
deep and 150 feet wide, (costing $17,
000; the erection of aj breakwater
and dredging the harbor of Ketchi
kan a depth of 10 feet at an expendi
ture of $272,000.
HUM
ACCEPTS AT URGENT REQUEST
OF PRESIDENT COOLIDGE;
NAME SENT IN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (/P)— At
the urgent request of President CooL
idge, Henry L. Stimson of New York,
former secretary of war and a c’os?
friend of the late Governor GenerP
Wood, has accepted the appointment
to the Governor General of the
Philippine Islands.
His nomination has been sent b,r
the President to the Senate. ' I”.
Stimson was the successful mediato'
in the Nicaraguan civil war.
PLANE STANDS STILL
LONDON, Dec. 14. (/P)—Plants for
a new type of airplane which wifi
stand still in the air, were announced
here. A machine of this type is now
in course of construction. An Italian
is the inventor.
MEXICANS SICK TOWN
MOOT OFF CIRCUS
GIRLS AND ANIMALS
NOGALES, Arizona, Dec. 14. (/P)—
Mexican bandits, after sacking the
Mexican town of La Quemada, loot
ed a circus train carrying off a num
ber of young actresses most of whom
•were foreigners. After sacking the
town the bandits took everything of
value from the show train including
all the horses and some of the live
stock.
Lindbergh Arrives
Mexico City; Crowds
j Delirious with Joy
AMERICA’S “GOODWILL'* AMBASSADOR WITH
OUT A PORTOFOLIO” SUCCESSFULLY COM
PLETES FIRST NON-STOP FROM WASHING
TON- D. C.- TO MEXICO CITY—POLICE HELP
LESS AS CROWD TAKES CONTROL OF LAND
ING FIELD IN ACCLAIM OF FLYING ACE.
MEXICO CITY, Valbuena Flying Field, Dec. 14. (/P)
—After several hours of fear for him, Colonel Chas. A.
Lindbergh successfully completed the first non-stop
! flight from Washington, D. C., to Mexico City, landing at
12:38 this afternoon after 27 hours and 10 minutes in the
air.
A crowd of about 30,000 anxiously awaited the arriv
al of the “Good-will Ambassador” and cheered deliriously
as the plane came over the field and landed.
A squadron of motor police rushed to keep clear the
field and escort him to the Presidental stand but within a
minute thousands filled the field rushing Toward the
American aviator overcoming the police.
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BILL BEFORE BOUSE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (/P)—
Delegate Sutherland introduced a
bill into the House asking that per
mission be granted the town of Sew
ard, Alaska, to issue $50,000 worth
of bonds for the building of a public
school.
FIRST DEFICIENCY
BILL INCLUDES SUM OF $200,000
FOR TERRITORIAL BUILDING
AT JUNEAU
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (£>)—
After more than four hours consid
eration the Senate approved the fir
deficiency bill carrying $210,000,000
including the fund for increasing the
elevation of big guns on the battle
ships Oklahoma and Nevada.
The bill also includes the appro,
priation of $200,000 for a Territorial
building at Juneau.
FUND TO FIGHT CANCER
NEW YORK, Dec. 14. (^—Com
pletion of a campaign for $1,000,000
to fight cancer was announced by
Thomas Lamont, chairman of the
General Committe* of the American
Society to control cancer.
MEXICO IN THROES
EXCITEMENT ACCOUNT
VISIT LINDBERGH
ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICES
WILL BE CLOSED DRING STAY
OF U. S. HERO
MEXICO CITY, Dec 1 1. (£>)—From
President Cadies to the poorest peon
Mexico is thrilled today by the flighf
of Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh from
Washington as by nothing else in
the country’s recent b’Vory.
A few hours after the news reach
ed Mexico City of the flier^s start
President Calles issued a proclama
tion making Wednesday a national
holiday in honor of Colonel T.ind.
bergh and calling upon the people
to pay tribute to the Hier as an Hon
ored guest of the nation and ordering
all government offices closed, not
only on Wednesday, but all other
days during the aviator’s stay whoa
popular festivals will be given 5n hfs
honor.
ST. LOUIS HOTEL BURNS
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 14. (>P)—Five
women perished and three more are
missing and eight persons were ser.
iously "burned in a fire which des
troyed the Oxford hotel annex here.
Property damage was estimated at
$275,000.