erly take care of any escapement
as an opening of this above men
tioned kind is as a rule, no*t half
great enough to allow any escape
ment. Besides this, we have the
“big heart,” which might be full
and great schools of fish along the
“lead,” and at the opening of the
“heart” anxiously awaiting for the
lifting of the closed period to take
place so as to allow them to pass
into the final chamber.
These regulations issued by the
Department of Commerce might
seem sufficient to any and all who
are not in possession of the actual
knowledge of the operation of
traps, but to us it seems ridi
culous
In the first place, no right think
ing American citizen, should allow
such obstructions to the passage of
the salmon as fish traps. Second,
if it should not be in the power
of those people to eliminate such
such traps, then t additional res
trictions should be enacted. Such
as a gate constructed of cotton net
ting with iron rings not more
than three inches in diameter,
fastened to each side of this cotton
netting not more than twenty
four inches apart. These rings
should be so arranged that they
can slide up and
down on a stretched
cable erected from the bottom
to the top of the pilings at
each side of the hist opening at
the “lead”. And a line passing
through a block attached to the
bottom of the gate pilings with
one end fastened to the lead line
of the cotton netting, and the
other end of the line to be used
for pulling this gate netting down
to the bottom when the closed pe
riod takes place.
Beside this, two hundred feet
of the outer end of the “lead”
should be lowered to low water
mark, this can be done by attach
ing a row of planks to the pil
ings at extreme low water and wire
netting should then be fastened
to these planks, above them should
be cotton netting with one side
fastened to the planks at extreme
low water mark, the other side
could _ be raised and lowered in
accordance with the regulations
,'Which should provide that these
jfiettings be sunk down to low water
'mark during the closed period,
this then will allow part of the
fish to escape at high water.
Third, a similar opening of fifty
feet should be constructed on both
sides of the “small heart” next
to the “pot” tunnel^ and the bot
tom of the “pot” should be either
raised up to high water mark or
the top of the wall of the “pot”
should be lowered to low water
mark, and the “spillers” should
be up above high water mark at
any and all times (, during the
closed period.
Traps should be lifted or emp
tied of fish once during a period
of twenty-four hours. Failing to
do so, the trap should immed
iately be closed for the remainder
of the year.
Respectfully submitted by,
THE FISHERMEN’S UNION.
OF PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
Arne Olsen,
President.
JOHN FRED OF JINGOON
“KEEP STEP WITH ANGOON”
,J It has well been said that “gold
is where you find it.” And so in
life," good, clean, noble character
is to be found where least expected.
We are giving space in this maga
zine to John Fred of Angoon,
Alaska, for the reason that during
his life, he wa9 the inspiration of
a little band of Indians^ living on
the edge of Admiralty Island,
in their struggle for the better
things of life. He passed out, of
this life on January 20th. last,
peacefully, while lying in the arms
of neighbors who were with him.
He himself was an illiterate as
called by the vulgar. He never had
a chance. But when the movement
known as the Alaska Native Brother
hood was understood by him, he
saw what it meant, and grasped it
with prophetic vision. From then
on, John Fred and that organization
were one and the same.
One of his neighbors writes:
“John Fred 'has been a strong
and steadfast member of the An
goon Camp of the A. N. B. since
its organization, and in fact the
start of the Camp is the untiring
work of the deceased brother. He
was its president when he died.
He has served as a delegate from
Angoon two different times and has
always been cheerful no matter
what duty has been assigned to
him. In his capacity as president,
he has always had instructive talks
for the meetings. He was always
a strong believer in progress and
education. ,For that ‘reason he
strongly encouraged all of h>is
children to go to school. In all the
weighty matters he always took
the lead and has always, stood by
his convictions. His belief in the
Alaska Native Brotherhood and its
program was the faith of a man
who had glimpsed the future. His
motto was “Let us go ahead.”
“John Fred was also a member
of the council and as such he was
a man whose judgment was relied
on. He was a member of the
Council since its beginning until
his death. Such valuable men as
John Fred are hard to find, and
equally hard to see pass away, for
we know that an able leader has
left our ranks and it will be hard
to fill his place.
“Due to his effort and him serv
ing the same as its treasurer the
Angoon band remained intact for
a good many years. He was hon
ored by the whole town, and now
he is grieved for by all of us.
He is survived by a wife and six
children and a brother. The en
tire town has contributed for his
funeral as a mark of honor due
to the President of the Angoon
Camp No. 7.”
Another neighbor writes: “The
funeral services were held in the
hall, the lesson being from St.
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