SNAP SHOTS
The “Advisory Board” of Alaskans,
the kind that is approved by the
“Gentleman from New York,” recom
mends that traps in Icy Straits must
be at least two miles apart. The
fish are about gone in Icy Straits
and this rule wil lsave the canneries
building “dummy traps” to protect
their good locations. But in the
Ketchikan district, where the fish
are still running good, the “Advisory
Board” thinks it is all right for
traps to be 1800 feet apart. Why
not eliminate the traps around Ket
chikan before the fish are gone?
He He He H5 He
There was a time when all the In
dians were voting the Democratic
ticket, but no more. Even illiterates
cannot stand the corruption that
emanates from John W. Troy.
* * * * *
I suppose that in the next genera
tion a lot of Indians will be voting
the Republican ticket merely because
their Dad or their Mother did so.
And then the shades of Stroller
White will groan in their Democratic
—well, wherever it is that good
Democrats go when they die.
He * * * *
The Governor of Alaska has op
posed the Secretaries of Agriculture
and of Commerce with his co-ordi
nation plan, and Delegate Suther
land has opposed in part the Secre
tary of Commerce. The federal offi
cials are supporting the Democratic
nominees, the Democrats are trying
to oust the Republican administration.
The Democrats went into the Re
publican primaries, and still so-called
“anti-administration” men were nom
inated, and so the arch-Democratic
paper, the Juneau Empire, says that
you must support the Democratic
ticket. Even visiting school teachers
will be confused to know “what’s
what.”
* * * *
Two years ago, Scott C. Bone said
the trouble with Alaska was that we
had too many Bureaus governing it,
and not enough co-ordination. Presi
den tHarding made us a visit, and
then made a speech in Seattle. He
then said, “There is nothing wrong
with Alaska. Everything is as it
should be.” Since then Scott C.
Bone has quit thinking. His “bread
and butter” was in great dari&er.
♦ * % * *
James Wickersham was responsible
for the defeat of the fish bill intro
duced by Charles Sulzer, and thus
he saved our coast line from being
permanently gobbled up by the trap
interests. That bill would have given
the Alaskans who live in Chicago an 1
Seattle the right to own trap utes
without having to build a trap at all.
o fishing of any kind was to be al
lowed within 2500 feet on either side
of the trap. And yet the Juneau
Empire is raving because the Sulzer
bill was defeated.
*****
The difference between the Paul
policy and the Juneau Empire policy
is that Paul would abolish all traps
and thus give the little resident fish
erman a chance to make a living,
while the Empire would abolish oil
seining and gill-netting so that che
Chicago and Seattle Alaskans might
enjoy their grand operas.
* * * * *
Doctor David Starr Jordon head
ing the commission appointed by
President Roosevelt to investigate
the Alaskan fisheries says regard
ing the traps:
“They are most harmful where
most successful.”
“I believe also that fixed traps
or pounds ought to be eliminated
from Alaskan waters. They involve
the automatic destruction of more
fish than the rivers can stand.”
In a letter to I. N. Hylen of San
Francisco dated October 22, 1907, he
said: “I believe that the interests of
the fisheries demand the removal of
all stationary traps and pounds,—
that the operation of traps is in .10
wise essential to the profitable con
tinuance of the industry.
* • * * * *
They left the conservation of sal
mon fisheries to the Packing Trust
and they conserved their vested in
terests.
* * * *
For some time, I really thought
the Ketchikan Chronicle had adopted
an editorial policy of its own. But
of late, it seemed to have gone back
to its “bottle baby stage” for almost
every editorial is a mere copy from
the Juneau Empire or the Seward
Gateway.
f
MAUD HAZEL
For
CHARTER
Ketchikan Phone Black 63
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REMINISCENCE
A number of years ago I was sit
ting in the railway station in Har
risburg, Pa., waiting for my train.
I was then a mere boy, not long
out of barbarism and anxious to
learn the ways of civilized life so
I kept my eyes open. I was amused
at a couple of white folk across
me because the woman was im
mense and fat while her husband
was very short and small. She was
smoking a cigar. After she smoked
about two thirds of the cigar she
took it out of her mouth and stuck
it in his. He only lost one puff
in the exchange but he seemed to
enjoy the stub.
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