might help us out and that is
""-what we want
v Wc used to get a little money
' out of codfish and let the P. A.
F. make the salmon laws for
themselves but now we can’t sell
salt codfish on account of the
Taps and there is not enough
demand for stockfish so it will
pay to hang them. We have to
buck the P. A. F. some way so
we can get the right to fish
salmon or we will get starved
out Do you think we could
get the new delegate to come up
here end see how things are if
all: hands chipped into kitty
to pay his passage up and down
ngain?
Yours very truly,
A FISHERMAN.
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Making Study of
Halibut Migrations
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* The International Fisheries
Commission is again at work to
secure information as to c ;»
migrations of the halibut. T'<e
Commission which is again on
the Dorothy will cast overborne’
hundreds of little red bottles
each containing a message in
English, Russian and Japanese
requesting the finder to ret i;n
the card to the Commission and
a reward will be paid for each
bottle reurned together with
date and location, thus check
ing tidal currerts of the Pacific.
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“WHAT SAYEST THOU,
JUDAS?”
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After the last legislative ses
sion in Juneau a prominent
lawyer sent to each canning
corporation a Mil for $250 for
‘ legislative work.” The can
neries have been hi-jacked in
this fashion tbese many years,
and the only reason they pay it
is because they are afraid
not to.
“BILL” BARROWS
FAREWELL
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The many friends of Will A.
Barrows were deeply shocked to
-earn of his sudden death,
which occurred at his home in
Seattle, Washington, at 4 A. M.
on Memorial Day. He had not
been very well for a few days
r ut no thought was entertained
by his family that the end was
rear. Death was caused by a
heart attack.
Will A. Barrows, “Bill” as his
friends always called him, was
a pioneer of Pacific County,
Washington, and 1 e had led a
varied and useful life, mostly
spent in Southwest Washington
Mad in Alaska. He was born at
Gold Hill, Nevada, November 26,
1367 removing thence to Cali
fornia with his parents when he
was two years of age. In 1893
he married Ellen Tanger. Two
daughters blessed the union. Be
sides his wife he leaves t o
mourn him his daughter Mrs.
Dunald Bower and granddaugh
ter, Donna Bower, of Seattle.
One daughter Jeanette, died
while in the service of the Unit
ed States during the world war.
His early life wa^ spent var
iously as deputy treasurer of
Pacific County, Washington as
a general store keeper, and as a
marine engineer. For a time
hr also engaged in the logging
business with the late Otto
.tfosendahl. He entered the ser
vice of the U. S. Bureau of Edu
cation in Alaska in 1917 and for
several years was in charge of
Indian schools on the West
Coast of Prince of Wales Island
and at Kake where his many
friends will mourn his passing.
In 1924 he resigned and engag
ed in newspaper work, prinicpal
Iv in the office of the Alaskan
and the Alaska Fisherman.
He was a writer and artist of
considerable merit. His letters,
articles and cartoons published
in many newspapers in Wash
ington and Alaska on political
and economic subjects were al
ways forceful and were potent
factors in determing the results
of some of Alaska’s warmest
campaigns. Hvs descriptive ar
ticles were a real pleasure to
read for he was a naturalist at
heart and his powers of obser
\ation were keen. He had the
courage of his convictions and
he preached the gospel of the
true brotherhood of men.
“Bill” was faithful to his
family and loyal to his friends.
He will be sadl\ missed by those
who knew his true worth. Al
though he had taken up his
residence in Seattle, his heart
remained in the Northland. The
territory has ’ost a tried and
true friend.
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DRY ACT ATTACK
COST REVEALED
Washington.—The Association
against the prohibition amend
ment is spending on an average
of $50,000 a month in its fight
for repeal of the eighteenth
i mendment, according to its re
port of expenditures and con
tributions for January and Feb
ruary, filed with the clerk of
the house recently.
During this period, $151,679
was collected and $103,281 ex
pended The big contributors
included:
John J. Raskob, chairman of
the Democratic National com
mittee, $5,000; Pierre du Pont,
‘ 27,500; Lammont du Pont, $22,
500; Irene du Pont, $5,000; R.
T. Crane Jr., Chicago, $15,000;
Arthur Curtis James, New York,
$12,500; Charles H. Sabin, New
York, $10,000, and Thomas W.
Phillips, Jr., Butler, Pa., $5,000.