an primary insofar as candidates
for the house are concerned. Six
have made declarations and of
that number, four will be chos
en to represent the party in the
November election. The follow
ing will have their names on
the ballot: Andrew Nerland,
Fred B. Johnston, Frank Hodg
son, Bart C. Buckley, R. C. Roth-*
onburg and James G. Moore, Jr.
—Fairbanks News-Miner,
Force of First Division Vote
Those Democrats who hope to
elm mate Andrew Nerland, Fred
E. Johnston and Hosea H. Ross
in the general election need
not crow too loud or long. The
Alaska Naitve Brotherhood may
i ot vote in the other three Di
visions, but every vote that stays
out of the general election
is a dead vote. The Brotherhood
is not losing any votes by the ro
tative Ballot. They may vote a
straight Republican ticket in the
primary and they may decide to
tbiow the Republicans over
board or they may split their
vote and play both ends to the
middle. They have been well
taught in previous elections and
would only be doing what has
b* en done to them in the past.
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PUN OF HERFuING HOLDS
UP LINER PRINCE RUPERT
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When the Canadian National
Railway’s Coast steamship
Prince Rupert arrived in Prince
Rupert, officers reported that
the ship was delayed for thirty
minutes owing to the heavy run
of herring.
When the vessel was leaving
Ocean Falls a large school of
herring was encountered, the
fish swarming into the condens
er, which had to be cleaned be
fore the vessel could proceed
northward.
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Correct your own conduct and
you will see less in others to cor
rect.
Brailed From
Other Papers
-x
Luther J. Hull was re-elected
president of the Northwest
Salmon Canners’ Association for
his second term in Seattle. A. P.
Wolf, vice president; Arthur I.
Ellsworth, secretary - treasurer,
William C. Freeburn, C. J. Sebas
tian, Charles Frey, H. O. Roberts,
W. A. Estus, J. W. Parks and A.
W. Witting, members of the
executive committee.
The halibut fleet of Seattle
l<3Jt that port in alphabetical
order. The first vessels, names
beginning with “M” left witn
the first contingent. A vessel
with name beginning with “H”
passed Petersburg with the fleet.
The fresh fish being dumped
on the eastern market is suffi
cient to take care of the de
mands of that market and any
Pacific halibut dumped on the
market will make chaos of con
fusion.
The Juneau halibut fleet aw*
an entity unto themselves—they
grubbed up, oiled and iced up
and started out to get rich by
helping to glut an already glut
ted market.
The Petersburg fleet have
been slow in getting ready to
leave port. They are more will
ing to abide by the ruling of the
Association and the desire to
operate at a loss was not suffi
clently conducive.
The Washington State Fish
and Game Commission has a
Circular No. 21 calling attention
to “Certain Washington Streams
Should be Reserved for Perpetu
ation for Fish Life.”
Halibut landed in Seattle in
1931 totaled 15,087,672 pounds
which was 1,688,028 pounds less
than landed in Prince Rupert.
Pacific Coast halibut catch for
th? same year was 43,879,322 of
which 36,252,122 pounds was
taken by American vessels—the
balance by Canadian boats.
Senator Jones has sponsored
a bill for “the regulation and
protection of Alaska’s over-re
gulated and over-protected
salmon fisheries.” The meaning
being different according to the
lights of the fishermen on the
one hand and the bureau of
fisheries and the salmon packers
on the other. The bill gives five-,
year privileges to traps at $25
per year. Any bill presented in
Congress relative to Alaska’s
fisheries which has the endorse
ment of both the bureau of fish
eries and the salmon packers
needs bear watching by resi
dents. A significant note in the
press despatch is that “It is not
stated if Alaskans have been
consulted in the matter.” They
are never consulted—they don’:
belong, they are the little bas
tard children, unwanted and
only in the way.
Dr. Scruby, republican candi
date for the territorial legisla
To Vote For
W. H. Chase - - E. S. Hungerford
For Delegates to
The Republican National Convention
Is To PROTEST
The mal-administratitn of AlasaKa by
Bureau* and Federal appointees.