streyed wholesale lor fertilier and oil
and chicken feed. 1 have nothing
against the fertilizer plants. They
have invested their money in good
faith and deserve consideration, but
they are in the same position as the
pink salmon fishermen and others
who threaten the destruction of val
uable food product, unless proper
conservation regulations are institut
ed and enforced.
“Aside from the value of the her
ing as a food fish for humans, it is
the natural feed for salmon, hali
but and all other kinds of commer
cial fish. As suggested by the cham
ber of commerce, the best way to
protect the herring is to use gillnets
of a sufficient mesh to allow the es
cape of small herring. Even then
there should be further regulative
measures.
ALASKA FUR SEALS INCREASED
LAST YEAR
The Alaska fur-seal herd increas
ed 6.25 per cent during the year end
ing August 10, 1927, it is announc
ed by the Department of Commerce.
October 6, which follows in full text.
The annual computation of the
Alaska fur-seal herd on the Pribilof
Islands shows a total of 808,870 ani
mals a3 of August 10, 1927, as com
pared with 761,281 the preceding
year, an increase of 47,5 89, or 6.25
per cent according to the Bureau of
Fisheries of the Department of Com
merce.
The herd is made up of 263,566
cows, a like number of pups, 115,
317 yearling and 2-year old females.
5,615 harem and idle bulls, and
160,806 males of all other classes.
The marking of 3-year-old male
seals for the breeding reserve has
been completed for this season. The
number marked by clipping a patch
of fur from the head was 8,890, of
which 6,647 were on St. Paul Island
and 2,243 on St. George Island.
Tn addition, metal tags were at
tached to 200 3-year-old males on
St Paul Island, and they were
branded with a hot iron, bringing
the total number marked to 9,090.
Comparable figures for 1926 show
7,55 8 marked on St. Paul Island,
and 2,007 on St. George Island, a
total of 9,565.
Electric Laundry
Phone 156
GENERAL LAUNDRY
WORK
All Work Guaranteed
F. H. Bold, Prop.
TOURISTS CAN GET
ALASKA CURIOS and
MOMENTOS at
Skagway Drug Co.
PERRY HERN
Totems, Moccasins, Spoons
Skagway, Alaska
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Ketchikan Steam
Laundry
F. J. CHAPMAN, Prop.
Nothin^ but first class work done
Satisfaction guaranteed
Ketchikan, - Phone 24 - Alaska
Grand Terminal Club
Ben. Self, Sec.-Treas.
Corner 2nd Ave. at 6th
Prince Rupert, B. C.
When in Prince Rupert droj
in for a visit;
Columbia Records and
. Phonographs
Pianos sold on Easy Terms
Pianos For Rent
Ketchikan Music House
Ketchikan, - Alaska
ROY BAKERY
Also Has Fine Ice Cream
and Fruit
SITKA, ALASKA
Blacksmithing Plumbing
CHRIS GRONSETH
Sheet Metal Work
Petersburg, Alaska
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I We handle Men's Underwear, Shirts, Sox, Ties,
I Quilts, Pillows and Blankets.
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1 Newtown, Ketchikan, Alaska I
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CANADIAN FISH & COLD* STORAGE
COMPANY,
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, CANAfc**
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offer to the fishermen of Alaska the .meaji^ of obtaining
highest prices for their halibnt and salmon.
We have recently reconstructed one ice ..plant and now
produce only hard transparent ice which preserves the
one hundred per cent.