and all fish taken therein or there
with, shall be forfeited to the United
States, and shall be seized and sold
under the direction of the court in
which the forfeiture is declared, at
public auction, and the proceeds
thereof, after deducting the expenses
of sale, shall be disposed of as other
fines and forfeitures under the laws
relating to Alaska. Proceedings for
such forfeiture shall be in rem under
the rules of admiralty.
That for the purposes of this Act
all employees of the Bureau of
Fisheries, designated by the Com
missioner of Fisheries, shall be con
sidered as peace officers, and shall
have the same powers of arrest of
persons and seizure of property for
any violation of this Act as have
United States marshals or their
deputies.
Sec. 7. Sections 6 and 13 of said
Act of Congress approved June 2(5,
1906, are hereby repealed. Such re
peal, however, shall not affect any
act done or any right accrued or any
suit or proceeding had or commenced
in any civil cause prior to said re
peal, but all liabilities under said
laws shall continue and may be en-i§
forced in the same manner as if
committed, and all penalties, forfei
tures, or liabilities incurred prior to
taking effect hereof, under any law
embraced in, changed, modified, or
repealed by this Act, may be prose
cuted and punished in the same man
ner and with the same effect as if
this Act had not been passed.
Sec. 8. Nothing in this Act con
tained, nor any powers herein con
ferred upon the Secretary of Com
merce, shall abrogate or curtail the
powers granted the Territorial Legis
lature of Alaska to impose taxes or
licenses, nor limit or curtail any
powers granted the Territorial Legis
lature of Alaska by the Act of Con
gress approved August 24, 1912, “To
create a legislative assembly in the
Territory of Alaska, to confer legis
lative power thereon, and for other
purposes.”
Approved, June 6, 1924.
LEST WE FORGET
In these days when cannerymen
are forming combinations to black
mail citizen fishermen, branding
them as pirates without giving the
fishermen a chance in court or any
where else, it is well to remind our
selves of just whom these cannery
men are, and how sincere they are
in their desire to “obey the law.”
One of the most active of these
blackmailing cannerymen bought two
quarts of whiskey from one of the
pirate fishermen the other day. He
reasons that it is all right for him
to break the prohibition laws, but
the fishermen must not rob his traps.
During the war, when these same
cannerymen were advertising that
they were doing their best to “help
win the war” by canning food fish
for “the boys in France” the Bureau
of Chemistry found that out of a
total of 817,334 cases of salmon ex
amined, 108,440 were from 10 per
cent to 45 per cent putrid.
A few of these men who claim
that they are trying to enforce the
law against robbery are as follows:
Sunny Point Packing Co., 050
cases; Libby, McNeill & Libby, 1,
435; Alaska Packers’ Association,
12,899; Lindenberger Packing Co.,
2,850.
The other day a big canneryman
was in my office and in our con
versation he said that he drank
liquor once in a while but never be
fore the country went dry. 1 told
him that he was no better than a
trap robber. This would be a fine
country if everybody did what was
right. The trouble has been and
still is that the trapmen are above
the law. They want the fishermen
to obey the law, but they themselves
violate it at pleasure.
The one man most to blame for
.the blacklist is Steve Selig. He went
down to the New England Com
pany’s plant and saw Nash Martin
down there and pointing to Martin,
he accused him of having trap rob
bed fish. Martin got mad and with
his finger pointing straight at Steve,
he said: “Me rob a trap! Me rob
a trap! I have seen you, Steve, rob
bing a trap. 1 saw you at a trap
with a scow, robbing the trap, you
big thief. But you never have seen
me at a trap.” Martin wanted to
fight, but Steve hid behind the
Marshal or somebody nearby.
Isn’t that the way ? Charlie
Burckhardt is another man at the
bottom of this trouble. He wants
the fishermen to obey the law, and
yet Charlie and Steve and others
form a blacklist and agree not to
buy from any of those boats named.
The men are condemned without a
trial. To show how ill founded this
list is, one of the boats has not
fished in this district yet; another
had engine trouble on her first
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THE LINEN SHOP
MRS. L. REINKE, Prop.
Ladies and Infants Wear
Art Goods
Petersburg - Alaska
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trip out, had to be towed back and
has been at the machine shop ever
since; another is a reputable buyer
of the fish of independent seiners;
another boat was wrecked last win
ter and still lies in twenty fathoms
of water.
This country will not be a decent
place to live in until all traps are
abolished.
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SING LEE
General Merchant
Dealer in
General Merchandise
Fishing and Logging Supplies
Haberdashery and Clothing
Petersburg - Alaska
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Mercantile Co.
Clothing, Groceries, Paints
Dry Goods Fishing Gear
Petersburg - Alaska
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Petersburg Meat Co.
Fresh and Salted Meat
Game and Fish-Canned Goods
Cheese, Butter, Eggs
Petersburg - Alaska
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Sanitary Market
Meat Market
General Merchandise
Petersburg - Alaska
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Petersburg
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Petersburg - Alaska
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