the Court affirmed the judgment of
the lower courts in the case of Jo
seph E. Marram v. the United States.
Marron contested the right of pro
hibition enforcement officers to seize
his ledger and bills in the course of
raid on his place to abate an alleged
nuisance in the form of selling li
quor. The Supreme Court held that
seized books and papers constituted
part of the equipment of the alleg
ed nuisance, whether or not they
were mentioned specifically in the
warrant.
In the case of Augustin Segur
ola and Manual Santiago v. the Unit
ed States the Court, in an opinion
written by Mr. Chief Justice Taft,
which affirmed the lower courts
.udgment, it was held that there was
nothing justifiable in the motion of
.he Porto Ricans to suppress as
idence the liquor which had been
s«tzed from them.
PINK SALMON ABSENCE IN 1027
NOW REAL MYSTERY SAYS
BUREAU OF FISHERIES
Great Increase of Pinks in 1920 Due
To Secretary Hoover Says Bu
reau of Fisheries
For reasons as yet a mystery both
to the fishing industry and to Gov
ernment experts, the salmon catch
on the Pacific Coast this year has
been reduced to about 50 per cent
of normal, declares Henry O’Malley.
United States Fisheries Commission
er.
O’Malley estimated that the Alas
ka catch has been cut to 3,500,000
cases and the catch on Puget Sound
ulh been reduced to 675,000 cases.
The catch in Brtiish Columbia
amounts to about 375,000 cases,
about half of last year’s pack.
“We are entirely at a lo3s to know
ifhy the salmon failed to put in ap
pearance on the fishing grounds this
season/' said Commissioner O’Mal
•ey. “The pink salmon variety
«hich lives through a two-year cycle
la salt water, were plentiful on the
qpawBlnt beds in 1926 which should
have brought the schools back to
fresh water streams in Alaska and
Puget Sound in large numbers this
year but for some reason they failed
to appear.
“The pink salmon have been kill
ed off or just failed to appear. All
sort's of stories have been circulated
on account of the disappearance
One story is that the fish met death
at sea as the result of some sub
marine or earthquake disturbance.
“Government regulations in Alas
ka (luring the past few years for the
protection of the fisheries,, have noth
ing to do with tlie matter in spite of
the disappearence of fish this year
There is every reason to presume
that salmon in 1928 and later years
will continue to make their appear
ances on the fishing grounds at the
outset of the spawning season.”
New Fishing Regula
tions Are Proposed
A committee representing the
Alaska canners has presented Unit
ed States Fisheries Commissioner
Henry O’Malley with a plan calling
for a reduction of fishing gear in
Southeastern Alaska.
The plan eliminates approximate
ly 120 of 5 44 trap3 in operation
this year.
Drastic steps are necessary, Com
missioner O’Malley beileves, if the
industry escapes destruction.
Commissioner O’Malley, in tak
ing the proposal under advisement,
said new regulations will be issued
in December.
The packers’ plan provides ex
tension of areas in which trap op
erations are prohibited. At the
same time, O’Malley said the propos
al apparently extends the scope of
seine fishing by allowing seiners to
operate in areas in which traps are
prohibited.
“The independent trap owners made
protest against the cannerymen’s
plan,” said Commissioner O’Malley,
“on the ground that it would
eliminate more independent traps
than traps belonging to the canner
ies. The committee assured me the
plan attempted takes care of the in
dependent traps. Submission of the
plan followed my stateemnt of last
September that there will be a dras
tic reduction in fishing geaa- in
Southeastern Alaska next year, and
I will be willing to consider any pro
posals the fishing industry wishes
to 3ubmit. My plan, as then an
nounced, was to bar all traps in
bays and estuaries in Southeastern
Alaska and in many instances re
move trap operation off points where
the fish run is intercepted. The
plan presented by the committee ap
parently does not go as far as thi3.”
The committee which presented
the cannery plan included H. B.
Friele, of the Nakat Packing Com
pany; August Buschmann, of the
Deep Sea Fisheries; Charles Burk
hardt and John Gilbert, of the Alas
ka Consolidated; E. Schoenwald,
Petersburg Packing Company, and
Gilbert Skinner, of Sunny Point
Packing Company.—Juneau Empire
GILLNET BEST WAY TO SAVE
HERRING FISH
M. A. Bussanich Says It Is Time
Some Action Was Taken By
Officials
‘ I am sure glad to see some de
finite action taken on the conserva
tion of herring,” today said M. A.
Bussanich, local agent for the At
lantic & Pacific Company, referring
to the favorable report made by the
Ketchikan Commercial Club on the
subject. |
The treasurer of our company,
continued Mr. Bussanich, “took up
the matter over two years ago. He
sent a circular letter to the various
commercial club3 and to members
of Congress showing that in some
285,000 barrels of herring caught
not more than 5,000 barrels was
used for food consumption.
“Practical fishermen everywhere
know that the herring are being de