1.4 acre pond now under contract
at the hatchery will be used for
bringing silverside salmon to the
18 months stage before they are
liberated.
To Hold Silversides
Shortage of pond space at the
hatchery heretofore has made it
impossible to hold any large num
her of salmon to this age. Last
year, however, 50,000 young sil
versides were held until they were
a year and a half old. These were
marked this spring and released
At the Klashanine hatchery
there are now 3,000,000 young
silversides being held in the feed
ing ponds. As soon as the big
pond is completed they will be
transferred to it and fed until the
spring of 1927, when a considerable
number will be marked and all
will be released into the Klashanine.
—Special Astoria, Oregon.
I NEW INDIAN BILL
A bitter and personal editorial
was recently published in the
Ketchikan Chronicle against Dan
Sutherland, Delegate to Congress
because he had introduced a bill
in the House of Representatives
providing a way in which Indians
born on the North American Con
tinent outside of the United States
might become naturalized.
And now the Cordova Times
adds to the attack.
The accusation is simply this,
that Dan Sutherland introduced this
bill to secure more Indian votes.
The facts however are that this
bill is a pending Senate bill, intro
duced by Senator Dill of Washington
last spring. When William L. Paul
was East, Mr. Dill requested him
to have some one introduce the
same bill in the House of Repre
sentatives. It is the Senator’s bill
and originated with him. But Mr.
Paul took the bill to Mr. Sutherland
and informed him of what Mr. Dill
had said and so Mr. Sutherland
introduced the bill.
Mr. Paul, also at Mr. Dill’s re
quest went to see Congressman
Johnson, chairman of the committee
on Naturalization, who promised
to support the bill. He remembered
that there had been such a pro
vision in Congress four years ago.
Purpose of Bill
The purpose of the bill is simply
to correct an unfair situation.
When Father Duncan and tjie
Metlakatla Indians came to Alaska,
they came exactly as millions of
other foreigners have come, to
seek religious freedom and to build
and own their own homes.
Many of them were mere babies
when they came. They know no
other land. This is their country,
they salute the same Stars and
Stripes that we do, they sing the
same Star Spangled Banner, but
when they try to take the oath
of citizenship they are told, “We
are sorry. The law permits only
those who are white or black to
become citizens. You must change
the law.”
This is what Judge Jennings
said when cases were brought before
him.
Provisions of Bill
Under Senator Dill’s bill, any
Indian born on the North American
Continent, outside of the United
States, has the right to apply for
citizenship precisely as any Russian,
Englishman, or Portuguese. And
will Ed. G. Morrissey, the literate
editor of the Chronicle, deny any
person this privilege?
This bill will become a law as it
should simply because it is right.
We suppose too that since Senator
Dill is really to blame for intro
ducing the bill, that Ed. Morrissey
and Harry Steel, in between drinks,
will write new editorials denoun
cing Mr. Dili.
It has been announced by Com
missioner O’Malley that over a
million salmon had ascended the
Karluk River before the beginning
of the open season. These fish will
be counted by the Bureau as part
of the required 50 per cent escape
ment at that point
An amendment to the Alaska
Fisheries Act was recently passed
by Congress which gives the
Secretary of Commerce the author
ity to permit the taking of fish
for bait purposes at any or all
times Accordingly the Department
of Commerce has issued an order
that the closed season for com
mercial herring fisfajing specified
for Alaskan areas shall not apply
to the taking of herring for bait
ing purposes in waters otherwise
open to fishing
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE ALASKA
FISHERMAN.
LARGE PACK
FORECASTED
Commissioner O’Malley has an
nounced that reports coming to the
Bureau of Fisheries indicate that
a much better pack of salmon this
year than last may be expected.
Nowhere, except on the Copper
River, has a failure covering a
large district been reported. The
Copper River Red run, which closed
the latter part of June, resulted in
a pack of only 12,000 cases. The
pink run in that district is starting
in rather favorable, however. Com
missioner O’Malley indicates that
some action may be expected in
the Copper River District to pro
tect the future supply.
The Ketchikan run was somewhat
later than usual in starting, but
the fish are now coming in well.
Commissioner O’Malley has inti
mated that he considers that too
much gear is being used this year
in the Southeastern district.
DUCKS MARKED AT
BREEDING GROUNDS
The largest breeding ground of
water fowl in the interior of the
United States, located in the Bear
River marshes at the north end
of Salt Lake, Utah, is to be inves
tigated to determine its importance
to sportsmen hunting in other
States, it was announced on June
16 at the Department of Agricul
ture.
F. C. Lincoln, of the Bureau of
Biological Survey, Department of
Agriculture, will leave Washington
June 20, for the Salt Lake breeding
ground where he will attempt to
brand 1,000 ducks with numgered
identification tags. Some of these
branded birds are expected to be
killed next fall by hunters, who
will report where the birds are
shot. In this way, records of the
extent of the territory supplied
with ducks frolm this breeding
ground will be obtained.
This will be the first attempt
to band migratory birds on a large
scale in the summer time when
they will not take cereal bait, Mr.
Lincoln said. In order to catch
them, trap nets will be set up
and the young ducks driven into
them after the system used by the
Eskimos.