THE GOVERNOR AND
THE FISH RESERVES
In his report to the Secretary of
the Interior for 1922 the Governor,
on the subject of fisheries, recom
mended:
“The Department of Commerce
should have full authority over the
Fisheries adequately equipped and
empowered to make and enforce rules
and regulations limiting the catch
and number of traps and curtailing
fishing areas and closing streams in
the public good. If further reserves
be necessary to augment the gov
ernmental authority, they should be
promptly ordered.”
When the legislature convened in
March, 1923, he explained that the
reserve system was intended to be
temporary until legislation could be
had, and if the legislature would pro
pose some measure, he and Hoover
would help to put it through Con
gress.
The legislature did adopt a memor
ial embodying a bill to regulate fish
ing. This memorial came from the
Governor’s office, slightly amended,
and was adopted unanimously.
In his next report to the Secre
tary of the Interior the Governor,
on the subject of fisheries recom
mended:
“The vesting in the Department of
Commerce of complete authority over
the fisheries of Alaska.”
The promise to the legislature was
forgotten and the memorial adopted
on strength of that promise was
never referred to either by the Gov
ernor or Hoover.
In an interview published in the
Alaska Daily Empire for July 28th,
1922, the Governor said:
“The reserves in the waters to the
Westward have been operated suc
cessfully during the past year. The
outcry about fishermen being denied
their rights is without basis in fact.
For months I have sought a specific
case of any man or set of men being
injured by the establishment of fish
ing zones and have been unable to
find a single instance. The curtail
ment of nets and other fishing gear
during the season has approximated
forty per cent. This means conser
vation.”
Compare this with the facts:
The pack limit given the Alaska
Packers Assn, at Kasilof .in 1923
was 40,000, the actual pack of 14,
011. The pack of the Pac. Am.
Fisheries at King Cove in 1923 was
40,831, but the new limits given by
Mr. Hoover for 1924 is 100,00.
How long, how long will Bone
O’Malley fool the American people
with their deceits?
Unless the doors of the public
schools are opened to Indian chil
dren in Ketchikan, over 100 children
will have no chance to go to school
during 1924.
ORSEN AND HALDANE
Albert Orsen, Jr., with thirty-five
points, made the highest individual
record in the recent school meet at
Juneau, thus winning first honors
for the Juneau school. Albert is a
member of the Juneau High School.
He is also the son of a Thlinget
woman who was educated at Carlisle.
Victor Haldane scored the second
highest individual record with a to
tal of thirty-four and one-fourth
points and put Ketchikan in second
position. He is an eighth grade
student of that school. He is the
son of respectable Haida parents.
His preliminary education was ob
tained in the Sheldon Jackson school
of which he was a creditable student
up to the time of his enrollment at
Ketchikan.
We congratulate these Native
young people on the victories they
have won for their respective insti
tutions. Especially are we gratified
because of this practical demonstra
tion of the progress made by the Na
tives of Alaska in culture and edu
cation and qualification for citizen
ship.—The Verstoviaii.
SNAPSHOTS
Our -government cannot be any
better than its people.
* * *
Intolerance is the great crime of
the ages.
Self-interest destroys our perspec
tive.
The new officers of the Juneau
Camp are S. Kunz, Chairman; F.
Mercer, vice-Chairman; James Wat
son, secretary; Jacob Yaquan, finan
cial secretary, Hubert Martin, treas
urer.
Home Hand Laundry
Newtown City Float
FISHERMAN’S LAUNDRY
Phone 112 Ketchikan, Alaska
HUB
BATHS
FOOT MISSION STREET
Ketchikan, Alaska
Reliable Transfer
TAXI AND STORAGE
14—Telephones—117
Day or Night
The new officers of the town of
Sitka are Mayor W. Hanlon, Coun
cilman A. P. Hope, John Hollywood,
and Harold Bailey is tied with J.
C. Thomas. This tie will be deter
mined by the council soon.
Smith’s Taxi Service
DAY and NIGHT
Phone 11
Ketchikan, Alaska
Newman Paint Store
—Dealers in—
Paints, Oil, Varnish,
Glass
_Ketchikan, Alaska
ART’S SHOP
TUB, SHOWER
STEAM BATHS
Opposite Coliseum Theatre
Harry Noodle House
Phone Black 272
Noiodles, Candy, Cigars, Fruit, Soft
Drinks
104 Stedman Street
Ketchikan, Alaska
DR. W.A. BORLAND
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Specialist
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Ketchikan Grocery
R. W. Edmonds, Prop.
Redman Building Phone 71
Night—Green 233
Ketchikan, Alaska
SITKA CAMP
ALASKA NATIVE
BROTHERHOOD
Metts 8 P. M. Mondays
President: David Howard
Secretary: A. Hope
Thwaites Photo Shop
Ketchikan
Kodak Finishing
Copying—Enlarging