II LETTER TO CONGRESS:
A copy of a letter sent by The
Kildall Co., to Congressman New
ton, says:
Congressman Walter IT. Newton.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed you will find clipping
from the Petersburg Herald dated
Sent. 4th., entitled “Alaska Her
ring Being Destroyed.”
The Petersburg editor has this
situation sized up right and we
think a hill should he passed in
Congress as soon as possible that
would prohibit the manufacture of
fertilizer out of Alaska herring.
“For your information, will pay
that Alaska now is producing the
World’s largest supply of strictly
first class herring. Some of the
European countries like Norway
and Holland catch large quantities
but the fish does not average
nearly as good a quality as the
Alaska product. The herring in
dustry is one of the biggest in
Holland and in Norwap, and we
see no reason why this business
should not be greatly developed
in the next few years up in Alaska,
provided the supply of small
fish is properly conserved. The
business of making fertilizer out
of herring started in Alaska twen
ty years ago, when there were
no restrictions on the catch of
fish of any kind, but we believe
the time has now come when the
ferterlizer plants 'n Alaska using
herring should be closed for good
of the general public.
We would thank you to inves
tigate this matter carefully and
then do what you can toward
bringing about the desired re
sults.
Thanking; you in advance for
for the courtesy, we remain,
Yours very truly,
The Kildall Co.,
(Signed) H. L. Griffith,
President
Minneapolis, Minn. — From the
Petersburg Herald.
Milk dealers, take notice! You
can get Swanson’s milk at Peters
burg for 15c a quart.
PATRONIZE THOSE WHO AD
VERTISE IN THE ALASKA FISH
ERMAN.
The school tax receipts for the
first division this year amount
to $28,000 so far; $23,400 was
collected dasi year.
The school tax for the Second
Division (Nome) this year is
.$1,400 as compared with $3,000
last year.
The school tax for the Fourth
Division this year amounts to
$3,000 as compared with $4,200
for last year.
The total school tax collections
this year amount to $82,000
about the same as last year.
John Troy of the Juneau Em
pire says that some men “have
been cast out by the Democratic
Party” in Alaska. This is hard to
believe for any party that can
stomach a man of Troy’s stamp
can stomach anything else in the
world. He talks about the “real
Republicans” and means thereby
such men as attorneys Faulkner
and Robertson who jointly managed
thp Democratic campaign last year.
Ketchikan is indeed the “First
City in Alaska” in many thing’s,
including high prices when com
pared with Wrangell, 100 miles
farther. Even in Juneau, the price
of standard canned goods run
about 5C per can less. Clerks
coming to Ketchikan from Juneau
for employment see the difference
at once.
The Seward Gateway states that
18 prisoners and five insane per
sons, all brought to Alaska by
the canning companies operating
to the Westward, were brought
to Anchorage by the mail boat
Starr on one trip. This supports
the argument of the Honorable Jos.
Murray who says the reason the can
rr.rs will not allow more than
$10 to be paid to cannery employ
ees in Alaska i: to compel these
employees to go back to the
states for their pay, and thus
Alaska is rid of thousands of po
tential criminals and insane per
sons.
THE DRIFT INN
L. A. OLSEN, Proprietor
Pool Hall—Cigars and Tobaccos
Furnished Rooms
Wrangell, — Alaska
NEWTOWN CAFE
ROY SERII, Prop.
CITY FLOAT, PHONE W 84
Water Street Ketchikan
Ketchikan Grocery
R. W. EDMONDS, Prop.
Redman Building, Phone 71
Night Phone—Green 233
Ketchikan, Alaska
Dr R. L. CARLSON
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST
Ketchikan, Alaska
Prompt attention to mail orders
for optical repairs and lens re
placements. Seamen’s Home
Collings’ Cash Store
I. W. COLLINGS, Prop.
58 Mission Street
New and Second Hand
Household Goods
Telephone 188
Ketchikan, - - Alaska
CANADIAN FISH & COLD STORAGE
COMPANY, Ltd.
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., CANADA
offer to the fishermen of Alaska the means of obtaining
highest prices for their halibut and salmon.
We have recently reconstructed our ice plant and now
produce only hard transparent ice which preserves the fish
one hundred per cent.