busy place for the next few
years and the Captain would
merit the gratitude and good
will of every true Alaskan foi
his determined efforts in going
ahead with a “Wild Cat” well in
the face of knocks and discour
agement on the part of scoffers
and busy-bodies. Let us sincere
ly hope that his sanguine faith
in the production of a gusher
oil well at Chickaloon will be
realized beyond his greatest ex
pectations.
The mink fur farmers in the
vicinity of Wasilla. Pittman and
Houston, along the line of the
Railroad suffered severely from
the reign of mosquitos this last
summer, several of the young
mink dying from the result of
mosquito bites. The Blodgett
mink farm at Pitman lost fifty
or more young mink.
The total salmon pack of
Cook Inlet for the 1929 season
amounted to approximately 160,“
000 cases. It is reported that the
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Libby, McNeil & Libby and the
Northwestern canneries were
shy about one-third of their
normal pack. A majority of the
small independent canneries
had a successful season. The
three canneries at Anchorage
put up about 42.000 cases—Ma
gill, 27,000; Toman, 7,000; Emard
8,COO; all kings and reds.
The Gorman & Co., cannery
which operated at Anchorage
during the seasons of 1927 and
1928, under the management of
W. C. Stoll of Seattle, Wash.,
was declared bankrupt in the
spring of 1929 and the affairs of
the concern are now in the
hands of a Trustee. Anchorage
merchants and others pocketed
a severe financial loss and it is
doubtful if they will realize 25
cents on the dollar on their bills
against the company.
In addition, three or four
small cannery outfits on Cook
Inlet turned their 1928 packs ov
er to Stoll for disposal and they
have never heard from him since
nor have they realized a cent for
that season’s work.
The fishing game is like the
stock market—it has its “Ups
and “Downs.”
WEIR COUNTS
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The weir count of the fish es
capement for the season up to
end including August 31 was 215,
858. The run at Anan Creek is
coming to a close as only 3,244
fish passed through the weir
from August 24 to August 31. The
contention that the fish are run
ning later seems borne out by
the weir counts as three fish
came through the weir during
the past week for every two of
the same date in 1925.
The Olive Cove run is about
finished, only 256 being count
ed during the week ending Aug
ust 31. Eagle Creek is listed as
fair and Whale Passage as good.
The weir counts in this dis
trict for the week up to and in
cluding August 31 were as fol
lows:
Anan Creek—
1925 . 259,550
1926 121,780
1927 .39,974
1928 194,055
1929 215,858
Eagle Creek—
1928 54,379
1929 62,989
Olive Cove—
1928 48,506
1929 34,839
Whale Passage 112,610
—Wrangell Sentinel.
SELECTIONS FROM THE
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The Port Althorp cannery of
the Alaska Pacific Salmon Cor
poration finished its season with
152.000 cases, tails and flats, ac
cording to August Buschman,
former owner, who visited here
today while the steamer Alaska
was in port. The pack reduced
to full cases was 127,000 which
was regarded as highly satisfac
tory for what is termed an off
year.
If These Had Been Seine
Fish (.)
James Sayles, superintendent
of the Stuart Corporation can
nery in Ketchikan, was kept
busy this morning with 36,000
fish on the floor. Most of these
36.000 were from three traps on
Gravina island.
Capt. C. E. Ahues, Superin
tendent of the Taku Harbor
Cannery of the Libby, McNeill &
Libby, said last night that his
estimate for the Taku Harbor
Cannery, when it closes Thurs
day for the season, will be 73,
000 cases, which makes it the
best “off-year” in ten years.
Capt. Ahues and Mrs. Ahues ar
rived in Juneau yesterday and
returned to Taku Harbor today.