ENCOURAGEMENT
Every once in a while, somebody
writes us a letter of encouragement.
The following comes from one of
the most prominent men in the
Western part of Alaska.
The Alaska Fisherman,
Ketchikan, Alaska
Gentlemen:
Enclosed check for $6.00. The
Fisherman Is the one clear ray of
hope we have left these days In the
way of newspaper in Alaska where
we can hope to get the truth on the
fishing question and on many other
questions vitally effecting Alaska
today. The livilihood of several
thousand people of our country is
of greater importance than the tak
ing of fish In the most up-to-date
improved method now known, the
fish trap. When regulation or laws
gives one individual or concern ex
clusive right to trap 3ites it is good -
bye to the fishing population. It
seems rather odd that makers of
regulations on fishing should lose
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sight of need3 of the people of Alas
ka.
The proposed tax on all fish
caught in the trap is right in prin
ciple. The people of Alaska as a
whole well get some benefit from
the fish harvest, instead of the fa
vored few. Such a law would be a
means to an end.
If the trap must stay, let it bear
its rightful burden.
Yours,
An Interested reader of THE
ALASKA FISHERMAN.
THAT’S HOW IT WAS
“Do you act towards your wife
as you did before you married
her?”
“Exactly. I remember just bow
I used to act when I first fell in
love with her. I used to hang over
the fence In front, of her house and
gaze at her shadow on the curtain,
afraid to go in. And I act just ths
same way now when I get home
late.”
VALUE OF ANTARCTIC WHALE
In the course of a fascinating
lecture recently delivered before
the Royal Institution in London, Sir
Edgeworth David, dealing with ex
ploration and the problems of the
Antarctica, said that one of the
motives for exploration was com
mercial profit, and that the whales
of the southern seas provided a
large source of profit. In the sea
son just completed ending 1926,
two British and 11 Norwegian—
landed in South Georgia 6,055
whales, from which oil was extract
ed to the value of approximately
$11,220,000.
THE HUMAN ALARM
“Ethel,” said Pa, “I think that
bashful young feller of yours is out
on the porch, trying to make a
call.’
“Why, Pa,” exclaimed Ethel, “1
didn’t hear him ring.”
“Neither did I,” acknowledged
Pa. “But I heard his knees knockin’
together.
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j A New Season is Beginning,
With Increased Facilities, Larger Buying Stations, A Full
Supply of Bait and Ice and Store Merchandise, We are Pre
pared to Supply Every Need of The Alaska Fishermen.
CO-OPERATION RESULTS IN MUTUAL BENEFIT.
“Call At New England”
New England Fish Gompany
Established 1868.
Alaska Headquarters: KETCHIKAN
Alaska Branches: Petersburg, Juneau and Noyes Island.
Buyers on the Salmon Grounds.
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