BODTII TRAP IS SEIZED
SUNDAY; WATCHMAN HELD
Illegal Sunday Fishing Charg
ed in Complaint Made
by Warden O’Connor
Alleging violation of the
Sunday closing fishing regula
tions, Trap No. 4, of the Booth
Fisheries Co., was seized yes
terday by Warden M. J. O’
Connor of the U. S. Bureau of
Fisheries and watchman Amel
Larson was arrested. A com
plaint against the trap and
watchman was filed by the
Bureau today.
un tins complaint, an inior
mation was filed in the Dist
trict Court today against Lar
son and bond was set at $500.
He will be arraigned before
Judge T. M. Reed tomorrow
morning.
The trap is located a short
distance from large Porpoise
Island in Icy Strait. Warden
O’Connor reported that the
heart walls were in place in
stead of being raised or low
ered 25 feet as required by law.
Several hundred salmon were
said to have been in the trap
at the time of the seizure. A
watchman was put on it pend
ing proceedings against it.—
Empire.
CANNERY CONTRACTS
The well known clause in
cannery contracts forbidding
any employee from spending
more than Ten Dollars in Al
aska should of course be dis
continued.
Whatever the reason that
began the custom, it furnishes
constant proof that, the Fish
Trust discriminates against Al
aska. It is our present opinion
, that this evil cannot be cured
, by legislation.
Let us see what the Supreme
Court of the United States has
said with reference to con
tracts of this kind. In the
case of Adkins against Chil
dren’s Hospital, decided in
Volume 261 United States, page
525. Mr. Justice Sutherland
delivered the opinion of the
..court,... He said, at page 545*
The statute now under con
sideration is attacked upon the
ground that it authorizes an
unconstitutional interference
with the freedom of contract
included within the guaranties
of the due process clause of
the fifth amendment. That the
right to contract about one’s
affairs is a par of the liberty
of the individual protected by
this clause, is settled by the
decisions of this court, and is
no longer open to question.
Citing numerous cases.
Within this liberty are con
tracts of employment of labor.
In making such contracts, geiv
erally speaking, the parties
have an equal right to obtain
from each other the best terms
they can as the result of pri
vate bargaining.
That is what the Supreme
Court of the United States has
said is guaranteed by the Con
stitution of the United States;
and this amendment proposes
to take away what is guaranteed
by the Constitution of the
United States.
DR. L. P. DAWES
Physician and Surgeon
First National Bank
Building
Phone 2602 Juneau
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