“New Fishery Regulations”
(From Wrangell Sentinel
The Wrangell Commercial
Club at its meeting last week
authorized its secretary to ad
dress a letter to Hon. Henry
O’Malley protesting against cer
tain sections of the new fishery
regulations. Following is a re
production of several para
graphs from the body of the let
ter:
We take the liberty of stat
ing that we fail to see how
the conservation of fish will
be aided to any appreciable
extent by the new regulation
which provides that “Com
mercial fishing for salmon by
trolling, except from boats
propelled wholly by oars or
sails, is prohibited prior to
April 1 in each calendar
year.”
There is not a great deal of
power trolling done during
the winter months of January,
February arid March. Those
who troll during those months
generally do so because of ne
cessity, and they do not catch
spawn fish except in rarest
occasions. From our view
point the closing order wilt
only have the effect of saving
the troll fish until the season
opens on April 1, when weath
er conditions are such that
trollers will begin to appear
in numbers—numbers that
will increase as the season ad
vances. Another regulation
which does not appear to us
as aiding in the conservation
of fish is Regulation No. 3 un
der the head of General Re
gulations which provides that
“The operation of any so-call
ed ‘hammer head’ type of
trap is prohibited.” Practic
al fishermen and trap owners
alike are perplexed as to how
a hammer-head type of trap
is in any way more detriment
al than the heavier traps us
ed by the big companies in the
exposed areas. This regula
tion means that the owners
of hammer-head traps must
either go out of business or
spend thousands of dollars in
having their traps altered.
We respectfully petition that
the regulations above mention
ed be changed, unless there are
reasons of which we have no
knowledge why these two regu
lations should have been made.
Editor’s note:—Wrangell gave
a very vote to the supporters of
the O’Malley system. They
would do well if they voted for
their own interests instead of
otherwise and then passing re
solutions of protest. The only
cure for the intolerable situa
tion in which Wrangell has
fallen is the election of men
who will vote against every for
eign influence that keeps Alas
ka enslaved).
ENACT COMPENSATION LAW
North Caroline has taken its
place among the states that
have enacted workmen’s com
pensation laws. The State Fed
eration of Labor led the fteht.
The measure is a compromise
and provides a maximum of .*518
a week and a minimum of $7.
with $5,500 ?s the total award
for death or »ermanent injury.
An injured worker may have
medical and hospital care,
which mnv be extended by the
commission.
Nature Abhors Vacuum
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First Chorus Girl: “Why did
success go to Robert’a head?”
Second Ditto: “So much park
ing space there.”
POLITICAL DYVAMirr
The earlier uace for the elec
tion (September) would make
certain that all returns coud be
gathered promptly, for it would
come before freeze-up and be
fore boats stopped running in
Bering Sea, the Arctic Ocean
and the interior rivers.’”
The September date for elec
tions means the voting of Seat
tle residents in Alaska. Wash
ington residents who have no
use for Alaska other than as a
place to make money which
they invest or spend on pleas
ures and homes in the States.
Such a law would permit Se
attle residents to maintain two
voting places—Washington and
Alaska. Present requirement is
a wise one—residence in the
Territory one year. The hcange
proposed by the “full’ territor
ial proponents would make it
so foreign residents could vote
;n Alaska and control political
ly in all Territorial affairs with
out having to keep up affairs
in the territory during the se
vere months of winter. This is
the scheme of the plundcrbund
and rapers of the resources of
the Territory.
As to election returns coming
in earlier, what difference does
it make so long as the returns
are all in before the end of Jan
uary?—Peterseburg ALASKAN,
Brcthern All
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A teacher was giving his class
a lecture on charity.
“Willie,” he said, “if I saw a
boy beating a donkey, and stop
ped him from doing so, what
virtue would I be showing?”
Willie (promptly): “Brotherly
love.”