the “amazing increase” this
year is at the cost of seed
fish that did not reach parent
stream. They harp on the
“progeny of the breeding pink
or humpback salmon that es
caped in 1924.”
It will be remembered that
the escapment of that year was
a late escapement and to breed
late fish is to develop a late
run of fish. That the late run
this year was a complete fiz
zle. That the pack put up was
practically a trap caught pack.
That the fish were caught be
fore they got to parent streams
and that the ony “amazing” thing
about the purported increase is
the collossal ignorance or
criminal indifference of men
supposed to have the care and
protection of this resource of
Alaska.—Petersburg Alaskan.
LIVE SEALS BROUGHT
SOUTH BY COAST
GUARD CUTTER
According to the Bureau of
Fisheries of the Department
of Commerce, the Coast Guard
Cutter Bear on August 27 took
four live seals from the Prib
ilof Islands off Alaska to San
Francisco for exhibition in the
Steinhart aquarium of the Cali
fornia Academy of Science in
Golden Gate Park. One was
a four-year-old male, it was
stated, and one a two-year-old
female. The other two were
female pups.
In describing the delivery of
the seals, the Bureau stated
that the Bear reached San
Francisco .September 13. The
male was described as in good
condition, the female thin and
one of the pups sick while
the other was in fair condi
tion. All but the sick pup
were place in an outdoor pool.
COMMUNITY AND
SCHOOL GARDENS
Work of the Bureau of Ed
ucation.
Seldom, if ever, have I seen
gardens more thrifty, with a
greater variety of vegetables
unsurpassed in quality and
flowers more gorgeous in colors
than this summer. My itiner
ary carried me along the coast
points of the Bering Sea and
Arctic Ocean returning to St.
Michael, thence up the Yukon
to JNenana and Fairbanks and
out over the Alaska Railroad.
These gardens were generally
distributed about th#e native
villages as far as Kotzebue but
especial mention should be made
of three,—Unalakleet, Moun
tain Village and Eklutna. Those
at Unalakleet were mentioned
in the September NEWS BUL
LETIN. Some said that Mrs.
Sickles, our assistant teacher at
Mountain Village, should re
ceive all the credit for garden
activities, but the principal, Mr.
Sickles, would not concede all
of the glory. At Eklutna there
was an acre plot, cleared at
considerable expense two years
ago out of the virgin forest of
great cotton woods and aspens.
On one-half of that area this
year the native student boys,
under the direction and with
the help of Mr. Elmer Smith,
produced six tons of potatoes.
If purchased in the states and
delivered in Eklutna, these
potatoes would cost $80 per
ton or $480 for the production
of one-half acre. During the
fall the cost account for sub
sistence a Eklutna shows a
credit to the gardens of $250
per month for peas, carrots,
cabbage, turnips and other
vegetables from the other half
of the cleared acre of land.
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