THE ALASKA FISHERMAN
Published the 15th of each month at Ketchikan, Alaska
WILLIAM L. PAUL, ATTORNEY FOR THE
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 TOR TWELVE ISSUES
OUR PLATFORM:
ALASKA FOR ALASKANS.
FULL TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT.
ABOLISHMENT OF ALL TRAPS.
COMPETENT CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP.
Why Not This Regulation?
“That within one hour after either the weekly
closed period or the seasonal closed period, all
salmon which are caught or confined by nets or
traps must be released.”
The seiners do it, why not the traps?
Is it conservation that trap-owners want—
then take it.
Trading Outside
The business men of Ketchikan and other
Alaskan towns want people to “trade at home”
and support the people who pay the taxes. In
other words “cut out the mail order houses.”
But when it comes “tit for tat/ these same
business men insist that it is all right to sup
port the trap system wherein 75 per cent of
the fish caught are so caught by Seattle and
other outside interests.
Suppose every citizen of Ketchikan should
spend 75 per cent of his money “outside,”—
would that be good for Alaska? The mail
order houses are not supplying us with 75 per
cent of our goods, but yet the merchants
“holler.”
The Ketchikan Commercial Club
This club has just finished a hot campaign
for new members. We thought surely, this time,
we would be invited to join and listen to the
words of wisdom as they drop from the mouth
of Beegle, Morrissey and Nunan. And so we
waited. A number of our friends said, “Oh, they
don’t want you. They don’t want anybody who
really stands for the common stiff. Now, if
you could only promise to be good, why, then—”
No, our friends, we will not promise to be
goed. We will continue to stand for an open
port at Prince Rupert, and for the abolishment
of the fish trap.
Icy Straits
Herbert Iloover says that the rule ol one
and one-half miles between traps in Icy Straits
is a “conservation” measure. His friends and
supporters, the Ketchikan Commercial club, has
this to say about traps “one and one-half miles
apart”:
“We also believe that the present legal dis
tance between traps of 1,800 feet should not be
disturbed. To do so would mean the CONFIS
CATION of many INDEPENDENT traps and
accomplish LITTLE or NOTHING looking -to
conservation of supply. The greater distance
between traps would increase the catch of each
and at the same time destroy open competition.”
Mr. Iloover says “OYEZ” to everything Henry
O’Malley tells him.
The Rotary Club
Every member who joins a ROTARY CLUB
agrees to give the preference on every occasion
to his FELLOW MEMBERS.
Not more than two members of the same
business or profession are allowed to become
members; this rule depends upon the size of
the town.
Every man who does not belong to a Rotary
Club should remember at all times that the
Rotarian is pledged to discriminate against the
outsider. Do you like this?
We hold that Ketchikan is entirely too small
a place to have a Rotary Club.
We also hold that the principle on which the
Rotary Club works is un-American.
We hold that no 100 per cent American should
pledge himself to discriminate against another
citizen.
“One for all and all for one” should be the
rim of life.
Investigator (?) Hunter
The investigation, which resulted in the white
wash of the herring plant and was reported by
the press, who undoubtedly got their informa
tion from Mr. Hunter, was summed up as fol
lows: “The investigating party visited Port
Walter, Port Armstrong, Port Alexander, Craig
and Warm Chuck. It remained 36 hours in Port
Alexander, where the trolling fleet is largely
centered. These fishermen, Mr. Hunter said, in
their trolling covered all the waters in which
herring are taken, and it was from them he had
hoped to secure much information. A public
hearing was announced for the following day
after their arrival. At the hour named no one
showed up. After waiting for some time Mr.