Lawrence Ritchie, Special Rep
resentative of Secretary of
Commerce Herbert Hoover
Well Pleased With Alaska
Fishing Conditions
Evereyone seems to be satis
fied with the present salmon
fishing regulations and they
seem to be successful, as the
large packs this season would
indicate, and to the entire sat
isfaction of the fishermen. This
success, I think, is due to the
untiring efforts of Mr. O’Mal
ley, U. S. fish commissioner,
who is continually on the
ground during the fishing sea
son. No new regulations are
contemplated by the fisheries
bureau, but if any changes
should be decided upon, they
will be made by Mr. O’Malley.”
This is the statement of Law
rence Ritchie, private secre
tary and special representative
of Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover, who has been
on an official inspection trip
to the southern and westward
fishing areas, and who, accom
panied by U. S. Fish Commis
sioner O’Malley, Mrs. Ritchie
and Mrs. O’Malley, came south
this week on the U. S. Fish
Commission steamer Brant.
Mr. Ritchie expressed himself
as being well satisfied with
conditions existing in Alaska,
especially with the escapement
of fish in the lakes and creeks
there. He said he was much
more impressed with Alaska
this year than last and accord
ing to him much improvement
has been made in all directions.
A portion of Mr. Ritchie’s
journey took him from An
chorage to the Kalgin islands,
in Cook inlet. From there, the
Brant took him to Kenai, en
abling him to visit the canery
there; thence he proceeded to
•Kalsilof and up the river to
Tustemina lake. He found this
lake to be literally alive with
salmon. The creeks along the
Kasilof river appeared to be full
of spawning salmon. This coun
try has never been visited by
government officials and Mr.
Ritchie was greatly impressed
by it.
During this trip Mr. Ritchie
became familar with much of
Alaska he has never see before.
He hunted for a day in the
Tustemina lake country where
he counted 27 moose in one
section, and he succeeded in
bagging one. Game animals
there were much tamer than he
expected them to be. The suc
cess of this short hunting trip,
according to Mr. Ritchie, was
due to the knowledge of his
guide, Andy Berg, who knows
the country like a book.
Upon arrival in Seattle, Mr.
Ritchie immediately departed
for California, to join Secre
tary Hoover, returning with
him to the national capital.
Mr. and Mrs. O’Malley de
parted for Washington, D. C.,
but the commissioner expects to
return to Seattle in November
to attend a meeting of fisheries
officials, when new laws and re
gulations will be discussed and
acted upon. His time in the
next month or so will be tak
en up with the compilation of
statictics oobtained in Alaska.
—Alaska Weekly.
RECOMMENDA TIONS
1. Investigation of salmon
fisheries on the Yukon and Kus
kokwim Rivers to determine
whether or not commercial fish
ing may be permitted without
jeopardizing the future supply.
2. Enactment of a law auth
orizing the Secretary of the
Interior to lease the public
domain for grazing purpose.
3. Repal of tax provisions of
the Alaska Game Law insofar
as they affect the residents of
the Territory.
4. Provision should be made
for a Government Hospital for
the insane of Alaska.
5. Detention home for incor
rigible natives in the Terri
tory.
6. Industrial school, hospital
and isolation ward for tuber
cular natives, at Tanana.
7. Wireless station at Kotlik
for the season of navigation
and transfer of station to Un
alakleet during the winter
months. *
8. Repeal of law restricting
the number of placer claims
that may be located by in
dividuals.
9. Federal constabulary com
bining all law enforcement
agencies.
10. Continuation of aerial map
ping until the forested coastal
regions of the Territory have
been photographed.
*... . ...
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