Fishermen Urge New
Pact With Dominion
Puget Sound and Grays Har
bor fishermen, at a meeting to
be held in Eagles’ Hall in Seattle
Saturday, November 14, will urge
a new treaty with Canada to
protect, their vessels from sei
zure when they are forced to go
within the Canadian three-mile
limit.
The fishermen will give solid
support to the Trolling Vessel
Owners’ Association in its efforts
to protect American fishing ves
sels driven into Canadian waters
by storm. Wood Freeman of Se
attle is president of the Trolling
Vessel Owners’ Association.
It has been suggested that the
United States withdraw the l
cents a pound duty on salmon if
Canada is willing to open her
ports for American vessels dur
ing heavy weather and end the
long stife between fishermen of
the two countries.
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Annual Conference
Bureau of Fisheries
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A conference for the purpose
of reviewing the records of the
season just closed, to discuss
existing conditions and to devise
new restrictions and regulations
for the coining year, will he held
a1 Seattle by the Alaska unit of
the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries,
beginning November 16. The ses
sions will probably extend over
several days.
Capt. M. J. O’Connor, Assistant
Agent, and Harry A Pryde, War
den, of Juneau, also N. O. Hardy,
Assistant Agent, Cordova, passed
through Petersburg this week
aboard the Str. Alaska enroute
for the conference. Captain O’
Connor plans to spend several
weeks of his annual vacation in
Southern California and will re
turn to his headquarters in Ju
neau about February.
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Tie Camps Provide
Work For Hackers
One hundred or more men will
be kept busy during the most of
the coming winter cutting ties
for the Alaska railroad, in the
national forest area between
Anchorage and Seward. Most of
the work will be done by tie
hackers.
There will be about 45 tie
camps in the district and, in ad
dition, the C. A. Berg mill at In
dian and the Myles Hyland mill
at Girdwood, will contribute to
the general output of ties, with
the possibility, that 125 men will
be engaged in the industry. It is
expected that upwards of $75,
000 will be distributed by the
Alaska railroad among the tie
cutters during the season.
Sherman in Charge
W. M. Sherman, who has had
general supervision over the An
ehorage-Seward section of Chu
gs ch forest for some time past,
reporting to the Cordova head
quarters of the forest service, re
cently has been advanced to the
position of senior forest ranger,
with enlarged duties. Hereafter
be will report direct to the Ju
neau office, thus eliminating a
lot of red tape and delay in
handling forest matters.
Mr. Sherman will continue to
make his headquarters in An
chorage and shortly will establish
himself in a down-town office for
the convenience of those having
forest business to transact.
There are about 20 men still at
work in the forest area on trail
and highway projects and it is
the intention of Mr. Sherman to
make a trip into the forest with
in the next few days to look aver
some contemplated new work.
It has been reported unofficially
that it is the intention to con
nect the Moose pass and Kenai
lake road systems and while Mr.
Sherman believes the work will
be done eventually he says he
is not able at this time to make
any definite announcement re
garding plans for construction
of the projected 14-mile con
necting link.—Anchorage Times.
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KETCHIKAN GETS MAIL BUT
ONCE EACH WEEK NOW
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Rate reductions and curtail
ment of service, which has re
sulted in coastwise ships calling
in Ketchikan only once a week
with mail, passengers and
frieght, has left Ketchikan busi
ness men uncertain as to what
attitude they should take.
Discussion of the matter az
the Chamber of Commerce end
ed in a decision to await further
developments.
weexiy service or tne Alaska
and Pacific Steamship Com
panies has been discontinued
and shij.vj of the two companies
now arrive from Seattle on al
ternate Thursdays. This not only
reduces their separate services
but brings their ships here on
the same day the Northland
Transportation Company and
Canadian Pacific vessels arrive.
The Canadian Pacific, Alaska
and Pacific Steamship - Com
panies also have reduced their
winter round-trip rates from
Seattle from $54 to a minimum
of $48. The Northland Company’s
rate is $50.
jravengers aie camea uy ail
four lines and mail by all except
the Northland Company, whose
tentative contract was with
drawn when the Pacific and
Alaska Steamship Lines an
nounced their new schedule.
Freight is carried by all excep
tlit Canadian Pacific.