The Alaska prospector., 1903-07-02
Kenai.

ing, 11th of May, bound for Seattle. She has wintered here a couple of winters, and was acting as re- serve tender for Karluk canneries during the snmmer.. The steamer "kadiak," which arrived few days since from San Francisco. will take her place. and is laid up in Afognak bay at present.
 On the evening of April 2lst the new steamer Tyonik called in here on her way from Kodiak to Cook Inlet. She had on bosrd besides her crew, force of carpenters un- der the supervision of Commodore P. Blodgett, engaged in the erec- tion of additional house and cabins for more comfortable accommoda- ton of passengers.
 The Tyonik left the same night for Cook Inlet, where she willcarry mail, passengers and freight be- tween Cook Inlet points this sea- son.
 A party of English lords called in here recently on their way to hunt bear on the Alaska peninsula. They left on board the schooner Alice, taking from this place an Indian guide.
 A 9-ton schooner, Helen, arrived recently at Kodiak with mining supplies from San Francisco, with three men besides Capt. Olson on board. This outfit is called Helen mining company, and its purpose is to develop quartz claim located by Mir. Olson in 1901. The prop erty is situated in Kishuyak bay, Kodiak island. The ledge is of good size and assays $23 per ton.
 As there is scarcely any demand for ''yukala" (dried fish), almost all able natives left for Yak bay, seeking opportunity to make their living by fishing for P. P. & N. Co. The only fishing grounds where they have a show-and poor show at that-are: Uganuk, Kishuyak and Red river. Karluk ssasl,. is well guarded by the A. P. A., and no outsider dare to go there to fish, and that company do not employ outside gangs. The natives last year while fishing fer P. P. x N. Co.,, earned from $5 to $50 per man.
 Afognak island is we'll adapted for fishing with small seines as used by natives, fer some uniastifiable reason is continuing to be fish reserve, and no one is allowed to fish for sale.
 The AfsgnaE fish rsserve. was proclaimed in 1892 by President Harrisen,. and shortly after the formation of the Alaska Packers Combination. It was made a fish reserve, very likely by the advice of packers. combine, and for no other apparent purpose than to limit the area of fishing ground to keep away competition -as all available ground in Karluk at that time was in their possession.
 A few years ago, by instigation of certain humorist, presumably seeking for pull, (and he should be pulled inrf alarm was spread that natives on Afognak island were starving. Immediately a revenue cutter was dispatched by treasury department, with special agent Mir. Kutchin aboard to inves- tigate. He found the alarm ground less; however, it came to his notice that inhabitants, white and na- tive, to earn their living, were fish ing and selling fish to cannerfes. He warned all residents to restrain from further selling of fish from Afognak island, but, as a palliative, permitted inhabitants to dry fish and exchange for necessities in a local store. (Dried and smoked fish at the store is worth about ? cents; as exchanged for money to the canneries is worth 34 cents fish.)
 The residents have petitioned to