The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-11-13
IKE WALTON'S DISCIPLES
They Enjoy The Fishing in me Expan-
sive Alaskan Waters.
Horace Cummins Tells of the Salmon
Pack for Season.
From Frida VS. Daily.

Shakan, Alaska, Oct I5.-No doubt
you are not little interested in the
company owned and operated by gentle
men in Mankato and vicinity. The can
merry is closed for this season. The COM
pany has put up l,2G5 cases of fish dur
ing the season, thereby exceeding by six
ty-five cases the quantity that was con-
! templated at the beginning of the sea-
son.
The varieties of different fish caught
and packed are as follows: Red fish,
2O,66S; silver salmon, 1929; and pink
fish, 2O,0O5, making a total of 225,6 SOP
fish caught and packed.
The season has been remarkable for
its GOODNESS and the fish have been pack
ed while sweet and hard. The Alaska
Fish and Lumber company may congrat-
ulate itself upon the quality of its pack
this season. Comparatively speaking the
catch and pack have been small and at
the same time the price on pink fish has
been very low. 1t seems that there is
nothing in the food line as cheap as
salmon for the consumer. Just think,
twenty ounces of good sweet wholesome
fish Canned salmon) may be purchased
of your grocer for ten cents, while that
much beef, pork or mutton would cost
you nearly as much again. And if you
purchase salmon by the case of your
dealer it may be had for eight cents, per
can. 1t seems to me that every farmer
ought to provide himself with case to
have handy at all times. Canned sal
mon needs no cooking OF preparation.
Some prefer the red salmon to the pink
but many people are beginning to believe
the pink the sweeter of the two. The
red salmon has gained reputation by
advertising so extensively.
We have been greatly amused this sea-
son to see the jolly natives surround a
school of fish and gather in a boat full
sometimes as high as 1880 fish to hove
and sometimes for want of boat ca
pacity, have been compelled to open their
nets and let thousands escape.
Surely, if the people in and about Blue
Earth county could only secure to them
selves the attractions of Alaska, with all
its different kinds of fishing, such as sal
mon, speckled trout, halibut. At times
1900 barrels have been taken in at one
haul. Deer abound in abundance. 1t is
not considered anything remarkable for
one Indian to kill from one to six deer
in a day with black bear or two and a
hair seal thrown in. Sea offers, worth
$500 apiece, are not infrequently caught.
Ducks and geese are plentiful. Crabs
and CLAIMS are caught by the thousands.
Natives, while hunting, camp where
night overtakes them and are off again
upon the trail with the dawn.
Blue Earth county young ladies would
undoubtedly take pleasure in boating
upon the beautiful bays and channels of
. the Alaskan waters or climbing the
rocky hills and mountains, covered with
evergreen trees, such as hemlock, spruce,
fir, red and yellow cedar. The yellow
cedar is one of the most fragrant trees
on the continent. From Mount Colger
one may see hundreds of lofty mount
aims. Many of these peaks are perpet-
ually covered with snow. The view of
the straits, channels and passages as
they wind higher, and thither between
the islands is scenery never to be for
gotten. Further to the north on Adma-
raity and Dingles Islands you viii find
many hot springs, and close by you may
feast your eyes upon the live glaciers, or
on glaciers gone to decay with their sides
crumbling off and floating in icebergs
about the waters, and there are many
interesting scenes which might be appre-
ciated by others. But do not be caught
here in the winter months as you are
liable to encounter squawl. Spring
summer and fall months are more than
delightful. II. G.
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