The Alaska daily empire., 1914-11-19
SALMON
PAVING UP f8XES

-At Several of Che salmon paokeis en, gagged in ihe business n souiheastefn Alaska have mot get made returns for the oocls Of 1915 according to Jay w Beu, clerk of the District Court and moasuros arc now beine taken Co make them comply with Che law. On the otn- or hand mnny of chem have airoady made returns for tho season or isl4 and paid the royalties demanded by Federal statute for such privilege. But very few 80 for, havc paid my of the taxos ioNed by the Territorial reye nue law
 A fair comprehension Of what tle salmon industry Is to Al0ska may be eainod by studying the returns for seasons pack for a period of years. 0f cource salmon fiohing is only one phase of tho fishing industry of At aske but it Is the most important one at the present time.
 Appended is list Of the packing companies who have made returns for the 1918 pacl, together with the mum. Der Of cases packed md the amount of taxes paid to the clerk ot the Court
 Admiralty Trading Co., operating at Gambler Bay-20,676 cases paid SS2f' 0t.
 Alaska Fish co.,-14791 cases; paid S59164
 Alaska Packers Association operat ing at Lorlng, Wrangell and Yes Bay -Loring, 189,491 cases paid S5,839.64; Wrangel, 82049 cosec; paid $32SLs6' Yes Bay 74,607 casesi paid S2,9S4.2S.
 Alaska Pacific Fisheries, operating at Chnkoot and Ctomley- -Chilkoo6 2l548 cases; paid SS61.72i Chomley S,4S3 cases; paid S3139.S2.
 Alaska Sanitary Packing Co., oper- ating at Wrangell-1S.786 cases; paid S7194t.
 Astoria & Puget Sound Canning Co.,, operating at Excursion Inlet-80'lS5 cases; paid S1205,fO.
 F. C. Barnes & Co. operating at Lake Bay-2S.17S cases; paid $118762.
 Deep Sea salmon Co., operating at Cape Edwards-20.760 cases; paid sS8040
 Fidalgo Island Packing Co., operat- ing at Ketchikan and Port Graham Ketchilsan. 50,014'cases; paid s2,OOO.59i Port Graham, 26,8S7 casesi paid Sl,. o7S.4S.
 Hawk Fish Co.,, operating at Hawk Inlet-S4.72O cases; paid $1SSS.SO
 Hidden Inlet Canning Co.,, operating at Hidden Inlol-l65S3 cases paid s66L82
 Hoonah Packing Co.,. operating at Hoonah-31,518 cases; paid S126O.52.
 Irving Packing Go, operating at kar- heen- 166 cases; paid lQO6.64
 Rake Packing Co., operating at Rake -2O.35l cases and 1070 barrels paid S921of
 Kuiu Island Packing Co., operating at Port Beauclaire-f0,3s5 cases; paid S1651.SO
 George T. Meyers Co., operating at Chatham-71,122c cases; paid S2,S43.66.
 North Pacific Trading and Packing Co.,. operating at Klawack-iO.l8O cas. es paid S1629.2o.
 Northwestern Fisheries operating at Dundas, Hunters Quadra. and San ta Ana-Dundas 32526 cases; paid S18OtO4; Hunters SI823 cases; paid S149292; Quadra S5,162 cases paid S1406.4S; Santa Ana Sf,S97 cases; paid sls75.Ss.
 Pacific American Fisheries, operat- ing at Excursion inlet-99,000 cases; paid, SS.96OOO
 Pillar Bay Packing Co., operating at Pillar Bay-2S.101 cases; paid $l.l24O4
 Pure Food Fish Co.,. operating at Ketchilan- 26.262 cases, paid SlsO5O.- 4s.
 Skowl Arm Packing Co., operating at skowl Arm-14,140 cases; paid S565.6O
 StarrCollson Packing Co., operat ing at North Arm-16,S70 cases paid s674.S0
 sunny Point Packing Co.,, operating at Sunny Point-16,665 cases paid S6666O.
 Taku Canning & Cold Storage Co., operating at Taku Harbor-4l,S24 cas- es; paid S1678.6S.
 Tee Harbor Packing Co, operating at Tee Harbor-3O,50S cases; paid Sl. 22OSO.
 Thiinket Packing Co., operating at Funter Bay-lO9.5S5 cases; paid $4.- 382.2O.
 Walsh.Moore Canning Co.,, operat- ing at Wards Coye-g,177 cases paid ] S426.74.
 Wisse Packing Co., operating at Rose Inlet-4O,SS6 cases paid $l6lS4f
 Yakutat & Southern Railway Co., op- erating at Yalutat-52,S2S cases; paid S2,O9S.12
 Five companies nrcported for this
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