The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-31

The same combination of capital ists who are interested in this com pany also control the Pacific Mild Cure company with plants at Port Conclusion, Port Alexander and Port Surprise. They also control can neries at Waterfall and Rose Inlet farther south.
 The Juneauites made three calls here also. They were in late Sat urday, Sunday morning at o'clock and again Sunday noon. MT. Friele accompanied the party to Little Port 1 Walter Saturday night, and Sunday he joined them in the trip to Port Conclusion, Port Alexander and Port 1 Armstrong. The active season at these herring fisheries continues from early in the spring to Christmas time
 Sundays Visit
 | Sunday morning the St. Nicholas visited Port Conclusion, where Will fam Semar, well known in Juneau and Ketchikan, manager of the Paci fife Mild Cure company, greeted the delegation. Leon Fireman, storekeep CT for the company, D. M. Both we'll and Arnet HendricksOn, all Ju neauites, were met there. All of them are doing well. This company is using the surplus salmon from the Big Port Walter company. The plant of the same company at Port Alex ander was visited, where the big barge Resolute was anchored
 Whaling Station Next. l The next stop was at Port Arm strong, where the station of the United States Whaling company is located, While the plant was closed for Sunday, a small fin-back whale was in port ready for the workmen This company has been very busy | this year and expects to fill all its barrels with the various grades ot oil and ship large quantity of fish meal and fertilizer and whalebone The latter is now selling as high as S3.75 per pound, and oil is 20 ] cents a barrel higher than last year At one time this year there were 19 whales brought into the station in two days Three whaling steam CTS are used. Capt. G. Earling, the manager, was absent, and Mrs. Ear ling, o. Holland, the assistant man ager, and the heads of the various departments explained the mysteries of whale fishing and treating to the visitors There are IS men em- ployed here, in addition to those on the whaling steamers, and 35 or 40 Japanese
 Red Bluff Bay.
 Leaving the whaling station the St. Nicholas called at Big Port Wal ter, where MT Friele was left, a third call was made at Little Port Walter, and then the vessel sailed for Red Bluff bay, where the Bar anof Packing company is installing a cannery. Dr. A. w. Wilson, the manager, said that while the can nery is not yet completed, he ex- poets to can 25.O00 cases this year The cannery was first started July 20, and about 5000 cases have been put up.
 Warm Springs Bay for the Night. Tyee, at the extreme southern end | of Admiralty island was visited again and then the St. Nicholas went to Warm Springs Bay and tied up for the night Most of the cabins at this place were filled with guests from Juneau, Petersburg and else where Martin Olson's sawmill is running full blast, and both w. NJ. McBlain and F. c. Strickland, mer- chants said that business was good. Many people come to this place for the baths during the summer and during the winter fishermen spend the time between fishing seasons there. Among the Juneau people at Warm Springs Bay were MT. and Mrs. A. A. Keller and c. o. Lind sey, the Juneau contractor and build CT. The latter had been there a month with his gas boat Lymph
 Monday morning was devoted to visiting the business people of Warm Springs Bay and fishing for black bass. Leaving at noon the excur sionists stopped at Square cove for two hours more of fishing, and then sailed for Juneau, arriving at o'clock this morning.
 People Want Mail Route.
 The excursionists met hundreds of people while away. and secured hun dreds of signatures to petitions for the establishment of a mail route down Frederick Sound and Chatham straits. Everywhere there was tho utmost of good feeling for Juneau and warm greetings for the represen tatives of the city.
 Business Men Impressed.
 On the other hand the business men were impressed with the neces sity of adding the waters and Terri tory covered to Juneau's business field. Not only were hundreds O fishing boats seen. but alf of then and the traps are getting the fish There was not a place visited wher'