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The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15
Writer Shows the Necessi- ty of Conserving the Fish by Giving Some Per-
 tinent Facts.
HATCHERY TOUCHED ON
Plan Already Has Demon strated Value of Placing Frye in Their Natural
 Environments.
(By Wright Wenrich)

Statistics are as a rule, dry read ing, but those dealing with Alaska waters. what they have produced ID tangible wealth and are capable Of producing for generations still un born. if given half a chance, absorb a portion of the moist subject from which they are derived and are overflowing with interest.
 With much less hardships than those engaged in exploiting the land area are compelled to suffer, and far more certain profit to the capi' tai invested, there has been $347,- 2O7.259 worth of products taken from the water touching Alaska's 26,O0O miles of coast line during the past 34 years; while from the land area, embracing approximately 59O,00O square miles, produced $427,913,1 155 worth of exports during the same period of time. During the past two years, the sea products have totaled S97,504,4 ,402, while the land area has produced but $7S,S73,256 worth of ex- port wealth.
 Good Revenue Derived
 There are 429 plants engaged in preparing fish in Alaska for Out side markets, according to statistics furnished by the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. and from the tax on these fishing industries the Territory derived, dur ing the years of 1917 and 1918. ap- proximately $730,000 of the $1,266,OOO collected under the Territorial tax laws, or about 60 per cent. Later additions to the Territorial funds will augment the amounts collected from sea products.
 Yet the Territory has not, as yet, spent any portion of this sum ex- cept $7,482 in protecting the indus tries from which such a large pro- portion of Territorial revenues are derived Nor has the Federal Gov ernment ever seemed to consider or make appropriations for Alaska on this basis.
 Assistance Is Needed
 It is not that one begrudges one
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15
DIVER REPORTS ON CONDITIONS
 AT CYPRUM MINE
H. MosIer Says Crew of Fifty Men Will Soon Be
 at Work.

Selmer Jacobson, the local diver , who recently made a number or I'm portant discoveries at the wreck oi the Sophia, returned the first of the week to the Gypsum properties where he was hired to descend to the flood ed mines and secure some of the pig pumps for immediate operation by the Gypsum company.
 MT. Jacobson reports making a number of "dives" to the lo0-foot levels of the gypsum shafts where the heavy steam pumps were in stalled and which were flooded in a. least forty feet of water. The fire at the gypsum properties last year caused the mines to be flooded and some valuable machinery had to be recovered before the water could be pumped out.
 Mir. Jacobson says the task was a difficult one as an electric ngnf could not be used because the char acter of the gypsum ore made the water a milky white and the work Of loosening the big pumps had to be done by groping in the dark for the connections. He succeeded in get ting two of the larger pumps to the surface, however, and the work of pumping the mines out is now under way Superintendent A. G. Mosier, of the Gypsum properties reports that the pumps should decrease the water in the mines at the rate of three or four feet a day.
 A crew of ten men are now em- ployed at the mines and after the water is cleared from the lower lev els, MT. Mosier says the company will be prepared to begin operations in the near future with crew of at least fifty men.
 More under water work is con tracted for by MT. Jacobson who is now waiting for the weather to mod crate when he will go to Green s Cove and examine the wrecked haii- but boat "Valhalla,' which went ashore last week. The owners re port her in about twelve fathoms ot water and MT Jacobson is of the opinion that she can easily be raised
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15
CONGRESS MEMBERS WILL MAKE VISIT
 TO INSULAR ISLAND
They Will Visit Porto Rico to Make a Study of the Politi- cal and Economic Con-
 ditions.

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Twen- ty members of the House of Repre- sentatives will leave April 18th. to visit Porto Rico and study the poli- tical and economic conditions there with a view of solving legislation problems affecting the Island
 Delegate Davila said he had in troduced a bill to fix definitely the status of the Islands.
 Leading men of Porto Rico recent ly asked Congress to either include Porto Rico as one of the States oi the Union or else give the Islands their independence
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15
WILL APPOINT A DEPUTY.

Charles D. Garfield, acting Col lector of Customs, left on the last boat for the Westward to appoint as deputy Collector of Customs at
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15
STILL BELIEVE THE GEAR AND FAMILY
 ARE AMONG LIVING

ROME, March 15.-Reports con tinue here that the belief prevails in the Central Empires that the Czar and his family are still alive and hiding in Northern Russia.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15

nickel of the sums appropriated and spent for railroads, trails, sur veys, and other developments and aids thereto, without which no coun try, however rich in raw resources, can be made to yield profitably; oi the other hand, it is hoped the Fed eral Government will see it's way clear to extend much greater aid in the same direction; but the point is, and one worth consideration, that the most accessible, profitable, and deserving industry in Alaska has NOT received it's full share of care and attention.
 Salmon have been, are, and prob ably will continue to be, if given half the care and protection they deserve, the most valuable of sea products. But numerous as they have been in the past, they are diminish ing in numbers so rapidly as to startle even the old foggies who thought the salmon of Southeastern Alaska as perpetual and ever abund- ant as the water which falls from the clouds.
 Must Put Something Back
 Neither have the hatcheries, which have released countless millions of young fry, prevented the decrease of salmon in any perceptible de- gree. With the most approved methods, to their way of thinking and they have been fully alive to the danger, the British Columbia authorities, with all their hatcheries, have not been able to prevent the red salmon pack on the Fraser river once the greatest red salmon stream in the world, from falling around 235 ,O0O cases in 1913 gradually down to less than 10000 cases this past year of 1918.
 The practice of continually taking something out and putting nothing back is against the law of nature. Even the ocean would finally yield to such treatment and it's deepest canyon bottoms would become dry land if this practice were continued for a sufficient length of time.
 The serious problem of replenish ing the depleted salmon supply com pels the serious attention of every Alaskan. It is as important to those living in the Interior regions as those on the coast, insofar as the Territorial revenues are pooled, and not collected and spent in the dis tricts which alone have produced them Fortunately, however there is a sunbeam of hope for success full method of replenishing the sal mon supply in Alaskan waters. They are to be found or seen in the re- suits obtained from experiments which the Alaska Fish and Game Club has been conducting during the past 30 months in the little hatchery at Juneau and on the barren streams and lakes around Juneau, Skagway, and other parts of the First and Third Divisions.
 The Way Pointed Out
 With A. J. Sprague as their source of inspiration and guide, first with few dozen, but now with around 800 representative men of the Ter 'ritory as members, every one en thusiastic over the facts they have seen demonstrated, the Club has,
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15

Any man who is in the habit of at tending dinners can tell you that II takes some men long time to say nothing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15
COSTS ONE DOLLAR TO SIT IN CHAIRS
 OWING TO OIL BOOM

FL PASO, Tex, March 15.-It costs $1 nightly to sit in hotel lobby chairs, at Ranger, Tex, according to letters received here from perhons attracted there by the oil boom Many men, women and children are of the lack of hotel facilities.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15
INCOME TAXES ARE
 BETTER UNDERSTOOD
 THAN FORMERLY

WASHINGTON, March 15.--Four million persons and firms are ex- pected to file income taxes before Saturday night. Report of Treasury agents show that the method of preparing and paying income taxes this year is much better understood than formerly.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15
GENERAL STRIKE IS UNDER WAY
 IN ARGENTINA

BUENOS AIRES, March 15. - A general strike has been declared in Mendoza affecting 36 unions. The strikers include workers engaged in food distribution. The situation is considered grave
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15
IS IMPORTANT TO REGISTER
 FOR ELECTION
With the City Election Only Two Weeks Away Very Few People Have So
 Far Registered.

With the close of registration for the City election only two weeks away, only 240 people have regis tered, according to A. B. Cole, City Clerk. This is less than one-fourtb of the 1016 people who registered for the City election last year.
 The registration books will close on March 29th, two weeks from today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15
Masons, Attention!

Called meeting for Sunday after noon, 1:3O o'clock, Hall of the Odd Fellows, to conduct funeral cere- money over our departed brother Charles c. Ostrom. Lodge opens at 1:30 and public service starts at 2 o'clock All Masons asked to be present at the lodge opening. The public requested to assemble prompt ly at o'clock.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
 and Mail Information
NOW BOUND NORTH

NOW BOUND NORTH City of Seattle is scheduled to arrive here Monday after noon.
 SCHEDULED SAIlINGs Princess Mary is scheduled to sail from Vancouver tonight. Due here Tuesday.
 Alameda is scheduled to sail from Seattle on the 17th. 1. Jefferson is scheduled to sail from Seattle on the 18th. Admiral Watson, first boat to leave for Anchorage, will sail from Seattle on the 27th. souTHeoUND sAILINoe City of Seattle is scheduled to sail South on the 17th. Alaska, which is scheduled to sail Southbound on the 18th.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15

working almost without funds, show ed that the eyed eggs of salmon anc trout, as well as the young fry, may be placed in lakes now barren of fish life and that these fish will make growth of several times more rap i'd than those of the same age kept in the hatchery troughs and given as careful attention as it is possible to give them there.
 The features of the Clubs plan which give rosy hopes that the na- tural salmon hatch may be increased appreciably is that the young sal mon grown in these barren lakes will not only be able to find their own food, but in doing so they will not lose their natural instincts or self preservation which they do lose when hand fed in the hatcheries This means that when they return to the briny deep they will not be- come the easy prey to their many enemies, of which the sea gulls and Dolly Warden trout are not the least, dS IL IS we'll hIO0i tiC AotNASiy raised fry do.
 Get Good Results
 Furthermore. these barren waters being free from Dolly Warden trout and other enemies of the salmon eggs or fry, the percentage of live young salmon, from the eggs fertil- ized and planted should be upwards of 75 per cent. The cost of provid- ing feed for salmon in the barren lakes will be nil, whereas it amounts to thousands of dollars for each hatchery conducted under the old method. Since the young salmon can feed themselves and without dollar of exupense, it is planned to hold them in these lakes until they are sufficient size to eat the Dolly Warden trout eggs and even the smaller trout, instead of the trout eating them as heretofore.
 Were there only a few acres of these lakes along Alaska's 26,00C miles of coast line, the number of salmon that could be propogated under those favorable conditions might not seem anywhere near ade- quate to the occasion. But there are known to be many thousands of acres of such waters, which are bar ren only by reason of Instructions at the mouths. There are, no doubt, many other lakes of this kind Of which the Club has no knowledge
 Will Settle Mooted Question
 No one is certain whether the various species of salmon return to the streams in which they were spawned, but when their experiment has been carried on sufficient length of time, that point will be set tied beyond all reasonable dispute; for if salmon of the species planted return to that hitherto barren stream the evidence of their being fish re, leased from that stream is strong, If not positive proof Furthermore, if they return, the time of their re- turn will be settled definitely.
 The Club is also taking notes and securing information concerning oth- CT food fishes in Alaskan waters and working out plans for the protection of these fish. All game too, re ceives its proper attention, and the members working earnestly to con serve and protect it.
 Conservation without preservation, constructive plans carried out con- servatively, but on new lines if need be, sums up the Alaska Fish and Game Clubs work and intentions within it's field of action, "Fish and Game"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15
PAROLES GRANTED
 TO 12 ALIENS BY
 LABOR SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Sec- retary of Labor Wilson has granted paroles to 12 aliens of the 54 sent from the Western States for depor- tation. Their names are withheld from publication.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15
CANNERY MEN ON
 THEIR WAY NORTH

H. L. Simonds, general manager of the Hoonah Packing Company, left Belilngham today with a party on their way to Alaska, according to word received by Glen c. Bart lett of the Gastileau HCtel. Mr. Si- monds will arrive on the Princess Mary Tuesday night
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-15
WASHINGTON WAITS
 AN INVESTIGATION
 INTO JAPANESE CASE

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Gov- ernment officials here are waiting for an official investigation into the trouble between the American Mar ines and Japanese in Tein-Tsing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-28
CHAS. v. RICHARDS
PLANS BIGGEST YEAR
N ARDM0RE SCHOOLS

Prof C. w. Richards returned Tues
day from an extended visit with friends
in Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi.
He stated that he enjoyed his visit TO
the older states very much.
While away Professor Richards was
called upon several times to address ed
ucational bodies and he ever responded
through enlightening his hearers by de-
scribing the schools and school system
of Oklahoma.
Mr.. Richards is making preparations
for the opening Of city schools Septem-
Der 18th. Previous to the opening. a
weeks teachers institute will be con
Quoted here.
Mr.. Richards says that he is prepared
to introduce many new innovations into
the Ardmore city schools the coming
year, and will add features that will
materially raise the standard OF Ard
more schools. which is already high.
He states that he has surrounded him
self with a corps of able teachers, and
every department Of both the high
school and the ward schools will be
looked after by the same competent
painstaking teachers as they have been
in the past.
Mr.. Richards says that he is going to
make a supreme effort to make the
coming year the best in the schools his
tory and those who know him, and
who know his ability as an educator,
know that he will accomplish his pur.
pose.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-28
ARDMORE' WILL FEED
RETURNING SOLDIERS
ON SUNDAY EVENING

The Chamber of Commerce has work
ed out n plan for feeding the soldiers
who will be in Ardmore SUNDAY night
In readiness to receive the troopers pro
vided the plan devised by Secretary
Pasl b. Smith materializes.
II has been decided TO serve the
lunches at the canteen, at the union
station. by the ladies' Of the canteen
committee and Red Cross.
These ladies' will be expected TO pre-
pare and disburse the lunch, after they
have been provided with funds TO de-
fray expenses, by the Chamber of Com
merce committee.
The Chamber of Commerce has draft
ed men to act as collectors of this
fund, and while none of them have
been notified that they have been i'm.
pressed into service II Is expected
of them to serve. As soon as the mem.
bers o. the committee reads this article
they are expected to communicate with
the secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce and notify him of their accept
ance.
The city has been divided into dis
tricts. with two men appointed TO each
district, who are expected to get the
money and not excuses. The collectors
will not accept less than one dollar do
nations, nor will they take one for over
five. but they do expect to get enough
TO make up the required amount which
Is said to be about $500.
Another thing the secretary wishes to
impress upon the committee members
is the fact that they are to get the
money as they go, so as not TO be com
PEELED to make return trips. In this
manner 1t Is hoped to have the neces-
sary amount raised, so that purchases
Thursday night or Friday morning.
The districts and committees are as
follows:
From street west the business dis
tricts, Don Cochran and w. w. Glenn
ems; from Il street east to Washington,
not including the Simpson building. G..
+. Selvidge and j. w. Kruger; Simp'
son building, Frank Sherwood and G..
4. Ramsey; north side of Main, from
Washington to Santa F'e railway, j. r..
Hamilton and r. b. Gilbert; south side
Main. from Washington to Santa Fe
railway, Il. ID. Nelms and j. A. Moodey.
The ladies will receive their instruc-
tions from the Chamber of Commerce
and will do their work thoroughly. 1t
is now up to the committee to get the
wherewithal to do it with.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-28
PACKERS AGENT DUBS
TRADE COMMISSION THE
"T|RADE' COMMISSION

Washington, Aug. 26.-"Unless we
can be assured of more efficient and
economical government control than
was the case with the railroads, tele-
graph, and telephone companies, Meth
or the producer nor consumer can hope
to benefit from such legislation" Ev.
erett G, Brown, president OF the Ma
tional Livestock Exchange, which Is
composed of stockyards brokers. told
the senate agricultural committee to-
day. The witness appeared in opposi-
ton to the Kenyon and kenrick bills,
proposing license regulation Of the
packing industry, and transfer Of re-
frigerator cars and stockyards.
Mr.. Brown took exception to testi-
mony given before the committee by
Federal Trade Commissioner Glover
and remarked that 'in our great in
dustry, IL has seemed more proper
TO speak of the 'tirade commission than
the trade commission"
"The Witness" he said in referring
to Mr.. Glover. stated the socalled in
dependent packers existed merely at
the sufferance of the large packers. II
this be true, how does he account for
markets the independents repeatedly
and aggressively set the pace In buy
ing livestock. Would the so'called
trust voluntarily permit the contin'
uation of such expensive 'sufferanceY
Livestock is today the one farm
product assured of a daily cash market.
ANYTHING which would disturb this CON
dition would be ruinous TO the produc-
ers"
Refrigerator car development Mr..
Brown classed as "a bright spot In
the history of the packing Industry,
and urged caution in legislating upon
their use.
"The federal control act gave the
railroad administration the right to
take over these ears, but they care
fully refrained from doing So" he said.
The interstate commerce commission
after careful study confessed that only
inefficiency could result from turning
the cars over to the railroads.
Ownership of the stockyards by the
packers, Mr.. Brown said, was not a
cause for objection by shippers so long
as competition was maintained ana
ward charges We're reasonable.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-28
NORMAN PHONE KICKER
HAS NEW AND CRUEL WAY
TO PUNISH THE EX-kAISER

Oklahoma City, Aug. 27.-Dozens of
letters are being received at the Of
flee of the state corporation commits
sion commencing the action taken in
the filing of blanket complaint
against the Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone Company alleging inadequate
and inefficient service. Some of the
language written is more than express
sive. One man, a resident of Norman,
after setting out many complaints
against the service said in substance:
"They used to ask me how l would
punish the kaiser. l have made up
my mind that none of us had the right
conception of real punishment. If 1t
were up to me, l would put him down
at desk in Oklahoma and tell him to
put in about II calls a day over these
lines If he still retained his reason
at the end of 80 days l think it would
be well to let him go without further
penalty"
Complaints continue to pile up.
Many of these are specific and may De
used at the general hearing contemplate
ed for early in September. Others OF
IT, Sc are of a less specific nature but
are calculated to indicate the pub
lies impression of its lack of service.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-28
POLICE CHIEF SAYS
LOAFERS MUST WORK
OR JOIN STREET GANG

Officer Jake Williams. who was shot
and wounded Tuesday morning by an
unknown negro. Is resting easy ut the
Hardy Sanitarium where II IL reported
that he will be able TO be out within u
few days, II no serious complications
arise.
The police officers picked up % ne
groes in the drag in an effort to secure
the right one. but last night all these
We're released from the county Jail,
wherein they had been confined,
The real offender has not been appre'
hended up TO date, but he is known and
his arrest is looked for at any time.
Chief of Police Chancellor states that
there is going TO be u general cleaning
out of that part of the city on East
Main street, known as the hollow" or
dive" and the idle negroes We're either
going 10 work for their own benefit or
they would work the streets for the
benefit of the city.
The chief has instructed all officers
to see that this order is carried out.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-28
ALL CITY AND COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS FAVOR
DRUG-CURE HOSPITAL

City and county officials are con
sidering the advisability OF consulting
state authorities relative to the es'
tablishment OF 4 state institution
where drug addicts may receive :ree
treatment thereby giving them cure
of the course with which they are AT
flicted and new lease of life as Well
Chairman Taylor Of the board OF
county commissioners, is inclined to
look with favor upon such move ana
Is backed by the other members of the
board who are willing to do everything
in their power to accomplish this end.
Ardmore is unfortunately situated
with reference to drug addicts. 1t Is
close to Texas cities that oftimes run
their victims out of town, and 1t Is
but natural for them to seek refuge
In Oklahoma.
The result Is that hundreds are be-
fore the Ardmore city court every year
who do not belong to Ardmore. They
add to the worries of the city and
county officers who try to keep the
numbers of drug addicts here down
to a minimum.
Just what action will be taken in this
county toward this end is problematl'
cal, but there is an element here who