Douglas Island news., 1920-11-26
INDIANS IN NEED,
 WITNESS CLAIMS
Fish Hearing About Copper River Regulations Opened at Seattle
 November IS

There is hearing now iu prog
 ross at scaluo in regards Go Che
 fishing Industry Tho hearing Hort-
 cd on November lS and is Go con-
 unuc for some time. The following.
 concerning some of Che opinions
 voiced by witnesses at Che first days
 session. Is taken from thc Seattle
 Times
 Starvation faces hundreds Of . Alaska Indians In Che upper Copper
 River district according Co Paul ! Schwartz. who .s in Che city from . Alaska Go appeal in behalf Of Che Indians before Che commission now . in session u Che assembly room Of . Che Chamber Of Commerce to con-
 sIdor further restrictions on salmon
 dshnc alone Che Copper Kusko-
 kwim. Yukon and Boring rivers.
 Nr Schwartz. who wont Co Alaska . to recover from Che effects Of gas attack in France and there found .health and friends among Che Inc dms has enlisted Che aid Of ". T. Lopp. chief Of thc Alaska division. |u. s Bureau of Education
 "Mr Schwartz reports that ua- dives are actually facing starvation . us year because Of a failure Of thc
 salmon fishing In their district" |mId Mr. LopD "At thc mouth of Che Copper riycr is O. great delta
 where there arc hundreds of nets spread Above s Ioratod a canucry ! What escapes Che nets at Che month |of Che r.vor and near Che canuory | mp stream goes to Che natives. Tris year but few salmon got through and Che natives suffered. Salmon ,or Che Alaskan natives is absolutely |ueaeary not only as food for them- selves. but for Che dogs There win ! be much suffering on Che upper Cope per river tha yoor
 "Tbc American Red Cross has ale ready sent m Sl.O00 to relieve Che situation EGorts arc being made ! In Alaska to raise more money" Mr. Schwartz who is Che son ot Ia prominent New York family when |bo came home from France suffering from heu shock and % gas attack. spent s.z months m California In am |attcmpt Co regain bis health. Fan-| ing to dc so In Che Southland. he de- c.dcd Go try year iu Alaska En route to hIs new homo ho me. tho present Mrs. Schwartz The couple lat oueo became friends Of tho Inc |dans. and now Mr. Schwartz Is in Seattle u their boha't
 Tine comm tom which win decide ! the matter ol salmon fishing ou the ] Copper river at tbc conclusion of tle hearing which started ths morn nr. consists of Ward T Bower chief agent Alaskan Service Of Che United States Bureau ol Fisheries who mn.Jo m chairman. Henry .oNaIcy salmon expert in conuec- uon with Che Bureau of Fisheries Seattle oGcc. and T. J. ChrIs.oph- cr chief in charge of thc Seattle. .o0.cc.
 "Tbs hearing today concerns thc
 salmon fisheries on Che Copper river" said Mr. Bower "On Noycm- . bor 28 we win receive evidence from
 those Interested m Che Yukon river district On November 30 Che mat- for of Che KupskoivIm fisheries win be heard and on December Che Boring riycr'
 Gov Thomas Riggs Of Alaska and .l50. or more Aloskaus interested In the salmon fisheries win be in at-
 tendance at Che conference The Gu hearing s n session today iu tbc Chamber Of Commerce assembly
 room The other hearings win bc m Che L. c. Smith buldue
 ! Witnesses at Che hearing declared that Che Gsb were unable to get up
 Che rivers to their spawning grounds
 and chat drastic steps must be taken
 Go mye tho fish u Che Alaska
 streams. E. A. Graham and p. w.
 Leo wcro among those who submitted .a0Ilavs to Che oae., that only new regulations governing salmon dsh- ing win nyc Che food fish.
 Other witnesses declared there was l. .uuc ground for Che complaints of l. Che Indians who. they said. had been
 chronic Nckors' since lSS5. when l he Che first white men came to the ! Copper river.