The Alaska daily empire., 1921-08-16
Seasons Pack Is Estimated
 to Be at Least o50,000 Cases of Salmon.
CANNERIES DID NOT
 WORK FULL CAPACITY
Good Run Predicted in Four Years - Fish Get to
 Spawning Grounds.

Nine hundred and fifty thousand cases of salmon is the estimated pack this season in the region known as the Bristol Bay district. The sea sons pack is estimated to be 1t least 100000 cases more than last year and also larger pack than that of 1919. The season was a short one at that and none of the canner- ies operated to full capacity.
 The above resume is given by R. B. Mays, representing the National Gamers Association, who arrived in Juneau on the Admiral Watson and is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. MT. Mays went to the Bristol Bay section early in the season via the Iliamna Lake route and returned to Cook Inlet over the same trail.
 Twenty-two canneries Operate
 "The past season, although exceed, ingly short, was splendid one for the g canneries operating in the Bristol Bay region,' said MT. Mays today None of the canneries oper- ated to full capacity, owing to the salmon market, which several months ago was overstocked, and the short but heavy run of fish. There were 22 canneries operating in the Bristol Bay section during the season and all have closed down and the salmon is now on the way South, as well as the crews.
 "The great majority of the boats were called in on July 27, the salmon loaded and then the crews started South While the short run lasted boats were operated to capacity.
 "The canneries operating this year were as follows: Libby, McNeil & Libby. five canneries; Alaska Pack CTS, nine; L. A Peterson, one but an eight-line cannery; Portland Pack CTS, one; Astoria Cooperative, one Red Salmon Packing Company, one; Naknek Packing company, one, Northwestern Fisheries Company two, and Wood River. Packing Com pany, one. .lg.f
 Cook Inlet Run, Good
 When I returned to Cook Inlet the run had started and was a reg ular old-timer, the largest run ir years. Only two canneries were op erating on the Inlet, however, one al Fidalgo Bay and the other at Kenai owned by Libby, ,MeNeil & Libby This cannery. burned down two days after the ,rnns started, however.
 s'"The run. on Prince William Sound was light and the canneries have closed. as you already know. H
 Good Outlook 4
 '"'The governments new ruling, the closing of mouths of all rivers in the Bristol Bay section, will prove. a boon to the cannery interests. Every stream was full of salmon. going up Four years from now tho salmon run should prove tremendous one. The cannerymen now recognize the importance of the move, allowing the fish to go up streams, and are in full accord with, the, government s policy. :. a
 Sanitation Excellent
 'The sanitary condition at the can neries in the Bristol Bay district are now excellent, due to the work of the National Gamers Ass0ciation. Not only are the. canneries in, splen- did sanitary condition. but the liv ing quarters. of the crews have been improved and the cannery men re- alize the great importance of sanita- tion."
 MT. Mays will remain in Juneau for few days. then go to the Co lumbia River. to be present during the fall run. He is an old-timer in Alaska and not only knows the can ming game. but also all of the angles of the fishing industry. having started. many years ago at Chilkat. Lynn Canal. and kept constantly in the business since then.