The Cordova daily times., 1921-04-11
RECOMMENDS
 ENDORSEMENT
 TRAP FISHING
Memorial by Holt Contains Harsh Indictment of Manner in Which It Is Said to Have Been Conducted in Alaska


 and restrictive regulations on other apparatus, issuance of fishing li- Genses, and the creation of a com mission to handle the fishing indus try, is the object of the memorial ad- dressed to congress introduced in the house by Representative E. L.. Holt, of the Second division. The memorial contains harsh indictment of trap fishing and the manner in which it is alleged to have been con ducted
 The memorial asks that "a deputy warden be given a district of not more than 100 miles of coast to pa tro1, over which he must travel at irregular intervals, covering the beat at least twice week;
 DEPUTY WARDENS
 '"That at each important creek to serve with or without pay and who may be appointed to serve on the same principles that deputy sher- ifs may be appointed ill the face of public necessity, not that the deputy shall have the qualification of being a bona fide fisherman;
 "That every fisherman shall be re- quired to carry a license to fish, and that said license be granted only to full citizens of the United States, or those who have declared their intention to become citizen and to this latter class not for a longer period than that in which to complete their naturalization without the op- tion of renewal or extension in the event the holder neglects or fails to complete his naturalization, and to the inhabitants of Annette Island; 7;
 PENALTIES SET
 "That said license be suspended for one week for the first Offense or violation of the fishing regula- tions, and suspended for a period of one year for the second offense, and revoked in perpetuity for the third offense; and that each war den or deputy be authorized to act summarily in taking up the license, permitting the holder to have re dress in the district court, and where it appears that the officer acted without probable cause, that his com- mission shall be revoked by the dis trict court;
 That the congress of the United States place the control of the fish ing business of Alaska in the hands of commission of three, two of whom to be appointed by the gov ernor and one to be elected by the holders of the fishing license. with the further restriction that one of the app0intees by the governor shall be a scientist not directly interestd in fish production either by way of employment or investment"
 TOWNS SUPPORTED
 The memorial declares that fisher men contribute almost entirely, or very considerably, or are the princi- pal means of support of most of the coast towns of Alaska, enumerating KetChikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Jul neau, Douglas and Sitka. It states that thousands of natives of Alaska are entirely dependent on seining op- erations for their living and support. It claims that AZ per cent of all salmon caught are taken in traps as against 39 per cent by seines. It charges that a large number of fine salmon streams are absolutely blocked by traps even though they are legally placed, and that as a re- suit of the trap operations, by inter- ests whom it is alleged are needless of not only the interests of the ter ritory but of the future existence of their own business, the industry is being killed. Expectations by the seipers is also charged which it is declared cannot be prevented under the present system of Flaw enforce ment."
 
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