The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-08-10
HEAVY PACK OF
FISH REPORTED
FROM WESTWARD
Total from Bristol Bay Dis
trict May Reach 500,
900 Cases, Says Mock.


district was much smaller this sea
son than had been expected The
district is included in the reservation
order of the Bureau of Fisheries for
the limiting of the size of the pack
as well as to the number of purse
seine boats and traps used, and
which extends from Port Hayden on
Boring Sea to the south Of False
Pass
The P. E. Harris Co at False
Pass put up a pack of $4,000 cases,
mostly red salmon. The latest re
ports regarding the pack of the 2.
A. F. at Port Moller, Ikitan, King
Cove and Squaw Harbor was ap
proximately 100000 cases.
"The floating cannery Huron, OF
the Carlisle Packing Company. for
merly operated at Andreafsky was
removed from the Yukon River to
the Alockonok River in the Kvichak
River district and is getting up a
big pack there by the aid of purse
seine boats.
THE run OF salmon is small in
the Chignik section and is below
normal at Kodiak Island, Cook Inlet
Prince William Sound
At Westward Points
Mr.. Mock visited the towns at the
Westward to Anchorage and went
from there to Kanatak, Portage
Bay. where he learned the passenger
steamer Starr had met with an ac
cident in Portage Bay and had lost
three blades from the propeller and
had been towed in to Uyak for re
pairs. He started back to Kodiak
on the Watson and met a cannery
tender to which he transferred, go
ing in to Uyak, where he transferred
to another tender going up to Lar
sons Bay. At Larson's Bay he
caught the Starr, which had been
repaired, and continued down the
Alaska Peninsula to Unalaska and
up in the Boring Sea.
Mr.. Mock took in all ports of call
on the Alaska Peninsula and Aleu-
tian Islands as far as Unalaska. En-
route to Nushagak he stopped at
Port Moller and Naknck. He arrived
at Nushagak June "a and put in an
entire months there checking up on
the nonresident fishermen who are
required to take out a s. license to
permit them to engage in fishing
About 5000 people were in the
l,t,~ q
ing JASON, he said.
<. ses Homeward Bound
Mock left Nushagak July % on the
Starr in company with Capt G. II,
Whitney, John Newmarker. steamship
inspectors, and G. E. Mann. They
arrived at Seward August l and left
ON the Watson August 6.
At False Pass, Julius Stone OF
the Seagraves Fire Equipment Com
pany, Columbus, Ohio, and his two
sons, Franz and George. and Harold
McOraoken, big game hunters, board
ed the boat for Seward and took
the Watson from there. McCracken
had been on the Alaska Peninsula
since early in the year, taking cine.
autographs for scientific purposes.
He Joined the Stone party to get
pictures of brown boar and was sue
cessful in taking pictures at dis
lance of Is feet.
Fox Farmer Located South
Capt. A. B. Sommerville, formerly
mate on the Dora, was passen
ger from Unalaska He has been
operating five fox farms on islands
near Attu Island He has disposed
of his interests to the Alaska Com
mercial Company and boarded the
Watson for Ketchikap. He is taking
a number of blue foxes south and
expects to re-engage in fox farming
in Southeastern Alaska. He ais
has Attu baskets with him to be
sold. which are valued at $1,000.
P. n. McCue. general superntend
ent of the North western Fisheries
boarded the Starr at Uyak and was
a passenger on the Admiral Watson
for the South.
c. P. Hale. general manager tol
Inc UUlOil + lSHtTlts, thIo ildic hh'
their niece, Martha. came across
Illiamna portage 10 the village where
they were taken to Seldovia by {
cannery tender from the Alaska
Packers plant They boarded the
Watson at Seldovia.
Impressed BY Trip
"The trip to Bristol Bay was the
most interesting | have ever made
in Alaska" said Mr.. Mock. 81 had
never been west of Cape Spencer
previously l have gained more
knowledge of the vastness of the
Territory and the wonderful posi-
bilities offered; the magnitude Of
salmon industry. which is being
threatened through the elimination
OF salmon II is more apparent tc
me than ever before that drastic
legislation should be adopted for
the further conservation of our food
fish In my opinion the reservation
order established, affecting the AL
aska Peninsula, is one of the wises'
moves on the part of the Bureau OF
Eishorios in recent wears and I'M