The Cordova daily times., 1922-08-28
SALMON PACK
 NORMAL SAYS
 FISHERY AGENT

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 The salmon pack of the Territory, it is estimated by E. M. Ball, assist ant fisheries agent, will total approxi- mately 4,043,000 cases this year. MT. Balls estimate is based on reports re- ceived from agents of the Bureau of Fisheries in all sections of the Terri tory in which canneries are located, personal observation, and reports in some instances from the operators themselves.
 If this estimate is approximately correct, and MT Ball is confident that it will be, it is evident that the sal mon pack is virtually on a normal basis as compared with the pack of every year since 1914. It will be less than the two big years, 1917 and 1918, but in excess of last years produc- tion by 1,446,174 cases, the 1921 pack being reported as 2,596,S26 cases.
 PREVIOUS YEARS PACK
 The pack for the past eight years by season as shown by the records of the Bureau fisheries was:
 1914 4,o56,653 cases.
 1915 4,5O0,293 cases.
 1916 4,9O0,627 cases.
 1o17 F oh7 92e oacac
 1918 6,6O5,S35 cases.
 1919 4,5S3,6SS cases.
 1920 4,429,463 cases.
 1921 2,596,S26 cases.
 The pack in 1917 and 1918 is con- sidered abnormal and was produced by the heavy demand for fish caused by wartime conditions.
 PACK BY DISTRICT
 The Bureau of Fisheries for pur- poses of administration and record, considers the fishing industry in Alas kas as divided into three districts. One of these, known as Western Alas ka, comprises Bristol Bay and the northern coast of the Alaska Penin- sula. The second is known as Gen. tral Alaska and comprises the south ern coast of the Alaska Peninsula, ko- diak, Cook Inlet, Prince William Sound and Copper River. The third district is known as Southern Alaska and com Sho Q Alaska from Yakutat to the southern border of the Territory.
 The last named district, it is esti- mated by Mr. Ball, will produce this year 1,672,OO0 cases of salmon, lead ing in quantity production. It is est1- mated that Western Alaska will pro- duce 100000 cases. This estimate is believed to be conservative as Dennis Vim, fisheries agent for Alaska, who has been in that district this season. reported that on July 16 the canners there had put up 1,250,000 cases and thousands of cases have been put up since that time. Central Alaska, Mir. Ball estimates, will have a pack this year of S71 1000 cases.
 MT. Ball considers the escapement of salmon to the spawning streams better than for several years last past. q have been in this district since the beginning of the season, 1920, and there are more fish going into the spawning streams this season, gen. orally speaking, than either 1920 or 1921" he said. MT. Vim also re- ports a good escapement in Western Alaska The run at Karluk was smaller this year than usual on ac- count of labor troubles experienced in that section.
 In Southeastern Alaska, said Mir Ball, there are streams where the runs have been small, notably in the Chilkat and Chilkoot and at Funter Bay. These are the three outstanding low run sections, he said At Apen Cheek the run of humpies is said to be the largest for years. The Wash ington State Fish Commission has crew of men there for the purpose of taking eggs for shipment to the hatch cries and the Territorial Fish Commis- sion is preparing to do the same thing.