The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-17
JUNEAU 6 R EETS' CONGRESSMEN AS. NEAR ERIE N DS
Juneauites Entertain Jones and Hadley as Neighbors
 and Our Own People.

Greeted as rrIenus ana represen- tatives in Alaska In Congress as well as of their own State of Wash ineton and acknowledgi that they had acted on the assumption that they represented their own State best when they contributed to Al aska development, Senator Wesley L. Jones and Congressman Lindley II. Hadlcy. with Commissioner Hen- ry OMalley, of the Bureau of Fish, cries, were the guests of the Ju- neau Chamber of Commerce at luncheon at the Arcade Cafe today at noon.
 Gov Scott C. Bone, introduced H. L. Faulkner, toastmaster, welcomed Senator Jones and Congressman Hadley as good friends of Alaska and as old personal friends. He de- elared that neither of them ever failed to respond to a request from Alaska for help at Washington. Gov ernor Bone said he was proud of his Alaskan citizenship and his Juneau residence, and glad to be an associate with those who sat at the luncheon.
 Senator Jones declared that he had always felt that Alaska had a 1 right to call upon him, and for his services, and asked that they l continue to do that. He declared I that in matters of controversy. be- tween localities Alaskans should act | through their Delegate and not aek others to interfere unless they could | ,not agree with the Delegate. He { paid a glowing tribute to Governor Bone. which was heartily applauded by the members of the Chamber.
 Bone Eulogized.
 Congressman IIadley also eulogized | Governor Bone, and endorsed all l that Senator Jones had said. He declared that he represented the Congressional District that lies near est to Alaska, and felt that the in terests of Alaska and those whom he directly represented in Congress were identical and that he was serv- ing his own constituents when he1 was doing something for Alaska.
 0'Malley Speaks.
 Commissioner O'Malley called att tention to the circumstance that the Bureau of Fisheries had been operating in Alaska under laws of 1906 vintage and that they were obsolete. Finally it had been de- termined that the fisheries must be conserved If the industry was to be maintained in perpetuity and that it had recommended and the Presi- dent had established reservations in order 10 give 1t authority to act. He said that the Bureau, after con- sidering the whole matter, decided that the difference in the quantity of the run of salmon in the different seasons made 1t so that it would not be possible to conserve the salmon run by fixing a maximum. pack alone, but that it had decided that there must be limit to the number of those permitted to operate in the separate zones, regulation of the gear used, restriction of the sea- sons. and, in some cases, limita- ton of the fish to be taken.
 Col. James c. Steese declared that the consolidation of the administra- tion of the Alaska Railway and the Alaska Road Commission, irrespee tive of all personalities, was good thing. and that 1t was already being shown In the results. He said the railroad had had good year, and promised to make further state ments about details Of the various works of the various organizations ne is connected with from time to time.
 Issues Presented
 Local Alaskans presented some of the matters in which Juneau is inter ested to Senator Jones and Congress- man Hadley. Former Mayor R. E. Robertson discussed the need for a land office at Juneau and urged that one should be established here at the earliest possible date. John w Troy urged that the Government should announce as a settled policy that the United States Government would not hold the natural resources of Alaska for the purpose of making profit out of the ownership. or operation of the resources, but that satisfy the demands of conservation by seeing that they were economi-