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The Winslow mail., 1925-09-29

own, sell or dispose of real
and personal property of all
kinds and in particular lands,
buildings. business concerns
and undertakings, shares of
stock, mortgages, bonds, de-
bentures and other securities,
merchandise, book debts and
claims, trade marks, trade
names, patents ands patent
rights, copyrights and any in
terest in real or personal prop
erty.
(k) To borrow money for its
corporate purposes, and to
make, accept, endorse, execute
and issue promissory notes,
bills of exchange, bonds, de-
bentures Or other obligations
from time to time, for the pur-
chase of property or for any
purposes in or about the bus
mess of the company, and, if
deemed proper, to secure the
payment of any such obliga-
tions by mortgage, pledge, deed
of trust or otherwise;
Cd To acquire. and to take
over as a going concern and
thereafter to carry on the bus
mess of any person, firm or
corporation engaged in any
business which this corpora
tion is authorized to carry on,
and in connection Herewith, to
acquire the good will and all or
any of the assets and to assume
or otherwise provide for all or
any of the liabilities of any
such business;
(m) To sell, improve, man
age, develop, lease, mortgage,
dispose of or otherwise turn to
account or deal with all or
any part of the property of the
company;
(n) To do all and everything
necessary, suitable and prop
er for the accomplishment of
any of the purposes or the at
tainment of any of the objects
Or the furtherance of any of the
powers hereinbefore set forth,
either alone or in association
with other corporations, firms
or individuals, and to do every
other act or acts, thing or
things incident or appurtenant
to or growing out of or con-
nected with the aforesaid bus
mess or powers or any part or
any part of parts thereof, pro-
vided the same be not incon-
sistent with the laws under
which this corporation is or
ganized;
(o) The business or purpose
of the company is from time
to time to do any one or more
of the acts and things herein
above set forth, and it shall
have power to conduct and
carry on it's said business, or
any part thereof, and to have
one or more offices, and to ex-
ercise all or any of it's corpor-
ate powers and rights, in the
State of Delaware, and in the
various other states, terri
tories, colonies and depen-
dencies Of the United States, in
the District of Columbia, and
in all or any foreign countries.
FOURTH-The total number c
hares which may be issued by tn
is Two Hundred GOO
III of which shall have no nomina
II par value. The corporation viii
commence business with Ten 90
hares.
Without action by the stockhold
RS, the shares of stock withou
,ar value may be issued by tn
from time to time TO
The Winslow mail., 1925-09-29
STUDENT WATERS

nNE way by which a large num-
ber of young people are obtain
ing an education, is by waiting on
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-08-15

they received eighty-fve dollars for the boat, snow-shoes, etc., and with this money purchased tickets to Fair banks.
 One day in November, McTavish approached me to join him in lay on Goldstream. He would put up his share of the expense when a draft from Dawson arrived by winter mail, but I already had had enough of the game.
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-08-15

river, to subscribe the price of pas sage and freight of the outfit to the mouth of Dall River in con- sideration of two claims to be staked and recorded in the name of the Homestake Mining and Trading Co.,, a partnership of six persons, Hennessey and McTavish being one third of the company.
 At the mouth of Dall River there were several prospectors who had just come down from the head of the river and reported that no strike had been made. Four of these men had spent the previous winter pros pecting in the vicinity of where the strike was reported to be. These prospectors were planning to spend the winter in the Novikaket country wEere strike was reported annually. Hennessey and McTavish decided to rift down to the Novi. It happened that the Dall River Indians had made considerable money during the summer and as it was now late August they desired to invest this money in grub for the winter, and tEey suggested to Hennessey and McTavish that the mining grubstake bo sold to them, as it could be re- rlenished at Tanana for less money than the Indians were wiling to pay. It was sound business proposition for my partners to tighten up their boat for the drift down to Tanana, and the cost of food was less at Tarana than at Dall River. They accordingly sold their entire grub stake, except enough food for the down river trip, and were paid in cash. The evening before their de parture for down river Hennessey and McTavish spent at an Indians cabin where poker game was run ming, and the two evinced so much interest in the game that they were invited to "sit in." By morning this "sitting in" had cost the two pros pectors all the money they had re- ceived from the Indians for the grubstake. They were not the kind of men who become discouraged over the loss of grubstake, and so they started out early in the morning de- termined to rustic new one at Rampant or Panama.
 They could find no one at Panama who was willing to stake two pros pectors to the Novi, but they did find man who wished to purchase good prospecting boiler and equip ment for four hundred dollars, and with this amount in their pockets they started on to Panama. The re- ports from the Novi were not very encouraging and it would be useless to go there without boiler and cora nloto food c,1nnlu hut no one
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-08-15


 Washington, D. c.
 My dear MT. Sutherland:
 The subject of fisheries was eX- tensively discussed on many days in the recent session of the Alaska Legislature. During these discussions a number of facts were clearly brought forth. I wish to enumerate the facts concerning which there was no dispute, in other words, those facts which were accepted as true by the Legislature
 1st. That during all the past years the Bureau of Fisheries has been in sole control of the fishing industry of Alaska.
 End. That Alaska has never had and does not now have any authority over her own fisheries.
 3rd. That during the first ten years of the Bureau of Fisheries regime, there were almost unlimited quantities of fish in every stream that had sufficient water to hold a single salmon.
 4th. That depletion is an accom- plished fact in very many areas.
 5th. That at no time has the Bureau of Fisheries ever discovered that delpetion was going on until the stream was virtually barren, this in spite of the fact that residents were continually complaining about the fact that the process was go- ing on.
 9th. The excuse of the Bureau of Fisheries has always been that the law of 1906 was inadequate and they lacked authority under it to do what was necessary.
 Since that time Congress has pass ed a law giving the Secretary of Commerce unlimited power to do anything and everything necessary to conserve the fish of Alaska, ex- cept that he cannot grant an eX- elusive right of fishery and that wherever fishing is permitted it shall be permitted to every one alike.
 However, the policy of the Bureau of Fisheries has remained the same, to-wit: the burden of conservation is placed 100 per cent upon the resi- dent fishermen of Alaska, large portion of whom are native Indians. To illustrate: Under the law of 1906, for many years the closed area sur rounding fishing streams was two
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-08-15

the natives, this prohibited area was extended to five hundred yards. The protest of the natives was against the conservation whose burden was placed entirely upon them and none upon the trap system. The fact to be noted here is this,-that the fish ermen using hand gear catch prac- tically all their fish in the immediate vicinity of the salmon stream, and the extension of the closed area from two hundred yards to five hundred yards brought down their catch at least 25 per cent, whereas the traps being placed in the open waters, which are most favorable to their operation, are not affected in \the least. It should be borne in mind that the ratio of the catch between the two forms of gear is three to one, in favor of the trap. It IS really greater than that, for the rea- son that many traps do not catch enough fish to justify their existence, they being but dummy traps whose primary purpose is to protect the good trap location rather than to catch fish. This policy of favoritlsm still continues, for example, the Bu- reau of Fisheries has created a closed district at 580 4O' north latitude within the waters of Lynn canal. This point is the southern end of the brackish waters of the Chilcook and Chilkat rivers, which means that the natives who have lived in this district during the past centuries can not fish with their gill nets for this appliance cannot be used in clear water. In Alaska we do not thlnS it is mere incident that the line at 58o 4O' is just north of the last good trap belonging to the Bank ot California, who operate their can neries under the name of the AlasKa Consolidated Canneries. The name ot this trap is the Eldred Rock Trap This trap, according to eye witnesses continued to fish after a cannery which operated it burned down, the watchmen being withdrawn from the trap without closing it so that It continued to fish until destroyed oy the storms when an estimated loO'- 900 fish were killed and thrown on the adjacent beach.
 To further illustrate the continued favoritism of the Bureau of f1sh- cries for the trap system, the closing order of 5S0 4O' will not operate as a bona fide conservation measure for this reason: The fish are not being destroyed in that area but are being destroyed in the Icy Straits district something like 100 miles distance and by the traps there and not ov the seiners.
 Some people will think that the
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-08-15
THE FISH PROBLEM IN
 ALASKA

Honorable Dan Sutherland, 167 H. o. B.,
 Washington, D. c. My dear MT Sutherland.
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Too Much Efficiency Eff
By E.JN!s:SSs:r)Ratb

Nillormcnt, could see that II, Hedge
meant it.
You sco," he went on, 'it en-
pains lots OF things, 1t explains why
! ordered one young man after an
OChcr out Of the house. was afraid
the Of them would really get you.
! don't suppose ! was giving them a
sporting chance. But how could l.?
| just had to have you, Connie. You
uon't mind my saying Connie do
you?"
She made no reply being a triflc
I uncertain.
"Now, as to the other part Of it,"
hG said, Il mean the part about you
cooling me and making me believe
that you really liked all that eff
cheney stuff. You did fool me, OF
course But before you got through
you footed yourself, Connie"
Constance was watching him
sharply.
"Dldn't you fool YOURSELF"
Hove" she asked unwariIy.
"By pretending that l was your
,n"my and that you hated mo, and
then winding up by loving me.
'I~-why-"
Her face famed again.
How dare you say love YOU"
'jeCaus" I'm sure Of it," he an
SNcrcd happily.
+ "Nou-you presume, Mr.. Hedge"
Il do not presumc-and my name
is Henry. Sometimes | used to be
called Harry" he added a little
AiSt!ully. "HoncstIy Connie, ! think
. YOU love me"
You think it? You said be-
fore"
He made q gesture Of despair and
laughed.
THAT JUS shows you how mixed a
man gets when he's in love. But !
am sure Of it. And you'll be if
J you'll only stop to consider"
/ Constance Brooke had received
. proposals before, but never one that
carried with it such brazen assur-
ancc. She knew that she ought to
put II. Hedge Alright without delay
but she waited,
81 cant give any reason for be-
Iicyng so, l admit" he continued
rather lamaly. But l inst feel it in
my bones. | just fecl--oh, ! guess
4 it's bunch. Connie"
! lie slid down from the table and
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! do not think There is more
deadly Insult that can be offered to
Il lord OF creation by his particular
female Of the species than to have
her refuse TO uccep, his oy"rtures
for a reconciliation. ! do not mean
The pretended denial the coy with
drawing negative, or The suffering
angry one, accompanied by the
come Mither" look. But a definite,
genuine, unmistakablo uuresponsive-
ness--thlt is unforgiyable from a
masculine standpoint,
was not surprised therefore 10
see Dicky's face darken with anger
a. my refusal TO kiss him after his
pseudo apology for his behavior
when DR.. Meredith brought me
home from the hospital. TO my re-
lief, however, he did not storm, but
took refuge in the same sort Of lei
ness which eucascd my own de-
mcanor.
AS you please" he said loftily,
stepping back and dropping his
arms which had been extended care
lessly toward me. Carelessly-- That
was the trouble with me. ] think
that could have accepted even his
half ology-almost worse than
none at all, If / could have been
convinced that either his proftered
embrace or the feeling from which
II sprang was anything more than
a casual gesture. The whole thing
seemed unreal. as IL we were play
ing roles in a drama which threat
ened every second to turn into
farce, and yet which had possibilities
OF tragedy in II.
you will pardon me IT," I began,
moving toward the door, but Dicky
stopped me with an imperative ges-
ture.
II must ask you to pardon me IN
stead" he said with elaborate court
esq., There are some things which
I must talk over with you before !
20 back to the city, | had Intended
to stay the day, although l did not
see how / could spare the time, but
| have told Lillian what l came
down to tell her. / have coaXed
Junior out of his fright at the row
over Fanny Powell. and had good
romp with him before he went back
10 sleep, and have convinced Mother
that her Southern "trip is ont of the
question Just now. So / have only a
few things to go over with you. Then
IL you will be so good as to ask
Katie to get me an early breakfast
/ can get that first train back to
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cred Just below around that tree.
One Of them pointed a flashlight up
in the tree and began moving it
about. Bobby knew that they were
looking for him.
There he is" cried one OF the
hunters. He is ont on that branch
about half way up. Don't shoot him!
I'll climb mp and shake him off and
well let the dog kill him. He cant
get away from us possibly"
To this the others agreed and the
hunter started up the tree. When he
reached the branch on which
Prickly Perky was he could just
make out a black mass out there in
the feeble light from the flashlight
Fellow, 1t didn't enter that mans
head that it could be anybody but
Bobby Coon, so he didn't look as
sharply as he might have. He be-
gan to shake that branch trying to
shake Bobby Coon off. That is, he
supposed it was Bobby Coon he was
trying to shake off. But this wasn't
so easily done. The man stood up
on that branch and holding to a
branch above began jumping up
and down. There was a sudden
sharp crack and down went that
branch with prickly Perky.
The hunter in the tree yelled as
he clug to the branch above and
swung his legs around the trunk of
the tree. The hunters down below
yelled as they saw what they suppos-
ed was Bobby Coon falling from
that tree. But their yells were moth
ing TO the yells of that dog a mo-
mcnt later as he sprang in and bit
ut PriCkly Perky. OF course he got
a mouthful of those little spears,
and they hurt. They were in his tom
que, his checks and his lips. No Won
der he yelled. He backed away as
hastily as he could, all the time
yelpng and crying. His master tried
TO get hold of him and got too near
| Prickly Perky. Like n flash the lat
| ter's tail came around, and there
" 10 dlOtlItI SCtlB LlllS llllle lIOlll int
1 dogs master.
( For the next fifteen minutes or
/ so there was busy time and a lot
! of yclping and EXPLANATIONS as those
little spears were pulled out of that
dog and his master, one of the hunt
crs holding the flashlight while the
| others worked. You see. they knew
that the sooner they were pulled out
/ the better it would be for the vic
Tins. If left they would keep work
ing in farther and farther. Mean
while Prickly Perky had climbed
another tree and disappeared. As
for Bobby Coon, he climbed across
( 20 another tree along branches
which met, and then down that tree
and taken TO his heels. He was safe
for that night. As it turned out, he
was safe for the rest of that season
for that dog wasn't in condition "a
hunt again until after Bobby Coon
had curled up for the winter.
] copyright, 1925. by T. W. Burgess)
The next story: Buster Bear Is
| Tread
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anybody. They could not even ex-
plain It to themselves.
There's absolutely no sense in 1t, u
she said.
Absolutely none," he agreed.
IT'S impossible to give any good
reason"
Impossible"
"And yet-well, It's done"
That's the only explainable part
of tits done, Nobody knows how
not even u.s."
yet we've got to tell them, Of
course.
You bet we have! I'm going tc
tell everybody before you change
your mind"
NO fear. E. E." she said grave,
ly.
IT told you E. E, was dead-ex'
tinct"
Nevertheless, I'm afraid I'll al
ways call you that-or H. Hedge
I'm so used TO 1t. Do you suppose
father will CONSENT"
Whats he got to say abou
IT," demanded the ex-efficiencI
man. II consent, and that's enough
I'm your guardian, you know. ! give
my official sanction"
But you're too late, my dear
You resigned. And this-this hap
pened afterward."
Then ! reinstate myself Ions
enough to express my approval"
NO you DON'T" warned Con,
stance. "E. E, If you reinstate your.
self for as much as a solitary SECOND
III break the engagement. dom
want to know any more efficiency
men. Heavens! Wasn't one bat
enough?"
81 guess I was awful" he ad
mitted.
"What-in-blazes!" said a voice
As they turned abruptly, Bill!
Brooke strobe into the room.
Hello, Bill" said Hedge easily
when did you float in?"
"Wha-whats this?"
Constance smiled at her brothe
and linked an arm around one Of Il
| Hedges.
"Connie!" cried Billy.
why, what's wrong. Billy" ask
cd the retired efficiency engineer
Didn't you ever see anything Xix
this?"
And he kissed Constance.
Leave my sister alone!" ErowleI
Billy menacingly, and this time h
plainly meant It.
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the city In the morning"
1T Is morning now" l exclaimed
involuntarily, gancing at my wrist
watch. You will have practically
no sleep at ALL"
Your solicltude Is touching" h
answered with a distinct sheer in
his voice, and tho little tcndril Of
triendlness ] had put out, chilled
and died. But l have managed be
fore without sleep and ] can do II
again, Please sit down and do not
ridget. | might remind you that the
sooner ! get through with what ]
have to say the more time | will
have to sleep. BY the way, whore
do you want me TO park myself. You
say iii is occupying this room to-
night?"
Yes" I returned, but Fathers
room Is all ready except the bed. ]
viii call Katie and have her fix it
at once. She is still up think"
He put out a protesting hand.
"And have her listening at the
keyhole between spreading the
sheets" he exclaimed. "No, thank
you. Give me the bedding and ! vii!
fix a shakedown myself, but keep
that girl out OF it."
II will attend to it myself, Of
course" | said frigidly. u only
mentioned Katie because I thought
you wanted TO save time"
II would only have wasted 1t go
ing TO the door every five seconds to
see which ear she had glued to 1t, y
he retorted. Then with his hands
in his pockets he began striding up
and down the room, an tnvariabIe
performance of his when he Is at
his wits end for an idea in his
work. or for plausible explanation
Of some unpleasant occurrence. IN
obtrusively l slid into an armchair
and sat quietly waiting. Suddenly
he halted, wheeled and came toward
me, stopping beside my chair and
glowering down at me.
Mother said she gave you her
letter from ME to read" he said.
Then you know something Of what
| am up against" he began.
II know what the letter said ]
answered quietly, trying to keep
from my voice the resentment | had
felt at his permitting me TO learn OF
his financial difficulties in so round
about d way.
"Oh! for the love Of Mike and Pat
and the rest. cut out the martyr
stuff" he exclaimed, ''and lets get
down 10 cases. viii you or will you
not listen to what l have TO say?"
Copyright, 1925, by Newspaper
Feature Service, Inc,
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Don't dear" he pleaded.
She pushed the hand away, but
did not finish the sentence. Instead,
she changed her course, for no con-
scious reason, and went over to one
of the windows, where she stood
with her back toward him. II. Hedge
followed.
The laundering uncertainty went
out Of his eyes and he heamed at the
back of her head. He took her gent
~ by the shoulders and turned her
around.
Let's quit fooling." he said.
$3.50 you've been fooling,
then" she murmured. Then l."
The rest Of the sentence was
smothered as II. Hedge stood there
with Constance in his arms, his
heart pounding hundred beats to
the minute. He did not dare speak.
Constance did not try; 1t was too
amazing.
After several minutes, he ventur-
ed a pleading appeal.
Il don't know whether l can talk
straight yet" he said. Il suppose
I'm due for another bungle. But
I've kissed the top Of your head SO
often that l just wondered If you'd
let me"
She lifted her head-and let him.
Il don't deserve this" he said
humbly after an interval.
Il don't think ! do, either-aftet
the way you treated me-" she an
swered family. II think / must
be crazy"
"Why?"
For loving you"
"Connie!" He held her off al
arms length. "Honestly,-do you?
She looked at him in amazement
II. Hedge, you are insufferable"
she exclaimed. DO you think I'd
let you--kiss me-and almost crush
me to death--if l didn't love you?'
He seized her again. and they be
san once more, from the point where
they had quit fooling.
1t was Constance who broke the
silence finally.
1T seems to me-" she said as she
ran her fingers lightly, almost curl
ously, over his hair, that for u per
son who has abandoned efficiency
you are still a rather scientific man,
ager. O-o-oh! There-didn't tel,
you SO, DEAR"