Seward daily gateway., 1926-03-31
NUMEROUS GUESTS
 AT CHAMBER MEET;
 ALL MAKE REMARKS Tourists Routed Over Ad- miral Line Will Stop
 Here Few. Days EAGLE MENACE TOUCHED ON A~- r' ---~1-~ ~* '
Attendance Local Chamber Meets Exceeds Ketchi-
 kan in Comparison

Extra tables were necessary at yes terday's weekly business meeting anG luncheon of the local Chamber o Commerce to take care of the large number of members and guests in at tendance. The visitors comprised oi men from the East, West, North and South the same being w. J. Erskine who is en route south, Kodiak busi ness man; J. A. Rhodes, representa- tive of Carsten's Packing Company who will make his headquarters in Seward; Captain Graham of the Admi ral Watson; MT. Baker, purser and MT. Nelson, chief steward, Admiral Watson; w. T. White, and Mir Clark from the Kodiak experimental station; J. J. Chisholm, broker; and J. B. Bur ford, young Juneau business man, a specialist in office equipment. tsa
 Captain Graham voiced his appre citation of being invited to the lunch. SoA oA0 AouUCu CAc CAO1 IS OA tuS lO' cal chamber in promoting the welfare of this district. He pledged his per. sonal assistance in this respect and said anytime he can be of help he would only be too glad to lend a hand
 Eagle Real Menace.
 MT. White, in behalf of the fox far. mers of this and the westward dis tricts, called the attention of the mem bers to the deadly enemy of the fosxt, the eagle. The eagle is one of the most active and versatile of birds, not only will he spend day after day watch. ing from some crag or high point about ranch, but will hover hour af, ter hour high in the air waiting for favorable opportunity to swoop down upon the defenseless fox. : while no statistical information is to be "l had, as to the actual number of foxes kill. ed by eagles, every rancher' sees a number Killed every summer des- bite all the individual efforts to kill and frighten them away. The present bounty provided by law is an aid in reducing the depreciation of the birds. but as they nest in next to inaccessi- ble places and are very wary, when being hunted. only partial reduction in the countless numbers lowering about the islands has been made to date. The bird is a real menace t,o the industry and MT. White would like to see the local chamber get behind the legislative movement to have the bounty Increased to a point where it would be worth while for hunters to reduce the number.
 Compliments Local Chamber
 MT. Rhodes paid the local chamber distinct compliment. He said he had been in Ketchikan for two weeks and. while that town is much larger than Seward, taking in comparison the attendance to their chamber meetings and the local one yesterday, he believ- ed Seward had Ketchikan bested
 MT. Clark stated he was glad to meet with the chamber once again. he had very little to report but he thot upon his return from Matanuska he might have something new to inform the chamber of.
 Juneau Membership 400
 Mr. Burford confined his remarks to chamber activities saying it was the only way any town, community or city could progress, by unified coopera- tion. The Juneau chamber of which he is an active member, has a mem bership of nearly 400, he said, and one of his duties is to meet visitors and invite them to chamber meetings. MT. Burford will be in Seward until tomorrow in the interest of his office