The Nome nugget., 1928-07-28

today amounting 10 500 words may not be of much interest to a num- ber of our subscribers, but when a large salmon pack is put up t means that the territorial treasury will receive sufficient funds to carry on road work and other ex- penses. which means a good thing for the whole of Alaska.
 Seward. July 22-2s. R,-The Fisheries Department are pleased to sse the run of salmon appearing this season which demonstrates that the salmon pack can be secur- ed with less gear and also give the fish chance to reach the spawning grounds. Hoover's con- servation policy is not to strangle the fishing industry. but to make have sufficient fish propa gaticn for the future, so stated Henry O Nal ley. |. s. Fisheries Commissioner, who arrived at Seward last night from the Westward enroute South
 Charley H. Flory. District Pores ter Alaska and Commissioner for the Department of Agriculture. who was also on an inspection tour. re- turned to Seward last night from the interior and departed for Jun eau on O'Malley's flagship Brant.
 Mir. O-Malley. said. 'The fishing in Bristol Bay 10 July 14th total led eight hundred and eighty six thousand thrse hundred and forty five cases of which ninety five per cent are- Reds. The Bristol Bay runs are the exception; Nushigak river runs are all good and Dennis Vim. Bureau of Fisheries agent there. reports escapements good predicts the probable pack will T ach one million cases which is the normal pack for that area
 The South side of the Alaska Peninsula district and vicinity of False Pass and Akatan the runs are better than normal. but it ap- pears to be made up chiefly of Pinks and Chums. These places should pack three hundred and fifty thousand cases at least. of which fifty 10 seventy five thousand will b. Reds.
 The Ch;sn;k commercial fishing has just started. and the escape meu,s al Weir will number seven hundred and sixty six thousand four hundred seventy one fish.
 The commercial catches total nine thousand and eighty seven fish. The small commercial pack catch was due to the fact that the Rureau was 10 secure minimum escapement of nearly one million before commercial fishing was per mitted. During the run of salmon there fve years ago the escapement was less than two hundred thous- and. and it was the intention of the Bureau 10 build up the supply.
 The pack at Kodiak Island was normal todate. but one feature which is not pleasing. he said. is the increased activity there and I fear the over fishing to combat this situation.
 The closing date of all streams uncontrolled by Wiers, has been set for August 18th. At Karluk We maintain that Wier will have seven hundred and fourteen thous- and fish into the river this time, while the canneries have only talk CT two hundred thousand fish for commercial purposes.
 At Alitak the escapement is nearly 10000 and the fishing has just commenced for Reds.
 In Prince William Sound it ap- pears that the pack is normal for the even year. which should be a big year. Up to the 9th of July 11O,273 cases of all kinds have been packed in comparison with the same date last season of S0,- 273 cases which were secured.
 The Copper River flats have shown marked improvement this year with a pack of 45,655 cases of Reds and 14.510 cases of Kings packed.
 In Southeastern Alaska reports