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The Alaskan., 1928-09-07
Airplane Finds Man
 Lost 40 Days

An epic of hardship, endurance and friendship came to a happy end l ing here last week when Andy Fay | Tor, prospector, after being lost 46 days in the woods was brought back l to fife and civilization in an airplarr by his Old-time friend, Fred Coleman, who prospected with him 20 years ago.
 When he became lost from his party, Taylor had three matches, ar ax, and broken penknife. He used the matches trying vainly to kindle a signal fire. He broke the ax handle throwing it at a partridge, and for some reason did not try to fit the ax with a new handle. The broken penknife he retained, and with it, ] one stage of his journey, built a raft with which he crossed a con siderable lake.
 He lived on dead fish and frogs eaten raw, of course, with rare ber ries. He was at the end of his strength when found.
 All who knew the circumstances agreed that Taylor must be dead Ions ago, but Coleman refused to give up.
 He organized an expedition of res cue and stuck to the search, in de fiance of all probabilities, and finally found his old partner at Burntwood Lake.
 Taylor was too weak to travel far ther, so Coleman stayed and nursed him while the others trekked thru tha woods to Cold Lake for a plane. It came and took out the rescued man and his devoted friend Taylor is now recovering at hospital in Winnipeg. eg.-LABOR.
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07

from these grounds. Under the stress of this great intensifcation of fishing effort the abundance of fish on the older banks has fallen enormously. to 16 per cent of the abundance iu 1906.
 More Gear Required For
 Same Fish Catch
 Where in 1906 the catch per set of unit of fishing gear was nearly 300 pounds, in 1926 it was below D pounds. Expressed in another way it required six units of gear to catch as many fish as one unit caught in 1906. The decline has gone on at en even rate and shows no tendency tc slacken.
 Accompanying this fall in abund- ance there has been decrease in the average size of the fish landed. and a great increase in the percent age of undersized fish. For exam pie, between 1919 and 1926 the per centage of undersized fish from the older banks increased from 20 to 30 per cent.
 h0 7u ha n ycs to the westward show the same 1 trend, the catch having fallen from 1 ITO pounds per unit gear in 1923 to 100 pounds in 1926, and was still lower in 1927, while at the same time there was an increase of fish , under 11A pounds.
 The rapidity of decline is regard ed as especially serious because ot the very slow rate of growth of the haIibut, an adult being from 12 tc 25 years, or over, in age. Hence the present decline has taken place within the, life span of one halibu of ordinarily large size.
 As nearly all the fish which are be ing caught now were spawned eigh for ten years ago, the abundance Q ! the younger fish, which will annual continued to page three,
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07

I am asking the school board r. handle this situation ia fair man ner without recourse to the courts as will be necessary in cvont dis crimination is continued IN pos session of your Board is 4 AZ ter from Attorney General Rustgard "ad- viaing the local school board that il is the right of every child Indian Japanese or any other child to op~ ter school Recourse to the courts is unnecessary and expensive but in such worthy cases we will be com pelled to follow such course F .ga~dless.
 So far it has been the desire of ou" people to enter those children who meet the standards of health and sanitation as set up by Commission CT Henderson when the school coe- troversy first started in 1921 There is no attempt nor desire to force on to any schoolboard children belor tie fourth grade who have not met the standard set forth TO ear. such cases to the courts will opoH the way for every child regardless ot their grades or worthiness oG en- trance
 As our people raise their child rcn to the higher standard Of scaoI. aralio, health and sanitation they move to the incorporated districts where the school opportunities ar9 better than that offered by the Bur ecu of Education. More desire tht equal and better opportunities o- education offered by tile public school system. At best any aaer7- l gated school cannot compete Nitl nor offer the environment or in- eentive for more rapid progress therefore it cannot be equal in oduoa- tion opportunity.
 ! The charitable thing for any school board to do with any people desiring to rise out of poorer environment is ito give them the opportunity as of fered by your schools.
 trust that you will call y9m iboard together and discuss tbls mat ter thoroughly and that 1t may ba settled without recourse to the courts. As it will be under rhe di- Irection of the Grand Camp Of th- Alaska Native Brotherhood ordere@ in convention two years ago.
 Very respectfully yours, (signed) [, F. Paul
 Alaska Native Brotherhood.
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07
SAYS BORAH TO BACK DEMO

BDrah republicans will support whatever Democrat is named to con test John Thomas candidacy to take the Idaho United States senatorial cnail vacated by the death of Frank Gooding That is the prediction Of I".lie !. Aker chairman of the Ada County Taxpayers League, from botee, Friday, for the 21st national Conference on Taxation.
 Aher said Democrats of his state will name 2 candidate soon in place oi Chase Clark of Mackay. who will not qualify, tho nominated at the state convention at Grangeville Tuesday, Political dopesters believe f oWiston's eX-slate senator, TannA hin. will be Thomas opponent.
 The Idaho Democrats expect to sweep the state with an anti-ma- chine campaign. Their ticket is headed by Ben Ross, Pocatello may or. selected Tuesday to oppose re- election of Senator H. c. Baldridge
 Ihe Idaho Democrats will oppose Congressman Addison 1T. Smiths re, election with R. J. Harding, Oneida coVnty state senator,
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07
Limiting of Catch Asked To
 Protect FIaIibut Fisheries

The Pacific halibut fishery origin ated soon after the first railway com municatiOn was established between the two coasts of the United States IT is, therefore comparatively young.
 It had it's inception in 1888 near Cape Flattery, at the entrance to Juan De Fuca Strait The fishery expanded rapidly and by 1910 it had extended to grounds off Cape Omma- ney, Baranof Island, six hundred niles to the north.
 Subsequent expansion has extend ed the fisheries until it now covers about 1,80O mles of coast. Form erly as many fish were taken from tne G00-mile stretch as are now pro- cured from the entire area of 1,S0O miles
 i The banks on the eastern side Of the Gulf of Alaska, which yield spawning fish, were first exploited in 1913 Tn 1926 the larger boats made by far the greater part of their catches in the vicinity of Kodiak Is land, in the western side of the Gufi of Alaska, about 1900 miles beyond tic original fishery.
 The catch on the older grounds south of Cape Ommaney has decreas- ed from a total in excess of 50,0C0 l 000 pounds in 1910 to about 20,00O GOO in 1926, and much greater effor' was exerted in making the catch II the latter year.
 It is evident that the present leve of production has been maintaineG by extending fishing operations t new areas, as the catch on the old CT grounds decrease, and by increas ing the intensity of the fishing ,effort.
 The amount of gear now used oi the older banks is about two an' lone-half times the quantity formerl' used, yet the present catch is onl, J about 40 per cent of the former yielt
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07
SH4(ION FISHERMAN
 FORFEETS MOTORBOAT

scathias Mavrikas, Puget Sound fisherman, must relinquish his mo- torboat to the state because he was caught fishing for salmon without state license. The supreme court 90 held today in a decision which re. vrrSec the King County court The lower court was inclined to leniency hecause the man was fifty-fve years of are and confscation of his boat would deprive him of means of livelihood, and also because the Of f+nce was his first one. The high court ruled that it is mandatory upon the court to order confscation.
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07

Material has been collected by the staff, not merely from voyages oD fishing vessels, but through opera. tions of vessels chartered for the purpose. Thousands of halibut la 5e been caught and released with nuia. bered tags attached, and have be .A recovered from fishermen throuSh rewards offered.
 From the records thus furnish ( 1t tas been possible to determine tle migrations of the halibut Exten sive studies of the physical charac- teristics and the growth of the d.t- ferent traces" have confirmed sucn findings.
 The drift of the eggs and larvae in the open ocean have been studied by means of fine-meshed silk nets and by observation of the currents The results of these biological stuG- ies, in conjunction with those from the statistics, form the basis for the conclusions reached in this report.
 Fisheries for halibut are prosecut- ed in the North Pacific and the North Atlantic oceans, and yield about 90. OOO,OOO pounds, which is covered by the terms of this convention, i5 the greatest in the world.
 The annual catch exceeds 50,000. 0O0 pounds, which represents abOl. 60 per cent of the worlds catch. 0. the remainder about 30,00O,000 are credited to European countries anl 6,000,0O0 to the Atlantic coast oi this continent.
 The value of the Pacific halibut catch to fishermen is about $7,000 900 annually, and it is consequently one of the most important fisheries in North American waters. The Pa cific halibut is, therefore, one of the most important species of food fishes indigenous to the waters of thi North American Continent.
 Pacific Halibut Fisherery
 Is Greatest in World
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07
A Great Rejoicing

Announcement was made inc fore part of the week that the Peter ' h,rg Packing Company was going to operate when the fall season for dst ing opened Going down the st-oat we found large bright smiles on the fa' of every business man and tha universal statement that "uow tl9 fishermen will have a chance to make few dollars and they can pay their bills and have little money 10 spend.
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07
ON STRIKE
 AGAINST CUT IN WAGES

The city of New Bedford, Mass was taced with an industrial cri- sis recently when the fishing fleet tied up as the result of a strike of fishermen. They alleged that their working rules had been changed 5o as 10 reduce earnings by about $10 trip.
 As it is possible to average onlv abont 25 trips a season this is 8 sa, rious reduction.
 The men belong to the FisheG mems Union of the Atlantic, branch of the International Seamen's Union
 The owners claim that as high as $130 Q trip is made by the fishermen, but this is called absurd by the spokesmen of the union. They point out the extreme hardships. and haz- ards of the occupation and say that under the peculiar system of pay. neht the men do not get any pay for some of tEeir most trying trips, il1 tact have to pocket losses.
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07
School Board Refuse Admittance
 Rake Girls to "Public'' School

Ou Wednesday evening the BoarI
 lc. to consider the application for cataneo of he girls However, iu thr afternoon members of the Boar wpa. about to get expressions Of scr u.azat to lha Quetion When the Ho..3 1at 4n the evening it was with mpd already 5ao as to their action thauzh tber4 uo little "ofamrt r- make show a1 fairness in con- sd4rio4 tbg mater Tha ma..es nas Iia.us-ad A considerable lengtn by tIe several m lhars of tlo cour
 ciI fucludJog Mayor v. U. Swanson
 aaa tbe Boua For ho apnltcan0 1Tr PauI expressed tre fact that cuIdrea Of citizens who were raytn -.lao .z tho right o refuaa a5- raftanee to the schools was not
 gal nor right Called attention t5
 tFe letter from Attorney General I.0elgard to the School Board about i've years ago in which he declared
 tlat "pubIfc moneys must 5e +rcnt
 ror public purposes" and that th
 rient of any Indian child fo enter 
 School was legal The condition or
 tho Bureau Schools in thu past and
 present were shown to ne noa-coa
 lvoiEc t1 rapid progress nor ve-s
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 tion Laa.2c P. -c1l .to a.~o opportunity t2 L-2 er-- r9- n-c mce- r1rt- oe-alo1o- n11staFa When c1-l-o u1o- naa declared tdat E ~aa A.z abs van0o th~t oa aeaoaa. o+ carraa ta-.t5e
 rg1uromcrts n gho 5-ate schools where ho had experience certain dis. crimnauons were bclng rractjeed leaving to the listener 10 deduct g-a facl that pr account of conditions il ' oregon and Washington iJ was rieh. ! for Petarsburg -o discriminate again I7G Indian children When asked a+ Ito lis answer to applicants for en- trance He said while ha probably aG 5~fsed that the graaee were full and It-5ulnctent books Qn hand he meant Ity 9e understood 6y hem that tlr Ilntnrt to keep Indian children oG. vas the instructor of the Board. He
 heieEed that this matter should De
 carried into the courts and settled
 on.e and, for a3L Leaving he ide1
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The Alaskan., 1928-09-07
Reception Was Good

3ames Brennan who returned aga1n f. on Ketchikan speaks most highly of the spontaneous and kindly re ception he received from everyone during the time he was at Ketchi- kan. Old friends and new visited him in the hospital and cheered the long hours he had to lay in bed while the bone on his broken leg was knitting together He gave full credit to pr. Ellis for the excellent surgical work which will permit him to walk again without trouble due to short ened leg and also for the fact it was thru effort of Dr. Ellis that pr. Rich of Tacoma stopped over 2 day end performed the difficult oper- ation of bone grating Speaking Of his trip to Ketchikan on the Cy- gan he was unstinted in his praise of the officers and wives and crew ir their effort to make him forget
 the excruciating pain he was suffer l ing.
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07
Have Record Share
were moved.

Capt. L. c. sunda and two com recently sold a fare Of hai- ibut in Seattle for $1,0S5. which IS probably the most successful trip re- ported this year. This was the rs- suit of q thirteen day trip in 33.S foot beat.
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07
Leviathan be Sold

The United States and American Merchant lines including the Levia- thain, will be advertised for sale next week, the United States ship ping board announced recently.
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07
FAMOUS ROARDNIAII
 USING SET.lA SHBCCG

More than SOO.o0o board feel ot Sitka spruce deck lumber was us l in constructions of tie Ocean l boardwalk, Ocean City, N. !. 1t was 3x4inchcs vertical grain, oloir G9- ish, B. X Better grade.
 Vertical grained West Coast her. lock 2-inch decking has been u=s1 to replace portions of the boarJ- walk at Atlantic City, N. J.
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07

The Deputy Marshal from Idaho moved bag and baggage and extra suit cases to Chet Holm's residence, Fs4n to equipment for which no re- cords~can be shown as being pur- chased by the department of justice were moved.
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07
JAIL DRUNKEN DRIVERS

Drunken drivers of automobiles are to be given no quarter il On tario Attorney General w. II. Price has announced that conviction for being drunk while in charge of a car will mean jail without the option of a fine.
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07

The children of Thomas Austin and Roy Bean who recently came here from Rake were refused ad- mttance to the Petersburg Public Schools by the School Board in | meeting this week. Reason-mis fortune eff it is) to be born Indian.
 hIr. Austin and MT. Bean had both taken their children iii the fifth, sev enth and eighth grades to school and asked Mr. Conrad Bowman, prin cipai of the school to enter them in there grades. He advised them that "tte school was full and that there were no more books" So they could rot be accommodated. The men both members of the Alaska Native Brotherhood at Rake, then request ed Louis F. Paul, president of the Grand Camp of the organization to present the matter to the School Board This was done in the letter which follows
 Mrs. Lee. Chairman
 Petersburg School Board,
 Petersburg, Alaska
 Nv dear Mrs. Lee:-
 The parents of Alice, Lillian an1 Isabel Wilson have asked MT. Bow man to enter those sirls in the grades Of the public school. He al vises that tha grades arc full and that there are no books for any mora pupils
 If such is . fact then any eo- trance in these grades by any other pupil this year is not possible. Or else there is a discrimination agains- the children because of their parent age.
 l call your attention to the fac that the father of these children as aico in the case of Thomas Austin taat they hold receipts for school tax, public moneys which is being eX- pended by the Territory for the maintenance of public schools. Any public money so expended under th } law must be expended without dis crimination regardless of any othec school maintained by the United States government
 In the case ot Petersburg public school I further call your attention that the first Nelson school establish ed was with federal money eXpenI- e4 5y Congress and parents used IA go around to gather Indian children ir order to secure the quota or child- ren required by the law.
The Alaskan., 1928-09-07

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The Washington times., 1928-05-22
MAIsREA(SIE T,fCEtlSYEs

Louis Ii. Brown. IT.. ~. ana velise
warren. 81 The Rev. AutiIa Sayies.s
Alex Dewey murphy rs, ana 1kAtkie
Mae McGilveny. 70. The Rev. Adulla
Sayles.
ralph II. TIbbk Is. and Eitthe
Browne. Is, The Rev. A, +. afuthhla-
ton.
Dinan. Titb rev. w. 1f Hoffman.
,; 5sek p s sIni r. II a s., \
John -. rs COwetls 2se ana Isst Slie p.
Thomas. % The Rev Paul II Norris.
Patif EdWara Elk2eIl. Is. and 1afie
Karez. y, The Hssv. i ~. Ashiis
crime MariS Downs, -. ME kev. ..
z julius ai 81 Mstsllta a. ana Aiskrta Il.
Grower, The Rev. AZ HcEf-
'i Percy wbitby ana rhyll. j.
ClAries III A1Addox jfa ~ ana Jhils
q. WiIlstt 1s The REV. ThCanAs a
Leroy HaWKins q, ana Ethel. Harris,
las V nss u II
b. Poole. The Rev. 81 u otthllS.
]. ~. Keiier. 81 and Eliza ! Glib
son, 81. The Rex *. g. NeSfe
Douglas Shorts zss and MNflUh g.
Brown, 1s The rev. 4. Al. ttlelSy.
5sitFi i.s q. HE nv. 3 wash
y Bud ia Ward. II. ana Elisabeah N.
Regina. 21 The Het. clia6. Mndtf
Conrad Mills. ara fkinlA b.
4 james TsasSs Patterson, ana wiiIIs "a,
shulord & ~ rev. i. 81 scott.
Edward AfapD e.. and Mary ~ Pol
Hard. ~ The ReKs NJ. =. Tdtlkys
The Washington times., 1928-05-22
LAUD
| LIBRARIANS

DIR. william M. Stewart, Direc.
tor OF the United States Census,
was the principal speaker at the
morning session, today OF the Spe-
CiAl Libraries Association Confer
ence. in the Rose Room Of the
Washington Hotel
DIR. Stewart outlined the history
Of the United States Census Bureau,
which began to function in 1890 and
told OF the many phases OF its work.
He praised the work Of the special
librarians, which he said, is inyalU-
able to the nations business, and
suppIementsF somewhat the work OF
the Census Bureau.
DIR. Harold G.. Moulton, Director
OF the Institute of Economics. also
addressed the. convention, Papers
by librarians employed In many dl-
verslfied industries were read:
The afternoon session was devoted
to group sessions Of the Commercial
Technical. Financial, Newspaper
and Insurance groups. :.
Some OF ttlle4 delegates took AN
early morning airplane ride over
the city. Maurice Symonds, Librar-
ian, New York Daily News. spoke
during the breakfast on alpha
netting. Cook Cooke, What Is the
Better Way?'
Representative M. Clyde Kelley.
OF Pennsylvania, will be the princl-
pal speaker DIT the annual dinner
tonight. Miss Margaret Wilmington.
of the Social Service Library, OF
Boston, will be toastmaster.
The convention will close tomor-
row afternoon. following election
of officers.
The Washington times., 1928-05-22
[ITNIs T0P|C
Of NOV|E n

Importance Of women Of the
country converting their efforts to
clean Up corruption III politics was
emphasized By. Mss Janet Richards
st the breakfast Of the Political
study club yesterday at the Ma.
tionai press club. The speaker
declared women have done much
In spots toward attaining clean pol
itics, but that they must get to-
aetlneS III larEie groups to make
their efforts count.
Mrs Wallace Etreeter, first vice
president OF the club. read q his
tory of the ofEanization. She out
lined the growth Of the club from
1899 until the present. During the
war the membership was reduced
to seven women. At present more
than 800 members are enrolled.
w. w. Husband, assistant secre-
fary OF labor, spoke briefly on the
ifnnniarant problem, outlining the
laws iii regard to entry Of aliens.
Former Gov. Clifford Pinchot Of
Pennsylvania, urged the members
to get actively engaged In politics.
Officers elected at meeting Sat
lirday are: Mrs. Frank Morrison,
president: Mrs. Wallace Streater,
first vice president: Mrs. Stanley
Taliaferro. second vice president:
Mrs. Virginia White SpeeI. third
vice president; Mrs. Ernest H.
Daniel, REGARDING secretary; Mrs.
Bruce Baird, corresponding secre-
tary and Mrs. Harry +. Underwood,
treasurer. Directors elected were:
Mrs. LIE Gage Pratt, Mrs. Richard
Whiting and Mrs. Jesse Lee Webb.
Mrs. William Laird Dunlop, jr..
Mrs, w. q. Orfme and Mrs. Fred
Al. Rasch were named alternates.
The Washington times., 1928-05-22
WALTER 4. MILCOx

yValter n. Wilcox. dean of VAST
iiesoia real estate dealers who died
Sunday afternoon at his home. lAz2
Monroe ST. N W.. will BE- inferred
Is Rock creek Cemetery after 9
brief funeral service AZ the family
residence III 3 o'clock this afternoon.
me Rev. George Dudley q y:
sfephen's Episcopal Church VIII
breach tho funeral sermon.
nv. Walcox was rs years Old he
WIS president of the firm of WILCOX,
Hane Company. and was wash
Ton Oldest real estate dealer.
Two sons and two daug htefs sur
vfre him. They are George g.
and walter ID. Wilcox and Mrs
Alargterfte Cooley and Mrs. Howard
Hodgkins
The Washington times., 1928-05-22
AMBER KEA ~

Alexandet Kearney. 5 So erin.
fendenf 81 motive power for the
HT0rfoik and western railway, W1o
diad SUNDAY III Roanoke. Va was
Inferred st MI. Oiivet Cemetery to.
day.
Reauieul mass was said Tor NE,
ryAaFg1ey Yesterday ut St Andrews
CafIoiic Church, BIiegieId w Va,
Re received fatal injuries on Satur:
day when ne was thrown ri side
walk from his horse.
MI. Kearney Was born IA NJ ASH
inptofl. He attended Georgetown
university. and received his first
railroad experience with the Penn.
sVIvania railroad, 1t AltoOnas Pa.
Ie later was associated with the
BaIklmore and Ohio lines as dlyiat
inn nnaster mechanic Ct Pittsburgh,
The Washington times., 1928-05-22
YnHN RRODERICK

John j. Brodericlx, retired police
mar who died Sunday morning q
Ills home At 7O1 Upshtr NJ. ~ W.
WIN be buried Iii Mt. 0liyet Gene.
terry. Thursday morning after funeral
services ia ST. Gabriel's Church as
8 O'Clock.
Mr.. BrOderlcik, who was SO years
Old 81 the time Of his death, was
nakive 81 ireland He became
member of the police force Ia l9ll
ara was assigned To the Elghth
precinct. He retired March q, 1922
while IN duty 1T the Second pre-
cll1ct ne was member Of the
Knights 0f Columbus.
Surviving him are his widow. Mrs
Mary u. Brodericl and five chill
Siren. John, Jeremiah. Michael
kathleen and Mary.
The Washington times., 1928-05-22
DEATHS


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Sisters Of the Poor.
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HOSPITAL.
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HOSPITAL
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Hospital
betty Mann. dayA chlidfen's
Hospital
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HCenitaI.
Ynfant 81 CLAUDE n ana Mary O..
Allen hourn: GeprgetOWn HCspitaL
Infant 81 Muneey and Gladys Brooks.
hour o4e New York Ave IN.
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