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The Alaskan., 1929-07-12
BOOTLEG" SALMON

The salmon season is on. Fish ermen are leaving for seining grounds, such as they are, in the hopes that they will be able to "steal enough salmon this sum- mer to pay their bills
 President Hoover has asked that good citizens help obey the law and to give it more respect. He will help Alaskans to have more respect for the law and it's enforcing officers if he will only make it possible for fishermen to make a living without having to steal it.
 We venture the assertion that 75 per cent of all seine caught salmon are secured illegally With fear and trembling, fisher men are driven into closed areas to get salmon. Such being the only place they may get salmon. Hoping to get thru their set be- fore the arrival of the fshWard- den they work fast and furiously to avoid being caught and com pelled by the courts to pay a fine of -four hundred dollars"
The Alaskan., 1929-07-12
HARD ON MILLS

Under the ruling of the Forest Department, loggers are compel led to log and deliver to mills at the same stumpage rate, cull timber. The wastage at the mills operating on such culled timber is the difference between profit and loss.
 Before this ruling of the de- partment became of force, every saWmill in Alaska was operating at a profit and employing local labor and outftting small log gers with the large operators. Since the department has made the ruling every mill has virtual ly gone under fnancially-heAvy mortgages outstanding or bonds issued to keep from swampirr ? altogether.
The Alaskan., 1929-07-12

with pictures of the illegal oper- ations and names of the crews of other boats for witnesses. A lot of conjecturing on the part of the fishermen was soon set at naught. A telegram Wa sent to superintendent of the cannery telling of the charges. The seine was ordered off the boat and she was laid up and on- ance of the season.
 Yes, it makes a difference who ly used as trap tender the bal violates the laW
The Alaskan., 1929-07-12
PLAY FAVORITES

The Fore estry Department has favored pulp interest in the way of giving preferential rates for timber. So-called pulp in terests have been permitted to bid on billion-feet lots of timber to $1.10 a thousand less than the resident logger.
 Given an even break the resi- dent logger and millman will will do more real development in the long run, without asking any odds than will pampered pulp interests which already have more than their share of natur- al resources.
The Alaskan., 1929-07-12
FLAG PATRIOTISM

We don't go a picayune-sou on the sort of patriotism that has
 to be advertised. This idea of a flag in printers ink at the head of editorial columns to give the idea that the editor is a regular herman patriot is the bunk. It gives us the impression that these flag wayers are really small things doing small things land are using the flag to hide
 their chicanery. There has been
 more dirty work done by these
 self lf-advertised 100 per centers
 than the general public is aware
 of. They imagine that if they
 carry a flag on their inside page
 the average person will take
 them as a tOp-notcher, Yankee
 Doodle fellow who sings Colum-
 bia the Gem of the Ocean and
 Star Spangled Banner in their
 dreams, and who breathe Hail
 Columbia between drinks. Very
 often the cloak of religion is
 used to cover some pretty dirty tricks. There are some who are so mean that they are ashamed to crawl behind any of the church pillars. Anyway, they are too well-known, but they'll come out into the open singing Tramp, Tramp, Tramp and with whole lot of flag stuff think they are pulling a pile of such great pa triotism (while they sing Hail, oail, The Gangs All Here) no one will look farther, and take 'em for what they say they are. If there were war tomorrow. these flag printing "shentlemen" would be the least we'd rely on unless there was graft some where in the conflict. Nine times out of ten these flag publishers are nothing more nor less than cat paws of designing BIG BUS-
The Alaskan., 1929-07-12
LAND OR THE FREE"
Citizenship Plan

In the year 1887, when the number of Indians was approxi- mately the same as now, Con- gress appropriated for our Bu- reau of Indian Affairs $8OO,OOO. Under the plea of improve ments" the sum gradually in creased until 1928, it reached the total of $16, ,421 ,436, with the Bu- reau asking now for $25,O00, 1000 AS NEEDED" before it's work may become "EFFECTIVE."
 The Indians property, all un- der the control of the Bureau is estimated at over $1 ,50O,0OO,0OO of which the Bureau has in con- vertible cash some $9O,OO0,OOO. The Indians are held in legal captivity Gin the Land of the |Free) under the name of wards. their every act subject to some 5000 bureau employees. The bu- reau has it's own private courts and jails. There is no court re- view of the Bureaus conduct ov- CT the Indians person or proper ty.
 Since 1871 the reservation h. dian has had no chance for in tellectual and industrial initia- tive, but from said date his health, his education, and his daily life has been and are di- rected and governed by the Bu- reau.
 Practically since 1887 the Bu- reau has been promising to grad uate the Indian into American life. Congress in 1924 granted unrestricted citizenship to the Indian, but did not repeal the guardianship of the Bureau over the person of the Indian, hence
The Alaskan., 1929-07-12
WAGES

Louisiana passed three acts on the subject of wages. The first Act No. ', made it unlawful for any person to retain more than 10 per cent of any moneys col lected from employees as physi- clans fees, or to pay to the phy- sician employed less than 90 per cent of the amount collected
 rom employees for this purpose. Act No. 47 provided that several employees having claims or Wag- eS against the same employer, which claims arose out of com mon transaction, may assign their claims to any person for the purpose of collection and that such assignment need not be for a valuable consideration. Act No. 115 exempts from gar- IniShment one-half of the wages of all laborers and certain other employees up to $25O per month, but in every case such exemp- tion shall not be less than $75 per month, except for common laborers and domestic servants whose wages shall be entirely exempt.
The Alaskan., 1929-07-12
THE BUREAU IS RESPONSIBLE

The condition of the salmon fisheries of Alaska and the Fras-
 CT River Basin rests solely upon the Bureau of Fisheries.
 The administration of the Bu- reau of Fisheries rests solely up- lon Henry O'Malley under the assertion of his assistant, Mr. Radcliffe. Then the condition of the fisheries in Alaska with re- sultant effect on the Fraser Riv- CT country, is solely the fault of
 Henry O'Malley.
 From a fishery where virtual ly every creek, stream and river with lake headWaters and many without, were salmon streams, a seine crew with what would be a small hand-rig today could 60 out and catch more salmon in one day than can be caught to- day with fine big power boats with seines twice as large as were formerly used.
 The early run of sockeye are destroyed to the point that it is doubtful of it's comeback. The first and second runs of humpbacks are so small that when a few hundred are caught the catch is proudly heralded to
 the world.
 The runs are getting later and later; streams, spawning areas are becoming smaller and small CT. If that be a credit to Henry IO'Malley, then complete de- structiOn is a thing of which he should be proud. The intensive fishing of Am erican areas spells destruction of the Fraser River system. There the officials are more honest in their administration. They face facts and admit them and then Snnk a rnnnndv
 They point to the fact that where sockeye were never |caught after the middle of Aug ust, they are now caught the lat ter part of November and late
 in December and escapement of seed fish becoming less and less.
 The report of the Canadian
 Commissioner of Fisheries is not one bit as rosily pictured as by the American, but it is more honest. And it strikes at the root of the problem-small es- opponents do not insure future large packs regardless of the "hopes" of the administrators.
The Alaskan., 1929-07-12

Deliver us from fear and favor, from mean hopes and cheap pleasures.-StevenSon.
The Alaskan., 1929-07-12
THIS HAPPENED

The Andrew N" owned by the Alaska Consolidated Canneries was caught with it's net set at the mouth of creek, and with a good load of salmon in the set. The fshwarden ordered the net picked up and told the crew of the Andrew to report in at Ket- chikan. The two craft were seen entering port together; the fish ermen told of being caught. The next day the Andrew N. and crew were on their way to the fishing grounds-only a small fine being paid.
 But Private Boat
 Was caught in the same area. In this instance the late William Irvine of Kasaan and crew had set their net several hundred yards above the creek and out side the blight. The tide carried them, in while brailing the fish. They saw the Warden's boat coming but knowing they had done no wrong they did not cut and run. The wardens took the boys to town, charged them with illegal fishing; confscated boat and net and even refused to per- init the crew take the boat out under bond.
 After losing the summers fish ing the crew went to court and were adjudged mot guilty" Still the district attorney held the boat under a separate law, un- til the trial judge ruled that as the principals were adjudged not guilty, it was impossible for an inanimate object to violate the law of itself.
 The Andrew N. corporation boat allowed to go free with slight fine-the Alaskan resident made to lose his summers oper- ations. That is why Alaskans sing praises of the Bureau of Fisheries.
The Alaskan., 1929-07-12

When picking your friends be careful not to pick them too
The Alaskan., 1929-07-12
THE VEGA

The gasboat Vega, Capt. "Da- go Mike" fished for the Chomley cannery all one summer and in that time caught 9O,0OO dogs IN the creek. Toward the end of the season, when the Vegas crew were driving salmon down the stream, report was made of this to the Bureau of Fisheries
The Alaskan., 1929-07-12

Being popular doesn't leave much time for making real friends.
The Alaskan., 1929-07-12

NESS. And over their editorial columns the $$$$$$ would be much more appropriate than the Stars and Stripes. And in fact some would fit in better with stars and bars-mostly bars. A. BARROWS.
The Alaskan., 1929-07-12
SENTENCE SERMONS

If an offense come out of the truth, better it is that the of fense come than that truth be cOncealed.-St. Jerome.
The Alaskan., 1929-07-12
JURY LESS DUMB

Coal Oil Johnny Dore. veter- an Seattle attorney recently said that "The intelligence of the jury is higher than that of the bench. In my opinion, the great est fallacy on earth is that good thinking on all subjects is not being done by the working peo- pie and by persons lacking in scholastic training.
 "The best thinking in the world is being done by those whom the so-called intellectuaIs call ignorant Such thinking is fundamentally sound. ***The intelligence of the jury box is higher than that of the bench. The judge deciding a case is . one-man decision, whereas a jury is thet result of 12 minds"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-02
Big Quantity of Humus
in Soil Most Desirable

One of tie important explanations
of the desirability of having guam
tity of humus or decomposing organic
matter in the soil is found in the ca
pacity of humus for soaking up and
storing water which is thus made
available later for use by growing
plants. Experiments have revealed
that 100 pounds of sand can hold only
% pounds of water, and 100 pounds of
clay soil can hold only half its weight
in water. In contrast, 100 pounds of
decaying organic matter may hold as
much as 100 pounds, or nearly twice
its weight of water. Most soils are
mixtures in varying proportions of
sand, clay, silt. and organic material.
AS rule the greater the proportion
of organic matter contained in the soil
the greater its water-absorptive ca
pacity, and the greater reserves of
moisture it will retain for resistance
to drouthy and hot weather.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-02
Cleaner Fight Game Is
Now Sought by England

A cleanup of British boxing with a
view to cleaner and better sport. is
envisaged by scheme which is to he
considered at meeting of the Brit
ish Boxing Board of Control.
The main points suggested in the
scheme are that disputes will be set
tied by independent men with no H.
nancial interest in boxing. Every par
ticipant must obtain license.
Each section-promoters, boxers.
referees. boxers managers, and train
ers-will nominate their own repre-
sentative TO the board, which will de
eide all rules governing the sport
Championships will be regulated
and approved contracts used by all
promoters.
The objects of the board are, among
other things. to encourage boxing in
the United Kingdom. to raise the
standard and control of professional
boxing. and to act as general board
of appeal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-02
Mediterranean Fly Threat
ems All Fruit in Country.

Housekeepers throughout a large
section of the United States are being
enlisted by the United States govern
ment as inspectors and scouts in the
effort to repel thoroughly dangerous
foreign enemy-the Mediterranean
fruit fiy-which has already invaded
the country.
Fruit from Florida, where the in
festation Of the fruit fly was first dis
covered, has been placed under an
embargo, but only after much fruit
which may have been harboring the
pest, had been shipped to distant
states. Federal authorities urge the
utmost care in inspecting any fruit
imported from Florida.
Except for the watermelon and the
pineapple, all fruits grown in the
United States are vulnerable to the at
tacks of the Mediterranean fruit fly.
The fly is to be found in the form of
small maggots or worms, inside the
pulp of the fruit. When these mag
gots have reached full size or when
they have been working for some
time. the infestation is easily discov-
cred, since they will destroy most of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-02
Disease Is Caused by Certain
Type of Germ Belong
ing to Molds.

"The enlarged Outgrowths or gals
which may now be seen on the coIa
is smut" according to w. E. Brentzsi,
botaniSt and plant pathologist at The
North Dakota Agricultural College.
''This trouble" he says, "is some
what similar to wheat smut although
different in many important respects.
Corn smut never goes to wheat and
wheat smut never goes TO corn. Seed
treatment will control covered smut of
wheat but has no value in the control
of corn smut.
This disease is caused by a GER
tain type of germ belonging to the
class known as moldS These germs
may now be seen as black powder
falling from the corn smut gals. They
pass from one season into the next by
wintering over in old diseased stalks,
sometimes in the soil and may also
live in manure for several months.
During the summer while the corn is
growing the smut germs move about
as dust in the winds and find lodging
on the corn. The funnel-Shaped peck
cts in the tops of corn and the peck
cts at the base of the leaves collect
dust ard water. When the germs or
spores lodge in pockets containing
moisture they begin to grow and in
q short while form the smut ball
which we now see in the corn fields.
Will Grow on Any Part.
Corn smut is not particular about
which part of the plant to grow on.
When the parasite attacks the ears the
grain usually is a total loss. When
other parts of the plants are smutted,
such as the leaves, tassels, silks and
nodes, the amount of loss is hard to
estimate. Often the plants are broken
over, sometimes BY the excessive
weight of the smut gals and some
times by the weakening of parts
where the smut growth comes out. In
one way or another smut is causing
heavy losses in some fields.
Growers have asked whether ST.
lage made from these smutted ears
and stalks will injure cattle. 1t is
very true that these smut gals have
an ugly appearance and some may
hesitate to feed them to fine lot of
cattle. However, so far as is known
corn smut has never caused any dis
vase or ill effects when fed to cattle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-02
Date of Seeding Wheat
and When to Harvest

That the date Of seeding wheat has
little or no effect on the time of har-
vesting Is the conclusion which may
be drawn after looking over the seed
ing and harvesting dates kept for the
past 36 years on plots at the North
Dakota experiment station.
In the years of 1896. 1901, 1905 1920
and 1924 the date of harvest was Au-
gust 10. but the dates for seeding in
those years respectively were May 6.
May 4, April IS, April 26 and April %.
In some instances there was varia-
ton of a month in the date of seeding
while in every instance the date of
harvest came on the same date.
Late seeding of wheat is not advo-
Gated by the station, however, as it is
usually followed by short straw and
lighter crop, taking the weather con-
ditions into consideration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-02
Cattle Grub Expensive
to MANY Cattle Owners

It costs in the neighborhood of $780,
100000 year for cattle owners, dairy
men, feeders, butchers, and tanners to
support the cattle grub, yet this pest
can be destroyed. Either the old
method of hand extraction may be
used, or the newer methods developed
by the United States Department Of
Agriculture. The department advises
the application of Derris as a wash.
ointment, or powder, pyrethrum oint-
ment, fine tobacco powder or nicotine
dust, or the injection of benzol or car
bon tetrachloride. A concentrated
drive on the cattle grub is necessary
to eradicate it from locality. The
pest is becoming more serious, says
the department, owing to the spread
of second species of grub. known as
the northern, or European grub.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-02
Jimmy Dykes Is Games
Most Versatile PLAYER

Jimmy Dykes, third baseman of the
AS, is another athlete whose playing
career holds more than the usual run
of interest to the fans over the coun-
try. He probably is one of the games
most versatile ball players. He can
play any infield position and is a
capable outfielder. In the final game
of the 1927 season, which had found
Dykes playing almost every position,
Mack listened to the pleadings of the
fans and sent Dykes in to pitch the
last inning. He retired the side rum
less and the fans packed him off the
field on their shoulders.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-02
Field Stones Useful in
Walls and FOotings

Concrete foundation walls and foot
ings can be cheapened somewhat with
no injury to the quality of the con-
crete by filling in to some extent with
hard, clean, field stones. This also
offers a means of dispOsing profitably
of what otherwise is more or less of a
nuisance.
The stones should not be piled in
the forms and the concrete worked
down among them, as is sometimes
done; but layer of concrete should
be put in the forms. then stones
dropped in so that they do not touch
the forms or each other. Then an
other layer of concrete and another
layer of stones, and so on. The stones
should be thoroughly water soaked an
hour or so before they are to be used.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-02
Eradicate Barn Flies =
With Creosote Spray

Fleas grow in filth and the first step
in cleaning up place Is to remove
all the dust. straw. manure, etc., from
the barns and haul II out to the fields.
Spray the floors and walls with very
strong solution of creosote. 1t is bet
ter to use this dip in it's original
strength If you can do it. After the
dip has soaked in for day or two
spray again with kerosene. following
that with an application of napthalene
crystals. Be very careful of fire.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-02
Miss Killilea to Keep on
Running Brewer Team

Rumors that Miss Florence Killilea,
baseball's only woman club owner. was
to sell her team, the Milwaukee Brew
ers of the American association. were
shot TO pieces when she stated that
she was not going to quit the game
because her boys were not on the top.
"Sure, will be back next year
even if the Brewers finish the season
in last place." she said. The Mil
waukee team is in sixth place to date.
Miss Killilea inherited the team
from her father, Henry Killilea, who
died last year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-02

in the northern part of Grant or Grin
nell Land to study the meteOrology of
the polar regions. Such station was
established, named Fort Conger and
then the "Proteus" which had brought
them, sailed away. The "Proteus"
was to return the next year, if pos
sible, to carry them away. If not,
another relief expedition would be
sent for them in August, 1883. In
case it should fail, Greely's orders
were to leave Fort Conger not later
than September 1, 1888 and retreat
southwark by boat until the relieving
Vessel is met or Little island is
reached" or until sledge party from
the Little island base was met.
AS a matter of fact the "Proteus''
failed to reach them in August, 1882
But, says the foreword to the book,
'"The first year had not passed dis
agreeably, and it is doubtful if any
one regretted the experience. future
uncertainty thrown into the bargain
The entire party had had the distinc-
ton of spending a winter farther
north than any Arctic explorers had
ever wintered, with the exception of
an English outfit that had wintered
on shipboard Moreover two of their
number Uieutenant Lockwood and
Sergeant Brainard on May Is. 1882
had set new 'Farthest North record
IN, hn at,1,, 81 h.
'That first winter there was wealth
err in which Medford rum froze solid
and the kerosene oil had to be thawed
out before the lamps could be lighted.
At first there had been plenty
to do, and the work was intelligently
organized by the commanding officer
and tackled with zeal by the men.
-. But in few weeks cold and
darkness put an END to practically all
outside work except the instrument
tending near the station. The mo-
notony of the Arctic night produces
strange effects on white men. They
become melancholy, sleepless and very
irritable. Every diversion
twenty-five minds could think of was
tried out and dropped. Checkers are
all the rage now,"s wrote Sergeant
Brainard, the faithful diarist. "But
nothing lasts like long, loud argu-
ments. Today the subject was the
relative merits of the fire departments
of Chicago and New York"
However. "the second winter was
harder to bear than the first" and
ION June II, 1883, Sergeant Brainard
wrote that although 1T is few weeks
too early for relief ship, we cannot
keep our eyes from wandering hope
full, to the SOUTH" But again they
were disappointed and they began the
tragic retreat related by Brainard.
On August 9. 1888, they set out in
small boats through lead" which
had finally formed in the ice after
they had waited for it for several
days. Their course was through Ken
nedy channel, which was filed with
grinding foes of ice upon which
Greelys force camped when there
was no open water through which to
push the boats. Whenever they could
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-02
HOUSEKEEPERS ASKED TO WATCH
FOR DANGEROUS FOREIGN PEST

the pulp. Before that time. any fruit
which is conspicuously soft, or in
which any sort of worms or maggots
are found, is open to suspicion.
Destruction of such fruit is urged
by the government. To make sure of
killing the maggots, the fruit should
be boiled or baked for a long period.
Throwing it into the garbage is the
surest method of giving the maggots
an opportunity to grow and spread.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-08-02
Hogging Off Corn

Hogging-off standing corn is com
mon practice in some localities. Pigs
grown on limited rations of grain are
more suitable for this purpose than
those that have been full fed from
the weaving age. as they are more ac-
tive and not so nearly finished for
market. In fact, March narrowed pigs
tnat are full fed are close 10 market
condition by the time new corn Is
available. SO are fed almost entirely
on the old crop of gram.