The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-10
o = MANY SUBJECTS ! ARE AIRED BY 6. OF c. GUESTS
Sawyer O'Malley and Others Speak at Meet
 ing of Local Chamber

Fisheries, reinocer, the Interna- tional Highway, angora rabbits. and several other subjects were dis cussed before the Chamber ot Commerce at today's meeting by several out of town guests.
 These include Commissioner Hen- ry OMalley, of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, Ernest Walker Sawyer, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Interior; c. E. Rose, field representative of the United States Chamber of Commerce, J. J. Underwood, Washington represen- tative of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce; Earl L. Bernier, of Bel lingham. and Rev. P. E. Bauer of Douglas. Other guests were Ed |gar R. Bean, night editor osA the New York News, and Mrs Bean, staff writer for the New York Sun and Mrs. Sawyer.
 Fair Season Hoped For
 Commissioner O'Malley reviewed briefly the present conditions in the salmon fisheries industry. He called attention to the operation of Jap anese vessels off the Bristol Bay region and said that it was not unlikely they would intercept the red salmon run to that district and curtail the pack, which is already menaced by light runs.
 The Japanese vessels. which for a time were 20 miles off the coast, have moved closer and are now but Il miles out, and in position that makes 1t possible to take sal- mon, with the proper kind of gear. So far they are known to have taken only crabs, cod and halibut.
 The light red runs for the dis trict were not unforeseen for this year. The 1925 runs were prac- tically failure in certain areas indicating a lack of fish this year. Some of the packers still are hope full, believing the runs are late.
 Cook Inlet has had fair runs. Copper River had good red pack, but the rest of Prince William Bound has been poor. A fair run is in progress in Icy Strait and Cross Sound, and indications for South east Alaska as a whole point to a fair season.
 May Get Convention
 IA movement has been launched to bring the annual convention of the western division of the United States Chamber of Commerce to Southeast Alaska, Mir. Rose told the Chamber. A floating convention has been tentatively suggested. As 1t would bring from 400 to 600 delegates, two ships would be re- quired.
 The 1930 convention will be held in Portland. December 8-9. and ar- will be made there for next years gathering.
 MT. Rose explained briefly the service offered to the member bod les by the National Chamber and urged the local organization to take full advantage of it.
 Expansion of Industry
 Expansion of the reindeer indus try through q contact with the General Food Corporation of Amer ica, was forecast by MT. Sawyer, part of whose work here this sum- mer will be to investigate the in- dustry generally. There are now about 100000 deer in western and northwestern Alaska. Twenty per cent of these are owned by Lomen interests. who have expended sums incidental to herding, packing and marketing. So far, he added, they have not been able to earn any profits on their undertakings. s Some 8O0,000 deer are owned by about 2,5o0 other growers. The annual increase Is large. It is planned to market this increase.