The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-08

scheduled to travel on the motor ship Northland arriving here Jan uary 30. This vessel will also be available for them on the later date.
 Opposing Halibut Treaty
 Assistance of the Chamber in protesting against ratification by the United States of the proposed new halibut treaty with Canada was sought by the Fishing Vessel Owners Association, representing American fishermen of the north Pacific waters. The proposals of the convention to empower the Inter national Fisheries Commission to make and enforce regulations, and to advance the annual close season from November Is to November 1, were said to be objectionable. The Legislative Committee, H. L. Faulk- ner, Chairman, reported briefly on the matter and was given another week to investigate and report at next weeks meeting.
 MT. Faulkner also reported prog ress on the Capitol Park project He has been in communication with the Board of Missions of the Meth odist Episcopal Church relative to it's property here and expected to receive something definite from it in the near future. The Commit tee. MT. Faulkner said, is obtain ing tentative figures on property values so that the approximate cost of the entire park project can be estimated. It is proposed to cre- ate a park out of the block across from the capitol on Fourth Street.
 Air Mail Situation
 Two directly opposing views are entertained by United States postal authorities relative to air mall routes between Alaska and the States, declared R. E. Robertson, While in Seattle recently he was informed by officials of the Alas ka Washington Airways that Super intendent Vandervoort of the Rail- way Mail Service favored an Alas ka route between Minneapolis and across Canada to interior Alaska. Postmaster Perkins of Seattle, is supporting the route from Se- attle through Southeast Alaska to the westward.
 The latter contends that a large percentage of mail for Alaskan points originates in Seattle and other Pacific Coast centers. At present, in his opinion, there is sufficient mail traffic to justify tri-weekly air mail service for sev- en months each year mad a weekly service for the other five months MT. Robertson was instructed to draft a resolution favoring the Seattle Southeast Alaska route for presentation to the Chamber next week.
 Renew Rural Route Effort
 At the suggestion of c. T. Gard her, the Chamber will renew it's eff fort to obtain the establishment Of a rural mail route for Glacier Highway. There are some 300 peo- pie residing on the highway who would be served by such route and industrial development there is such as to justify its establish ment, he said.
 The Chamber has presented this matter to Postal authorities for several years and has been turned down twice by the department.
 MT. Gardner also asked the Chamber to ask for a light to be installed at the transmission line towers between Juneau and Doug las. There are many small boats using the waters there, he said, some of them during the night hours, and navigation is dangerous at low water stages.
 O'Malley Explains Rule
 The Bureau of Fisheries regula- ton prohibiting the use of wire spillers in fish traps, against which Ketchikan has entered a protest, was explained to the Chamber in a telegram from Commissioner O'Malley as follows:
 Regulation proh b ing wire spillers necessary to avoid destruc- ton of salmon between outer wire and inner web in this type of ap- paratus. Many dead fish are seen and large numbers are bruised and scared. This would constitute wan ton waste. Bureau would not ob- ject to use of wire outer walls of spillers for protective purposes but wire bottom not advisable because of wastage of salmon. Trap opera tors should realize also that cost of wire spillers comparable with web when consideration is giver the fact that good grade of wet lasts two or three years while wire must be replaced each season"
 At the suggestion of Henry Roden, the Commissioner telegram was forwarded to Ketchikan for re- mark. The local Chamber has beer asked by the Ketchikan organiza- tion to join it's protest.
 Urges Prompt Response