The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-13
THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUGUST B, 1936

I,gle between the Outside Union and ithe resident union, known as the lsUnited Fisermen of Alaska Off cers of the latter organization claim fthat the Outside Union is striving to enroll as many as possible of the resident members so as to break the resident union and thus ! control the Bristol Bay fishing to prevent the residents becoming strong enough to dominate the sit uation and gradually exclude the outsiders altogether.
 Using IndtdnS
 Another interesting factor in the labor situation was the experiment this year with a number of South east Alaska Indian gill net fisher men. Through arrangements made by the Alaska Native Brotherhood, the Bureau of Indian Affairs ob- tained jobs for twelve Indians, four from Wrangell, four from Juneau and four from Douglas. It was planned, if the showing this year justified, to endeavor to place a larger number next year Unfor- tunately those from Juneau fished at Nushagak, where this years run was exceptionally poor.
 The average earnings of all the fishermen in Boring Sea, however, exceeded the records of all past years, although they varied for the different sections. The fishermen m the Nushagak area as stated above, were the unfortunate ones, not making expenses. The run there was so poor that the Bureau of Fisheries closed the district when the season was half over, to per init what few fish there were to get through to spawn. The high boat" in this area was only 1000 fish (about $4O0 per man), while the average was less than half as much.
 Make About $1 ,000
 The run in the Egigik river was only fair, the fishermen making about $1000. In the Naknek dis trict it was a little better, show ing about $1250 average. The best fishing was in the Kvichak, where the average was above $500.
 Individual high boat for the whole Boring Sea again goes to Ivor Ivor- sen and his partner, fishing for the Libby cannery at Graveyard Creek. Ivorsen has been high for so many years that it is almost taken for granted that he will lead the procession; this year his boat piled up total of nearly 48000 fish-which is lot of fish to pull out of net one by one and throw on tally scow the same way, in the 1912 days actually devoted to fish ing. It figures close to 200 tons of fish.
 Highest Average
 The highest average earnings was made at the Atlantic and Pacific cannery at Squaw Creek. The res ident fishermen averaged 31000 fish Cabout $2,000) and the Outsiders averaged 34,000 In this cannery the sixty boats were equally divid- ed between outside fishermen and residents, so that the outsiders pay off with about $3,OOO apiece, figuring the $500 to $700 they get from their union for the "one- third" earnings of the residents.
 Death Takes Hand
 There is always a note of sad ness, when the totals are figured up each year for Bristol Bay, for death always takes a hand. The men waiting around the bunk houses before the season starts al- ways talk of this, remembering back a dozen years ago when more than 30 men were drowned.
 On opening day this year a man fell off tally scow at Coffee Creek and was drowned, and by radio and every other means of communica- tion the word had spread to every man in the fleet within "A hours. Starting early this year, the men would say to each other, q wonder who will be next" But the remainder of the season was singu- larly free from such d disaste ITS, though several other deaths did oc- cur.
 Tragic Ending
 There was one veteran fisherman