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of fish stories to tell which were un'
queStionably factual. The best one wa.
about the commotion that he and hi!
assistants spotted on the edge of The
net containing several hundred walleyes
Pulling up the side of the net they
found a giant northern, his teeth
fastened into a foot-long pike. The
pike was on the inside and the hungry
northern on the outside, with the
former at that moment having the best
chance of retaining his position.
AS the men attempted to swing the
big fish into the net, he let loose and
fell back into the lake, free fish.
Water from Everett lake drains into
Twin lakes through a small stream
several hundred feet in length. A trap
has been placed in the river and as
the fish swim up to spawn they have
little difficulty finding the only open
ing, which is about three inches in
width, but never attempt to return to
freedom through the same aperture
They are lifted from the trap with
dip nets and taken TO the stripping
table where the eggs are removed from
the female by gently sliding the thumb
down the belly of the fish and then
fertilized by the male The fish are
tagged with a metal strip placed in
the lower jaw and part are returned
TO Everett lake and part to Twin lakes.
This stripping operation has no
harmful effects on the fish, Mr. Cook
emphasized. An occasional fish may
die, but that is also the case when they
spawn by natural methods he stated
In discussing this he said that the
number of fish obtained from spawn
Matched by artificial methods was many
times greater than the average num-
Der that nature produces.
In the case Of this particular To-
cation, he said, a heavy rain would
wash the spawn from the river into the
lake and cover good share of it with
mud, most Of it being lost. Bottom
feeding fish, too, would take their toll
as they followed the pike up the stream
Then few of the spawning fish
would die at the spot, and others would
become wedged in between rocks to die,
he said. But people who would catch
them illegally as they come into the
river would take the largest toll, prac-
tice that has been common at various
times in past years.
After the eggs are taken and fer
tilted, they are placed in muck. This
keeps them from sticking together
since they tend TO be adhesive Then
they are washed, whereupon they be-
come Water-hardened and will not
collect in punches.
Following this they are placed on
moist cloth-covered shipping trays,
packed in ice to keep them cool and
shipped to the federal hatchery at
Duluth
The spawn is placed in Matching lars,
kept constantly in motion by running
water SO that they will not collect in
a bunch and smother and in from IS to
IS days they will be minute but full
fledged wall-eyed pike.
A healthy fish always comes out of
the egg tail first, Mr.. Cook explained.
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100000 Future Pike
Taken at Stripping Site

this observer one iota as much as the
!, 400 squirming, splaShing beauties that
the fish propagation expert hauled to
the surface in large net where they
were being kept until work started next
day.
Figures compiled up to Friday night
showed that 989 female fish had been
taken and 2007 males, or total of
1896. CThe percentage of males to fe-
males always runs about two to one, an
unexplainable phenomenon, Mr.. Cook
SaiO. OF this number, stripping oper-
ations had been performed on 673 fe-
males and 637 males. Small fish are
not used.
All of the fish are being tagged as
was the case at the same site a year
ago. So far 90 tagged in 1898 had been
retaken, providing some interesting
comparisons.
Fish No. 3648, a male, was Is inches
long in the spring of 1898 and 1872
inches at the present time, and had
resided during the past year
in the Everett-Twin lakes territory.
Fish No. 1898, female. had grown
two inches, from 20 to %, in a years
time Fish No. 1880, a male, had re-
manned 16 inches long during that
period.
Fish No. 1868, a female, was taken as
operations started this year, and then
liberated in Twin lakes. Evidently she
still felt the call of nature, even though
her eggs had been taken, and returned
to the spawning grounds where she was
caught again
Incidentally, Mr.. Cook had a couple
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-11
Mine Statistics for 1888
Listed by County Inspector

slightly higher in the rating owing to
the shortness in the season:
General labor $50; miners, company
account TAB; miners, contract account,
.901; motormen TIA; pump and pipe
men .716; shift bosses 912; timbermen,
company account .765; timbermen, con-
tract account .795; TRAINERS, company
account .684; average earnings of all
labor including vacation wages and ex-
cess overtime was 825 on basic 8-hour
day.
Inspector Smiths report also gives the
shipments from mines, number of cubic
yards stripping removed and number of
men employed, also the number Of
months in the year operated and
months the men were employed. He
shows that the Pioneer mine shipped
422 ,912 tons during the year, employed
229 men underground and 936 on sur
face for period of II months.
The Sibley shipped 127,837 tons and
employed total of 1921 for II months.
The Zenith shipped 225,867 tons and
employed a total of LAG for twelve
months. The Chandler shipped 1888
tons and worked II men during u
months.
One of the fatal accidents occurred
at the Sibley mine here on October IL,
when Nick Evanoff, who with his
partner, Edward Richards was lower
ing a ladder between subs. Evanoff
was on the upper end of the ladder
when it suddenly fell after being
lowered slowly followed few seconds
later by Evanoff.
Non-fatal accidents in the mines OF
this city were those Of Daniel P. Nc
Loughlin at the Zenith bore hole on
March 81; Carl Johnson at the Chandler
on April II; Eric w. Peterson at the
Chandler on August u, and Western
Maxi at the Sibley on December Il.
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The annual report of Ed Smith OF
Eveleth, mine inspector for st. Louis
county, has been received. The report
is for 1898 and contains much interest
ing information.
Mr.. Smith in his report states that
38 mines are operated in the county and
iii not operated, a total of 200 mines
in the county.
He states that there are / ,441 men
employed underground in the mines;
805 in open pit mining; 467 in stripping
operations and 976 on surface work,
making a total of 3,773 men employed
The report shows that 3,030,251 tons
of ore were shipped from underground
properties during the year and 7,766, 500
from open pits, or 1O.796,76O tons from
both underground and open pits.
Two fatal accidents happened in
underground mines and two in open
pits, which broken down, means that
LOG was the number of fatal accidents
per 1000 men employed. Serious nom
fatal accidents numbered Is.
The report also presents a history of
mining of much interest. 1t discloses
that in the fiscal years of 1905 to 1906
there were 1888 men employed and
that the years of 1910-1911 was the
banner year of mining in the county
insofar as employment was concerned
when 1881 men were on the list.
Fatal accidents in the first named year
numbered SO and was the high fatal
year with a percentage of TAB per
1000 men employed.
Men employed and fatalities decreased
constantly from 1905 to the present
Gay owing to safety measures adopted
by the mining interests until last year
the percentage of fatalities had dropped
to LOS as stated.
According to the report Of Mr.. Smith
the average wage in the mines of St.
Louis county in 1888 was 1926 per hour,
which included all employees of the
mines as follows for underground work.
the open pit and surface employees being
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-11
DriUer Watches Rear
Wheel Go Past Him.

Welcome-You drivers of model AS
may think you know all about the breed
but take it from Louie Weterkamp, you
amt seen nothin' until a rear wheel (off
your own ForO starts beating your
time. Then, says Louie, look out. 1t
happened at shutdown one evening re-
Gently. All of a sudden, Bang and the
afterdeck of the Ford gave a sharp list
to Starboard. He looked out Of the
window just in time to see the rear
wheel go past, take the ditch, spin
across barbed wire fence and stop in
the field The car remained unhurt
and after Louie fixed the runaway part
he drove on home.
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Experience has shown, he said, that a
fish emerging head first is apt to be a
weakling.
Cannibalistic in nature, the fry will
eat each other unless they are planted
in lakes before many days have passed.
A certain percentage of the fry will
be returned to the lakes from which the
spawn was taken to maintain fish life
The U. S. forest service is working
in cooperation with the hatchery on
the project. This is the second year it
has been carried on here. Mr. Cook
has been employed in fish management
work since 1908, and has been % years
in Duluth
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-05-11
FarelOeH Party GiUen
for EdlUdrd McGiUern.

Thirty friends of Ed. McGivern ten
dered him a stag farewell party at the
Community Center on Saturday even
ing. Mr.. and Mrs McGivern left the
following day for NiSswa where they
will make their home and conduct a
summer resort.
Many addresses. small gifts by indi-
viduals present and gift as the offer
ing Of the party enmaSSe were presented
to Mr.. McGivern who acknowledged the
momentoS in few well chosen words.
finery in the world, and other Standard
refineries make gasoline, motor oil,
kerosene and altogether 1000 products
from petroleum and more than 5000
dealers, independent Of the company.
serve nearly 100000 motorists in 10
states.
mo company can exist after so years
without public confidence in its pro-
ducts, its policies and its ability 70
serve its customers, not only yesterday
and today but tomorrow" said Mr..
Lindy.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-09-15
LOOK and LEARN
By A. G. Gordon

l. Which bone in the human
body is the clavicle?
2. What monarch of ancient
times had his name applied as a
nickname for very rich man?
3. How many ciphers are there
in one trillion?
a. What are the young of pigeons
called?
5. What country produces more
than 40 percent of the worlds ex-
ports of tea?
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Decentralized by War
cleveland Plain Dealer)

cleveland Plain Dealer
War conditions often give unexpected impetus
to social changes Sometimes the result is evil, help
ing reactonary rather than liberal processes. Some
times the ultimate outcome is desirable. Thus his
torans have generally agreed that the amalgamaton
of scores of the minute states and municipalities of
Europe in the Napoleonic wholesome pro-
cess in spite of the slaughter and destruction which
accompanied it.
A current example may be the exodus of large
parts of the civilian population from London, Paris
and other major European cities This of course is
primarily a defense measure against wars newest
horror aerial bombardment. But who can say what
the ultimate result may be- particularly if the war is
long continued?
From London it is reported some 100000 children
have been distributed through rural England Another
very large number have left Paris Presumably they
will be blleted in western France
These children are expected to return to their
be? 1t inevitable that conditions continue,
industry and commerce in all the nations involved
may be forced to adopt a similar scattering.
Is war then to achieve that decentralization of
urban population which long has been urged by many
social reformers? The idea is not at all fantastic.
English and French parents whose hearts are torn
at this separation from their children not likely
to see much to praise in this breaking up of family
life, however patiently they endure it, as war-born
necessity. They may cry bitterly that the last
took away their grown sons while this reaches into
the very cradle. But if the parents, and their jobs,
should eventually follow great many of these chill
dren the permanent effect upon the social and indus
trial life of the nation may very well be advantageous.
War may thus have produced unexpected but de-
srable by-product.
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WAR GUILT

Publication of the full exchange of messages be-
tween the British and German Governments from
August % and the terrible events of the last few days
preceding declaration of by Britain and France
only serve to make clearer than ever that the sole
responsibility for the present catastrophe the
shoulders of man-Adof Hitler
If this correspondence is published in Germany
especially if more likely, the German end
of the correspondence alone is published there-no
doubt millions of Germans, with no outside sources
of information may continue to think that Hitler's
justified They do so only if their
memories forgotten the events of the last few
years and wiped out the trail of broken pledges that
Hitler left behind him in his series of diplomatic
advances
The correspondence reveals an ever patient and
persistent Chamberlain, sezing upon every hope of
pacific adjustment, and Hitler finally determined
to carryAh threats the point of actual war and
STOPPING to depths of brazen mendacity for the
effect upon his people So reasonable and patient
the messages of Chamberlain and of the British
Ambassador that Hitler driven to pretend that
it vital for Germany that the questions at issue
should be settled not merely in a matter of weeks or
days, but of hours. To make this pretext look
anything but ridiculous he cooly invented killings"
and "barbaric actions of maltreatment" (of the Ger
population in Poland) which cry to heaven"
1t precisely the technique adopted in alleging
Czech prosecutions a year before.
The only message from the German Government
that is written in a tone of reason-though it still
demanded return of Danzig and German corridor
through the Corridors the proposed sixteen point
settlement of the Polish question which the German
Foreign Minister read to the British Ambassador at
top speed at midnight August 30 1t is entirely
obvious that this offer" intended for seri-
Gus two-sided discussion, but merely framed a
propaganda document for the benefit of a German
people already plunged into When the British
Ambassador hearing it for the first time asked for
the text he told that it already too late,
a Polish plenpotentiary had not arrived in Berlin by
that midnight as had been demanded by the German
Government.
This demand had been handed to the British AM
bassador only the evening before. The British, in
their two days previously august 28) had already
informed the German Government that they had re
ceved definite assurance from the Polish Government
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hat they are prepared to enter into discussions The
German Government could then have sent for the
Polish Ambassador but it demanded instead that
within "a hours after its note to the British (Which
made no mention of the later announced 16 points the
Poles send an emissary empowered not only to discuss
but to conduct and conclude negotiations No doubt
if the Poles had been willing able to comply, this
emssary would have been treated Schuschnigg and
others had been before him. This technique could
not be used on Ambassador, and Hitler appar-
emily had little hope that he could work it again in
lnv case for he set a time schedule with which it
was virtually impossible for the British or Poles to
comply.
one internal evidence of the fraudulent character
Of the whole German negotiations is significant In
the 16-point proposal Hitler and Won Ribbentrop de-
clare their willingness to wait long as IL months
in fact insist on at least that periodbefore the peb
settle to settle the fate of the Corridor. Yet in their
messages to the British they declare that it is impos-
sibe to wait than two days for the arrival of the
Polish negotiator they had demanded
Even after Hitler had launched his attack on
Poland and bombarded open towns the British and
French held off from announcing state of war for
two days, advising the German Government that If
it would agree to withdraw its forces Great Britain
would be willing to regard the position as being the
same as it was before the German forces crossed the
frontier and would be open to discussion on the mat
tiers between the German and Polish Governments.
This time the record could hardly be clearer than
it is
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-09-15
The Coming of Lothian
New York Times


Lord Lothian, sometime Philip Kerr, yesterday
presented to President Roosevelt his credentials
Ambassador from Britain's Crown-"and type of all
her race" He long since presented his credentials
friend to the United States, with whose topography
of mountain and plain he is familiar from coast to
coast and with whose people he is acquainted in all
walks of life and labor. No Briton could have more
cordial reception coming at this moment He
at the heart of things in the period of the World War
secretary to Lloyd George, and he has widened his
horizons to include all that is human His Round
Table" to be the round earth He has been for
years secretary of the Rhodes Trust thus being in
touch with young of greatest promise in the
English-Speaking world But he has also established
workngmen's college of the estates to which
he had fallen heir And for all his titles and estates
he is still Philip Kerr the Liberal who is invited by
Conservative Government to represent Britains
far-ung democracy in land where as always "cities
and States in their infinite variety remain laboratories
of democratic activity brilliant writer and speaker
whose political saint is Abraham Lincoln, he will be
cordially received by the America which accepts with
confident hopes his credentials
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-09-15
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
OF ADMINISTRATORS

ALL CONCERNED ARE HEREBY
NOTIFIED that ALASKA PERSON
AL SERVICE AGENTS, a corpora
ton, was appointed administrator of
the estate of Harry Vesa on the 22nd
day of August, 1889, by the United
States Commissioner and ex-officio
Probate Judge for the Unga, Alaska,
Commissioners Precinct. #
All persons having claims against
said estate are hereby required to
present the same, with proper vouch-
ers, within six go months from the
date hereof, to the undersigned at
its office, 202 Seward Building, Ju-
neau, Alaska.
Dated at Unga, Alaska, the 25th
day of August, 1899.
ALASKA PERSONAL SERVICE
AGENTS,
BY r. E. ROBERTSON.
It's President,
Administrator y
Publication dates, Aug. IS, Sept. -
BIS, 1889.
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Horoscope,
The stars incline
but do not compel
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 1e

SAL OftlJA1, O6E EsMDGrb 10
Astrologers read this as an unim-
portant day in planetary direction
/ Adverse aspects are active, especi-
ally early in the morning. 1t is vel
to finish all that has been postponed
Depend upon personal exertions
rather than upon delegated accom-
plisfments. Labor is likely to be diff
ficult to guide. The stars bode Ill
for industrial peace and the winter
may bring violence among strikers
and unemployed.
Heart and Home. Irritability
should be overcome for quarrels may
be precipitated easily under this
configuration. There may be an in
clination for members of a family
to dictate to one another Tact will
be needed under this sway. Avoid
asking favors. Borrowers will be
particularly unlucky today
Business Affairs-Fall trade
should flourish next week. This is a
day when it will be wise to seek re-
creation. Secrecy and false repre-
sensations may be expected, as evil
omens seem to guide certain tran
sactions. The cautious will not sign
any papers today. Letters may cause
trouble.
National Issues. = Opposition to
President Roosevelt may crystalline
in an unexpected way, but the stars
indicate his continued power to lead
majority of the people. Relief
measures will assume new impor-
lance next month. Danger of upris-
ings and riots is foretold. Reluctance
to pay monthly accounts may be
widespread and may retard BUSH
ness.
International Affairs.-RuSsia has
promising aspects that seem to pres
age success in any conflict with
neighboring nations. Saturn and
Mars are in positions that bode i'll
for Japan in the final settlement of
Oriental troubles. Saturn, stationary
on Hltler's Sun, may cause changes
in the policies planned by the Ger
man dictator, but surprise moves are
indicated. Goering is likely to cause
trouble before winter.
Persons whose birthdate it is have
the augury of year of moderate
good fortune. They should guard
against deception. Much sharp prac-
tice will distinguish autumn tran
sactionS.
Children born on this day prob
ably will be intuitive and magnetic,
clever and temperamental. Many OF
these Virgo subjects are dreamy
| and impractical.
Copyright, 1880
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-09-15
Canadian proiiieers
Face Heavyp Penalties

HAMILTON, Ont. Sept. 15.-Con-
troller B. W. Hopkins. declares that
Canada will have won its first major
battle in the war with Germany
when its first food profiteer is con-
victed and sentenced.
Hopkins issued his warning on
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-09-15
On YEARS AGO
~ From THE EMpYAx
SEPTEMBER Is, 1919

SEPTEMBER Is, 1919
Navigation was soon to close fol
the Interior as the last boat was
scheduled to leave Dawson for Fair
banks on the 23rd, according to Post
master z. M. Bradford.
An excellent program had beer
arranged for the Alaska orphan
benefit to be given at the Coliseum
Theatre, to be followed by a jitney
dance at the Elks Hall.
C. B. Dawson, president of the
Deep Sea Salvage Company, was in
the city and reported the salvage
crew had arrived at the scene OF
the Sophia wreck.
B. l.. Heintzleman of the Forest
ry Service, arrived in Juneau and
was at the Gastineau Hotel.
P. M. Berg recently returned from
the army and was staying at the
Alaskan Hotel.
Harry F.. Morton, superintendent
of the Pioneers Home at Sitka, ar
rived in Juneau on the Taku and
was at the GaStineau.
NJ S. Steeley, one Juneauite to
serve with the 91st Division in
France, Belgium and ON the Ger
man frontier, returned on the Primo
ess Alice.
To commemorate Const t u ii n
Day, public exercises were to be held
in the auditorium of the school
house and besides the address which
was to have been given by j. H. Cobb
an American flag was to be pre-
sented the school by the Masonic
Bodies of Gastineau Channel.
Weather: Highest SO; lowest So;
clear.
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food profiteering during meeting
of the Board of Control.
The penalty for food profiteering
carries a $4,000 fine or two years
Imprisonment.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-09-15
DAILY LESSONS
IN ENGLISH
BY w. L. Gordon

Words Often Misused: Shot and
shots are both plural forms, accord
ing to context. Say, He held a
handful of shot," and Several shots
(discharges) were heard"
Often Mispronounced: Kept. Pro-
nounce the t, not KEEP.
Often Misspelled Porcelain. OBJ
serve the e, but no final e.
Synonyms: Incorrect, inaccurate,
erroneous, untrue.
Word Study. Use a word three
times and it is yours" Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word ::
Domination; exercise of power in
ruling; absolute authority 1.-The
strong held the weak under the
domination of force and fear"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-09-15
eHapty
Birthday

The Empire extends eonsratuia-
lions and BEST tcishes t'day, fhea
birthday anniOe.s-.y, to thu Tos-
iotoing:
SEPTEMBER IS
Gudmen Jensen
Wallis S. George
A. Van Mavern
Leon Constantine
Kenneth Waterhouse
Glenn H. Neitzert
Edward Bowden Jr.
Anard Linquist
Roy Thomas
Mrs r. w. Marshall
Mrs Trevor M. Davis
Colleen Magorty