Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-04-11

way.
Today there are more boats
within the confines of Seattle than
in any other city in the country.
"In 1888 Seattle had 2O,O77
numbered or registered boats ac-
cOrding to Coast Guard releases"
says Jules. my March 1919, the
figure was 1881 or an increase
of 143 per cent and though the
1850 figures have not been COM
piled yet, it is believed that the
total will exceed the $4,000 mark.
This would mean an increase of
$50 per cent. The fishing fleet is
the most contributing factor in
this increase"
One reason for the continuing
growth of the fishing fleet, Jules
believes, is the changes taking
place in Alaska fishing regulations
with curtailments in various forms
affecting fishing areas and me-
thods and time elements. The re-
action to this seems to warrant
the necessity of additional power
ed boats. A new regulation which
most decidedly substantiates this
fact is the Fish and Wild Lies
decision on long-depated subject:
powered boats in Bristol Bay
SailbOat Fleet to Disappear
Far many years between 1000
$500 gillnet boats have been
operating in Bristol Bay, the only
power allowed being sail. How
ever, as of January l, 1851 this
picturesque sailboat fleet Will
gradually be replaced by powered
boats not to exceed 80 feet in
length, which to the fishermen
operating the boats will be a well
come stride of progress
Much Shorter Season
AS the fleet is growing larger
and becoming more modernized
the fishing season is getting short
er. Jules, who spent many years in
Alaska salmon fishing, remembers
when the fishing season lasted
seven to ten months. Today, how
ever, because CT air transportation
and streamlined fishing methods,
modern equipment and improved
fishing regulations the season has
been cut to Z, to months.
Once Alaska salmon fishing gets
in your blood the call of the north
can be felt as keenly among thous-
ands of fishermen as spring
fever, says Jules, no longer di
rectly connected with the Alaska
fishing industry.
When he first came to Seattle in
1928 he went to Alaska on one of
the then last remaining square
rugged sailing ships. At the time
there was no engine of any type on
board, not even a generator for
electric lights, nor radio or navi-
cation aids other than the usual
compass and seXtant. Since that
time Jules was chief engineer and
skipper of canery boats until in
1915, when he opened his own
business as Pacific Northwest and
Alaska distributor for the Gray
Marine Motor Co as well as for
other allied lines to his marine
equipment business. Born in Ales-
und, Norway As years ago, he
was busily engaged with procure
ments for the L. S. Nays am
phibious program for the Euro
pean and Pacific fleets during
the war.
Jules. member of several Nor
wegain organizations and we'll
known in Seattle's Morse colony.
may rejoice over the fleet in the
Northwest, but he acquired his
own 25-foot private cruiser in
Finland. where he visited IN 194s
with Mrs. Jules. their daughter,
Marlene, and Mrs. Jules mother,
Mrs. Edla Marander, during an
extensive tour of Scandinavia. He
had it shipped over here for only
5000, taking seven weeks in all.
Yet it costs at least $3.50 to have
a similar boat transported from