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OLD GLORY" .
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FOOD WINS THE WAR j
DON'T WASTE IT j
SALMON
Scientists tell us that there are
9,000 different kinds of fish in the
aeas. Alaska hag some of the best
o* 'he«e. An authority on Alaska
fish says that the varieties here
iinmDer over a .hundred.
O' all the fish, of Alaska's water
ther« is none so well known outside
•»» the salmon. The labels on the
s-Umon cans, as well as their cou
'tnt* have helped the people to
w this fish very yell.
The salmon is the kin? x of all
fish. 1; is ou^ of the handsomest
*rd at the same time the pleasant•
est for food. There are five kinds
of salmon; these are the coho,
sockeye, turnback and dog- sul
DCn.
The Quinault is called the King
salmon in Alaska .Chinook in the
Columoia River, and Spring in the
Frazer. The red salmon is known
iu Alaska as the sockeye, and on
thj Columbia river as the blue- j
back; the silver salmon is ofen
ca'led coho, and the plump silvery
do?.-selmoa is sometimes kuown
ai the calico salmon.
Salmon do not go in schools as
tho herring, out they go in email
par'ies, one group after another.
When they get fat and strong, they
Jgave *he sea and go to thee rivtrs
iu which they were born. They do
not feel hungry or want to eat, be
cause 'hey have eaten enough in
the gea.
From May until October the sal
mon »wim in great numbers on thei
wav to the spawning grounds.
Where the water is pure and the
">'»y is open the supply of salmon '
is wonderful. In the rivers of Al
aska when the salmon go up from !
the galmon can make his way in
such numbers that they actually l<
MM fhe channels. Rex Beach in j'
a romance calls this "The Silver1
Mord#."- (
I* the course is wide and deep
the* jwim up a river easily. Not
m-iuy fish can swim up rocks, but]1
the salmon ca nmake his way in '
leaps and hounds. A waterfall 1
may be six or *en feet high, and !
they will jump out of the water and J
make it in a single bound. '
When, they reach a nice sheltered
pool in the river, they rest dur* 5
log the day and travel mostly at !
•ul0h,\ But when they stay long 1
iu to rNer. 'hey begin to chanjre '
to a dark red. patched with orange '
and dart spots. They begin to get *
thinner, and become wide. Some- 1
times they have fights and many *
get killed in the battle. When the '
battle is oveT the female makes her *
neat and lays her eggs.
The salmon lavs about 900 or a '
thousand eggs a day. When the
«gs h«ve been laid, they help
one another cover them carefully i ^
ovi-r with gravel. The little sal- ! a
ja- a are about one and one half
i
THl GRIM HARVEST OF WAR
In the midst of the desolation of war iu nurrheru I ranee a ixeriuunr
transport driver and his team, killed by a single ltlj.li explosive shell.
Inches in length when they begin
to eat. When the young salmon
baa grown to a length oC from
two to three inches, sometime
between March and June, they
star' on a journey to the sea. Some
sc as early as they c&n hut some
wait for a period of one year or
less. This journey may take only
a few days or it may take longer,
for th« distance is often more than
a thjusaud miles.
As it roaches the ocean. Its food
consists of herring , shrimpa and
sand eels.
The salmon has many enemies.
Big 'rout eat the eggs wlileh, es
cape their nest. Birds and fish
eat 'he young ones in the streams.
Bigger salmon eat the little ones
ns they go* down the stream. Sea
e:u'1s and other fihs-eating birds
plunga into the water after them.
The sea fishes and seals and sealions
lie waitii:.? at the mouths of riv
ers to get salmon, till they can eat
no more. The grizzly bear and
ol-ick bears search for the salmon
in shallow rivers, and then catch
and kill them for their feast. The
?ri/zly bear searches over the
eravel beds, and when he sees a
fish ho quickly catches it with his
paw and puts it high and dry on
the ground. After he has | filled
himself, he will lay up a treasure
(.that win soon smell to heaven)
for thn coming- weeks. He will
collect 20 or 30 in a heap, over
tb-^se he will put logs and r°cks.
The black bear makes no store of
food, but he becomes blear-eyed
■Mid unhealthy from eating so
rcuch. «
The Kins salmon are caught by
\oiling, while the sockeye, coho,
and humbaek are caught mostly
by nets. A number of years ago,
a special agent of the British! Gov
ernment, who was accustomed to
fiPii'ne with a line only, spoke of
the abundance of the salmon on
the west coast of America. He
slid that while there were great
numbers of^fish they could nevei]
be of use to man for the "bloody
t"i-«li would neither tike bait nor
fly.** Fish traps catch the Bar
iron soing into bays and rivers
on their way to the spawning
grounds, before they reach tho
fresh water. Gill netg hang
vertically on the water, so thai
tho fish catch their gills in its
n;c-shes. They catch a very small
part a' the salmon taken in South
eastern Alaska, while the traps
iBii seines take great numbers.
The salmon are pickled, cured,
salted, frozen and canned for the
sa'e in different markets of the
ivorld, and help to furnish a part
»t the food supply of which, we
hear so much these days.
Victor Zuboff.
NOTR E OF PRIMARY ELECTION'
To the Electors of the Town
it Skagway, Division No. Oae, Ter
ritory of Alaska.;
Notice is hereby given 4^at Pur
tuant to Chapter 48, Session Laws
>f Alaska, 1917, approved. May 3,
1917, a Primary Election will be
leld on Tuesday, April 30, 1918
)-tween the hours of S a. m. and
' o'clock p. m. of said day, the
Common Council of Skagway hav
ng heretofore, by ordinance, duly
lesignated the voting precincts of
aid town and the polling place
n each 'hereof ,the electors are
lereby notlfid:
That all duly qualified voters re
ading within the boundaries of
aid Town of Skagway, which are
s follows: will vote at City Hall
luilding, located on 5th Ave., be
weeai State and Maln streets, in
.nd upon Lot 3, on Block 8, which
s owned by CPy of Skagway, the
^me being duly designated poli
ng place in and fop Town of Skag
'"ay
)ated this 16th day of April, 1918.
Signed) The Common Council of
the Town of Skagway.
By C. H. Rogers, Clerk.
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BY KETVHIKAX COURT
Ketchikan, April 24.—Jose Ross a,
charged with, intent to kill; Tom
my Martinez with selling liquor
without a license, and Robert Pat
terse*. with larceny ln a boat, were
all ton ml guilty by juries here. I
The case against Xe!s Olson, for lar*i
ceny alleged to have been committed
last February, when property val- j
ued at $20u was stolen from the |
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