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at Petersburg before a jury which, after due deliberation, found them 

 guilty of a violation of the fishery regulations. They were fined $10 

 each and the costs of the prosecution, amounting to about $70. Fas- 

 ness had gone to Seattle, so the case against him is still pending. 



On October 16 the grand jury at Juneau indicted Chris Wick, Ole 

 Olson, and Magnus I^ygard for fishing within 500 yards of the 

 mouth of a stream entering Redfish Bay, on the southwest coast 

 of Baranof Island. They were arraigned October 19 and entered 

 pleas of not guilty. On October 20 pleas were changed to guihy. 

 Judgment and sentence were filed and entered October 21. Wick 

 was fined $50 and costs and sent to jail for 30 days at Petersburg; 

 Olson was fined the costs of the case and sent to jail at Petersburg 

 for 30 days; Nygard was sentenced to jail for 20 days at Juneau. 



In a complaint filed before the commissioner at Craig, James 

 Peratovich was charged with unlawful fishing within 500 yards of 

 the mouth of Klawak Creek, and upon conviction was fined $32.15, 

 including costs of the case. At the same time, and before the same 

 court, a complaint was entered against Jim Dick, charging him 

 with setting a seine entirely across the lagoon of Klawak Creek. 

 He was tried, convicted, and fined $17.15, including costs. 



On August 23 a complaint was filed before the commissioner at 

 Ketchikan, charging Clyde CoAvan with purse-seine fishing in White 

 River on August 22. He pleaded guilty and was fined $10 and costs. 



Warden Combs reported that a trap near Craig, operated by the 

 Alaska Consolidated Canneries, did not have tlie tunnel closed and 

 the heart walls open on Sunday, July 30, in- compliance with law. 

 Owing to the resignation of Mr. Combs on August 31 and his de- 

 parture from Alaska, this case was not presented for trial. 



A controversy arose between the Alaska Consolidated Canneries 

 and the A. & P. Products Corporation over the location of two 

 floating traps along the southern shore of Kanaganut Island, the 

 disputed question being the lateral distance interval between the 

 traps. The A. & P. Products Corporation claimed that its trap was 

 the first one put into position and set for fishing, and that later the 

 Alaska Consolidated Canneries set a trap approximately 1,100 feet 

 westward therefrom, making it fast to a rock submerged at high 

 tide, contrary to the regulations of the War Department. Joint in- 

 vestigations were made by representatives of the bureau and of the 

 engineers office of the War Department at Juneau, as a result of 

 which the permit issued to the Alaska Consolidated Canneries 

 was canceled and the removal of the trap was ordered, because the 

 company had misrepresented the facts by stating in its application 

 for the permit that the trap would be tied to a small island. In 

 view of all the circumstances the United States attorney did not 

 think it advisable to accuse either company of a violation of the 

 fisheries law. 



On July 12 John Olson was found fishing with a set gill net 

 covering more than one-third the width of a slough of the Stikine 

 River. Complaint was filed with the commissioner at Wrangell and 

 the case was tried by a jury on July 13, resulting in a disagreement. 

 Further disposition of the case has not been made. 



The cases against the Kenai Packing Co. for the wanton waste of 

 salmon and against the Copper River Packing Co. for wanton waste 



