14 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1918. 
restored to their former condition. The scope of these operations 
will be extended to include the opening of streams which, because of 
falls or other natural obstructions, have never been accessible to 
salmon. The possibilities of the work are most important in pro- 
viding additional spawning grounds, thus materially aiding in restor- 
ing and maintaining the supply of salmon. Normally, the greater 
the spawning areas of a given section the greater will be the run of 
salmon. 
STREAM WATCHMEN. 
The Bureau has given consideration from time to time to the need 
of a closer patrol of the fisheries of Alaska to prevent destructive 
fishing, encroachment upon streams, and the continuance of opera- 
tions during close seasons. In the past, this work has been seriously 
hampered by a lack of funds and personnel, but in 1918 additional 
assistance was secured by the temporary employment of 10 men as 
stream watchmen, most of whom were connected with the University 
of Washington, either in a professorial capacity or as students. Five 
of these men were assigned to duty in southeastern Alaska, while the 
other five were detailed to localities in central Alaska. 
Specific assignments for duty were as follows: Central Alaska— 
‘Kenneth Cole, at Katalla; Claude V. O’Callaghan, at Latouche, to 
cover the western part of Prince William Sound; Edward G. Cox, at 
Cordova, to patrol the eastern part of Prince William Sound and 
Copper River delta; Jason J. Perry and Francis W. Perry, at Miles 
Lake and Abercrombie Canyon; and southeastern Alaska—Ernest F. 
Goodner, at Anan Bay; Clifford J. Mattox, at Karta Bay; James M. 
Hay, at Lake Bay; E. O. Eckelman, on patrol duty on the Bureau’s 
steamer Osprey; and M. J. O’Connor, at Chilkoot. Mr. O’Connor was 
later transferred to the regular service as a warden. 
Much good resulted from this increase of the patrol force in the 
enforcement of the laws and regulations as well as in the prevention 
of unlawful acts in connection with the fisheries. Further penefits 
were obtained in the collection of data for the information and use 
of the Bureau. It is contemplated that this work will be extended 
from hs to year, as funds permit, until an adequate patrol force is 
secured. 
ALASKA FISHERY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE. 
In.1917 there was put into effect jointly by the Bureau of Fisheries 
and the Washington-Alaska Military Cable & Telegraph System an 
intelligence service to communicate by telegraph to various coastal 
towns in Alaska the daily prices of certain species of fish offered at 
Seattle and Ketchikan, thus giving fishermen an opportunity of 
marketing their product under the most favorable conditions. 
This service has been continued through 1918 and has no doubt 
been of genuine benefit. Prices are not necessarily telegraphed each 
day, as it frequently happens that there are no quotations. The 
figures, as received at Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, Ketchikan, 
Sitka, Skagway, Valdez, Seward, and Cordova, are posted at the 
telegraph offices. In some instances local papers have given these 
figures a place in their regular news columns. . 
The figures are secured by representatives of the Bureau. It is the - 
desire to continue the service. 
