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E. Paulson, of Ellamar, was indicted by the grand jury at Valdez 
for fishing with four anchored gill nets in Eshamy Bay and Lagoon 
on Sunday, July 9, 1916. When brought to trial at Valdez he 
pleaded guilty and was fined $1. 
Peter Jackson was tried at Valdez in October on an indictment 
returned against him by the grand jury for stretching a gill net more 
than one-third the distance across Miners River, a red-salmon stream 
in Unakwik Inlet, on July 21, 1916, and for setting a gill net within 
100 yards of another gill net at the same time and place. The 
defendant entered a plea of guilty and was fined $1. 
Indictments returned by the grand jury at Valdez accused the 
Canoe Pass Packing Co. of having wantonly wasted salmon on July 
22 and 23, 1916, in Windy Bay, Alaska. When brought to trial their 
counsel entered a plea of not’ guilty and asked for a continuance of 
the case, which was granted. The case will probably be taken up 
again at the spring term of court in 1917. 
Indictments returned against Nils Nelson and the Carlisle Packing 
Co. for fishing with two gill nets in Eshamy Bay on Sunday, July 9, 
1916, were not acted upon at the fall term of court, but will undoubt- 
edly be taken up in the spring of 1917. 
Indictments were returned by the grand jury at Valdez against 
Hjalmar Swanson, Ole Sandanger, Mat Jacoban, Nick Nilson, and the 
Carlisle Packing Co. for fishing with a purse seine within 100 yards 
outside of the mouth of Gumboot Creek, a red-salmon stream in 
Eshamy Bay less than 500 feet in width on July 18, 1916; for fishing 
within 100 yards of a gill net on the same day and place, and for fish- 
ing on July 20 within 100 yards of a gill net set in Eshamy Lagoon. 
The first four mentioned when brought to trial entered a plea of 
guilty and were each fined $10. The case against the Carlisle Packing 
Co. has not come to trial, but will probably: be acted upon at the 
spring term of court in 1917. 
Cases resulting from the indictments ‘pul by the grand jury 
at Valdez in 1915 against George Osborn, Norman Erickson, John 
Jackson, and John Nockintah for placing a set net more than one- 
third the width of the stream in Mountain Slough, near Cordova, 
were not tried at the fall term of court, but may be taken up in the 
spring of 1917. 
Complaint was made by a representative of the Bureau of Fish- 
eries before the United States commissioner at Wrangell against Gus 
Lehner, Michael Gregoff, and I. Olsegwiego for fishing on Sunday, 
September 3, 1916, in Blind River, Wrangell Narrows. All pleaded 
guilty and were fired $5, $10, and $5, respectively, and costs. The 
costs in each case amounted to $7.35. 
On July 1 action was brought in the United States commissioner’s 
court at Wrangell against Olif Oleson for illegally fishing in the 
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