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salmon runs may depend largely upon the degree of protection 
afforded in this manner, for experience has shown beyond doubt that 
most satisfactory results are thus obtained. The duty of stream 
watchmen is to prevent unlawful fishing in the streams where the 
are stationed and within the proscribed area off the mouths thereof. 
In 1920 six men were employed as stream watchmen, of whom Fred 
W. Dost, Eric N. Aldrich, Earl C. Nelson, and John IF. Ross were 
assigned to the southeastern district. The other two, Kenneth C. 
Cole and John J. Folstad, were stationed at Abercrombie and Kar- 
luk, respectively. By consent of the governor of Alaska, Joseph A. 
Bourke, a Territorial officer, was detailed to fishery work in the 
Prince William Sound region during the fishing season. 
Three other men, Chauncey C. Combs, James K. Nevill, and Wil- 
liam E. Baumann, began work in July as stream watchmen, but they 
were soon appointed permanent wardens in the Alaska fisheries 
service, and are therefore not to be counted in this category. The 
regular force of the service, including these three wardens, numbered 
11 men, which, with the 6 stream watchmen and the 1 special assist- 
ant previously referred to, constituted a service of 18 men actively 
engaged in the protection of the fisheries of Alaska. In addition 
there were, of course, the men engaged in operating the several vessels 
used in protective work. 
FISHERY PATROL. 
BUREAU PATROL BOATS. 
Five boats, owned by the Bureau, were used in patrolling the fish- 
ing grounds of Alaska in 1920. Three of them, the steamer Osprey 
and the power boats Auklet and Murre, operated in southeastern 
Alaska, while the other two, the Swan and Tern, were used on the 
Yukon River and tributaries, cruising together during much of the 
season. In addition the launch Pixie and the power boats An- 
thonette and Try /t were chartered in July, August, and September 
for patrol service in the Juneau district. The launch Prospector 
was chartered in June and July for similar service on Prince William 
Sound and the Copper River flats. 
The Osprey was transferred from the central district to south- 
eastern Alaska in July, where it was used almost entirely in the work 
of marking the mouths of salmon streams. While being beached 
near Cordova, preparatory to having her hull cleaned and copper 
painted, the Osprey settled in the gravel and turned over on May 25, 
falling away from the shore at low water. The boat did not right 
itself on the flood tide, but filled with water and remained in this 
partly submerged condition for about a week until assistance was 
rendered by the Coast Guard cutter Algonquin, then in the vicinity. 
The following extract from a report by the Commodore Command- 
ant of the Coast Guard describes the circumstances attending the 
salvage of the Osprey: 
On May 30, while on her way to Latouche, the Algonquin received a dis- 
patch from the headquarters of the Coast Guard at Washington, stating that 
the Bureau of Fisheries had requested her assistance in salving the steamer 
Osprey, ashore at Cordova. The cutter immediately headed for the stranded 
vessel and found her in Orca Inlet, 5 miles north of Cordova. She was lying 
