﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
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  At 
  6.15 
  p. 
  m. 
  Sunday, 
  June 
  28, 
  trap 
  No. 
  2 
  of 
  the 
  Irving 
  Packing 
  

   Co. 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  fishing. 
  The 
  watchman 
  admitted 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  

   fishing 
  and 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  under 
  orders 
  to 
  keep 
  it 
  open. 
  The 
  

   Bureau's 
  agent 
  returned 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  at 
  6.08 
  a. 
  m. 
  and 
  again 
  found 
  

   the 
  trap 
  fishing. 
  A 
  comj^laint 
  was 
  filed 
  before 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   commissioner 
  at 
  Craig 
  against 
  the 
  manager 
  of 
  the 
  company, 
  G. 
  C. 
  

   Chapin, 
  and 
  the 
  watchman, 
  W. 
  H. 
  Moore. 
  A 
  hearing 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  

   Karheen 
  on 
  the 
  30th, 
  with 
  the 
  result 
  that 
  the 
  watchman 
  was 
  dis- 
  

   charged 
  but 
  placed 
  under 
  bond 
  as 
  a 
  Government 
  witness. 
  Mr. 
  Chapin 
  

   was 
  placed 
  under 
  $300 
  cash 
  bail. 
  

  

  An 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  who 
  arrived 
  at 
  the 
  San 
  Lorenzo 
  Island 
  

   troUing 
  camp 
  on 
  June 
  28, 
  1914, 
  found 
  John 
  Cline, 
  a 
  German, 
  fishing 
  

   in 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  alien 
  fishing 
  act 
  of 
  June 
  14, 
  1906. 
  He 
  was 
  taken 
  

   before 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  commissioner 
  at 
  Craig, 
  where 
  he 
  pleaded 
  

   guilty 
  and 
  was 
  fined 
  $5. 
  

  

  A 
  complaint 
  was 
  made 
  before 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  commissioner 
  at 
  

   Petersburg, 
  charging 
  BiUey 
  Grant 
  and 
  Seth 
  Williams 
  with 
  having 
  

   fished 
  at 
  Point 
  Barrie 
  Creek 
  on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  July 
  20 
  in 
  violation 
  

   of 
  the 
  weekly 
  closing 
  law. 
  The 
  case 
  was 
  tried 
  August 
  1, 
  the 
  de- 
  

   fendants 
  were 
  found 
  guilty, 
  and 
  were 
  fined 
  $50 
  each. 
  

  

  At 
  5.10 
  a. 
  m. 
  on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  July 
  27, 
  a 
  trap 
  of 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Pack- 
  

   ers 
  Association 
  was 
  found 
  fishing 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  weekly 
  closing 
  

   requirement. 
  The 
  case 
  was 
  taken 
  before 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  com- 
  

   missioner 
  at 
  Ketchikan. 
  The 
  defense 
  was 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  claim 
  that 
  

   the 
  trap 
  had 
  been 
  closed 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  36 
  hours 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  offense 
  

   was 
  due 
  to 
  differences 
  in 
  time. 
  After 
  a 
  protracted 
  hearing 
  the 
  com- 
  

   missioner 
  dismissed 
  the 
  case, 
  advising 
  the 
  defendants 
  to 
  keep 
  better 
  

   time. 
  

  

  At 
  4 
  a. 
  m. 
  on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  August 
  3, 
  trap 
  No. 
  1 
  of 
  the 
  Hawk 
  

   Fish 
  Co. 
  was 
  found 
  operating 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  closing 
  law. 
  A. 
  E. 
  

   L. 
  BcU, 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  company, 
  and 
  Andrew 
  Rosnes, 
  trap 
  

   watchman, 
  appeared 
  at 
  a 
  hearing 
  held 
  at 
  Juneau 
  on 
  August 
  4, 
  a 
  

   fine 
  of 
  $100 
  and 
  costs 
  was 
  imposed 
  on 
  the 
  company. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  special 
  August, 
  1914, 
  term 
  of 
  court 
  held 
  at 
  Juneau 
  the 
  

   grand 
  jury 
  indicted 
  the 
  Pure 
  Food 
  Fish 
  Co., 
  Patrick 
  Hamilton, 
  Nick 
  

   Bez, 
  and 
  John 
  Pecar, 
  for 
  having 
  set 
  a 
  purse 
  seme 
  within 
  100 
  yards 
  

   outside 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Karta 
  River, 
  a 
  red-salmon 
  stream, 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  the 
  stream 
  at 
  that 
  point 
  being 
  less 
  than 
  500 
  feet 
  in 
  width. 
  The 
  

   case 
  was 
  brought 
  to 
  trial 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  court 
  at 
  Ketchikan 
  in 
  Decem- 
  

   ber. 
  During 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  trial 
  the 
  court 
  dismissed 
  the 
  charge 
  

   against 
  the 
  Pure 
  Food 
  Fish 
  Co. 
  because 
  of 
  insufficient 
  evidence. 
  

   The 
  three 
  remaining 
  defendants 
  were 
  found 
  guilty 
  and 
  fined 
  $25 
  

   each. 
  In 
  charging 
  the 
  jury, 
  the 
  court 
  defined 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  a 
  stream 
  

   emptying 
  into 
  a 
  bay 
  as 
  being 
  where 
  the 
  stream 
  joins 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  the 
  

   bay 
  at 
  low 
  tide. 
  

  

  