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  tral 
  and 
  western 
  Alaska, 
  however, 
  improved 
  this 
  year. 
  That 
  1914 
  

   was 
  due 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  off 
  year 
  for 
  pinks 
  on 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  was 
  expected, 
  

   but 
  it 
  was 
  hardly 
  thought 
  that 
  southeast 
  Alaska 
  would 
  also 
  be 
  af- 
  

   fected 
  to 
  any 
  noticeable 
  degree. 
  This 
  condition 
  fortunately 
  was 
  

   offset 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  extent 
  by 
  a 
  good 
  supply 
  of 
  chums, 
  the 
  catch 
  in 
  

   southeast 
  Alaska 
  being 
  more 
  than 
  double 
  that 
  of 
  last 
  season. 
  

  

  There 
  was 
  also 
  an 
  improved 
  catch 
  of 
  cohos 
  this 
  year. 
  At 
  a 
  few 
  

   plants 
  canning 
  operations 
  were 
  continued 
  into 
  October 
  in 
  an 
  effort 
  

   to 
  get 
  more 
  chums 
  to 
  offset 
  the 
  shortage 
  of 
  pinks. 
  The 
  run 
  of 
  pinks 
  

   in 
  central 
  Alaska 
  was 
  better 
  this 
  year 
  than 
  last; 
  not 
  only 
  was 
  the 
  

   catch 
  of 
  red 
  salmon 
  ua 
  central 
  and 
  western 
  Alaska 
  better 
  this 
  year 
  

   also, 
  but, 
  in 
  addition, 
  southeast 
  Alaska 
  showed 
  a 
  notable 
  increase 
  

   in 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  reds. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  canneries, 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  Icy 
  

   Strait 
  region, 
  enjoyed 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  pack 
  of 
  reds. 
  The 
  catch 
  

   of 
  king 
  salmon 
  was 
  better 
  this 
  year, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  war 
  in 
  Europe 
  lessened, 
  

   greatly 
  the 
  demand 
  for 
  a 
  mild-cured 
  product, 
  more 
  king 
  salmon 
  were 
  

   canned 
  than 
  usual. 
  

  

  SALMON 
  CANNING. 
  

  

  Changes 
  in 
  Canneries. 
  

  

  One 
  new 
  cannery 
  was 
  built 
  and 
  put 
  in 
  operation 
  in 
  Alaska 
  during 
  

   1914. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  plant 
  of 
  the 
  George 
  Inlet 
  Packing 
  Co., 
  located 
  

   at 
  George 
  Inlet, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  from 
  Ketchikan. 
  The 
  canneries 
  of 
  the 
  

   Point 
  Ward 
  Packing 
  Co., 
  located 
  at 
  Point 
  Ward, 
  and 
  the 
  G. 
  W. 
  

   Hume 
  Packing 
  Co., 
  at 
  Nakat 
  Harbor, 
  which 
  were 
  not 
  operated 
  in 
  

   the 
  season 
  of 
  1913, 
  were 
  reopened 
  in 
  1914. 
  The 
  latter 
  establish- 
  

   ment 
  previously 
  had 
  been 
  run 
  under 
  the 
  firm 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Herbert 
  

   Hume 
  Packing 
  Co. 
  The 
  cannery 
  of 
  the 
  Swift- 
  Arthur-Crosby 
  Co., 
  

   on 
  Heceta 
  Island, 
  which 
  was 
  operated 
  only 
  as 
  a 
  mild-cure 
  plant 
  in 
  

   1913, 
  resumed 
  canning 
  in 
  1914. 
  The 
  canneries 
  of 
  the 
  Shakan 
  

   Salmon 
  Co., 
  at 
  Shakan, 
  and 
  the 
  Kasaan 
  Co., 
  at 
  Kasaan, 
  are 
  now 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  under 
  the 
  firm 
  name 
  of 
  Gorman 
  & 
  Co. 
  The 
  cannery 
  of 
  the 
  

   Walsh-Moore 
  Canning 
  Co., 
  at 
  Ward 
  Cove, 
  was 
  operated 
  under 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  the 
  Ward 
  Cove 
  Packing 
  Co., 
  and 
  the 
  Sanborn-Cutting 
  Co. 
  

   took 
  over 
  the 
  cannery 
  operated 
  by 
  the 
  Kake 
  Packing 
  Co. 
  at 
  Kake. 
  

   The 
  canneries 
  of 
  the 
  Admiralty 
  Trading 
  Co., 
  at 
  Gambier 
  Bay, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Skowl 
  Arm 
  Packing 
  Co., 
  at 
  Skowl 
  Arm, 
  which 
  were 
  operated 
  

   in 
  1913, 
  were 
  closed 
  throughout 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1914. 
  

  

  New 
  Equipment. 
  

  

  Each 
  season 
  marks 
  the 
  substitution 
  of 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  sani- 
  

   tary 
  machinery 
  for 
  the 
  older 
  type 
  of 
  equipment 
  using 
  soldered 
  cans. 
  

   The 
  sanitary 
  system 
  is 
  generally 
  regarded 
  as 
  superior, 
  both 
  in 
  respect 
  

   to 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  product 
  and 
  economy 
  in 
  preparation. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  

   pack 
  of 
  Alaska 
  salmon 
  is 
  now' 
  put 
  up 
  in 
  sanitary 
  cans. 
  

  

  