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  INDUSTRIES. 
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  00I105 
  are 
  taken 
  along 
  the 
  shore 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  town, 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  

   opposite 
  side 
  the 
  chums 
  run. 
  The 
  latter 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  sought 
  

   this 
  far 
  up 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  superior 
  quaUty 
  and 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  

   cohos, 
  and 
  because 
  by 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  chums 
  have 
  become 
  much 
  more 
  

   emaciated 
  than 
  the 
  cohos. 
  There, 
  also, 
  is 
  so 
  much 
  less 
  oil 
  in 
  their 
  

   flesh 
  that 
  they 
  make 
  poor 
  dog 
  feed 
  to 
  say 
  nothmg 
  of 
  their 
  being 
  

   almost 
  worthless 
  as 
  food 
  for 
  man. 
  About 
  the 
  same 
  conditions 
  pre- 
  

   vail 
  up 
  the 
  Tanana 
  River 
  to 
  Fairbanks. 
  Conditions 
  are 
  similar 
  

   farther 
  up 
  the 
  Yukon 
  but 
  the 
  catch 
  is 
  of 
  diminishing 
  importance 
  both 
  

   as 
  to 
  quantity 
  and 
  quality. 
  

  

  A 
  sufficient 
  quantity 
  of 
  fish 
  is 
  put 
  up 
  at 
  almost 
  all 
  places 
  to 
  meet 
  

   the 
  demands 
  of 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  and 
  for 
  those 
  residing 
  back 
  

   in 
  the 
  interior. 
  From 
  Holy 
  Cross 
  to 
  Ruby 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  salmon 
  

   are 
  dried 
  and 
  smoked 
  for 
  use, 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  remote 
  regions 
  where 
  the 
  

   supply 
  is 
  scarce, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  Yukon 
  country, 
  at 
  Nome, 
  and 
  other 
  

   mining 
  communities. 
  The 
  Iditarod 
  region 
  produces 
  only 
  a 
  small 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  fish, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  said 
  that 
  this 
  season 
  about 
  60 
  tons 
  would 
  

   be 
  shipped 
  there 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  Yukon. 
  

  

  Although 
  there 
  are 
  quite 
  good 
  runs 
  of 
  chinook, 
  coho, 
  and 
  chum 
  

   salmon 
  up 
  the 
  Yukon, 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  that 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  

   canneries 
  would 
  be 
  profitable 
  or 
  advisable. 
  The 
  lack 
  of 
  transporta- 
  

   tion 
  facilities 
  and 
  the 
  high 
  cost 
  of 
  putting 
  up 
  a 
  pack 
  would 
  not 
  justify 
  

   the 
  undertaking. 
  Moreover, 
  the 
  wisdom 
  of 
  such 
  an 
  enterprise, 
  at 
  

   least 
  along 
  any 
  extensive 
  Une 
  is 
  very 
  doubtful, 
  as 
  the 
  Yukon 
  plays 
  a 
  

   peculiar 
  r6le 
  m 
  maintaining 
  and 
  supplying 
  a 
  very 
  necessary 
  article 
  

   of 
  food 
  for 
  natives 
  and 
  whites, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  for 
  dogs. 
  The 
  latter 
  are 
  

   indispensible 
  to 
  winter 
  travel 
  except 
  as 
  reindeer 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  occasion- 
  

   ally. 
  A 
  fish 
  diet 
  forms 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  cheapest 
  food 
  for 
  dogs, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  

   the 
  best 
  food 
  for 
  keeping 
  them 
  in 
  good 
  condition 
  for 
  winter 
  service. 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  strong 
  prejudice 
  against 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  canneries 
  on 
  

   the 
  lower 
  Yukon, 
  if 
  such 
  an 
  undertaking 
  should 
  ever 
  be 
  considered 
  

   feasible, 
  as 
  it 
  would 
  mean 
  cutting 
  off 
  or 
  greatly 
  reducing 
  the 
  supply 
  

   of 
  salmon 
  up 
  the 
  river, 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  great 
  privation 
  

   and 
  hardship 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  that 
  district. 
  Therefore, 
  under 
  present 
  

   conditions, 
  the 
  Yukon 
  should 
  remain 
  undisturbed 
  commercially 
  in 
  its 
  

   production 
  of 
  salmon 
  save 
  for 
  local 
  needs. 
  

  

  HALIBUT 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  Halibut 
  is 
  second 
  in 
  commercial 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  food 
  

   fishes 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  being 
  exceeded 
  in 
  this 
  

   respect 
  only 
  by 
  salmon. 
  The 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  halibut 
  fishery 
  

   has 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  reached 
  its 
  maximum, 
  as 
  there 
  are 
  fishing 
  banks 
  as 
  

   yet 
  but 
  partly 
  tried 
  that 
  give 
  promise 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  yield, 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  

   the 
  industry 
  expands 
  sufficiently 
  to 
  warrant 
  a 
  more 
  active 
  fishery. 
  

   These 
  regions 
  at 
  present 
  are 
  regarded 
  as 
  rather 
  remote 
  and 
  indefinite 
  

  

  