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in the fall of 1916. A motion for a continuance of these cases was 
granted when the matter came up in the fall of 1915. 
The Fidalgo Island Packing Co. pleaded guilty to the charge against 
it of having wantonly wasted food fishes in connection with the 
operation of its cannery at Port Graham. A fine of $500 was paid by 
this company. 
Indictments were returned by the grand jury at Valdez in Septem- 
ber, 1915, charging Libby, McNeill & Libby with having wantonly 
wasted fish at their Point Possession trap no. 8 and the Deep Sea 
Salmon Co. with having wantonly wasted fish at its Moose Point 
trap no. 4, at some independent traps, and by gill-nets fishing for 
the company. 
In the main the fisheries laws and regulations were well observed in 
the Bristol Bay region. The cannerymen expected that there would 
be a very poor run and were undoubtedly anxious to pack all the 
fish possible. There were indications of some waste of chum salmon, 
but evidence could not be obtained as to who were responsible. 
Two nets were seized by a warden patrolling the closed waters of Wood 
and Nushagak Rivers, but as the owners of the nets could not be 
found no complaints were filed. Tho nets were tied across the 
mouths of two small streams tributary to the Nushagak River. 
A complaint was made by residents of Olness in regard to a fish 
trap in the Chatanika River. An investigation by Warden C. F. 
Townsend disclosed that a fish trap had been placed in the river for 
the purpose of taking whitefish. At the time the trap was con- 
structed the water was high and the trap extended only about one- 
third of the way across the stream. After the water became low, 
however, the trap extended entirely across the stream. When Mr. 
Townsend arrived on the ground ice had destroyed the main body of 
the trap. The owners having been notified in regard to the require- 
ments of the law, the matter was dropped in accordance with the 
advice of the United States attorney. 
A complaint was made by Warden W. P. Hemenway against Alec 
Simpson, Ben Cutler, and Fred Douse for having wantonly wasted 
fish at Birch Lake on August 8, 1915. The defendants appeared in 
the United States commissioner’s court at Fairbanks, September 1, 
1915, without service of a warrant, and entered a plea of guilty. The 
court imposed a fine of $1 each and costs. It was estimated that the 
waste involved about 600 pounds of pickerel. 
ALASKA LEGISLATIVE NOTES. 
In the act of August 24, 1912, creating a Territorial form of govern- 
ment for Alaska, it was provided that the legislature should not have 
the power to alter, amend, modify, or repeal existing laws in respect 
to the fisheries of the Territory. A proviso was incorporated, how- 
