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  price 
  and 
  big 
  pack 
  anticipated 
  on 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  had 
  much 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  

   shortening 
  the 
  season. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  a 
  few 
  storms 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska 
  during 
  the 
  fore 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  season 
  and 
  again 
  toward 
  the 
  close, 
  but 
  for 
  two 
  weeks 
  in 
  

   August 
  there 
  was 
  even 
  no 
  rain 
  in 
  the 
  Ketchikan 
  region. 
  The 
  creeks 
  

   were 
  low, 
  thus 
  retardhig 
  the 
  ascent 
  of 
  salmon, 
  and 
  catches 
  were 
  good. 
  

   During 
  this 
  period 
  all 
  canneries 
  ran 
  to 
  capacity. 
  

  

  Central 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  Cook 
  Inlet 
  and 
  central 
  Alaska 
  have 
  in 
  general 
  experienced 
  

   unsatisfactory 
  results 
  this 
  season. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  good 
  showing 
  of 
  

   early 
  kings 
  in 
  Cook 
  Inlet, 
  but 
  the 
  heavy 
  run 
  of 
  reds 
  was 
  of 
  very 
  short 
  

   duration, 
  the 
  fish 
  coming 
  with 
  a 
  rush 
  later 
  than 
  usual 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  

   instances 
  showing 
  quite 
  an 
  advanced 
  sexual 
  development. 
  Weather 
  

   conditions 
  were 
  favorable. 
  A 
  striking 
  feature 
  was 
  the 
  almost 
  utter 
  

   absence 
  of 
  pinks, 
  the 
  season 
  being 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  1911. 
  

   It 
  is 
  reported 
  that 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  good 
  run 
  of 
  cohos, 
  

   but 
  the 
  cannerymen 
  did 
  not 
  wait 
  for 
  this 
  run. 
  As 
  in 
  Bristol 
  Bay, 
  it 
  

   is 
  doubtful 
  whether 
  it 
  will 
  ever 
  be 
  found 
  profitable 
  to 
  await 
  the 
  main 
  

   run 
  of 
  the 
  late-coming 
  cohos 
  in 
  the 
  Cook 
  Inlet 
  region. 
  

  

  Reports 
  indicate 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  unusual 
  amount 
  of 
  vegetable 
  

   growth 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Cook 
  Inlet 
  this 
  season. 
  To 
  this 
  growth 
  there 
  

   were 
  frequently 
  attached 
  small 
  particles 
  of 
  pumice 
  which 
  had 
  an 
  

   erosive 
  effect 
  upon 
  wire 
  trap 
  leads. 
  It 
  also 
  formed 
  in 
  a 
  blanket-like 
  

   mass 
  on 
  the 
  web. 
  Much 
  trouble 
  was 
  occasioned 
  from 
  this 
  source, 
  and 
  

   its 
  presence 
  was 
  possibly 
  accountable 
  in 
  a 
  measure 
  for 
  the 
  lighter 
  

   catch 
  this 
  season 
  in 
  Cook 
  Inlet. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Karluk 
  region 
  the 
  present 
  season 
  has 
  been 
  comparatively 
  

   poor. 
  Possibly 
  the 
  Katmai 
  volcanic 
  disturbance 
  in 
  June, 
  1912, 
  with 
  

   its 
  widespread 
  deposit 
  of 
  ash 
  over 
  land 
  and 
  sea, 
  may 
  have 
  influenced 
  

   the 
  run 
  of 
  salmon 
  in 
  central 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  At 
  Chignik 
  the 
  situation 
  has 
  changed 
  considerably. 
  While 
  formerly 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  traps 
  located 
  within 
  the 
  lagoon, 
  a 
  

   large 
  tidal 
  estuary 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Chignik 
  Bay, 
  this 
  year 
  the 
  greatest 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  traps 
  located 
  far 
  down 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  

   the 
  bay. 
  The 
  new 
  order 
  of 
  things 
  has 
  resulted 
  in 
  a 
  lessening 
  of 
  the 
  

   tension 
  formerly 
  existing 
  between 
  the 
  canneries, 
  due 
  to 
  disputes 
  

   arising 
  from 
  the 
  locations 
  of 
  traps 
  in 
  the 
  lagoon, 
  and 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  

   holding 
  a 
  trap 
  in 
  position 
  after 
  it 
  was 
  driven 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  ice. 
  

  

  Western 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  The 
  favorable 
  weather 
  throughout 
  Alaska 
  meant 
  more 
  perhaps 
  in 
  

   western 
  Alaska 
  than 
  elsewhere, 
  and, 
  coupled 
  with 
  the 
  heavy 
  run 
  of 
  

   salmon, 
  made 
  possible 
  the 
  largest 
  pack 
  ever 
  recorded 
  for 
  that 
  region. 
  

   The 
  previous 
  winter 
  was 
  unusually 
  mild, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  fleet 
  of 
  can- 
  

  

  