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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUfi 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  3 
  inches. 
  A 
  redwood 
  pipe 
  can 
  be 
  purchased 
  in 
  San 
  Francisco 
  that 
  

   is 
  more 
  desirable 
  and 
  cheaper 
  than 
  metal. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  this 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  pumping 
  engine 
  should 
  be 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau. 
  The 
  engine 
  now 
  there, 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  

   Navy, 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  cheapest 
  construction 
  (costing 
  only 
  about 
  $130) 
  and 
  

   is 
  constantly 
  out 
  of 
  order. 
  Furthermore, 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  operated 
  only 
  

   at 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  the 
  Navy 
  employees. 
  A 
  system 
  should 
  be 
  put 
  in 
  

   which 
  would 
  be 
  entirely 
  free 
  of 
  any 
  supervision 
  of 
  the 
  Navy 
  authori- 
  

   ties 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  entire 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau. 
  

  

  The 
  natives 
  will 
  perform 
  the 
  labor 
  without 
  charge. 
  The 
  new 
  pipe 
  

   suggested 
  would 
  cost 
  about 
  $1,000; 
  the 
  engine 
  about 
  $500. 
  It 
  is 
  

   earnestly 
  recommended 
  that 
  this 
  material 
  be 
  suppHed, 
  and 
  Congress 
  

   should 
  be 
  requested 
  to 
  appropriate 
  the 
  sum 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  The 
  fresh-water 
  supply 
  for 
  the 
  village 
  on 
  St. 
  George 
  is 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  wells 
  sunk 
  in 
  a 
  depression 
  a 
  few 
  hundred 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  the 
  

   village. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  springs. 
  Water 
  from 
  melting 
  snow 
  and 
  from 
  

   rains 
  is 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  ponds 
  and 
  gradually 
  filters 
  through 
  to 
  

   the 
  sea, 
  filling 
  the 
  wells 
  as 
  it 
  runs 
  through 
  the 
  low 
  ground. 
  The 
  

   supply 
  is 
  abundant 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  during 
  thaws 
  in 
  winter, 
  

   but 
  water 
  is 
  scarce 
  in 
  freezing 
  weather. 
  There 
  are 
  times 
  when 
  snow 
  

   has 
  to 
  be 
  melted 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  to 
  get 
  water 
  for 
  domestic 
  use. 
  

  

  To 
  insure 
  an 
  adequate 
  supply 
  of 
  fresh 
  water, 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  large 
  

   tanks 
  should 
  be 
  installed. 
  These 
  tanks 
  should 
  have 
  a 
  total 
  capacity 
  

   of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  30,000 
  gallons. 
  This 
  would 
  be 
  sufficient 
  not 
  only 
  to 
  

   supply 
  water 
  for 
  the 
  village 
  but 
  also 
  for 
  freshening 
  salted 
  fox 
  food, 
  

   if 
  that 
  sort 
  of 
  food 
  must 
  be 
  used. 
  These 
  tanks 
  could 
  be 
  connected 
  

   with 
  the 
  well, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  water 
  could 
  be 
  pumped 
  into 
  the 
  tanks 
  

   either 
  by 
  windmill 
  or 
  gasoline 
  engine. 
  

  

  The 
  cost 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  water-storage 
  system 
  would 
  not 
  exceed 
  $500, 
  

   exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  labor 
  incident 
  to 
  installation. 
  

  

  THE 
  FUR-SEAL 
  HERD. 
  

  

  The 
  act 
  of 
  Congress 
  approved 
  August 
  24, 
  1912, 
  provides, 
  among 
  

   other 
  things, 
  that 
  "all 
  killing 
  of 
  fur 
  seals 
  on 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands, 
  or 
  

   anywhere 
  within 
  the 
  jurisdiction 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  

   shall 
  be 
  suspended 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  five 
  years, 
  and 
  shall 
  be, 
  and 
  is 
  

   hereby, 
  declared 
  to 
  be 
  unlawful." 
  Tlie 
  first 
  seahng 
  year 
  under 
  this 
  

   law 
  was 
  that 
  ending 
  August 
  10, 
  1913. 
  In 
  strict 
  compUance 
  with 
  this 
  

   provision 
  of 
  law 
  no 
  seals 
  were 
  killed 
  on 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  in 
  the 
  

   year 
  ending 
  August 
  10, 
  1913, 
  except 
  such 
  as 
  were 
  necessary 
  for 
  food 
  

   for 
  the 
  natives. 
  The 
  number 
  was 
  2,29S, 
  of 
  which 
  1,960 
  were 
  taken 
  on 
  

   St. 
  Paul 
  and 
  338 
  on 
  St. 
  George. 
  Two 
  skins 
  from 
  St. 
  George 
  were 
  

   not 
  shipped, 
  being 
  too 
  green 
  to 
  handle. 
  This 
  left 
  2,296 
  as 
  the 
  

   entire 
  shipmsnt 
  from 
  both 
  islands. 
  

  

  