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Show REPORT SHORTAGE OF SALMON Catch in Aliskin Watera This Se.non It Said to Be Disappointing. Reports from Alaska me to the effect that salmon catch Is disappointing. disappoint-ing. Even these places on the Alaskan Alas-kan coast which have been most successful, suc-cessful, comparatively peaklng, Iiavo secured less thuii the hvi'iik' pack, while .some of the lurgesi canneries have practically nothing to show us a result of the season's operations so far. While the seusou has not yet closed, several of the principal Alas-Unn Alas-Unn canneries have ceased operations. One large canning concern with a capuclty of 15,IKX cases secured H.MKI anil whs then obliged to close down for lack of tish. The Rivers Inlet and Fraser River packs are also gtiid to be exceedingly light this year. Naturally, this means that the canned can-ned salmon supply will be the smallest small-est for many year. |