LUD URICK TO U. OF A.
NEXT YEAR
Lud Urick, high school instruc
tor and athletic coach for the past
year in our school has been ap
pointed physical education in
structor and coach of football and
basketball at the University of
Alaska for the coming year.
Mr. Urick will be missed next
year as he did a fine job in train
ing the local high school team as
is evidenced by their splendid
record in the All-Alaska meet in
Anchorage and their record of
good sportsmanship was consider
ed outstanding.
One of the outstanding and uni
que responsibilities of his new po
sition will be the coaching for the
football team which plays the
now famous Ice Bowl game dur
ing the short cold days in Janu
ary.
What the world needs most to
day is someone who can foretell
the future—and then change it.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP OPENS
NEW OFFICES IN SEATTLE
This week the Alaska Steam
ship Company opened its new
ticket office at 1223 Fourth Ave
nue, Seattle, in charge of K. A.
Cross, assistant general passenger
agent, H. N. Peterson, general
traffic manager, stated.
The new quarters are of con
ventional design. Warm, bold,
characteristic Alaska colors are
employed throughout the interior,
presenting an effective display
that is completely exposed to the
street by the plate glass and alu
minum front, eliminating the need
for exterior advertising.
Red birch paneling is silhouet
ted against sparkling white and
gray side walls. The back wall is
of bright yellow, adding a touch of
brilliance.
The furniture in the public area
and the main counter are special
ly designed and also made of
birch.
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Phone—Shop: Black 76 — Residence: Main 52
WE CHECK YOUR TANK REGULARLY
Ben Young
SERVICE CLEANERS
4th and B Streets—Opposite School House
QUALITY DRY CLEANING A SPECIALTY
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mickelson, Props.
Prompt and Courteous Service
Phone RED 96
VOTE FOR
WILLIAM E. BFLTZ
DEMOCRATIC
Candidate
for the
SENATE
Territory of
Alaska
•
Primary April 25
He points with pride to his voting record
in the past Legislature and if elected to
the Senate will continue to fight for the
rights of all the people in the Second
Division and throughout Alaska.
%
Your Vole Will Be Appreciated
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!Kotzebue Wolf De
predations Greatly
Exaggerated
rr
—
(Anchorage Times*
Reports of wolf depredations in :
the Kotzebue-Noatak-Kobuk Riv
er areas have been greatly cxag
gerated.
That is the conclusion of a Fisn
I and Wildlife Service predator con
trol agent from Anchorage who1
spent two weeks in those sectors .
makin ga first hand investigation.
Maurice W. Kelly, the predator
agent, said his survey showed n-*
need for a state of emergency.
‘There are wolves in that coun
try, probably quite a few, but!
nothing like the reports.” He add
ed that the so-called ‘‘caribou
slaughter near Noatak village was j
due, not to wolves but the hunt-1
j ers.”
The FWS has affidavits show
ing that 280 caribou in that area
were killed by 37 hunters. Seven
boys admitted killing 120, it is re
! ported.
During the two weeks that he
was flying over the area, Kelly
said he saw only two wolves. He
covered the area up the coast tow
ard Point Hope, flew over the
Natak River drainage and up the
: Kobuk River as far as Shelby
( Lake. He also covered many of
; the tributaries.
The FWS agent stated he had
, interviewed bush pilots in the
! area. One pilot reported he had
radioed Kotzebue that he had seen
! a wolf pack of 17. When the story
I got out, the 17 wolves had bal
I looned to 40.
Kelly also talked to Glen Hud
son of Talkeetna and his brother,
Cliff, recognized wolf hunters.
They went north, Kelly said, fully
equipped to hunt wolves on the
strength of the hue and cry.
The Hudsons had been north as
far as Barrow when Kelly saw
them, had covered the Noatak
flats, Point Lay and Point Hope
area and they had not seen one
wolf.
They told Kelly that they had
sighted what appeared to be eight
j wolves on one flight. When they
; let down they found the ‘'wolves”
j were caribou.
Kelly pointed out that othei‘ pi
lots might make the same mistake
! if hunters as experienced as the
J Hudsons could err.
FWS agent Stanley Patrick took
i two more wolves at the reindeer
herd at Selawik. Elmo Miller. ANS
representative at Nome, reported
that there had been no losses to
the reindeer herd in that area this
j year from wolves. Some wolf
tracks were found near Teller,
but there were no victims.
The FWS will carry its wolf
campaign into the spring. Patrick
will camp back in the flats and
spend the months of May and
June looking for wolf dens. En
forcement agent Baker will sup
plbiyhvmlp vda(s$andjwane
ply him by plane.
{‘We hope to send another man
with Patrick, Kelly said, “and
have a small plane based on the
Noatak. By concentrating on the
wolf dens we can clean up a
whole family."
The May issue of the Alaska
Sportsman features another hunt
ing story by Robert Mayokok,
well known Alaskan artist, who
is spending the winter in Nome
and has been busy producing and
selling his original stationery. The
story is about seal hunting and
what it takes to be a seal hunter.
For Good Printing Call Main 125
Transport Plane
Crashes hi Japan
TOYA, Japan, (AJ) — A big air
force transport crashed Friday
night with 35 persons, including
one of General MacArthur’s key
officials. Presumably it was down
in this rain-swept mountain coun
try southwest of Tokyo.
A wet fog settled thickly
shrouding from searchers the fate
of the 27 passengers and eight
crewmen. A daylong air and
ground hunt failed to spot the
four-engined C-54 which was fly
ing to Japan from the Philippines.
Bad weather forced six search
planes and two helicopters to
earth Saturday afternoon. Ground
searchers kept slogging over the
designated search area of 14
miles square that ranges upward
into the Tanzawa Mountains.
Frank E. Piekelle, Chicago,
head of MacArthur’s foreign trade
division, was one of the passen
gers. With three other occupation
workers he was returning from a
ti'ade conference at Manila. They
were James Torrens, Washington,
Bernard Adams. New York, and
Mrs. Teresa Krosser 'home town
punavailable.
A complete list of those aboard
Fur Coal Prices
Will Be Higher
WASHINGTON, uV>—An indi
cation that fur coat prices are oil
the way up was seen today in the
report that the government’s
spring auction of Pribilof .Island
sealskin brought prices about 12.6
per cent above the average of last
fall.
Fur traders regard the semi
annual government auction o f
Alaskan sealskins as a barometer
of the fur business.
The fish and wildlife service
said today that 29,800 Alaska seal
skins were sold at the spring auc
tion in St. Louis Monday, for a
total of $1,913,038. The average
price for the U. S. government’s
Alaska sealskins was $64.20, com
pared with an average last fall of
$55.93.
was not announced by the air
force.
RIDE SHANKS MARES
TO THE
CARNIVAL
BUT DRIVE HOME IN A NEW
CHEVROLET
SAT.. APRIL 29. 8:15 P.M.
PLUMBING and STEAM-FITTING
Call Vern Miller - Phone Main 79
ROSS
Kimball
Democratic
Candidate
for
(Commissioner
of
Labor
To perpetuate fair dealings between wrorker and
management. He will surround himself with ap
propriate advisors and not political proteges.
To establish public relations and inform all of the
Territory of the activities engaged in by the De
partment of Labor.
A past of action and a future of trust.
Ross Kimball will establish public trust in the
Department of Labor.
Paid Political Adv.