He Wanted Direct
Lion To President
By LUIS C. LUPI
(£’) Newsfeatures
TANGIER—A sultan of Moroc
co who wanted the United States
to establish a protectorate over
his dominions once tendered the
President the Rift of a man-eating
lion.
This Arabian Nights tale is bur
ied in archives of the American
diplomatic agent and consul gen
eral in Tangier in a series of mes
sages dating from January. 1845.
“It is a big lion and apparently
very fierce,” says the first frantic
note to the State Department. “It
came in a cage and with an expert
beeper to look after it.
“Please send immediate instruc
tions.”
The department wrote back
that the President “cannot find
any use for the lion in Washing
ton.” But the agent, knowing the
NATIVES ARRIVING
FOR THE FAIR
Natives arriving by plane lor
the Fair from various points state
that there are several dog teams
'on the way from Teller. Igloo,
Wales and Shishmaref.
HAROLD AND WILBUR TWEET
RETURN TO TELLER
Harold and Wilbur Tweet of
Teller who have been awaiting de
livery of a plane returned to
Nome and stated that there had
been some delay in the delivery
date, so they were returning home.
sultan would feet insulted if his
gift was not accepted, arranged
U> ship the beast just the same.
Weeks later, the records show,
the lion sailed for America with
its keeper and an interpreter for
him—each on the State Depart
ment payroll at $30 a month.
There’s nothing here to indicate
whether the lion ate the interpre
ter enroute, but the sultan didn't
get his protectorate.
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APRIL 11, 1946
ALL LADY CAST
Full of Laughs and Giggles
WOLVES IN MOUNT
McKINLEY
Several prominent scientists,
well-known throughout Alaska,
have testified before the House
Committee on Public Lands for
the extermination of wolves in
Mount McKinley National Park.
Their testimony was heard
when a bill was being considered
which provides, in part, that “the
Secretary of the Interior shall
take such action as may be neces
sary. including the immediate re
duction in the ‘number of wolves,
coyotes, and'other predators in
Mount McKinley National Park,
to the end that the said refuge
shall become and be maintained
as a safe sanctuary for the Dali
white mountain sheep, caribou,
and other wildlife, except preda
tors, native to the area.” The bill,
introduced by Congressman An
gell of Oregon, has the active sup
port of the Camp Fire Clubs of
America.
The Department of the Interior"
has reported unfavorably on this
bill stating that the Secretary al
ready has power of discretion in
taking steps to control the wolves
and coyotes in the park. However,
it is the desire of those who testi
fied for the measure that the bill
be strengthened by directing the
Secretary of Interior to eliminate
all predators which prey on
mountain sheep, caribou and other
wildlife in the Park.
Among those testifying in favor
of a stronger version of Congress
man Angell’s bill were Belmore
Bio.vne, one of the fir^t men to
climb Mount McKinley: Bradford
Washburn, Director, New England
Museum of Natural History: Dr.
James Clark of the American Mu
seum of Natural History in New
York; and Stephen Capps, well
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known in Alaska in connection
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Hearings will be continued at a
later date on this measure, at
which time Delegate Bartlett ex
pects to testify.
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