Alaska Almunds In Big Came;
License Requirements Listed
For Newcomers To Territory
Each year the excitement of hunt
ing and fishing in Alaska greets
thousands of new service personnel.
The local Tanana Valley Sportsmen’s
Association receives thousands of
requests for information on "hunt
ing and fishing in Alaska."
Such information would fill a vol
ume larger than “War and Peace.”
However, the local association ad- I
vises that interested persons:
1. For fish, game, and license
laws, write to the Fish and Wild- j
life Service, Juneau. Alaska.
2 For "Alaska's Fish and Wild
life." write to the Superintendent
of Documents, Washington 25, D.C.,
and ask for circular no. 17. Enclose
25 cents.
3. Go the the public library. It’s
a big subject.
Licenses and fees are as follows:
Alaska Territory fishing stamp:
non-resident, $3; resident, $1 plus
10 per cent. Resident license* fish
ing, $1; hunting and fishing, $2;
trapping, hunting, and fishing. $3.
Non-resident fees: fishing. $2.50:
small game and fishing. $10: hunt
ing and fishing. $50. Non-resident
hunting and fishing requires a
trained guide for big game. One
year residence is required for a res
ident license.
Fly Fishing
The best bet for fly fishermen is
the Arctic Grayling, found in many
of the clear, cold tributaries of the
Tanana or Yukon. The fish grows
to a maximum of 22 inches, but is
tasty and easy to catch.
The Great Northern Pike abounds
in the many lakes in the Interior.
They aren't classed as Alaska game
fish, so there is no limit. Fisher
men with casting or spinning rods
will have best success with a wob
bling flashy spoon, to which these
beauties take like wildfire.
Paxson’s. Fielding, and Summit
lakes are easily reached by- Fair
banks anglers, and feature an abun
dance of lake trout. These fellows
take to plugs and spoons in shallow
water early in the season and in
deeper water later on.
One of the biggest fishing thrills
in the Interior is nabbing a shoe
fish on the other end of your lrfie.
They’re not too easy to find in this
area, and are not easy to take with
a rod and reel when found. That’s
one reason they're such a thrill.
But keep trying in the Tanana and
Chena rivers: they’re there.
Salmon abound in the Tanana and
Yukon. It’s a unique experience to
see the natives taking salmon in
their fish wheels along the river.
Trout fishermen will be sorry to
learn that there are no Cutthroats
or Dollies in this area. There are
but few Rainbows, although this
variety is being bulit up through
lake rehabilitation programs.
There are no pickerel, spiney i
rayed fish, or muskellunge in Alas
ka,
For the newly arrived big game
hunters, here are a few tips on Al
askan wildlife.
Everyone would like to bag a
moose, that's certain. But if an Al
askan hunter wants one badly
enough, he must go prepared to
properly butcher and pack out from
700 to 800 pounds of meat. The
moose is the king of Alaska’s ani
mal kingdom, and sometimes mea
sures seven feet at the shoulder.
Big Game
With moose, as with other game,
hunters are obliged to save and \ise
the meat, and a moose, shot in
wilderness country and far from
the nearest stream, can give a man
a thoroughly miserable time.
The prize of all Interior game is
the pure white Dali sheep. This
animal has a nasty reputation: it
takes tfce toughest going to get a
ram, and you get him if you earn
him. This is the best eating of all
wild meat, found in the Alaskan
range to the south and the Brooks
range to the,north.
The caribou, wrhich will probably
be the first big game animal of the
Territory to die out in the face of
marching" progress, can be found
along the Taylor and Steese high
ways. Most of them are bagged on
their annual migration. But if a
hunter’s in caribou country in sea
son, he won't be alone.
Bruin
There are no brown bears north
of the Alaska Range. Jt’s close rel
ative, the grizzly, can give a man
iust as much trouble, however.
Bears are most commonly found
along salmon streams after the fish
come up to spawn. Black bears
usually wander closer to civiliza
tion than grizzlies do, (a mother
and her young cubs were making
their home in a Fairbanks suburb
recently) but are also found along
salmon streams.
Hunt small game, such as ptarmi
gan and grouse, in higher areas un
til late September. Rabbits are plen
tiful, with no season or limit re
quirements. The waterfowl season
opens too late to be of much conse
quence, but hunters generally have
good luck in the Minto lakes. T^ost
small game seem to run in cycles
as they do elsewhere.
Information on seasons, limits,
and hunting and fishing regula
tions may be obtained by writing to
the Fish and Wildlife Service in
Juneau.
Anyone interested in membership
in the Tanana Valley Sportsmen's
Association is urged to write the
club at Box 669, Fairbanks. Book
lets on Fishing and hunting in f!ie
Interior are available from the club.
Good printing of all kinds and |
at reasonable prices at Jessen’s j
Weekly.
SHIP YOUR RAW FURS
TO
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1600 SO. CUSHMAN
Box 2094 Fairbanks
WE PAY MARKET PRICES
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REAL BARGAINS ON—
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For Sale at 'A Price or Less
There Is Open
Land Available
For Homesteads
Many newcomers to the Terri
tory, especially service personnel,
have expressed the desire to make
their permanent homes here thru
Alaska's homestead program.
All unappropriated and unre
served public land in Alaska, adapt
able to any agricultural use, not
mineral or saline in character, nor
occupied for the purpose of trade
or business, and outside the limits
of an incorporated city, is available
for homesteading.
The only requirements for home
steading is that the applicant be 2f
years of age or the head of a fam
ily, a citizen of the United States,
and that he not own 160 acres.
A homestead settlement may be
made on either surveyed or unsur
veyed public land. To secure the
land against adverse claim, a settler
on unsurveyed land must file a no
tice for recordation within 90 days
after settlement with the land of
fice on the fourth floor of the Fed
eral building. If the settlement is
on surveyed land, a homestead ap
plication must be filed with the
land office within 90 days. A fee
of $10 is charged for a recording
notice; a homestead application fee
is $5, or $10 if more than 81 acres
is involved.
Residence must be established
within 6 months following land of
fice registration, and continued in
good faith for three years. A settler
may leave the land for only two
periods each year, not amounting
to more than five months per year.
This residence requirement can be
amended in some cases.
One eighth of the'property must
be cultivated by the second year,
and a habitable house erected by
the time proof that the claimant
has complied with the regulations
is given. Settlers on unsurveyed
land are entitled to a free survey
if this proof is given in five year's
time or less.
Any war veteran, from any
branch of the service, who has been
honorably discharged, is entitled to
have a period equal to the term of
his service in the armed forces,
not exceeding two years, deducted
from the three years' residence and
cultivation requirements. Thus a
war veteran, with 19 months of mil
itary service, needs to reside on the
land for a period of seven months
only, erect a habitable house, and
may avoid the cultivation require
ments if he completes his 7 months
of residence during the first year
and submits proof before the cul
tivable season of the second.
Although many of the most de
sirable and accessible property has
already been settled, vast amounts
of good land are still available. In
terested persons are urged to con
tact the land office for further in
formation.
JOSEPH THALERS BRING
GREETINGS FROM WEILERS
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Thaler and
their four sons, Michael, Jerry, Jon
athan, and Toby, are currently vis
iting Alaska from their home in
Spokane.
Arriving in Fairbanks Saturday,
they brought greetings from the
Fred Weilers, former Fairbanksans
now living in Spokane.
The family drove their own car
to Alaska, and left for Anchorage j
and McKinley Park Tuesday. They !
spent some time at Harding lake, i
where they visited with friends,
Dr. and Mrs. John Weston and Mr.
and Mrs. James Mulrooney.
ARR EMPLOYEES CLUB
TO HOLD PICNIC SUNDAY
The Alaska Railroad Employees
Club will hold a welfare fund pic
nic Sunday at Rancho Rinear, ap- j
proximately one mile on the Hagg
man farm road. Signs will be posted
past the rendezvous tp the picnic
grounds. Admission w'ill be $5 for
a family plus a salad.
Refreshments of hot dogs, ham
burgers, ice cream, and soft drinks,
will be served. The public is cor- 1
dially invited. Further information
may be obtained by calling 6813. j
Pan American
Starts Strato
Service Aug. 1st
Wednesday will mark the begin- ;
ning of new Strato Clipper service
between Fairbanks and Seattle by
Pan American World Airways, ac- {
cording to A1 Polet, district traf
fic and sales manager.
The huge double-decked planes
are the largest commercial trans
port aircraft in the world. They
will replace the smaller DC-6Bs |
on flight 903, north bound non-stop
from Seattle to Fairbanks, and on
flight 906, the southbound flight
stopping at 'Whitehorse and Juneau
en route to Seattle.
On September 1 the complete
changeover to larger equipment
will be made. At that time all
flights between Seattle and Fair
banks, except for all cargo ser
vices, will be operated with the
Strato Clippers.
Good printing of all kinds and
at reasonable prices at Jessen’s
Weekly.
Harry Bronson
Escapes Death
In An Accident
Harry Bronson, 51 year old em
ployee of the Alaska Road Commis
sion, narrowly escaped death Tues
day after his glove became entangl
ed in a culvert pipe causing the
pipe to roll over him.
The accident occurred on Mile 82
on the Steese highway. Bronson's
injuries were lacerations of the face
and tongue, according to St. Jo
seph's hospital authorities.
Bronson was taken to St. Joseph's
hospital Tuesday afternoon after
the 74th Rescue squadron was no
tified shortly after noon. Dr. (Capt.)
Robert J. Hekking of the Ladd hos
pital staff and 74th Aero Med.
Spec. A/1C James Tinkler were dis
patched to the scene in an H-19 hel
icopter. Bronson was given minor
medical'attention while in the air.
The ’copter was piloted by Capt.
Jack Cannon and Lt. Dan Eastman.
The Bronsons live at 401 Church
street.
MARIE ELLIOTT TOM ELLIOTT
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Open
5
P.M.
521 Gaffney Rd.
(13th Ave.)
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AT
Moose
Caribou
Lake Minchumina
Black Bear
Ducks
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WITH VAL BLACKBURN (Registered Guide) GIVES YOU
ACCESS TO UNSPOILED ALASKAN HUNTING GROUNDS.
Take NCA's DC3’s to Lake Minchumina where you’ll he
met by Val Blackburn and go by boat to his lodge. From there
you’ll travel by boat to one of the three hunting camps located
on a river in the most bountiful hunting area, and near known
moose crossings.
RATES: Only $5.00 per day while at the lodge for lodging
and eookiing facilities . . . then in pairs or groups up to four you
may rent a boat and have use of the three camps for a total
cost of $25.00 per day per group. These are large boats with new
7 la HP motors. The camps will have tents and cook stoves.
For the NON-RESIDENT . . . Personally guided hunts by
VAL BLACKBURN (Registered Guide) including boat transpor
tation, board, lodging and camping equiipment except personal
gear—$60.00 per day.
Round-Trip Air Fare
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Pius Tax
ONLY 4c PER POUND TO
* IUUK CAME ON NC’ATS SCHEDULED T>C3’8
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