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Wolf Killing From
Airplane Was
Effective
Archie Ferguson uses plane and
shotgun to demonstrate the
right way kill wolves .
Piloting a ship which he pur
chased especially for wolf shoot
ing, Archie Ferguson of Kotzebue
has proved that wolf hunting by
plane not only is a thrilling sport
but also is an effective method of
eliminating game animals’ worst
enemy.
Game Warden Sam White re
ceived a message from him after
his departure from Fairbanks,
saying he shot three wolves
one, two, three from his new air
plane. These three and one kill
ed previously make four he has
killed with buckshot using an or
dinary pump shotgun.
Practical Scheme
Although it is difficult to shoot
a wolf with a rifle from a plane,
Ferguson has proved the feasibil
ity of killing them with buck
shot
Ferguson’s wire to White was
as follows: “Tried out Curtis Rob
in on way home. It works fine.
Found three wolves, shot them all.
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Ferguson is not the only sports
man who has seriously consider
ed that the plane would be the
solution to the wolf eradication
problem. Coyotes are often kill
ed from the air in the Western
States, according to popular sport
ing publications.
John Schwegler, just returned
from the Kuskokwim, reports
having seen a pack of wolves 16
or 18 in all, surrounding a band
of six moose.
Good Targets
Dr. Bart LaRue, flying dentist,
has often circled wolf packs. Doc
tor LaRue said that when he
circled low the animals usually
would lay prone in the snow, easy
targets for a shotgun but hard to
hit with a rifle.
The Robin to which Ferguson
refers in his message is the Cur
tis Robin plane which he bought
from Dick Hawley.
Many local sportsmen are ad
vocating the use of the airplane
to check depredations of wolves
on the caribou herds and moose.
Frequent reponds have been made
this winter of wolves slaughter
ing more animals than they eat
while the snow is deep.
The subject is to be discussed
at the next meeting of the Tan
ana Valley Sportsmen’s Associa
tion.
Examination of the wolf killed
from the Ferguson’s plane show
ed that the pellets completely
penetrated the animal emerging
on his underneath side.
Ferguson’s base is at Kotzebue
He killed the three wolves re
ported, in the vicinity of Sela
wick.—Fairbanks News Miner.
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 6, —
The outbound Oriental liner Pres
j ident Coolidge and the oil tanker
Frank S. Buck, collided in a ter
rific impact in the fog near Gold
en Gate bridge, and within S few
minutes the captain of the Dollar
Liner radioed he had rescued the
entire crew.
A message at 1:05 p.m. said “all
passengers and crew of the tank
er Buck were saved and are now
aboard the President Coolidge".
There were about thirty men
aboard the tanker which was
sinking. The President Coolidge
Prominent Man
Is Missing From
Atlantic Liner
<Kv The Associated Press) |
PLYMOUTH, England, March
6, —Frank Vosper, 37, British ac
tor and playwright returning
from Hollywood, vanished early
today from a gay, journey’s end
champagne party aboard the in
bound liner Paris.
Vosper, and Miss Muriel Ox
ford who was “Miss Great Bri
tain” last year, talked together
on the darkened deck veranda
about three a.m. She then return
ed to the party.
Scotland Yard officers said one
passenger reported hearing a
man’s voice say: “If you don’t
marry me I’LL jump overboard.”
Miss Oxford denied that he
had said anything of the kind to
her.
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Letter
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the fortifying of certain places in
the Territory, tends to make this
an appropriate time to lay the
ground work for Naval defense
in Alaska. That the Navy De
partment is keenly alert to the
strategic importance of the Terri
tory in a plan of National defense
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November last year by Admiral
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cue was accomplished by the
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sengers and crew of three hun
dred.
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