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Saturday March 1, 1924
A Sensible Law
It It’s Passed
A bill introduced by the Hon. Dan
Sutherland last January and printed
under the number of H.R. 5949 seems
to strike at the heart of the game quo
tion, which is receiving the present at
tention of a greater part of the residents
of Alaska.
Brieby the bill is: The creation of
a game commission of four members
and the chief rperesentative of the Bio
logical Survey in Alaska, the latter to
be the executive and fiscal agent. He
is to direct administration and the pro
visions of the act. A commissioner is to
be appointed by the Secretary of Ag
riculture every four years, from each ju
dicial division.The comm:ssion appoints
wardens etc. The bill prohibits the
taking of game in closed season by In'
dians, Eskimos and prospectors, if such
game is in danger of extinction, other
wise the act is practically identical with
the present law. There is also a clause
that prohibits Aliens Possessing Fire
arms, excepting they hold a Special Ali
en Hunting licence, these licenses are
to cost $100. A non resident license
is: big game $50, small game $10. A
resident shipoing and return licence is
$1 for each trophy. Resident removing <
f.-om territory, $20 for each moose tro i
phy and $10 for each big game trophy.
The clause relating to aliens is es
pecially good, as it is a well k nown fact
that this class is responsible for the
promiscious slaughter of a vast amoun
of game annually.The fine of from $25
lo$500or six months in jail, or both
which is provided in the bill is wholly
inadequate. According to our opinion
the fine should read, at east, $2r0 to
$800 or a year, or both, then before a
person shot game illegaly, he would
think twice. A too cxhorbitant charge
is being made on the resident, leaving
from the territory. The man that has
spent his life in the .North, should be
allowed to take a limited number of
trophies at a nominal charge. As the
bill now reads, a resident cannot take
out the same amount of trophies for
$50 as can the holder ol a non resident
license. This clause should be amend
ed to allow a sliding scale on the price
of permits. Thus if a person has lived
in Alaska twenty years he would be
allowed to take out his trophies for less
than those of a person living here five.
Of course the old timer would lose
his rights after the one shipment.
1 n connection with this bill it would
be well to insure the game wardens a
sufficient travel allowance to enable
them to get into the hills where the
hunters are. Transportation is higher
in some sections than in others, so again
the sliding scale should be used.
The expenditure of Territorial Road
Funds goes on, and not fifty-percent
of the tax payers know where it goes.
Why not a law to print disbursements
of Territorial moneys in the paper pub
lished nearest to where work is being
done. In that way kicks will be elimin
ated. This is the system used by count
ies and it has proen to be the most ef
ficient means of accounting to the tax
payer.
LOPP REPORTS OVET
CROWDING OF RANGE
sent, however, the natives will
herd them across country, as
either method would entail more
or less expense to the owner.
Mr. Lopp plans to introduce
reindeer meat for homeconsump
tion more extensively in the Ter
ritory. Last full several carcasses
were placed on the market in
Juneau and Ketchikan, when the
notorship Boxer returned south
fhe meat sold rapidly, and con
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TO WOULD WAR VETERANS
Those of you desiring to take
advantage of the summary citizen
law for soldiers should do so be
fore March 8,1924, as after that
1 time the soidieis will have to
i take the same Soeps required of
1 ordinary applicants.
Sherman Duggan
' U.S. Attorney and Naturalization
Examiner.
sumers expressed their satis
faction at the quality. Now that
transportation difficulties no Ion
ger stand in the way of cominer
cializing the herds, the initial at
tempt will prove whether the in
dustry wili ever amount to any
tiling big.
The Bureau of Education does
not own over 5,000 deer, which
is bnt a small number compared
to those owned by others. It is
the purpose of the department
to protect the eskimo and his
reindeer business for a few more
years before lifting the embar
go. During the thirty years that
the eskimos have been in the bu
siness they have accumulated
almost $5,000,000 worth of stock
and property.
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