Fine Dali Trophies
Brought Out of Hills
By Local Sportsmen
Thirty-three sheep had been
checked through the Fish and
Wildlife checking station by Aug
ust 26, according to figures re
leased by Raymond Stross who
with Harry Hartwell has been
keeping the records.
Of these 17 were taken by Pal
mer area men and their hunting
companions. Among first day kills
were those brought in by Emil
Stadler and Richard Thompson
who hunted the Wolverine area.
Stadler’s eight-year-old ram
measured a full curl of 37% in
ches while Thompson’s five year
old proved to be a full-curl-minus
of 29 M inches.
Joe Loyer and Dick Benson
held the distinction of being the
only two who brought their sheep
in whole. Shot in the Alfred and
Squaw Creek area, Loyer’s 35
5/16 inch full-curl ram was a six
year old as was Benson’s 33 11/16
inch full curl.
Charles Scott of Sutton brought
in a six-year-old full-curl-minus I
measuring 32 1/16 inches taken
at Coal Creek Glacier. Another
six-year-old full-curl-minus mea
suring 28*4 inches was shot by
Robert Murray in the East Fork
Boulder Creek region. Edwin
Doyle and Thomas Pearson of
Jonesville, hunting in the same
area got a six-year-old measuring
33 5/8 inches and a 10-year-old
measuring 3514 inches, respective
ly
An eight-year-old ram with a
full curl minus was taken by Ray
Wooten at the head of Hick’s
Creek and measured 29 % inches. |
Hunting in the Caribou Creek |
area were Bob Burkholder of Pal- J
mer and John Bowers of Anchor-;
age. Both got rams of the full curl
minus size, Burkholder’s six-year- !
old measured 33 3/16 inches and i
Bowers’ five-year-old measured:
28 3/16 inches.
I. M. Sandvik got a full-curl
ram near Squaw Creek but the
measurements had not been re
ported.
Arthur W. Thompson’s eleven
year-old-ram full curl was 38 7/10
inches and one of the oldest check
ed through the station. Taken in
the Upper Boulder Canyon, as
was the full-curl-plus, eight-year
old shot by Claiborne Lee that
measured 36 3/8 nches. Third man
in the party, Charles Hodsdon,
brought in a full-curl-plus that
measured 37 3/8 inches.
Another full-curl was brought
in by John Lee, measuring 34 3/8
inches. The six-year-old was shot
in the Boulder-North Anthracite
region. His hunting partner, Ken
Westenbarger’s five - year - old
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HUNTING SEASON OPEN LABOR DAY FOR
MOOSE, CARIBOU, MT. GOAT, AND DUCKS
Come Labor Day Morning, Ma
tanuska Valley sportsmen will
have a hard time to decide where
to go hunting first. The seasor
on mountain sheep will be over
but the seasons on moose, cari
bou, mountain goat, and migra
tory fowl open on the same day
Monday, September 1. At least
the first two days of the Matan
uska Valley Fair will not inter
fere with their legal hunting.
Moose
One bull moose with forked
horns or larger is permitted each
licensed hunter in the Turnagain
Arm, Knik Arm drainages and in
Knik Arm during the open sea
son September 1-20. Except for
a permit hunt December 1-10,
there will be no other open sea
son on moose in this area in 1952.
Caribou
The open season on caribou is
from September 1-30 in the area
south of the Alaska Range ex
cept for the Mt. Sandford area.
This year the hunt is limited to
caribou bulls with forked horns
or larger in a campaign led by the
Matanuska Valley Sportsmen to
save the Alaskan carbou herds
from extinction by excluding the
younger animals as legal game.
Limit on caribou is one per year.
Mountain Goat
In the area west of longitude
148 degrees W. (except for the
Sheep Mountain, Day Harbor and
Kodiak Island areas) the open
season on mountain goats extends
from September 1 through Octo
ber 31. Limit is one per season.
Horns of mountain goats taken
must be retained for identity un
til the meat has been cut and
placed in storage at the locality
where it is to be consumed. It is
also unlawful to remove all evi
dence of sex from moose or cari
bou until the meat is placed in
similar storage.
Migratory Waterfowl
In the Third Division (except
for the Kodiak-Afognak Island
group) the open season on ducks
and migratory waterfowl is from
September 1 to October 25 this
year. Shooting hours are the same
as last year—one-half hour be
fore sunrise to one hour before
sunset, except on the opening day,
when shooting begins at 12
o’clock noon.
The daily bag limit for scoters
and eiders if 10 singly or in the
aggf gate of all kinds; possession
limit is not more than 20 singly
or in the aggregate. Daily bag
limit for American and red
measured 31 5/8 inches.
Highest measurements record
ed at the station were as follows:
Greatest length, 40 Vs inches, shot
by Don Flynn of Spenard; larg
est base, 14% inches, brought in
by Emil Stadler of Palmer; and
widest spread, 32% inches taken
by Richard Wallace of Spenard.
Stross explained that trophy
beads are scored by a point sys
tem gauged on the combingtjpn
if the three largest measurments.
Greatest length recorded by
Boone and Crockett was a tropljy
lead taken in 1927 measuring
17 Vs inches in length.
Stross and Hartwell completed
;heir work at the checking station
Wednesday night. However,
Jtross announced, any hunters
vishing to check their sheep are
isked to contact Bob Burkholder j
it his residence in Palmer.
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You are invited to all of the
Services of
A GROWING CHURCH IN A
GROWING CITY
First Baptist
Church
Meeting in Carpenters' Hall
Sunday School .10 a.m.
Wed. prayer service 7:30 p.m.
Morning Worship .11 a.m.
Training Union .7:15 p.m.
I
Evening Worship .7:45 p.m.
Dreasiea mergansers is za singly
or in the aggregate of both kinds
with no possession limit after
the first day of the season. Limit
for other ducks is not over five
a day. with 10 in possession.
Other limits coot, 15 daily and 15
in possession; brant, three daily
with three in possession; geese,
three daily and six in possession
of one kind or in the aggregate of
all kinds.
Scoter, eider, and merganser
ducks also may be taken in the
Third Division west of 152 de
grees W longitude from Septem
ber 7 to December 21.
SILVER SALMON
RUN AT GOOSE BAY
IS DISAPPOINTING
Valley fishermen who relied on
Fish and Wildlife Service assur
j ances that there would be plenty
l of silver salmon for personal use
after the Knik Arm salmon fish
ing ban was lifted August 14
have been disappointed.
According to the most optimis
tic reports, fishing in Goose Bay
is poor. George Small opined that
it’s waste of time going all that
distance—“There just aren’t anj
fish.”
Bailey Theodore, who has fish
ed for years around Knik, re
ported 12 fish in three tides. An
other Knik resident named Red
dington caught 40 fish the first
day, but has caught only three
since, according to report. Two or
three other parties were netting at
the bay Tuesday and caught only
i 10 fish among them in two tides.
‘ Silver salmon going through the
weir at Fish Creek are few and
far between, observers say.
A happier fish story came out
of Anchor River, just 15 miles
north of Homer. Four local men
flew down there last Thursday—
Fred Byers with Jack Dodge and
Clair Stock with Roy Brock. Fish
ing the Thursday night and Fri
day morning tides, they got their
limit in Steelheads and excep
tional catches of silver salmon
and sea-run Dolly Vardens.
Caught just a few minutes out of
salt water, the fish were described
as “particularly good.” Editor’s
comment: Ummm.
Announce Fourth Annual
"Duck Stamp" Contest
All interested artists, amateurs
and professionals have been in
vited to enter the fourth annual
federal “duck stamp” contest, ac
cording to an announcement
made today by Albert M. Day,
service director of the Fish and
Wildlife Service. The migratory
bird hunting stamp, better known
as the “duck stamp,” has become
famiUar to all migratory water
fowl hunters and to philatelists
throughout the country.
Winning artist will receive no
direct compensation. Artists will
be given a wide latitude in the
choice of medium—pen and ink,
oil, watercolor, etching,, pencil,
etc.—and in their subj^jjt. Thq:
subject must be a true-to-life
potrait of wild waterfowl? Birds
should be in position and plumage
“as the hunter sees them.”
SINGSPIRATION AT
UNITED PROTESTANT
United Protestant Church will
be the scene of the Singspiration
to be held Sunday evening, Aug
use 31 at 8 p.m. The public is in
vited 10 attend.
Duck Stamps on Sale
At Post Office
Harlequin ducks in fight ove;
a mountain range that might wel
depict many areas in Alaska, ar<
featured on the 1952 Duck stamp
now on sale at Palmer post of
fice.
Duck season will open Septem
ber 1 and close October 25 ii
the local area. Hunters are re
minded that the stamp, costing
two dollars, must be purchasec
and carried along with the regu
lar hunting license before tak
ing off for their favorite spots
Shooting hours will be one-hal
hour before sunrise to one houi
before sunset, except on the open
ing day when shooting begins a
12 noon.
DECISION ON
ASSAULT CHARGE
DEFERRED TO SEPT. 15
Decision on the case of the
United States versus Harold A
Nickle of Wasilla was deferred
by U. S. Commissioner Dorothy
Saxton last Thursday afternoon
until September 15 at 10 a.m.
Nickle was charged with as
sault with intent to do bodily
injury on complaint of K. West
enbarger, president of the Matan
uska Valley Sportsmen’s Club. The
alleged assault took place at the
so-called duck tiats area just east
of the Seward meridian ,on which
Nickle has a cattle grazing lease.
The Sportsmen had a cabin on
the site and had established a
rough landing field there for the
convenience of duck hunters.
Westenbarger and A1 Dickow had
been made a committee to in
vestigate reports that Nickle was
using the cabin and that he had
plowed up the landing field.
The discussion and aftermath
on the occasion of the Sports
men’s visit to the grazing site
were the subjects of testimony
given by Nickle and his wife
Dorothy, Westenbarger, and
Dickow.
Testimony of Mr. and Mrs. Nic
kle suggested an unfortunate pre
lude to the meeting when Wes
tenbarger allegedly buzzed his
plane over the cattle, causing
them to flee after they had been
herded together, and then fright
ning a horse held by the Nickles’
young daughter. Their testimony
also suggested an offensive man
ner on the part of Westenbarger
when he presented his complaint.
According to Mrs. Nickle’s testi
mony, Nickle started the fight
with two punches after Westen
barger advanced on him with
clenched fists.
Westenbarger and Dickow in
separate statements denied any
intent to scare the cattle, and the
initial meeting they described was
not nearly as rude as that.pic
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Rirerbend Club
| The Riverbend Homemakers’
Club held its regular meeting at
the home of Mrs. Maud Ware
August 21. A picnic dinner on the
lawn was enjoyed by those pres
ent.
The business meeting was call
, eh to order by club president,
[ Mrs. Ware. Following a report on
the council meeting, our Fair
booth was discussed and final
plans made.
A discussion on “Vegetable
Cookery” was conducted by Es
ther Kirsch. Members like the
pamphlet, “More Vegetables,
Please” and additional copies are
needed so each member may have
one.
The next meeting will be held
September 18 at the home of Mrs.
Vera Rorrison.
; Eckert Resigns From
Soil Conservation Bd.
Clarence Hcffman, Chairman of
I the Alaska Soil Conservation
I Board announced this week that
! Mr. Virgil Eckert has resigned as
a member of the Board. Eckert
| has served on the Board since
January of 1949. A replacement
for Mr. Eckert will be appointed
by the Territorial Board of Ad
j ministration.
tured by the Nickles. After Nic
kle’s first two blows, the two men
testified, Westenbarger had no re
course except to defend himself.
The course of the fight was
described by all four witnesses,
although with different emphasis
at its several stages. All agreed
that Nickle had given the final
blows, after which he had direct
ed Dickow “to pick him up and
take him out of here, and don’t
ever come back.” Westenbarger
picked himself up.
Federal Excise
Taxes Help Bolster
Alaska Sports Program
Recent allotments to Alaska
from two federal tax sources will
add $150,000 to bolster sports pro
grams in the Territory.
From the Pittman excise tax on
arms and ammunition comes one
Alaska allotment of $75,000. This
money will be used on wildlife
resources under direction of the
Fish and Wildlife Service. The
total tax fund from this source
amounted to $10,679,000. Allot
ments from the fund to other ter
ritories and states were: Hawaii.
$25,000; Puerto Rico, $10,000; Vir
gin Islands, $10,000; Washington,
$275,000; Oregon $245,938.
From the ten percent excise tax
on fishing rods, creels, artificial
lures, baits, and flies (paid by
manufacturers) Alaska receives
$75,000 for sport fishery restora
tion. The money is to be used by
FWS for sport fishery restoration.
An additional amount of money
from the fund is provided for ad
ministration of the program. To
tal amount of the tax to be divid
ed among states and territories
was $2,508,527. Oregon was ap
portioned $52,026 and Washing
ton, $61,000.
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leadership, the zeal and vision of
young men!! Pd. Adv.
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