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To the Editor, Seward Gateway:
It is very amusing to we oldtim- !
ers in Alaska to read the many ar- j
tides written recently about the I
bears, wolves, coyotes and eagles in ;
Alaska and I am surprised that\
such men as Stewart Edward White ;
who I have read for many years
and met twice in Alaska, and have I
always admired (until he com
menced kidding himself along and
: rying to kid others) would write
such articles without more know
ledge on the subject- I feel sure
that if he or any of his followers
had had as many caches robbed by
bears: as many reindeers killed by
bear and wolves or as many fawns
caught by eagles as I have had in
the last 32 years, they would not
want any of the animals protected. !
Of all the predatory animals, the
bear, and especially the brown bear,
which is the largest carnivorous
animal in the world and the most |
destructive and dangerous. None
of these animals should be protect
ed in Alaska any more than the
rattlesnakes should be protected in ;
Colorado and Arizona.
I also see a discussion in your j
papers in regard to wolves banding j
in large packs in October 1906. The ;
late O. P. Goss and I counted 32 !
gray wolves following a herd of
caribou in the Mike Hess country
and on October 11 last year I was,
within 50 yards of nine gray and |
two black wolves here on the rein- j
deer range. I shot and wounded
three with a 22 but killed none. I ;
also saw the tracks of seven more j
on the same day and on January 7,
this year, I saw the tracks of 15 in
one band.
The dead deers killed by wolves,
lying on the range, have attracted j
the brown bears until they also are
so thick the herders have killed 12
lEEILNOTICE
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE FOR THE JUNEAU
LAND DISTRICT. AT ANCH
ORAGE. ALASKA
SERIAL NO. 00614
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
In the Matter of the Application ot
ROBINSON PACKING CORPOR
ATION, a corporation, for patent
under Sections 2306 and 230; Re
vised Statutes, to a tract of land
as a soldiers’ additional home
stead embraced in U. S- Official
Survey No. 1692.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the ROBINSON PACKING
CORPORATION, a corporation or
ganized under the laws of the
State of Washington, and doing
business in Alaska, has filed appli- ,
cation, Serial No. 06614, for patent
under Sections 2306 and 2307 Re
vised Statutes of the United States
for a tract of land embraced in U.
S. Official survey No. 1692, situ
ated on the north end of Kodiak
Island, south shore of Shelikof
Strait, approximately 2 V2 miles
easterly from Cape Uyak, in lati- !
tude 57 deg. 38 min. 40 sec, N., and j
longitude 154 deg. 17 min. 00 sec.!
W., and more particularly describ
ed in the field notes and plat;
thereof, and containing an area of;
11.90 acres. Corner No. 1 of said j
survey is situated at a point from j
whence U- S. L. M. No. 1692 bears j
north 69 deg. 08 min. 56 sec, west j
7.95 chains distant.
Any ana an persona tiaimmg
adversely any of the above describ
ed land should file their adverse
claims with the Register of the
United States Land Office at An
chorage, Alaska, within the period
of publication or thirty days there
after, or they will be barred by the
provisions of the statutes.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Register. I
1st publication May 10, 1930.
Last publication July 21, 1930. i
m tne last iu months and from the
wolves, bears and wolverine killing
the old deer and the eagles taking
the fawns, this herd of 7,000 rein
deer has been badly depleted in the
last two yars. Judging by this herd,
it is the first herd in Alaska to
be attacked by such bands of
wolves and so many bears.
If the legislature does not take
more drastic means to curb these
destructive animals, they will kill
all the reindeer in Alaska in the
next 20 years.
I should like to ask thru your
paper if some old sourdough trap
per out there on the coast, won't try
and find a predatory animal trap- |
per and send him in to Kokrines
where there is something to catch.
I would suggest he might make his
sets close to Juneau.
A. D. Williams, Kokrines, Alaska,
June 10, 1930.
TOWN IS SACKED
OAXICA, Mex., June 21, (/P)—
According to the correspondent of !
A1 Prensat, 200 armed men invaded
the town of Zapotitlan, killing two
persons and wounding four. They
sacked the town and fled without
interference.
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Metal plates to identify trollers
who are counted by the agents of
the United States Bureau of Fish
eries are being used this season.
The plates are in yellow and black,
bearing numbers from 1 to 3,000
and are intended to display own
er’s identity.
Equipped with a complete and
modern drilling outfit, F. A. John
son is now in the Katalla district.
It is reported that the House
recently passed a bill authorizing
Ketchikan to bond not to ex
ceed $1,000,000 for the purpose of
purchasing the Citizens Light
Power Company of that city.
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