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BEAVER TO TIIE RESCUE
(The Anchorage Times)
The suggestion has been made by The Seward Gateway and by
numerous residents of Anchorage familiar with the fur situation,
that the ban on beaver taking be lifted as a means of providing
relief for the many Alaska trappers who have experienced an unpro
ductive winter as a result of the scarcity of unprotected fur bearers
throughout a large portion of the territory.
The suggestion seems to The Times to be a reasonable one. The
men who depend upon their traplines for a livlihood contribute sub
stantially to the development and prosperity of the territory. They
constitute an important part of the permanent population of the
northland and they should have the backing of their respective com
munities when their is need of aid in obtaining relief from needlessly
restrictive federal regulations. When it happens, as it has this win
ter, that their trap fail to yield sufficient fur to cover the cost of op
erations, they are entitled to the opportunity to expand their activi
ties in the manner suggested as a means of temporary relief, at least
in these districts where beaver have increased sufficiently to permit
limited harvesting. Another season probably will bring unprotected
fur bearers back in sufficient numbers to put trapping on a profitable
basis again.
The difficulty in the past has been to hold beaver taking within
bounds. When the restriction was last removed there was widespread
abuse of the privilege granted. The trapping fraternity quadrupled
in number almost overnight; there was wholesale exodus from every!
town and nearly all of the stampeders returned to their homes with
the legal limit of beaver pelts, in very many cases obtained unlaw- j
fully. The result was near-extermination of beavers in many locali
ties and the clamping down of restrictions harder than ever. The
legitimate trapper, who had no part in the illegal harvest, was made
to suffer along with the guilty.
It occurs to The Times that certain of the beaver restrictions
can be opened safely to a limited number of trappers, real trappers
who already possess licences. Game wardens know how many beaver
can be harvested safely; they know how many trappers there are in
the field; with that knowledge it should not be a difficult matter
to figure how many animals each trapper safely can be permitted to
take. There may be objections to such a plan but until they are brot
forward, The Times will believe the beaver reserves should be drawn
upon at this time to relieve a situation which has the appearance of
being a serious one.
Seward is intensely proud of the victory of Missj
Fatncia Kay, local girl, who carried off first honors in '
in the /Queen” contest held recently during the ‘Circus |
Maximus, under the auspices of the Seattle Press Club. 1
Proud that one from the old town town ascended to
heights zealously desired by many others, sometime, ■
in June presumably, she will start on her trip around ;
the world, as her reward. In behalf of the citizens of
Seward thanks and sincere appreciation are hereby
tendered the Seattle Weekly, who sponsored Patricia s
nomination, and to the many others who contributed
to putting the charming young girl “over the top.
ALACK AND ALAS!
To Alaskans it is nothing new
or strange to awaken on a win
ter’s morn to the music of birds
bursting into sweet song- Just
like these past few mornings.
While every where, in the States, j
even in dear old Calif., the coun-;
try is shaken and shivering in I
throes of blasting cold temper-j
atures.
Oscar Ericson, mayor of Moose
Pass and mink raiser, de lux,
came into the city last evening
on a brief business visit.
A new referee made his initial
bow last night the same bfcing
Donald Shellhorn, high school
letterman. He sees 'em fast and j
calls ‘em straight.
J. L. PLAYED THE PRELIM ,
The Seward high school stu
dent team is on probation owing j
to trouble within the ranks, so j'
therefor, the two Jesse Lee teams ;
played the prelim last night. The (
T t. high defeated the J. L.
graders by the score nf 19 to 5. |
These lads are developing into
excellent players and a big im- ;
provement is noted on each sue- ;
ceeding appearance. Off-hand,
one would say, Andy Peterson and
Benny Benson, were the stars
last evening.
Vessels in port today included
the M. S. Discoverer, Bavarie and
Chase.
The motorship Bavaria, John
Smith, skipper, ana Harry West,
engineer, returned to Seward
yesterday from Montague Isle, j
Ill OPIliS
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TENDERED SOLBSS
ONE SUGGESTION IS TO IN
CREASE THE SIZE OF
PRISONS
WASHINGTON, Jan., 14, (JP)—
Three days before the 10th an
niversary of prohibition, Pres
ident Hoover submitted to Con
gress an array of opinions and
recommendations for strength
ening enforcement which brought
the question into even greater
relief than the recent controver
sies which surrounded it.
In the main these recommen
dations were prepared by the
law enforcement commission. At
torney General Mitchell and Sec
retary of the treasury Andrew
Mellon, and were as follows:
Reorganization of federal court
structures so as to give relief
from congestion and concentra
tion of responsibility; detection
and prosecution of prohibition
violators, consolidation of various
agencies engaged in prevention
of smuggling liquor and narco
tics and other merchandise and
aliens over American frontiers;
provisions for adequate courts
for prosecuting machinery, ex
pansion of federal prisons, reor
ganization of parole and other
practices.
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THIS YEAR, Lines
Indications point to a banner
tourist season this summer, ac
cording to Wm, Lawing, of Law
ings’ Lodge, Lake Kenai, and to
date 135 reservations have been
booked.
There has been a rumor to the
effect that Mrs- Lawing, who
took passage south Saturday, was
going Outside for the purpose j
of interesting capital in the erect- I
ion of a large hotel in Seward,
but this not so, declared Mr. Law
ing yesterday, to The Gateway.
However, they do expect to add
considerably in the way of im
provements to their holdings at
Lawing which plans have been
contemplated for the last two
or three years.
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VAN GILDER—A. Beresford, I. ;
Jacobsen, L. Fremm. j
SEWARD—Wm. H. Estes, Andy
Simons, Robt. Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. j
W. D. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Otto}
Lakshas, Sam Moyer, C. Knapp,
Bradford, Bortz, McKinnon, Neal
McDevitt, Frank Curran, Oscar
Erlfcson, L, J. Scanlon.
OVERLAND—Anton Schilter,
Reinherd Efinger.
WEATHER REPORT
Station
3eward
Divide
Runter
Drandview
runnel
Moraine 33
Dijdwood
\nchorage
iVasilla
ralkeetna
Uurry
3road Pass
Realy 28
tfenana. 18
Fairbanks
Temp. Condition
30 Cloudy, calm
20 Cloudy, calm
4 Clear, calm
12 ICear, calm
32 Cloudy, calm
Cloudy L. S. E. wind
26 Cloudy, calm
0 Clear, calm
0 Clear, calm
>12 Clear, calm
-5 ICear, calm
-8 Clear calm
Clear, S. S. wind
Clear, S. N. E. wind
-5 Clear, calm
TONITE’S PRELIM
The preliminary tonight will
again bring together those dead
ly rivals—Ahem!!!!—the Seward
high school girls and the City
women. It is always a pleasure j
for basketball fans to watch J
and cheer these two squads on j
to victory. j
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