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ERNEST P. WALKER
GIVES ANSWER TO
EDITORIAL
GAME COMMISSION COMPOSED OF
FIVE PICKED MEN FROM THE
TERRITORY
January 19, 1926.
Editor Seward Gateway,
Seward, Alaska,
Dear Sir:
Your recent editorial on the subject
of the licensing of guides has been
called to my attention. I am confi
dent that if you had had full informa
tion on the subject, you would not
have written this editorial, or had you
written one, it would have been com
mendary rather than condemnatory.
In order that you may have informa
tion on this subject we take pleasure
in advising you as follows:
The licensing of guides in the Ter
ritory has not and will not be permit
ted to develop into a monopoly. The
Alaska Game Commission is determ
ined, however, that men who are lie
ensed as guides shall be reputable, hor
est and competent. Guiding is a pro
fession and the guides can either dc
a great deal of harm or a great deal o1
good by their treatment of non-resi
dent hunters. No community realizes
better than your the value of non
resident hunters to the Territory.
For this reason, we must take pre
caution to assure them of fair treat
ment, at the same time that we see
that they observe the laws. This,
therefore, is our reason for insisting
that they be men of integrity. A dis
honest guide can do a great deal of
harm to the profession in the Terri
tory.
Rig game hunters are not necessar
ily after an excessive quantity of
game. Most of them have already
killed considerable game and are not
out merely to slaughter. They want
a few choice trophies and want to see
the game, study it, and enjoy it. They
therefore do not want to take an ex
cessive among of game and they think
no more of the guide who will permit
them to take excessive amounts of
game. Indeed big game hunters have
expressed to me criticisms of guides
who showed over-enthusiasm in want
ing the big game hunter to kill exces
! sively.
The mere presentation of creden
I tials or recommendations from busi
ness men or.others does not necessar
ily mean that a man is either honest
nor competent to guide. As you know
many people give little heed to what
they are signing so long as it does
not concern them in putting out mon
f ey and I believe it is a common fault
I that people are too free to sign en
! dorsements so long as they themselves
j are not directly concerned.
It is possible that some hunter may
: have been slightly delayed in arrang
| ing for a licensed guide. This, how
! ever, is a rare exception rather than
! the rule and as soon as the guides
j fully realize the benefits which they
j will derive from holding licenses, they
; will take out their licenses long before
the hunting season arrives so that
there will be no occasion for any de
lay whatever.
As you know the Alaska Game Law
and regulations did not become opera
tive in the field until August tenth,
last. The Game Commission had a
large amount of work in putting the
system into operation and it is possi
ble that in the earlies stages there was
as you mention, a delay to a hunter. I
have at hand all details pertaining to
the guide you had in mind when writ
ing your editorial. This information
shows that shortly before he applied
for a guide license he had been con
cerned in a deal .in beaver skins with a
dealer who is known to us to have
been engaged in other illicit fur trans
actions. The guide himself admits
■ that he was concerned in this beaver
. deal. He declares, however, that it
i pertained to skins that had been taken
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before thd closing of the season. Per
sonally, I have some doubt of his
statement on the subject, but for want
of conclusive evidence in the matter
we have issued him a license, and it
was issued before your editorial was
written.
I have no doubt that there might be
some big game hunters who would in
sist upon a certain individual for a
guide. I can even imagine that there
might be some of them who would
purposely insist upon a man who they
knew would permit them to commit I
violations and kill game excessively.
I am confident, however that it would
not be the wish of Alaskans that any
person be licensed as a guide who
would permit such procedure. Alas
kans realize the value of game too
well to be tolerant of wasteful and ex
cessive killing. Most of the big
game hunters consider that we are
overly liberal.
This office receives numerous en
quires from hunters and prospective
hunters for a list of guides and we
maintain such a list of licensed guides..
It is, therefore, a great advantage for
one who wishes to engage in the guid-j
ing business to take out his license:
early for his name is thereby placed j
directly in the hands of numerous per- j
sons who desire guides. In this way, i
he receives the best possible advertis-j
ing. It is the aim of the Commis-.
sion to have it become known that
when a man holds a license issued j
by the Alaska Game Commission, the |
hunter may feel certain that he is com-!
potent and honorable and that he will;
give the hunter a square deal in all 1
respects. This will be of great bene- j
fit to the guides and to Alaskans.
I doubt if you will find any other
five men in Alaska who are working
harder for the good of Alaska and her
wild life, and who are doing more to
enable Alaska to profit in dollars and
cents from her wild life, than the five
members at present on the Alaska
Game Commission.
The Washington office has nothing
whatever to do -with regard to the pol
icies of the Alaska Game Commission
in the matter of guides and guide lic
enses. Therefore, your charge of au
tocratic bureau officials falls flat and
I assure you the five members of the
Commission are in absolute harmony
in the matter of guide policy.
I venture to write you at this length
because I know you are sincerely in-j
terested in the welfare of Alaska and I
especially Alaskan wild life and I am j
confident your editorial was inspired
purely by your interest in the subject.
If I did not know that you are sin
cerely and conscientiously interested
in these subject, I would have ignored
the editorial.
May I ask that in fairness to us in ,
future you drop us a line asking for
complete details on any subject which
may seem to you as-being mishandled
or mismanaged and I assure you we
will gladly supply you with full infor
mation.
As you know we are constantly seek
ing constructive criticisms and sugges
tions, so do not hesitate to send them
to us as they occur to you. We sin
cerely hope, however, that before com
ing forth in a public charge such as an
editorial, you will obtain all the facts
in the matter and from both sides of
the case rather than from the one pos
sibly prejudiced and bitter side.
With kind regards and best wishes
I am,
Sincerely yours,
ERNEST P. WALKER,
Executive Officer.
The plight of “Lo” the -poor Indian,;
is again brought to attention by the ■
recent statement of Secretary Work:
of -the Interior Department that §34,-1
000,000 of Indian money is deposited j
in Oklahoma banks while §24,000,000
more is invested for them in Liberty |
Bonds. This money, with many mil- j
lions already distributed and spent, j
wasi derived from, rich oil lands of the |
* old Indian Territory, which was thot
to be of little value when allotted to
the several tribes years ago.
Nashville has apparently changed its
attitude toward dope peddling, but in '
just -what direction is somewhat ob-|
scure, at least so far as may be gath
ered from the opening paragraph of a!
j dispatch which reads: “Nashville drop- j
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dling centers in 1923 to the second j
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At first glance it would seem that the
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