A NORTHERN NOTEBOOK
By BOB I)E ARMOND
(Sixteenth of a Series)
If, as we mentioned recently, the
eagle shooters have been lax about
Betting all of the bounty money
available to them during the past
couple of years, the seal scalpers
have been somewhat over ambitious.
"they gobbled up all but lour dol
lars of the $100,0C0 seal scalp np
propration in a little less than a
year.
Just what this did to the top'll
hair seal population of Alaskan
waters is not known but with the
bounty now set at six dollars, it is
clear that 1G.6G6 hair seals were
scalp’d and. presumably, killed in
the process.
The Territory of Alaska, which I
was already buying such trophic:; |
as eagles' ctaws and the left fore- j
legs of wolves and coyotes, got j
into the scalp buying business on
May 3, 1927.
The bounty bill was introduced,
in the 1927 Legislature by Sena' rj
John W. Dunn of Ruby and Senator
Charles W. Brown of Nome.
It provided a bounty of two d(,l
lyars on each hair seal killed east |
of the 152nd meridian, the meridian 1
just east of Kodiak Island. Evidence |
of the kill w'as the fralp, which ha i'
to include both eye holes and b .a!
ears.
The two-dollar price remained;
until March 3. 1933, when it v ,.
increased to three. At the : :>•
time, some of the waters of Bal
ing Sea were opened to bounty ’
hunters.
There have been tales around r r 1 j
about of enterprising individual,
who engaged in the wolf-mis:,
business, and it has been assert J
that eagles’ feet are frequently im
ported from Canada and peddled l
the Territory, but the only person
actually apprehended in the p: -
tice of a bounty fraud was a soal
scalp counterfeiter.
This man discovered that wiihj
a little effort he could cut thirty
or forty “scalps” from an average
sized sea! hide. He used a red
hot iron to burn in the eye Irel
and had the start cf a nice lit’.’
manufacturing business th; t migh.
have gone along indefinitely.
But he gr^w careless and turned
out a few freak scalps on which
the hair turned the wrong dir -
tion. An alert official spotted them
and the jig was up.
The last thing he got out ol his
scalp manufacturing business was
a trip to McNeil Island, and a long
time to study the halr-growhv
habits of seals.
The Territory's scalp-buying be:;i
ness took on boom aspects two ye .
ago after Rep. C Chester Carlson
of Cordova introduced a bill for a
$6 bounty and the Legislature pas ,
ed it.
At the same time the boun' -
hunting grounds were enlarged and
they now' include all of the coastal
waters, from Portland Canal clear
around to Demarcation Point.
Since 1927 the Legislature has ap
propriated S578.969 for seal bcunti :
This was enough money to buy 88,
000 two-dollar scalps, 100.323 three
dollar scalps, and 16,666 six-dolla
scaps, a total of 204,989 hair s":al
headpieces.
HENRYGREENRECITES
HAMLET AT MEETING,
TAKU TOASTMASTERS
At the regular meeting of tiv
Toastmasters Club last qvenin
President Henry Green gave an im
promptu talk demonstrating the im
portance of variety of force, rate
and pitch. For his material he emot
ed Shakcspef re’s Advice Hi the
Players frem Hamlet, and clo f
with the prize example of a ton ue
twister Esau Wood.
dick^who^te " ere Cha, les Bur-.
Mongols; Wayne Ric^ ";,rch
the past; jack tf !>oes pi
Portance of pir,, .'ford' The Jm
Simpiicity wiTh Po^-' Gciie vail.
of the
B°t> Cowling Ed c', I'J‘eci Dunn.
Kristan handled the r Ma:W:
Avery acted ac i 0;),c' d I -
Grammarian.
boat »voitK *
A complete engine 0° 'UVf;s
Petn completed at >> °Verh,1';’ h •
> ComJany'on thhe6r .W- f
Lassie owned bv t L i,
“".IK horsepower Cl? C,r°Wlei A
Marine engine was VIer C:o'vn
motor company to p at
lor Installation on m f. ' i,lm
Highness.
miief at last
For Your COUGH
*o help loosen and tTubie
Phlegm and aid n.-.t.fr/?' '8erra Jaden
heal raw. tender fnfl e to soothe and
“embranes. Guarantee^m fronc,]ial I
or money refunded !r to p,ease you
asasig
/
ALASKA LAUNDRY
PLANS 70 IMF OVER
SHOW WHITE PLAN! j
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(Continued fi-c.i r . : Cue) I
Wilford B. Hog.'tr; . li.ed i. u ruite
there from 1900 • .3 0.
Jaeger purchn - fir 'odel
T Ford to be I to Juneau
and put the Ion : fill to :■ s to
pasture while the d . rd
over Juneau's str e • • t - ra ’liv
ery of laundry p i 1 . : the
townsfolks.
The Model T wa h i.; de
mand for passenger service .as well
It was used la ‘ ' '' vernoi
and Mrs. WrJ •• C!..rk to var
ious town fr.i.rt'r,: and made a
specii 1 tr.p ov i mivey
Survey Gc;‘:ai VI . -i .. -t his
home c ■ ! j hi; offacs
on S.co.id U.t tn Seward and
Mr in S'.i .
!!t* n < f ; •: o
Tc: a T‘ - ’■ ' -om
active sn ■■■'■ <• e.-ni • . . : ■ ndr;,
tut t.v’: f .v • i .:■) ‘n . ) and
in IMS jt. n natcn t t trul
ed by 1. ■).. • . j- ■ • * icKIn
non, fir. I i i me war
chamcd lo r • ; .. i ••’dry.
j. S. MacX...nc.iia; - nnod
Hie laundry business from the
ground up and has taken special
courses in its operation. He said.
today the same standards for pro- .
yress established by his grand-)
father have been maintained and,'
will be carried on by the business. \
mm to m
TO UPPER BOWL'
Ski activity over the long week
end will shift to upper Douglas
ski bowl where a large number of
both Junior and Senior skiers plan
to stay for the three day period.
The cabin at the upper bowl will
take on odors of fresh ski wax as
practice racers get ready to run var
ious courser which will be set for
their benefit Eothodownhill end
; la lorn racing will be featured Sun
day and Monday for both class A
and B skiers. All those planning
to make the trek ;o the upper bow;
are reminded to use their ski climb
ers going up the trail from the ditch
area to the bowl.
Small Junior ski instruction Sat
urday at the Evergreen Bowl in
again cancelled due to snow crust
and icy conditions at that area
GHOST WOLF KILLED
on NiiKiVM mm
A female gray wolf measurin'
six feet from nose to tail and pos
sibly one of a pair has been kiliec
on Nunivak Island after 19 reimh
in the government herd had bee;
killed in the last six weeks by o.ic
or both of the wolves, accor.'.ing t.
advices received at the Alaska*Na
tive Service Trcm the ANS teaches
It, D. Hollingsworth.
A native on the island in tv
Bering Sea north of the Kuskokwm
River mouth is the only person w:v
has seen the wolf or wolves in th
last few years. The only chance ft:
wolves to get cn to Nunivak Islam
is by crossing on the winter i
from the mainland.
Two Fish and Wildlife predate
control men are leaving St. Mich
ad for the Seward Peninsula t
work around Teller, Ivloo and K it
r. Lue cn wolf control. Wolves we >
reported there list week killi:
reindeer in a government herd.
Buenos Aires is the capital of
Argentina.
REPUBLIC
MEMORIAL
I
(Continued from Pape One)
provide by tlve several bills are:
Banking Board. Board of Bud ret
and Board of Road Commissioners,
Governor replaced by the Attorney
General.
Board of Public Welfare, Aero
nautics and Communications Com
mission and Board of Health, the
| Governor replaced by an nppoint
I live member at large.
Library and Museum Commis
sion, the Governor removed but no
replacement provided.
Teachers’ Salaries
Another House bill introduced this
morning, by Reps. Conright, Kay
and Egan, provides pay increases
for public school teachers and sup
erintendents.
The increase amounts to 20 per
cent and Cor teachers in all brackets
would be $800 a year in the First
Givi.,ion, $840 a year in the Third
Divi ion and $580 a year in the
Second and Fourth Divisions.
Present Fir t Division salary
cate is S3.300 to $4,700.
With its calendar entirely cleared
and a pood deal of committee work
to be done, the House adjourned at
noon until 11 a.m. tomorrow ard
most of the members had commit
tee meetings to attend during the
afternoon.
DAY APPROVES FWS
mi to mm
(Continued from Page Onei
■■rated by the FWS are the flap
hop Brant, the freighter-passenger
vessel Dennis Winn, largest of t'">e
!ieet, Crane, Teal, Kittiwake II,
Blue Wing, Brown Bear and Griz
zly Bear.
The Grizzly Bear has remained
in Alaskan waters throughout the
ear, the winter repair work being
done in Juneau.
Rhode said it is planned that the
Brown Bear, now in the Aleutians
id be sold or will be transferred!
from Alaskan waters. With the ad- j
dition of the larger vessel Dennis j
• Winn, its services are no longer re
quired.
mill’s CABINET
[S KEPT IS0FRCE
—
LONDON, Feb. 9— tiP) —By an1
■ ight-vote margin, the Labor Gov- !
■inment last night defeated still]
mother Conservative attempt to
urn Prime Minister Attlee's cabinet
rut of office.
The House of Commons voted 309
o 293, rejecting a Conservative
action to censure the regime for
administration of Britain's !:w
neat supply.
‘'Isp? ©f New Ysrl:
Tjwb Works for
One Dollar Yearly
CORTLAND, N. Y„ Feb. 9—W—
’or the r < :on:l year, Dr. Robert "I.
terr has kept only $1 of his salary
s Mayor.
The surgeon, a bachelor, turned
tick 53,533 last night and esplnin
d: “It helps the city and make
nv income tax that much less."
SMOOTH, EASY
SPREADING,
DELICIOUS
DAM
D§ LUXE
CHEESE
^ FOOD
The little laily of eight years is *1 • *•' artistry of old ’
Winter's work during the coldest on <., ihe .see son. .
icicles are near HunlsSurg, about '.i miles cast of Cleveland, Ohio.
1/P) Wireplioto.
RESECTIONS OK
Mil m LIFTED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -UB—'The !
Post Office Department today lifted |
all restrictions on mail service.
An order, effective immediately, j
direr''.-.’cl all post offices to resume
ii.ji'.Ti; ! mail service.
Various restrictions had been put
into effect during di: ruption of
train service due to the swi c';'
“sick” strike.
The order gives the nation regu
lar postal service again for the hr
time in more than a week.
DR. TED OBERMA/T, OpicaseSrisI
Moved to
2Gih Cenlury Theatre Building
2nd Floor Phone 61
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BUTTER
CELLOPHANE WRAPPED TO PROTECT FRESHNESS AND FLAVOR
ma ffliira
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 —.F— A
"ederal grand, jury has indicted the
•peace information a-:: r” in Ni
Ycr’c City on a charge ci fading to.
.•fcgister as a foreign : ,ent.
The center, with headquarters at
739 Broadway, has teen the ch.el
ponsor in this country . of t
•Stockholm Peace Petiii >n” v. . . j
• his goverrirurni ha; described r.
Communist-inspired “trick."
The indictment charged ti: • cc
ter it. cli' and In ,' ■ ? it c.r
with violating, the i038
requires that all person or -
Jzatlons acting in this - ‘ v
foreign principal must re-xirier 1
| the Justice Departure
! Failure to register i punishable,
! by up to P10.009 fine ar.d :iv-> ;.
| imprisonment.
The indictment accuse the cor j
1 of acting in the United F -
the committee of the World ( ’
cress of the Deferd-m t i h
the International ergs’.i;
tabli.shed by the Cominform t -> • '■>
Iicize the so-called Ft: ..
Appeal.”
Secretary cf State A: hemn ’ -
year described the Stockholm Perec
petition, sponsored by the center, j
as "a propaganda trick in the spur
ious.‘peace offensive’ of the Soviet •
Union.”
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TomeMAPresident Truman
b i s j) HaiR ,’bvft. with top Con
re tonrl Foreign j uiicy leaden
:.he Indian government's request for
* m wheat.
Mr. Truman is expected to en
cr.ur.v : Ir; I: lotion giving the fan.
in -pis ;ed Indians two rpjo'lpa
tons oi grain.
Inf;:cntial upport of this move
i yesterday from former Presi
de’. Herbert Hoover who told Mr.
Truman he would help organize the
transportation and distribu on of
the grain.
The J.abrador retriever is usually
black, with occasionally a white
spot on the chest.
Crystals of copper silicate some
times appear like giant emeralds
but are too soft to be used as
gems.
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