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BEARS VS. PEOPLE
When Dr. S. B. Fracker, a De
partment of Agriculture scientist,
recently told a Congressional com
mittee that Alaska could produce
85 percent of her food require
ments, he must, if he knows any
hing about Alaska, have had some
nental reservations.
If Alaskans were content to live
jn fish, clams and spuds, it could
xe very nearly if not completely
elf-suificient today. But to pro
vide Alaskans with the diet to
which they are accustomed is an
entirely different matter.
They are, for example, heavy
meat-eaters and if the Territory is
going to provide its own foodstuffs
it must have a sizeable livestock
Industry.
And the Alaska stock rancher
will bump smack into the old prob
lem of domestic livestock versus
wild predators.
The predators he will mainly
have to contend with, depending
xpon the location he picks, will be
wolves and bears.
The opinion regarding wolves ap
pears to be almost unanimous. Al
.hough it requires a good deal more
.runting skill to bag a wolf than
t does to bring home a bear hide,
.he big game hunters have showed
ittle interest in wolves and hence
.ven the Wildlife Service regards
hem as a menace.
But when it comes to bears, and
specially brown bears, there are
wo lines of thought and the two
ire, at times, almost violently op
posed.
There is one lot of people who
want the boars protected, at least
partially. Another group would prc
er to have them decimated if not
ixterminated.
Among the former are the big
:ame hunters, who want bears per
letuated so they will have some
bang to hunt. Then there is a
ouch larger group, broadly classi
fied as wildlife lovers. These are
somewhat romantic individuals who
xssert that all wildlife is inherent
ly good and should be fostered and
protected.
And lastly, there ore the Alaska
big game guides whose interest in
bears is purely mercenary. They
make their living by showing the
big game hunters around. Of the
entire lot who want the bears pro
tected, the guides have the best
case.
On the other side of the fight
are the stock ranchers and the
commercial fishermen. The fisher
men contend, with more than a
little evidence to back them up,
that the bears destroy more than
their worth in salmon every year.
And behind these two groups are
a lot of people who have no par
ticular interest in the matter ex
cept the feeling that it would be
a lot safer to roam around the
Alaskan hills if there were fewer
bears in the underbrush.
As Rep. Chester C. “Red” Carl
son of Cordova put it during the
last Legislature: “These bears can’t
vote and they don’t pay taxes. I see
no reason why we shouldn’t get
rid oi them wherever they endan
ger our lives or our livelihood.’’
Any planning for large scale
stock ranching in Alaska must con
sider Kodiak Island, which offers
the greatest grazing area within
easy reach of a market.
It is unfortunate that the island
is also the habitat of the brown
Lear. Whether, in the long run,
this will be more unfortunate for
the bears or for domestic livestock
remains to be seen. Thus far the
tears have come out on top.
If Dr. Pracker is unfamiliar with
conditions on Kodiak Island he
coul't enlighten himself by reading
the literature of his own depart
ment. Nearly 40 years ago another
Department of Agriculture scien
tist, the late Dr. C. C. Georgeson,
wrote:
"The great brute which domin
ates animal !lfe on Kodiak and
other islands, as well as the ad
joining mainland, had proved him
self to be a menace to advancing
civilization. While the bear is an
interesting animal, not only zoolog
ically, but in that he affords good
sport for hunters, and while the
particular species inhabiting this
region of Alaska is of especial in
terest because of his great size
and power, and because he is prob
ably the largest bear on earth, it
is also a fact that if this region is
to be settled by farmers and in
troducers of live stock the area in
habited by the bear should be cir
cumscribed. Cattle, sheep and bear
cannot live peacefully together.”
Conditions on Kodiak Island and
other bear-infested areas have not
greatly changed in 40 years. As a
matter of fact, bears of nearly all
species have probably increased. A
recent publication gives the num
ber of brown bears in the coastal
area of Alaska as 8,500, with 10,000
brown and grizley bears in the In
terior and 75,000 black bears in the
whole country.
These are nice round figures and
if they are anywhere near accur
ate they show that there are al
most as many bears as people in
Alaska.
There was a time when bear
hides were an article of commerce
and the hunters and trappers kept
the animals somewhat thinned
down.
Records of the old Russian-Am
erican Company show that it pur
chased 1,607 bear pelts at Kodiak
alone between 1842 and 1860, while
its purchases in all of Alaska dur
ing the same period totaled 2,244.
And during the first 13 years of the
American occupation the traders
recorded the purchase of 8,057
bear hides. No doubt many pur
chases were not recorded.
Back in tlft 1890's a brown bear
pelt was worth around $20 and a
black about $30. Since mink were
then quoted at a dollar a pelt,
there was a real incentive for bear
hunting.
In late years, what with closed
seasons and bag limits and the
sale of bear pelts prohibited, the
annual kill has been reduced.
Although the bear controversy
may go on for a long time, there
s lttle doubt that ultmately the
bear will have to go, at least in
parts of Alaska where man wishes
to settle, just as the buffalo of the
Great Plains had to go to make
way for the wheat farms and cattle
ranches of today.
DOUGLAS
MEWS
FIRE DEPARTMENT MEETS
The Douglas Fire Department will
hold a regular meeting tonight at
7 o’clock in the Douglas Cannery
building. There will be a short busi
ness session, work and refreshments.
MRS. FRASER PASSES
AWAY SUDDENLY IN
DOUGLAS ON WEDS.
Jessie Kennedy Fraser, 71, long
time resident of the Gastineau
Channel area, passed away suddenly
and quietly last evening at the home
of Douglas Gray.
She was sitting reading a news
paper when it slipped to the floor.
Her heart had stopped. Several
1
days ago she suffered a heart at
tack.
Mrs. Fraser was born June 5, 1879,
at Glasgow, Scotland, married Rob
ert Johnstone Fraser July 6, 1906.
and moved to Treadwell in 1910. For
the past 20 years she had been with
the Juneau-Douglas Telephone com
pany in Douglas. Her husband died
May 7, 1939.
She was a life member of the Or
der of Eastern Star.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Leonard Johnson and Mrs.
Douglas Gray of Douglas, and Mrs.
Ted Mack of Kirkland, Wash.; and
two sisters, Mrs. Dan Douglas of
Seattle and Mrs. Elizabeth McIn
tosh of Glasgow, Scotland. Also
surviving are six grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later. The remains are at
the Carter mortuary.
RUMMAGE SALE
V. F. W. Auxiliary Rummage Sale
Sat., May 12, in basement Memorial
Presbyterian Church. Open at 10
a.m. t 805-3t
'MYSTERY STREET'
IS MYSTERY FILM,
CAPITOL THEATRE
The methods of Harvard’s famed
Department of Legal Medicine in
aiding in the solution of murder
crimes often written off as ’acci
dental deaths” are revealed for the
first time on the screen in “Mys
tery Street," now showing at the
Capitol Theatre.
The story opens with the acci
lental discovery of the bones of a
skeleton near a lonely beach on
Cape Cod. Police Lieutenant Mcr
ilas is instructed to enlist the aia
cf Dr. McAdoo of the Department
of Legal Medicine in solving the
■asp and ihe latter, in a series of
fascinating demonstrations, and
with only the skeleton bones and
i clump of ivy as laboratory clues,
is able to identify the sex, age.
height and probable occupation of
the victim. Another ingenious ex
periment in which photographs are
matched to a life-size scale size of
the skeleton’s skull identifies the
victim as a missing B-girl and cir
cumstantial evidence points to young
Henry Shanway who drove away
from the Grass Skirt Cafe with the
B-girl when she was last seen alive,
ft looks like an open-and-shut case
until Dr. McAdoo makes another
unexpected discovery, namely that
the discoloration of one of the skele
ton’s ribs was caused by a bullet.
LEGION CONSIDERS
LADIES' AUXILIARY
FOR AUK BAY POST
The possibility of organizing a
Ladies Auxiliary Unit will be dis
cussed at tonight’s regular month
ly meeting of Auk Bay Post No. 25,
The American Legion, it was an
nounced today by Post Commander
George F. Cantillon.
Plans for summer Post meetings
will also be discussed among other
things, he revealed.
Post Adjutant Robert N. Drux
man said that official American
Legion caps and other supplies
have now been received and will be
distributed to members at the
meeting.
The meeting is scheduled to be
gin at 8 p.m. in DeHart’s Store.
MINIMUM PRICE FOR
RED KINGS m CENTS
Dockside prices established here
for troll caught salmon yesterday
were 39’ - cents a pound for large
kings; 29'4 cents for small reds;
[ and 24 Vi cents for white kings, An
dy Barlow, executive secretary of
the United Trollers of Alaska said
here today.
Under an agreement with buyers
the minimum price paid for sal
mon here is one-half a cent less
than prices established at Ketchi
kan. The difference is port differ
entia).
Colors of stars differ depending
j upon their temperatures and at
mosphere; Sirius and Vega, th<
hottest, are blue-white.
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'THE BLACK ROSE'
IS GREAT MOVIE
AT 20TH CENTURY
Sweep and style that bedazzle the
eye and stagger the imagination dis
tinguish the 20th Century Theatre’s
incumbent attraction, "The Black
Rose.” as one of the screen’s all
time greats. This is a movie in the
tradition of massive, overpowering
vigorously adventurous screen spec
tacles, but it has a scope and an
intensity that outdo tradition at
every turn. It also has a Power,
namely Tyrone Power, never more
effective in his impressive film
career.
As the lithe, little lady known as
"The Black Ro-e," a striking new
comer named Cecile Aubry makes
her debut. From England comes
Jack Hawkins. And sharing acting
honors with Power is Orson Welles.
This cast begins to indicate the
size with which Twentieth Century
Fox conceived “The Black Rose” and
the caliber of material Director
Henry Hathaway was given to work
with. Thi* is a great motion picture,
filled with action, glamour and tre
mendous appeal.
ROAD WORK IN
SKAGWAY AREA
GOINGFORWARD
W. J. Nieuil, chiei of operations
for the Alaska Road Commission,
returned home yesterday from an
inspection trip to Haines.
Plans are underway by ARC for
extension of the Skagway-Dyea
road about four miles which will
open up considerable homesteading
' and lumber areas.
! Paving of the Haines Highway
to the boundary is expected to be
] completed this summer, ARC of
1 ficials said. There is only about!
five miles left to pave and about |
25 miles of sealing asphalt to be'
laid. It is expected ferry service
. between Juneau and Haines will
I start the last of May, according to
, information from the office of R.
J. Sommers.
The ARC also announced that,
as of May 9, road load restrictions
have been lifted from all highways
in the Territory and truck traffic
is back to its normal load limits.
The last part of the highway under
spring thaw restrictions, was op
ened yesterday—from Tok to Big
Delta.
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KETCHIKAN PRISONER
WANTED IN TEXAS ON
PAROLE VIOLATION
Joe Jack Montgomery, who was
arrested in Ketchikan on April 25,
and sentenced to 60 days in Jail
| on a misdemeanor charge, is wan
! ted by the U. S. Marshal at Fort
Worth, Texas, according to word
received by U. S. Marshal Walter
Hellan here.
The man is wanted on a charge
of parole violation from the Fed
eral Correction Institution at Sea
goville, Texas. '
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MEETING TONIGHT
Veterans of Foreign Wars
C. 1.0. Hall - 8 o'Clock
ALL VISITING V. F. W. MEMBERS ARE
CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND
Janies Burnette, Commander Frank Drouin, Adjutant
to Sportsmen
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SKINNER'S GUN SHOP
We are now equipped to repair rods
and reels, in addition to continuing our gun
• smith service.
Now the Sportsman may have his
hunting and fishing equipment kept in con
stant repair. Every service from fishing
rod to high power rifles for big game hunt
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RECORDS NOW
OVERDUE, OPS
All retailers and others covered
by ceiling price regulations are now
in violation of the Regulations if
they have not prepared required
base period records, Fred G. Han
ford, Territorial Director of the
Office of Price Stabilization, warned
today.
The deadline for retailers and
wholesalers was April 30, at which
time anyone selling articles at re
tail or wholesale was supposed to
have completed his base period rec
ords in compliance with Regulation
9. No filing by these merchants in
the OPS office is required. How- j
ever, restaurants and taverns must
also prepare records to establish
their food-cost-per-dollar of gross
sales and file this information with
their closest branch office of the
OPS. to comply with Regulation
| 11. There are O.P.S. offices in Ket
1 chlkan, Juneau, Anchorage and
| Fairbanks.
Enforcement officers are current
i ly checking restaurants and tavern:
to ascertain the degree of compli
ance.
All sellers of services, such a
laundries, dry cleaners, drayagi
companies, repair services and sim
ilar establishments must have a
ceiling price list showing the high
est prices they charged during the
base period (December 19, Januar,
25, 1951. This list must show the
type of service and the extent o!
the service rendered during thi
base period for the price which wa:
charged. The list was supposed to
have been prepared by March 1
Checking will be done soon to see
that operators of these types oi
services have complied. These lis’
need not be filed with the O.P.E
office but must be preserved foi
inspection.
All services are still under tht
General Ceiling Price Regulation
Hanford reminded, and no price
increases since January 25 are al
lowable.
WHITTIER LUMBER Mill
OPERATING; EXPECT TO
CUT 15,000,000 BD. FT.
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The Columbia Lumber Co. mill
at Whittier is expected to cut 15,
000.000 board feet of lumber this
season, Thomas Morgan, president
said today. He returned this week
from there where he had been on
business for the company.
With the demand for lumber
along the railbelt and booming
business conditions there, a full
order file has been booked, he said.
The Whittier mill has been opera
ting since May 1.
NPS VISITOR
Aubrey Neasham of the National
Park Service from San Francisco
is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
TO TENAKEE
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Fox of Seattle
stopped over night at the Baranof
hotel en route to Tenakee.
UNION OIL MAN FERE
T. P. Hansen, representative of
the Union Oil Co. from Ketchikan
is in Juneau on business.
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Accounting Auditing Tax Work
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