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Takotnar. Alaska, February 2, 1929.
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FF* K CATCH DECLARED TO
BE FAR BELOW AVERAGE
(.Fairbanks News-Miner.)
That the fur catch in the most fm
xi'tanf fur regions of Alaska will fall,
far Below the take for last year and
-hVit it will probably reach only 25'
-ter cent of-the catch for 1927-1928, is
thfe belief of D. W Flanigan, Anchor
age fur buyer, who is now in Fair
oafnks. Mr. Flanigan bases his con
clusions on personal observations and
of talks with traders and trappers.
With the trapping season virtually
o\*er, the catch in some districts from
which thousands of dollar*’ worth of
fur were-sent last year has been al
most a complete failure this season.
Mf, Flanigan h as just returned from
Fort Yukon, where the Christmas
>tfe»'ing of furs is generally valued at
rrbund Slftft.OOO. This year jt was ap
proximately $2Q,0<K> and there was
“vAry indication, it was said, that the |
total catch would fall short of - last;
year’s by at least 75 per-cent.
The Sift,000 worth of furs wa»|
•»bug.h to Fort-Yukon by about 150.
trippers and traders w ho had collect- j
edl furs from at least another hundred
trappers, making the individual re
turns less than SI,000. The Roberts
brothers, natives, who operate1 trad
ing .npsts at Chandlar village, Caro,!
Arete- Village and Christian, say they
dot not know .any trapper who has ob-;
talned $200 in furs during the present1
sehsou. Three- of the brothers came!
toi Fort Yukon for supplies at the;
time* Mr; Flanigan was there and they |
brought in furs worth less than $500,1
whereas they normally have $7,500:
wdrth By Christmas.
Mb: Flanigan corroborates reports
saving that the fur supply, in the
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Kuakokw.im is depleted, and he de
clared that the Susitna region, pen- j
orally a great mink producer, has
been a blank this year. From the!
lower Yukon, he. added, little fun can!
be expected,- as the smallpox quaran
tine would account for a lessened out-!
put even if fur-bearers were plentiful, i
Either intensive trapping during!
the last three years, when fur prices
have been high or scarcity of food, is
held accountable by Mr. Flanigan for
the light catch this season. High
market prices for fur have resulted
in tripling the number of trappers,
he estimates, and it is possible that
fur-bearers are nearing extermina
tion. On the other hand, he said, it
may be that they have pone to new
districts where food is more plentiful.
When it is realized that lynx can
travel 75 to 100 miles a day it can be!
readily seen that-a trapping district,
may be good i n«* year and not the,
next., Mr. Flanigan pointed out.
Both trappers and traders are going
to- be hard hit by the failure of thr .
Catch, he declared. Mr. Flanigan be-!
lieves that proper legislation by the1
Alaska Game Commission could allevi
ate the present conditions, to a certain
extent. He favored^ local rather than
general restriction on .certain kinds of
animals, giving beaver as an example.
For the last two years there has been
a short open season on them asd the
take has been very large, giving many
trappers a chance to make profit on
the season's woik But the open-sea
son also attracted many who are not
bona- fide trappers.)
Un the upper Kuskokwifii where;
beaver are the principal fur-bearers,.
Mr. Flanigan believes there should be i
an open season every year. Beaver:
live-there by the tens of thousands, ■
and by limiting the catch the'region;
would yield a. large revenue annually I
without danger of exterminating the i
beaver, he declared. By allowing
them to be taken with traps onlj,
those who ire not hona fide trappers
would not find the business profitable,
he believes. Shouting .of beaver has
been allowed for the last two years,;
which put the men who make their!
living by-trapping up against ruinous
competition ..
In areas where- the amount of fur t
is known to -be small, Mr. Flanigan j
believes in continued’ restriction, but
he said if'members of the Game Com-;
mission could tty over the. upper Kus- i
kokwinl they would realize.- the num- j
ber of beaver -there and would not
favor general restriction where local j
would be more advisable.
LYNX ARE BLAMED FOR LOSS ,
OF FUR; MINK ARE HIDING |
(Anchorage Times.)
The scarcity of fur in Alaska this
winter is attributed by one oldtimer
to the activities of lynx. The coun
try is not being overtrapped, in his
opinion, and there will be a coming
back of fur-bearers in normal num
bers as soon as natural conditions j
will permit them to increase. The
oldtimer who expresses this view is
Jack Smeaton, of Sleitmut, who left I
for the interior yesterday after a j
visit of several; days 'in Anchorage.;
He is going to Fairbanks for a short!
stay and them still leave over the win-j
ter trail from N-eitana for ids head- j
quarters on'She uUskokwitii*
His theory regarding the *Ur situa
tion is that the ■ scarcity of rabbits
and bi&d's, on which lynx feed normal
ly, has compelled them to prey on
foxes and other for fur-bearers. The
lynx lay in wait for their victims and
pounce upon them from anaflaah. And.
when there are no more fctk&eor other
prey to feed upon the Inxwill begin
a battle for existence among them*
selves, with the result that their num
ber will be very materially .reduced.
And when the lynx are gone, or re
duced in number suffickncty to permit
it) the foxes and other 'ur-bearers
will begin to increase at a rapid rate,
Mr. Smeaton admits that wolves
and coyotes are a menace to a fur
country, but lynx, in his opinion, are
wholly responsible for the present
situation. He bases-his opinion on
the records of the Hudson Bay Com
pany, which show that foxes have dis
appeared as suddenly in earlier years
and always have come back.
Mr. Smeaton does not. believe that
mink are as scarce as reported. He
isdmits that they may be hard' to find,,
but he is sure they are here in undi
minished numbers and. able to protect,
themselves from lynx. His explana
tion is that the little fur-bearers are
staying close to the larger streams,
with splendid protection beneath the
ice. and ample feed there. He does
not think it is possible for trappers
to deplete the Supply, and another
season, if conditions are right, will
find them as plentiful as ever along
the trap lines.
In the District ■ Court-rfor the Terri -
tory of Alaska,, Fourth Division.
Hans S. Hansel, pL iritifF, vs. Dan
Nicholson njidi Mrs. William M.
Graves, defendants. No. 3058
Alias Summons.
The President of the United States
of America, to the above-named de
fendant Mrs.’ WiiHattf M'. Graves,
greeting:
You are hereb y notified to appear
in the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Fourth Division, within
thirty days after the last publication
of this Summons,. to-wit,withirr thirty
days after February 2, 1929, and an
swer the complaint of the plaintiff in
this actioh, on file in the above en
titled Court.
That in said action the plaintiff de
mands judgment against you in the
sum of $844.00 and interest thereon
at the rate of 8 per cent per annum
from August 17, 1927, and the further
sum of $26,00 for preparing and re
cording Notice of Laborer’s liens; also
for $300.00 attorneys'’’ fees' and tfte
costs and disbursements of this ac
tion. And that the said laborer's liens
be foreclosed in the manner provided
by law and that your rights and in
terests in the Bonanza Group on Lit
t’e Creek, in the- Innoko Precinct,
Fourth Division of Alaska, be sold to
satisfy the said judgment costs and.
attorneys’ fees.
And in the event you fail to so ap
pear and answer the said complaint,
the p.iaintic will take judgment
against you for want thereof and will
apply to the Court for the relief de
manded’ in said‘ complaint ■ as afore
said.
This Summons was ordered served
by publicatibn thereof by order of the
above Court dated November 8th,
1928.
Witness the Honorable Cecil H.
Clegg, Judge of said Court, and the
Seal thereof hereunto affixed on this
14th day of November, 1928.
ROBERT W. TAYLOR,
(Seal> Clerk,
By Ed Tonsetfi, •
Dfeputy Clerk.
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lication Feb. 2; 1929 ?.
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