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*#E KUSKQ TIMES
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Entered as seeono-ciass matter Au
gust 29th, 1923, at the pontotfiec at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Ant of
March 3, 1379,
Takotna, Alaska, Nrtvenvber 17, 1928
BEARS ARE CAL SING HEAVY
LOSSES AMONG THE CATTLE
HERDS ON NOIMAty ISLAND
Thut Alaska may look for develop
Tieut and increase of population
along the Alaska peninsula and in the
Aleutian islands, but,not on Kodiak
islund under the present conditions, is
the opinion of Anthony J. Dimomjl, an
illicitae prospector, now an, attorney
*t Valdez, who has recently returned
from atrip to Unalaska and points
farther west on the steamship Starr,
says the Anchorage Times. Mr. Di
niond said:
“At Kodiak island, justly regarded
by the early settlers a®, the garden
spot of Alaska from its mild climate
and the abundance of its verdure, a
condition exists which, might in legal
parlance be entitled “The Rancher vs.
The Bear,” and to date the bears have
all the better of it. The famed, or no
torious, Kodiak_h&C^rotected by the
game laws and regulation^, haye in-,
creased .in such numbers that the few
ranchers, on the island art in -despair
and, unless- something is speedily
done, must abandon their holdings and
leave the island. One rancher, Mr.
Albert, has in the past two years lost
cattle and sheep from the depreda
tions of ,t<ie.,hears in the value of
more than $12,000. Unless relief
comes, in another two or three years
he will be ruined and the labor of
years brought to nothing. We have
the condition in which one department
or bureau of the Government urges
people to *settfe on the, island and an
other department or bureau, by pro
tecting the bear, makes it .impossible
for any settler to make a living.
Were it not for the bear, Kodiak
island could^aijd ,WQUl(i support thou
sands upon thousands of cattle. The
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WHILE IN
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For Real Home-Grown
CHICKEN DINNERS
Try.-^e
18-Mile
Ihoit^^ vAdvaaee, tar ftipfxM.
Parties.
A Short Drivf Through.. Le*.
lightfnl Forest Scenery. _
Mr. and Mf&
Mutchler »
Proprietors
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— U_L-LL
protection of the bear on this island
is about as sensible as a law. would
have been in the old west to protect
the coyote so that they might be.
; hunted by Eastern tourists. Some
ueoplo uppear to be on the side of the
bear, but I am on the side. of the
ranchers. There is a legal limit upon
the number of bears a hunter may
kill, but no limit the number of
sheep or cattle a bear may.kill. The
remedy is to make open season for
the beat;, without limit, the year
round, and theu to have the Territor
ial legislature put a bounty om the
.Kodiak bear. If Kodiak, is leared of
these varmints, there will( still be
plenty of bear for big game hunters
| on the mainland in places where
ranching is .impracticable,
j. “On the Aleutian Islands the pic
ture is more promising. Here we find
vast areas (Uni rtjak., island is more
| than TO miles long, and llnalaska.
; island v;ttill larger) of as fine grazing
! grounds for sheep as one could wish
j for. The latitude, between 52 and 54’
; north,, with the Pacific ocean on. one
j side,- gives a, mild climate with ..little
j snowfall. Sheep, graze the year
[.round. The few ranchers there are
[ successful and tfc ^industry is expand
ing. One outfit has already brought,
j in cattle and horses for hreeding pur- |
' poses. Local men, who are well ac
quainted with conditions, tell me that
the two islands mentioned will sup-'
port at least a million sheep, besides j
I large numbers of cattle and horses, j
i The near-by waters abound in fi^h.
; While the boat,was lying at Nikolski,;
; a village near the west end of Unimak
island, one o fthe passengers in half
1 an hour caught a dozen fine fat cod
and'one halibut,. At this place the:
salmon run the year round and are;
cAught by the local residents for!
| their own personal, use. This partic-1
rular village of Nikolski is apparently ;
! very prosperous, and every home in !
i the community has been painted!
!' within the last three years, a record;
| hard to equal .elsewhere in Alaska. I j
(look for o rapid settlement and devel- |
j opment in the Aleutian islands within
| within the next few years as in any
| part of the. Territory. We who live a
thousand and rrrbre- miles away will
find i thard to realize the possibilities
of this legion ustil we see it,
“Mention should also be made if
the herring in these waters At Un
alaskt ,during the past season the her
ring packers, mold of them with little
gear, packed more than 30,000 bar
rels of laige herring, and from a<i re
ports one must conclude that the her
ring packed cpuscitutt: .bss than one
per cenc of the herring that came to
<the bays and harbors of nalaska and
the other near-hy island sduring the
run.”'- •
DIESEL AIR MOTOR TEST
DECLARED A SUCCESS
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DETROIT.—Flight tests were .-suc
cessfully completed yesterday at the
Packard proving grounds, near Utica,
| with the first Diesel type aircraft en
! gine ever built. The new engine’s
successful demonstration, it is said,
marks a revolutionary step in, the de
velopment of aircraft power, .
The tests for the new njotor werp
made in a regulator StinspujQetroit
monoplane. The ship - «v*s.$o*rn by
Walter Lees, Packard.pilot, and. Cap
tain L. M. Woolson, chief' aeronaut
ical engineer for the company.
The motor is of the radial air
cooled type and develops 200 h. p;
With the use of the Diesel .principle,
with oil for fuel, the engine,' .does
away with gasoline, ignition, systems,
spark plugs and carburetor^., all of
them considered the main “bugs” and
.trouble makers in the modern airplane
engine.
v Elimination of those parts results
ifrwn the firing from compression in
l|jthe cylinders, the Diesel action that
,has been applied: up to this time in
only extremely heavy engines for
power plants and in boats.
Two flights were made by Lees and
Woolson. They made several circles
over the big proving grounds on the
first flight before landing. Without
stopping the motor the two fliers re
peated their demonstration for the
directors and officiers of the Packard
company, who witnessed the tryout,
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SYNTHETIC LIQUORS ARE
WIDELY USED IN LONDON
LONDON.—The British govern-'
ment has taxed whiskey and other.;
quors so highly that poorer * classes i
are drinking methylated spirits, de
spite the increasing number of deaths-,
and cases of insanity.
It costs about §3 for a bottle of .
whiskey- in England, and. of this about 1
$2 is governmental tax. On the other*}
hand, a substantial amount of methy- j <
lated spirits- pan be -obtained for about.}
12 cents. That much will cause in-1
toxication.
Many addicts.hayt. r^epntly become
insane, and the British ,press is be,
ginning to throw the spotlight of
publicity, on the situation. ,
Advices from Nenana are to the ef
fect that there is considerable agita
tion there.against continuance of Sun
day amusements, the agitation'dating
from the reopening recently of the
Presbyterian church. The story is
} that the new pastor is very mucb in
favor of closing all places of amuse
ment on Sunday, . believing that
i church attendance will be 'increased
i if there are no counter attractions. *
! The town always has had Sunday pic- ,
! ture shows ar)d unrestricted operation
i of pool halls, and the agitation for j
; Sunday closing at this late day is said
to have caused considerable of an up- i
} roar.. .
It is reported that the owner of the
j movie theater will. close the- place :
permanently if Sunday shows, are}
; stopped.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.'
All persons having claims against ’
the estate of Dan. Hartnett,.deceased, {•
are hereby required to present the
i same, under oath, to the undersigned, *
' administrator of the said estate, at
his residence at Flat, Alaska, or at g
the office of the Prdbate Judge•- at
Flat, Alaska,-gn or before May 31,
; 1929. ‘ "
Dated, Flat,- Alaska, October- 15,;
1928.
HARRY DONNELLEY,
Administrator of the estate of
' Dan. .Hartnett,, deceased. ;•
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having claims against
the estate of Stewart-McCbrmell, de
ceased, are hereby required to- prer
sent the same, under oath, to the un
dersigned, administrator-of the said
estate, at his residence- at Flat,
Alaska, or> at the office of the Probate
Judge at Flat, Alaska, on or before
May $1, 1-929.- -> •
Dated, Flat, Alaska, October- 15,
1928. o f
HARRY DONNELLEY,
Administrator of the estate of I ;
Dan Hartnett, deceased. j !
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