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Takotna. Alaska, October 4, 1930
RILES FOR BEAVER TRAP
PING ARE Ol'TLNED BY THE
ALASKA GAME COMMISSION
The following announcement, re
i-eptly released by the Alaska Game
Commission, tells of the amendment
to, the Alaska game law .which will
permit imited trapping of beaver dur
ing the. present winter
An open beaver season. for .. next
winter has been created.by the Sec
retary of Agriculture upon the rec
ommendation of the Alaska Game
Commission, applying to all of the
Territory, except Southeastern Alas
ka* the Kodiak-Afognak islands
group, the drainage to the Chandalar
ri\er„ the eastern side of the Kenai
Peninsula, and the region between the
Yukop fiypr, _and the Alaska range
from i Tartana fcev the. international
boundary, j.n which the close season
remains as heretofore-, ,^<The order es
tablishing this season will not be
come. efF^ :tive. until November 28„
1930, in otder to comply with the 90
da<y publication requirement.
TenvBeaver Permitted.
At its ast annual meeting in No
vember, 1929, the Commission decid
cided to continue in effect then exist
ig regulations prohibiting the faking
of, beaver ir. any part of the Terri
tory. Thisfchange in policy has heen
occasioned by, a -serious economic con
dition found to exist in many trap
ping communities,. This situation is j
a result of radical decline decline in i
prices received for furs taken/ by.)
Alaskan- trappers the last year, and
consequent restriction of credits by
traders to those dependent upon- the
fur industry for a livelihood. The
Commission is folly aware hat few
beaver areas have completely recov
ered from the exceptionally large
catches of the open seasons during
the years 1927 and-;,, 1928, when, ap
proximately 33,000 skms were taken
each year, making it necessary for a
hag-Jimit of 10 beaver for each trap
pep. for. this year. Except in those
sections. ■ specifically described as
being closed, beaver may be taken in.
accord with . t.h ? following regula-,
tiofns:
Text of Regulations.
Except in areas enumerated and
defined as closed to trapping under
Regulation 14 <n. Said regulations, a
person may take not to exceed 10
beavers in the aggregate in the speci
fied. districts during__the open season
provided therefor, and only in the
manner hereinafter provided.
Fur District 1—Beaver; On Alaska
Peninsula ony, January. 1 to March
31; |
Fur District 2—Beaver: All of
Fur District 2, January 1 to March
31, except in the following .described
areas; . (1) The drainage of the
Chandlar river; (2) All ai the drain- i
age of the Tanana rivea from its I
mouth do the international boundary;
(3) All- of the drainage to the Yukon
rivet from ttaf south, fro mits con
r’ .With the Tanana river to the j
Internationa' boundary; (4) The east
ern part of Ki-nai Peninsula east of
longitude 150 degrees (the location
of which is indicated by a north and -
south line 5 miles east of the Stalter ,
place oin Kenai river), no open sea
son.
Fur District 3—Beaver: A1 of Fur
District 3, January 1 to March 31.
Beavers may be taken only by the
use of steel traps set more than 25
feet fromany beaver house or den.
No beaver may be taken by or with
the aid of a rifle, shotgun or other
firearm. No home, house or den.of a
beaver shall be injured or destroyed. ‘
Skins of beavers shall be presented
for sealing by the person taking such
skins and be sealed with a seal pre
scribed by the Commission within 90
days after the close of the open sea
son during which the -kins were le
gally taken. Persons desiring to(
have such skins sealed shall preent
them to a member of t he Commision,
to a game warden/or to any other;
person authorized by the Commission
to seal skins together with an affi
davit of awful taking- completed on a
for unadopted and furnished by the
Commission!! Skins of beaver, un
less sealed.as prescribed by this reg
ulation, may not be possessed or
transported by any person after the
expiration of such period.
A person having egally taken the
skins of beavers during the open sea
sons provided hr this regulation may
not sell, trade, or otherwise dispose
of such "skins until they have been
sealed as hereinbefore provided.
Skins of beavers shipped or trans
ported out of the Territory in any
manner shall be reported to the Alas
ka Game Commission, Juneau, Alas
ka, as . required by Regulation of of
said regulations, and any packages
containing such skins shal be marked
as required by Regulation 5 of said
regulations.
In commenting on the economic1
condition which resulted in the mak- :
ing of this recomrrrendation and its
approval, the commissioners are con
vinced that an over-extension of
credits to trappers, by traders, is the
largest factor in bringing it about.;
It is pointed out that short fur
catches have occurred in the past, and
will undoubtedly occur again, and in
view of all the conditions leading up
to the present situation too much de- •
pendence cannot be placed on the
opening of the beaver, nor of any |
other closed season, to relieve similar 1
conditions that may arise in the fu
ture. In providing for open seasons
the Commission is guided by the i
available suppy of fur-bearers in the
various districts, and, because of this,
those engaged in trapping can large
ly regulate seasons by the use of
proper trapping practices. By so
trapping that sufficient breeding stock
is left to restock the area, the closed,
period need be only for a short time.
It is reiterated by the Commission
that the opening of thte beaver- sea-'
son for the coming winter to meet
the present situation, must not be j
taken to indicate that it will be1
opened again next year even though;
the economic conditions have not im
proved.
Closed Mink Area Modified.
Having ascertained front trappersj
and fur dealers reports in the area
established by the Commission at the
meeting last November, closed to the j
taking of mink, that the catch during j
the past season wap considerably
larger than during the three previous
seaosns, the Commission recommend
ed a modification of the regulation.
This amendment was also approved
on August 300, and wil likewise be
come effective on November S8, 4930.
By this amendment the area between
the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers:
from Paimute Portage to the mouths
of both streams is restored to the ■
open trapping area.
Text of Regulation.
Regulation 19c—Correction in area
closed to taking of mink in Pur Dis
trict' 3: *
The area closed to the taking of
1
mink in Fur District 2, as described
and illustrated by Figure 2 on Page
1 Oof Game Law Circular No. 7. is
hereby modified to include only the
territory described m. the ■ exception
below.
Exception—No spun season for
mink in the area consisting of those
portions in the drainages to Bering
Sea and Norton Sound, bounded on
the north by the south bank of the
Inglutalik river to its source and
thence over the divide to the most
northerly fork of the Kateel river
and folowing down t; south ui; to'
its confluence with the Koyukuk river,'
bounded on the east by the west brr.k
of the Koyukuk river to its conflu
ence with the Yukon river; thence
following down the west and north
bank of the Yukon river to its
mouth.
This restricts the closed area to
that section lying between the Yukon
river and Norton Sound south of the
Inglutalik and Kateel rivers.
In the making of regulations cov
ering the taking of fur in any par
ticular district, the Commission is
guided largely by the information it
derives from reports required to be
made under the Alaska Game Law by
both trappers and trades. Conse
quently those engaged in those in
dustries have it within their power
to make possible the fullest utiliza
tion of the fur resources compatibe
with their preservation. The Com
mision in establishing seasons, both
open and close, is guided by the
available supply of fur-bear~rs in the
several districts and arrives at its
estimates of uch upply.very largely"
from the report it recces not only
from its own representatives, but
from those who take and de 1 in fur.
The modification of th . closed
mink area in Fur District No. 3 fur
nishes an excellent ilustration of the
value of these reports. In .his in
stance the Commission was forced to
depend almost entirely upon .hem as
verbal reports from people residing
in the affected.areas were so conflict
ing as to make it almost impossible to
determine the real conditions. To
instances, both trappers and fur
avoid future occurrrences of similar
dealers can render invaluable assist
ance in the formulation of regula
tions if they will be prompt in mak
ing up and- transmitting their reports
at the close of the license year, as
required by law.
JUDCE G . J. LOMEN, NOME,
MAY be: INVESTIGATED
NOME.—An investigation-is - ex
pected over the controversy surround
ing the candidacy - of Judge G. J.
Lomen for reappointment as federal
judge of this district with the arriva
of Charles P. Sisson; assistant Uhited
States Attorney General. His find
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Opposition to Judge Lotmen is based
upon the fact that he is* the father of
the Lomen brothers, pioneers in the
reindeer meat packing industry, who
are involved in a dispute over control
of reindeer herds.
A cypress tree standing in a grave
yard at Milta, Mexico, is estimated to
be 8,000 years old.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
You, Ralph ■ J. Rivers, Hans Gal
neck, co-owners with the undersigned
in the Garnet Lode Claims No. 1,
i
No. 2, iNo. 3 and No. 4,. situated on
the reght limit <#f Otter, on Mala
mute Pup, in Otter Recording Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska, will please
take notice that tha* undersigned, for
the years of 1927, 1928, 1929, did
perform more than $1,200.00 worth
of work for the benelt of the above
described claims. If each of your
proportionate share, of. assessment
work dues is not paid within ninety
days after last publication of this no
tice, your interest in each of the
claims will become forfeit to the
undersigned in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2324 "of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States.
RASMUS NIELSEN.
First publication, September 27,.
1930.
Last publication, December 27,
1930. 21
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