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Hakoln*. Alaska. SSepl^S., RJ3U
mif$rii;rAu\s Dorrw a lchtlk
F.Y<» NDPIMN(i AROUND
U'etersburg Alaskan ,*a;,
rKg political, forces ..of the vJ^erftp*
•u4ic party m#t in, Jjyitaitefcfri^ week
c<> '41* foundational plans for thve p/ext
election* which next year. Qfl<
of 4 his meeting '.mnutii -the .fallowing
in; Jfwatuwiv,
“‘■'iggy Regue.-M.of the-.|.nne*m Eov
"V'zex” Pegw» of. the-^gmjwu. £mT.
pii-^. has* promised the Fjrst division
to Stator Tony X)ina<>iHl4.,.at,^tf Thdn
di\ c,-: >n,. the-office of Delegate to Con,
gr< m from Alaska,, - JHe offers the aV
tor^--generalship tt>. George,,-former
ran(i| late for delegate-vto-. fJpngres*,
Tlur_‘ther< offices are parceled out,
proh\idy At aq much pfcr^ tp.-.various
oth*j lesser light*.
G««srg* Grigsby has-;* mind all Jus
wi< •.,utd» it, is, not, subject to (the ,boss
rulft r misrule! of “Piggy”.of .the ^lm»
piro, he. boss of the.Democnaia and
eei-yJ>i misnamed. Republicans of the
Ter.^j ory. Soya George, “f refuse to>
let si.-v-g nvan .dictate .to rp* what I shall
run^fn* or take fromo.my prerogative*
to w - for any office I might elect .to
file And for which George raise*,
hinp.df, in-oureatnem. -
Th*» cloning duff^ot ihe-dhigishtfur*
sa.^jMfOjmhjnatiap-bent -ondeaving a
cla^ jipld. /QE.va^natar . DSmaadn to he
the tV*e rpecratnd'ntMninee for the- office
of tielegat* to- (Jbngrese.. But. the
pressure ppt- op JQimond in the- ak»Sr
ing days, of the Legislature were such
that whether- he voted on the various
measures o mot Bimond- was making
a r^oral which when properly pre
sen t<d<t»* the voters will detract from
his t vote securing powers- So it is
being reported around that Mr. Zieg
ler ]of Ketphikan has. aspirations to
represent the Territory in Washing
ton t-nd the influence he promised! to
giv$ piraond he rather expects, to
use v.fon himself. During the closing
day# of the Legislature it was stated
that Ziegler promised, to secure the
Indian vote and deliver it to Dimond,
hut] perhaps, since Zieglen- Has been
elected ao . Indian chief of the
“Neeteh^Kdskeh” clan, he will be able
to tpnwdmta#.; bis way into Congress.
Those who; Herd, the sheep have not
heard the goats.
The Republicans are floundering
around like a hunoh; of lost sheep.
■ " 1 =
They joined forces in the “harmony
program,” and after putting William
Paid out cm the end of the political
limh. they cut it iff and now they are
i;uing to take up his mantle of leader
ship and continue with their .pro
gram.
There has been tedk.,df various Fed
eral political forces-.joining-. up with
fhe Territorial political forces . and.;
calling. it a reorganized . Republican
party* But, desfitf. the. fact., that the
rotative ballot, was .pawed to .elim
inate the, Indign.<vpte, it is. being more
forcibly.reaped that, thU:element has
uot been eliminated by any means but.,
that-.it. has. been somewhat antagon
ized. JSo,.there has beep some talk .of
u meeting of the leading political.set
elites of the, of the, so-cnlled Repubr
lyican, jjarty to ipe** in any other,
town than Juneau,;, and. preferably
Wrangell or Petersburg.
The Republican national committee
man, .Captain Lathrpp, has been led to
helievft, that his; party, which received
a purgative in the,-form of the ,rota
tive,ballot,. is. sitting pretty., and will
he able',to defeat any,. combination
which, .might .enter the field*-of Pt>
litical fcatUe. : After-Listening'.
Juneau poUtjcai,'mentors he .refused
to enter, into anjfc combine whereby
the Republican*, will get a vorfcLpg*
combination in the Territory. So thegfc
forces which have been (.seeking;..; to
weld together the broken, epds.pf the
party, finding themselves, unable to
get onto a common ground «f thought
or actipn, have sort of stepped back
jus* .to see whatithe political hpheni
a^es will do.,K,.
Froipall judications the . Repub -
1 icans need a. Moses to draw them out
uf the wilderness of darkness and po
litical doldrums. Perhaps if, they, will
join Jifuskv with- the, .frank “Moses”
JBoyle, great leader of the jDemocratic
party, they will bp .able to form a
C&mbine which eftn continue.its power
in office,.and the,price shouldn’t .mat
ter. ....
WORK at ®HIS?«rACJ6
-WOULD KEEP COYOTES DOWN
(K«j#l*auka Nevvs-^lm^r.) , t
. Therfe is no 3Bch/^«sw«ei)trfttion of
wolves and coyotes Jn Alaska, as in
some of the western 'istatas- ..
Thews has- bAeu^-.stcedjF drift. «f
both wolves and coyotes to. sections
heretofore free from their, presence.
The entire Alaska mainland .from
Point Barrow souths is infested .. to
lesser or greater degree with pjred-.
ators.
The situation now «g not- serious,
but when rabbits return to ifhe eoun*
try—and they are returning ,jiow.—rto
provide food for coyote^^d if there
is no determined campaign .against
predators, their: numbers, (.will • be iso
great that efforts to raduce-itbem wjll
be practically hopeless. .
The next year will. be ^thea,pricial
period in the campaign, Odd if effect
ive control measures .can. bo'-vraugur
ated then and carried forward*with
out let-up Alaska may well escappe
the devastating toll taken vby^nred*
ators in the West.
These are the. conclusions af.Tfar
lan H. Gubser of the .fJnvtedi^tates
Geological Survey ,in ctratfggtQi co*
operative work between taetSfcrritory
and the Biological SurteyvfyrjnoTiferol
of predatory animals frt &Uftiu
The mere fact that., predators, axe
not, in the judgment of experienced
hunters, especially numerous in Alas
ka, should not be used as an argu
ment to slacken control work in any
measure, he believes*
Even in settled portions -- of the
Western States control .measures
probably: do little more than- hold any
increase in ohecjc. ;JHerCj altho)igh the
.increase has not bean large, -drifting
ihas po widely distributed^tljo animals
.that once conditions:. eret),( <favprablp
they will be present in numbers never
before known. The size of tbeftonttr ,
try wopld then, preclude any effective I,
.cpntrol.
Mr...Gubser has found an excellent ,
.response among trappers-, endds, lookT
ing to them chiefly f.tp reduce .the?
inumber.of predators..; .
He returned tq Fairbanks yesterday
from a tr,ip bp Yukon, rjyer. points. He
>yent tp Epgfie andtUett.lwade s .ket»e- .
back. journey a hundred miles back
into the Fortymile, and. Seyentynjilg.l
districts.
.; The country described,** a; “RarU
adiae for. w«ivW. Because there -are
very,few men in the „]Eagl*. country,
devoting their, full tin\e,.to trapping,'
wolves, have bee# cy/apficahy .unmo
lested. ,Mr,£lubser was U>ld-7l vnopse!
.were kiHed'hy .jyotve* #®. dber.di»WM*r
Ipst winter... . He . made ,a ohepk and
verified' the,, aecaupt, ..Coyptes jthfera1
| are decreasing, probghlybhacause the..
1 food supply, has practically, .jdisgRr
j Reared, ..Therfc were few sigpjr of
fur-bearers,. .
Mr,..Gi}bser was.told there, hasr bee#
no material increase along the forcor
pine river in either wolves or coyotes,
but that cou.ntyy, js more,thickly pop
ulated by trappers.
Onfhis hoi^eback triR Jdr. .Qubser
saw the carcas of a moose killed ,by
Wolves only a short time.hefbre: He
-said lack of funds will.not permit the I
stationing of. a hunter there this year,
but one, will be .sent in next season.
Unless there.are many more trappers
in the field.
Members pf an expedition that , js
spending the summer in Alaska have
Tfcporjted ,io the Smithsonian Institu
tion the .discovery of a cave full of
mummiQs, Qp an uninhabited island In
Bering. Sea* The cave was found on
Wislow Island, the northern aaast
of Unalaakn. .Messes. Chambers
Chambers and Ford, members of the
expedition. , It. was. .the .only evidence
that the lonely.island.had. ever been
occupied by man. The mummies Mhd,
been desecrated and',thei}boites Scat
tered over the, fssaveecripcft- *nr confu
sion Besides the iflmmmies, there
were found fragman*6*'.of"., closely
Woven fabric,.-coarse- matting; parts
of-the frame o fa boat, and; other ar
ticles, which, with the honest will, be
taken to Washington,
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