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Entered as aecona cteee matter Ate-'
gpn* 28th, 1928, at the peatoOoe at
‘Takotna, Alaska, under the Act at
IMarcb a, 1878.
Takotna, Alaska, February 15, 19SIL
THOUSANDS OF CHOICEST
SILVER FOX PELTS PLACED j
ON SALE AT NEW YORK,
(Anchor*** Times.)
Ten thoousand silver foox pelts, in
cluding some of the world’s choicest j
(furs, were placed on sa e at New!
York this week, at a ale conducted
Iby Frederick Ruth A Cq. The sale
twas scheduled to start Monday.
Four thousand of the pelts were
Iharvested on the Wisconsin fur farms
•of Fromm Brothers, and it was ex
pected that they would attract the
interest of fur connoiseur from all
iinarkate, since the Fromm furs have
the reputation qf being among the
ifinest to be obtained anywhere.
"The members of the American Fox.
^Breeders Association were expected •
tto send 10,000 pelts to the sale, ac- •
<eording to the Fur Trade Review, it;
jis stated that association officials
•“havetaken great pains this season
to teach their members how to pre
pare their pelts for market. Expert,
advice has been sent to every mem-;
Iber, telling him how to condition his
3oxes, when to pe t them, how to skin
ttbem, how to dean, dry and stretch
jtbe skins,” I
While it was expected by the Fur
'Trade Review that there would be!
sstrong demand for the 1929 crop of:
silvers, the fur market as a whole is
•descrobed as very unsettled in all ofj
xthe markets of the world. Comment
ing on the situation, the Trade Re
view says, in part: “The after ef
fects of the Wall Street crash and
the somewhat bitter lesson learned
from it on the ubject of inflated val
ues have been fe t in the fur trade,
jit must also be realised that the
^world’s consumption of furs during
the last 11 months, on the wholes has
Jbeen less than in 1928. This situa
tion is not due to any over-supply of'
furs as compared with previous sea
sons, but to a peculiar decline in de-j
arand. It is true of mil the big raw'
ttfr centers, New York, London, Paris'
and -Leipzig. And this decline in de-'
snand is peculiar, because it does not
affect al furs. Some furs are in
plentiful supply and are on a lower
price basis than last spring; still they
da not sell in volume. Other furs are
in limited supply and yet are in de
mand at high prices.
“It is the old story of the ‘wanted’
and *not wanted’ pe ts. In this fur
trade of ours it is always a feast or a
famine. When the vogue centers de
mand on some few articles ,then the'
other furs arcumulate and remain in
active. The result is a large carry
over of certain kinds of furs fom;
one season to the next, as, foe in
stance, muskrats, wpasel, squirrel,
skunk, and rabbit this year.
“In the face of such a condition it
ie natural that prices in the inactive
furs mqst weaken, while prices on the
actiV3 furs will remain firm. ,v .a
quotations a> the fall tale in New
Yor*. and london indicated that so
Jhr: aa buyers were concerned they
asnud not meet the prices cstab
hated list sprang; consequently inoal,
ex ihi it .re, active and inactive, wi-e
reported anywhere from ( to 33 per
eent lower in value, and such mer
chandise as did sell exchanged hands
st the lower prices. Then came the
investors' panic in America and val
ues became somewhat of an unknown j
quantity. It is expected, therefore,'
that the American people will look
for lqwer prices, whether justified orj
not, on everything since security va - ■
ues are now on a tower level.
“Whether this will wok out in act
ual practice or not remains to be
seen. Lower prices we wiu have on
some articles, on many articles; but
mbyu(.. w2ttCnWih|hNTuW mmfffm
on the other furs, the wanted furs,
the turs that are never overabund
ant, it is hardly to be expected that
values will chow iny very marked ue
preciation so long as demand for
j many years past. But how demand
will measure up in 1930 no one can
tell.
j "In connection vita the present
raw fur market .situation, it might be
well to point out that it is somewhat
unusual to have consumption in
America and Europe en a lower ievei
at one and the same time. That has
been the situation this fall. During
1927 and 1928 European consumption
was on the increase while American
consumption failed to register the
high rate of increase experienced
during the period 1923 to 1926.
"The increase in demand in Europe,
during 1927-28 offset to seme extent'
the lessened activity in the United
States, and so pelt values were main
tained. in the years previous to the
above period, when European demand
was at a low level, the high Amer
icas consumption kept prices oa a
firm basis. The sharp falling off in
consumption of skins an both centi- 1
nsnts and decline from their previous
high levels at one and the same time
is the reason for the marked decline
in auction quotations in New York
and Lqndon this fall and the heavy
withdrawal of merchandise.”
WOLF BANDS NUMEROUS
TAN ANA RIVER DISTRICT
(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
A marked scarcity in tbe number
o' moose in the upper Tanana coun
try is attributed e-uely to the pres
ence ot wolves in ever-increasing:
numbers by Captain C. I>. O'Flan
agan, pioneer trader of that district.
The decrease in moose has been par
ade .ed by the hnrv: 3 in wolves and
has been in progress ovea^a number
of jtars. "\Sher. w .rad*!-- five
jeor>j ago would probably buy on an
average of 100 moose skins annually
from the natives, the numbeer this
year will not be more than 26,”
stated Captain O’Flanagan.
If measures of eradication are
noot taken soon it will become dan
gerous for trappers to take their dog
teams out on the lines and there may
be peril even to human life, although
Captain O'Flanagan says wolves dis
play fear of men and he believes the
provocation would hav to be very
great before they would attack a
human being.
But deg flesh is said to be the fa
vorite feed or' woolves, and in sup-.
port of h.s contention that there is
.real truth toi this he cites wo in-;
stances which occurre in the Tan-*
ana country.
An Indian who had pitched hia
tent about - miles from ^ake Tetlin
with the intention of making his
trapping headquarters there returned
to the tent one night after dark with
bis dog team. Ha went into the tent
to start a flic and while fee was doing
so heard the drags lighting.
tioiqg out to separate them, he
soon saw there were more animals
than had. been in his team and quick
ly realised, that wolves were attack
ing. The native’s gun was hashed on
the sled, and chancing being attacked
himself he made: his way to the died
and secureed dhat weapon. Opening
; lire, he killed three wolves* and the
rest made off in the woods. Three of j
hie dooga had been killed. Beane:
of the imperfect light the ■ Indian j
could noot aee how man; wehrae had-;
been routed, but he believes there
were eight or ten.
On anotoher occasion an Indian
family had made camp on the shores
of a lake. The man had gone out
trapping for the day when his wife
heard a rustling among the dogs
which had been tied .near the flap of
the tent.
Looking out, she saw a lone wolf
ready to attack. The woman seized a
rifle and shot through the opening,
oof the tent and -killett ihewwolfwrhuii,
was only about w feet ..-away* j
Captain U'Fianagan say's the car-'!
otes have migrated .this winter with
the fur-bearer*
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JUNEAU MINE'.MIC WUIDUCER {
DURING YKAR EUSr ENDBD
Showing a total .production of (3.
500,000 in round .figures, the Alaska
Juneau Gold .Mining Company in 1029
experienced the most .remarkable
year in its already uiotabfe .history,
according to the Juneau Empire.
The production was .approximately
(300,000 more than that of 1929. The
net profit before depreciation -was
51,l6o,000, or almost (209,000 larger
than in 1928, whep the net was (920,
000.
The mine's-.output lor the ..year;
was virtually as-, large as that of all
the other gfld mines, including lode,
placer and dredging mpeeraiions, in
the entire Territory. The .total.pro
duction for the year mraa-slightly .in
excess of (.'1,000,000.
The tonnage trammed -and .that
milled was larger slightly than in
1929. last year there was trammed
out of the mine 3,840,000 tons, **•
Compared to 3,700*000 loor the „year
previous. Of this Quantity there-was
milled 2^)00,000 tons,-some 200,000
more than in 1928.
During the year the -local -force
was maintained on an average oof
005 men employed per day. The.pay
roll, including bonus paid fcsr -this
force, carried am expenditnxe of (T,
35OJ10O, ar ehoeut (100 J)-0 mera. than
in 1228.
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The regulation \wumld alBrot sev
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gled- hyrJnr own pearl necklace, Mr*.
Harriets-Adler, 38,'wife of* bond
broker.v.'was found dead in the Pent
boomer apartment of Dudjey. Murphy,
28, motion picture director; with.the
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Why n»t?
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