1' IE KUSKO TIMES
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TrV.otna, Alaska, January 26, 1935.
CONSERVING WILD GAME
(Seward Gateway.)
C ontrary to popular belief there
is not a man of family resident in
tl.i b.g game country of Alaska who
world rather rely for his meat upon
w . game than produce it from do
ll . tic stock.
o the - mi at a alt-anee it seems
n ling short of sacrilege for a
sci ier to go out arid shoot a moose
o. beep and eat the meat. Yet the
p. x.c-ss entails more hard labor—
v., i rare exceptions—than that re
t .; . . heiu-'o the domestic
vu: iety. Again, wild meat cannot
cor .pare with domestic meat because
of he difference in process' ol crea
tion thru feeding,
io those who see the final passing
of wild game it may be pointed*out
that its cosumption by settlers is a
matter of necessity than choice.
Ibis same agency acts as a deterrent
", anton slaughter, and creates in
every frontiersman an ex-officio
game warden ready to frown.' down
upon even a trivial waste of meat.
A .. . i •* t n 1 n c r\r 1 none An
might explain it away to a game
warden, but he cannot escape the
eyes of his neighbours, who know
h,s status and condition, and who
are quick to share food with their
fellows, thus removing the incentive
to law vioation.
As rapidly as domestic livestock
increases in the game country the
killing of moose and sheep will
diminish. .
L those clamoring in the States
for increased restrictions on killing
wild game desire to obtain a close
up ox normal, "sensible conservation
they should visit district at any
season of the, year and see this big
guru paradise and how the settlers
con erve it, yet use it moderatey.
How many “sportsmen” could re
sist the temptation of taking a shot
as the “Monarch of the Glen” on
encountering him within a hundred
feet on a public highway. And how
many would ha it lest they frighten
the animal and make him timid of
man!
This happens every summer when
the aimals come down from the high
ranges to almost mingle in the back
yards of the settlers.
The number is small of those per
sons, who, either by extraordinary
pre-eminence of genius, or by superior
eruditioin and knowledge, or who, en
dowed with either-Q;f these, . have en
joyed the .privilege- of,,deliberately
deciding what, mode of Life .they
/ould the most wish to embrace.—
‘keev.o.
WASHINGTON ITEMS
Some of the- <alt ppi, pikers ap
parantjy are desirous of Tuiving Fed
eral inspection of canned salmon
similiar to that in effect for many
. ears with respect to all kinds of
ui_at, both fresh and canned. At
ha last session of Congress an Act
vas passed amending the the Pune
Food Act' to provide for such in
spection of all sea foods se!d in inter
state commerce. This Act was ap
proved June 22, 1984. Under this
measure the Secretary of Agriculture
upon application of any packer of
sea food sold in interstate commerce,
may at his discretion designate
supervisory inspectors to inspect the
premises and the packing of the
food. The packer must pay all costs
i connection with such inspectio n
the benefit the operator has is that
:.s product, if put up under approved
conditions, will be’stamped as hav
ng been inspected and passed by the
Federal Government. In the mark
ets of the United States or even
those of foreign countries, such
stamp might aid materially in the
sale of the inspected product as
against similar products not so
inspected.
The drought in southeastern Alas
ka, resi^ta^ not ex
pected by persons who fail to take
.mo consideration the effect of such
drouths upon the salmon run. A
..amhen-of years ago in the Karluk
egion there was an extraordinarily
large escapement but to the aston
ishment of most people, on the
return of the cycle very few sal
mon appeared. It was then remem
bered that the y ear of the large
escapement was also a year of severe
and prolonged drouth in that district
land hehce the scientists in the Bur
eau of Fisheries concluded that the
urouth, in lowering the lakes and
drying up the streams, prevented the
spawn from hatching and thus led
to the very small run on the return
of the cycle.
It is feared that the same thing
may happen in southeastern Alaska
two years hence with respect to the
pink salmon.
The development of air transporta
tion in Alaska has been receiving
considerable attention in the Depart
ments here during the last two weeks.
The Delegate has had a sex-ies oi
conferences on the subject with Dr.
Ernest Gruening, Director, Division
of Territories and Island Possessions
with Secretary Roper, and with Col.
Vidal. The Alaska Road Commission,
in cooperation with Mr. Murray
Hall, inspector of the Bureau of
Aeronautics, has worked ut a com
prehensive plan for the • building of
a:r fields which are the first necess
ity in the establishment of any air
lines or the development of air trans
portation. These fields cover a
large portion of Alaska and contem
plate an estimated expenditure of
$903,000. This plan will probably be
used as the basis of whatever is
done either by Congress, or the Pub-,
lie Wox-ks Administration in the
building up of air traffic in the
Teiritory. It is realized here that
on account of the vast distances to!
be covered in Alaska the expendi
ture of money for air fields at this
time will probably do more to
promote quick development of the
Territory than an equal sum of
money expended for ,;&ome other
pux-pose.
Is it my imagination which sugr
geets that no man attired in -full
dress ever has anything to say
worth hearing ?—James’ Atwell.
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also noted from many of the scatter
ed smaller lode gold mines in Alaska.
In fact, there was a notable stimu
lation in lode prospecting through
out the Territory, and at several
places preliminary development work
ihat had been in progress for some
time was rapidly approaching such
a stage that the properties should
soon commence actual production.
Among mines of this sort may be
mentioned that of the Bremmer Gold
Mining Company in the Copper Ri- -
er region and several of the prop
erties in the Prince William Sound
region. Altogether' the outlook for >
a material increase in the lode-goid ,
output of the Territory in the near
iutuie seems excellent.
The placer production from Alaska
in 1934 showed a very great increase
in value over that for the preceeding
year, owing to the increased price
of gold, but it was also somewhat
greater in quantity. The Yukon
region, including a dozen or more
important mining districts and scores
of small camps throughout its ex
tent, continued to lead in the value
of its placer output, which is estim
ated at about $7,000,00. Second in *
the list was Seward Peninsula, with
nine principal districts, which had
an estimated placer output 1 worth
nearly 1,50;.,000. These were follow
ed by the Kuskokwim, Cook Inlet
Susitna, and Copper River regions,
named in the relative order of their
estimated piacer production, with
. ai« amounts from northwestern
Aia;;ka, southeastern Alaska, and
southwestern Alaska.
• Of the gold won frorq placers
about 75 per cent was recovered by
dredges, the remainder- being recov
ered by hydraulic methods, by the
use of mechanical scrapers, or by
the more primitive and simpler
methods of ground sluicing and
shoveling the gold-bearing gravel
into sluice boxes by hand. Twenty- ,
-nine dredges, 15 in the Yukon region,
13 in Seward Peninsula, and 1 in
the Kuskokwim region, were active
throughout the season. In spite of
the large output of gold from the
dredges in 1934, there is no reason
io doubt that at least the papie
a larger output can be maintained for
years to come.
Begin At Home .
In speaking of a person^ faults,
Pray don’t forget your own;
Remember, those with .houses of
glass
Should never throw a stone.
If we have nothing glse to do
But talk of those who sin,
’Tis better we commence at home,
Andl from that point begin.
We have no right to judge a man
Until he’s fairly tried;
Should we not like his company,
We know the world is wide.
r Some have their faults^—and who
has not ?
The old as well as the young.
Perhaps we may, for aught we
know,
Have fifty to their one.
I’ll ’tell you of a better plan,
And find it works full well, j
To try my own defects to cure j
Before of others 4I tell..
And tho I hope sometimes, to be .
No worse than_ some I know.
My own shortcomings bid me let
The faults of others go.
Then let us all, when, we begin
To slander friend or foe,
Think of the harm one word may do J
To those who little know,.
Remember curses sometimes, like 4
Qur chipkens, “roost at home.”
Don’t speak of others faults until
We have none of our own.
—Author Unknown.
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