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Entered as secono-ciaas matter An
aftist 20th, 1928, at the postoffice at
Tekotna, Alaska, under the Act of
IMarch S, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, January 25, 1930.
BEAVER TO THE RESCUE
(Anchorage Times.)
The suggestion has been made by j
the Seward Cateway and by numer-!
«us residents of Anchorage familiar!
'with the fur situation that the ban
<on beaver taking be lifted as a means
of providing relief for the many
Alaska trappers who have experi- i
•enced an unprofitable winter as a re
sult of the scarcity of unprotected :
Tur bearers throughout a large part
«of the Territory.
The suggestion seems to The Times
tto be a reasonable one. The men upon i
itheir traplines forr a livelihood con-j
•tribute substantially to the develop- i
anent and prosperity of the Terri-1
Tory. They constitute an important'
part of the permanent population of;
fthe Northland and they should have
■the hacking of their respective com
jmunities when there is need of aid in
obtaining relief from needlessly re- j
:strictiive federal regulations. When
:it happens, as it has this winter, that
•their traps fail to yield sufficient fur
tto cover the cost of operations, they
Are entitled to the opportunity to ex
pand their activities in the manner
•nggested as a means of temporary
jrelief, at least in those districts'
■where beaver have increased suffi- i
ciently to permit limited harvesting, j
Another season probably will bring j
^unprotected fur bearers back in suffi-;
«cient numbers to put trapping on a
profitable bassi again. *
The difficulty in the past has been
jto hald beaver-taking within grounds.
"When the restriction was last re
moved there was widespread abuse of
the privilege gratted. The trapping
fraternitty quuarupled in number al
mots overnight; there was wholesale
exodus from every town, and nearly
All of the stampeders returned to
their homes with the legal limit of
leaver pelts, in very many oases ob
tained unlawfully. The result was
near exterminationn of beavers i
many localities and the clamping
down of restrictions harder than ever.
The legitimate trapper, who had no
part inthe illegal harvest .was made
to suffer along with the guilty.
It occurs to I he Times that certain
of the beaver restrictions can be
opened safely to a limited number of
trappers^real trappers who already
possess licenses. Game wardens know
bow many beaver can be harvested
safely, they know how many trappers
there are in the field; with that
knowledge it should not be a difficult
matter to figure out how many an
imals each each trapper safely can be
permitted to take. There may be ob
jections to such a plan, but until they
are brought forward The Times will
believe the beaver reserves should be
drawn upon a tthis time to> relieve a
situation which has the appearance
of being a. serious one.
Considering the close proximity of
Canada to that part of the United
States, it could be referred to as the
Urea Leaks Region.—Leesburg (Fla.)
fjftmmercial.
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JUNEAU MAN TO ENTER
RACE FOR SUPERINTENDENT
JUNEAU.—\V. K. Keller, superin
: tendent of public schools of Juneau
for seven years and previously hold
ing a similar psoition at Fairbanks
for two years, announces his intent'on
of filing his candidacy for Territorial
, commissioner of education. He will
make the race as a mndependent, de
clining to run as a party candidate on
his contention that it tends to throw
the Alaska school ystem squarely
into partisan politics. As an inde
pendent, it will not be necessary for
him to enter the gauntlet of the April
( primaries nor enter the campaign
until next summer.
Kelleer has been connected with the
Alaska setool system longer ;>an ana
other superintendent of schools in the
Terr:*.- \ 1' graduated fror.i Poll
man C- liege c-f Washington with a
degree of bachelor of arts and later
took the degree of master of arts
here and also did considerable work
for a doctor’s degree from Columbia
University, New York.
OFFF'>« REWARD TO DIVER
FINDING ISLANDER SAFE
JUNEAD.—C. H. Wiley, in charge
<ff diving operations on the sanken
: steamer islander, has otfered 1(1,000
: bonus for the man locating the big
! safe on tne wrecked steamer, it its
believed to contain gold bullion.
During diving operations last sum
mer the safe was found to have been
i moved a shoort distance from the
. wreck, but there was no hoisting ap
| paratus on hand p owerful enough to
! lift it to the surface.
Captain C. A. Hayes expects to
' make a try for' the bonus, according
' to Wiley, who arrived bee from the
| scene of the operations yesterday af
i ternoon.
The divirffc* apparatus was tested
^ut in 600 feet of water off Taku in
let a few days ago, this being the
length ot the electric communication!
cable. The divers found no bottom.
DR. FREDERICK COOK
IS SEEKING PAROLE
LEAVENWORTH.—The applica
tion of Dr. Frederick Cook, Arctic
exploer, for parole from his sentence
of foourteen years and nine months
foor conspiracy to use the mails to
defraud, wi'l be heard at th.. Januaiy
meeting of the federal paro's xmj
Cook was admitted to the federal
penitentiary here April 6, 1926. He
has served one-third of his term and
is automatically eligible for parole
on his record of good behavior.
Cook’s health nas been failing un
der confinement, and friennda say he
cannot live through his full sentence.
He i the editor of the prison news
paper.
PRESS SQUIBS.
1“A1 the modern girl wants is a
little license," says a writer. Wire-i
less, dog, car, or merely marriage?—
The Humorist.
A man in Brooklyn, sentenced f«r
wife-beating, was instructed to kiss
his wife every morning for ax
months. After all, t is the woman
who pays and pays.—Benningtoon
Banner.
Of course these are prosperous
times, else how in the world could
almost everybody have a few thou
sand dollars to lose bucking Wall
Street ? —Leesburg (Fla.) Commer
cial.
Niw the mi vie actresses have to
talk. They will have to think next.—
American Lumberman.
As we understand Lobbyist Grun
dy’s attitude, the backward States
are those which have been pushed
away from the trough the longest*—
Dallas News.
Hollywood’s young women have
take nu cpigqp. .smoking.. Another
chiace for the optimist to assert taint
the younger generation will come -out
alt right if given plenty of rope.—
Chicago Daily Mews.
Funny that “The Wedding of the
Fainted Doll’’ should ihaw gone over
so trig. ‘Che wedding of aa unpainted
doll these days would have created
lots more .excitement—Lesburg( Fla.)
| Commercial.
One* fellow who is going to he put
j on his feetbby the ma'rket crash is
' the fellow uhoiwaS, buying a car un
I instalments.—American Lumberman.
“What’s the latest.* alarming news
.about - hustles 7”„asks . The Literary
Digest. Surely they’re not coming
to .the front.—Tampa Tb.bune.
Beware of Wall Street, when it is
dazed—especially, when it is woo.-,
gathering.— Virginia n-Hilot.
Long ebirts; are caming.back, butj
very slowly. The girls .are going to
light c» th» .iast .stitch.4-Chicago
Tribune. »
. ;
Many London- Utettn-s. are . said to'
be crumbling, away. Butn only very
j slowly, ouf> rtunat)rly —<-Ttn-.'. Humor
| ist. <
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it seems now that the. oijiy way
to Ret rich quick.is. slowly-.—Amer
ican LuHtbcrmen.
! lot of those Wall; Street taps' harcti
-an upsetting effect.— Ikes. i:Wau»4
, Tribane-Oipital
Experience must be a good school
or so many people wouldn’t, be .tak
ing post-graduate courses.—Virgin
ian-Pilot.
Many a lamb is .mourning for the
nice warm wool he squandered on tba
chance o facquiriog . sables.—rAtkan
sas Gazette.
Strange , as lit- may; sound, those
who muin on the level are usually*
those: .mho rise the s highest.—Chris
tian. .Science Monitor.
The
emancipation of wo*
ill'.never b& accomplished until
someone invents : a. mqtorized v can
opener.-—Arizona. Producer.
Of our senators an .uns.oi
,<then .ve. at least
know what it was that made the
jaekan wild.American Lumberman.
Brookbart .says v tobacco
stupefies the imagination. Well, for
heaven's, sake. Senator! Haven’t you
read any of the cigaret . i(advertise-,
mratST—Nashiiille Banner.
pmntrng'- which, won s second*
banging oh. its side might
have tsAen first place . if hung .upside
down.—Chicago Evening Post.
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Thd British Labor Government has
established.*.'good relations with the
Conservatives: and liberals, and is
i making considerable headway with
the J. -Haber lmerfitiers.—New . iYoik
Times.
if Vtiatrofehear i&itrue.'Some olhthe
most popular measures in' .Congress
are pints atftd quarts.—'Norfolk Vir
ginian-Miot.
Wkft Street' has apparently signally
misvfcKferetdnrt.the -UJifi? J?.*b plansifcr
abolishing pep/er&.™-Arlcancas Ga
zette.
A mechanical oettoji-pfcker tesied
in Texas promises to reduce costs ten
dollars a hale. Like the present type
of picker, it would not be allowed ito
vote.—The Ney? Yorker.
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