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Utast 29th, 1928, at the postoffice at j
^Tofeotoa, Alaska, under the Act of
Eiarch 3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, July 6, 1930.
SUTHERLAND BELIEVES
ALASKA APPOINTMENTS
PROBLEM FOR MITCHELL
WASHINGTON.—The opinion that
Attorney General Mitchell “is in a
•quandary” in his attempt to appoint
tfor Alaskan federal office', only non
•drinkers and avowed supporters of
•prohibition, was expressed Monday
•by Delegate Dan Sutherland of
Alaska.
“1 do not know, but I am of the
♦opinion the Attorney General is in a
♦quandary regarding several reap
jpointments in Alaska,” Sutherland
■ said. Some candidates do not, 1
iiear, meet the Attorney General’s an
nounced requirements, but the good
•old spoils system is still in operation
iand the politicians are as usual in
sistent their men must receive ap
ipointment,” the Delegate concluded.
iSEAHCH WITHOUT WARRANT
IS SEVERELY CONDEMNED
The hill recently introduced in i
Oongress providing for the amend- '
unent of the Alaska game laws so as <
tie permit search without warrant is 1
♦condemned in a resolution adopted by 1
itbe Juneau Chamber of Commerce, •
•the action having been taken at the 1
•conclusion of an intelligent discustion '
•of the proposition. The bill and its <
•far-reaching provisions are explained
•fully in the resolution, which is as l
ffollows: 1
13, House Bill H. £. 9726, proposing :
ito amend Section 1 of the Alaska
(Game Law, by empowering any offi- (
tcer or employe of the Alaska Game
(Commission to search without war*
irant any camp, camp outfit, pack or
ipack animal, wagon or other vehicle, i
isled, «(r any boat or vessel of the •
tUnited States, when such officer or ‘
(employe has reasonable cause to be* ■
lieve that such camp, camp outfit, :
Stack or pack animals, automobile,
wagon, or other vehicle, sled, boat, or <
vessel has therein or thereon any an*
Sinaia or birds in violation of said
Haw* is inimical to the best interests i
•of the people of Alaska and, in its 1
•enforcement, would cause much delay,
inconvenience and indignity to inno* ;
went persons;
■“Nojr, therefore, be it resolved by :
tfhe Juneau, Alaska, Chamber of Com* '
raerce that it hereby protests against :
tthe enactment of Section 5, House
Bill H, R. 9726, which proposes to
amend Section 5 of the Alaska Game
law substantially in the manner
hereinbefore cited, and that copies of :
this resolution be forwarded to Hon*
•orable D. A. Sutherland, Delegate i
ffrcpa Alaska, and to Honorable :
Hiram Bingfiam, chairman of the
Senate committee on Territories, and ;
to Honorable Charles F. Curry, chaih*
man of the House committee on Ter* j
rifcories* and that the various Alaska <
chambers of commerce be requested ;
to. coaozr. heerin and taka similar ae* ]
A inntiwr fhat the reselntion.be in* :
dorsed by the chamber was opposed
by C. T. Gardner, former chairman of
the Alaska Game Commission, who
advanced logical arguments for the
passage of the Sutherland bill as a
measure to protect and perpetuate
the game of Alaska. Mr. Gardner
cited numerous instances where the
law as it exists has been flagrantly
violated, mostly by non-residents and
aliens.
A vote was taken, and the resolu-.
tion, as printed above, passed by a
geod majority.
PROSPECTORS’ AID DISCON
TINUED; FUND EXHAUSTED
(Anchorage Times.)
Those prospectors who were plan
ning to call upon the Territory for
financial aid during the coming sum
mer to assist them in carrying on
their prospecting, under the provi
sions of the prospectors’ aid act, will
have to look elsewhere for help this
year if they have not already filed
their applications.
This announcement will come as a
surprise to many oldtimcr.i of the An
chorage district, the majority of
whom were under the impresion that
there would be ample funds available
to carry out the provisions of the act
during the second year of the bien
nium. But, unfortunately for them,
what remains of the fund already has
been pledged and no new applications
are to be considered. The situation
is made known in a telegram just re
ceived by J. J. Corey, in charge of the
local office of the Geological Survey,
from B. D. Stewart, commissioner of
transportation, as follows:
“Entire fund available for pros
pectors’ aid for the ^ar ending
March 31, 1931, is obligated by un- ,
paid vouchers now on file and by new
applications already received. Do not
accept any more applications or rec
ommend for appfoVat any more
vouchers. Please arrange publicity
je given above facts your district.”
The sum of $24,000 was appropri
ited by the 1930 Legislature to pro
ride transportation aid to prospectors
luring the biennium, and that appro
bation also was intended “to apply
o expenses incurred during the foi
innium ending March 31, 1929,” so
hat full amount of the appropriation
vas nqt available for the present bi
rnnium. The amount available for
ast year was exhausted some time
>efore the close of the year, but it
vas not generally supposed that the,
:und would be so soon depleted this
rear.
;UBSER SUCCEEDS STEWART
AS HEAD OF PREDATORS
According to announcement made
it Juneau recently, H. H. Gubser,
vho came to Alaska last year to
ihow sourdough: trappers how to trap
volves and coyotes, and who had hia
irst experience as a dog musher last
vinter while driving Game Warden
Dadwallader across country from
Dhickaloon to the Richardson high
way, has succeeded B. K. Stewart as
:hief predatory animal hunter in the
rerritory.
Gubser and Stewart are now In
Southeastern Alaska making an in
vestigation of the predatory animal
lituation, and Stewart will soon go to
;he States on furlough. He will re
report to the bureau of Biological
Survey, and expects to be assigned to
some locality in the States.
Speaking of their work to tike west
ward, Mr. Stewart declared that only
ive per ceth of the coyotes that were
xi be found on the Pacific slopes of
he Alaska range two yean ago exist
his year in that vicinity.
The number of coyotes from year
» year works an a cycle with the
lumber of ptarmigan, snowshoe ab
uts and other small animals, he de
mand, and the decline from two
rears ago has been sharp. Fontana ta
ardor’the safety of the far-bearing
miiuals, the eeyotes have not adapted
hemsefares to existence in large cum
I
bers where their natural food is da-'
pleted, and because of this the fur
bearers are safe from the Menace of
coyotes, Mr. Stewart declared. The
knowledge gained.in the field has,
made the situation on the coast sim-1
pier than it would be if conditions
were altered so that the coyote would
prey upon fur-bearing animals dur-i
ing the poor years of ptarmigan and j
rodents, he said.
Wolves, too, have greatly decreased;
in the area. In .the interior, from |
Healy river through the Delta coun-1
try and as far north, as Tanana
Crossing, the largest number of
wolves and coyotes were found. While:
this area is small compared to,the en-{
tire territory, it is, nevertheless, of]
such size as to permit the existence!
of predatory animals in large num
bers.
However, Mr.. Stewart continued.!
many part sof this country are free
from the animals. Within .the area
they exist in smaller .sections.
In the White .river country, well
known hunting area, these .were
practically no wolf traaks. Signs of
two or three were seen, while there
are no caribou at all in the vicinity.
Mr. Stewart declared.
With sue ha favorable condition ex
isting to the westward, the tasek of
controlling the predatory animals .is
not as great as it first appeared,-*»id 1
Mr. Stewart. .For the mext .few
months aperatians -will be confined to j
the southeastern section of the Jerri- 1
toiy. j
HE SELLS OUT ON MARGIN
bay
SAN FRANCISCO.—If you
stocks in California on margin
your broker “sells you out” at. a loss,
it is his loss—not yours.
This was the gist of a legal bomb
shell which burst recently in the form
of a Superior Court decision by Judge
Stanley Murray of Madera county,
sitting here temporarily.
Attorneys said it would affect suits
involving hundreds of thousands of
dollars as a sequel to .recent stock
market acrobatics.
Another startling aspect of Hie rul
ing was that if you buy . stocks on
margin and they go up, your booker
doesn't have to pay you.
Tbe whole point .at issue, .accord-;
ing to the decision, is .whether...the
stock is bought for .investment «r
speculation. If there is no real antent
to deliver stock, as in margin trad
ing, the decision holds that ifeedne
transaction is void and that neither
party can he held .to account in a
California court.
A «nit by B. 1 AtnunniA Ca,
through an assignee, for J><9<0, was
responsible for the decision. .The de
fendant waa Quin to Barvsotti,. retired
merchant. His nttomey,.Bnlsnri Bee
McGrath
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cy, bnoght out that the account had
mm, purely speculative and that the
irohera lmd cMhbout Barsotti for a
oss ia.a £alliog>Jnadcet last ApriL
Jo%r Murrayr ruled that the debt
rax void and upheld -Bescey’s con
■ttim that itu was in . violation of
Seetum..2S <^f Article 4 of the State,
ansti&ution, which reads, ip part:
“Ail) contracts for the purchase or
ale o£ the .capital stoc kof any cor
oratiou without any intention on the
art e£ one. party , to deliver and the
ither party to;receive theshares * *
hall .he vaid.andn neither party >to
uoh transaction, tehall. Jja entitled ..to
ecour.'*
The thirteen-month ^calendar as
being adopted by severAL.iarge indus
trial concerns.
Potatoes .were ‘first planted tin
France in .1761.
JFYank J. Gusk^y
Notary Public
McGrath, Alaska
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