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IN REDUCING NAVAL ARMA
MENT, DECLARES HHOOVER
WASHINGTON —President Hoo
ver apprisv’dThe world tonight that
reduction of naval armament could
not be too low for th” Unit v. states.
‘We wifi reduce bur nave', strength
»n propd^rvito 'to .fliv other,” he as
set ,ed in hie aiMlf s > “Having said
that, it only rewru*': for others to
how low1 they will go. It cannot
b« troe %rw Tor us.”
Asanother' contribution to ultinrate
pea.', in this world he proposed that
food' imips should be made fyee of any
-interference it» times of war. “The
' time has 'come,” declared the Presi
'■ dent, “when we should remove startf
> at ion of women and children from the
' weapons of warfare,” adding that he
put forward the proposition of treat
ing food ships the same as hospital
' craft as a practiel step in the solu
tion of a large part of the age-old
* controversy of freedom of the ses.
‘^Xt would act as a preventative of
* war," Hoover told his auditors. T
offer it only for the consideration of
t the woirld. I have not made it as a
» governmental proposition to any na
tion and do not do so now.”
The President spoke in the city au
‘ ditorium under the auspices of che
American Legion to an audience made
up of largely of men who fought in
the great war.
HHe said the greatest guarantee of
(KJR was to “build a spirit of good
■' will and- friendliness, to create re
* spect and confidence and to stimulate
t esteem between peoples. In that at
’ Biosphere all controversy will become
■ but as passing incidents of the day.”
On preparedness the President
; said: ' “I am for adequate prepared
ness as a guaranty that no foreign
: soldier shall ever step upon the soi}
* of our country. No American will
: arise today and say we ■'fcish one gun
> or one armed man beyond that neces
; sary for the defense of our people.”
URGES INCREASED BOUNTY ON
WOLVES TO PROTECT GAME
(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
That the present scarcity of - game
ia due to the increasing prevalence of
wolves is the firm belief of Charles
W. Opdyke, welyl known mining man
and trapper, who is leaving for Nome
creek with inthe' next few days. He
cited one incident that is very signiv
eant. But a short time ago, while
following a band of caribou up a can
; yon, in the course of but one mile he
discovered seven skeletons that had
] been pulled down by the denizens of
the wilds.
He affirms that one wolf can de
; stroy more game in a week than a
number of trappers could hope to
' catch in an entire season. Mr. Op
dyke fro mhis observations extended
throughout his many years in the
’ hills, declares that the Wolves leave
■ a great deal of their kfi. They seem
to destroy for the-sake of merey kill
ing.
He,'with other "trappers, bemoan
the' fact that the' wolf bounty has
been lowered. They feel that, if any
thing^ it should have been raised te
: at least $25. To handle a wolf skin
, and prepare it for’ the fur market
presents difficulties that are not met
’ with in connection with other pelts.
The erolf, when caught in a trap, is
too heavy to pack unless by dogs.
' This necessitates skinning the wolf
4 at the trap and iii the open, ofttiraes
- a real hardship in cold weather . ...
: and lowering the' wolf bounty will
( certainly not encourage the trapping
< of them.
Mrl Opdyke has been lengthening
’ his trap line each year, and it now
' eevers a distance of 100 to 120 miles.
Due to the growing scarcity of game,
a line of that length is absolutely
necessary if one would make trapping
i a projtable enterprise. Mr. Opdyke
uses a dog team on his line, as it
‘ would be almost impossible to cover
k that many mies otherwise. He visits
each trap al least-/once a'.week, aume
more often.
He has fine /relief oabins .strong
along 'fils line, -n^hthh imaans censWer
able cutting of "trailsjarid dead work
during the summer- /According to
Mr. Opdyke, /eveyy'i trapper is in real
ity the trail -blazer/,aid road-builder
of his district.
I Mr. 'Opdyke does not encourage
j chechakos to enter ; the,tr» p pi ng field
until such time -as. the Game Com
| mission sees fit to assignr a certain
| district .to each trapper,-‘Witti full pro
j.lection from the Commission against
| intruders. In return he would be re
I sponsible to the Game T Commission
, for the fur and game in the district i
; assigned to him.
Another suggestion ocered by Mr.
| Opdyke .towards improving trapping .
| conditions’is-as regards to thb season.;
: Said Mr. Opdyke: flf the season
! would open November 1st instead of
! the 16th, and close February 1st in- j
| stead cif March 1st, it would result' in-j
j the catching of better-*Km* -Jnd'.the!
j trapper receiving better prices. "Thtsi
! applies especially to' foxes. These
j animals are easier to pick up in Feb- j
ITuwry,-as-they are beginning to mate.;
The fur 'is met air good that month,
that is, not to be compared with a
November skin caught just after the
lGtfa.
“The Shortening of the season in
the spring would mean an increase in
the number of foxes, as the trappers
would not interfere with their breed
| ing. The change in the season would j
allow sudn increases,' while the earlier
opening would shorten the present
season by only ten days.”
The run of daribou in the Nome
dreek diStrirt, • adcording to Mr. Op
dyke, "has been very peculiar. Im
mense 'herds were seen during the
latter part of May and early June,
mostly cows arid calves, all looking
more sleek than ever before observed I
during the summer months. ' Since j
that time,'however, there lias been rib
run at all, nothing but a few scat
tered bands.
"This should not b e surprising;”
declared 'Mt. Opdyke, ‘when we know
that wolves are so apparently orr the
increase. In all my 13 years of t rap
ping I'have never seen so many wolf
tracks as there are at present.”
With a bounty on wolves of $25,
adequate protection for trappers from
j the Game Commission, and the'topeii
ing of the trapping season on foxes
advanced to November, Mr. Opdyke
feels certain that trapping would
mean more to the Territory and
would prove more profitable 1 to' all
those concerned with it.
KANTISHNA RESIDENT HAS
YEARLING MOOSE FOR TET
story of a yearling moose that has
! known the association of its kind for
| only a few hours arid now recognizes
; a man as its only friend comes from
; the Kantishna country.
The man who befriended the an*
j imal when it was only a few hours
1 old and raised'it is John Hansen, who
owns a big foor farm a short distance
below Roosevelt, on the Kantishna
: river, says the Fairbanks News*
; Miner. !
| A year ago last spring he was row
j ing on a nearby lake when he saw on.
| a small island in the center of the
i lake a cow moose and two calves, the
| latter apparenttly having been born
j but a shoort time before. 'Upon
j sighting him the cow took to the
: water and swam ashore, deserting
her calves.
Believing that the mother would
I return os soon as he was gone, Mr.
; Hansen left. Out'tsf curiosity he re
I turned the next day, and saw only
| one calf on the island. In rowing
i around the lake he came upon the
j odby of a bull calf close to shore.
| The calf had tried to swim ashore,
! but was not strong enough to make
it and had drowned when close to the
goal. Realizing then that the mother
would not come back, Mr. Hansen
captured the cow calf on the island.
He raised it on Klim and used al
most. his. whole supply of milk ...in
I
doing so. The calf’^became.'greatly I
attached to him, becoming.’^; friend-j
ly as to ventture into theirs 'Use at ■
every opportunity. Na.w.dti.'vs*Aoo tig
to get through the doar.'btir ifc.Atsys
close to the buildings. I
It is said the moose has merer gyre j
far into the . woods and shows *»* <te-; j
sire to take up the life of its kind.
It recognizes a certain call given, by.(
Mr. Hansen, and conies running when 1
it is sounded. The moose is catholic !
in its tastes and especially enjoys |
fish. It tolerates stoum****, oui bn.- !
plays no friendliness towards Jienu 1
CHAMPAGNE NO LUXURY
TO MEN WHO MAKE IT
EPERNAY, France.—This year is
France’s greatest champagne year
sines* 1898 and 1011
Visiting the viaejartis while the*
1921) vintage was being gathered, ar*
American was guided by the manager,
of a world-famed brand, assisted by'
four Workmen. After two hours
^penfc following the grapes from the
vines 'into’ ti.e silver-topped . bottles,
the American invited the workmen to
a nearby cafe. Said he:
‘Let’s have a nice bottle. What wil
you boys have?"
Lined" Up. at the bat the four, who '
toied'eight'hours or more a day with
“the beverage of kings," perked up
and as one tnan fairly shouted:
’ -‘BeetT . .
MAN KILLED WHEN HE
OPENED IRON GATE, JOKE
j COSHOCTON, Oi.. —Police said
A. A'.'Harris, 27 years >ld, c'<nf.'?';,‘tl
that ht arid .Felix Marla 31, born
miners, ere • responsibi3 f‘>r >i.o
electrocution of Charles Newell, 27, j
at'the Warwick mines Sunaaj night.
Police said Harris admitted he and
Marlatt wired a gate leading to the
mine property “just to have some
'fun’’swith members of the Newell
family. The gate was charged by
connecting' an iron latch with a trol
ley wire.
Newell-was killed when he touched
the live wire. The miners are held j
under murder charges., j
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»’NOTICE TO CREDITORS. j
■In the Probate Court at Ruby, Nulato
Precinct, Fourth Division, Ter-i
>. Titary off Alaska, before William
.>N. Growden, United States com
missioner, and ex-officio probate '
judge.
In the matter of the estate of Ed
■SScbiatter, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the an-,
■dersigned has been duly appointed
administrator of the estate of Ed
Schlatter, deceased.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to present
them, duly verified, with pi oyer
vouchers attached, to the under- ^
signed, at my residence in Ruby, 1
Alaska, vyithin six (6) months from ■
the date of this notice.
Dated Ruby, Alaska, Oct. 25, 1983.
ALBERT VERHONIK,
. Administrator.
JOHN W. DUNN,
i Attorney for Administrator.
First pub. Oct. 26.
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT
Miles:
Nenana . 00
Tavern Roadhouse. 17% !
Knight’s Roadhouse .- 23%
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse . 58 ..
Diamond Roadhouse.76
Roosevelt . 89
Lake Minehumina__— 115
Trappers’ Cabin ....—... 132
Lone Star Roadhouse . 150
Telida Roadhouse...169%
Slow-Fork Roadhouse.187
East Fork Roadhouse .) 206
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse. 227%
Big River Roadhouse.241
McGrath ... 263
Takotna ..280
Bill Gbss’ Roadhouse .— 291
Ophir.... ..300
McCafferty. 306
Brown Creek shelter cabin-318
Frit* shelter cabin .. 333
First Chance shelter cabin . 346
Schermeyor R. H... 360
Iditarod_-....376
Flat ... 384
Bonanzza shelor cabin, 12 miles
Crooked Creek shelter ...cafein, 19
miles from Bonanza
.. from .Elat
Babeesch Moosehide Mitts and Boots
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Furs Bought and Sold Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
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Canned Goods of All Kinds Beds and Bedding
A. R, Eldridge - McGrath \
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.Rest of Meals and Rooms
* Wher« Everything Is Ho me like end
Where Yea Are GordiaHy Welcomed
11 0000 DOG ’HOUSES BATHS
Ivar Chilstrom - Prop.
Rough and Dressed JLnm- |
her of All Kinds j
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