* CAME COMMISSftrN PROMUL
GATES NEW REGULATIONS
Bv virtue.of thp Authority con
ferred upon the Alaska Game Com
mission by act. of January 13, 1925
, <43 Stat. 739)*-entitled VAn act to
establish an Alaska Game Commis
sion to protect, pame animals, land
. furJbearing animals, and birds in
Alaska, and .formathe/ purposes,” the
following regulations -for the protec
^ tion of game, animols. land fur-bear
ing animals,.and '-irds in Alaska are
made and published,.* to take effect
*; July 1, J.928:
Regulation Aim*- Employ ment of
„• .fluid*-s
No non-resident- of - the Territory
t-x shall take-game animals in Alaska ex
t, cept in fur district 3, unless accom
i ganied hy a registered guide, duly li
censed by the -Commission, except
- that non-resrident Federal employes
c engaged in investigations- or other
work in Alaska shall not. be required
. to employ registered guides ■ when
, hunting game animals.
- Regulation Is—tjualiucaftons- «»»
Guides.
Only a.Tesident citizen or a resident
native Indian or Eskimo who is the
holder of a valid registered guide li
cense shall act as guide for a non
resident hunter of game animals in
Alaska. Any person desiring to be
registered with the Commission and
granted a guide license for guiding
non-resident hunters, shall file with
the Commission an application, on a
form prescribed by the Commission,
which shall be subscribed and sworn
„ to by the applicant before a person
... authorized to administer oaths. Such
x application shall state applicant’s cit
, Izenship and residence status, his
permanent address and the regions in
> which he desires to guide non-resident
r hunters. Each applicant for a regis
*. tered guide license shal ble required
c to undergo a written and oral exam
ination by a member of the Commis
. sion or by such person as the Com
mission may designate, as to his
qualifications for a guide and knowl
edge of the Alaska game laws and
regulations.
Beginning with the license year
« July 1, 1928, no guide license shall be
issued unless the application therefor
Bhall have been approved by the Alas
. ka Game Commission at a regular or
special meeting, that in cases of
emergency the executive officer may,
after due investigation and being sat
isfied of the applicant’s qualifications,
issue a guide license upon an applica
tion properly completed and accom
panied by the required fee, authoriz
ing the licensee to guide certain spec
ified non-resident hunters, who shall
, be named in the application for such
license, that the extension of guiding
privileges authorized by such license
or the renewal thereof shall be made
■ only upon compliance with the re
quirements first above stated.
A registered guide license must
bear the signature of the chairman of
the Commission and be countersigned
by one other member of the Commis
sion. Each license shall expire on
June 30 next succeeding its issuance,
shall be revocable at the direction of
vthe Commission, and shall not be
transferable.
Each licensed guide snail suomu. to
the Commission immediately upon
■ completion of a hunting trip, a record
of the name and address of each non
resident in each hunting party for
which he acted as guide, the period
covered by his services rendered each
hunting party during the open season,
the number and species of animals
taken by each non-resident hunter
guided by him, and the numbers and
localities of each species of big game
animals observed by him and mem
bers of the hunting party.
Regulation C—Use of Poison.
A predatory animal hunter em
ployed by or under the direction of
the Commission, when authorized so
to do by permit issued by the Com
mission, and countersigned hy the ex
ecutive officer, may use a poison ap
proved by the Commission, to kill
. wolves or coyotes. Such permit3ha.ll
designate the locality in which the
permitee is authorized to use poison
for such purposes. Such person shall
each month report to the executive
officer of the Commission the results
of the use of such poison.
No hunter or trapper, including na
tive Indians or Eskimos, shall have
in possession any strychnine, death
capsules, or any other poison capable
of being used for killing fur-bearing
or game animals. Possession shall
include presence of such poisons in
camps, cabins, buildings, or boats oc
cupied by hunters, trappers, native
Indians, or Eskimos.
Regulation I)—Resident Trapping
Licenses.
After July 1, 1928, no resident of
A aska, except a native-born Indian,
Eskimo, or half-breed, who has not
severed his tribal relations by adopt
ing a civilized mode of living or by
exercising the right of franchise, shall
take or attempt to take land fur
bearing animals in Alaska without
first having obtained a resident trap
i ping license.
j On and after July 1, 1928, all for
! mer regulatiins of the Alaska Game
Commission relating to guides, poi
son. and resident trapping licenses!
shall be, and are hereby, revoked.
BUYERS DISCUSS FASHION’S
WHIMS IN USE OF FURS
(Anchorage Times.)
And so they trimmed her pretty
frocks with furs. They embellished
the hems of her skirts with the costly
trophies of the far Northland (good
ness knows there should be some
semblance of warmth), and her
( wrists, and ' around her slender neck.
And thus woman, God bless her,
! again poked her dainty fingers and
vagrant fancies into the affairs of
men and other fur-bearing animals,
and sent the fur buyers scurrying
hither and yon, and upset thp caleu
; latio'ns of big fur speculators. Inci
| dentally, and may heaven bless her
i again, she 'brought additional profit
to the lonely men of the cold and
silent places who had staked their
cunning through the long winter
months against the denizens of the;
wilderness.
I It all means tha here is a new ;
Cushion in furs, according to J. C.!
Lcen, fur buyer-manufacturer of
Cordova and Seattle, who passed
j through Anchorage Saturday from
Fairbanks to Cordova, but who is]
j hurrying back as soon as the first of i
the month to be present at Fairbanks
i when the big Interior fur catch hc
i gins (’(.ining up the
“There seems to be a decided phase
developing in the use of furs this fall
, in up almost prodigal use of skins in
the trimming of dresses and coats,”
I said Mr. Leen. “They are going to
! string strips of fur along every hem
or selvage that will hold them.
“And do you know why the red fox
has had such a demand and has
brought such good prices? Well, it
is because the red fox fur is longer
and will serve better in this trim
j ming process.”
so tnere you are. 11 iasmon can
; change over-night, wiiat is the poor
I fur buyer to do unless he has his ear
I to the ground, or to the trap line, or
| his eyes glued to the fashion page?
I Even that doesn’t seem to help him,
; for in a nonce milady changes her
I mind and leaves him tearing his hair
! or grasping wildly at the circumam
: bient atmosphere.
But things are certainly moving in
the fur business, according to Mr.
Leen. Part of the winter’s catch that
has already showed up at Fairbanks
brought over $125,000, and there will
be a great deal more sold when the
boats come from down the lower river
or even the upper Tanana.
Of course a large portion of the
Yukon furs will go to Fort Yukon,
which is a gathering point for all
that great northern territory, and
where they will probably handle
three-quarters of a million dollars’
worth'.this; spring.
Anchorage, is no slouih'whej it
comes tcf. fu rmuket--, : either. A
quarter of a, million dollars’ wprth. of
skins are handled here annually, ac
cording to Wandling and other local
traders. There is a large fur terri
tory tributary to this city and they'
can get just, as good pices here as
anywhere.
Now there is another funny thing
about furs which <>f course is brought
about chiefly through . the whims of
fashion.
Red fox, which used to sell for Sit'
and brought as high as $18 at the re
cent Se-attle sale, is dear because of
scarcity and unusual demand. If i-.
scarce in this country because the Si
berian supply is shut off to A meric?
arbitrarily by the Russians, who seem
to prefer to deal with Germany.
But the muskrat is scarce, too, and
ait the same time it is cheap.
“This is explained," said Wandling.
“by the fact that there are not, enough
muskrat on the market to strike.any
partieula note or vogue in the field of
fashion. In other words, if any one
tried to start a muskrat fashion, it
wouldn’t do him any good if he sue
i ceeded. He couldn't supply it.” So
there you are.
Speaking of Alaska fur conditions,
1 Wandling pronounced them good, hut
added seriously, as though he had
[ given the matter much thought, “i
wish there was some way we could
help the prospector in this trapping
to eke out his meager grubstake
against the growing competition of
the chechaco who only comes in to
trap and hurries out again. And I
hope also that the day is not far dis
tant when small fur farms are dotted
all over Alaska and most of the wild
fur-bearers are confined therein, giv
ing homes and livelihood to many in
dividuals, before ruthless trapping
against inadequate protection drives
to extinction many of our most valu
able species.”
MAKE EIELSON A LOBBYIST.
(Juneau Empire.)
The news comes from Norway that ;
Ben Eielson, who piloted the Wilkins
plane from Alaska to Spitzbergen,1
would be unable to join an Antarctic
expedition because he wants to get.
* back to the Alaskan mail service,
j The announcement suggests that
: thought that Ben Eielson ought to be
j sent to Washington to ask for appro
; priations for air mail service in Alas
ka. With his world-wide reputation,
i gained by the successful flight across
| the top of the world, he would make
| an attractive and influential lobbyist
! for any cause that has its foundation
in air navigation. And, in addition,
Mr. Eielson would speak for Alaska
air mail service from experience. No
; one understands better than he the
’ need for it in this Territory and none
knows more about tl\p pacticability of
it. And the fact that he was talking
with first-hand information and ripe
judgment would be known by all who
heard him.
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