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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19, 1904
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GAME COMMISSION APPLAUDED’
The action of the Alaska Game Commission in remov
ing the embargo on trapping beaver and permitting the
taking of twenty pelts during the month of ^Vlay has evok
ed highest commendation from prospectors‘and trappers.
While appearing insignificant to the average person, the
action carries a strong economical significance with rela
tion to mining in that it guarantees to the prospector a
medium for taking a grubstake while he is performing
the initial labors of prospecting his holdings. By the ac
tion of the Game Commission all incentative for infrac
tion of fur regulations is removed and prospectors espe
cially will be found rallying to the support of the fur war
dens" in seeing that all regulations are strictly observed.
The Game Commissions is the recipient of much de
served commendation for its action and in response to let
ters of appreciation points out that “The commission as
a -whole, as well as its personnel is doing all within its pow
er to cultivate the co-operation of the trapper, prospector
and others who are in the hills, as the success or failure
of the measure depends to a very great degree on this co
operation. We expect and solicit criticism so long as it is
of a constructive nature. . . . and it is indeed a plea
sure to receive an occasional appreciation of what we are
trying to accomplish.“
FUR BEARING ANIMALS
According to a statement of the head of the biological
bureau of the Department of Agriculture all fur-bearing
animals need proper protection if their numbers are to be
maintained and good fur is to be produced. The value of
the annual catch of fur-bearing animals in the United
States 35 years ago was about 825,000,000. Today it is
estimated at $60,000,000; and even this figure probably
would have been exceeded if the supply had been main
tained.
All States and Territories having fur-bearing ani
mals within their borders, as well as Canada, have laws
regulating trapping and shipping; and the Department
of Agriculture is of the opinion that trappers, fur trades
men, legislative committees, conservation societies and
others concerned in maintaining the stocks of fur-bear
ing animals and the fur supply should cooperate more
effectively.
Since the days of the Dutch West Indies Co. and the
Hudson Bay Co.^ the United States has furnished the
London market with a large share of its stock of furs. For
200 years the Hudson Bay Co. has had a monopoly of the
North American fur business. In 1834 it was thought
the supply of furs in the United States had been practi
cally exhausted, so great had been the slaughter. How
ever, several States and Alaska enacted protective laws,
and sales of many varieties of skins to the London mar
ket steadily increased. Alaska will ever be a large factor
in the fur industry of the world, providing the trappers,
hunters and the x\laska Game Commission continue to
work in harmony.
WIDE OPEN SUBJECT’
The American Bankers associationi has taken mid
dle ground on installment buying. Its committee finds
that the deferred payment plan hasn't undermined the
American economic structure or destroyed the habit of
thrift, as shown by the steadily growing savings accounts
and life insurance policies; but it cautions against over
extension of such credit. That leaves the subject wide
open for a continuance of the discussion.
WHO WANTS 5 DAY WEEK?
A five-day working week of 40 hours is the aim of
labor leaders. It would require only a 20-hour week to
produce the actual necessities of life for all of us, but
there are so many other desirable things that cost money,
things we feel we must strive for, that a 40-hour week will
not permit us to acquire. You can live on a 20-hour week
or a 30-hour week or a 40-week, if you are satisfied with
a short pay envelope, but how many will be satisfied.
MISS CLARA MINTHEY
HONORED H BIRTHDAY
A pretty and delightful surprise
party was given Miss Clara Manthey
last evening at the home of Mrs.
James McConnell, the affair being in
honor of her eighteenth birthday.
Many of her friends were in atten
dance and many were the beautiful
gifts the charming young bud receiv
ed. While card playing was under
way luncheon was served. Four tables
were occupied in playing bridge at
which Mrs. Merritt and Mr. D. E.
Valade won first honors and Mr.
Kinder took away the consolation.
There was also one table of rummy
Miss Katherine Neville captured first
prize and Miss Sigrid Rosness, the
consolation.
The guests were Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Shelhorn, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Valade.,
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Neville, Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. McKanna, Mr. and Mrs.
Jas McConnell, Mrs.. Gus Manthey,
Mrs. Merritt, Mrs. Lulu Manthey,
Miss Dorothy Baughman, Miss Kath
erine Neville, Miss Sigrid Rosness,
Mr. Kinder, Mr. R. J. Willis, Leonard
Hopkins and Mr. Elmer McNemee.
William Houten of Bay City, Mich.,
was attacked by a fox which claw
ed and ruined ’ his Sunday trousers. ^
Unusual cold in South Africa re
cently brought snow to regions where
it has never been known before. That
part of the world has winter while we
have summer.
In a fish cleaned at Foulton mar
ket in New York was found a wed
ding ring inscribed, “E to B.”
Picture rrammg—Schallerer’s Alas
ka Shop.
Old chairs likg
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