UILL dUlILd
NEEDS MEHE
Winter is approaching and the
children’s school expense will be
higher this year than last. Bill
looks forward to less income in
the regular way. Many industries
have shifted to the “zigzag” plan
for their employees in an effort
to help everyone thru the winter.
This means that each employee
will have about half as much in
come. Prices of clothing and food
have come down some, but not in
keeping with the “zigzag” income.
There will be just as much coal to
buy and rent to pay. Bill must
have more money than he can
expect from his usual sources.
He has some money in the sav
ings bank drawing 3 per cent in
terest. While it is true that money
was put there for a “rainy day”
it isn’t bringing him any income
worth mentioning; and $20 or $40
or even $100 of that wouldn’t go
very far on a “rainy day.” He
needs more money coming in.
Bill Jones is the average Amer
ican. He knows that many a man
in exactly his financial condition
has invested part of his money
and has made enough return to j
give him the added income he I
needed. But Bill knows there is
some speculation with every in
vestment, no matter what it is or
howT good it sounds.
He doesn't know whether he 1
should take any chances on either
his savings account or his present
income. Of course his savings ac- :
count is not absolutely safe; he
realizes more money has been lost
by depositors thru bank failures ,
during the last 10 years than
thru any single line of investment
other than the stock market crash !
in 1929. Being a true American 1
and realizing that “nothing risked,
nothing gained,” he likes to take
a chance. Bill is a cautious fel- ‘
low and wants to speculate, but
he doesn’t want to lose his money.
So he tosses aside all the “wild
eyed” promises and impractical j j
guarantees that flood the mails j j
and seeks out a chance, to specu-h
late with the safety of a flowing h
oil well to fall back on if the j ]
well he .bets on turns out to be : ]
dry. If the new well comes in! ]
big, Bill should make a profit 1
of 10 times his investment. If j ]
he doesn’t he still has his money
where it should pay him dividends, j
over a period of years, twenty
times larger than the savings
bank interest. And he has the ^
speculative chance of making a j ■
real fortune if the new well comes '1
in good. He wants to speculate j(
with his “fingers crossed, ’ as it J
were, and that is exactly what\
he does when he accepts our spe- j
cial Pool offer, and shares in one ,}
gusher while wre drill for another.! £
Write us for full information, L
but better still—mail us $20. $100, i,
or even $200, and share in our j (
next dividend. If you are like i j
Bill Jones, we might help you. j
E. M. Thomasson & Co., Inc.! i
Patterson Bldg., \
DENVER, COLORADO. t
Colorado Securities Act complied £
with.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
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PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Seward General Hospital
E. P. Harwood
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Joh a n sen B u i I d i tutSeward, Alaska
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
SEE
Curtis R. Morford
Dr. A. R. Roberts
DENTIST
Phone Madison 108—-Tecklenberg Bldg.
Donohue & Dimond
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
OFFICES
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V. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor—U. S. Land
Surveyor—General Surveyor
Seward, Alaska—Inquire Seward Gateway
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The much discussed book—“The
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FUR FARMING SECTION
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
This section Is open for discussion of anything pertaining
to fur farming. •
Information concerning stock, site, house and pen con
struction, equipment, cost, breeding, mating, feeding, cooking
recipes, sanitation, prevention of contagious diseases, disinfec
tion, trapping, killing, pelting, marketing, packing, shipping
and other notes are welcomed for publication,—with due credit
to the author.
This section is intended to be the common meeting ground
for fur farmers. Interchange of ideas, helpful information, con
structive suggestions anent these particulars should readily
solve vexatious problems oi fur farming. Readers are urged to
take advantage of this section and help The Gateway foster fur
farming throughout Alaska.
HINTS ON THE CARE OF OTTERS
In the absence of dependable ex
periments in breeding, feeding, and
handling otters in captivity, the
problem of whether they can be
1 raised on a commercial scale is still
| to be solved. A generation ago fur
! producers seemed optimistic on the
i future of otter ranching, though
j few of the animals that have been
| kept in confinement in zoological
parks for exhibition purposes have
produced young. Under exhibition
conditions, with the disturbance
caused by the presence of visitors,
otters apparently do not have the
seclusion they require for breeding.
In the one or two instances that
young were born they did not live
to maturity. Perhaps under favor
able surroundings otters can be
raised profitably, but prolonged ex
periments must be conducted before
their production in captivity can be
recomended definitely as a prom
ising industry.
TRAITS
Otters are playful, docile, and in
telligent. Many individuals held in
confinement show attachment for
their keepers and come when called.
Water is necessary for their well
being, as they are perfectly adapt
ed for swimming, although they
sometimes travel overland for con
siderable distances.
FOOD
Wild otters subsist mainly on
fishes, frogs, crawfishes, and other
aquatic creatures. When these fail
they sometimes kill warm-blooded
animals. Young otters have been
raised in confinement on a diet of
milk and cornmeal mush, supple- (
mented by fish or meat as they me. -
tured. A reliable source ex’ i;o. h
fish obtainable at slight cost L
sential to success in raising otters. .
BREEDING
In the northern States otters
probably mate in February. The
young are born about two months j
later and ^re mature when one year j
old. The number in a litter ranges
from one to five.
INCLOSURE
The size of an otter yard should
not be less than 12 by 20 feet. It j
should contain a pool of clear wa
ter two or three feet deep, fed from
a constant source, and sufficient
dry land for exercise for the ani
mals and for placing the den.
The fence may be built of upright
boards, galvanized sheet iron, or
two-inch mesh, 14-guage wire net
ting. Its height must be three and
a half feet greater than the max
imum depth of snow. An inward
horizontal overhang of sheet iron
one foot wide must be provided at
the top of the fence, and the bot
tom should extend into the ground
one and a half feet.
The den, two feet wide, two feet
high, and five or six feet long,
should be tightly built to exclude
drafts. The entrance should be
near the end of one of the sides.
It is important to construct dens so
they may be opened from time to |
time for disinfection, and they j
should be wholly within the inclos- I
ure.
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FUR-FARMING LEASES
The following rules and regula
tions will govern the issuance of i
fur-farming leases under the act of j
July 3, 1026 (44 stat, 821):
APPLICATION FOR LEASE
1. Applications for leases, ad
dressed to the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, should be filed
in duplicate in the proper districtj
land office. After assignment of
a serial number and due notation
thereof, one copy should be for
warded to the General Land Office
and the other to the division in- j
spector at Anchorage, Alaska. A;
status report should be furnished
with each. No specific form of ap
plication is required, and no blanks
will be furnished therefor. Applica
tions should cover, in substance,
the following points, and be under
oath:
(a) Applicant's name and post
office address.
(b) Proof of citizenship of appli
cant; if an association of individ
uals, proof of citizenship of each
member thereof; and if a corpora
tion, a certified copy of the articles
of incorporation must be furnished.
(c) Description of the land for
which the lease is desired, by legal
subdivision if surveyed, and by j
metes and bounds if unsurveyed. In
order to properly identify unsur- j1
veyed lands, if practicable, the ;<
metes and bounds description1
should be connected by course and :
distance with some corner of the j
public-land surveys and their posi- ;
tion with reference to rivers, creeks,
m untains or mountain peaks, ]
towns, islands, or other prominent 1
topographical points or natural ob- \
jects or monuments should be given.1 <
(d) The approximate acreage if ]
the application is for unsurveyed • i
land. *
(e) Two references as to appli- ;;
cant’s reputation and business !i
standing. j 1
(f ) The kind or kinds of fur- j i
bearing animals to be raised, and, ]
if foxes, whether silver, blue, or j <
white. 1<
<g) The number of fur-bearing j <
animals the applicant expects to i;
have on the leased land within one : <
year from the date of the lease, j
(h) A showing that the applicant j
has a permit to take animals with i i
which to stock the leased land.
(i) A statement as to whether j r
the land is occupied, claimed, or
used by natives of Alaska or others,
and, if so, the nature of the use
and occupancy.
PREFERENCE RIGHT
2. Anyone who in good faith is
occupying an island or other tract j
of land for the purpose of raising j
fur-bearing animals, and who was;
unable to obtain a permit or lease
because of lack of legal authority, j
****»»» u j/iciciicji ugui/ i/O me
an application for a lease at any
time within six months from the
date of these regulations. An ap
plicant claiming such preference j
right must state fully the facts j
upon which this claim is based.
BEAVER RAISING
3. No lease under this act for the
| purpose of raising beavers shall be
granted on any area already occu
pied by a beaver colony and no such
lease shall be granted on streams (
or lakes which will interfere with
the spawning grounds of salmon.
INVESTIGATION
4. When the copy of the applica
tion is received by the division in
spector he will cause an investiga
tion to be made and report fully
to the Commissioner of the General
Land Office as to the improvements,
if any, existing on the lands; as to
their use and occupancy, and as
to the feasibility of granting the
lease.
NEWS ITEM
j 5. Upon the issuance of a lease
under this act the register of the
United States district land office
for the district within which the
leased land is situated will furnish j
the newspaper nearest said land a
[ statement of the issuance of the
lease, containing the name of the .
lessee and a description of the
leased land, such statement to be '
published as an item of news.
RENTAL
! 6. Every lessee under this act
shall pay to the lessor in advance ;
a minimum rental of $25 per an- j
num on leases for all tracts up to j
j and including 640 acres and a min
imum of $50 annual rental on leases
of tracts exceeding 640 acres, and
shall pay a maximum rental equal
to a royalty of 1 per cent on the
gross returns derived from the sale :
of live animals and pelts, if the i
amount thereof exceeds the min
imum rental mentioned, such yearly
rental to be credited against the
royalties as they accrue for that
years.
CANCELLATION OF LEASE
7. A lease under this act will be
subject to cancellation by the Sec
retary of the Interior for failure j
of the lessee to comply with any
of the conditions enumerated there- j
in or to exercise due diligence in
raising the kind or kinds of fur- i
bearing animals specified in thej
lease or for the devotion of the
leased area primarily to any pur
pose other than the raising of fur
bearing animals.
A lease will be automatically can
celed for failure of the lessee to
place on the leased area the number
and kind of fur-bearing animals
specified in the lease within a per
said lease as follows: When the
iod of one year from the date of
lease embraces an area not exceed
ing 640 acres, not less than two
pairs (two males and two females) j
of such animals shall be placed on
the land within the year; four pairs
on areas between 640 and 3,000
acres; and six pairs on areas ex
ceeding 3,000 acres.
FORM OF LEASE
8. Leases under this act will be
made on Form 4-230.
TRAPPERS! Two Foxes in a day, |
with only two sets out, is my
record. Methods guaranteed, $1.00.
Floyd Blackman, RD 3, New Ber
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Hartman’s Genuine Blaek Raccoons.
Registered stock. Prices reason
able. Satisfaction guaranteed. One
of the oldest breeders. E. L. Hart
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World’s record bear was killed 5 miles from the town of Kodiak and measured
13 feet, 6 inches. THE GENUINE KODIAK BEAR (Ursus Middendorfii) ARE
ONLY FOUND ON KODIAK ISLAND. THE GREAT ALASKA BROWN BEAR
(Ursus Guyas) ARE FOUND ON THE ADJACENT MAINLAND AND PARTS
Ol THE KEN AI PENINSULA.
J@3. \ ...
World’s record moose, with
a spread of 78^4 inches, was
taken on the Kenai Pen
insula. SEWAi' ■ is H-f
Gateway to the world
famous hunting grounds.
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Chas. Madsen, Field Mgr.
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-KODIAK, ALASKA
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care of SEWARD HOTEL
(In Seward Soon)
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