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TRAPPERS VS. COSSACKS
“The time has come,’ the Walrus said,
To talk of many things,
Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax
And cabbages and kings.’ ”
The above well-known verse has a smooth-running
alliterative quality, musical and mysterious to some un
comprehending ears, but there is nothing mysterious or
uncomprehending in the 1929—30 game laws of Alaska
particularly the so-called regulations pertaining to
mink, land otter and weasel (ermine). It appears that
the sole aim and ambition of some of these Alaska bur
eaus is to put trappers, miners and other Alaskans out
of business and to deprive them of every means possible
from making a living off the land. The government does
not make these d— regulations but bureau individ
uals some of whom wish to give out the idea they are
somewhat similar to Atlas, with the weight of the world
upon their shoulders.
But here is what we started out to say. The new
game laws have caused considerable discussion among
Kenai trapper's—our home-folks—due to the closed
season on mink, otter and weasel. These trappers feel
it is as unjust a regulation as ever was promulgated, and
unless the game commission lets down the bars many of
the trappers must leave their cabins and homesteads for
other fields. Perhaps that is the desire of the commis
sion; wdio can tell? These very same trappers are just
the average type of Alaskans who have been pioneering
the country for years making it fit for the dudes and
officials to come; they make an honest living by the
sweat of their brow^, and for the commission, or any
other bureau to attempt to take aw^ay their means of
livelihood does’nt go good at all.
The Gateway’s attitude towrard all bureaus should
certainly be w-ell known by this time; to us they don’t
mean a thing. But anytime we can take up the cudgels
for these trappers, prospectors and other Alaskan mass
es—the backbone of our wronderful country—we are at
their service. Thus far these trappers have managed to
eak out a modest living by winter trapping but this new
regulation has left them gasping for breath for it ab
solutely deprives them of making a grubstake. Even so,
with the fortitude characteristic of all long suffering
races under the yoke of bureaucracy the trappers are
willing to meet the problem half-way and in this instant,
feel they should be permitted to take mink during the
month of December which would be one-third of the for
mer open season.
After hearing various trappers voice their opinion
on the scarcity of weasel and otter, which they claim is
a matter of migration—they dissapear the same as rab
bits—it is said the ermine are particularly destructive
and a menace to bird life and by no means never should
be protected. For some months past it wTas known that
a closed season on mink was contemplated by the Cos
sacks and many trappers decided to meet it cheerfully
and resort to taking a few ermine and otter to defray
their meagre expenses, trusting they would be allowed
to trap mink the following year. This way they could
have remained in their cabins or upon their homesteads.
As the situation now stands the trappers are out of luck.
To which the game commission will probably answer:
“Well that’s just too bad!”
A fortune awaits the producer who can show Mrs.
Willebrandt and Texas Guinan in the same talkie.
Babe Ruth is married again and wall probably make
a home run immediately afte reach game.
Liquor will never be stopped at the source until
some way is found to stop it at the mouth.
Isn’t it just too killing the way Chicago is being
advertised?
MIL SCHEDULE IS
REVISED: WAS TOO HIGH
SAN FRANCISCO, May 6, (A3)—
Deciding that bail for Jones law
violators had been fixed at an ex
cessive amount judges of the
United States district court here
rescinded the schedules adopted
[after the passage of the new en
forcement measure and reinstated
1 he same schedule of bail that was
in force under the Volstead law for
first and second offense. In the
third offense they raised the
amount of bail to $500.
CASTLE INN CLOSED
Owing to the fact that there
is such a small number of long
shoremen who avail themselves of
its services, the Copper River and
Northwestern Railroad has closed
Castle Inn, the boarding house
and restuarant at Cordova which
had been maintained for 11 years.
UNTIL OLD AGE COMES
NEW YORK, May 6, (A5)—Col.
Lindbergh arrived here on a busi
jness trip and told reporters he will
continue to fly as long as he can
drive an automobile. Reduced to
simplest terms his statement mp„..s
he will fly until age interferes.
| The launch Shamrock, owned
by W. R. Harris of Seldovia, is
reported to have been lost either
by fire Qr storm. Details are lack
ing.
TECHNICAL EVIDENCE
LONDON, May 6, (/P)—Technical
evidence regarding the construc
tion of the S. S. Vestris and char
acter of her cargo on the fatal voy
age when she sank with a loss of
j 115 lives, occupied a large part of
jthe first session of the board of
[trade inquiry into the liner’s loss.
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Immediate development will be
gin on the oil properties of Geo
R. Flynn and Frank H. Johnson
in Controller Bay and * men, sup
plies and equipment are now go
ing forward,
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STRUCK A HIGH NOTE
VIENNA, May 6, UP)—Marie Jerit
za. onera singer, received a painful
iriiurv in the course of a perform
ance. She sang until the curtain
c^me down and then fainted. After
physicians revived her and ban
daged a deep cut in her arm she
inished the performance.
The mild-cure plant of the
Krusoff Mild Cure Co., Cordova,
is overhauling its floating plant
in preparation of the season’s ac
tivities.
INJUNCTION SERVED
CHICAGO, May 3, (/P)— Frederick
Burton was restrained by injunc
tion from continuing to operate
i Williamson county coal mines and
was ordered to pay $4,000,000 to
mine owners from whom he obtain
ed control by threatening to expose
James McElvain former owner.
The Pioneer Packing company
at Cordova began packing clams
i last Monday and has a large num
ber of employees on the payroll.
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A stirring tale of the great struggle for pos
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