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i Wm. W. Sparks, manager of the
i Juneau Guides, a new organiza
tion patterned somewhat along
| the lines of the Kodiak Guides
i Association and the Anchorage
j concern, was a visitor in Seward
i a few days ago and while here
Icalled upon The Gateway to ex
change views and ideas on var
ious matters pertaining to big
| game. Two hearts beat in unison
j on the subject of Author Stewart
Edward White who wants great
reserves for Alaska’s famed brown
ies, wherein they may be saved
for other big game hunters and
posterity, fearing that the few
bears now being annually killed,
(slaughtered, is the word he uses)
will deplete said brownies.
So Mr. Sparks prepared the fol
lowing article. As the radio an
nouncer would say, “Here it is!”
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| Having read Stewart Edward
! White’s various articles on the Al
; askan brown bear and his plan to
perpetuate the speciae, which
may sound all right to persons
who are not acquainted wth con
ditions under which they are per
petuated, or the future prospects
of Chichagof Island, I consider
said articles hysterical ballyhoo.
Attached is the paragraph of
the Alaska Game Laws relative to
the conditions under which these
bear may be killed by residents of
Alaska.
Thereis not the slaughter going
on that Mr. White is leading peo
ple to believe. There was, for a
time, some imported cannery help
who wree doing a lot of incri
minate killing, but that has been
eliminated by the Game Commis
sion, and all non-residents em
ployed at canneries are now for
bidden to have firearms in their
possession.
The people of Alaska are pro
bably the best game conservation
ists in North America and do not
stand for unnecessary slaughter
of any animals or birds, and they
feel very resentful toward Mr.
White for his nterference in their
affairs and his advocating Chi
chagoff Island as a reserve.
To go after brown bear in
Southeastern Alaska, a resident, if
none of his friends have a sea
worthy boat, must hire a boat,
which will cost around $25.00 per
day at least, buy food and ammu
nition, leave his work for several
days, and then go out and do
some hard work climbing hills and
mountains that are heavily timb
ered and very rough going at
times, and be exposed to all kinds
of weather. Do they go to all this
trouble jiist to shoot bear for the
sake of killing? They do not.
They go after deer and goat,
ducks, geese, grouse and ptarmigan,
1 something good to eat, but not
| cut of their way to kill bear.
This spring two ladies were driv
; ing their car on the road from
I Juneau to Mendanhall Glacier and
: had to turn back because a large |
brown bear occupied the road;
| ahead. When they came into |
town again and reported it, did a !
| mob go out with rifles to kill!
1 the intruder? Certainly not. The
llocal paper just made menton of :
it in that day’s issue.
Aside from the few killed by j
licensed hunters from the States, j
| the Game Warden informed me
that he only knew of four brown
bear killed by residents in his dis
trict, (Southeastern Alaska,) dur
ing the past year, and three of
these I knew of myself.
Most of Mr. White’s experiences
with brown bear appear to have
been around the salmon streams
when Bruin was gorged wth sal
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Having covered a large part of
the Westward district, a trip
which ordinarily would have used
up a considerable part of the
summer, Major Malcolm Elliott,
president of the Alaska Road
Commission, arrived at Anchor
age last week by plane following
a flight and inspection of road
projects to Kodiak, Dillingham,
and Iliamna, accordnig to the
Times.
Major Elliott took off from
Seward in a Pacific International
Airways plane, making the com
plete air voyage with Pilot Barn
hill and Pilot Cope.
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The Alaskan, in the Anchorage
Times, announces the acquisition
of the Stinson plane belonging to
Pilot Noel Wien. This ship was
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World’s record bear was killed 5 milea from the town of Kodiak and measured
13 feet, 6 inches. THE GENUINE KODIAK BEAR (Ursus Mtddendorfil) ARE
ONLY FOUND ON KODIAK ISLAND. THE GREAT ALASKA BROWN BEAR
(Ursos Guy ns) ARE FOUND ON THE ADJACENT MAINLAND AND PARTS
OF THE KENAI PENINSULA.
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a spread of 78% inches, *w
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