HE El EM
WESTWARD MS
WELL IHHER WAY
HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED IS
BEST MUSKRAT COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD
KODIAK, July 24, ^Special to the
Gateway)— With 1,000 pair of
muskrat being prepared for ship
ment from Montana and Washing
ton; a large consignment of mink
from Wasilla, Alaska; racoon from
Wisconsin and 60 additional pair of
blue fox from various islands of
the westward, the Alaska Fur Cor
poration is well upon its way with
one of the largest fur farming pro
jects ever attempted in Alaska. The
main operations will be carried on
at Long Island, 10 miles east of Ko
diak, where a complete plant, in
cluding cookery and cold storage,
is being installed. Long island was
one of the original fox ranches of
Alaska, having been stocked by the
Semidii Propagating Co., 40 years
ago, and the new company headed
by A. W. Bennett, who is backed by
eastern capitol finds many won- (
derful blue fox still flourishing
there.
The island is between two and ,
three miles long by nearly a mile
in width; is dotted with beautiful
small lakes and furnished with
splendid timber and many running !
streams. Muskrat introduced there !
in 1925 are thriving under ideal
conditions.
Bennet was formerly manager of
the Northwest Fur Corporation at
Swan Lake in northwestern Mon- j
tana where he had charge of the
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largest enclosed muskrat ranch in
the world. He was there assisted
!by Rudolph and Fred Kaser, who
are now with him in the Long Is
land venture. Bennett had some
interesting observations to make
concerning the future of the fur in
dustry in westward Alaska.
“It has already been demonstrat
ed that this is the best muskrat
country in the world,” he said.
“The climatic conditions are ideal
for producing a supreme fur known
as Hudson seal, with a thick hide
and a perfect pelage. It is also
known as the home of the blue fox
and there seems no good reason
why mink as well as raccoon and
silver fox should not flourish.
“I have no fault to find with the
conditions that Nature has fur
nished, because I know from exper
ience they are right for successful
fur ranching, but I have got a
grievance against the many man
made restrictions imposed by un
wise legislation which are making
it almost impossible to induce capi
tol to come into one of the finest
fur countries on earth.
“Unlimited backing could be se- j
cured if the regulations were fav
orable to investments. The present |
regulations cramp capitol and pre
vent expansion.
“Many islands of the westward
are lying dormant now because
they are held by individuals who
have not the means 6r the initia- ■
tive to-farm the mand can’t trans
fer them to a corporation which
could be induced to come in if the ;
proposition could be made big
enough.
“Some of these islands are 25 to j
30 square miles in area which if
handled properly with sufficient
means would furnish homes for
several families and yield a good
source of revenue to the Territory,
while now they are visited by the
owner or leaseholder scarcely once
a year and produce practically
nothing.
“Fur farming is purely construc
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tive. It does not destroy as in min
ing or timbering, but real capitol
hesitates about going into it be
cause it can’t be made big enough
under the restrictive regulations
that exist in Alaska thus leaving
many islands unproductive and
cutting off a vast source of revenue
to the Territorial government”.
Mr. Bennett in discussing the
actual conduct of fur ranching
operations spoke of a new phase
that has recently been much dis
cussed among fur farmers regard
ing the interchange of male foxes
to keep the blood up. If this is not
done, it has been discovered, the
breeding ratio falls rapidly and has
been the cause of many failures.
He believes that the future of the
fur rancher in westward Alaska is
the most promising of all industries
because of the ideal conditions that
prevail; because of the constantly
decreasing natural supply of wild
fur and because of the ever in
creasing demand of the ladies of
the world for personal adornment.
He looks confidently forward to the
time when muskrat pelts will be
one of the principal exports of Al
aska.
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U. S. LAND OFFICE, ANCHOR
AGE, ALASKA. MAY 3, 1929
I ...NOTICE is hereby given that
! Nils Hagen, has made application
| for a trade and manufacturing
I site, serial 06869, for land situated
I on the westerly shore or Resurrec
tion Bay in the S. W. corner of the
Town of Seward, and more parti
cularly described as follows;
A tract of land embraced in
U- S. Survey No. 1806, from
which corner No. 1 M. C. U. S.
L. M No. 726 bears N. 9° 26' E.
6.51 chains, containing 5.08 acres,
Latitude 60° 05’ 40" N. Longi
tude 149° 27' 05" W.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely any of the above land
! should file their claims in the U. S.
Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska,
within the period of publication,
or thirty days thereafter, or they
} will be barred by the provisions
of the Statutes.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,Register
Date First Publication May 31,
1929. Date Last Publication Aug
ust 18, 1929
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