which $200,000 a year is wasted.
So firmly entrenched are the
bureaucrats and so tame is con
gress in the presence of their
demands that it seems as
though nothing short of a na
tional wave of indignation would
compel congress to work for the
taxpayers instead of the tax
spenders. Mr. Ludlow says:
‘ There are signs developing that
give hope that public opinion is
belatedly arousing itself to the
clangers of the situation. The re
form that will save the country
must spring from among the
people.”
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Public Forest Policy
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A study of foreign public
forest policies, made by the Unit
ed States forest service, shows
that while public cqntrol in the
United States has been almost
wholly confined to requirements
for protection against fire, other
countries, as a rule, have gone
considerably further, particul
arly with respect to forests that
serve to prevent soil erosion cr
to regulate stream flow, or that
serve other public interests.
Most of these countries are at
the same time gradually extend
ing the area of public forests.
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SAWYER BOOSTS FUR
FARMING IN TERRITORY
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Giving further evidence of his
desire to aid industrial develop -
ment in the Territory, Ernest
Walker Sawyer of the depart
ment of the interior sets forth a
plan to assist Alaska fur farm
ing in a self-explanatory letter
to the Chamber of Commerce at
Seward, Alaska:
“At a recent visit to Los An
geles I discussed furs and fur
farming possibilities with Mr.
Snerman Horne and Mr. Albert
F. Colburn of 716 S, Flower St.,
Los Angeles, Calif. You will re
member that Mr. Colburn visited
Alaska with me two years ago.
“Mr. Sherman Horne is the
greatest importer of wild ani
mals in Alaska. (It is inferred
that Mr. Sawyer may have
meant the United States instead
of Alaska) and Mr. Colburn has
the finest fur stock in Los An
geles. Mr. Colburn is also some
what of a naturalist and inter
ested in the wild life resources
as you will note from the fact
that he has just recently re
turned from a cruise to the
Amazon River with Mr. Whillite
Hole, whom you are familiar
with because of his yacht visits
to Alaska almost annually.
“The point I discussed with
Messrs. Horne and Colburne was
the possibility of their supplying
animals to fur farmers in Alas
K.a on some sort oi a ou-ou dusis.
I believe there are many fur
farmers in Alaska who would
welcome some kind of new stock
and believe Mr. Colburn is in
clined to finance a supply of new
stock in cooperation with Mr.
Horne. Perhaps some kind of a
deal on the basis of 50 per cent
cf the profits to be returned to
Colburn and Horne could be
arranged.
“Mr. Colburn advises me that
in his estimation the best fur
bearing animal to be introduced
and produced in fur farms in the
Territory would be the fisher, be
cause the market price of fisher
seems to be more constant and
consistent than most of the oth
er animals. Both Colburn and
Horne also speak highly of the
possibilities of racoon, which, as
you know, eats most anything
and sleeps a good part of the
winter. Perhaps you can bring
this to the attention of several
cf your leading responsible fur
farmers who could address Mr.
Colburn or Mr. Horne on the
subject.”
Investigator Ready
To Make Report
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M. K. Sniffen who has been
making a survey of conditions
among the Native people of the
First Division completed ' the
swing beginning at Petersburg,
through Wrangell, Ketchikan,
Metlakatla and around the West
Coast of Prince of Wales Island.
Passing through Petersburg
northbound he stopped at Kake
and was scheduled to make Sitka
Angoon, Hood Bay, Hocnah and
Juneau. Mr. Sniffen planned
there to get off the boat to visit
with federal officials before re
turning to Philadelphia. Accom
panying him were Mr. and Mrs.
William L. Paul. It was planned
that Frank G. Johnson, Grand
President of the Alaska Native
Brotherhood, should join the
party at Kake.
Mr. Sniffen received some very
positive ideas from the white
citizens as well as Natives as to
the conditions and their cause
in Alaska. Upon his return to
Philadelphia he will complete
his reports and place them in
written form for submission to
the Indian Rights Association
and to the Committees on Indian
Affairs in the Senate and House
of Representatives.
There is a general satisfac
tion among the people whose
condition he is investigating
that the present intolerable
conditions will be alleviated in
a iarge measure. At least official
recognizance will be taken and
first steps towards securing
changes will be officially made.
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We have a hunch that maybe
Prosperity is hanging around
that corner for a date with
Posterity,