SEAL TAKE FOR THIS YEAR
PUT AT 49,381 PELTS
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The Pribilof Island seal take
this season aggregated 49,381, it
was announced by Commissioner
Henry O'Malley. It is 193 less
than the take for 1931, due to
abnormally stormy weather
which kept the younger animals
from coming ashore.
“The rehabilitation of the seal
herds is one piece of conserva
tion that stands out clearly that
the country can put its hands on
and say ‘there it is’,” declared
the commissioner. Under govern
ment control there has been a
consistent and sustained growth
. n numbers.
The seals were turned over to
the government in 1910, at
which time the number was es
timated to be 130,000. Today
tnere are 1,250,000 in the herds
which congregate on the Pribil
ofs every summer.
In addition, there have been
hundreds of thousands killed by
the government. Two modern
villages have been built on the
islands, all expenses being cov
ered by the proceeds from the
industry.
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SOURDOUGH IN
SEWARD DIES
C. A. Franks, reported to be
the last survivor of the ill-fated
Greeley party, died in the Seward
General Hospital, August 15, at
the age of eighty years.
Franks was a resident of
Alaska for many years and leaves
v/hat is believed to be a valuable
gold prospect in the Nuka Bay
district. He was born in Bloom
ing Grove, Pennsylvania, and
traveled throughout# the world
as an assayer.
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confidence at home or abroad.—
Bjalmar Schacht
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