BOUNTY OF $3.50 ON HAIR SEAL
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Six thousand dollars has been
appropriated by the fisheries depart
ment as bounty money on hairseals
in British Columbia waters. Tns
no&e and enough of the skin to
identify the mammal as a hair sea
must be delivered to the office of
Major Motherwell, chief inspector
of fisheries at Vancouver before
the bounty of $3.50 is allowed for
eacli victim can be collected. When
the allocation of $6,000 is exhaust
ed, no further claims for bounty
will be considered this year.
“For many years the department
lias been attempting to reduce the
number of hair seals, but with little
success,” states Major Motherwell.
“These enemies of the salmon have
always been a source of trouble to
fishermen, and a menace to the
supply of fish. For this reason
the department has set $6000 aside
to be paid out at the rate of $3.5f
a nose, for bounties.
In its efforts to remove the seals,
the department of fisheries has con
ducted many experiments. The
sandbars at the mouth of the Fra
ser were mined, special nets of
various kinds were tried, and cross
lines laid in river mouths.
In 1915-16 the department paid
a bounty of $1.00 a seal, but few
noses were presented for the re
ward, the remuneration being con
sidered too small.
The specified means of identifi
cation is evident to prevent the
turning in of sea lion noses as
those or hair seals and thus evade
the idea of the bounty, which is
aimed at the elimination of the
pests.—Canadian Fisherman
“The young bride and groom have
‘darted on their wedding trip in a
veritable eestaey.”
“Never heard of the car. Who
makes it?” .
“What is the penalty for big
amy?”
“Two mothers-iD-law.”
‘‘BOBBY SHELDON RETURNS
NORTH FROM CAPITAL”
So runs tlie headlines of the An
chorage Times, a paper which ap
proves of Bobby Sheldon, States
man. Read on; “The recent ses
sion established the precedent, I
believe, of not allowing the majori
ty to rule. Whle those who favored
radical legislation had a majority
of all members, the minority was
able to block the adoption of such
bills. This is one case, I’m sure
where minority rule was for the
best interests of t lie Territory.”
So speaks the Statesman, and of
which the Anchorage Times ’speaks
approvingly.
Minority rule is un-American.
Suppose the members of the Le
gislature, at least from Sheldon’s
Division, the Fourth, had been
elected on the minority principle
here approved by Sheldon—States
man Sheldon for one would have
stayed at home. So would head
drillmaster Walter Fisher have. We
think this would have been all right
so far as our personal preferences
were concerned. But, patriotic ci
tizen's should stand on principle,
and so we worked with Bobby Shel
don and Walter Fisher where wo
could; and .we opposed them when
we thought it right, always remem
bering that these men represented
Let the majority rule,
a majority.
A Communication
Juneau, Alaska
June 1st, 1927 . .
Editor Alaska Fisherman:
Sir:
I have read Senator Bartley How
ard’s long and labored explanation
of the defeat of the Controller Bill
as printed in the Alaska Weekly of
May 20.
This will certainly cause those
who watched Senator Bartley How
ard’s legislative antics to smile
broadly.
Bartley says that he was in aym
pathy with the principles of self
government and when he ' first
heard of the Controller Bill he thot
it meant the expansion of the pow
ers of the people but it is evident
that Bartley could not see how
placing the control of territorial
affairs with the people could expand
their powers. When it came to per
mitting the people of the Territory
to select their own administrative
officials Bartley thot that what ha
calls a “liason with Washington”
should be maintained by placing
certain territorial powers with the
Governor. Further reading of Bart
ley’s statement shows that he want
ed more power placed with the peo
ple but he thot that those powers
should be regulated by Federal of
ficials. In a few words Bartley
wanted free government dominated
by autocrats. It is amusing to
watch fellows like Bartley sidestep
this question of popular rule.
This is what Bartley is supposed
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