roam through the park and that
are increasing steadily under the
protection afforded them by
park authorities. The caribou
with its large antlers is very pic
turesque, and roams the great
plateau at the base of Mt. Mc
Kinley in great herds. Moun
tain sheep also are found here
in great numbers and moose and
the great Alaska brown bear of
ten may be encountered. The
famous Alaska grizzly is also in
evidence.
The opportunities for enjoy
ment of unique conditions af
forded a cheechako, as the peo
ple of Alaska call outsiders, are
almost unbelievable.
In connection with the devel
opments under way or outlined
by the department of the Interi
or, the Alaska Railroad is plan
ning the construction of a new
hotel at McKinley Park Station,
which is now park headquarters
as well as a station on the Alaska
Railroad. When this is done
McKinley Park Station wili be
designated a division point on
the Alaska Railroad. At that
time it is expected that travel to
the park will be materially in
creased, since an all-night stop
over will be given and tourists
will have an excellent opportun
ity to see the park during the
long evenings that prevail under
the Arctic summer sun.
Pending installation and com
pletion of these more elaborate
facilities the Department has ar
ranged to provide informal ac
commodations at Savage River,
which is 12 miles distant from
McKinley Park Station. In all,
38 miles of main road are avail
able from the railroad to Mile
38, and preliminary work has
been done on five miles more. A
number of interesting saddle
horse trips are available from
1 he base camp at Savage River to
outlying camps.
Another interesting way to get
a view of this wild area is to fly
from Fairbanks along the north
ern boundaries of the park to
the interesting mining camps
of the Kantishna district. Many
moose can be seen in th beaver
lakes and rivers of this district
and air views of the north sides
of Mounts McKinley, Russel, and
Foraker are superb.
Mount McKinley National
Park contains 1,692,800 acres,—
more than twice the size of the
proud Yosemite and almost the
size of the Yellowstone, but in a
totally virgin wild state. It is
surrounded by millions of acres
of unexplored area.
THE LEGAL CORNER
-a
Assault — Criminal respons
ibility of peace officers for kill
ing or wounding one whom they
wished to investigate or identi
ty—was declared by the Su
preme Court of Texas the act of
one guilty of negligence and not
acidental homicide even if the
policeman shot down the alley
and the bullet glanced and killed
the man. 61 ALR 318.
In a Tennessee case, the court
l .eld that a special officer guard
ing railroad property, who, in an
attempt to apprehend him, kill
ed a trespasser seen on the prop
erty with a sack which the offic
er thought might contain stolen
coal, was guilty of manslaught
er. although there was no malice
or intent to kill, and the gun v/as
f red toward the ground.
In an Oklahoma case (205 Pa
cific 197), it appeared that the
defendant was a peace officer,
who v/as advised that a whiskey
car was headed in his direction.
The defendant organized a pos
se, parked their cars to inter
rent the suspicious car. Soon a
car papsed without lights. It
was followed and fired upon
when its occupants failed to obey
an order to stop. Two women
i idling in the car were killed.
Ihe court iudd that the unex
plained sli-oung would raise a
presujnpti m that the posse in
tended the o Uinary and prob
able consort uc-v:es of such shoot
ing, and at id ..is!; evinced a de
praved and ru . gnant purpose,
regardless human life, which
might amount to murder.
WHY NO il.C-tiSASE IN THE
POPULATION OP ALASKA
From date 01' its purchase,
Alaska has be.-., governed by im
ported bureau-rats. Only on
rare occasion has an Alaskan
been given power over and con
trol over affairs of the Territory.
When Alaskans are appointed to
any office, they have been hedg
ed in on ail side-..- and hampered
and restricted fc the hurt of the
country.
Under federal bureaucratic
control, natural resources have
been exploited and millions of
dollars taken out and the only
reinvestment made in the Terri
tory has been only that which
was absolutely compulsory to
keep ramshackle buildings from
falling into the bays.
Klawoc.k cannery which was
started a half century ago, today
is no larger than it was three
years after it was started; Lor
ing, Alaska Packers’ tov/n has
less population than two de
cades ago; Petersburg cannery
has added nothing to the perma
nent population of the town;
and so the story goes from Dix
on Entrance to the Arctic Circle.
During the same period Cana
da has increased in population
amazingly. Every natural re
resource to be found in Canada
is to be found m Alaska. The
fisheries alone would support
twice the present population—
but bureaucratic mismanage
ment and unfair over regulation
continues to drive men/ to leave