The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1934, Page 10

‘10 = DEVELOPMENT EDITION—THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, JAN. 28, 1934, N . FURS SHIPPED FROM ALASKA DURING THE YEARS 1925 TO 1933—COMPILED BY THE ALASKA GAME COMMISSION Wlld G(une | 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 Recapitulation—1925-1933 i Species Number Total Value Number Total Value Number Total Value Number Total Value Number TotalValue Number Total Value Number Total Value Number Total Value Total No. Total Value 4 Bear— Llf(? V“lu e | Black or Glacier 930 $ 6510.00 486 $ 1944.00 423§ 300753 709 $ 326140 491 $ 238135 1125 . $ 4,500.00 332§ 49800 251 § 251.00 4747 § 2235328 Polar 190 5,700.00 132 5,280.00 46 2,702.50 80 4,960.00 48 2,400.00 156 7,800.00 73 2,190.00 17 340.00 742 31,372.50 to ‘4 l as k (| Beaver 3,949 78,980.00 1,047 2355750 24,602 634,48558 32,712 850,512.00 1547 40,608.75 476 952000 13,499 22543330 15609 144,072.07 93,411 2,007,167.20 Coyote 61 427.00 113 791.00 191 2,559.40 621 10,091.25 480 9,840.00 306 3,978.00 206 1,952.88 216 887.76 2,194 30,027.29 i Fox— 3 FRANK DUFRESNE Red 19,489 331,313.00 22,976 45952000 21,945 61841010 26907 102999996 21,023 1,042,740.80 16,288 553,802.00 12,003 27582894 10,450 113,696.00 150,670 4,425,300.80 Alaska Game Warden Cross 2,248 44,960.00 2,703 84,496.00 3,656 145,179.76 3,018 191,250.66 3,109 300,391.58 1,956 127,140.00 1,286 69,598.32 1,083 24,172.56 19,059 987,188.88 In his History of Alaska pub- Silver 571 51,930.00 611 61,100.00 1,073 119,811.18 708 85,668.00 1,008 146,000.00 1,044 104,400.00 637 57,330.00 884 38,986.00 6,542 665,135.18 lished during the year of 1885 the| plack el N R J 12 780.00 53 2,756.00 61 3,355.00 105 5,250.00 27 1,080.00 38 798.00 296 14,015.00 noted historian Bancroft made one White 16,630 582,050.00 8,489 305,604.00 2,819 12474075 4533 206,251.50 12,179 73378475 4,848 21816000 5616 151,63200 6,182 106,268.58 61,656 2,428,491.58 statement which struck a keynote| glue 4,812 240,600.00 8,051 362,295.00 10,203 637,239.63 7,576 519,107.52 7976 808,208.08 7,480 486,200.00 6,552 180,180.00 8541 180,812.97 61,281 3,414,643.20 regarding the importance of fur-| gare 1,976 296.40 502 75.30 1679 83950 459 459.00 401 200.50 192 76.80 9 31.60 153 30.60 5,441 2,059.20 bearing animals in the early life| yony 7,920 134,640.00 7,495 149,900.00 9,809 28907123 10,173 460,328.25 7575 462,832.50 2,980 20,860.00 623 27,100.50 502 11,691.58 47,017 1,556,423.98 of the Territory. He said, “Call it| narmot 84 63.00 254 190.50 580 435.00 112 84.00 361 180.50 67 26.30 58 23.20 157 31.40 1,673 1,034.40 science or patriotism, or progress, | ararten 3,647 72,940.00 1,107 22,140.00 342 7,695.00 142 4,125.10 276 8,280.00 637 11,466.00 7,054 11533290 3,289 40,421.81 16,394 282,400.81 there is this to be said about the | aring 59,504 41652800 44,674 536,088.00 45466 66,166.32 51344211 26,695 552,58650 27,785 23617250 30,431 292,137.60 43,207 245,847.83 309,979 3,452,968.86 first Russian discoveries in Ameri- | nryskrat 395,142 335,870.70 183,320 248,648.00 155,041 302,229.95 263,282.81 190,377 194,184.5¢ 411,934 230,683.04 455,897 282,656.14 500,640 180,230.40 2,490,308 2,37,785.58 ca—little would have been heard| ogter 3,265 62,035.00 2,932 6157200 2,783 63,452.40 7875388 2,943 9293994 3491 80,293.00 2,432 43776.00 2,284 18,112.12 23,321 500,034.34 of them for some time to come, if | g ire) 503 50.30 157 15.70 260 44.20 48620 1,317 131.70 838 83.80 950 95.00 205 10.25 7,090 91715 ever, had it not been for the beau-| weasel (ermine) 13,418 10,734.40 10,387 16,619.20 8,663 16,026.55 20,916.12 17,467 30,392.58 11,682 13,319.30 15,358 17,661.70 17,536 7,715.84 104,683 133,385.69 tiful furs brought back from Ber-| yo)¢ 247 2,964.00 232 2,784.00 468 11,185.20 13,936.00 688 28,586.40 355 9,230.00 263 6,838.00 258 5,676.00 3,047 81,190.60 ing Island and elsewhere . . . But| wojyerene 360 2,880.00 468 7,020.00 809 17,878.90 17,675.37 873 17,416.35 495 5,197.50 406 3,548.44 234 842.40 4,476 72,458.96 for these costly skins, each _oi which proclaimed in loudest strains Totals o 534,952 $238147180 296,135 $2349,64020 290960 $3,657940.68 335784 $4277.347.13 206895 $447744182 404140 $212814874 553,782 $175492452 611736 $1,120.804.17 3,414,087 $22,147,719.06 the glories of Alaska, the Great) prpnior Igjands (Foxes only)— Land, might long have rested, un- White 28 1,039.92 4 30 1,442.90 15 692.00 9 556.02 32 992.00 26 806.00 25 337.00 165 5,865.82 disturbed.” Ever since that year| g, 681 33,110.22 725 38,600.00 728 40,323.92 27 20,598.00 544 35,865.92 375 12,150.00 370 1459350 1,401 23,700.00 5,102 218,941.56 of 1741 when the crews of Vitus . Béring and Alexel Chirfkof gath- Grand Totals oo 685,061 $241562194 206,861 $2,38824020 291718 $3,69970750 336077 $4,298,637.13 207448 $4513863.76 494547 . $214120074 554178 $1770,324.02 613,162 §1,144841.17 3,419,354 $22,372,526.44 ered the first sea otter pelts from| .not jpcjuding pelts from the Pribilof Islands, the Aleutian Islands and from they ______ _~ """ = "7 s t less than 3 inches Stafes unscathed by gnafie—— —— — - — - e coast of the Gulf of Alaska, the[in Alaska. At first most of the antlers not less than 3 inches S unscal Y gunfire. peltries of furbearing animals have breeding stock was captured from above the top of the skull. The open season for native game Head of P. A. F. played an outstanding role in the seftlement and development of Al- aska. Not only did the catching of furs assure the first white pioneers of a good living in cash returns, but the furbearers also permitted gople whose interest lay in other| mcncns to earn their way as they explored the unknovj'n land. Many important gold strikes are thus directly traced to the trap- the wild, but now there is plenty of pen-raised stock of proven qual- ity, for sale, offering much better chances fo success than from at- tempting to tame the wild stock. Although the furbearers are of major importance in that they bring actual moneyed returns to the trappers, it is doubtful if their economic value on the whole 1s equal to that accruing to the gen- s and rivers|eral population through the great R st Sasmone tor tne wealth | wealth of game animals with which of yellow metal recovered in their the Territory ha_s been endowed. beds were at one time chiefly val-{ Nearly every region has at least uable as trap lines. This condition, | one species of big game to draw in a way, still holds good. Pros- upon, while in most sections there pecting and trapping -for furbear- are two and sometimes three varie- ing animals are still linked togeth- | ties. Lx_ke the furbearers, ,lhe big er; cash returns from furs furnish game is being hnx_:dled in such th'e prospector with a grubstake manner as to permit thf: greatest with which he may continue his umm?v,mn and still retain a safe never-ending search for valuable breeding supply. mineral deposits. | In the matter of numbers the Since the Territory was purchas- | caribou probably exceeds all oth- ed from Russia sixty-seven years er big game anlmals‘ in Alaska, ago the total value of all furs| ranging as it does in immense shipped from Alaska has been near- | herds from the Arctic tundras 1y 17 times greater than the entire | southward to Unimak Island at purchase price of $7,200,000 The the end of 4the Alaska ‘Pemnsuln. grand total is in excess of $120.-|The moose is also of wide distri- 000,000, of which abouf one-half bution throughout central Alaska, m{ been derived from the fur seal finding its greatest center of abun. herds of the Pribilofs. Prom the dance in the world famuus Kenai. smaller furbearers, the most im- Nearly every mountain range north portant varieties of which are bea- of Seward to and including the ver, red, cross, silver, blue and Endicott Mountains above the Arc- white foxes, marten, muskrat,|tic Circle has its bands of whlfm mink, otter and lynx, taken by in-| mountain sheep, while mountain dividual trappers throughout the!goats prefer the coastal ranges Territory, the recéipts total $60.- | from Ketchikan to Anchorage. In 481,770, Practically all of this 1at- | Southeastern Alaska the Sitkan ter sym has been expended direct- | deer, a subspecies of the polufn- ly in furthering development and bm-r'xus family of black-tails, m»‘ colonization, in addition to which habits all the _xslands and a sL‘flp great quantities of furs have been along the mainland in undimin- used by the people for cloth'{ng ished numbers, supplying this com- | during the rigorous winters whwhipnratlvely heavily populated area | prevail in the greater part of the with a plentiful supply of venison, country. |which is not only an important | The responsibility for the pro-|item in the lives of the native In- | tection of fur and game in Alaska | dian families, but is also heavily rests with the Alaska Game Com- drawn upon by homesteaders and mission, an organization function- | fishermen throughout the area. ing under the Bureau of Biologi-| Well in the forefront of big game cal Survey, United States Depart-|animals in the purely trophy class‘ ment of Agriculture, with & Game are the big brown and: grizaly| @ommissioner appointed from each bears. Since market hunting . for | of the four Judicial Divisions. Theipelts has been prohibited these policy is to permit the fur being, unique mammals have actually in- utilized to the fullest extent con- |creased over a large part of their sistent with maintaining the sup-|range. On Admiralty Island in | ply at a level wherein the various|Southeastern Alaska a bear popu- species are conserved in such num- lation of 900 has been estimated., bers as to guarantee the Industry| Many other ' areas show eqmli operating on a basis of perman-|abundance. Within tl_-ne boundaries ency. Because of the wide differ-|of Alaska there is said to be thir- Mountain Sheep—August 20th to December 31st, bag limit from one to three, depending on the seetion taken. Mountain Goats—August 20th to December 31st, bag limit two. Brown and Grizzly Bears—for non- residents, September Ist to June 20th, bag limit two in the aggregate. No license fee is required of resi- dents for taking big game, but for birds, ie., ptarmigan and grouse, is from September 1st to Febru- ary 28th, bag limit 15 grouse, 25 ptarmigan, or 25 in the aggregate, The season for migratory wildfowl is fixed from year to year under the migratory bird treaty act. No license is required of residents for daking small game, but for non- residents a fee of $10 is needed. Viewed as a whole the game of Alaska is abundant as to numbers, nonresidents a fee of $50 is re- quired,, and the nonresident must be accompanied by a Registered Guide while hunting. A list of the Registered Guides may be procured without charge by writing to the Alaska Game Commission head- quarters at Juneau, Alaska. Small Game | exceptional as to species repre- | sented, and well balanced as to | distribution. Where “blind” spots occur they are being filled in by restocking and by transplantation. Thus the region around Cordova has been heavily seeded with deer from Southeast Alaska; a herd of sixty buffalo from Montana now The native game birds of Alaska | roam the Tanana Valley; musk | include three varieties of ptarmi-|oxen from Greenland are now be-] gan and four varieties of grouse. | ing studied and propagated at| generally and abundantly distrib- | Fairbanks prior to placing them | uted. Their chief value lays in the|in their proper habitat; Olymplt:} fact that they offer the \vlmm-‘elk have been successfully planted | resident and traveler a ready sup-|on Afognak Island; mountain | ply ‘of small game when it would | goats from the adjacent mainland | be wasteful to kill a big game ani- | have been established on Baranof mal. The snowshoe hare and th(-i Island, in addition to which there large Arctic hare, though not re-| have been, and will continue to garded as game in Alaska, supp]y{be, numerous plantings of smaller a similar need. game and furbearers throughout Migratory game birds visit Alas- | the Territory. | ka in great numbers, nesting and Nor has the wild life indigenous rearing their broods throughout the | to the country been allowed to | Territory in comparative security | wane; native species more sub- from human enemies. In addition | ject to decimation than others,} to the whistling swan and the lit- ‘ such as the marten, beaver, moose | tle brown crane there are seven|and mountain sheep have been varieties of geese, a large assort- | accorded special protection when ment of ducks, and many shore- |in has appeared warranted. birds. There are extensive marshes| A general survey of the faunal where the wildfowl gather in great | situation in Alaska thus shows numbers during the fall season, but | that our wild life has contributed| owing to the light population most of the ducks and geese reach the | heavily in building up a rich Ter- | | ritory from the untracked wilder- | ARCHIE W. SHIELS Mr. Shiels, who heads one of the largest salmon fishing and canning corporations in Alaska, the Pacific American Fisheries, and now makes his home in Bellingham, Wash, is a pioneer of the Prince William Sound region and an authority Alaska. He has written an in- teresting book on the Territory, and his collection of Alaskana is one of the finest in exist- ence. .Skagi;zay, Gateway | to Yukon (Continued from Page Six.) been permanently recorded in | stone. In a little park like square on Seventh Avenue just off Broad- way, is a bust monument to Mol- | Iy Walsh. While it is to an indi- vidual, it really is a token to all | those good women of hardy stock who in the trials of the stampede fed, housed and gave spiritual com- fort to weary men along that trail, |as only a woman could. In the | grave yard at the upper end of the | valley are two stones, one to Frank Reid, a tribute to a fearless offi- cer who made the supreme sacri- | fice for law and order, the other to Jefferson L. (Soapy) Smith, an | imperishable warning that “Crime does not pay.” Out seventeen miles from Skagway on the White Pass and Yukon Railway line is a beau- tiful stone and bronze monument | to the pack horses and mules of | the stambede, like the soldiers of | the Light Brigade, “theirs not to | reason why—theirs but to do and die.” The monument stands high on the shoulder of the mountain | overlooking “Dead Horse Gulch,” ; where so many of the faithful ani- mals failed. The whole way from Skagway to Dawson and beyond is rich with on maker became boat builders and made some of the craziest vessels ever water bourne—Atlin, in its beautiful mountain -lake setting, the scene of an early stampede and still producing much gold—the small man’s gold mining paradise | even to this day—Whitehorse just below Miles Canyon and White- horse Rapids—originally minister- ing as a breathing spell to the amateur navigators after their ter- rible experience of the canyon and | rapids—if they made it safely— now the transfer from end of rail line to comfortable river steamers to Dawson and beyond—Lake Le- Barge, the scene of “The Crema- tion of Sam McGee."—Five Finger Rapids and Rink Rapids which did not take a great toli. of life but did scare them half to death—old Fort Selkirk—a Hudson's Bay trad- ing post long before the Klondyke was heard of—Dawson, the goal of the great stampede—Home of Rob- ert Service when he was writing his classics—Bonanza—Eldorado— Hunker, richer than the dreams of Midas and still important gold pro- ducers—Forty Mile and Circle, the first gold camps in this country many years before Carmack made his discovery near Dawson—Ram- part, where Rex Beach lived for a time and finally Fairbanks—that almost drained Dawson of its peo- ple in 1904 when it was discovered —still producing much gold. It is interesting to know that Fairbanks is only a day or so longer from Se- attle via. Skagway than via. Sew- ard. | ——— | mess of buv sixuy | ture. years ago, more- over, we have full confidence that | it will continue to bear its share | I"of .the burden far into the fu- | the. gold rush—Bennett, where the ———————— Round-the-world fliers who have stopped for fuel at Alaskan cities have demonstrated the likelihood of future airlines to the Orient and to Russia being routed across this history—Log Cabin on the, summit of White Pass where the Royal Northwest Mounted Police first established themselves during | butcher, the baker, the candle stick Canner-Airman NICK BEZ Mr. Bez, President and Gen- eral Manager of the Peril Straits Packing Company and President of the Alaska South- ern Airways, has the distinction of being one of the few Alas- kans who have personally inter- viewed President Franklin D. Roosevelt, WORD OF HIGH GRADE |GOLD ORE STRIKE IS | {RECEIVED IN JUNEAU Word of a high grade gold ore strike in the Kantishna district, on a property owned and being | developed by Joe Quigley, was re- cently received in Juneau. Mr. Quigley, who is now in Seattle, says that new milling equipment will be placed on the ground thig the Territory. coming spring. MORE Business for Alaskan Industries The packers and ditsributors of ALASKAN crab meat join with Th Daily Alaska Empire to promote BEST WISHES TRICK & MURRAY SEATTLE GREETINGS TO OUR SOURDOUGH FRIENDS IN ALASK Northwestern Livestock Corporation ences in climatic conditions it bhas been necessary to create eight fur districts, each with slightly| different open seasons on the fur-| bearers within its boundaries, to insure the taking of only fully prime pelts. In general, these trap- ping seasons extend from Novem- ber until June. Since 1925 a license fee of $2 has been required of resi- ty-two species of brown and. grizzly bears, three varieties of black bears and one polar bear. There is no challenging the statement that no- | where else on Earth are such numbers and varieties of the bear‘ family to be found: | PRESENT OPEN SEASONS AND | BAG LIMITS ON BIG GAME. | Moose—September 1st to December Alaskan Industry Patronize these Alaskan brands when buying crab meat: ICY PACK brand: Alaska Sea Products, Inc. Alaska Fisheries GLACIER BAY brand: Co., Inc. Stationers dent_trappers, $50 for nonresidents, and $700 for alien trappers. At the present time there are.3,638 licens- ed trappers in the Territory. During the past several years the .ranch raising of furbearers,| mainly of silver and blye foxes, and mink has become & well ‘establish- m business. At.the present time ere are 310 licensed fur farmers 31st, bag limit one bull. er, no closed season. 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