The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 4, 1936, Page 8

ESKIMOS HAVE NOVEL SCHEME TOKILL WOLVES Collins Reports Natives Re- sorting to Old Whale Bone Diet Trick THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, DEC. 4, 1936. turn of great bands of wolves into the Arctic, the Eskimos are again serving up the whale bone diet to save their reindeer. Foxes :‘nnl other animals are not victims of the deadly bait because they only lick| TO COMPLETE ANCHORAGE AND AI.ASKA_ SURVEY FAIRBANKS APPLY FOR PWA PROJECTS Dy. Van Ackeran Also Go-| Plans for a new city hall at An- ing Out on North Star chorage have been accepted by the Tonight for S E Tl’lp It may be a little cruel, but the| Arctic Eskimo is reviving his old | scheme for getting rid of wolves which eat his reindeer, according to information from Game Warden Grenold Collins to the Alaska Game Commission. A good many years ago there were some wolves along the Arctic but they later left only to return again in greater numbers in later years. Whether it was the unusual bait the Eskimos used in the first instance that drove them out has not beem ascertained, of- ficials say, but at any rate, here's their system which is said to be very effective: The Eskimo takes a small piece of whale bone, about five or six in- ches long, sharpens it to needle point at each end and then bends it into a hairpin loop. He freezes it in this shape and wraps it up nicely in some savory tallow, throws it out in the cold ‘for Mr. Wolf and! goes on about his business. The wolf | comes along and gulps up the tal- low. In the animal's stomach the frozen bone softens and straight- ens out, sending its needle poinis} through the sides of the beast’s stomach and eventually, of course, resulting in his death. Collins reports that with the re- Public Works Administration and an application has been made by| Fairbanks for a municipal project to include Sewers, sidewalks, street PWA State Engineer-Inspector, who returned to Juneau on the L. Barr plane yesterday afternoon af- ¢, geattle o'clock tonight for Haines, An- |la Interior at this time, he reported.'tne goyer from sitka while Dr. Van| Henry E. Wolf, who has been acperen plans to go on the Ketchi-| MRS. WADE RETURN SHOME PWA inspector at Anchorage, has now been appointed City Engineer at Fairbanks to work on the muni-forger to complete his survey of the | fr cipal improvement program, Grid- rerritory, most of wheh he covered | ley reported. last summer, before going to Wash- | kan. HIRST LEAvEs ington for a conference in Janu- a ton for the conferences openin: January 15. ARMY ENGINEERS mine bottom conditions in *hannel is continuing under the di- | rection of William Thompson, Jv | 'nd James W. Huston, U. S. Army C. M. Hirst, Educational Director | engineers, who are here to make a at the Bureau of Indian Affairs,}%udy of a small boat harbor. First new low of 1) degrees above zero b and Dr. J. F. VanAckeren, Medical | lests were made inside the govern- paving and a municipal recreation njrector, will be aboard the North|ment dock and now the engineer center, according to Ross Gridley, giar when she sails from here at 10| are working west of ti=: Douglas Is- “,gon and Sitka before going south | posed project for Juneau already . 3 Mr. Hirst will visit sta- | has been made by Col. H. J. Wild (ter a trip through the Interior. The yiong gt the above named places,| District Army Engineer, at Seat- 1two are the major projects in the eypecting to return to Juneau on| tle. Mr. Hirst is making this visit in |with her ry. He expects to reach Washing- MERCURY SINKS T0 TEN ABOVE AT 2 0'CLOCK TODAY Thermometer Continues to Go Down as Takuish Wind Whips In TESTING BOTTOM FOR BOAT HARBOR Work of driving piling to deter- the With the mercury sinking to a t 2 oclock this morning, indica- | tions were for continuation of the cold snap with another stinging night tonight, probably whipped up a bit with a Takuish strong east- ly wind. At 8:45 o'clock this morning the thermometer stood at 11.7 degrees above and continued on down dur- ing the day. Meteorologist Howard | J. Thompson reported prospects for continued fair, cold weather with the mercury dropping perhaps a few degrees colder during the night. Report from Auk Lake this morn- nd bridge. Approval of the pro- PR R et Mrs. Hugh Wade returned hom infant daughter tode; om St. Ann's Hospital. MR PP S0 Empire classifieds pay. MINING MEN ARRIVE | HERE ON NORTH STAR After spending tne past seven months mining at Ferry, Harry' Darrin, Olaf Morten and Ivan Twel- | ler arrived today in Juneau on the! North Star. : Mr. Darrin is from Jackmore, Washington, and is in charge of the Triple X Mining Company. The other two are from Eugene, Ore-| gon. All plan to return to the| States on the Princess Louise from | Juneau. | GIFT |ing was zero and extreme cold was | reported from various places along the Glacier Highway. There is ice around the shoreline of Auk Lake and Lemon Creek is frozen over. FRESE =Y 7 S, NICHOLSON IS HERE TO LIVE Neil J. Nicholson, who has been constructing buildings in Alaska for 38 years, returned here on the North Star and is geing to make |his home in Juneau. In 1898 he first went to St. Michael, where he was occupied for a number of years. Then he went to Nome and Fairbanks for 10 years, where he was associated with Roy Rutherford and Steve Raymond in construction. work. For the last 15 years he has building | missions, school and churches. g Y EXTEND SYMPATHY Messages of sympathy and offers |of help in the recent slide disaster were received today by Mayor I. Goldstein from Edward Seidenverg, Y U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHKR BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau, Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, béginning at 4 p.m., Dec. 4: Fair and continued cold tonight and Saturday; strong easterly winds.l LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Veloclty ~Weathsr 30.18 19 41 NE 16 Clear 30.23 14 30 NE 18 Clear 30.24 11 317 NE 20 Pt. Cldy CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY FODAY Highest 40.m. Lowest4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. Staticn temp. temp. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather Atka 40 ’ 38 38 10 4 4 Cldy | Time 4 pm. yes't 4 am. today Noon today Anchorage -— 5 Trace e Barrow -16 | -18 Nome 20 | 6 Bethel 14 8 Fairbanks =26 Dawson -44 St. Paul 36 Dutch Harbor 40 Kodiak 36 Cordova 2 | 26 Juneau 12 Sitka 27 Ketchikan | 32 Prince Rupert | 32 Edmonton . -18 Seattle | 3 40 Portland | 40 40 8an Francisco .. | 46 46 New York o | 32 34 0 Washington | 3¢ 34 Trace WEATHER CONDITION AT 8 A. M. TODAY | Seattle, cloudy, temperature, 38; Victoria, cloudy, 38; Blaine, rain- ing, 36; Point Grey, cloudy, 38; Alert Bay, cloudy, 30; Bull Harbor, raining, 38; Dead Tree Point, cloudy, 36; Prince Rupert, raining, 35; Triple Island, cloudy; Langlar Island, cloudy, 37; Ketchikan, cloudy, 32; Craig, cloudy, 31; Wrangell, partly cloudy, 21; Petersburg, partly cloudy, 20; Sitka, cloudy, 31; Juneau, clear, 12; Skagway, clear, 4; Cordova, snowing, 32; Copper River, cloudy; Chitina, cloudy, 6; Mc- Carthy, cloudy, -4; 8t. Elias, raining, 45; Anchorage, cloudy, 15; Fair- banks, clear, -26; Nenana, clear, -8; Hot Springs, clear, 3; Tanana, clear, -18; Ruby, partly cloudy, -9; Nulato, clear, -8; Kaltag, clear, | -2; Unalakleet, cloudy, -2; Flat, snowing, 6; Ohogamute, cloudy, 5; Crooked Creek, snowing, 6. WEATHER SYNOPSIS Abnormally high barometric prossure preyailed this morning from | Barrow southeastward to the Rocky Mountain States, the crest being | 30.88 inches at Fort Norman. Low barometric pressure prevailed over the Aleutians and the southern Bering Sea southeastward to Seattle, there being two storm centers, one & short distance north of Dutch| Harbor where a pressure of 29.44 inches was reported, an da second- ary storm area centered a short distance southwest of the Queen Charlotte Islands, the lowest reported pressure being 29.80 inches. 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