MINOR FUR-BEARING ANIMALS. 



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Middleton Island, Gulf of AlasTca. — This island is under lease to 

 Joseph Ibach, of Cordova. The number of skins taken in 1919 has 

 not been reported, but it is understood that results were satisfactory. 



FOREST SERVICE PERMITS. 



Every island in Prince William Sound at all suitable for a fox farm 

 is now being used for that purpose. All of them, except Little 

 Naked Island and Crafton (Carlson) Island, are under the control of 

 the Forest Service by reason of their location within the bounds of a 

 national forest. A number of islands in southeast Alaska within 

 the Tongass National Forest are also occupied as fox farms. An 

 annual rental is charged and each operator is required to make a 

 report to the Forest Service as to the character and volume of bus- 

 iness carried on during the year. Records in the offices of the For- 

 est Service at Cordova and Ketchikan show information in respect to 

 the use of the several islands as follows: 



Islands Occupied for Fur Farms under Forest Service Permits. 



Date of 

 permit. 



Island. 



Occupant. 



Aug. 1,1913 

 Jan. 1,1919 

 Jan. 10,1913 

 Aug. 5, 1915 

 Applied for. . . 

 Aug. 3, 1919 

 Aug. 11,1919 

 June 16,1919 

 Jan. 1,1918 

 Jan. 1,1919 

 Mar. 20,1910 

 Mar. 13,1919 

 Jan. 1,1914 

 June 14,1919 

 July 20,1910 

 Dec. 26,1910 

 May 24,1919 

 Apr. 21,1917 

 Jan. 1,1912 

 Oct. 9, 1917 

 Oct. 23,1919 

 Oct. 14,1919 

 July 1,1919 

 May 31,1910 

 Nov. 21,1917 

 Dec. 15,1919 

 Jan. 25,1917 

 Sept. 9,1919 

 Aug. 2S,1919 

 Dec. 11,1919 

 Nov. 26,1917 

 Nov. 17,1919 

 June 1,1919 

 June 29,1914 

 Sept. 13,1918 



Lone 



Eleanor 



Perry 



Axel Llnd 



Glacier 



Bettlcs 



Observation 



Seal 



Kairmount 



Bligh and Busby 



Smith 



Flcmming 



Green 



Kanak 



Bald Head Chris 



Dutch Group 



Elrington 



Goose 



Naked and Peak 



Olson and 3 unnamed. 



P'ntrance 



Walter 



Hound 



Bold 



Strait 



Benjamin 



Pukoi 



Hoonah 



Hill 



Keku I 



Onslow 



Liesnoi 



Sokolof 



Sumdum 



Brothers 



F. A. Shumaker, Latouche, Alaska. 



Do. 

 Andrew Sievi'crtsen, Latouche, Alaska. 

 John Plainer, Ellamar, Alaska, 

 otto llermsdorf, I^atouche. Alaska. 

 H. 1). Bush, Granite, Alaska. 

 Robert E. Towslcy, .'^cattle, Wash. 

 John Agamalian, Latouche, Alaska. 

 Beyer & Davis, Cordova, .\laska. 

 Cloudman estate, Tom Cloudman, Valdez, Alaska. 



G. W. Fleming, Latouche, Alaska. 

 Gordon & Harris, Cordova, Alaska. 

 T. A. Ha.xbv. Latouche, Alaska." 

 Joseph L. Hill, Katalla, Alaska 



J. D. Jefferson. Valdez. Alaska. 



Do. 

 Kulper ii Baker, Latouche. Alaska. 

 Arthur La'viosa, Ellamar, Alaska. 

 J. A. McPherson, Ellamar, Alaska. 

 Ross & Hoyt, Valdez, Alaska. 

 R. M. Allen, Petersburg, Alaska. 

 Andv Anderson, Petersburg, Alaska. 

 Blue" ncll Ranch. 



Bold Island Fur Farm Co., Ketchikan, Alaska. 

 Clearv Bros., Petersburg, Alaska. 

 H. S.Graves. 



Hercules Fox Co., Petersburg, Alaska. 

 Hoonah Fox Co., Hoonah, Alaska. 

 L. B. McCoy, Cliichagof, Alaska. 

 V. K. Paine, Juneau, Alaska. 



L. A. Stocklcy, 527 39th Ave., San FrancLsco, Calif. 

 EricTodal, Petersburg, Alaska. 

 Wlkan Bros. & Co. 



James York, c/o E. Valentine, Juneau, Alaska. 

 C. E. Zimmerman, Petersburg, Alaska. 



» Four Japanese have subleased this island from Dr. Haxby. 



At the present time a number of fur farmers are occupying islands 

 which are outside of the forest reserves, and serious complaint is made 

 in regard to the difficulty of securing any valid claim on the land which 

 they are using for their operations. Apparently the only way to 

 secure protection through tne General Land Office from trespassers is 

 to homestead the land. Some provision for leasing those islands, or 

 granting certain rights to bona nde occupants who are doing valuable 

 development work, would seem to be desirable to assuro the future of 

 the business. Many islands along the coast of Alaska arc; suitnble for 

 fox farms. Those outside of forest reserves are open to occupancy 

 in like manner as any other public land. 



