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in the far northern part of Alaska. T.L. Richardson, Government 
teacher and United States commissioner at Barrow, Alaska, also 
urged this extension of the season. The killing of any fur-bearing 
animal for which a close season exists is prohibited if its fur is unprime. 
A regulation has also been issued to prohibit the use of dogs in the 
taking of fur-bearing animals. This was deemed necessary, because 
of the custom, particularly in the Kodiak region, of pursuing foxes 
with dogs. Itis reported that a hound will run down a fox in a very 
few minutes, and, if the hunter does not quickly catch up with the 
dog, the fox will soon be so mangled as to greatly reduce the value 
of the pelt or even render it practically worthless. 
The regulation regarding the use of dogs was promulgated Septem- 
ber 18, 1918, as follows: 
Dogs.—The use of dogs for pursuing and killing fur-bearing animals for which close 
seasons exist is prohibited. 
On September 24, 1918, the following regulation in respect to foxes 
was approved: 
Foxr.—The killing of any fox is prohibited throughout the season from March 15 to 
November 15, both days inclusive, of each year; except that in the region drained by 
streams flowing into the Arctic Ocean north of the sixty-eighth parallel of north 
latitude, the prohibited season shall be from April 15 to November 15, both days 
inclusive, of each year. 
VIOLATIONS OF REGULATIONS AND SEIZURES OF SKINS. 
More active efforts were made in the current calendar year to 
prevent violations of the regulations and to cause the infliction of 
adequate penalties when violations occurred. The depletion of the 
once-plentiful supply of fur-bearing animals has aroused residents 
of Alaska to a realization of the necessity for proper protection of 
this natural resource, in consequence of which excellent cooperation 
is given usually in securing information for prosecutions. 
n January, 1918, the Bureau seized at Seattle, Wash., 47 unprime 
red-fox skins and 3 unprime cross-fox skins from a shipment by 
O. K. Quean, of Unalaska, Alaska. About the same time the master 
of the fisheries steamer Roosevelt seized from a seaman aboard the 
vessel 5 unprime fox skins which had been secured at Unalaska on 
the last voyage of that vessel. These skins were sold at Seattle for 
the benefit of the Government. 
On February 6, 1918, the collector of customs at San Francisco 
forwarded to the Bureau 4 pup sealskins which were seized at that 
port in 1914. No claim or application for their return was made by 
the owner, and instructions were given by the Secretary of the Treas- 
ury for the forwarding of the skins to the Department of Commerce. 
They were subsequently sold for Government account by Funsten 
Bros. & Co. 
On February 18, 1918, Samuel Gowen, special fur warden of the 
Bureau, seized from Ike Koslosky, manager of the Northwestern Fur 
Co., at Anchorage, Alaska, 96 beaver skins, 41 unprime mink skins, 
and 1 unprime land otter skin. Koslosky was fined $100 and costs, 
amounting to $30, in the United States commissioner’s court for 
having the skins in his possession. The skins were forwarded to 
Tacoma for sale for the account of the Government. 
