112 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1916. 
foxes from which the pelts were taken had been captured in the open 
season and subsequently killed. 
On March 14, 1916, the matter of an alleged poisoning of foxes was 
brought to Warden Hemenway’s attention at Tanana. An Indian had 
brought from the Tozi flats two foxes which he claimed were poisoned, © 
and he also had a quantity of baits which he had picked up on the 
Tozi flats. [Examination of the foxes and the baits disclosed strych- 
nine in both. The stomachs of the foxes also contained some of the 
same kind of food as that of which the baits were made. There were 
no trap marks on the legs of the foxes. A trip was then made to the 
Tozi flats by Mr. Hemenway. On the way the remains of two dead 
foxes were found. Near a camp where two persons, H. Ross and A. 
Crane, had trapped, the carcass of a fox was found. The remains of 
the three foxes found on the trip were taken to Tanana. Poison was 
found in the carcass which had been obtained at the camp of Ross and 
Crane. Ross was arrested at Tanana and being brought into court 
pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial. The case was tried on 
April 11 and the jury acquitted the defendant. The charge against 
Crane was dismissed by the court. 
Fifty-seven beaver skins found among the effects of one Thomas 
Phillips, who was murdered on the Kuskokwim River in May, 1916, 
came into the possession of Dr. W. F. Green, United States commis- 
sioner, Tokotna. The killing of beavers in Alaska at any time bemg ~ 
unlawful, instructions were issued to have the skins forwarded to 
agents of the Department for sale for the account of the Government. 
FOX FARMING. 
KODIAK-AFOGNAK REGION. 
Many of the fox-farming operations which were undertaken in this 
region a few years ago were the result of the demand which came 
from the eastern part of Canada for live animals for use for breeding 
purposes. With the subsidence of this demand operators who had 
not made the production of fur the principal object of their work 
have lost interest to a certain extent and have either abandoned 
their efforts or have continued to carry them on in a more or less 
desultory fashion. There are, however, some fox farmers in this 
region whose operations were not dependent upon the demand for 
live foxes and these are continuing their work. In general the ones 
who have secured the best immediate returns are those who have 
had stock running wild and have trapped from it within the bounds 
of its natural increase. The following information in regard to fox 
farming in this region has been furnished the Bureau: 
In 1916 operations were continued by the Kodiak Fox Farm on 
Long Island, Carlson & Smith at Uyak Bay, Peter J. Petrovsky 
on Amok Island, Alex Friedolin on Hog Island, Frank Lowell on 
