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Ugaiushak Island, John Tashwak on an island in Marmot Bay, 
I. P. Chichenoff on an island near Kodiak, August Olson on Ugak 
Island, and Albert Johnson on Harvester Island. 
Since Charles W. Pajoman became joint owner with Charles 
Peterson of the fox farm on Bare Island (locally known as Dry Island 
and so designated in the report on the Alaska Fisheries and Fur 
Industries for 1915), situated in Kupreanof Straits and about 14 miles 
from the nearest point of Kodiak Island, a corral about 60 feet square 
of galvanized wire has been built. The side walls were made about 7 
feet high and the top was completely covered with galvanized-wire 
netting. 
Ingwald Loe, after having been engaged for a number of years in 
unsucccessful attempts to rear blue foxes in corrals on Raspberry 
Island, sold his stock in 1915. After having formed a partnership 
with Charles W. Pajoman a stock consisting of three pairs of silver 
foxes and two pairs of cross foxes were placed in corrals on the island. 
Three pairs produced young in 1916, two litters of three pups each 
and one of four. 
M. D. Snodgrass and associates, in addition to using Kalsin Island, 
about 12 miles from Kodiak, have occupied Queer Island, about 
one-fourth mile from Kalsin Island. A few cross foxes had previously 
been released on this island and in 1916 nine adult silver foxes were 
placed there. It is not known that any young foxes were born on 
either Kalsin or Queer Islands in 1916. Mr. Snodgrass and his 
associates have also taken up Nelsons Island, near Uzinki, but down 
to the fall of 1916 had not placed any foxes on it. 
Frank Peterson continued his fox-farming operations on an island 
near the mough of Ayakulik River. The foxes run at large. In the 
report on the Alaska fisheries and fur industries for 1915 it was stated 
that the island was near the mouth of Red River. Locally the names 
of these two rivers are confused. Red River proper is about 7 miles 
north of Ayakulik River. In September, 1916, Mr. Peterson reported 
a litter of five young silver grays. 
Otto Kraft & Co. purchased several foxes in 1916 and placed them 
on two small islands, Svitlak and Middle, in Kalsin Bay, about 
15 miles from Kodiak. Nine silver-gray foxes were liberated on 
Syitlak Island. Middle Island, which is separated from Svitlak 
by a channel of about 500 yards in width, was stocked with 16 cross 
and 2 red foxes. A cabin for the use of a caretaker was built on 
Svitlak and arrangements were made for providing food for the foxes. 
Alexander Lukin placed four silver foxes on one of the Noisy 
Islands, Uganik Bay, in the winter of 1914-15. The following 
winter one cross and one silver fox were added to the stock. The 
foxes were all adult animals when captured and were taken in the 
course of ordinary trapping in the open season. 
