116 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1916, 
MARTEN AND MINK FARMING. 
Some attention is bemg given in Alaska to the problem of domesti- 
cating martens and minks. John Fanning, of McHenry Anchorage, 
Etolin Island (Wrangell post office), has concerned himself with both 
species. For a while they were kept in pens on his farm, but the 
martens, five males and nine females, were later turned loose on a 
small island of about 4 acres in area. The island is rough and 
timbered and affords excellent hiding places and ample freedom, 
and at the same time the animals are as secure as if kept in close 
confinement. In October he reported that he felt safe in stating that 
he had secured an average of three young martens for each of the 
females. At that time the young ones were almost as large as the 
old ones. Joseph Voelkl, Eighteen Mile Post, Haines, is interested 
in minks in connection with his fox-farming work. 
BOUNTY ON WOLVES. 
At the second session of the Alaska Legislature an act was passed, 
approved March 31, 1915, placing a bounty of $10 on each wolf 
killed in Alaska. Before the bounty may be paid on any animal it 
is required that certain portions, including the pelt properly pre- 
pared for sale, shall be forwarded to the Territorial treasurer, together 
‘with an affidavit in prescribed form, by the person who took the 
animal. The affidavit includes a statement to the effect that no 
poisons or other means that might cause the wanton destruction of 
any fur-bearing animals were used in taking the wolf for which the 
bounty is claimed. The treasurer is required to hold from time to 
time sales of the pelts which come into his keeping and to apply 
the proceeds of the sales first to the expense of caring for and dis- 
posing of such pelts and next to the payment of the bounties. He 
is further instructed to cause to be destroyed any skins which may 
prove to be worthless and unsalable. Penalties are provided for 
the making of any false affidavit for the purpose of fraudulently 
obtaining money under the provisions of the act. The biennial 
report of the Territorial treasurer for the two years ending December 
31, 1916, showed that $1,250 had been paid in bounties on 125 
wolves. 
SHIPMENT OF FURS FROM ALASKA. 
The Department requires that each shipment of furs from Alaska 
shall be reported to the Bureau of Fisheries. The reports are chiefly 
of value from a statistical standpoint, though at the same time they 
furnish useful information for other purposes. Two forms are dis- 
tributed by the Bureau for the use of shippers in making their re- 
ports. One form is for use in reporting shipments made by mail; 
the other for shipments made otherwise than by mail—i. e., by 
express, freight, personal baggage, etc. 
