ENROUTETO THE HUNTING GROUNDS 



During the day much interesting information 

 was imparted by our friends regarding Alaska. 

 The theme was principally along the line of game 

 and game protection. We all readily agreed that 

 the present paltry $20,000 annually allowed 

 Alaska by the government is utterly inade- 

 quate to cover the expenses of the game wardens 

 and the warden service. The way I view the 

 matter is that that territory is the wild-life nest- 

 egg that is to supply the United States when the 

 game down here is all killed off, and we should 

 furnish the money and means to protect it now 

 when the protecting is easier than it will be in 

 ten or twenty years from now. Wild game in 

 large numbers carries a certain momentum or 

 force that is utterly lost when thinned down. 

 In other words, due care and watchfulness over 

 that game now will require not half the effort 

 that it will in twenty years hence when it becomes 

 decimated. Not less than $100,000 annually 

 should be given Alaska for the protection of 

 her game, and it pleases me greatly to acknowl- 

 edge the splendid recommendation voiced by 

 the International Association of Game, Fish 

 and Conservation Commissioners at its annual 

 meeting three years ago to the effect that it 

 favors the appropriation by Congress of $100,000 

 for game protection in Alaska. 



The Copper River & Northwestern Railway 

 was not built for the accommodation of passen- 

 gers, but by the Guggenheim interests as an ad- 



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