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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  13 
  pounds 
  and 
  14 
  ounces. 
  The 
  smallest 
  skin 
  was 
  30^ 
  inches 
  long, 
  18 
  

   inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  weighed 
  3 
  pounds. 
  The 
  averages 
  for 
  the 
  91 
  skins 
  

   are: 
  Length, 
  43 
  inches; 
  width, 
  24 
  inches; 
  weight, 
  6 
  pounds 
  14 
  

   ounces. 
  All 
  skins 
  were 
  measured, 
  weighed, 
  and 
  authenticated 
  June 
  

   4 
  and 
  5, 
  at 
  Mora, 
  Wash., 
  by 
  Donald 
  S. 
  McLeod, 
  local 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  

   bureau 
  with 
  station 
  at 
  Seattle, 
  Wash. 
  A 
  leather 
  tag 
  was 
  attached 
  to 
  

   each 
  skin, 
  and 
  a 
  certificate 
  issued 
  to 
  accompany 
  same. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  international 
  convention 
  of 
  July 
  7, 
  1911, 
  which 
  among 
  

   other 
  things 
  prohibits 
  the 
  natives 
  from 
  killing 
  fur 
  seals 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  

   firearms, 
  no 
  seals 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Sitka. 
  The 
  last 
  hunt 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1911, 
  as 
  the 
  seals 
  were 
  

   migrating 
  northward, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  kiUcd 
  was 
  139. 
  In 
  1910 
  it 
  

   was 
  135, 
  and 
  in 
  1909, 
  397. 
  After 
  the 
  prohibition 
  against 
  firearms 
  

   became 
  effective, 
  it 
  seemed 
  the 
  natives 
  were 
  too 
  proud 
  to 
  resort 
  to 
  

   the 
  primitive 
  spears 
  of 
  a 
  generation 
  before, 
  and 
  moreover, 
  there 
  were 
  

   only 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  older 
  natives 
  left 
  who 
  were 
  experienced 
  in 
  the 
  use 
  

   of 
  spears. 
  The 
  recent 
  extension 
  of 
  fishing 
  operations 
  has 
  afforded 
  

   ample 
  employment 
  for 
  aU 
  natives 
  who 
  formerly 
  spent 
  part 
  of 
  each 
  

  

  spring 
  in 
  sealing. 
  

  

  MINOR 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES. 
  

  

  FIELD 
  WORK. 
  

  

  The 
  field 
  force 
  employed 
  to 
  enforce 
  the 
  regulations 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  

   capture 
  of 
  fur-bearing 
  animals 
  in 
  Alaska 
  other 
  than 
  fur 
  seals 
  con- 
  

   sisted 
  of 
  Warden 
  Harry 
  J. 
  Christoffers 
  and 
  a 
  corps 
  of 
  deputies, 
  

   namely, 
  G. 
  DaUas 
  Hanna, 
  who 
  was 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands 
  

   during 
  the 
  year 
  and 
  was 
  succeeded 
  by 
  Ernest 
  P. 
  Walker; 
  Claude 
  J. 
  

   Roach, 
  who 
  resigned 
  August 
  7 
  and 
  was 
  succeeded 
  by 
  Calvin 
  F. 
  Town- 
  

   send; 
  Fred 
  H. 
  Gray, 
  and 
  Logan 
  I. 
  Evans. 
  Mr. 
  Christoffers 
  was 
  on 
  

   duty 
  at 
  Seward 
  and 
  later 
  at 
  Fairbanks. 
  Messrs. 
  Evans 
  and 
  Town- 
  

   send 
  were 
  detailed 
  at 
  different 
  times 
  under 
  the 
  immediate 
  direction 
  of 
  

   Warden 
  Christoffers. 
  Messrs. 
  Hanna 
  and 
  Roach 
  were 
  at 
  various 
  

   places, 
  including 
  the 
  Nushagak 
  region, 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  local 
  charge 
  of 
  

   the 
  fisheries 
  inspection 
  work 
  and 
  also 
  attended 
  to 
  the 
  taldng 
  of 
  the 
  

   census 
  of 
  red 
  salmon 
  ascending 
  Wood 
  River. 
  Messrs. 
  Walker 
  and 
  

   Gray 
  were 
  detailed 
  to 
  southeast 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  1913 
  the 
  governor 
  of 
  Alaska 
  found 
  it 
  impracticable 
  to 
  

   continue 
  for 
  the 
  Territory 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  the 
  warden 
  and 
  four 
  deputy 
  

   wardens 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau's 
  force, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  appointed 
  special 
  game 
  

   wardens 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  a 
  more 
  effective 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  game 
  laws. 
  

   The 
  Bureau, 
  however, 
  finds 
  it 
  desirable 
  to 
  continue 
  as 
  special 
  fur 
  

   wardens 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  regular 
  game 
  wardens 
  appointed 
  by 
  

   the 
  governor 
  under 
  the 
  reciprocal 
  arrangement 
  of 
  last 
  year. 
  They 
  

   are 
  paid 
  a 
  nominal 
  salary 
  and 
  are 
  invested 
  with 
  full 
  powers 
  to 
  enforce 
  

   the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  fur 
  laws. 
  

  

  