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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  The 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  prime 
  skin 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  yellowish 
  white 
  color. 
  When 
  

   the 
  fur 
  begins 
  to 
  grow 
  unprime 
  the 
  flesh 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  skin 
  takes 
  on 
  a 
  

   bluish 
  coloration, 
  first 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  and 
  it 
  then 
  extends 
  

   back 
  and 
  finally 
  envelops 
  the 
  whole 
  skin. 
  In 
  the 
  fall 
  when 
  the 
  skin 
  

   is 
  beginning 
  to 
  grow 
  prime 
  again 
  the 
  bluish 
  coloration 
  disappears, 
  

   first 
  from 
  the 
  extremities 
  and 
  finally 
  from 
  the 
  head. 
  The 
  absence 
  of 
  

   the 
  long 
  guard 
  hair 
  from 
  the 
  fur 
  is 
  an 
  indication 
  of 
  unprimeness. 
  

   Bluish 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  flesh 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  skin 
  indicate 
  an 
  unprime 
  state. 
  

   Skins 
  showing 
  dark 
  patches 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side, 
  with 
  fur 
  coming 
  

   through, 
  are 
  not 
  necessarily 
  unprime, 
  as 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  a 
  diseased 
  

   condition 
  of 
  the 
  animal. 
  

  

  Poison. 
  — 
  The 
  kilhng 
  of 
  fur-bearing 
  animals 
  with 
  poison 
  is 
  contrary 
  

   to 
  the 
  Department's 
  regulations, 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  or 
  so 
  its 
  use 
  

   has 
  been 
  much 
  lessened. 
  Certain 
  trade 
  publications, 
  however, 
  con- 
  

   tinue 
  to 
  advertise 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  poison, 
  thereby 
  ignormg 
  the 
  Government 
  

   regulations 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  thoughtfully 
  framed 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  

   perpetuating 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  fur-bearing 
  animals, 
  and 
  tempting 
  

   hunters 
  and 
  trappers 
  to 
  transgress. 
  Attention 
  is 
  invited 
  to 
  the 
  

   Criminal 
  Code 
  of 
  Alaska 
  (Title 
  I, 
  chap. 
  13, 
  sec. 
  186), 
  which 
  states 
  that 
  

   all 
  persons 
  concerned 
  in 
  the 
  commission 
  of 
  a 
  crime, 
  whether 
  they 
  

   directly 
  commit 
  the 
  act 
  constitutmg 
  the 
  crime 
  or 
  aid 
  and 
  abet 
  in 
  its 
  

   commission, 
  though 
  not 
  present, 
  are 
  principals, 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  tried 
  and 
  

   punished 
  as 
  such. 
  Thus, 
  since 
  it 
  is 
  illegal 
  to 
  kill 
  fur-bearing 
  

   animals 
  with 
  poison, 
  any 
  person 
  selling 
  it 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  becomes 
  

   Hable 
  as 
  contributing 
  to 
  the 
  commission 
  of 
  a 
  crime. 
  

  

  NEW 
  REGULATIONS. 
  

  

  Bounty 
  on 
  wolves. 
  — 
  Among 
  the 
  memorials 
  addressed 
  to 
  Congress 
  by 
  

   the 
  Legislature 
  of 
  Alaska 
  at 
  its 
  first 
  session 
  was 
  one 
  asking 
  that 
  a 
  

   bounty 
  be 
  placed 
  upon 
  wolves. 
  Favorable 
  action 
  in 
  this 
  direction 
  is 
  

   recommended. 
  Wolves 
  are 
  destructive 
  to 
  deer, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  

   of 
  far 
  greater 
  economic 
  value, 
  means 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  reduce 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  wolves. 
  A 
  bounty 
  of 
  SIO 
  on 
  each 
  wolf 
  kiUed 
  m 
  the 
  Terri- 
  

   tory, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  market 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  skin, 
  amounting 
  usually 
  

   from 
  $2 
  to 
  S5, 
  would 
  insure 
  a 
  return 
  sufficiently 
  remunerative 
  to 
  

   stimulate 
  an 
  active 
  campaign 
  against 
  wolves. 
  They 
  are 
  particularly 
  

   bad 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  Beaver. 
  — 
  The 
  close 
  season 
  on 
  beaver 
  has 
  been 
  extended 
  to 
  Novem- 
  

   ber 
  1, 
  1918. 
  By 
  that 
  time 
  it 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  have 
  become 
  

   sufficiently 
  numerous 
  again 
  to 
  permit 
  of 
  their 
  being 
  trapped. 
  

  

  Blaclc 
  hear. 
  — 
  In 
  response 
  to 
  a 
  general 
  request 
  by 
  residents 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  

   one 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  regulations 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  Commerce 
  

   under 
  date 
  of 
  March 
  26, 
  1913, 
  places 
  the 
  black 
  bear, 
  along 
  with 
  the 
  

   wolf 
  and 
  wolverine, 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  fur-bearing 
  animals 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  

   legally 
  killed 
  at 
  any 
  time. 
  

  

  