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no sportsman has any special right to waste good edible 

 meat in hungry lands. Let the salvage of meat be a part 

 of the price that the sportsman pays for the privilege of 

 pastime slaughter of valuable food animals. 



NEW ALASKA GAME ACT SUGGESTED 



In response to the demand of the people of Fairbanks, 

 Alaska, and others nearer home, that the sale of game 

 privilege be greatly extended throughout northern Alaska, 

 we reply that the time has come for a new Alaskan Game 

 Act which will completely stop the sale of game, and pro- 

 vide for a safe and sane system for the better utilization 

 of the wild game of that territory. We have suggested 

 to the Fish and Game Club of Juneau, southeastern Alaska, 

 that an unofficial commission be assembled to consist of 

 five persons, three of whom shall be residents of Alaska, 

 to consider all the facts and proposals available and evolve 

 a new Alaskan Game bill. While that proposal has met 

 with some favor, its future is, of course, uncertain. At all 

 events, however, it appears to the writer to offer the best 

 approach to a new system of combined protection and utili- 

 zation. 



Alaskans are greatly disturbed by the destruction of 

 valuable game by wolves, and they appeal insistently for 

 governmental relief. That subject is of pressing importance, 

 but is quite apart from these observations. 



In conclusion, there is now every reason for advocating, 

 in the rational utilization of game, prompt and thorough 

 consideration and firm and energetic action. 



