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ritory of Alaska. This establishment should be sup- 

 ported upon an adequate scale, both as to salaries and 

 expenses. There should be a paid deputy game warden 

 in every settlement large enough to have a post-office. 



9. The Territory of Alaska should be empowered to charge 

 a license fee, to both resident and non-resident hunters, 

 and apply the proceeds thereof to the cost of game pro- 

 tection to the Territory. No person should be permitted 

 to hunt large game in Alaska without a license. 



10. The Federal Government should retain its authority to 

 close any area to hunting whenever the decrease of game 

 therein seems to threaten the local extinction of a valu- 

 able species. 



The First Step. — I repeat here my previous suggestion, 

 that the best way to frame a new Alaskan game act is by 

 the formation of a committee of five, to represent both the 

 good-will of "the East" and the practical good sense of 

 Alaska. Beyond question, the best citizens of Alaska are 

 sincerely interested in making the most of the game of 

 Alaska, without destroying the permanency of the supply. 

 The letters of Mr. Wright Wenrich and the address of Mr. 

 C. D. Garfield before the annual convention of the Amer- 

 ican Game Protective and Propagating Association (New 

 York, March 5, 1918) are highly encouraging exhibits. 



The drafting of a new Alaskan game act is not a one-man 

 job. It requires the best thought of the best minds of both 

 Alaska and the East, including the Congress of the United 

 States. If a sane method is pursued it should easily be 

 possible to produce a draft of a new game bill so carefully 

 wrought out and approved in advance, and so free from 

 objections, that it would be accepted by Congress without 

 a prolonged struggle between rival interests or opposing 

 factions. 



