270 INVESTIGATION" OF THE EUR-SEAL INDUSTEY OF ALASKA. 



"Mr. Lembkey. The limit was 2,500. Speaking offhand, I think about 2,300 

 were killed. 



"Q. Were any females killed? — A. No, sir; not to my knowledge, and, as I stated, 

 I carefully interrogated these two gentlemen who had charge of this killing, and 

 they stated that to their knowledge no female was killed. 



"Q. What class of males were, killed by the natives/or food?— A. Under 6J pounds " 



Then, soon after stating that "6^- pound" limit, Lembkey admitted 

 that he did not put that reservation down to a 6^ pounds" until 

 proof had been given him, that an B-J pound skin limit did not spare 

 those 3 year olds (and, he did not fix thai limit even then), to wit: 



[Dixon Hearing, p. 19, Feb. 4, 1911.1 



Senator Heyburn. State the document and the page from which you read. 



Prof. Elliott. Senate Document No. 98, Fifty-ninth Congress, first session, page 

 86. Here is the official report of Mr. W. I. Lembkey, in which the preservation and 

 protection and conservation of this seal life, which he so graphically described to 

 you a moment ago, is blown clear out of water by its own force of official denial. 



REPORT OF AGENT JAMES JUDGE. 



St. George Island, June 5, 1905. 



Dear Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report of affairs on St. George 

 Island, covering the interval from August 14, 1904, to date: 



SEALS. 



On October 7 Little East Rookery was carefully gone over for the purpose of counting 

 dead pups, but none were found. 



At that season foxes in greater or less numbers are always present on the rookeries 

 and quickly eat the pups or older animals that may happen to die. Pup skulls were 

 frequently found during September in the rear of the rookeries, where they had 

 undoubtedly been left by the foxes, the bodies having been devoured. 



Further counting of dead pups was therefore not attempted, as it seemed a disturb- 

 ance of the seals to no good purpose. 



The first food drive was made October 19; killed, 59; dismissed, 6 large, 197 small, 

 and 6 brands. Two of the latter were from St. Paul. While all brands were very 

 faint, those made with shears were less discernible than those made with hot irons. 

 Just the slightest trace of a brand on one of the dead informed us that the wrong animal 

 had been knocked down. The skin weighed S pounds. That other 3-year-olds branded in 

 the spring, on which the fur had grown out so that the brand had become obliterated, were 

 also killed is more than probable, as 69 per cent of the dead skins weighed 7 pounds and 

 over, the heaviest iveighing 9 pounds. 



Mr. Lembkey. May I interrupt the gentlemen just a second to ask whether the 

 report does not state that Mr. Judge at once took measures to prevent the killing of any 

 more of these branded seals by limiting the weights of skins to 6\ pounds, a practice which 

 has been followed ever since? 



Did Lembkey tell the truth? No; he deliberately denies under oath, 

 April 13, 1912, what he asserts as above in re a u 6\-pound limit" and 

 thus admits his guilt in the premises, as below, to wit: 



Mr. Elliott. Now, what follows, gentlemen of the committee — does he make that 

 order of reservation? No; he actually nullifies it, and unwittingly confesses that mal- 

 feasance in the following sworn statement made to your committee April 13 last, on 

 page 458, Hearing No. 9, Lembkev affirms: 



"Mr. McGuire. Right there, Mr. Lembkey, did you prohibit killing them? 



"Mr. Lembkey. I did. 



"Mr. McGuire. Over 4 years of age? 



"Mr. Lembkey. I did. 



"Mr. Elliott. In 1904? 



"Mr. Lembkey. Yes. 



"Mr. Elliott. Did you do it in 1905? 



"Mr. Lembkey. Yes. 



"Mr. Elliott. How did you do it? You had no brand on them. 



"Mr. Lembkey. By fixing a limit of 8$ pounds on the skins to be taken." 



