The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-17

either.
 Sometimes an otter killed on land ma
 have several bullet holes in his ski : but these holes are no damage to tn
 fur as the furrier closes them easil
 from the back. Ordinarily, now, whel
 one hide has been secured, the whol
 party goes back to the traing post. Tn Indians are much shreWder traders nov
 than they were once. They have neet
 to be. They may take the hide to eV cry dealer in the post and still be dis
 satisfied In such case they pick up
 on some squaw to take the pelt to an
 other post-maybe even to Dawson
 They woudl not trust a man to do 1t
 for he would be almost certain to ge drunk. The squaWse are almost uni
 versally honest and dependable, and thu
 hunters count on every penny of re- turns save the necessary expense ln'
 cured. Sometimes the Indians make
 money by this, sometimes they don't l I offered a party of hunters $500 for { skin but they refused to take it. They
 sent a woman with it to Dawson and
 there she got only $500, after spending
 $40 on steamer fares and incidental eX- i penses. She was the wife of the man
 who had killed it, and she was quite ] pleased with her trip and experience. l tI have brought some rare specimens
 of furs from that country, but of ev-
 erything I have nothing will compare with the moosehead brought down by one of my guides. l say confidently that it is the largest in the world, for
 l know where the other great moose heads are.
 This animal was killed one morning by an Indian who stalled it and shot it through the brain. The animal stood 7 feet inches at the shoulder and is supposed to have weighed from 1,S00 to 2,00O pounds.
 As you see, the head has been pre- served intact. The antlers measure 73A inches from tip to tip. and as the skull has not been split, it cannot be charged that it has been spread The right blade has eighteen points and a maximum width of 19 inches; the left blade has seventeen points and is Sh inches wide at the middle. The skull, stripped of skin and brain, with the antlers, weighs 110 pounds.
 MT Periolat says that this portion of the story will be disputed by chance readers on all sides. Fifty-six inches spread for the antlers of moose has been regarded as phenomenal But one has only to take a tape line to prove MT. Periolat's statements. The head of the animal was cut off nearly six feet from the tip of the nose and when it is mounted it will require great wall room
 Near Cooks Inlet one finds the best hunting" said MT Periolat. There are moose, caribou, mountain sheep and bears for big game. In addition there are millions of geese, ducks, brant and water fowl of all description. Our party killed three moose, seven noun tain sheep and one caribou in the four months that we were there. We have brought back twelve moose skins and heads seventeen mountain sheep, thir- teen wolf skins and hides is more than nine feet long and is eight feet in width. It came from grizzly. Some of these grizzlies reach a length of thirteen feet.
 Deer in Alaska proper are now ex- tinct but the islands off the mainland are full of them. This is due to the fact that wolves will not take to water, while it is the deers favorte method for escaping pursuit. A pack of wolves chases a deer to the sea and it swims out to an island. In this way the whole archipelago of the Alaskan pe- ninsula is full of deer.
 "Once the moose and caribou were In great herds, but they have thinned greatly, After September 1 the moun- tain sheep gather in bands and even yet as many as 300 may be found in a flock The moose and caribou. how ever, are seldom more than twenty-five in herd and they are exceedingly diff ficult to kill
 "The Territory needs a good practi- cal game law, that could be enforced. That enforcement would be difficult, ! however. Among the thousands of ad- ventures in the Territory there are many who kill game wantonly, The Indians, too. have no regard for the of species
 "The fish supply of the country is open to the onslaught of the canners and packers, Something should be done to regulate this. A fisherman may go out, and in an hour with only hook 1 and line, catch fifteen' halibut some of | them weighing 200 pounds. These big | fish of course, have to be let go, as they cannot be taken Into boat There | are millions of codfsh, herrings in my | riads, and salmon in swarms, but at | the present rate of canning the supply | will be cut into heavily in few years. | All other kinds of shellfsh save oysters abound in these Alaskan waters. It | s only a matter of time when Alaska | will be supplying the United States with fish. Just how long it supplies will depend upon how the source of | supply are treated by fishermen. "-Chi- ago Tribune.