The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

Big Game in Alaska
Teddy ought 10 Go There



A wonderful variety OF Wild game.
ranging from the lordly moose and
formidable polar bear 10 the agile
mountain sheep and deer. with water
fowl and game birds without end, IS
to be found in Alaska. Wilired ii. Os-
good. assistant biologist Of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture. has returned 70
Washington from a long study OF the
game resources of this Territory. and \
he tells a story Of hunting POSSIBLE
ties there calculated 10 enthuse even |
the dullest sportsman.
From all accounts the Presidents |
thirst for big game might have been
appeased By an expedition 10 Alaska
He would not find there the wild
boars. tigers and other beasts OF the
tropics. but he would find practically
an the game which during the early
DAYS Of the republic made the West
ern country the hunters paradise.
Mr. Osgood pronounces Alaska one OF
the most important game regions IN
the world II Is the last OF the Amer
lean possessions in which the frontier
conditions will continue Tor many
years. SO those who care 10 90 there
10 hunt will have good sport for
4 long period 10 come.
4 Alaska possesses a varied climate.
broad rivers. innumerable lakes. deep
forests and chains OF lofty mountains
in short. many OF the CHIEF attIio'
utes OF a natural game resort. On me
barren northern shores are found the
numbering walrus and savage polar
hears. In the southern regions are
innumerable deer. and between these
two extremes are great forests, inc
home OF moose and caribou sheep
and goats range the snow-clad noun
tain peaks. d.
Among Alaska's game animals,
said Mr.. OsgoOd. are some OF the
largest and finest IN the world, such
as the giant moose and the husr
brown bears. The Alaska moose Is
RE largest existing land mammal 10
America. ard the largest member OF
the deer family in the world y
sirrlIar to The moose Of Eastern NO. q
, America and the elk OF the old woriu
br.t exceeds them In size and dinei /
somewhat IN color. It's anilers ItaO.
: MAGNIFICENT proportions. almost TO-. ~.
ing those OF the extinct Irish elk. h'
ave-age spread from tip 10 up Is DC
tween FIVE and six feet
4Thev are found pretty generail,
throughout the timbered parts Q
Alaska. except IN the southeastel J..
7 coast range. where they are aOseh'
Still hunting is the favorite nletho
OF hunting moose ~ Alaska Iaillu
; With the birch-bark horn. SO success
} fully practiced in Eastern Canaaa.
: not greatly in vogue Contrary 70 ~
custom in the East the imitation
: the bull is used most irequen',s'
though evidence that bulls can DC
{. tracted By the call Of the co" Is d,
. lacking In some instances dogs nav
baan successfully employed
Z. Caribou inhabit the treeless an
- saraf-treaiess parts OF ALASKA f-ASe
in crossing from one mountain Iluh
10 another. they rarely enter me VI
ber. and consequently are seldom So
- bv travellers on the main river hlk
wavs. They scatter widely ~ -,
!. mer and in the fall collect IN heiu
b often very large. but at al. times u,
roam widely The great herds IN Y
fan 81 the year perform more o' y
regular movement in ne nature %
migration. Probably the best hhON
~ the large herds IS the one VIM
collects along the watershed De1"e'
no Yukon and Tanana rivers,
ragularly musters from l.vvv 10 o'v
or more animals. In spite OF the rev
made on IL by hunters
The higher parts OF the nloun'ai
81 the southeastern coast OF Alae
are inhabited by white mountain 50
f7 large numbers. Win the eASepu
of the pronghOrn antelope me nv.
tain goat is. zoOlOgically, the lhosl
rtiliar OF American game ahihia
With the possible exception ol
musk OK. its habits are the -.
l.nown. Despite its name, y i ~
s-o4t nor is il an antelope, thoueh ~
ing more in common with the an'e'o
- mar the true goats. AT present
nearest relatives are the cur.
Asiatic screws and goralS anu
well-known chamois-
, This goat lives almost enlirely
- high attitudes. frequently steep 81
rock-walled canyons and suiiii''s
n an even more forbidding nature u
u those travelled by mountain sheep-
= cot within gun range OF them = ia
~ "a a feat Of mountaineering man
!. crafty hunting This IS party Dee"
=. the goats keep watch only oNel
country below them, SO II IS neCess
10 get abOve-anl 10 ~ ~ -,
4 rases to get 10 the ultimate helsi
a Alaska Is without riNal 10 rep
a 70 number and variety OF pears.
a fewer than thirteen kinds i've IN
n territory. divided into iour boH'
Il tvpes-brown bears. the srl1ANes'
a bt7ck bears and polar pears.
II brown bears are the most hu'ile ~.
a and important. and are iouhu ~
~ sively in the coast region u
hat brown bears are more lei ~
fhan grizzlies: they are NOR po'
ful and at close quarters arr -
>" spondingly dangerous Nneh enS
IS. mon begin to run they ieeu la - -
them. and by some have Oyen "a
fish bears. Alaskan brown p ys-.h
ma, ai5lv becoming extinct-Wash
siOn. cor brooklyn Eagle.