Douglas Island news., 1920-08-20
FOX FARMING
 IS INTERESTING
Visit to Western Alaska Fox Island Reveals Many Mysteries of
 New Business

nm ..I.N. T. M N"I.I. .A.."". "'N NN on rcturnue wrote am interesting description of what sine had seen .n Che following article:
 Running iox ranch. according to some peoples Ideas. seems to cone sst mainly of sitting around coz.ly md reading magazines while Che foxes grow lw into dollars for you rcmarkcd. J F. AppIcby ot Che Peak island fox farm Co me one day last winter while hc was on trip Co Cordoya. "But thcy have another guess coming A fox farmer must keep busy and right on Che job, Che same as anyone cIao"
 In u visit last week Co pcak and Story islands where blue foxes arc aseJ realized Che truth Of Mr. Apn,.bys words
 Look ou .harc showing the west side O. Prince William sound. north ot -ha. group ol large islands which includes Noraeue Ba.ubrdec. La- oouoho and Horoioyo. and you vim fud n group O. tbrcc much smaller
 soreN Poa and NakoI islands, the IaI probably bigger than thc o.hu TWO combined
 Landing ou Storey island in thc ma.c oC Che night and m a drenobue um a. hal , could not e.. much idea %. my surroundings m Che next day. Storey island Is n.rhau ,te pioneer fox ranch of th.s section or tIa..a having been tock- eI ae lar ha.. as ISH5 by Fred Lll- aen who holds the wom. lease and u. m .ao island now uIth H. Iau.Hfo. N Amanda. and h.s son Erwin Mr. LIareu is a na- tive oI Sweden and e now In hs azuo.r year. sturdy hoalth ute- Ue.u.. uuI tnlUuos arc .he main mar. an. he mako. oH one moot- ue him le H alorei by his chiI- lr.H and stand. nIen i'm Che esteem aI an who know him
 H Hnd Hlc thc other two ot .He group. 1. worry rugged and hoay- Hy m..-.d. w.tn a coast lua of .ome foa or twelve miles.
 Peak Hnud. across a narrow Dhau- md. was named tor a high peak which can be .aon tor many miles, and NaE.I island wa. so named bc- au.e mo auadrupeis were found on 10 prior to Hs being stocked with io1o.
 .Comc and look et Becky out h.r. m her 'or" called Miss LiJe- ron fo nm. on Che morning after my
 arrival Prom he kitchen window saw maIto.. eo.o-oi .oN. lyue on n Ior lew u.. auag and va.cb- ue .H. baob door uh .mau round yellow .y. in evident expectation ol .alrd-out"
 ! was much surprised a. Che mau ee ot fHo loNe They are iua about D. b.ea a mu grown eat rn. skins one secs uady for sale b. m. chick loyy winter coat ml beside. as. stretched lene,h- u.... r.L.u. rr In. u.Ifr uf fno ln- m.. .o .n .n..h
 Three O. .h. creatures hahIualIy haunted .he Ntohou door and would
 r.u com. into the house |. the door ur-e eu open Another came .t.r, evening to Che haa.h in front O. Inc hons. to enjoy n sort Of cone .cr. conversation with Miss Liia- e..n who bas Ium.I io initiate perfectly .ho peculiar bark aud yc'n O. h.r furry friends For teu mIu- u.rs a, a stretch hog would "a's ba.. and forth alf.r which thc fox would rom ou abou. his business apo n.un.A much eafIfcd.
 Most of thc creature. however pro worry wild uurne the night thcy leave HaIr burrows back n fbo u-
 ....Hbi. a.mc.. or hc island and mou around m tbc dark now and mm yormc am odd sor.oa Of yc'ps which sound uso Che caI of sea- gun On atr.'eh of bench across from m. hou.. we could sce as many ua. froctne around
 .Wbm rcor.. a.s me how many loxe. ue har." aId Mr. LuIcereu. "I au.wor Cowt them can maen. no more hopeless task chan fo tese tla oomu. of a fox island.
 rho work referred To by Mr. Apo pebv ot hc ucshborug island consists mainly or providing and distributing food for Che foxes One nre. bmdme. erected for a.oro- house. contained two enormous vaH. each bo'dus 5s barrels of aiied
 salmon aud numerous smaller vats and barrel. stood around mI Of hor- ring and salmon a..ds from canuor-
 One afternoon went in a eas- boat with Mir LHIasrcu and Edwin