The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-09
NOTED GAME AUTHORITY AGREES
 WITH ALASkANS

Among those who at one time op- posed the repeal of the law protect ing brown bear in Alaska and who complained of the Alaska law plac- ing a bounty on eagles was J. A. McGuire, of Denver, editor of Out door Life, published in the Colorado metropolis. But last year MT. Mc- Guire made a hunting trip to Alas ka, in search of group specimens of moose, caribou, sheep, goats, etc, for the natural museum at Denver, and he came in contact with the peo pie and conditions of Alaska. The result was a complete change from his previously formed opinions. He is now in favor of changing the law for the protection of brown bear and thinks the bounty on eagles should be increased.
 MT. Mcclure gives a detailed ac- count of his Alaska trip and his con- clusions from his observations in an illustrated book, off the press in April, ''In the Alaska-Yukon Game Iands," with laudatory introduction by Dr. w. T. Hornaday.
 MT. Mcclure, at page 29 of his book, presents the following from a Cordova newspaper and his com ment upon it:
 Hans Larson, prospector on the Stewart river, was severely mauled by bear recently. He was bending over a piece of quartz, when the bear attacked him from behind, tearing his scalp badly and taking strips from his back an inch wide and two inches deep in places. He killed the bear with his rifle, and mushed ten miles to another camp, where he received surgical attention. He will recover, although he is very weak from loss of blood.'
 here," remarked one of the mem- bers of our party, when he had heard the piece read. "The present protec tion should be taken from the big brown bear in Alaska, or at least it should be vitally modified"
 believe, considering the formid- able build and more surly disposi- tion of these big plantigrades, as contrasted with those of the blacks, and even the grizzlies of the states, that the present law on them could with justice to all be changed. will confess that I never felt this way until I had hunted in that coun- try, but after talking with the peo- pie of Alaska and hearing of the natural prejudice up there against these bears, I feel that a revision of the present law would not have a harmful effect
 There has been an average of nearly one man year killed in the north by the big brown and grizzly bears, and several a year mauled and maimed, and I believe the time has come to act.
 Writing of the eagles and their depredations at page "A of his book, MT. Mcclure says:
 ''If these birds should be satisfied with rodents, offal, etc., for their menu, I would feel inclined to like them; but considering the great menace they are to young game, es. pecially lambs and kids, I am heart. lily in sympathy with the Alaskan view that they should be killed wherever possible. The present 5O-cent bounty is totally inadequate to keep their members down be- low the point of danger to sheep and other game. When lamb is born nearly every eagle, it seems, within 50 miles of the scene, knows it, and by striking with their beaks and claws, and otherwise harrassing it. they soon topple 1t over 8 cliff, where 1t furnishes . rich morsel for their shoulish appetitieS."
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