The daily Alaskan., 1921-12-27
CHANGE IN REGULATIONS
 OF ALASKA FUR FARMS
 AS TO PERMIT OR LEASE

l In keeping with the government f policy of eliminating red tape meth ods in the conduct of it's affairs in Alaska, the department of agriCul- 1 ture has issued new instructions for the uniform handling of fur farming permits and leases by the forest service and the biological survey. While the forest service will still retain control of islands and other areas used as fur farms inside the national forests, and the biological survey outside the national forests, the handling of applicants. rental charges, terms of lease, etc, will be uniform and identical in each case.
 The new regulations provide that 1 in the future fur farming permits or leases will be granted to citizens ! of the United States only, or to cor porations 75 per cent. of the stock of which is owned by citizens of the |, United States.
 Applications for tNe use of nation al forest land shall be filed with the district forester, Juneau, Alaska;
 applications for lands under the jurisdiction of the biological survey
 with the chief game and fur war
 den, Juneau, Alasta, or where the Aleutlan Islands are involved, with the reservation and fur warden, Un-
 alaska, Alaska.
 | Applications must describe with as
 much detail as possible the location
 of the lands desied, the kind of i fur bearing animals Co be grown, the number and sex of the animals to
 be introduced for stocking, state ] ment of the propoHed plan of oper- ation and contemplated improve
 ments, and a statement covering ex- l isting Improvements.
 ! As a general rule, permits or leases will not he granted for is l lands exceeding 2,aOO acres in area or for tracts on the mainland in ey- cess of so acres. Groups of small island may be covered by a single | permit where they are so near one another that this is desirable. | Permits or leases will authorize l the use of lands for an exploratory or experimental period of approNi-
 mately three years and for a fur
 ther period of not exceeding fifteen years. Permits issued by the Forest
 Service will provide that they may
 be terminated by the District For ester in his discretion since there is
 no authority under existing law Co | grant them for any definite period. l IL is expected. however. where the conditions in the permit are ob- | served. that the permit will remain 1 in effect for the maximum term un- less the land is needed for some | higher purpose.
 1 The annual rental during the eN- I planatory period will be S25. at the | expiration of which period there 1 shall be revision of rental. such reyi- | sion being thereafter repeated at | five-year periods on such reasonable I terms as shall not be a hardship on |, properly conducted farms consider
 ing the risk of the business.
 | Permittees and lessees shall be
 required not to kill game animals
 or birds or to collect bird eggs for | the purpose of feeding or to feed ] same 10 the fur bearing animals. ! The use of islands which are notable
 for breeding places for birds shall not be authorized. The use of lands already naturally stocked with a con- ! iderabIe number of the fur bearers which the permittee proposes to propagate shall not be authorized
 The permittee VII be required to keen q simple set of books. covering his operations, and representatives of the Forest Service or the Biolog- 1 icaI Survey shall have access to the premises and books of the permittee 1 at any time for purposes of inspec- ton.
 The permittee will be required within designated time to place on 1 the farm not less than one pair of the kind of fur bearinng animals it is planned to raise. Failure to ob- serve this requirement will auto matically terminate the permit.
 Warning notices shall be posted by the permittees in conspicuous places
 on the land used calling attention
 to the fact that the lands are under i permit or lease for the propagation
 of fur bearing animals.