The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-14

In 1912 he reported that fur traders
had already commenced to invade this
new country, and advocated that steps
be taken Immediately which would
conserve the game and at the same
time prevent the natives from impov-
erishing themselves. Meanwhile more
and more traders entered Coronation
Gulf, and when l arrived there in 1918
/ found that already over three-fourths
Of the people had been supplied with
guns and that he caribou were being
exterminated. Each winter the ma
tives brought bullying sled loads of
skins in to the traders, who carried
them west the following summer to
other Eskimos who had already depop-
ulated their OWN country of caribou.
But here fate interviewed. There
are a few misguided individuals who
now assert that the World war was an
unmixed evil. But they who do, speak
without thought, or more likely are
ignorant of the important, though I'M
foreseen, result. For it is a well-known
principle of social law that h de-
sires of the minority shall be over
ruled by those of the majority. The
Eskimos and traders wanted ammuni-
ton to shoot at caribou While the peo-
pie of civilized countries wanted am
to shoot at each other, and
as there was not sufficient ammuni-
ton to go around the civilized people,
being in the majority, hogged the lot.
But he willy fur traders, foreseeing
the outcome, endeavored to stock their
warehouses with ammunition while
fhara woo ynf tiupn U,hnx un6pTnStj-
mated the amount needed, with the
appalling result hat before the war
was over they began to run short of
The poor Eskimos were then
quite distressed at finding themselves
no longer able to purchase many more
cartridges than they actually needed.
The caribou, therefore, did not vanish
as quickly as l had expected.
Police Sent to the Preserves.
Fate again INTERVIEWED, for the
wheels of game conservation in the
Canadian parliament had beer set in
in 1919, only seven years after
game conservation was needed, and
4 detachment of the Royal Northwest
Mounted police was stationed in Coro-
latiOn Gulf. But whether or not the
has come too late remains to be
seen, for 70 per cent of the caribou of
hat region already had disappeared.
There is little use in wailing over split
milk unless by so doing there is a
nance of preventing the splitting of
more milk. The foregoing remarks
would be useless if the whole of the
had suffered the fate of Point
Barrow and Coronation Gulf. Fortu-
lately, however, parts of the Arctic
till retain the splendor of ancient
The country lying eastward from
he Kent peninsula to Backs Great
fish river is as yet almost entirely
by civilization. There roam
he great herds of caribou, and there
t is that musk-ox are making their
asst stand on the American continent.
asst summer a trading post was es-
at Ellis river, he western
oundary of this region, and I am told
nat within a year, or at the most two,
posts will be established through
ut this district connecting 1t with the
posts in the Hudson bay coun-
v. When this shall have been effect
d we will have a Gordon Of guns COM
letely circling one of the largest big
anne districts in North America, and
immediate steps are taken to
ducate the natives of this region. in
he doctrines of game conservation.
nd unless game wardens are sent
lere to enforce the laws, we shall
ave another case of locking the barn
Dor after the horse is stolen. The
dvanJe Of civilization is inevitable,
nd if we are to save the last of u
-eat game preserves we must not let
le traders get there ahead of the con-
rro tIonicfc