The Alaska daily empire., 1923-04-12
FOSTER AvERTS
 DEFEAT NELSON
 GAME MEMORIAL
Sent Back to Committee to Have Bill Drawn-Three
 Bills Are Introduced.

Almost certain defeat of his me- morial denouncing the Nelson game bill was averted in the House by Representative Foster this morning, when after strong argument, he secured passage of a motion of re- commitment to the Committee on Fish, Game and Agriculture with instructions to prepare and submit for approval a bill to be sent to Congress to replace the Nelson bill. The memorial had been adversely reported by four out of the five members of the committee, those signing the adverse report being Chairman Grant, Price, Raelson and Callahan, Foster non-concurmng.
 Mir. Foster pointed out that the Nelson bill would in effect consti- tute the Territory a vast national game preserve, ruled in name only by rubber-stamp commission while the real power behind the rules would be eastern game conservation organizations. It would, he asserted destroy all the game laws now in force and substitute for them regu- lations and rules made by the Sec retary of Agriculture. The bill, he declared, is contrary to every prin- ciple advocated by Alaskans.
 Highgrading Bill Introduced.
 A bill designed to prevent high grading, and which, it is claimed if enacted into law, will give mine owners absolute protection from highgraders, was introduced by Mir. Staser. It provides for written evil dence of the sale or delivery of any ores, concentrates or amalgams, bearing gold, silver, tungsten, van adium, uranium, molybdenum or other rare minerals and. and silver bullion, and providing penalties for violations. He also introduced a companion bill designed to reach and punish makers of bogus assays, or falsifying assays. Both bills, he said, were introduced at the request of B. D. Stewart, Supervision En- giner of the Bureau of Mines.
 Gambling Bill Presented.
 MT. Decker, of Nome, introduced
  ing" on elections. It provides in part:
 Any person who knowingly per mits, engages, or in any manner assists, either as proprietor, part ner, employee, agent, or otherwise, in pool-making or book-making upon or in any manner concerning the result or outcome of any election for any public office or concerning any public measure in the Territory of Alaska shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be imprisoned in jail for not more than six months or by a fine of not more than 31,000, or by both such fine and Imprisonment in the discretion of the court"
 It is understood that in certain portions of the Territory consider able pool-making and book-making has been done on Territorial and other elections, which the bill is said to be aimed at It is said it would not affect finger bets" be- tween individuals.
 Bolster Up Fur Tax
 To enable more nearly complete enforcement of the Territorial fur tax. is the aim of a joint resolu- tion introduced today by MT Policy carrying with 1t bill under which postmasters and Customs officials would be authorized to issue per mits for the shipment of furs out side of the Territory and to collect taxes imposed by the Territory on such furs. It would make the ship ment of furs to points without AL aska illegal and subject shipments so made to seizure and confisca- ton.