The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-06

reach unexplored regions and eventually aid in the development of the Territory.
 "The Alaska Road Commission constructed 76 miles of wagon road. 135 miles of sled road, and 3S7A miles of trail; reconstruct ed 96 miles of wagon road; gray eled 100 miles of wagon road, ana maintained 1,O67 miles of wagon road, S5 miles of tramway, 75S1a miles of sled road, 4,692Aa miles of permanent trail, 313 miles of temporary trail. In addition 10 the above, the commission con structed for the Territory 16 ais- plane landing fields and 19 shcl- 1 ter cabins and maintained 400 miles of telephone lines, 4 air plane landing fields, and 25 shel- ter cabins.
 Since its organisation in 1905 the Alaska Road Commission has expended s12,O2S,339.42 in the Territory. Of this amount, S7- 900, 1000 was appropriated by the aid of Congress. $3,3O8,443.9S was allotted from the Alaska fund. and I $S19, ,s95.44 derived from Terri torial appropriations.
 | "Federal funds for roads in thu national forests are provided by the Federal highway act of June il, 1916, and since that date $S,- 4SS,585.S5 has been expended by the Bureau of Public Roads in and adjacent to the national for ests. Of this amount, $253,645 has been made available by Ter ritorial appropriations and s. J 2S4,940S5 allotted from Federal funds.
 Game and Fur
 "The responsibility for the pro- tection of game and fur-bearing animals in the Territory is in the Alaska Game Commission. The members of the commission are appointed by the Secretary of Az. riculture and the executive officer l is the chief representative of the Biological Survey in Alaska. Rules and regulations governing hunt l ing and trapping are prepared by the commission and promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture 1 Tn some instances the regulations did not meet existing conditions and changes were made in the length of the open seasons. For number of years trapping Of beaver has not been permitted and as a result these animals 1 multiplied until it was evident that trapping could be resumed I without danger of extermination. The month of May was designat- ed as open season and it is esti- l mated that more than 10000 beav- CT were caught. The present sys- tenn of sealing the skins has not |been altogether satisfactory be- cause ok the lack of a sufficient number of game wardens and in I ability of some of the trappers to ] reach an officer authorized to seal the skiiis. This phase of the reg l ulati0ns is being studied and an effort will be made to devise some other method of certifica- tion that will more nearly meet exiSting conditions and facilitate early shipment of the belts.
 "The value of land fur-bearing animal belts shipped from the Territory is estimated to sbe g.. S4s, $40.
 "The Territorial legislature pro- vided funds for stocking certain areas with fur and game animals. Beaver were placed on Baranof Inland and elk were sent to Kru- xof Island. Reports received from distrlcts where beaver end musk rats were placed in 1895 indicate khat tho experiment is . success AA a1afpihg increase in the num-. boro ov wolves and coy0tes with . rod9ItIng damage to wild life' xno reported from several dis Itxlcts. Tho Alaska Leeislotpre, 66tobfiatod funds and authcriSed, tnb employment of . skilled prad- Inttfy thlmal hunter h co-opefa-| ISdA nm the Biological Survey nj Ian etl6ft to destfoy thsse ank
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