Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-08
EAGLE SCOUT IS
 COMING TO ALASKA
 BROWN BEAR HUNT
LEAVES SEATTLE MAY IS ON AD- MIKAL EVANS FOR KODIAK
 ISLAND

| lChe GateWay)-Fresh from tri- Iumphs in the dark continent, made
 memorable by that record breaking
 book, Three Boy Scouts in Africa"
 Robert Dick Douglas, Jr., American
 Eagle Scout, one of the authors of
 that book known to hundreds of
 thousands of Boy Scouts turnout
 tlle world, will start this month to joag himself member of the gi-
 gantic family of Kodiak bear As
 2 guest of the Kodiak Guides Inc.
 and under the personal guidance of
 Field Manager Charles Madsen, he
 Will hunt thru the canyons and
 mountains of Kodiak Island, anxi-
 ouS to secure one pelt for himself
 but. more eager to get pictures,
 tacts and impressions that will go
 into his text book on big game hunting in Alaska. He will arrive here on May 24th and will hunt until June IA, after which possi- ole whaling hunt may be staged for him by the whaling fleet at Port Hebron. or it is possible that the Seward Chamber of Commerce may induce him to take a trip to Mt Mckinley before he must return to
 Seattle on July 8.
 As all the world knows, young Dick Douglas, who is 18 years of age, David R. Martin Jr., and Doug las T. Oliver, were chosen some thing over year ago from 6OO,O0O Boy Scouts in America for hunt ing trip to Africa under the care of MT. and Mrs Martin Johnson, whose motion pictures of animals of the veldt and jungle have thrill ed millions. The trip was sponsor ed by George Palmer Putnam, mil lionaire book publisher and expIor- CT, who is also behind this trip of Dick Douglas to Kodiak and Alas ka. Altho young Douglas does not officially represent the Scouts on this expedition, arrangements have been made by Putnam to i publish another book on his ex. perienceS.
 The idea for the trip was propos- I ed by Charles Madsen, who was one of the organizers of the Kodiak Guides last fall and the proposal \ met with enthusiastic acceptance | by MT. Putnam. Furthermore it immediately took on public inter est because of the big sale follow ing the issue of the book on Africa. William Randolf Hearst put the power of his many papers behind it; the Seattle Chamber of Com merce will entertain him; the rail- roads vied with each other to carry the young sportsman from the east to Seattle and Mr. McMicken of the Pacific Steamship Co.,, arranged to bring Dick to Kodiak and return him safely to Seattle. Here the hunt will be borne by the Kodiak Guides and several trips are plan ned to various we'll known retreats of the great bear in the hope of getting many pictures and one good trophy. Negotiations are now pend Ing with Henry Schupp, superin- ,endent for the American Pacific Co.,, which has fleet of vessels at Port Hebron, to take the young man on a whale hunt.
 He leaves Seattle on the Admiral Evans May Is and will meet Boy Scout delegation at Kodiak and Juneau. At the capital he will De by Governor Parks, and if ,ime permits he will give his lecture on his African experiences which ne is under contract to deliver over he Cnatauqua circuit. It is possi- ole that he may also have time to give this talk in Seward before he comes to Kodiak.
 Word has been sent to the Sew ard Chamber of Commerce that if hey care to interest themselves in he matter to the extent of secur- ng the cooperation of General Manager Ohlson of the Alaska Railroad, young Douglas might be