The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-12
WHITE HOAxED, SAY OFFICIALS,
 STATING FACTS
Gov. Parks, Terhune and Heintzleman Refute
 White Charges

1elntZlemdn NeIute
 White Charges
 The prize hoax of the century has been pulled on writer Stewart Edward White, and slipped by him to the Saturday Evening Post, in the opinion of Gov. George A. Parks, H. W. Terhune, Executive Officer of the Alaska Game Com- mission. and B. F. Heintzleman, Acting District Forester.
 This, they agreed, is the only way to account for his article-"An Emergency is Declared to Exist appearing in the current weeks issue of the Post Somebody has been pulling MT. Whites leg and, in his ardor as a sportsman who sees something precious threaten ed, he has gone headlong to the rescue without stopping to investi- gate.
 Premises All Awry
 All of the premises used in his heated discussion are unsound, and lacking totally in substantiation by fact. Neither the Territory nor the Federal government has legis- lated to remove the protection from brown bear, nor has either de- clared war on any species of game trout. As to MT Whites own admissions of his prowess as a hunter, none of the officials would comment. All Of them endeavored to view the matter with good na- tured tolerance. rather inclined to excuse MT. Whites excesses or rhe- torical composition under a plea of his ardent sportsmanshlp, but admitted reluctantly that such ex- cesses made more difficult the task of administering game and fishing resources in the interests of practi- cal conservation.
 Of course none of them said tt, but back in the minds of each must have lurked the age old prayer: Lord, deliver us from the we'll meant but blundering efforts of over -Zealous friends"
 Game Trout Safe
 American sportsmen need have no uneasiness about Alaska destroy ing game trout, or permitting any one else to do so." declared Gov. Parks when MT. Whites article was drawn to his notice. Our cut throats. rainbows and eastern brco,; trout are not going to be wantonIy killed off. The old fishing hole is as safe in Alaska as in any other part of the land in which the Pro- hibition dispute wages.
 "The Alaska Legislature hasn't appropriated $40,000 to kill off game trout and, to my knowledge since it was first established IT years ago, no request ever has been made that it do SO. In 1929 the Legislature did pass an appro- priation of $40,000 to be used in re- moving Instructions from the more important streams and kill some predatory enemies of the salmon Surveys made by the United States Bureau of Fisheries during past years has shown that salmon were unable to ascend large number of rivers to extensive spawning areas Fish Died Unspawned
 Fish entering these streams, in many instances in enormous num- bers, died in vast quantities with out ever reaching the spawning [ beds. This, of course, was an eco- homie loss.
 Tn the valuable red salmon dis trict of Bristol Bay, the Bureau of Fisheries, by investigations over long period of years, had determ- ined that a heavy toll was being taken of salmon spawn and finger lings by salmon trout, salt water migratory fish which true sports men despise. It advised that a campaign against these predators would be materially beneficial tc the red salmon fishery.
 "The $4O000 appropriated by tho Legislature has been allotted tt these two purposes, all of the work being directed and supervised by the United States Bureau of Fish cries. Less than one half of the whole sum was expended during the past season, and the work will be contended during the current year
 An Emergency Is Met
 Of the money expended last year, approximately $7,500 was paic the natives of the Bristol Bay re- zion for taking salmon trout. They are paid at the rate of five cents for each fish. They utilize tht 1 trout so taken for either humar flood or feed for their dogs. The