The Alaskan., 1931-07-31

I gak against the order of Com | missioner O'Malley closing tht t Nushagak River on July 15 t
 lcommercial fishing. As a result 2 of the short season local fisher men in that locality complain f that they have been unable tt : make a grubstake.
 sl Numerous complaints from sl trappers in various sections ol Alaska are now being investi- gated by the Bureau of Biologi-
 cal Survey. The Alaska Game ,, Commission is being called upor to make explanation of various orders given and practices al- ' legged to be indulged.
 T A question involving the rights , of homesteader ill the Anchor age country, who had been com ,l mitted to the Morningside Hos : pital, had been raised and was l considered by the General Land Il Department. The Assistant Il Commissioner gave an opinion, l in. which he said: Under the l provisions of the Act of June 5,
 1880, a party who has legally ir-
 itiated a claim to a tract of pup l lie land as a settler thereon, ac- ;l cording to the preemption or
 ' homestead law, is not required | to reside upon or cultivate the Hand with the requirements oi ! the law up to the time he be- ! came insane, and proof in sup | port of the entry may be made by his duly appointed guardian, I nor is he required to furnish }, evidence of citizenship" In | the case at issue the homestead
 application was allowed as al entry.
 The Chairman of the U. $. Board of Parole informs the Delegate that the application | for parole of James E. Ryder, Of T Fairbanks, has been grantel l, :, effective October "A, 1881. It Is !, stipulated that he make resti- ] tuition of public funds as soon as J his circumstances will permit, 7 and that he is not to engage in ', teaching profession that would Ibring him in contact with boys :, of the adolescent age.
 Tn reference to the frequent
 agitation that 50 per cent of the ] sale of seal skins should be al lotted to the Territory, a resi- ! cent of Interior Alaska writes ] to say that there has been no : actual revenue from the sale
 of seal pelts since 1925 He al- Ileges that the cost to the gov ] ernment fo r the catching of the ' seals and their disposition ex~ ceeds the revenue that is de-
 rived from this source.
 Early in May last some people I residing in the lower Yukon re- ! zion asked the Delegate to pre- ' sent their request to Commis- I sioner of Fisheries O'Malley for i the privilege of limited amount of fishing off the Yukon River. T It seems that the Commissioners i had been seriously considering ] recommending to the Secretary }, of Commerce that future regu- l, lations to be issued permit tE, ! Yukon River to be opened to
 king salmon fishing, allowing | 50 ,OO0 to 6O,OO0 to be taken, and
 J limiting operations to king : salmon gill nets, and limitin? the season to the time when the }. bulk of king salmon are run ming. Commissioners O'MalleS :. wrote a letter to this effect tc l, the Delegate, with permission tc l, give publicity. The Delegate then had 75 copies of this lettei i, printed and sent to persons who i might be interested, particular, ialong the Yukon River, and per l, sonally wrote OH each Do yo~' -lwant this?. Write me-Wicker- ,, sham" AS result some havi
 written favoring the opening ttof the mouth of the Yukon
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