The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-22

-7 many grizzly and brown bears Q. different species. It is estimated to contain about on half ol ever Of the grizzly and brown beal population of Alaska.
 It is an island which has beer practically uninhabited, and with out any commercial or agricultural developments. The Indian 1lams aHoctsinoo," which in Indian lang uage meant Fortress of the Griz- zly" shows that from time i'm memorial it has been the homo of the famous and magnificent bears of Alaska, and should bt retained as refuge for these animals which attracted more hunters and sportsmen to Alaska than any other specimen of game lin the territory. There is no ques- tion but that the brown bears to the westward ot the peninsula or Kodiak Island have been shot dowr to a vanishing point. Senator Wal colt, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Wild Life Resources who has made an exhaustive study cn the subject last summer 1T Alaska, is the authority for the following statement: .'If the griz- zly and brown bears are to bt saved in any proper number, Ad- miralty Island is the place
 Commercial Development
 It is proposed to develop wood pulp on Admiralty, Chicagoff, oi Baranof Islands under the SO called options given to MT. Cameron of the San Francisco Chronicle h appreciate as well as anyone ir Alaska, the great need for com mercial development not only in tht Juneau area, but in all parts oi Alaska. I understand the appea' that the possibilities of this devel- opnent would naturally make tc tn, residents, and I appreciate ths recruitment they might feel ii there was any interference witf this development, and I appreciate that no one, either resident ol outsider, should do anything tt stop the much needed commercial activities, particularly in this sec tion. without good reason.
 I do not believe there is any reason to interfere with this pre- ject. I believe that it can be done by eliminating Admiralty Island The reasons given by the Forestry Service for Admiralty is essential to fully complement and use al the water power in that area which might be made available by run ming wood pulp mills. This seems shortsighted. There is sufficient timber in the Juneau area to sup ply all the wood pulp that would be in demand from that area foi the next hundred years to come without touching stick of timber son Admiralty.
 Great Wood Pulp Area
 One must also appreciate that there is also a great wood pull area in the Southern section from Ketchikan up to within 15o mile' of Juneau, that is going to supply a great amount of wood pulp. x I believe that from a .practlca standpoint Admiralty could be elim mated from the wood pulp devel- opment, and still not take anything away fro mthe industrial activity II the Juneau area.
 There is one other ground cf which I wish to make this appea for Admiralty Island as a sane tuary or a national park. All wht may read this article realize tht ever-increasing number of tourist; that are coming not only from tht United States, but from all ovel the world to see the grandeurs O Alaska. It has been in recent year only that the numbes of touris visitors and sportsmen have showi an appreciable increase in spit of the fact that there has neve been proper amount of appeal t tourists and vacationists througl proper facilities. What little pub llicity there has been has been prin cipally by the railroads and steam ship lines.
 Consider what Alaska has t offer to the average tourist o vacationist who probably is finite to from three to five weeks vaca ton. If he comes from the east ern part of the United States wher great proportion come from, tw weeks are taken from his vacatio. for the travel across the continen
 which leaves but two or thre weeks at the most to visit Alaska
 Another four days is consumed b
 the steamer trip up to Junea
 which means ten days more take
 from his vacation, and that mean
 that the average man has only
 week to ten days left. It seems ths
 not ten per cent are able, becaus
 of time and expense, to go U
 north and visit Mt. McKinle
 National Park, the only nationi tpark in Alaska, and the only sim liar area with hotel facilities,