HUNTERS MAKE RECORD TIME
RUNNING FROM A DEAR
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Col. Andy Mulligan, who claims
Walla. Walla as his home, has always
been considered a good story teller
and his latest appearing in an east
ern paper concerning a hunting trip
which he took to Alaska in company
with Australian Jimmy Ryan, their
guide, and Indian Ous. The story fol
lows:
"We went north in search of big
game We landed at Seward. Alaska,
going out Into the wild regions where
the game abounds. Pitching our camp
we rested for the night. We were out
bright and early next morning. Ous
decided to hunt for the silver-tip fox
Their pelts are worth $1.000—so the
Indian was going after the money.
Ryan and I wanted big game, so we
took to the high mountains. We
caine across a track in the soft clay
that looked as If come one set a wash
tub down. That was the biggest ani
mal track I had ever seen Well, we
held a consulatlon, hut we were look
ing for large game, and from the size
of the footprint in the clay that sport
was big enough for any sportsman,
f'n up the hill we went after Rruin
with our rifles cocked. Coming to 1
within 100 yards of the summit stood
the bear. He looked like a nou.se
standing on the ridge. 1 was speech
less. Prodding Flynn with my rifle and
calling his atention to the giant ani
mal that stood in front of us, Jimmy
raised his rifle and blazed away, and.
to make matters sensational, lie struck
the hear, and here came bruin. He
(made it down to where we were in
two jumps, his big mouth open. It
|looked like the mouth of the Cascade
tunnel in the Cascade mountains that
the Northern Pacific runs through. A
small cliff of rocks stood in front of
us. and we lost no time in getting
under the little cliff The grizzly was
coming with such terrific speed h»
sailed over tis, and we were a couple
of busy sports working the levers of
our rifles and sending hot slugs In the
direction of the flying bear. He hit
about fifty feet down the hill from us.
rounding quick as a flash and starting
right for us. A stray bullet spiked one
of his front legs, which checked lits
speed, hut he was hurt and hound to
have revenge So on up the hill lie
came. We were a couple of excited
sports, bombarding the hear until we
run out of ammunition Then we took
it on the run for camp. Running down
|the mountain ileer trail a silver grey
| fox jumped out of some rock and ran
|down the trail ahead of me. I kicked
the fox out of my way and heat it to
the camp. tins had just come up with '
a couple of silver-tip foxes The In
dian’s eyes bulged out when he saw
me and he asked where ftyan was I
told him I didn't know. If he was
killed it was his own fault, as lie
started the row I told him we had a
tight with a brown grizzly bear fills
grabbed his rifle and I secured a new
supply of cartridges, and back up the
trail wo went. We came upon the!
belligerents Ttvan was about ten feat
I in front of the bear The grizzly was
I hopping along on three legs, snapping
at Jimmy every jump he took The
Indian threw his rifle to his shoulder
and drove three slugs Into bruin’s
brisket. The great hear raised up and
j pitched over dead in the trail We
.skinned It. and played the host of riOO 1
points at seven-up for the hide. I ;
won the pelt and have it on mv ranch I
on the Kureka flats, where it covers
the entire floor of a large room.
There were no arguments about the
speed merits of Australian Jimmy and
mn after that hear tight.’’
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ALASKA
RAILROAD MATTERS OUTSIDE
.lyst to show how th« sale of exist
ing railroads in Alaska is viewed out
side the following article from the
Seattle Star is enlightening:
The Copper River & Northwestern
Railroad crosses the Copper river on
a $2,000,000 steel bridge a short dis
tance below the Childs glacier. A
short distance Indeed! The north
prong of that ice river lias just ad
vanced 1,600 feet in a single year, and
at present is only 400 feet from the
bridge!
Another season's progress will
bring it to the abutments of that
man-reared structure and crush it like
a fly under the thumb of a blacksmith.
The railroad, if it wishes, can build a
new bridge 500 foot lower down. That
would cost another $2,000,000 and when
the lew How crossed the narrow inter
vening strip, away would go another
fortune.
Beyond that, topographical hind
rances stand in the way of any further
evasions of nature's mandate “Thou
•Shalt Not Enter Here.-’
Five miles up the river the railroad
encounters even a more serious oh*
stacle. For five and a half miles it
runs across the face of the Allen gla
cier— not in front of it, or along side of
it. but on top tile naked ice And Allen
Glacier has started a rapid advance.
The tracks are thrown frequent l> out
of aligumt-nl, and in short time, if the
tlow continues, trallic will he an im
possibility, repairs or reconstruction a
travesty.
tin the east side of the stream the
choice of alternative route is impos
sible by the towering eight-mile face
of Jltles glacier. And it, too, is ad
vancing.
The world’s great geologists believe i
in what is known as the i!ruehner|
theor.v of glacial retreat and advance.
Without going into the technical angles
of this hypothesis, be il said it holds
that sun spots and other t’aetars that
influence climate oscillate in years
swings of a milfoil and temperature
pendulum.
Nearly 40 years ago the glaciers in
Mil parts of the world began to melt 1
faster than they built up, and then to
retreat. This was due to a lessening ;
of the rail full and snowfall at their |
•sources.
For 30 years the retreat continued ]
A few years ago the pendulum swung ;
majestically, unmistakably, and now
the ice rivers are growing longer,
thicker, more terrible.
In just a few years the Child's and
til* Mile’s no doubt will be debouching
their swollen torrents of rock and ice
info one grinding mill over the very
right of way when tin* Morgans laid
their rails.
Xo wonder .1. I’ierpont. the younger,
wants to sell to easy going old I’nele
Sam.
WE CAN DO IT.
For first class work and prompt ds- |
livery phsns Main 151 and the People'*
Steam Laundry will call and get your
laundry.
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ALASKA NOTES
emporiums in Juneau to amply allow
ilv distinguished southerner to "wet
ois whistle." at least once in h while
In an article In the New York liven
ing 1’osl, Archdeacon Stuck, of Mount
McKinley fame, declares that the dis
charge of J. J. Crossley from the posi
tion of district attorney at Fairbanks
caused a "sinking of the heart.” The
archdeacon says Orossley's dismissal
was brought about by the "undesir
ables.”
According to a Seattle report. 250
men are to he employed this season in
tho Tokeen marble quarles, and the
output increased to 000,000 cubic feet
annually. This Alaskan marble is pro
nounced lhe finest in the world with
the exception of a certain grade of
Italian marble. The product of (he
quarry in already used us far easl as
Ohio.
A party of Standard Oil officials re
cently visited Southeastern Alaska and
selected a site for a big depot at Grin
dall bay, about 40 miles from Ketchi
kan and not far from the fishing sta
tion at Shakan. It is reported that the
Standard Oil will take over the town
site at Grindall bay and will establish
a large oil station there.
FRENCH CLAIM GERMANS
HAVE HAD 3.000.000 LOSS
PARIS.—An official note issued hy
tho French press bureau declares that
tho German losses since tho beginning
of hostilities in killed, wounded, sick,
and prisoners reaches tho enormous
total of 3,000,000 men. This calcula
tion is based on the known casualties
in ten German regiments.
AT THE NEW EAGLE.
Old Lewie Hunter Hy* and tha Fa
mous Athartan Bourbon whiakeya, Die
tilled epring 1904-1109, bought in bond
and reduced to 90 per oent by U. *■
government by the bottle or gallon.
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(From our Exchanges!
Peter Nelson, a !i-yea,r*old Ketchikan
hoy. survived an eperation for appendi
citis.
It is reported that the Union Oil
Company will enter the. Alaska field,
with a station at Ketchikan.
August Broderick, the gardener of
Garden Island, die t in a Fairbanks hos
pital of inUstinnl troubles.
James Fisher, a carpenter working
on the now Skagway dock, fe'.l and re
ceived serious Injuries by striking on
sharp rocks.
At Takutat, three Indiurs having;
built a smoko house on the government j
domain, now' seek to obtain title to
ISO acres of land.
in order to provide a war tax which j
is imperative, an increase in customs
duties of 7% per cent, has been added
to all imports into Canada.
Among the applicants for citizenship
at Judge Bunnell's court are Ocorgo
Casalagno, MaurllUo TSarbottlni and
Mike Marianovtch ,all of Fox.
Whitehorse people who have been
sleeping late all winter, will now be
snatched from slumber by the welcome
tooting of the shipyard whistle.
l»r. Hall Young, noted Alaskan
missionary, is in San Francisco, where
he will have charge of moving picture
lectures on Alaska during the expo
sition.
Home grown potatoes, the best in
the world, are selling at Knik for $3.50
per hundred pounds. Early Ohios,
Gold Coin or "Matanuskas” are among
the varieties offered.
Dr. Alfred Thompson. Yukon repre
sentative at Ottawa, has secured ap
propriations amounting m $353,000. Of
this, $100,000 is to ho spent for good
roads in the Territory.
George Rub lee has been appointed
counsel to the Alaska government rail
road commission and is now engaged
in examining the title of the owners of
the Alaska Northern railroad
Knik now has a commercial club
which came into existence to pave the
way for greater things which the mem
bers believe will come to the town as
the result of railroad activities.
The peopling of Alaska was like the
tiring of a shell from a cannon. The
gun was fired in Seattle, the shell
landed in Dawson, it exploded and
fragments scattered nil over.
James Rourk. section foreman at
Glacier, on the W. P. & Y'. R., found his
dogs engaged in a battle royal with
two wolves one night recently. He got
his gun and killed one of the Invaders.
News comes from Nulato that re
cently Miss Dent Pitka, known as the
“Bello of the Yukon," was married to
Fred Milligan, one of the best known
prospectors and miners of the interior.
Mrs. .1. B. Harriman lias decided to
build in the city of Seward, Alaska, a
library that will serve as a memorial to
William Henry Seward, the Secretary
of State who purchased the territory
from Russia.
■ f the report he true that the new
district attorney for the First division
is “dry” there should he consolation in
the fact that there are epcugh drink
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Tempenilure- Max 35, Min 34
Barometer- 29.96 inches
Weat her—Cloudy
Wind -South 17 miles per hour
Precipitation ,32 inch water
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