JUT AND AGILITY
SHE INTERIOR PIONEER
FROM CHARGING MOOSE
How a cow moose charged Jack
Nixon, well known pioneer of Nix
on’s Fork in the upper Kusko
wim and how his life was saved
nee by accident and after that
y his agility was told in detail
>y the Fairbanks News-Miner.
The experience occurred last
•■•all when Mr. Nixon was mush
ng out from the Kuskokwim.
Snow had already fallen when
he started out. He w'as walking
along with a pack and snowshoes
on his back and was crossing a
stream covered with shell ice when
he heard a snort behind him and
turning, saw a moose charging at
him at full speed. He started to
.nn, but weighted down by his
'ick he was making slow time
len he suddenly slipped and fell,
clase was the moose to him
it she went clear over him.
vtr. Nixon gained his feet and
de for a clump of brush, his
imate destination being the
gest tree in the vicinity. The
)ose had been unable to check
i speed after passing over Mr.
ixon and he had reached the
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brush when it turned to charge
him again. When it was nearly
upon him he darted to one side
and throwing away his pack made
for the tree at his best speed.
Again the moose slid along the
ice for some distance before com
ing to a stop. By that time Mr.
Nixon had started to climb the
tree. It looked weak at the top,
however, and he did not venture
very high for fear that it would
break.
Once more the moose came up
on a dead run and could have im
paled Mr. Nixon on its horns but
it seemed to be afraid of crashing
against the tree.
The miner believed he was in for
a long seige on his precarious
perch. The moose circled the tree
for long minutes and finally struck
off for the timber.
Mr. Nixon did not climb down
until it had disappeared from sight
and he was on the alert for a
long time after that. He is con
vinced that the moose would have
trampled him to death had it
cornered him.
TWO NEW EMPLOYEES
Two new men will shortly be
attached to the staff of the Sew
ard Machine Shop, Chas. Lech
ner, proprietor, announces, be
cause of the recent resignation of
Jack Shea and departure, next
Saturday, of Bob Manthey. Wires
are now being exchanged and
in due time names will be forth
coming.
Fish taken from Louisiana wat
ers were marketed for almost
$2,000,000 in 1930.
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KODIAK, the Home of the World’s Largest Bear
Wi»rlflvA record bear wai killed 5 Bailee from the town of Kodiak and me a ro red
IS feet 6 inches. THE GENUINE KODIAK BEAR (Ursos Middendorfn) A RE
ONLY "FOUND ON KODIAK ISLAND. THE GREAT ALASKA BROWN ^^EAR
(Urtras Gay.a) ARE FOUND ON THE ADJACENT MAINLAND AND PARTS
OF THE KENAI PENINSDLA
World’* record mooM, with
8 spread of 78^2 inches, wa«
taken on the Kenai Pen
insnls. SEWAKD i* the
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fasnoKR hasting grounds.
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LIVING UP TO NIL
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| FALLON, Nev., April 15, (A5)—
Turkeys were the most profitable
“crop” of Nevada last year, says
L. E. Cline, economist of the state
agricultural extension service.
Production methods, he says,
have reduced raising costs so the
gobbler can be sold near the prices
asked for chickens. This fact is ex
pected to result in increased tur
key consumption.
SEALED 200 MARTEN
Game Warden Sam O. White
sealed approximately 200 marten
skins at Alatna and a half doz
en beaver pelts he reported in the
Fairbanks News-Miner following
his return from there by airplane.
Close to 100 marten skins in stor
age remained unsealed because
owners were absent.
THE “FLYING PROSPECTOR”
The “Flying Prospector” of Fair
banks, who lost his Waco plane
recently in the Nabesna River dis
trict as the result of having been
compelled to make a landing on
a too-small lake when his fuel
j supply became exhausted, will be
flying again as soon as the snow
goes. He has made arrangements
with the Alaska Airways for the
Travelair ship which formerly be
longed to the Anchorage Transport
and he is now planning a pro
specting trip into the John River
country reports the Times.
MARTEN ARE SALVATION
Had it not been for the open
season on marten natives in the
Alatna River country would have
been in a bad plight this winter.
“The open season was their sal
vation,” Game Warden Sam O.
White said in the Fairbanks News
Miner. “Very few pelts of other
kinds have been caught. There are
a few fox and a few mink but
nowhere near the normal num
ber.”
$14,000 FOR MEMORIAL
A recent report of the Eielson
memorial fund chairman showed
a total of something more than
$14,000 collected and pledged. Of
the amount, the Alaska Railroad
belt, exclusive of Fairbanks, con
tributed $1,175, according to the
Anchorage Times.
Talkeetna was the scene of a
marriage recently when David St.
Lawrence and Emile Vanclef were
united in the bonds of matrimony,
says the Anchorage Times.
W. C. Erwin was appointed at
Tuesday’s meetng of the Seward
Chamber of Commerce to officiate
at the coming field meet between
the Seward and Jesse Lee schools.
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NOTICE
Applications will be received at
'the office of the City Clerk, up
| to the hour of 3 o'clock P. M.
Monday, April 20th, 1931. For the
following Municipal Offices, for
the ensuing year:
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For Office of City Health Of
ficer.
For Office of City Treasurer.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, April
14th, 1931.
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