GAM BIER BAY JIM DEAD
“Medicine Man Dies”
(‘Gambier Bay Jim” last of
old “medicine men” or
<witch doctor” is dead. He
passed on to the land of the
unkncwn Qn the 10th of this
month. He buried at Taku
Village near Juneau.
Gambler Jim was of the
old school of Indians and rais
ed under a system of discip
line no longer followed. For
many years he was uncom
promising in his attitude to
ward the white settlers. He
claimed Gambier Bay as his
heritage and would not per
mit any one to fish beyond a
certain line. Those who in
sisted on fishing in this “clos
ed area” had their nets pulled
up until they made appeal to
the Bureau of Fisheries. Since
that time he gave way to the
tide of civilization which did
not s^top at his demand.
Jim had peculiar psychie
powers that were beyond the
comprehension and understand
ing of modern civilization in
Alaska. Such powers as were
demonstrated by him, if car
ried further would stump the
late magician Houdini. As a
man able to cure, many had no
faith in his powers. But as
a seer, he might have been a
credit to Juneau, that being
khe only town that has a for
tune teller taking in the shekels
from the gullible.—Petersburg
Alaskan.
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October 20, 1926.
Hon. W. L. Paul,
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Where Epidemics Come From
The worried father was cal
ling on the family ph
to ask for medical advice.
“Doctor,” he said, “my son
has scarlet fever, and he admit
he got it from kissing the
maid.”
The doctor shook his head.
“That’s bad,” he said.
“The worst of it is, I have
Kissed that girl myself,” he
father confessed, greatly agitat
ed.
By Jove, that s tough luck,
soothed the doctor.
“Now I’m afraid I’ve given
it to my wife for of course I
kiss her every morning before
going to work.”
“Good heavens!’’ cried the
doctor, “I, too will have it!”
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Building /
Phone 2602 Juneau
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