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IUE NEW LICENSE TAX
The people of the interior
towns arc also taking up the matter
of the municipal tax ou itinerant
merchants, to which u e referred iu
our columns yesterday. According;
to toe dipping which we publish
beiow, taken '"rom the Fairbanks
i'juu-s e£ recent Uate, therev is au
erroneous impression iu the interior
as to the stand that will be takeu
by the Southeastern and South
western Alaska coast merchants on I
this ikeuse ux, it being stated by
K^orestutativj iXin Driscoll that |
tnev are indiiiereu' to the inroads
n.ad., on their business by these
* I
irresponsible dealers who, more
often tl'an not, are in the north [
a:mply US thj agents of some shady
Outside concern which desires to un
load us stock cf shoddy goods on
lae A1 iika public at a big figure '
without contiibuti:ig iu any manner
to the support of either the terri- '
f--ri.il or muaicioal governments.
Ti".it the merchants of the coast
are fully alive to the situation is
evidenced by the action that is j
shor.iv to b.- taken by the Juneau
my cO'incul aav' that will doubtless'
be t.'keu by the Skagway town
council _t the earliest moment af-'
ter the law becomes effective.
The Fairbanks Times says:
••Gladness filled the hearts of all
the merchants of Fairbanks yester
day when they read Lite communi
cation of Representative E. B. Col
lins, iu which he stated that the
legislature had passed a bill pro
AN AMIABLE BRUTE
The Black Bear Is the Happy
Hooligan of the Woods.
HE IS NOT A BIT FEROCIOUS.
This Much Maligned Animal Is Just a
Lazy, Playful Loafer That Avoids
Men and Fights or Works Only When
He Is Compelled to Do So.
The black bear Is neither ferocious
nor dangerous. Tlie most fitting name
I have ever heard given him Is the
Ilappy Hooligan of the Woods. He is
a lazy, playful loafer and has no evil
Intentions; but, like a shut-In boy or
a boy with a task to perform, he wants
company—does not know Just what to
do with himself.
The black bear has more human-like
traits than any other animal 1 know.
He Is a boy in disguise—will not work
long at anything unless at something
to produce mischief. Occasionally he
finds things dull and simply does not
know what to do with himself. lie is
happy co lucky, and taking thought of
the morrow Is not one of his troubles.
He is afraid of the grlzziy and avoids
man as though he were a pestilence.
He plans no harm. In other words,
the black bear is Just the opposite in
character of what he had loug beeu
thought and Is still almost universally
believed to be. A million writers aud
spoken stories have It that he is fero- '
clous—a wanton, cruel killer. He fights
or works only when compelled to do so. J
He Is the most plausible bluffer I
have ever seen. With hair bristling on |
the back, upper lip stuck forward aud
an ourush, with a rapid volley of ■
champing k-woof-f-fs, he appears ter- j
rlble. He pulls himself out of mauy
a predicament and obtains many au !
unearned morsel in this way. Most |
of his bluffs are for amusemeut He
will go fur out of his way fur the pur- [
pose o? running.
A black bear climbs a tree almost as
readily as a cat. and he climbs a small j
pole or a large tree with equal ease. 1
The grizzly does not climb trees, but |
the black bear, with its catlike fore- i
paws, can simply race up a tree trunk. |
Much of his time, both asleep and j
awake, is spend in tree tops. He might
almost be called a perching animal.
Like most animals the black bear has I
a local habitation. His territory is j
twenty or less miles In circumference, i
and in fhi" he Is born, lives and dies. |
In springtime he descends to feed on f:
the earliest wild gardens of the foot- j
hills. «
The black bear eats everything that |
vdiug a means whereby municipali
ties could place a license tax up
on, itinerant merchants. Yesterday
afternoon, Representative Dan JDris
coll gave some further information
refardmg thy bill, which is of iu
teii-st.
"IJefore leaving fur the coast
hist £01 the matter of passing a
law to place a license tax upon itin
erant merchauts was brought to
his attention, lie took the matter
up with one of the coast representa
tives and together they prepared the
bill which was introduced by the
Fairbanks man.
"O'.vino- to the fact that the mer
cuaMs i.long the coast do not car
rv i'uy great amount o£ stock like
ti.ev do iu the Interior, the people
at Juueau and other large coast
towns, objected to the territorial
license which was imposed upon
itinerant merchants by the first leg
islature. The coast people thought
itiuerant merchants worked no sreat
hardsh/.o on the local de;Uers, an.I
as the nublic gained materially,
they were opposed to putting them
to any disadvantage.
"For that'reason the matter was
left entirely to the city councils of
the various towns, and they may
e'tlu-r impose a license tax or not,
just as they see fit.
"That the Fairbanks council will
impose a license tax against itin
erant merchants is certain, as they
wisl to protect the merchants who
pay tho big taxes, and to protect
the municipality which receives eo
taxes on the big shipments of goods
that are brought in by itinerants.
i» edible. Though omnivorous, his food
is mainly that of a vegetarian. lie
digs out rich willow ami aspen roots
in tlio shallow and soft places and
tears up or digs out numerous plants
for their roots or tubers. Often he eats
grass and devours hundreds of Juicy
weeds. During autumn I have seen him
on the edges of snow tlelds and gla
ciers consuming thousands of unfor
tunate grasshoppers, flies and other in
sects there accumulated. lie is par
ticularly fond of ants—tears ant hills
and decaying logs to pieces and licks
up the ants as they come storming
forth to bite him. He tears hundreds
of n>tten logs and stumps to pieces for
grubs, ants and their eggs.
He freely eats honey, the bees and
their nests. He catches mice and of
ten amuses himself and makes a most
amusing and manlike spectacle by
chasing and catching grasshoppers.
He will devour carrion. In a fish coun
try he searches for fish and occasion
ally catches live ones, but he Is too
restless or shiftless to be a good fish
erman.
The black bear is or was found pret
ty well distributed over Xorth Ameri
ca. His color nnd activities vary some
what with the locality, this variation
being due perhaps to a difference of
climate and in the food supply.
The black bear has a well developed
brain and may be classed among the
alert animals of the wild. Its senses
are amazingly developed. They seem
to lie ever on duty.
Young black bears have good tem
pers and are playful In captivity, but
if teased or annoyed they become trou
blesome and even dangerous with age.
If thine enemy offend thee present
him with a black bear cub that has
been mistreated. He is an Intense,
high strung animal and. If subjected
to annoyances, teasing or occasional
cruelty, becomes revengeful and vin
dictive. Sometimes he will even look
for trouble and, once In a fight, has
the tenacity of a bulldog.
The black bear has never been pro
tected as a game animal. Through all
the seasons of the year, with gun and
dogs, the hunter is allowed to pursue
him. It would be well for a few years
to have a closed season on bears. As
he is verging on extinction and as he
gives to the wilds much of their spirit,
there ought to be a closed season to
protect this rollicking fellow of the
forest.
If I were asked to select the one em
blematic animal that best gives and
suggests the spirit and the spell of the
great outdoors I should select the
black bear.—Enos A. Mils in Saturday
Evening Post
Discouragement In a Laugh.
"Don't you always feel encouraged
when people lati^iT" asked the man at
the club of another, who had the repu
tnttog, of ha. after, diflnec speaker.
"Well," was iffe reply; 'Tohce pro
posed marriage to a girl, but it didn't
encourage lue when she merely laugh
ed."— Youkers Statesman.
A He always has a certain amount
of weight with those who wish to be
lieve it.—Rice.
How Many Years Left?
) If you want to know how many more
j years you aro likely to Uve—according
j to the law of average, that is—study
: the following formula: Take the figure
80. Deduct your present age. Two
thirds of the result will equal the num
ber of years you have to look for
ward to.
Lot us 6tippose, for example, that you
aro 2G. Take 20 from 80 and you have
54. Two-thirds of 54 equals 80, which
Is the answer.
Of course this formula Is only ap
proximate. It makes no allowance for
people who are already over 80—and a
man of SO has still live years to his
credit—nor does It differentiate be
tween the sexes, but In comparing its
| results with the actual figures which
have been worked out by statisticians
\t is very near the mark in all the ages
between 10 und 70, though the ladies
may take an additional couple of years,
their expectation of life averaging two
years more than that of men.—London
Answers.
Moon Signi.
The moon plays nn Important part In
sign telling. I know several old ladles
who regulate all their household af
fairs, aud even the conduct of life, by
this luminary. All kinds of weather
hang upon the changes of the moon.
| .Vs a matter of fact, you and I rather
| like to see the new moon over the right
! shoulder. To bo sure, we hare no faith
I !n the baneful lnilueuce of this sign.
| Still, It Is just as well to be cautious
| about offending her ladyship. Farmers
| study the shape of the new moon to
, determhio If the month Is to be wet or
I dry. The Indians used to say that
I If you could hang a powder horn upon
the curve of the new moon the month
| would be generally pleasant A circle
I about the moon means n storm ap
proaching. The number of stars wlth
| iu the circle tell *he number of days
I which will elapse before the storm be
gins. Farmers tell about planting corn
In tho old of the moon.—Margaret
| Woodward In Countryside Magazine;
Reforming a King.
j King Victor Emmanuel of Italy la
1 extremely democratic, and it was the
I remark of a workingman that first led
i him to _be so. Formerly be was_very
Phil Abrahams
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Tony Dortero
fSServ^aTnll^aTuoroWcirtol)^found
mixing among his people. One day,
however, he granted a private audlcnce
to a prominent workman. Ills majesty
discussed many subjects with his
guest. Including the tatter's work In a
glass factory.
At last the king hinted that he might
visit the factory himself one day, to
which the workman replied:
"Your people have been a very long
time without seeing your face, sire
except on stamps."
The king did not suy anything at the
time, but ho thought the man's words
over very carefully, and henceforth no
Italians had cause for complaint that
his majesty kept himself aloof from
them in the seclusion of his palace.
8wis« Have Mercantile Navy.
Long before Germany was to bo reck
oned with as a sea power Switzerland
possessed a fleet equipped for warfare.
Eight hundred years ago on all the
larger Swiss lakes armed galleys were
maintained by the rival cantons.
Skilled shipwrights had to be Import
ed from Genoa for tho construction of
these vessels, some of which carried
crews of 500 men. The largest Swiss
flotilla was maintained on tho lake of
Geneva when the Inhabitants of Ge
neva were at war with Savoy. Since
the neutrality of Switzerland has beeu
guaranteed by the powers there has
been no need for warships on the lakes.
Tho Swiss, however, possess a mercan
tile navy, which carries a conslderablo
amount of trade over the S42 miles of
navigable waterways In the republic.—
London Spectator.
What She Had She'd Hold.
It was the happiest moment of their
lives. lie had Just proposed, and she
had grab—er—accepted him.
Then he took a tiny leather case from
his pocket and slipped a sparkling cir
clet on her finger, while sho beamed
with pride.
"I'm afraid It's rather loose, darling,"
ho murmured. "Shall I take It back
and have It made smaller?"
The damsel shook her head decid
edly.
"No, Rupert," she said calmly. "An
engagement ring is an engagement
ring, even If I have to wear it around
my neck."—London Telegraph.
The Other Way.
A compositor once set up the word
"doughnut" so that it read "donut"
"Don't you know how to spell better
than that?" asked the foreman.
"Well," said the compositor thought
fully, "do you know it didn't look Just
right to me. I had a 'w' in there once
and took it out"—Kansas City Star.
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