MAVo MINi KTEXUIBIA
BEATEN I P BY GRIZZLY
BI T SHOWS GREAT GRIT
(Anchorage Times)
Victor G. Grant, former agent for
the mining recorder at Keno City, in
the sii-. v-lond camp of the Mayo dis
trict, writing from Keno to a friend
ip Anchorage, gives the following
graphic account of a battle between
an oldtime miner of the district,
Thomas Keating, and bear, in which
the miner won:
Thomas J. Keating, oldtime Klon
dike and Mayo district prospector, for
years resident of Keno, and a veteran
Of the trail of ’!>8, had a remarkable
encounter with a bear near Keno City
g few days ago. Keating had been
prospecting o nMt. Hinton, named
gfter the late Thomas Hinton, one
time mining recorder at Mayo, pio
peer of Keno and former comptroller J
(*f Yukon:
Keating had found a promising,
prospect on Mt. Hinton and left here '
for the place, 10 miles distant .yester- |
day morning, accompanied by Corp,,
Pan Askill„ of the Mounted Police,
to view the prospect. ‘‘Mac” luckily j
Jtad a .30 Springfield rifle with him,!
‘‘ hut Keating only a small ax. They;
hrrived at the find at 6;30 a. m., and |
while “Mac” remained at one point |
Keating moved some 1,000 feet, and j
i after Keating had stopped, what was
Mac’s horror to observe a large griz-:
sly bear sneaking up on Keating. Mac ;
Was unable to shoot for fear of hit
ting Keating, but started for the j
place. It seems that Keating, who is
partly deaf, could not hear Mac yell* j
ing to him, and the first thing he j
knew the bear swiped him a bad blow
on the leg, smashing it and throwing,
him to the grounld, and then mauled
him fearfully. All this time Mac was
hurrying, but on his arrival at the
Spot the bear had chased her cubs to
safety. They were two one-year-olds.
Mac found Keating in an awful
?hape, helpless and covered with
hlood. The bear had not only broken
his leg in two places but had torn his
Scalp down on his face, with two
gashes at the eyes, and torn his right
par and face, also bit his breast and
gashed his stomach. As Mac was
doing what he could for Keating the
victim said, “Look out, oldtimer, that
hear is sure to come back to finish
pie.” Mac, lookin gup, saw the heps
P short distance away coming toward
them, grpwling, Mac had no tiwe to
shoulder the rifle, but fired from the
hip, breaking the bear’s paw the first
Shot. Then another shot in the head,
pnd when only a few feet away right
between the eyes with another and
last shot, which finished the hear. The
bear fell at their feeta close call for
cd them. What a predicament
' for Mac, with a man helpless and ten
miles from assistance. All he could
| do was to make Keating as comfort
: able as he could on some moss, which
1 was between the sno wbanks, and
make a fire and hurry to Keno. By
‘ 10 a. m. sixteen of the Keno residents
to the scene of the accident and ar
rived there ht 1:30 p. m. They found
; Keating still conscious but nearly
frozen, as it is away up above timber
line. They found him in an awful
shape, his eyes closed with blood. A
couple more hours would have fin
ishedhim. They made fires with wood
! they carried with them and warmed
him up. He asked the boys, “Am I
worth saving or patching; if not, put
a bullet in me,” But the boys en
• com aged h.m as much as they could.
Then they placed him on a stretcher
i they had brought with them and, as
I Keating is a large man, .200 pounds
j weight, had their work cut out for
' them. They had two at each end and
| two in the center, and every five min
j utes had to change carriers. The road
; was over the roughest hill imagin
; able, full of rocks at the commence
I ment, and it took two men aheal all
i- the time, cutting out a trail. By 6
p. m, the relief party with the victim
had arrived at Hope gulch, where the
wagon from Keno met them with the
doctor who had arrived on a burry-up
call from Mayo, 40 miles distant. The
doctor was only able to give dope to
alleviate the man's suffering m»tij
they would reach the hospital at
Mayo, which was made in a truck
from Keno by midnight.
Where the real courage was s hown
was when Keating all that terrible
trip from Mt. Hinton to where the
wagon met them, gritted his* teeth
and never complained. When cross
ing the drink he asked for a drink of
water.
Readers of this tale, try to picture
to yourselves this man lying on an
exposed bleak high mountain for
eight hours and dreading the arrival
of grizzlys every minute, as grizzlys
are very plentiful there, and not a
murmur «of complaint. Very few per
sons could survive it. The relief
party had a hard time, and when they
got back to Keno about 10 p, m. were
completel yall in. Carrying a 200
pound man, and no grub with them.
They had no time to get any, as when
Mac got to Keno with the men they
rushed away en masse. All Yukoners
will go through, the paost desperate
trip to help each other.
McAskill, who is the popular cor
poral of the Mounted Police stationed
at Keno City, traveled fully fifty
miles yesterday over unbeaten trails.
Dan, as he is more popularly called,
is liked by every person here and is
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Alg INSURANCE ACT TO
MADE OBJECT OF TEST
(Anchorage Times.)
Attorney Harry F. Morton, who!
returned last evening from Fair
banks, confirms the report that a
temporary injunction was granted ini
the District Court for, the Fourth Di
vision of Alaska, at Fairbanks, by i
Judge E. Coke Hill, against the Ter- j
ritory of Alaska and all Territorial,
officials, as well as .the four United
States attorneys in Alaska, prohibit
ing the enforcement of the compul
sory aviation insurance law passed at
the last session of the Legislature.
The suit was filed by Wie n Air
ways of Alaska, Inc., Star Air Ser
vice, Inc., Gillam Airways, lac, Mc
Gee Airways, Reeve Airways, Hat
Browne Flying Service, Edward I.
Lerdahl, and Arctic Airways. It is
the contention of the plaintiffs that
the Territory is without jurisdiction
to enact such legislation, as the field
of commercial aviation in Aaska is
reserved for and occupied exclusively
by Congress, and that the require
ments of the act constitute an Inter
ference with and a burden upon inter
state air commerce.
By the air commerce act of 1 "26
Congress declared that the transpor
tation of persons annd property for
hire by airplanes within the Territory
of Alaska is interstate air commerce,
and it is upoq this provision that the
claims of the plaintiffs that the law
is void rests.
The injunnction will be in effect
until tiie action is tried. It is expect
ed that the main action will be heard
in the near future.
About three .or four weeks the
Anchorage postmaster informed air
plane mail carriers that no funds
were available to pay for airmail to
be taken from Anchorage t ©interior
points, since which time the McGee
Airways has been bringing the first
class mail from Anchorage gratis, a
courtesy highly appreciated here.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Stanley 3.
f^ichol returned to McGrath Sunday,
following .a vacation |>eriod of several
weeks op (the Outside, during which
he visited ?his another anjl other rela
tives in §an Francisco and other parts
of Southern .California.
Manager—You .ask high wages for
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Applicant—-But it is so modi harder
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Kills. Coyote Near Anchorage.
Anchorage Times: Don Peterson, |
yottng -am 'of -^Ghauneey Peterson,
while driving a car; around the Loop
road ’Saturday night, rounded a betid
suddehly to see a coyote standing in
the midSfe df the road.' >Don stepped
on .the gas *nd ,.headed straight'jfor
the coyote, and struck him full force i
head on. The coyote‘ was killed as j
dead as a door nail. Picking up the !
rarcas, Don brought it back' to town, j
and is entitled to,.a $15 ^bounty.
In the Probate’’Court for the.. TosSri
tory -of Alaska, Jk»urthr'Hdy=sii#n
Mount MdK liilcy Precufct. .
In the' matteer of the Estate <vwf
Jdhn Griffin, deceased. Nv.JS.
No tier of Hearing
Frank JL <Juskey,,'.adnrimfitrator M
the above entitled estate, hsvi*r
August 1, 1933, filed in the above en
titled count and cause/Ms petition for
the (determination .of heirship and for
partial distribution..of the aasfets of
the said estate;
Notice is’herebygrvefi to all per
sons interested in'said-oktate’that'xthe
Court ihas fixad Monday, October.. 2nd,
1933, as the time, and the Office on
the Probate Sludge aforesaid; at' Mc
Grath. Alaska, as the place, when and'
-where the said -petition.wiliHbe heard.’
And aO persons interested in said
estate aad having apy objections -to
the said petition are hereby admon-;1
ished to be and appear at the timcfe
and iplace. aforesaid, and/ to file‘ their >,
objections thereto in writing and pre-'
sent .the same to this .Court. ^
And all persons claiming to" be ‘the
heirs .at law of the said decedent ard\
hereby required to present their :
claims at the time and. places afore^
said. $
Date dat McGrath, Alaska, Ajjgusfc,,
£, 1933. h
(Seal) <Signed) FRED KING, -
(34) Probate Judge. .,
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I.OKJTICE TO CREDITORS
In:.nthdJ;Pbobate Court at Kalskag,
i'-uskokr- in Precinct, Fourth divi- ;
;»ioni^c >1ritpry . of Alaska, before
Gegcge I*or»an, United States Com
. ininsrorer; tand ex-officio Probate
^Jyige.
: Jahfc'i*;atUtt«r of the estate of Ora *
•BatoW^rt; deceased.
Kcdic % ifcehereby given that the un
dyrsi-t»rie(fc; nas been du:y appointed
s lini'vnfrdfcr of the estate of Ora
Batadrt^r^df Stony Point,; Kuskokwiro
Prewtict.cd^ceaied. •
viAJ^viwa'sons dmving claims against
faids&iate aree required to present
tham.dEUjily-’verified, with "proper
vofteP*re‘ axthcfted, to the under
r.'snpd* at. McGrath, Alaska, within *
six„{6^ months from the date of this
notice.
.Dated McGrath,. Alaska, July 13,
1933.
J. I. WILLS,
Administrator.
First pub. July 16; last Aug. 12 33 *
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