HEARS SEEM TO BE PLENTI
FUL IN VARIOUS SECTIONS
A. H. Twitchell, who returned here
a couple «f days ago from his head
quarters over at the head of the
Djtna, reports that bears are quite
numerous over in that section and are
•doing most destructive work wher
ever and whenever it is possible for
them to do so. Just before Mr. Twit
•chell arrived at his camp two bears
had killed three of the reindeer herd
sind then struck out for other parts,
according to Mr. Fowler, partner of
Air. Twitchell, whe was at headquar
tters during the latter’s absence. On
i» prior occasion Mr. Fowler had re
turned to his home just in time to
tfind another bear hard at work on
•the inside of the cabin. Mr. Fowler,
after making the discovery, ran
around to a window at the side of the
house, the object of this move being
•to drivet he bear out of the door and
thereby save the windows. It was
•upon his mind to shoot the bear; then
Ihe had another thought, namely, that
Ihis gun was inside the cabin with the
Ibear. The bear, on entering the
•cabin, had tom away most of the
iscreen door, then by pressure forced
•the inside door. Mr. Bear was in the
imidst of his feasting at the moment
tthe owner appeared on the scene.
Waited in its gastronomic operations,
tthe bear made its getaway through
tthe door .and went on its way. Then,
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when Mr. Fowler secured his gun,
thinking to do a lit tie deadly work
himself, he ran up against a little
more trouble. Aiming at the bear
and pulling the trigger, there was
only a snap; ether trials resulted
ditto. The bear by thi stime was on
its way to other parts; it had had an
other lucky <day. During its brief oc
cupation of the cabin it had gotten
away with almost a dab of bacon, a
quantity of flour a batch of sour
dough and other things to its liking;
had consumed largely «jtf a keg of ber
ries in a juicy state, which the bear
had overturned, ithe footprints of
which were visible al :lover the cabin.
John Rieck, after being away for a
few hours, returned to his Ganes
( creek camp only to find his tent shat
: tered and torn, much of his grub
! either consumed or scattered so as to
j be useless, aside from which a .moose
1 skin robe, a part of his bedding, had
i been carried away. Yes, "he came to
i town.
j Out at Yankee, in the vicinity of
* the Higgins -dredge, is the camping
! ground of another member of this so
called “harnfless” species This fel
low must have been touched fby some
unfriendly "bullet or else .made con
nection with a trap at some time in
the past, for his trails indicate that
be travels on only two front and one
hind leg. He seemingly has a great
liking for hotcakes as prepared by
.Mrs. Higgins, for which of course no
one can blame him, and of which be
has carried away a few at a time on
bis several peregrinations. It is not
probable that, he will occupy a den
during the coming winter. It is said,
in fact, that bis days are numbered
nnd that the last one is not far off.
BAMBINO DEMPSEY STAGES
A COMEBACK AT RENO, NEV..
RENO, Aug. 20.—-After an ab
sence of four years from the ring,
Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight
champion of the world, staged ta
comdback here last night in an exhi
bition bout with Jack Beasley, of
Oakland.
The boxers put on a real exhibition
of the manly ant in the first round,
but in the second round the Bambino
got into bis oM fighting stride and
put his opponent down for the count.
It was apparent to the crowd that
Beasley was very much out of place
in the ring with the former cham
pion.
TJ. S. Commissioner W. T. Vander
pool arrived a coupde of days ago for
a brief visit here, during which he is
giving attention *o business affairs
pertaining to this -Office.
NUGGET ROADHOUSE
AND BAKBRY
Best of .Meals and Beds.
Eveiyone Welcome.
Good Dog Bams.
Mrs. John Sleek : Prop.
Takotna General Store
TAKOTNA, ALASKA
We shall continue to handle a Com
plete Stock of Merchandise.
PROMPT SERVICE” b Oar Motto
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
HEAD RUNS UP AGAINST
ALASKA’S BONE DRY LAW
(Anchorage Times.)
That General W. W. Atterbury,
president of the Pennsylvania rail
road system and former Republican
national committeeman far Pennsyl
vania, ran afoul of the Alaska bone
dry law in Ketchikan and came off
second best, losing the store of al
coholic liquors from,his private yacht
on which he was cruising Alaska
waters, according to >a report received
at Juneau.
United States customs ■ officers
seized the store, including: a small
amount cff rye vfhisfey .and cham
pagne, and destroyed (it.
Under Federal .statutes vessels op
erating even in American .waters are
permitted -a certain .amount of liquor
for ships’ use. General Atterbury also
had a permit from Amos Woodcock,
Federal Prohibition Director and in
charge of national forces ,af the pro
hibition unit of the Department of
Justice, to carry it Aboard 'bis yacht.
But th'is permit, .apparently, ums
without value in Alaska. It runs con
trary to the Alaska bone 'dry law,
which prohibits possession in . any
form. "There was 'nothing lor our
.agents to do but ‘make the seizure un
der the circumstances,” M. S. Whit
tier, assistant collector of customs,
e5qdained, in 'Confirming the unofficial
reports of the affair. He said he did
not know the exact,amount of liquor
sensed, as-no detailed.report bad .been
received.
Ain unofficial private report receiv
ed from reliable sources said there
were 13 quarts of champagne, some
rye, bourbon and other whiskies and
sherry wine.
MARY WEIR VANDERBILT
DIVORCED FROM CORNELIUS
RENO—Mary Weir Vanderbilt was
granted a divorce today from Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Jr. She charged
cruelty, and her husband did not even
take .the trouble of appearing in
court. It is stated that he had. previ
ously agreed to pay her alimony in
excess of $500 a month.
The Vanderbilts separated in June
when Cornelius went gunning with
an en\pty revolver for Refer Amo,
an artist.
Mistress—3 hope yon are truthful,
Jane. « .
New Maid—-I am on my own ac
count, ma’am. Ionly’tell lies to call
ers for the family.—Answers.
NOTICE.
To Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that I, the
undersigned, will not be responsible
for any debts incurred or contracted
by Mrs. Ivar (Helen) Chilstrom.
Takotna, Alaska, Aug. 29, 1331.
IVAR CHILSTROM.
Going Way Down.
"What is meant t>y descending to
personalities ? ”
"Talking about a man’s feet.”
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In the Probate Court for 'NUfcrto Pre- j
cinct, at Rbby, Foutthr Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska, before
William N. Grow den, , Probate
Judge.
In the matter bf the "Estate i of
Thomas Garneau, deceased.
No. 16.
Notice. of Settlement of >. Final Ac
Account.
'Notice is> hereby given ithat Edwin
Wilkinson, Administrator of the es
tate of Thomas Garneau, deceased,
has rendered and presented for settle
ment and filed in above court the
Inal account of ; hiai administration of
said.estate; .and that Thursday, Sep
tember 17, 1931, at the hour of ‘. 2
o’clock in !the afternoon, has been set
by said Court as the time of hearing,
atwhifeh time • and place any person
interested in said .estate may appear
and file exceptions in writing to said
account and contest same.
And. notice -is. further<given that
the above Court .will atlfchat time and
place adjudge, and . decree who are
heirs./and .distribnees. jbfr.saiid estate, {
and on or before said date any per
son or corporation may file their
claims of heirship .of said deceased.
EDWIN WILKINSON, > -i
Administrator. *,
First pnb. Aug. 15; last Sep. 12.
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wife. Reasonable teams to
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t
in the Probate' Court 'for* Gtter Pre
cinct, Fourth 'Division of Alaska,
blithe matter of the Eatate-of Wayme
Wroten, deceased.
No. ->69.
Notice of Hearing fob Final Account.
Nottse-iA hereby given that the ad
ministrator .of the above estate has
filed his, final report'sin Ithe Probate
Court above named'ahd that said re
port will beh faeardUbefore the skid
Probate Court fof) Gtter Precinct, at
Flat/. Alaska, son Mohday, the 30th
day of November, 1931, at 2 o’clock
p.~m. of.said day, at-which time and
place all persons" interested may ap
pear alxltehow rcaope,. if any they
have, why said reporthshould .snot he
approved .and confirmed.
THOS.fM. GARLAND,
.Administrator.
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