CHARGING BEAR FILMED BY.
NEW YORK SPORTSMAN
The explorations which wore car
ried on this summer in the- Rains
Pass district by William. N. .Beach
veteran sportsman - of • New - York
brought that oldtimer of the Alaska
hills into very close contact” with a
big, man-hunting grizzly, the first
bear which Mr. Beach1; had evei
caught,in the.act of .stalking, reports
the Anchorage Times. A movie cam
era was turned on the bear as it
stealthily approached the hunting
party and Mr. Beach ground out the
film until the. bear was within about
fifty feet of the camera, charging an
grily. At that juncture a. well-direct
ed* bullet put the animal on the
ground dead.
When first observed by Mr. Beach
and. his guides the bear was not more
than 200 feet distant, and realizing
that there was an exceptional oppor
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tunity to obtain movies of the animal,
Mr. Beach set his camera up and
began to wind the machine. The bear
stood straight up and scratched one
ear, as if trying to figure out what
was going on. At about that time
the camera choked and before it was
in operation again the bear had be
gun stalking the hunters, exactly as
hunters stalk a bear. When the bear
had approached sufficiently close to
mperil the party, one of the guides
turned the animal with a shot in the
shoulder, but the old fellow rallied
and had started to charge the camera
at close range when a second shot
ended the performance
Mr. Beach, in relating the experi
ence, said he felt safe enough, know*,
ing that his guides would not let the
, bear reach him, but admitted that he
was getting just a little bit nervous
as the furious'animal charged toward
him; The pictures will be rare ones
if they turn out well.
I Mr. Beach, .who has spent a dozen
! or more seasons in Alaska, hunting
and exploring, did not go into the
Rainy Pass country for game, and
1 the only animals shot, other than the
’ beaT-mentioned, were needed for
food. His purpose in making the trip
was ..to obtain information regarding
certain passes through the moun
tains. He had intended-going across
“jnto the Tonsona region, but weather
' conditions were not favorable, heavy
fains having filled the streams to
bperflowing.
■j The party went up the south fork
of the Kuskokwim river, went
Ihrough a,new pass into Ptarmigan
valley and did considerable exploring
in the Robin river section- Quite a
few sheep were seen, but they werq
in scattered bands and very easily
disturbed.. There was not much evi
dence of fur, but encouraging signs
were seen in the for mof birds.
Mr. Beach was cmducted by the
Alaska Guides, Andy Simmons being
in iharge of the party. Horses were
used for the trek through the hills,
but the return, to Anchorage was
made by boat..
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is a fixed policy of the Soviet gov
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Delgass was recently declared an
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his property confiscated because he
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“Russia presents an extraordinary
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being starved and impoverished by
the government in pursuing a fantas
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of the things they desperately need
in order to dump them abroad at
cheap prices as a means of creating
disorganization, discontent .and revo
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other aim is to obtain capital for -the;.
Soviet industrialization■,plan.”
IN A SOCIAL WAY
Mr. and MTS'. Warren Alford -en
tertained -a company- of friends at
dinner last ►Saturday evening. Their
guests included! ; John Griffin, Chris
Petersen, James -Downey, Mr., and
Mrs. Ivar Chilstrom, Arvid Repo,
Frank Larson,1 Mr. and Mrs. Joe}
Oates, Joseph and Freddie Oates. j
THE GRAPEFRUIT SUPPLY- !
In grapefruit production the United
States leads the world by such a wide
margin that we may almost consider
the grapefruit an America fruit. Sta
tistics quoted by the bureau of agri
culture economics, United States De
partment of Agriculture, show that
the United .States (including Porto
Rico) produces about 96 per cent of
the world supply. The Porto Rican
crop represents abqut 6 per cent of!
the world’s .supply, with the United j
States, principally Florida, growing
most of thei- rest of the crop. JaT
Frank1 X Guskey
Notary, Public \
McGrath,- Alaska
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FLAX,- ALASKA
Will be! in Flat Early
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Flat,
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Takotna,
McGrath,
Lower Kuskokwim,
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maica grows some grapefruit, and
South Africa iis getting into the busi
ness on* a'small. soale. Florida now
produces about six-sevenths of the
United States crop, California about
one-twelfth, Texas 6 per cent, and
Arizona 1 per cent. The indications
are that production will increase
greatly in the near future, because
only about b *3per cent of the trees
planted have come to bearing age. A
considerable increase is expected
from Texas, ..where there are many
more young •trees than there are
trees of bearing age.
II. C. Wattick, driving his own
team, was a* yesterday departure for
McGrath, on his way to Fairbanks,
where he will remain for a few days
and then proceed to the Outside.
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