*Kther bear resents ef
forts TO CAPTURE HER CUBS
(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
warlike tactics of a mother!
•Black bear who was doing her best to
**ise a family of four cubs caused
strategy of two mer. who had
anade up their minds to catch a cub
8° ^wry and almost brought the i
mwmpaign down to*the hand-to-hand
ullage, when help arrived in the nick
time.
^They arrived in Fairbanks last eve
ining .with the cub and a story.
The story started when Dick Calla
^nan came in with a report that he had
meen a mother and four cubs north of
IRichardson. He was scoffed at at
ifirst, for while she bears were known
fto be of maternal disposition they are
mot in the habit of having quartets.
3t was finally,decided that two of the
<cobs .had lost their own mother and
®**d joined the other family.
l^ow the scene shifts to the place
^where the bears were gamboling
'when Callahan passed. Shortly after
Wrards Harold Holbrook and a com
lpanio :ndrove up. The companion re
mains unidentified to all except Hol
Ibrodk to this hour, his movements
jfrom the time the cubs were sighted
Ibeing so rapid that no one was able
tto -recognize him.
The cubs were playing near the
voad, bpt the mother was not to be
taeen, so'it was decided to catch a cub
tfor a pet. The cubs were not of the
!»nie notion, however, for two of
tthe mtook to the woods and the other
vtwo clinibed a tree. Holbrook’s com
ipanion shinned up the tree with the
i light of victory shining in .his eyes,
and Holbrook remained on the
jground.
'"‘•When the “unknown” reached an
:advantageous position he leaned down
ito speak to Holbrook, but saw instead
4the mother bear testing her claws
jpreparatory to -doing a bit of climb
ing herself. In .an incredibly short
.'space of time, so the story goes, Hol
ibrodk had reached the auto and
farmed himself with the only .available
weapon, a small hammer.
Prom then on events moved rapid
?ly. The bear would start to climb i
tthe tree when Holbrook would ap-:
Tproach and direct attention to him
:self by shouting. The bear would:
«ch%se hi mback toward the car and;
would then return to the tree, where
tthe cubs and the woud-bec apturer
watched with keen interest.
No exact count was made of the:
mumber of ‘times this happened, butj
tthe bear was showing less of a dis-j
^position to .chase Holbrook and more:
<of a desire to climb the tree when
iMarion Ralph and Harold Smith!
drove up.
In their car was a rifle, and they!
went into front-line action immedi
ately. They sent the mother bear
running with a few shots in the air1
and then approached the tree, from
which Holbrook’s companion was de
scend in gin a more cheerful mood
than , he had been a few moments be
fore.
A council of war was had and it
was ^decided to bring the cubs down
by shaking the tree. The plan was a
flat failure, however, for one cub
scampered off”when he was brought
down, and the other clung tightly to
his perch.
An axe was then brought into play,
and when the tree had been cut down
Smith, a former football player, made
a flyin gtackle,. landing squarely on
the cub. ’Round and ’rsound they
went. The witnesses of the struggle
report that Smith got in as many
bites as the cub, but the latter had
the advantage>x>f his claws:
“Do you want me to help yon hold
him?” one of them asked.
“Help—help him to quit holding
me,” panted Smith.
Finally the cub was subdued, load
ed into the auto and brought to town.
Today he may be seen in all his feroc
ity at the Alaska Steamship Company
office.
ADVANCES PLAN .FOE EN
FORCING PROHIBITION LAW
WASHINGTON, June 25.—Calling
for the “facts and a square, effective
prohibition enforcement showdown,”
with a view to more effective prohi
bition enforcement, Wade Ellis, as
sistant attorney -general during -the
Taft administration, advanced the
proposal that federal funds for pro
hibition enforcement be withheld
from states not co-operating in up
holding dry laws.
Ellis believes the plan would in
spire “a greater sense of personal
and local responsibility under the con
current power for. enforcement grant
ed in the Eignteentth amendment and
would have a nimmediate and elec
trical effect al lover the country.
“It means that where , the people of
any state show by legislation or by
their actions they want '^bootleggers
and saloon government, let them en
joy the company of their choice. Al
most immediately, or as soon'as they
realize the choice is squarely up to
them they" would set about to solve it.
“They would face two solutions—
first, to try to induce others to join
them i na nattempt to repeal the
Eighteenth amendment, and, second,
findin gthe other states-would not re
peal the amendment, and finding
themselves in the clutches of outlaw:
they could not regulate, they would
conclude to enforce the constitution.”
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F. C. H. SPENCER
Successors to Northern 'Commercial Co. At
Takotna, Alaska
Merchandise
WEDDING BELLS.
Wedding bells rang at McGrath a
few evenings ago, when John P. Tay
lor, well known operator in chaige of
the Takotna radio station, and Mrs.
Ada M. Simpson were united in the
bonds of matrimony, the ceremony
being performed by Judge W. T. Yan
derpool in the presence of a number
of friends. Mrs. J. H. Hubbard, of
McGrath, attended the bride, while A.
X. Grant was at the side of the
groom. .
Mrs. Simpson, the bride elect,, for
merly of Seward,, had arrived in Ta
kotna only a few hours before, hav
ing come via Anchorage- Air Trans
port plane. Also, accompanying Mrs.
Simpson were her .two daughters,
Grace and Bettie.’age 8 and'6 years,
respectively.
Mr. Taylor and his bride-to-be and
A. X. Grant took airplane: at 6:30 p.
! m. for McGrath, landing there: a few
minutes later. The wedding service
came about 9 p. m., following which
came a pleasant dance at the Mc
Grath Roadhouse and luncheon at the
midnight hour, after which the newly
weds- again*. too knirplane fo r Ta
kotna, arriving here about 1:30 a. m.
The celebration of the ceremony.at
McGrath .vas made possible through
the courteous efforts of Frank J. Gus
: key, N. C. Co. manager at McGrath,
i and Frank Dor band t, pilot of the A-n
: chorage Air Transport, to both of
j whom appreciation is . hereby ac
i knowledged.
• On the evening following their re
turn here Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were
I honor guests at a pretty reception
and dinner ..tendered by MrsJ D. E.
Clough. Seated at dinner were: Mr.
i and Mrs. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs, Carl
Lottsfeldt, Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Brink,-Mr. and Mrs. Clouigh, .A. .X.
i Grant, the Misses Margaret Clough,
| Grace ahd Betty Tayior.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Peter Davey, his..heirs .and. as
and assigns:
You, and each of you,; are hereby
notified that I, -the undersigned, your
co-owner, ..have expended lin Jabor and
improvements the sum of not .less
than one hundred, dollars fior .the
years 1321, 1922.J 1923. .1924, 1925,
1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929 upon placer
mining claim No. 3 Above Discovery
on Esperanto creek, a tributary of
Madison creek, in the Innoko Mining
and. Recording Precinct, Foarth .divi
sion, Territory of Alaska, in order, to
hold said claim under the. .provisions
, of .Section. 2324 of the Revised Stat
utes of the United . Staes -and . the
amendments thereto concerning an
nual ..labor upon mining claims, being
the. amount required to hold said min
ing claim for .the period June 30,
1930.
And if, within, ninety days after the
publication «of .this notice, you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion
of said . expenditure,. as well as the
cost of recording the same, and the
costs of this advertisement, your in
terest in said claim will become the
prpperty of the undersigned, your co
owner, who has made the required
[ expenditures under the terms of said
l Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States.
JOHN KRIEGER,
Co-Owner.
First publication May 4, 1929; last
I Aug. 2, 1929. _
Frank J. Guskey
.Notary Public ?
j
McGrath, Alaska j
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A reformer states that if Germany
drank nothing but water she could I
pay what she owes. And if the Allies -
drank nothing but water they I
wouldn’ need to press the debt.—At
lanta Constitution.
We just want to live another year
or two, to see if they will padlock a
Congressman.—Detroit News.
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