THE GHOST TOWN GAZETTE
CHITtNA
September 11,
1958
Publisher: Jo Wilson
AL AS KA
Harry Swank and Dr* Joe Shelton-,---of-Anchorage, came over on their*
usual sheep hunting trip with Wilson,Air Service and had their usual
goo& luck - two large rams* Doc Sheltons ram adeems to be nearly the 1^
tgc&t head from the Wrangel Range in many years with a base measurement
of 14 3/4 inches and a curl of 45 inches in spite of being broomed*:
{ This looks like it might be - the-Grand Daddy of them all.)
The Army managed to get the downed L-19 out of-the bush in* late w.
.. August in .spit© of the hard-luck and complications* The wihgs were
‘removed for this last attempt and it was safely transported by hele
copter to the Chitina Airport to be taken out by truck}
The ground crew in Chitina and Lower Tonsina had several complica
tions too* One of the drivers of-the' 3/4 ton truck unhappily lost,
his glasses arid while trying to retrieve them drove into the lake,
The truck was fished out with equipment. In the mean time another
truck mot a lovely Lincoln station wagon comming around a sharp curve
and the result was the loss of the whole side cf the Lincoln and a
beautiful cream colored stripe along the side of the truck.
The boys left- for Port Richardson as soon as the plane wa3 loaded in
the truck* Probably to avoid more complications, or perhaps they
were short on beer money,-.but then maybe Sgt. Seeley was afraid of
nervous breakdown* 1. __'
John Piper, our latest prospective Prospector, and probably future -
Alaskan, has put in the summer*-at-Wilsons Tebay Lakes Kesort, hold-”
J.ng down the camp and eating fish (like the rest of us Alaskans do).
^ " John -la- the -type-who is cool, oalm and-collected, '-but this ,?great
tribute, vanished for a brief moment’in “a confused state-*of gun- f ,
powder and grizzlyy The grizzly decided to come in for an early'
morning visit and perhaps -a- snack of.bacon, eggs and John, Piper
yelped like a mashed lynx and grabbed for his gun* The bear sensed
that he was not welcome at that early hour but decided to give it
- another try before giving it up to return at a more acceptable hour*
At this moment our subject fired hitting the bear in the shoulder.
The discouraged bear sot out at a fast pace-for the nearest brush
and wa*s immediately shot in the- rear, section which was no doubt very
anoying* John put on his boots and prepared for the stalk " Ohi
such a fate" to track a wounded grizzly. He carefully surveyed all
directions with each cautious step, About fifty feet into the brush
ho came upon the bear, it wa3 very dead.' John turned the skin and
skull over to the Pish and-Wildlife agent, Harry Pinkham who landed
- his float plane there the next day.
This bear was not mourned since it'was'decided,due to the color,
size and track, to be the boar that has been molesting the camps at
Tebay Lakes .and Hanagita Lake, and broke into a tent where Harley
King was sleeping on one black night last fall* Harley smiled\happill
at the, hide nailed on the wall. • r-, v’\
Bush pilot, Jack Wilson reports v
v ^t the moose seem to be increas
ing by leaps and bounds in this.
area* He has seen more bull moose
thi3 year than ever before and
claims the hunting is very good at
this time# .
Scientists in the remote future
: really, stir up a row by claiming1- ~
ou be '■’esc ended from man.