Book Review
Sourdough Tales Told By Heinie Snider
A sourdough usually commands
an audience when he relates some
o? his experiences in the far North.
Each has his mode of expression
and added embellishments that
give zest to the related tale.
One such is Heinie Snider, one
time prospector, railroad worker,
inink raiser, homesteader, and for
me'- member of the territorial
House and Senate, a story teller of
high repute—an emigrant from
Holland who became an Alaskan
and hollowed out i place for him
self in Alaska’s legendary past.
Not everyone ^an meet Heinie
Snider in person, for one must go to
Wasilla where he and his wife are
living out their days on Lake Lu
cille. Second-best to meeting him
and hearing fritm his own lips the
many stories he can spin is to read
them. “So Was Alaska” by Heinie
Snider offers that opportunity. The
book, just recently off the press,
was printed in Anchorage. There
are few indeed who would not en
joy at least a few of the stories,
and relish acquaintance with some
of the women and men Heinie has
mel in a lifetime of backwoods oc
cupations in the early days.
Space doesn’t allow for more
than a quick skimming through its
pages. Here are a few of the titles
you will find: “The Calf With Two
Heads,” “When Yes Means No,”
“Stampede Mary,” “A Cadillac
Meets A Bear,” “Christmas On
Snag Creek,” “Gold Is Where You
Find It,” and “A Bear And His
Pioneer” pictorially traces the au
thor’s life while engaged in various
occupations in a colorful career,
ending with his visit to his home
land, Holland.
We’ll give you a sample of what
to expect from the following story,
“A Cadillac Meets A Bear”:
Jack Fabian, pioneer Alaskan
and known in the Matanauska Val
ley as Cadillac Jack, had an un
usual experience with a bear.
When automobiles first came
into use, to warn pedestrians, a
horn was attached to the side of
the car. On this horn was a rubber
ball. In order to make a noise— the
rubber ball had to be squeezed, but
you also had to open the door or
pull down part of the imitation
leather curtain to get at the horn.
This was to slow for Jack. He in
vented a contraption that was fixed
on top of the steering wheel. By
pressing it hard, or giving it a slap
with the hand, this horn made
enough noise, it seemed, to wake
up the dead.
Once, during the summer, Jack
took his prized Cadillac as far as
Fishhook Inn Roadhouse on the
way to a prospecting trip. He
parked the car and went inside the
roadhouse to have some refresh
ments.
Unbeknown to Jack or anyone
else, a bear smelling the grub, es
pecially the bacon, climbed in the
car. Looking and pawing around in
the Cadillac, he found lots of good
eats, helping himself to bacon, but
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ter, bread, sugar. He even opened
a few cans of milk.
After he had cleaned up the
grub, he was now ready to resume
his journey towards the Susitna
river, and maybe catch a salmon
or two. All this went on while Jack
and his friends were having a
“pow-wow.”
The party was interrupted by a
terrific noise coming from the Cad
illac, and when they looked out, the
bear was coming through the top
of the car as though he was shot
out of a cannon.
What apparently happened was
that Mr. bear, looking for a way
out, climbed on the steering wheel
—where the new gimmick-horn
was located. And when he sat
down—well, toot, toot, and out
came the bear, who took part of the
top of the car with him on the way
out. Before anyone could get a gun
to shoot him, he was out of sight.
Everyone agreed that never had
they seen a bear run so fast.
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the partnership of Shiela Has
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them to a practical test.
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according to World Book Encyc
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Hunters taking to the fields this
morning got the jump on other
waterfowl nimrods by two minutes,
but they had to quit two minutes
earlier. Below is a table of sunrise
and sunset hours for September.
Hunting is from one-half hour be
fore sunrise until sunset. Clip this
table for ready reference.
SUNRISE—SUNSET . ‘
SEPT. . Sunrise Sunset
2 .* ..'..'5:12 7:07
3 . 5:14 7:04
4 ..*. 5:16 7:01
5 .5:18 6:58
6 . 5:20 6:55
7 . 5:22 6:52
8 . 5:24 6:50
9 . 5:26 6:47
10 . 5:28 6:44
11 . 5:31 6:41
12 . 5:33 6:38
13 . 5:35 6:35
14 ;.. 5:37 6:33
15 . 5:39 6:30
16 . 5:41 6:27
17 5:43 6:24
18 5:45 6:21
19 '. 5:47 6.18
20 .. 5:50 6:16
91 ’. 5:52 6:13
9, ’. 5:55 6:10
23 5:57 6:07
24 ’' ’.. 5:59 6:04
95 ' ’. 6:01 6:01
06 6:03 5:59
07 6:05 5:56
28 ’ ^ ’. 6:07 5:53
29 6:09 5:51
30 6:11 * 5:48.
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HOW TO REMOVE JAWS
1. Cut back cheek of animal well beyond mouth opening.
2. Pull jaws apart until they separate.
3. Grasp back of lower jaw and pull free.
INFORMATION NEEDED
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2. Location of kill 4. Date of kill.
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