rr -rane.'BWP.■-a-tr-.-rz. _itv. r:.?'’g-ras arggJBi
opposition as lie could make would
not change the res lit in the least.
Mules and horses were in great de
mand just now, and the men would
take theirs without hesitation at
such a trifle as two lives.
The twelve mules loosened and ap
podiorcl among them,the bush
wh ickers turned their attention to
rifli g the freight of such things as
they care 1 lo tal e away.The rest was
set together i ito a more compact borlv
ready to depart. “What’ll we do with
these fellows,cap?’ ’asked one of the
me l. nodding toward Palmer and
Kipto tX;“shooteui?”--5.5. Times
Continued.
REINDEER CAMPS
Sanky Ncvvksick and Charley No
wclrun are new apprentices at the
No th River Herd.
In a recent storm the Bonanza herd
stampe ’e 1 to the Shaktolik herd,they
will he separated soon.
Moses Koutchuk, formerly of Un
alnkleet, now Chief herder at Hooper
Bay_was recently married.
All the herds are moving toward
their winter quarters in the hills.
Tim herders transferred their deer
front Golsovia to Pitmiktalik are well
sitiisfie l with the new feeding
gro uids. The herd numbers 508.
We we e very sorry to hear of the
sadden de ith of Franklin Moses of
St. Michael, who has for several years
bee 1 a familiar and highly respected
citizc 1 of the town. During the past
vea* he has been olicially connected
with the Y.M.C.A. of Alaska.
A moreobliging.ge tialyo mg man
was hard to find. To his 1 ereaved com
panion we extend onr deepest sym
pathy in this hour of grief.
WISE AND
OTHERWISE
Who is Tunkentell?
“Mamma,’’asked a little boy,
‘Who is Tunkentell?“I don’t
Qkknow,son, why do you ask?’
‘Cause when pa kissed the cook yes.
terday he said he loved her morr.e
Tunkentell.
Going Some.
‘Pete, did you ever hear how a bear
chaised me?’ ‘No,tell rs about it Jim
Well Sir! it happened in the mount
ains of Michigan one blistering hot
day in August. Brother Tom and 1
we e gathering blr.e henries on a
mouutain side. All at once we heard
the awfulest noise,and right up the sl
ope there came an old she bear tearing
down upon us. Her mouth open,teeth
s lapping,eyes flashing and foam fly
ing. Goodness gracious didn’t we run!
We just flew and that brute at our
heels.
I
The country was as level as a floor
and running simply grand. ‘Hold o i
oi l fellow I thot you said it was i:i
the mountains’ Dont get excited,Pete,
so it was,but that monster run us clear
out of the state. As 1 was about to
s .y we hit the grit good and proper
But she was slowly gaining ou us.
we could hear her snort at every
jump. At last we thot of the rive'
which was then froaen about enough
to hold us, but not the bear for she
was a whopper. .So we l eaded for it.
‘Ah Jim,what are you giving us?vou
said it was in August. ’So it was but
that bear chased us till late in the fall.
Dwyer and Steiuhauser carry
a very complete line of goods and at
a favorable price to the purchaser.