LOCAL AND |
i PERSONAL
! MENTION i
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The launch Pioneer left this morn
ing for Katalla.
The Admiral Watson is the next
boat from the south due here.
The steamship Alaska sailed this
morning at 5 o’clock for Seattle.
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A large number of young people en
joyed the excellent skating on Eyak
lake yesterday afternoon and last
night.
Deputy Marshal W. L. Fursman is
nursing a sprained wrist, having
slipped and fallen on an icy side
walk.
Oak Olson, who represents Schwa
backer Bros, of Seattle, is spending
a few days in town interviewing local
merchants.
Tomorrow is Armistice day, and will
be observed as a legal holiday in
many Alaska towns and throughout
the States.
T. D. Boyce, superintendent for the
Chilkat Oil Company, who spent the
past several days in town with his
family, returned today to Katalla.
This morning at 10 o'clock there ar
rived a baby girl at the home of R. V.
Watkins, cashier for the Kennecott
Copper Corporation at Kennecott.
The Red Cross drive closes today,
and if anybody lias been overlooked
by the committee soliciting member
ships they can enroll at the Northern
drug store.
Territorial Commissioner of Educa
tion L. 1). Henderson spent yesterday
in town on his return to Juneau, from
a visit to the westward schools. He
reports educational matters progress
ing favorably along the line of the
government railway, one new school
having recently been established. Mr.
Henderson was unable to visit Kodiak
and other islands points, but will
make a special trip to those sections
in the spring.
The billiard . tournament which
started at the Horseshoe on Saturday
night is attracting much interest
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among the lovers of that game. The
first contest was between Game and
Bogart, the former winning by a score
of 125 to 89. In the second game
Brock defeated Foster, the score be
ing 100 to 87. On Sunday afternoon
and evening the scores were as fol
lows: Stevenson 100, Crooker 58;
Kelly 100, Downing 84; Leach 112,
Mellison 78; Chase 80, Hartwig 78.
MORE MEMBERSHIPS
FOR THE RED CROSS
Mrs. A. Field and Mrs. J. B. Carlisle
report having secured the following
memberships to (.he third Red Cross
roll call:
Caleb Corser, Beatrice Corser,
Jeannette Corser, Catherine Corser,
Sig Mayer, H. P. Brown, Arthur II.
Pinkus, G. H. Lloyd, I. L. Basford,
Captain Johanson, C. B. Hern, L.
Blumtin, Joe Large, C. P. McCarthy,
J. E. 'Most, Curley Hansen, M. E. Hol
ben, Roy Lynch, Mrs. Sophia Scott,
George Scott, Mrs. Ruth Scott, Master
Billy Field, Archibald Field, Rose L.
Field, Mavis Alec Field, Abe Court
wright, R. J. DeLeo, Mary DeLeo,
Charles Foyston, P. L. Truckey, L. E.
Koch, R. E. Eisner, J. H. Sellen, G. A.
McDonald, D. L. Leaton, Mrs. B. O.
Graham, Ethel Graham, B. O. Graham,
Frank Burns, J. V. Lydick. Mrs. J. V.
Lydick. J. V. Lydick, Jr., Philip Ly
dick, D. C. Czerwenka, Mrs. R. W.
McCrary, Mrs. Burgon Miller, Mrs.
Esther O’Loughlen, Mrs. W. E. Down
ing, Mary Edelbrock, Bessie M. White,
Mary Bain Wright, Mrs. Blanche Sel
len, Guy R. Higginson, Patrick Tam
many, Mrs., Tammany, Miss Madeline
Buchanan, O. L. Larson, A Friend, A.
La Motte, Unknown, George Smith,
H. M. Olson. Oliver Dahl, A. Smith,
G. A. Betts, Mrs. A. Tlalt, A. Halt,
Marie Halt, A Friend, W. S. Newlin,
Mrs. John B. Carlyle, John B. Carlyle,
Brady Howard, Ivan Suphellen, Ed
ward F. Medley, Mrs. W. H. Lindig,
Charles A. Gaby, Mrs. A. A. Mitchell,
Charles J. Goodall, J. H. England, R.
B. Grimm, Oscar Leukuma, J. C. Hun
gerford, IJ. H. Kirk, Elmer Tite,
Charles Dehne, J. Dodge, R. J. Des
more, Gus Wilson, Will Date.
MASONIC MEETING
Special communication Mount Mc
Kinley Lodge No. 183, F. A. M.,
Tuesday, November 11, 1919, at 8. m.
Second degree. Visitors welcome.
EDWARD F. MEDLEY, W. M.
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SMALL GAME
IS PLENTIFUL
IN INTERIOR
Arrivals from the Interior report
that ptarmigan and grouse, which
once were so plentiful in that region,
; but which for the past four or five
years have seldom been seen in the
whole stretch of the Yukon valley and
those of its tributaries, are again mak
ing their appearance in enormous
quantities.
The phenomenon will have the ef
| feet of reviving the old controversy
as to what becomes of these game
: birds during these frequent intervals
of their disappearance from their ac
j customed haunts? The natives of the
I Interior have an explanation to the
1 effect that the ptarmigan and grouse,
as well as rabbits, are attacked by
disease once in seven years, and be
come almost extinct, and that because
of their marvelous fecundity they
again become numerous in a few more
years. But this theory hardly squares
itself with the fact that while last
year travelers reported that over dis
tances of hundreds of miles of terri
tory covered in their travels they
scarcely encountered a half dozen of
these birds and rodents, this
year in some sections they are appar
ently as numerous as ever.
It may be stated that the ptarmi
gan and grouse, even during the past
few years, have been as pumerous as
ever in the region south of the Yukon
delta, which is little frequented by
white men, but which is the habitat
of many Eskimos, in which vicinity
there is a Catholic mission. This re
gion, so far as known, is the only one
where the birds have been at all nu
merous since 1914. It is hardly likely,
however, that the birds could propa
gate in such quantities in this section
as to account for the millions of the
birds scattered all over the Interior.
The idea that the birds migrated to
some remote section of this continent,
or to the adjoining continent of Asia,
has been often put forth, but has been
scoffed at. It is not improbable that
this will be found to be the solution
of the mystery of the periodic disap
pearance of the birds.
The toothsome grouse and ptarmi
gan, and even the despised rabbit,
have played a prominent part in the
development of Interior mining I
camps, and it has been said of one j
prosperous mining city of the. Interior
that it “was built on ptarmigan." the
explanation being that the only l'resh
meat to be had during the construe- j
tion days was the flesh of that bird.
Many a prospector has subsisted on
ptarmigan, grouse and rabbit for ex- j
tensive periods, and carried on work j
that would have been impossible with
out this addition to his diet. The re
turn of the birds is not unlikely to
arouse more interest in prospect
ing, because of the lessened difficulty
of subsistence in the wilds.
Another effect that will be produced
by the reappearance of the small
game will be the impetus given to
the business of trapping. The furred
creatures which subsist on the small
game have been scarcer than ever
because of the disappearance of their I
prey. So desperate was the situation I
so far as the predatory animals was
concerned that lynx, usually a timid
creature, had been known to attack
and destroy large numbers of caribou
and reindeer, especially the fawns,
since the disappearance of the birds
and rabbits.
Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat- j
teries, all sizes. Blum-O’Neill Co. 3-tf
Best coffee in town at the City
Bakery. _^-6t
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
For SALE—Good Eats restaurant,
Apply Apartment 6, over postoffice,
during evening. 10-tf
WANTED—Odd jobs of all kinds. Ap
ply O. E. Osborne, Horseshoe. 7-4t
FOR RENT—Cabins. Apply to Chas.
Cerney. Phone 108—3 rings. 6-tf
FOR RENT—Three-room apartment,
now vacant. Apply at Hegg’s. 28-tf
LOST—A fountain pen. Call 175
3 rin^s.
FOUND—A gentleman’s kid glove, on
way from railroad station. Owner
can secure same at Times office.
FOR RENT—Single room, Hegg’s
building. Apply at store. 18-tf
APARTMENT FOR RENT—Inquire
of Charles J. Goodall. 19-tf [
FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT—
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FOR RENT—Furnished cabins. See J
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