I
"BOOTIES"
(The Little Things That Stic 1:).
HOOTS', TIE BEAR MASCOT Co#tiEi» ,ve;1^ hementado yesterday, to the great con
sternation of the Post, an 1 the serious economic disturbance of the Quarter
master Department, Eggs took a sudden drop,while Dan Morgan donated himself
a pair of wings,and left the locality rather hurriedly. "Mild Bill" Beitin
ger,of the company,late of Montana,proved hinsolf the hero of the day by
corraling the refractory laascot. Bill called lvis cowboy training into play
by means of strategy and the company hand-cart,backed niloot3" into a cor
ner, and dropped a noose over his head. The B*ar now knows that it doesn't
pay to fool with these Wild ‘Vest fellors.
TO CAPT.LGVHJG AN&LT.HALSEY
goes the honor of bagging the first bears of the
season.The Lieutenant, together with his Indian sunposting troops,gathered
in one 10-footer,and a smaller varmint,-both bro^rn bears* Cpat.Loving init
iated hinsolf into Alaskan'Life by dropping a good si2od black Bruin for the
fatal count, Pvi.PPice, of Co."F",annexed one big black lad,but,according to
the rest of the hunters,lost a b'ar that broke all records *or size,-a veri
table Grand-daidy of Alaskan bears. However,-as is the case with fish-the
biggest prise is usually the one that get3 away*
THE FISHING FLEET,.
’under Admiral R.eeves and Commodores Patch and Dunbar, re
port poor fishing,but they’re doing a lot of crabbing. No-we don’t mean the
talk variety, ire mean crabbing, -the sea kind. Capt, Reeves recently landed
a deep sea monster that measured all but 3 inches of 4 feet from tip to tip
of his tentacles, ana weighed 9*^- pounds,while Patch caught another crusta
cean of just about the 3ame size a couple of days leter* Cpl. Dunbar has
not yet broken into the limelight,but when he does,wo*11 tell you about it.
* Notes From The Hasury Exploring Expedition:
MS MAPPING OF HIE hELLS-JIAINES ROAD
is completed,and the plane table, protractor
and allidade hove been laid aside for Score Book,No.9 Oil,and Cleaning Pat
ches until after Target Season.
ON THE RETURN OF. '2IS-EXPEDITION
to civilization,one cf the Q. II. members asked
us "when the 'mulligan' would commence to run up the river?” He must think
that hereabouts is a Hobo's Paradise.
THE BIG GEESE, 'TING-TIRED AID '7EAEY,
can be seen nearly every day,flying low
up the Chilkat Valley,bour*d for the lakes "inside”. *
EVERY PLACE ONE LOOKS
one cun see all the animal a uhu birl3 in pairs, for this
is their period of ronn.no a-the meting season. 3o leave tho guns behind,
find trying to shoot them with a cnnern is the greatest' 3port nowadays*
Killing these bird3 and uiiinals now is not only unsportsmanlike,-but it's
against the law,-as is the shooting of trout,also. 1 Nuf Sod'l.
George *.ISu3ury,
Explorer - in - Chief