The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
Town Gossip and Stories
5, The TattIer.

bt me GatreII Nobody in he world Is Sound would now deny that Sleeper Jim Gafrell Is a sound
 sleeper For nobody iu the whole world will deny that the man k 1ound sleeper who cal peacefully dream while hls trous- CTS pockets. immediately at the head of his bed and but a few incLes from where he Is lying in repose are being rifled. But that's what Happened to Jim.
 Jim sleeps aboard his little gaso- line boat. the Columbus. with which he is preparing to leave for the Toloyana country shortly He went 10 bed on the night in question as usual, not dreaming that any at- tempt would be made to rob him However. he was mistaken For when he woke up next morning it aS SOIlt lldl lS d poht toilldlil ing S90 was missing
 The police are, of course, working on the case but so far without d clew, as far as can be learned This ls not tEc first time that like ,ricN has been pulled off by sneak [ lei maybe the same one, as Capt Flannigan lost a sum of money of the Atlas last year in the same manner
 Joys Of several young men in Motor town are the owners ot Cycling. motorcycles. And with
 them they have great fun, being able 10 get around pretty much all over the country, when ever there happens to be a road for them to travel on. They travel in pairs most of the time and are therefore able to help each other whenever one machine happens to break down. but occasionally one of them gets away off out in the woods somewhere alone, and then has to push his machine into town.
 Howard Logan had just such an experience one evening last week He was about three miles from town when the inner tube of one of his tires went to pieces on him. Leay- ing the machine where 1t broke down he came 10 town on foot 10 get another inner tube and took ;t back out on a borrowed bicycle, in tending to put his machine in shape and bring both 1t and the bicycle back to town.
 He made the trip all right, but burst the second inner tube after he had put it in. He therefore had to walk 10 town, pushing the motor cycle, and he also had to return 10 the scene of the wreck the next morning on foot and bring the bi- cycle to town
 Perusse George Perusse, who Gets Leg olhciates as chauffeur Pulled. on the Panama Valley
 railroad auto car was the chief actor in leg pulling match which took place at Chatanika one day last week, according to word received in town. And his leg was pulled good and hard if all reports are correct.
 But George needed his leg pulled. on account of the fact that he had a knee out of joint As he stepped from the car to the ground his foot slipped and his kne became disjoint- ed Therefore when about eight people. more or less, got on each end of him and began to pull he felt some relief He experienced no i'll effects other than a slight soreness. which keeps him limping a little. Bear Story This is Tolovana bear From The story and one which will 1olovana. bear relating. IL con
 cerns the experience Of Ben Falls. well known character of the creeks, and a member of the Bruin family It is best told in the language of the Tolovana core spondent of The Citizen and is as follows:
 Ben Falls came to town from his Ruth lay few night ago, via Iil' liam creek Ben is slightly deaf and impervious 10 usual noises. As he approached town, coming up the left limit of Livengood creek, a couple of dogs rushed up from Dis covery cabin and made great to-do Returning back few steps Ben saw three dogs instead of TWO. then his vision cleared and what he saw was bear sitting down between ,wo dogs, his head working from side to side on his abbreviated neck but keeping business eye on Ben whom it had been following Ben legged it for town, but by the time he had collected a posse with guns the bear had thought it over ard back-tracked for Lillian and safety
 Teddy Hudson killed a bear or