Douglas Island news., 1920-04-02
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 Tho Ancient Order ol Ancient Mariners was gathered around a hot atovo during che cold weather of th.a wook A number Of pretty ati1 varns wcrc told No one objected untn tho young man who is at Ono present time occupying tbe oaicc oi. Custodian Of Che Buu sprung Che following
 "it wm up In tho Cooks Inlet country u Che cul Of t9l1. , and my partner were out hunting moose for thc market on Ono Ch.ckaloon naa The weather was cold di- teen below m mct My partner and Ihad camp up thoro Ho saw moose signs and said he was so.ug to gct a mooac. Uc lcrt and got several miles rom camp whom hc saw a moose Hc shot him and skinned him.
 "By Che time hc had che moose skinned Dc saw chat hc could not roach camp before dark. go hc took Che moose hide and rolled up m t end went Go decp. He had Che hair side next Co him and was perfectly comfortable. although Ono thermom- ctcr was way below zero
 "Iu Che morning when my par.- nor did not show up , waited a couple of hours and llt out , fol- lowed his tracks to where ho had killed hc moose. Looking around ] found my partner rolled up iu che moose hide. He was perfectly com for,abic but for che fact chat che hide was frozen so suG lhat he wa. frozen u. released him. and che first thing be wanted was a c.gar- cite If ] had not followed up hs tau hero Is no doubt but that he would have been nolcu m tha, moose skin unul Che opening Qf nave leatIou ir che spring
 After tbIs story was told Che pre- .dcnt Of Che order dcr'orcd the teller out of order He said that thc story was an right and perfectly p'ous ble except for Che fact that Che man upon being released aatei tor c.e- arctic. He claims that a fellow who had spent Che night In dttooa below weather. rolled up in a moose h.de would not ask for a cigarette hc would want snu1 to revive him u was tbus ordered to be Inscribed on Che minutes of Che meeting
 Peggy Back
 Emil pambom Jr. skipper of thc ras boat poggy. returned with nj. boat Friday night from KotchIsm Hc brought back bis brother Elmer and also Dick McCormIck Thcac two men wore acting as crew of Che boat
 The Peggy was taken to Kc.ch- kan w.th Che idco of looking over thc rc.ehunr situation between Kotcbikou and Hylcr Upon tho arrvaI Of Che boat and crow thcrc thcy found chat everyone in ketch. Ibar has a gas boat Kide thor. have ras boats Instead Of Ndlic cars Children learn to crank a ras on. rmc iu chat vicinity with one hand while they are grmp.us a nursing bottle with Che other There arc so many boats .bc-o Chat they are given away Instead or candy os prizes con tbc punch boards.
 There arc dozens of boats aya.l- able for freight and passengers be- tween Che two towns At thc pres cnt umc there Is not much doing at Hydor and win not be mu Jmc when an tbc snow goes o0 the ground
 The boys gave Keteh.kau Che once or twice over while there and say that 10 is dnc town with srtect cars and everything but decided .o come back homo where Q gas boat while not exactly novelty is not drug on Che market
 Art Luiesrgnd, who went to Che First City on Che Peggy decided .o locate and grow up with Che town. He speored a job In the eaw min and started doing some real work The morning after his first sh.tt he had such sore back that ho dc- clarcd he would never he abio to s,oop Go spear another rroundcr Before Che boys lert however. he was able to sit up and take Q iite uour.shmcut with thcm.
 John Mccormick. one of Che ene who is In Ko,chikan, Is now also