The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-11-22


 ing any and all guide books on how to take deer. Keep quiet, sneak up on sem, says the guide book. Bolon- ey, says our Periscope. or our eyes are deeeiyIng us We saw Captain Bill wearing a pair Of the noisiest rubber boots in Southeast Alaska, and a passionate green raincoat which made a noise like a Scotch bagpipe band every time 1t touched those rubber boots, walk a hundred yards into the woods, (probably Whistling God Bless America. we couldn't hear that through the Periseopel and shoot a big four point buck. We saw him walk about 20 feet further on. still shouting to attract the Mates att tention, turn around and shoot a second buck in almost the exact spot where the first one fell. If wei hadn't downed Periscope to pick off a gray gander which almost took the top off out Periscope. wei have every reason to believe Skipper Bill could have shouted up all theI deer in Exchange Cove to that par ticular spot
 Then We saw Bring .em Back Alive Hanford get scratched while attempting to bring his buck down to the beach alive. Much simplerI if you lead em down to the beach by the horns and then kill 'em". this worthy advised us.
 It was our good fortune to bel walking along with Dead Shotl Bill'. when he saw a big buck and shouted again that war whoop which attracts 'em. The wary roebuck stood at attention long enough for your Periseoper to get untangled from some devil club and shoot in the general direction. The buck dropped dead, probably from fright or the hypnotic power Skipper Bill has over them.
 Through the old Periscope weI saw a sweetly tuned call. whittled out in the best jack knife fashion. fail to raise a stir in the brush or on the muskeg. but a couple of un-I restrained shouts brought 'em puff fling and snorting
 In contrast, we saw ducks and geese which are reputed in the best guide books to be creatures so tame that they can be shot with a shotgun, flying at attitudes which would make Royal Air Force pilot reach for his oxygen helmet. An hour later, we saw them change their minds and come flying in so low it was necessary for the hun ters to lay in deep sloughs to keep from blowing the birds to pieces.
 Verify, it was such things that our Periscope brought into line of vision as it had brief respite from the hectic panorama which makes up the political scene.
 k* *#
 With saunders already being sent out that the next, 77th, Con- gress which conYenes in January will give serious consideration toI boosting the income tax levy about 10 percent in the lower brackets to as high as 85 percent at the top, it is an inkling to Alaskans of what they imght expect when the Terri torial Legislature meets on the fourth Monday in January for 60 days. Alaska, like the nation, is going to find ways and means of raising additional revenues. It is a certainty that in order to keep pace with it's plans, the Territory will need more money. You can't build road system into the Interior and Westward wi h out considerable cash; you cant develop airports, establish National Guards, and so on without revenues. On these things Aalskans seem pretty we'll agreed as necessary to the develop ment of the Territory. But it Is sure to mean new tax levies anoth- CT year. Such is the cost of na- tional and Territorial security.
 Il. W.