The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-01
IDUFRE5NE AND CARER DIVIDE
 LIARS PRIZE
Larqe Crowd at EIks Hall Enjoys Ananids Club
 Competition
It'S a draw.

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 to being Juneau's biggest liar.
 So the two-Charles w. Garter and Frank Dufresne-divided hon. ors and the prize of $5 cash. The latter was inconsequential be- cause each of the winners was fined S25O for telling such fibs in lodge meeting.
 Carter's lie was about bears and Dufresne's about pike in Selawik Lake. When called upon for an en- core to run off the tie. Dufresne told one about wolves and Garter one about rats But it was still a draw, in the estimation of Judges George w. Folta, H. R. Wander Leest and Henry Messerschmidt.
 Other contestants were Norman Banfield, Harry Lucas, Frank Eos ter. George Gullufsen. Bob Burns Frank Metcalf, H. R. Shepard. Peter Jensen, Wellman Holbrook, and Bob Henning. Ray Ward presided over the Ananias Club session.
 Prize Story
 Carter's stcry, documented by pho- tographs, was as follows:
 q have been requested to parti- cipate in this program but not wish ing to share the fate of Ananias of old who was stricken to death when accused of lying, l will en- deavcr to prove to you that truth is stranger than fiction.
 About 25 years ago I numbered among my particular friends, one William Royden. Captain and own CT of the halibut schooner Wa bash, who was better known as Wabash Bill. During the early part of August, he and his crew while enroute from Juneau to the fishing grounds, decided to take day off and get some fresh meat. They anchored in Rodman Bay in Peril Straits. The location is no doubt familiar to many of you. Early the following morning, Bill went up on the mountain to the west of the bay. About 2 p. m. he killed a deer and started for the beach.
 Shot From Waist
 While passing spot where a large spruce had been up-rooted, large brown bear rose up and charged him. Being hampered by the deer on his back he had no time to take aim but fired from his waist and saw that instead of inflicting a mortal wound he only blasted away portion of the right paw outstretched to grasp him, slapping him ej,wn, tearing the clothing from his body. Strange to say she did not continue her att tack until life was gone but retired short distance and lay down growl- ing over her wounded paw.
 'She had two cubs who now came to investigate the victim; they played around coming up and lick ing the blood from his wounds. Bill figured that his best chance for escape was to play dead but was worried lest the cubs should com- mence to make a meal of him. When he thought that the old bear was not looking he tried to crawl away but she bounced upon him, gave him a slap or two, a couple, of bites and left him again, growing over her sore paw. When she would at tack him he would keep his right side to her and let her chew, fear ing that if she bit him on the left side, one of her tusks might pene- trate to his heart.
 Lasted l2 Hours
 AS near as he could judge this continued for about 12 hours, his many attempts to crawl away re- sulting the same way, slap or two and a few bites. Once she seized his head in her mouth. and he said I thought she had me that time, the lower teeth tore the back of his neck and one of the upper tusks entered his ear, just missing the brain, but Bill says A bear don't know how to kill man.
 Finally about ? o'clock the fol- lowing morning as near as he could judge he made another attempt to crawl away. and this time was successful, but instead of going to- ward Rodman Bay he crawled IT the opposite direction and finally after hours of struggle came out on the beach in Peril Straits, at point known as Dead Mans Reach about 20 miles by the beach line from his boat.
 He figured that his best bet was to stick to the beach in the hope of Tagging a passing boat, and any i way he did not have the strength to cross the mountain again. Sc he struggled on without food. at night he would lie down and cover his wounds with wet moss to keep down the inflammation. On the sec ond night when thus lying a bear came along. rolled him over with his snout, sniffed at him for a while, but evidently not liking the smell of him, turned around and left him.
 Found By Crew
 Tn the meantime the crew of his boat had bsan searching the hills for him and had decided to