Tile Federal Government is al
ready at work giving relief to the
-'ricken districts. Aid will have to j
oc> forthcoming for a long period. !
Not only was the country dried up ’
by the drought, but vegetation was ;
consumed by swarms of grasshop
pers and Mormon crickets. The j
conditions over a vast region are i
really terrible Mr. Brewster said.
Mr. Brewster will remain here
for the next two or three days to
confer with Gov. Troy. He plans
now to go by plane to Yakutat
and rejoin the North Star there.
He and Mrs. Brewster will pro
ceed to Seward aboard that vessel
and continue on it to Nome.
YOUNG LAD BADLY
BITTEN ON LEG BY
POLICE DOG SUNDAY
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Joe Bolduc, young son of Mr. ana
Mrs. Joe Bolduc, was badly bitten j
on the leg by a police dog as he j
was riding on his bicycle on Front i
Street near the Butler-Mauro Drug]
Store Sunday evening. According i
ti hose who saw the accident, the |
dog pulled the lad from the bi-1
cycle without provocation and In-!
.‘Hcted the wound.
The boy was rushed to St. Ann's ]
Hospital where the lacerated leg j
stitches were necessary to close the
! was dressed and sewed up. Seven
wound, hospital authorities said.
Considered a menace to the pub
lic, the dog, said to belong to Al
fred Rhodes, was shot last even
ing by the order of the Police De
partment. Chief C. J. Davis, of
the Police Department declared
that all vicious dogs, allowed to
roam the streets, are going to be
similarly dealt with for the protec
tion of pedestrians.
