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and there standing in the snow with- 

 in 50 yards of his door snarling at 

 the dogs was a hugh Poler Bear. To 

 step back and pick up his rifle and 

 shoot the bear was done quicker than 

 we can write it. The bear proved to 

 be one of the largest ever killed in 

 Alaska. 



Another time he had chided some of 

 his mission attendants for being late 

 to service. The next Sunday he was 

 awakened about 5 o'clock a. m. and on 

 looking out saw practically the entire 

 Esquimo village inhabitants squatted 

 in the snow about the little church, 

 and on going out to inquire the cause, 

 was informed they came early so as 

 not to be late for church, this began 

 at 9 o'clock. After church they re- 

 sumed their places in the snow out- 

 side, filling in the time until evening 

 services at 6 o'clock, with games and 

 lunches, so as not to be late for night 

 church. Some of these families had 

 walked eight miles through the snow. 

 Arctic winter and all were devoted to 

 their Missionary guide. 



Rev. Hoare did a great and good 

 work among these simple minded 

 folk. He was Missionary, United 

 States Commissioner, Postmaster, 

 Justice of the Peace, and about every- 

 thing else there. He had to be, as he 

 was the only resident white man be- 

 tween Nome and Point Barrow, a dist- 

 ance of about 500 miles. 



As amateur naturalist he had few 

 superiors and as in the care with 

 which his specimens were prepared 

 very few equals. His opportunities 

 for becoming acquainted with the 

 home life of many of our rare birds 

 such as the Yellow billed Loon, Paci- 

 fic Loon, Stellers Eider, Little Brown 

 Crane, and a very large number of 

 rare Sandpipers, Plovers and others, 

 was unequaled and he took full ad- 

 vantage of these opportunities. He 

 told us that at one time. From one 



point where he stood on a ridge he 

 could count the nests of 50 of our 

 Snipelike wading birds without mov- 

 ing. 



Why a man who was giving his life 

 in the service of God for the uplift of 

 his fellowman should be thus cut down 

 in his prime passeth understanding. 



He is survived by a widow and 

 three daughters, the eldest about 15 

 years of age who reside at Pasadena, 

 California. 



R. M. BARNES. 



Frank H. Lattin. 



The following newspaper comment 

 on the founder of THE OOLOGIST 

 appeared in one of the Albany, N. Y., 

 papers of April 24th last: 



"If one is desirous of a most inter- 

 esting talk on bird life and likewise 

 something concerning the birth and 

 growth of the Oologist, he can do no 



