The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-07
UTAH BEAR STORIES
James Saw Nine Critters In Twenty
Four Hours.
THEY CAME IN PLATOONS
All Within Thirty Miles of Salt
Lake City Reese Wasn't
Quite Onto the Style
of Bruin.
THEY CAME IN PLATOONS
From the salt Lake Tribune.

FROM the salt Lake Tribune.
John James. clerk of the police court
has been seeing bears i'm platoons. He
has said very little about it. because
people are inclined to think he is quot
ing fiction. But John says il is gospel
truth. and he points to the upward ten
dency Of his foretop as material evil
dence Of the truth of his story.
1t was two weeks ago last Sunday"
John says. and l can see those bears
yet as If it were only an hour ago.
Four of us had gone for an outing in
the hills. We took the o'clock dunn
my for Bountiful. and when we got
there, struck across the country in
tending to walk 10 the town of Morgan.
Frank Fowler. w. II. Morgan and
David Rees were with me, and we had
no arms but a revolver carried by
Mr.. Rees. We went up Ward canyon
10 the summit, enjoying the magnifi-
cent scenery there and thinking of
everything but bears. We had lunch
good lunch. too-and then crossed over
into Beaver canyon. Here ii was that
we saw our first bears, an old one and
three yearlings. We didn't care TO
bother with them. and went ahead.
About 300 or 400 yards further on We
saw another group of four. IL struck
me there were altogether too many
bears in that region. but IL wasn't the
right time to stop and argue that
point. We went ahead. At Hards-
crabble. about six miles southwest of
Morgan. we came to a new mining
camp. and the people were so hospit-
able we put up there for the night. In
cidentally. we found the mine already
had a tunnel 500 feet lang under a com
pany headed by j. b. Cummock of this
city.
We'll. to return TO the bears. We
started on the return trip the next
morning. When we got near the bear
corral | had dropped behind the others.
When | began looking for them. i saw
a brown figure away up the hill, and
supposed IL was one of my crowd. sit
ting on a ledge of rock. | started for
him. and had gone pretty close when
looked up again. Well, sir, | thought
my heart would quit business. There
was a bear on his hind legs. making
motions like this" and Mr.. James gave
a fair imitation of prize fighter in
close mix. He was fairly dancing. he
was SO mad. What did / do? | yelled
for the boys and tried To faint The
others came on the run, and Mr.. Bear
started of up the hill. Rees is from
London, and is not very well acquaint-
ed with the bear. He wanted to chase
him, and actually fired one shot after
him with his revolver. You could hear
the bear roar like anything. and |
thought he would come straight back
after us.
Some Of the boys seem to think It is
a yarn. Even Judge Smith took me to
one side and said: See here. John. no
Josh is this bear story straight OF
course, l told him II was. All right
he said. then I'm going after them the
18th OF this month"; and he'll find 'em.
too"
Councilman lie Grande Young had an
experience i'm this line the other even
ing near his country home at Red
Butte hollow He was returning from
the city, and when on Eleventh East
street between Mr.. Sadler's house and
his own, he noticed something trotting
along i'm front Of him which he thought
was "A dog. but getting closer TO 1t. he
discovered il was a cub bear the size
of a large dog. The cub had evidently
wandered away from it's mother in the
mountains. Mr.. Young followed IL for
half block. when IL turned and ran
into the bushes bordering the canal
Ii is the first time he has ever seen a
bear i'm this locality. which is just at
the edge of town. but he is positive 1t
was a bear. anyhow.