The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-03

to distinguish al sixty yarss 80 insigEia-
cant a suuns amidst the numbering
noise OF the raging Skykonsish.
The easiest time 70 take them IN
awares II during the summer months.
when they are feeding on berries or q
little later when they are fishing. the
Disadvantages. however, In te$iug them
during these seasons is that their pets
are absolutely worihkaS- The flesh.
however. is excellent until they begin
90 feed on fish. and then IL becomes
yaluefess for food. They seem TO be
more plentiful In the Olympic noun
tains and the undulating country be-
tween the mountains and Puget sound
than any other section Of the Sound
country.
4 Paradise For Brsfn.
During the months Of July and Au-
gust I had the good fortune 10 spend
several weeks camping on Hood canal.
an arm OF Puget sound reaching 20 the
southwest some eighty or ninety miles.
and averaging In width about two nat.es.
The country surrounding this arm Of
the sea has had the reputation for years
of being the paradise long sought by
sportsnien. IL certainly has furnished
game and fish stories to the public ever
since / have been on the Sound tsorne
twelve years.. Three weeks hunting
and fishing in this paradise convinced
me that 1t was indeed yeritabse para
disc for bear. as well as sportsmen.
Our camp was pitched near.the west
shore OF the canal. and midway be-
l.
ma rivers. The situation OF the camp
could not have been more romantic, nor
better adapted TO an outdoor life. We
named the camp. and also the beautiful
little mountain stream that ran by our
tents. 'keipie," in honor of the trim
yacht ke.pie, on whose masthead
fioated the communicates pennant of
the Seattle Yacht Club, and on whose
clean deck and spacious cabin accom-
modations we had cruised from Seat
tie TO our present location. A beauti-
ful beach lay Immediately in front of
as, fairly teerning with succuIent BIZ
valves-Puget sound oysters. <xdsse.s
and little-neck clans galore. These we
feasted upon to proper abatement OF
our ravenous appetites. Besides being
so productive OF nutritious shelfish,
the beach furnished US site for bath
ing purposes unequaled even by that of
Coney island or Manhattan beach. The
ladies or our party kept the table sup
piled with crabs. rock coz. sole and
salmon trout taken from the canal.
which is almost literally alive with
fish of all kinds. Back of us some six
or eight miles lowered the snowoapped
oiynnnirH he
the canal is a heavy wooded country.
composed almost entirely of a growth
OF FIR, virtually impenetrasS.e, excepting
In places where fire and the woodman's
ak have .et the sunshine in.
Good Results OF Timber stealing.
Some years since there had been an
extensive logging camp located where
we had pitched our tents. and judigte
We had pitched our tents. and Judging
from the number of old logging roads
radiating from the old shute and from
the stunps in the woods. old Uncle Sam
must have been robbed OF many
million feet of good timber However.
but for the builders OF these roads.
reaching as they do from the beach TO
the foothills, our hunting would not
have amounted to much. As IL hap
pened to. be. We were never afraid of
getting lost. because IL at any time we
should stray from one road we knew
that any other road we should strike
by following II down hill. would take
US back TO camp. This knowledge
saved US many cold dinner, and
doubtless the women folks lots of
anxiety.
On Mr.. Bruins Trail.
Ny first trip TO the foothills over one
OF the many roads proved to my salts
faction that. IL at any time / should
want TO kill a bear before my return.
] could do so without much trouble.
for noticed that one had recently gone
over the same road. He had evidently
| been hunting for ants. The skids in
| the road for couple Of hundred yards
had been torn open. but from their ap-
| pearance. very few of them had Yield
| ed him anything for his trouble. A
little higher up. where the country was
| more open and where Old Sol had an
| opportunity of shedding his effulgent
| rays. the productive soil had shot forth
/ rank growth Of vegetation, consist
| ing of ferns and several varieties of
| Wild berries. I came across bear signs"
that would have satisfied the most en-
| thaslastic Nimrod alive. Red buckle
| berry bushes broken down and stripped
| of fruit. blackberry vines disarran ged
| and well picked, ferns trampled down
| and well defined trails told Of the re-
cent visit OF what seemed 10 have been
| several families OF suriv Mr. BIS.
| Nanny Muffs and thy Cubs. In fact.
| l could not turn on that day without
| stumbling over bear signs. II seemed
| 10 me that / was in a hear corral that
| extended from the beach To the first
| spur OF mountains. Although was out
| for gronse with ten-gauge shot gan.
and ope Of the finest Gordon settlers
| that any man ever shot over. I
had a few buckShot cartridges and
| kept good look out for his hfghness
! or any Of his royal family. for / did no.
/ want L. he taken unawareS BY any
| sleeping beauty with such hugrfDg pro-
| pensities az MIR. y is known 10 nos-
| sess- Ny vigil was useless. however
for the first shot from my gun must
| have started every bear within it's
hearing 80 some jungle or mountain
| fassncss.
Bound fo Catch MIR. Rear
After securing good bag OF grouse
| and locating several good patches ~
| berries. where bruln was I'm the habl,
| OF hreakfssijng. I returned 10 Canlz. fulf,,