The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-25
utnoeance q Old Grizzly.
Crto.,i, Wn.r Who Says He Has Destroyed Over Four
a thousand Bears in Memory Of His Vile end Child

it. They used to fight and they used to
E-L2 but now they never have time for
anything but just 70 get as far away as
ever they know hom- You know hIngS-
Just tell me how they know they can
be killed around Lake EunOre any more
It's government reservation now and It 3
only the second year. Inside the reser-
walton are young cubs and cubs. Just
outside around Strawberry l have only
found one cub This summer How j. IT.
They never used to 'ay up around EhhoFe-
The cattlemen don't like the reseTVa tlon
because all the wild things have doub-
led since they have quiet place. to breed
i'm and when they get big out they come
and then they eat the cattle ana the
stocl----cn don't like it,
They want me TO kill lions, too. Now
] have no grudge against the lions :
keen out from under the trees at night
and don't give them chance to jump
on me The coyotes and such, they have
Just as much d call to make living as
the stOckmCn. They do il just the same
The stockmen skin the cattle and the
folks they sell to and the lions and coy
otes they skin the cattle and it's all turn
about
The Big Fight.
There is one bear that's been coming
here every summer for nineteen years J
am gOing to meet that bear some day ana
! hope il will be pretty soon, for m get
ting old and not 50 Spry as uSeQ 70
he. Them fngerS2 Yes, he CheWed them
off He pretty nigh done for me, bat
God Almighty knew l WASH [ ready to go
make anything worth having out or a
ordinary cuss ike me. am willing Tor
Him TO keep On hammerlng JuSJ as long
as It's any use and m glad ne THINKS
its worth while. lie does II because my
wife kuC.s at him / guess.
The time met the bear that got my
fingers was once in the winter. / had
been having a rheumatic sleeping on the
ground. ana 1 had found house II was
ii shanty that some tortynlner had mace
out of stones the chimney was all stones
and the rest Of the house was logs ana II
had been deserted for Il long time. w nen
] found it I said to myself that / q make
IT, fit TO lie IN and I'd stay there some
times when l was up that way 1t was
pretty near dark Wnen found II ana
there WASH any dcor' out get SOM
wood ia ana made a ire ana TOdsleu
some bear meat and when l had had my
supper I went off to sleep on the floor
by the tire.
Nest thing / know the was some
thing nOseing in my face nd opened
my eyes and looked right alto the. little
rcd eyes of a big bear and hadn any
gun handy. l guess the Dear knew II ait
right for he sort OF gTOWled as II ne was
laughing and he put his pa y on my StOm-
ach nd begun TO walk on me and he
wasn't light / lay minute TO make him
think I was not going to put up hght
and then l quick as a flaSh Sraboed a
stick out of the fire that was burning and
)ked into the bears face. 1t made him
wild and ne hOwled and got of me and
I had a chance to get my knife out be
fore he got back at me, and then 1 TOOK
him on the blade of il. Then he was mad
and he begun TO fight for sure. We rolled
over and over on che floor. he was try
ing to get b Did ana dug my knife into
him every time he gave ne a chance a
bear is the toughest thing that lives and
YOU can't Kill him only in few spots.
At last I hit him in the eyes, nut the
blade was not long enough II do him any
fatal harm Then he turned around and
ne run bowling and I guess he IS the
only bear I ever tackled and let get
away from me. III see him again some
day near enough 10 get a shot at him.
That was nine years ago and he S been
coming up ever since, hut he never stops
to say hello TO me When he was gone
! found that he had chewed my fingers
some -ouSideTa bic.
u am going to have an OvercOat this
wear though, I am getting old and God
Almighty isn't finished with me Vet. I'll
be glad when he is. Nobody else could
have made anything out of me III be
clad when he's done with the hammer
ing and I guess Mary and the kid VIII be
clad to see me too.
HELEN GREY.