The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-07-04
Rearfn Arizona.

who va1orOusly declared that II he got a
bead on a bear he would ostensibly
claim his prey, but boosters seldom have
any qualifications except in fabrications.
that man. and I say it authoritatively
would quail before a harmless snake. but
VIM. Mills his pal was a silent fighter.
Twas special errand boy, mail carrier,
etcetera, this memorable summer and, as
times were usually rushing. L spent many
days On the road
One hot day in June. L was leisurely
enjoying IA lunch after hard ride from
the mountains. when L was coolly i'm
formed that Mills had mortally wounded
a female bear and had killed one cub and
captured another OF course was wild
with Impotence, having never seen a bear
only in captivity I pictured myself
Strengthening, inhumanly, bears Of diff
ferent sizes, sexes and ages.
Early next morning L equipped myself
for thirty miles journey TO the noun
tains, the scene of the combat will call
it for it nearly proved thus. L arrived
at the Transfer station Ga house and corral
at the foot Of the mountains where pro-
visions and ore are transferred from wag-
ons to burros and vice versa) about four
p. m, and composed myself for the inter-
estiDg details of the adventure. L needed
but to point to the cub aud look inquir
ingly into Mills face get the story and
this lie how it
81 went up the Tanners Canon. two
and one half miles, then turned up a left
hand canon that rose rather abruptly 10 a
high peak both sides were covered with
heavy underbrush and luxurant growth
of pine.
The canon is very narrow and almost
to anything but wild an
finals and these abound plentiful1y.
peered cautiously ahead for anticipa-
ted game i'll this wild region and before
long my watchfulness awarded by
seeing. near two hundred yards distant,
three bear. one full grown and the other
two small cubs. Twas somewhat startled
but 1 realized that 1 must lose my
head, so 1 slipped npon the hill side for
about fifty feet, but the bear must have
felt that danger WAS near or
else had heard me break Iwig. for she
was advancing in rather formidable
manner when L commenced hostilities.
[ was breathless with excitement and ia
tigue and L missed fire but it had the eff
feet of putting her to flight and stimuli
killed of her cubs, the
other cub sought refuge in a towering
pine, and started to climb up after him,
but he whined rs he saw scale his re-
reat and it had the bad effect of calling
back his mother.
Now here was ii predicament indeed, |
she came toward me with gait that was |
not reassuring and my gun at the |
DOT of the tree; waited for no second |
bought, L knew that my only safety lay |
II my getting out of the tree before she |
tarted up. so l fairly dropped out and !
,icking up the gun fired again but with |
teadier aim my shot must have badly |
her for she dispersed. ungal-
antly leaving her son to his doom.
L climbed the tree again ard caught the
ub aud brought HIM down with his dead
'rother, to the Transfer Station.
Mills carried both the dead and the
wing cubs OH his shoulders; not such a
ask as one would imagine as they were
ely small.
The deceased cub was dressed and
Il in delicious? roastS. steaks, etc. but i |
lid not care TO partake of such delicacies.
Hills finally sold his cub to Geo. w
Parker and the Parkers raised him for ;
learly two months, but he grew older
le also grew wore troublesome and after
many exchanges and trades he commit |
ed suicide in BsDee, Arizona, at the +
ime he was nearly II twelvemonth and |
vas vigorous. some boys, wishing some !
nm give him dose of vcritable sorrow |
emo-er and, during the following night
lie climbed the tree to which he WAS lied /
nd perched himself on convenient
imb, but the happy water over balanced I
linn and he fell over on the opposite side |
rom which he came up and thus ended |
IN unpromising career
RALPH G. MCINTYRE.
Fairbank, Arizona.