Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-03
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

| huge pots and are filled with what looks
| like thick paint. There is u vast area
near the hotel level, and covered with
dazzling white and colored formations,
and it behooves one to have a care
where he steps. TIL crust Is thin and to
be submerged in one of these hot holes
would not be conducive to health. Ac-
cidents will not happen if one is care
full and doesn't get ratified.
Near Old Faithful, at the Upper Gey-
ser Basin. in 1900 two ladies were badly
scalded by being where they had no
business to be and just prior to the
visit of the doctors last year a man,
watching Old Faithful, overcome by
curiosity, was craning his neck to see
closely, when the geyser played sud-
denly. He was so startled he stepped
back quickly, and sank into a hole of
hot sulphurous water and scalded his
leg so that he was laid up at the Basin
for weeks.
Seton's Bears.
In the morning we We're all to get a
good view of Thompson-Se bears.
The heavy forest on one side approach
es closely the hotel. Here the bears,
not tame or domesticated bears but
the real big black and cinnamon bearS
that inhabit the pine forests of the
Rocky mountains, have learned to
know the rumble of the hotel garbage
wagon that every morning after break
fast hauls the hotel refuse to a small
clearing about 100 rods from the hotel.
No matter how utterly improbable
Thompson-S eton's bear stories may
~, frlIn
bears of the Rocky mountains seem to
understand that the park is neutral
ground, that here their enemy, man. is
not an enemy at all, but friend, and
having nothing to fear from man, man
has nothing to fear from the bear. AS
we sauntered thru the woods, occasion
ally big fellow would show himself,
and after ascertaining that the garbage
wagon had not arrived yet he would
roll back into the forest. Two young
college men in our party from Prince
ton, handsome and attractive boys,
carrying kodaks, came upon huge
brown bear quietly summing himself IN
the hollow of two fallen pines that lay
side by side. He was a big fellow,
Weighing 600 or 500. The trees lay in
lettering fashion on other fallen trees.
They had Just secured several snap
shots when the writer came upon
them. The bear seemed unconcerned
and yet the boys would have made nice
eating. To attract his attention one of
the young fellows got upon the further
end of the fallen trees and tried to
teter. The bear, half rising, turned his
head and looked at us. but finding we
were nothing but men, put his mead pc
tween his paws again and went on
snpozing. This is an absolutely rue
incident, and we'll illustrates the power
of love In dealing with dumb animals.
The men these bears know have never
given them anything but Kindness
hence these bears have no grudse
against men. AS soon as the rumble OF
the garbage cart is heard they come
running from out the woods. little fell
lows and big fellows. Little Johnny,
"Old Grumpy" and all the rest OF them
we counted eighteen-and surround
ed the cart. The horse and the driver
are not molested, but they make short
work of the carts contents. In fifteen
minutes there is nothing left but bones
and we'll licked cans. could not for
give Thompson-Seto his story of con-
cealing himself in the garbage pile. He
mustn't tell this story to the people
who have been there. There isn't any
garbage pile, and If there were 1T
wouldn't last fifteen minutes. can not
yo,1ch for the truth of the cat story,
but / do know that the bears IN the
park are harmless. The small boy In
the park can taunt the bald head to MS
hearts content.