, 1902-06-26
A COLUMN OF GEN.
UINE BEAR STORIES.
Mt. Lutte Kills q Bear with Three Legs =
A Bear and a Lynx have Bloody Fight
A Bear that Likes Limburger Cheese.

ouuS'HS lToul tHe Hluny pear
stories that have found their way
to this sanctum we should Judge
that they were on the Increase
the bears, not the stories-fol
they T decidedly more in evil
dence this year than usual.
Alexander Lutte, who was down
from French creek the past week,
brought word to this office that he
had recently captured the three
legged bear which has had his
habitat on French creek for many
years. This three legged bear
was known to many of the mining
men and old timers of that region,
he having chewed his leg off one
time, years ago, when caught in a
trap and having been too willy to
be caught until Mr.. Lutte laid n
bait that took him in. Mr.. Lutte
says the severed member had en-
tirely healed over and that the
stump was nicely covered with
hair.
n b. Craig, who lives in the
old Smith" cabin, on the head of
Methodist creek, has "A trap for
bears and recently caught a fine
one, the capture being mentioned
in these columns. On visiting
his trap a few days ago he found
the leg of IA lynx and what was
left of its carcass after II bear had
Toasted on him, in the trap. Mr..
Craig says that Judging from the
appearance of trees in the vicinity
of the trap and the ground around
it, there must have taken place a
desperate battle, for lynx and bear
fur covered the ground and blood
vas splattered over trees and bush
es for several yards around and
that the bear must also have suf
fered, for the claws of the lynx
we're full of bear fur and hide.
Last Monday evening, as Earle
Crawford rode into the camp of
John Lundgren, over between the
North fork of Spring creek and
Jack creek, he heard II terrible
commotion III the tent and II
mighty scampering away of some
animal through the timber. Mr..
Lumdgren, who had been away at
work, made his appearance at that
moment and when they investigat
ed the tent they found that Mr..
Crawford's arrival had disturbed
"A bear who was feasting on the
good things in Mr.. Lundgren's
grub box, and with one sweep
of his paw, had ripped the tent
open and gone out through the
rear. taking a ham with him. lie
was in too much of a hurry to get
away and dropped the ham a short
distance from the tent and it was
recovered not much the worse for
wear, Investigation revealed the
fact that the bear had. among
other things, eaten up "A brick of
Limburger cheese and Mr.. Luud.
gren, who is fond of that brand of
cheese, was decidedly wroth and
his remarks after the discovery
would best be represented in print
by a lot of dashes.
To cap the climax, the next
morning n mountain lion walked
square into camp, while they were
preparing breakfast. There was
no! n gun of any description in
the camp and the two dogs, in
their efforts to see who should
have the honor of catching the
hon, got into "A miX-up themselves
and the lion got away.
Carl b. Bergquist, n young man
Chicago, representing the
Mining company. was in
the camp and, as his visit to this
country was partly for the pur-
pose of seeing the sights, there
can be but little doubt about his
sufficient to keep him from
getting drowsy.