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the more swift. The bun stood OF.
paved the earth In rage, and made one
more charge. This time the bear went
down with a smothered 'boOf.' and the
sharp horns soon gored the life out OF
him.
Promised Real Sport.
THE MeXicans had not been satisfied
with Colonel BoOne's exhibition up TO
this time. He had advertised to give
them real sport. whereas each number
on the card had been tame from their
standpoint. They complained that the
cOlorel had not lived up TO the letter Of
his advertisement. and in the land of
Diaz and the cactus an advertisement
is regarded as sacred as contract.
Colonel Boone. told them TO wait until
the lion got at a bull. Then there would
be real sport
This appeased the grumblers. and
there was a big crowd out 10 see tine
last event The lion had recovered from
his huggiug by the bear, and he had
been put through little training. He
had been given a calf TO practice on two
days before. He showed himself an
adept i'm killing his own game. He made
one spring at the poor calf and fastened
lis teeth n the animals jugular vein
When they prodded him away twenty
minutes later there wasn't a drop OF
blood in that calf's body.
tie found the bull different PROPOSE
ton This bull was Hs fine a specimen
as ever came from the south of Mexico
great. rangy, shurp-horned fighter, as
vicious as an iIl-tempered stallion. As
soon as the lion had been prodded from
his cage he made his rush. Then came
one Of the prettiest fights 1 ever saw.
What a Fighter a Bull Is.
when the bull got within six feet OF
him the lion leaped and cleared his as
sailant's body As he sprang the bun
raised his head and tried To- catch him
with his horns: but ne might as wen
have tried 10 impale bird. Then the
bull wheeled for another rush. This time
the lion lodged, and viii great paw
ripped a cash in one oi the bul $
hatncheS. Then for the first time / ap-
prtciated what fighter bull is. That
singing wound goaded him TO blind fury
Such lungings and rushinSs / never saw.
The lion had to clinch a save himself
He gave a spring and landed on the
bulls hack. He fastened his teeth in
the thick flesh and hung on. This was
something new 10 the bull. He stopped
oIuneing and tried tu shake off his TOR
mentor This did not work, and he low
cred his head and began 10 paw and
tramp on the Hons hind legs as they
hung down. This broke the lions hold.
and the combatants separated. The huli
was simply covered with blood. but he
was as fun of fight as ever.
The lion crouchcd at one side of the
cage as the bull made his final rush
The avalanche WAS upon him, and even
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''lt was not exciting. II was not a
fight 10 seemed as In the bear hoped
that the great biting. ciaWlag brute
might let so some time soon ii he were
permitted 10 wear himself out Bus
ParnelI showed no sign of exhaustion
and clawed and closed his jaws the
tighter.
HOwls of Dissatisfaction.
The spectators IowIed as only dis
satisfied Mexicans can howl The deaf
ening protest seemed finally 20 impress
Itself on tae bear Ii was getting
about as uresome for him as for the
audience, for 1t had continued for nine
teen minutes by my stop-watch. He
Wabbled a little on his hind legs and
then stretched out his great fore paws.
At last. / thought And i was not mis-
taken.
into that embrace went the tawny
body of old Parneu. As those paws en-
folded him ne stopped claWing and
sJruve TO eXtricate himself But that
grip was never meant 10 be broken. IL
was like the tightening of chains drawn
by powerful winch and that yellow
bundle Of siuew crumpled To helpless
ness like rag doll Parnell let go hIs
hold on the bears jOwl Tighter and
tighter closed the enfOldug paws. The
lions tongue shot from his purpled laws
and his lnfiamed eyes bulged from theiI
sockets The crowd howled with de-
light This was worth seeing
The bear seemed to take this ONT
burst as signal that he had done
enough. With a grip almost ike "a half
Nelson he tossed Pamen to the other
side of the cage Then he dropped 70
al-tours and resumed a grunting am
Die around the cage. The lion law where
he had been tossed We an thought he
had been killed but he had not. al
though the fight had been taken out of
him for that day az least. HowIs. labs
from the prods and curses from the muI-
utude that swarmed over the barrier
could not arouse him. The bear was de
clafed the victor in that contest.
Soon Gored Life Out of Him.
Two days later the bear fought with
a bun IL was not fight. ] should ex-
plain. The bull was "a powerful brute
from the southern mesas and as pug
ntcious as "a badger. lie gave a toss
OF his tail and charged. The bear stood
mp on his hind legs and struck "a few
Warding blows with his front paws.
Again / regretted that he had lived in
cantiyity all his life. ANY one that had
been out on the range of q cold winter
morning ANA seen "a 20OJ-pound steer,
with his head crushed from the blow of
a predatory grizzly knows what possi-
bilities there would be il such beast
were pitted against the hercest bull that
even came from AndJlusi1. But this
time il was "a different story. once the
beag ripped a great chunk of flesh of the
bulrs neck, but ii only made his doom
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I 1
Ish bull fight the other dsy, %
said r. W. Mathers, "a railroad
contractor who has built road
beds and laid tracks I'm Mexico. and u
seemed rather tame ia comparison with
. little affair ( witnessed in Mexico "a
few years ago-ten years. 10 be exact.
The MeEicans like a little flavor with
their bullHghts when they can get it,
and chilli con carne itself was mild iu
contrast with this particular amusement
Offering
'lt was pulled of In Monterey, and il
gave me AN opportunity 10 see test oI
the fighting abilities Of q lion opposed
10 grizzly, q grizzly opposed Ia "a bun.
and Hon opposed 10 "a bull. 10 was "a
grand carnival of bloodtnirsty sport suf-
hciently seasoned 10 please any assem-
blage of McNcans who could afford the
price or admission. 10 was arranged by
Col T.. Daniel BaOne, a Snowman Of the
Buffalo Bill type Colonel Boone had
AN animal show al the midwinter fair ia
san Francisco after the close of the
Worlds Fair in Chicago.
Among his collection We're Hon
ana grizzly. The lion was called Par
nell lie had been "a famous performer.
butus me grew older he became vicious.
lie had killed three keepers and when
the last keeper was killed the public
1utcry demanded that the lion be shot.
This meant "a loss Of money. and Col
ouel Boone was too good a business
man 10 throw away cash il ne could
avoid It,. He Kaew there was good
money I'm bull fights I'm Mexico and he
decided TO give the amusement loving
public OF that country a chance 10 see
something out of the ordinary. lie had
"a seyen-year-old grizzly in his menag-
erie, ana this animal. too. nc decided
10 sacrifice along with the lion.
Perhaps YOU think this triple bill
Gidn wake up Monterey? Nothing else
WAS tUkcd of i'm that city. or in all
Mexico itself for that matter. The
show was 60 take place in the great
bull ring. 4 big cage had been built
specially ior the event. II was OF heavy
iron bars in the center of The ring.
nfteen feet high. circular in shape, and
about thirty feet in diameter.
THE lion and bear had their go
first Colonel Boone was too good a
business man 10 surfeit the public i'm
one day. If one Of the combatants was
killed the survivor would hght a Dull
two days later. II it was drawn bat
tle each of The combatauts would be
pitted against "a bull at intervals OF
two days
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A Mexican Bull the Victor in Fight With Lion

We're drawn up TO the bis cage. the slid
i'm doors We're raised and the two Occu-
pants driven out The bear made his
appearance first. lie weighed about 90
pounds. lie was not a vicious brute
He had been kent i'm captivity since the
days OF his childhood. lie knew nothing
about lighting. and had IL not been for
some remnants of savagery LEFT from
hls fierce ancestry ne would have been
us dOcIe as Newfoundland dog. IL
would have been far different if he had
fOamed IN the forests lighting Wild foes
and killing his own prey. As il was he
had tackled nothing more dangerous
than tough piece Of meat tosseu into
his cage by his keepers.
Rruin Blinked His Eyes
"rhe bear walked out Of his cage into
tie larger inclOsure and blinlIed his eyes
iu the glare of the sunlight. lie wad-
died around ana the crowd cheered. But
MeXlcars attending a bullhght are i'm
patient. The mere sight OF the grizzly
began 10 pail. They elamored uproar-
iCusly for something more
Colonel Boone raised the slide of the
lions cage. but the king of beasts suIked
and held back. The crowd gave another
menaciug roar. Colonel Boone took his
sharp mon prod ana drove il deep into
the lions hauuch That started him. He
gave deep growl and crept half way
out of mis- cage The bear stopped i'm
mis- amble around the larger incIosure
and looked at the crouching intruder.
With "a hog-like grunt he tilted himself
up on his hind legs and put himself in
"a position for a closer examination. Poor
brute. he knew nothing Of hghting. /
don't suppose he thought the crawling
beast on the other side was about 10
become a tawny thunderbOlt To be
launched at him without moment s
notice.
Colonel Boone gave another jab with
his prod. Get to him, Parnell You
devil" lie called out.
THE great yellow paws worked con-
yulsively la the ground Then, with the
majestic roar that Is the terror of the
jungle. De short forth lie landed square
on the bears front and fastened his
great teeth IN his right jowl
Lion Was a Fighter.
THE bear staggered under the impact
Of the blow. but made no attempt 90 re-
sist. He seemed surprised. lie looked
as IL hc considered il "a breach of eti-
quette TO he assaulted in such a rude
manner. He shook his head iu AN eff
fort to free himself and tn crowd
howled in "A frenzy. But the lion was
"a fighter. lie too had been brought up
in captivity but he had killed three
men and he knew the JOY aud the rage
of combat. The bears clumsy efforts
failed tO loosen his hold and the lion
claws penetrated the thick hide OF his
sluggish opponent and brought the
blood h. crimson spiotches.
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ON THE TROLLEY CAR.

Madame" said the funny man. who
had given his seat TO a fair passenger.
did / hear YOU say thank youy
NO ynu d.d not replied the fatr
passffgeF.
All"
"Mv surr. ira and establishment rem
dered me speechless. --PhiladelphL&
Press.
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promptly; aud somehow It pleased the
young man 10 hear that she approved
OF his bereft condition.
Very suddenly her eyelids dropped and
she sighed deeply.
I'm swfully sleepy she said. and
J feel 50 good"
Rudolf rose and took his hat.
Then I'll say goodnight a long
nights sleep viii be fine for you"
He held out his hand. and she took IL
and said goodnight" But her eyes
asked a question so elOquently. so
frankly eDd pathetically that he answer
ed It in words
oh / m coming back tomorrow 10 see
| how YOU are getting along. You cant
get rid Of me 50 easily
A WOman's Question.
Then, at the door. as though the way
of his coming had been so much less
| important than the fact that he had
come, she asked: How did you come 10
knock at my door?'
He looked at her for a moment, re-
membering the cards. and felt sudden
! Jealous pain. What II they had fallen
/ into other hands as adventurous as HIS?
/ Quickly he decided that she must never
know the truth. He would never let her
know that he was sware OF the strange
cxpedient 10 which she had been driven
/ by her great distress.
"One OF our piano tuners lives IN this
/ house" he said. Il knocked at your door
I by mistake"
The last thing he saw IN the room be-
/ fore the green door closed was her
smile.
At the head Of the stairway he paused
and looked curiously about him. And
then re went along the hallway TO its
other end; and. coming back, ascended
/ TO the floor above and continued his
/ puzzled explorations. Every door that he
found .n the house was painted green.
/ Wondering. he descended to the side
walk The fantastic African was still
there. Rudolf confronted him with his
two cards in his hand
"Wnl you tell me why you gave me
! these cards and what they mean?" he
! asked.
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Supporter Of the Grizzly.

81 was greatly interested in the first
event. AS an old hunter ! was a stanch
supporter Of the grizzly. The lion might
be- king of the beasts as far as tradition
went. but in my opinion he was mo-
match for the monarch of the Western
forests. The cages OF the two beasts
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"The Green Door. F"

WheI be had Travelled few wards
furthet ne glanced az the card indif-
fercntly. Surprised. he turned it over
and looked again with interest. one
side OF the card was blank. on the other
was written In ink three words. The
Green Door And then Rudolf saw.
three steps in front Of him. a man throw
down the card the negro had given him
as he passed. Rudolf picked lt up. II
was printed with the dentists name and
addressed ana the usual schedule of
plate work" and bridge work. and
crowns and speciOus promises OF
painless" operations.
The adventurous piano salesman "A
halted at the corner and considered.
Then he crossed the street, walked down
a h0ek. recrossed and joined the up
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~ READ q description Of a Span
Ish bull fight the other day,"
said r. ". Mathers, "a railroad
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1904-05-25
THEY WILL INSPECT PROPERTY
Minneapolis Capitalists Here to Look
Over Extensive Placer Hold.
ings on Three Mile.

w. II. Hammond of the firm of Ham
mond Brothers, and W. Secomb of
Minneapolis are in the city and this
morning, in company with B. M.
Francis, of the Western Realty COM
pany, expect to leave for Three Mile.
where they are interested in an ex-
tensive placer property. There are
about 1000 acres of placer ground in
the tract owned by the company and
the owners are of the opinion that they
have good thing in the proposition.
The ground is worked by the ground
sluice method and they have a reser-
yoir capable of holding 55,OOO,OOO gal
Ions OF water which they use to store
the early rush of waters and thus con-
serve it until needed later in the sea-
son. .-Missoulian May "a.
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Ravalli Delegation Returns.

The members of the Ravalli County
deleg alton to the democratic state con.
vention arrived home from Great Falls
Wednesday night. All are euthusi-
astic in praise of the beautiful city by
the falls of the Missouri and it's in
ha bitants.
Hundreds of democrats, in addition
to the 3s9 delegates, were in attendance
and all look forward to big victory
this fall.
Although not present Governor
Toole was the hero of the convention.
He was chosen to head the delegation
to st. Louis, where the next president
will be nominated on July 6, and his
administration, recommendations and
policies were enthusiastically en-
dorsed.
The Ravalli County delegation al
though small was strictly in evidence.
In every vote in committees and con-
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On the Pike.

One of the interesting things con-
cerning the great Worlds Fair at St.
Louis, learned from the Eastern Press
Bureau in Washington, is that with
nearly two miles of attractions and
torty-four distinct shows, it will cost
less than $50 to go down the Worlds S
FAIR Pike
The general admi ission to any show
on the pike will not be more than 50
cents, while the vast ma jority of them
will cost only IS cents to enter the
main gates.
A few will charge only a general
admission of 10 cents, while reduced
rates in every instance are made for
children.
The Pike attractions at the Worlds
Fair out-number those OF the Chicago
Exposition by ratio of two to one,
while the area covered is three times
greater. .
No exposition ever given in the
world has offered the number and var
iety OF attractions in similar depart
ment as are offered by the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition. While Worlds
Fair visitor can begin at the first Pike
show and see every attraction along
the line, he must not spend any money
for wares that he will be offered if he
desires to remain within the limit of
$40.
Thousands of articles are to be
offered for sale in the Pike concessions
and if the visitor tries to buy every
thing he sees, his Pike expenditures
will run up into the hundreds. Some
OF the Pike concessionaries have not
decided upon the price Of admission to
be charged, but by estimating the
price for those concessions, which
have not yet fixed their entrance fee.
and combining the estimates with the
prices that have been fixed, it has
been found that tour of the Worlds
Fair side show will be much less ex.
pensive than was first contemplated.
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He Was Not an Adventist.

To the Editor of The Western News.
l take this means of correcting an
error which appeared in your paper of
recent date, relative to the Goodson-
Parks murder, which occurred on
Three Mile May 7, in the account of
which you stated Mr.. Goodson be-
ionged to the Seventh Day Adventist
sect. l wish 10 state that this is in
correct, and that Mr.. Goodson never
did belong to this denomination, and
that it isn't customary usually when
anything of that kind happens to state
to what cnurch the perpetrator be-
longed.
l am reminded that it is with the
Adventists as it was with the Apos-
tollc church in Gaul's day. namely,
that this sect is everywhere spoken
against, Acts 1922. When you press
people to the point they have to
acknowledge, as did the enemies of
Daniel, we find no fault with this peo-
pie save in regard to the law Of their
god. Daniel 6:2.
Hoping you will make this correc.
tion, am, R.N. BARKER
Stevensville, May IS.
Note-The reference to Mr.. Good
sons attendance at the Adventist
meetings was not made for the pur-
pose of rejecting upon the members of
that church, but to explain Mr.. Good
sons habitual absence from his home
on Saturdays.
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vention it's members sided with the
people as against the corporations.
Senator Ed A. Johnson presided as
Chairman of the delegation and the
committee assia nment> we're: Reso-
lutions-Harvey L. Carter; Organiza-
tion-Geo. L. Satterlee; Credentials
E. F. Croft. Miles Romney was
chosen temporary secretary Of the con-
vention by the state central committee
and which selection was afterwards
made permanent by the convention.
w M. Franks, ably assisted by John
Castillo, chaperoned the delegation.
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PACIFIC TO EXTEND
LINE BEN OND DARBY.
ULTIMATELY TO BE THE MAIN Line
rlarket Will Be Brought to Doors of
Up Valley Ranchmen-Work
to Begin Next Week.

Superintendent B. E. Palmer of the
Rocky Mountain division Of the
Northern Pacific. with headquarters
at Missoula, has announced that on
last Friday the contract was let for
the extension of the Bitter Root branch
distance of II miles beyond Charles,
or Judd's hill on Camas.
Work on the extension will begin
next week and the II miles of road is
to be completed by September 1.
The extension, besides opening ND
vast timbered areas, the product Of
which will be manufactured in Ham
llton, will bring market to the door
OF the up-valley ranchers who have
been handicapped by this drawback
so long and will result in bringing
that favored region right to the front.
According to the Anaconda Standard
it is broadly limited from outside cir
cles that the Bitter Root branch will
eventually be part of the main line
and which will bring the vast mineral
belt of the Mineral Hill district and
which includes Owl creek, Indian creek.
Shoup and the Salmon River country
in touch with railway transportation
which will serve like magic to awaken
a mineral region Of wonderful posi-
bilities.
BY connecting the Bitter Root
branch with the Clearwater cutoff, al
ready built beyond Sites, via the Nez
Perce pass, the main line of the North
ern Pacific will be shortened between
$50 and 800 miles.
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make merry until late Sunday

to make merry until late Sunday
night.
doubtless many of our readers have
had the pleasure of being in attend
ance at dutch wedding" and know
tnat words are inadequate to describe
the event as it always occurs. and the
ABOVE event was true to name in eyerv
respect.
Chris Wolff was the yiolinist and
dancing and feasting was the order
OF the hour and was heartily partici-
pated IN by everyone present. Re-
1reshment on the order of those that
made Milwaukee famous, was always
ready at hand. The happy bride and
groom were the recipients Of nanv
useful and handsome presents. AS
each guest departed they showered
congratulations on the newly welded
pair and pronounced Herr Daniel and
his jolly frau royal entertainers. A
list of the guests follows:
MIR. and Mrs. Sage, Mr.. and Mrs,
Jacob keutner, Mr.. nd Mrs. Chris
Wolff and family, MIR. and Mrs,
Andrew Aichle, Mr. and Mrs. C. w.
Granke and Messrs. NJ. Humble. Joe
Hitchker, Geo. Binder, Geo. Stuffel
and A. c. Baker.
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or any thing else of what trauspired
railing down miserably under cross
examination. The defendant denied
the charge in toto. Brief argument
by counsel followed and the case went
to the jury. The jury was out between
hve and ten minutes, returning a
unanimous verdict of mot guilty.
The case of the State VS.. w. p.
O'Brien, charged with selling whiskey
illegally was tried Thursday in Justice
Morris court before jury consi sting
OF Jacob Helwig, J. J. Southwick,
Neil McCauley, Percy H. Edwards,
John Crush and J. J. Bachus. The
complaint was sworn to by Rev. h. NJ.
DUNCAN and Whitney was the pros
ecuting witness. His testimony was
as threadbare as in the first case and
the jury after few minutes of delib-
Grafton brought in verdict of ac-
quittal.
On Saturday Swan Peterson of the
Sawtooth Lodge was tried in Justice
Coulter's court before a jury consist
ing of John Bates, Thomas Deering,
c. A. Waddell, Matt Sullivan, Thos.
Kelly and Ed Brennan. In this case
KEY. j. A. Smith was the complain
ant and John G. Whitney prosecuting
witness and it proved to be another
farce. The witness was absolutely
and verdict of acouittal
was quickly returned by the jury
All three cases were prosecuted by
County Attorney Baker and defended
by Attorney Henry L. Myers.
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kOlberer.Daniel Nuptials.

Mr.. John kolberer and Miss Jennie
Daniel, both of Woodside, were united
in marriage last Saturday afternoon at
the Catholic church in this city, Rev.
Charles Mackin officiating. Many in.
vited guests were present at the cere-
mony all OF whom accompanied the
happy pair to the parental roof of Mr..
Daniel and his happy spouse, parents
of the bride, and where they proceeded