The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-17
BEARS TAKE LIBERTIES.
Up in Alaska They Get Too Familiar
with Family Stores and Lone
Travellers.

Bears have been reported in grea,
numbers in all parts OF the Yukon this
| summer, and prospecting, surveying,
telegraph and police patrol parties
have met many of the big fellows.
writes a Dawson (Alaska) correspond
ent of the Seattle Post-lntelligencer.
The most unique bear story of the
season, perhaps, is that of a mammoth
| grizz y which has frequented n OF
the r~oad-houses between Yukon Cross
ing and Whitehorse, The fellow
learned that a number of hams were
| cached in the roof of g two-story road
house, and performed the extraordi-
nary feat of scaling the high log house
to the roof by climbing up the corner
simply by gripping the logs with his
powerful arms. He scaled the place
many times and helped himself to
ham. The owners of the house and
all others connected with the place
were absent for the summer.
The bear tore the roof of the road
then easily got through and reached
the hams. He carried some of the
hams into the woods, and there de-
voured them. The fellow was caught
in the act q time or two, and learned
that he could leap from the roof OF
the house to the ground with no in
jury or apparent discomfort.
A policeman went to bag the foxy
old bruin. He went to sleep and, as is
customary when the cop" is asleep,
the big thing came off. Bruin sneaked
up that roof, stole what ham he
wanted. turned over a bait that had
been set for him, and scampered or,
leaving the policeman sadly disap-
pointed when he awakened.
Mining Recorder Wadleigh, of Mil
Ter and Glacier creeks, received a
warm reception recently from two
mammoth cinnamon bears which he
met on the trail between Dawson and
Glacier.
Bears are so Common in the district
that Wadleigh thought nothing of 1t
when he sauntered down a little hill
and sighted two shaggy fellows come
walking toward him. He expected that
when a few PAGES nearer they would
rise, give the customary turn of tail
and hustle off into the bushes.
Hello. old sportsI" said Wadleigh,
with a friendly and fearless air.
That salute was enough. The CHINA
mons evidently thought Wadleigh a
long lost brother. The two brutes
rose and made for him at double
quick pace. The mining recorder did
not even stop for mastery retreat. His
hat shot into the air, his hair became
erect, and with pOp-eyes, he hit off
three yards at a stride as he steered
for the nearest tree. Wadleigh had a
bottle of hootch and, strange to say,
he held fast to the fire-fiuid during his
run. But at the bottom of the tree he
dropped everything.
did | scale that tree?" says Wad-
leigh. well, l tried. | had out
stripped the bears in the race, and
was so frantic I stripped every limb
off the lower end of that tree in the
first few wild dashes l made to get tC
the top. 1t was an awful moment
Every second | thought | would be
mincemeat the next, and | expected to
find q heavy weight fastened to my
trousers every time l slipped in that
wild scramble. The incentive to KEEP
at it was mighty. When the bears got
within about three bounds of the tree
desperation spurred me to one last
grand effort.
MY startled soul drove me fran
tically to the task. My life was the
stake. Every muscle, every fiber OF
my being responded. Every motion
and every moment was precious. A
false step or a slip might have meant
death.
Bruises to hands or knees were
nothing. | struck to- that slippery ole
tree. and up | went. The effort was
supreme, and | was triumphant. AS
landed my feet among the firmel
branches of the tree the two husky
brutes arrived painting and wild-eyed
and looked v~iciously up the tree
They made no fight to get me out.
81 dangled On the uppermost bough
anu my HedIC was III my hlou'h VIII
fear that the tree would give way.
"The bears turned to- the bottle o.
hootch, nosed it with contempt, ant
then turned away. They ambled into
the bush. After a few hours becalm-
ing myself | descended, sneaked about
and gathered my hat and grip ant
then made tracks"
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