Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-18
BEARS TAKE LIBERTIES.
Up in Alaska They Get Too Familiar
with Family Stores and Lone
Travellers.

Bears have been reported ia Sreat
numbers in al parts el the yukon this
summer and prospecting. suDcyius,
telegraph aEl police patrol parties
have met many ol the biz fellows,
writes d Dawson GNaskal pond
eli OF The Seattle Post-Inte3jgeneer.
The luust ilui4&c bear story Of Che
season. perhaps is that of a mammoth .
grilzly which has frequented one OF
the road-hOuses between Yukon Cross
ing and Whitehorse The follow
learned that number Of hams We're
cached in the roof OF two-stofy road
house and performed the eNtroordi- !
nary feat of scaling the high los house /
to the roof by climbing up the corner I
simply by erippins the logs with his .
powerful arms He scaled the pl3e,
many times and helped himself tot
ham. The owners of the hoHsa and .
all others connected With tie place
were absent for the summer
Tie bear tore the root OF the road {
house with his mammoth Paws. and
then easily get through aud reached
the hams. he carried some of the
hams into the woods ana there Dr. T
voarea them The fellow Was caught t
in tho act time or two. and learned F
that he eauld leap from the ROOT Of
tie house To the ground with no in
jury q apparent discomfort.
\ policeman Went to bag tie foxy
old bfutn. He went 10 sleep and. rs is |
customary when the cop is asleep
The liz thing came off. Bruin snea1ed
up that roof. stole what ham lie
wanted. turned over Il bait that had
been set for him, and scamRered eff.
leaving tile policeman sadly disap-
pointed when he awakened
Mining Recorder Wadleish. Of Mil
Ter and Glacier creeks. received q
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 little hill
and sighted two shaggy fellows come
walking toward him lie expected hat
when a few PAGES nearer they would
rise, give the customary turn of tail
and hustle off into the bushes.
Hello, old sports said Wa9leiSh,
with 81 friendly and fearless air
That salute was enough The cinna-
mons evidently thought Wadletgh a
long lost brother, The two brntes
rose and made for him al double
III IiI
not even stop for mastery retreat. His
hat shet iat5 The air his hair became
erect and xtsa Ilop-aycs. l#e=hit of
tHsa yard At q ssrida as he stored
for be nearest sec Naa}e5eA had a
hese.a - s5t. i anG. st.s5a.=a to say,
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iaa. - - 5as,= "a Il - he
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7. seate tha tsce2a a..zs ~.
Afe 2z4's5l Iia5 tad at--
sss.tss Il a..a3=a4as ii 1Ae "a and
seas = frantic stripped esetx ;sh
VI leH.eg ena O. =dIIal 5fse ii t...a
=. ~ tisse.2es tl..e.e 20 szeF to
aa3. i was 81 a3ial nee ~.
e.a thought N-oa5d b.
TsiNy- 81 fl7 n n ard sz-soz ted -
fad how weight fastened = ny
troDaers every time sH09aG in s&a6
Wild scramnso ine incentive to Keep
ii was miaj.ty. When the bears aot
Witl4in about three bounds of the trt e
desperation sIurrcd me to o0e last
grand effort.
My startled soul drove ne fran
ticaIly 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 OF a slip might have meant
death.
Bruises to hands or knees were
nothing. l struck to- that slippery old
, tree, and up went The effort was
supreme, and | was triumphant AS
landed my feet among the firmer
branches of the tree the two husky
brutes arrived painting and wild-eyed,
and looked viciously up the tree
They made no fight to get me out
Il dangled on the uppermost bough
and my heart was in my mouth with
fear that the tree would give way
The bears turned to- the bottle OF
hootch, nosed it with contempt. and
then turned away They ambled into
the bush. After a few hours becalm-
ing myself | descended, sneaked about
and gathered my hat and grip and
then made tracks,
True Heroism