Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-13

than twelve feet. He was in q wild state
Of rage. l saw that there was but one
chance for me. and that was TO tie him
TO a tree I was determined TO take him
alive n possible SO 1 kept my eye out
for the first tree that was on level, clear
ground. The rope was a forty-foot one.
As we reached this tree I turned the pony
around suddenly and enoircled the tree
three times, forcing the pony TO jump
the taut rope each time. The third time
cut the rope and quickly made a slip
knot, then drove the spurs and dashed
away. ] had him securely tied
Then / went in search Of my partner.
My race with the bear had been Ave-
mile one. Up the trail came across the
other grizzly lying stretched out, but no
where was Parker In sight. l rode up 10
the bear, dismounted, and what did I sec
but Parker stretched out, unconscious,
with the big griESly lying across him. 1
quickly revived him and found that he
was unhurt except for some few scratches
and a dislocated shoulder. The dead bear,
should judge, weighed 100 pounds. We
got our guns and rode back TO where my
captive was, but he had chewed the rope
and disappeared"
Old bear hunters say that II is remark
able that either OF these two ranchers
escaped with their lives. As for the steer,
he was 90 badly torn up that he was shot
to end his suffering.
Do We Catch Fishf
do we catch fiHh at Elkin7" said w, q.
English, who lives on the Green River.
well, will tell you something about fish
lng In the Green River. My neighbors and
went fishing in the Green River two
weeks ago, and we have not had to 60
a-hshing since, and won't need to until next
summer Did we catch emf Well, some
few and then some. What kind? White
salmon, from six and seven pounds in
weight up TO seventy-hve pounds Ny
little girl, not 10 years old, captured the
latter which was the largest Of the lot.
Tho average was fifteen and eighteen
pounds. No, we do not use flies nor live
bait nor harpoons nor seincs nor nets.
Just clubs. That's a little way we have
in our neck of the woods. You see, the
Green River rose UP kinder and got be-
yond It's bank almost. This kicked UP a
lot Of mud and the mud kicked up all
kinds of Fuctions with the poor salmon
who have not yet learned 20 breathe mud.
Mud is not a good diet for white salmon;
It fills their gills and lmpedes breathing, SO
to the top and stick their noses out to gel
air.
"Well, the river was simply black with
salmon noses-loeked like a flock of sheep,
so close together were they. Everybody
got club and went down,
"A soft tap on the head sufficed to end
the misery OF the poor fellows so tapped
and they turned up their little fins and quit
business
1T required only a moment to throw
him out on the bank, when the dose was
administered to the next sufferer, And
so on for half an hour. when everybody
who wanted fish had enough to last him
and his family all spring
I'VE have had all the fish we wanted
ever since for these FISH are most excel
lent when dried. All you have to do Is
10 soak them In water. when they taste
Just as we'll as thought caught the same
day,
Thousands Of these fish died OF suf'
location as a result of that food"
The story told by Mr.. English is voucheG
for by some OF the most reliable men II
Utah. The Green River Is always ALIVE
with salmon and big trout. More thar
100000 6-month-old trout have been planted
in the streams Of Wyoming and Utah with
in the last six months,