Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-07-05
A SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE.
An Ideal Resort for Our Strenuous Presi-
dent After His Present Term.

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The Rossland Miner BILLY Esling's
paper), of the 10Th ult, proposes that
shortly after the present term of Mr..
Roosevelt expires that he be invited
to come to British Columbia for a
hunting trip, and this is what it saws
to whet his passion for big game:
The grizzly bears of the Cariboo
country are what the mighty hunter
will come after. If the American
President wants big game there are
places in the Slocan and on the west
and east sides of Arrow lakes where
he can get his fill of them. John
Bangs, the Fire valley rancher. saws
that there is Il place in the upper
portion of Fire valley that is the
habitat of the silver tip and the
grizzly. and that man can kill as
many of them as he desires to and
they are the toughest of tough Gus
toners to handle, as they fight to
the death and are game to the core.
A few years since Robert McCann
and California Thompson were pros
pecting on little lake, the waters of
which empty into lower Arrow lake.
They were on a high ridge near
the lake, and McCann's hat was
blown Off his head. He started down
the side of the ridge after the hat.
Thompson stood on Il large boulder
and was shouting to him the direc-
tion in which the hcadpicce had gone.
Looking down he saw two silver-tips
III the near vicinity of where the hat
had fallen and Il moment after Il little
further away he saw two more, and
in another direction he saw three
more, and they were all big and
fierce looking. Hastily shouting to
McCann to come back, he felt the hair
on his head raising and away went
his hat borne by the wind down the
slope in the direction of the bears.
McCann returned and he and Thomp-
son got out of that bear infested Sec
tiOn as fast as they could, as the only
weapon they possessed was pros
pectors pick. They prospected for
the balance of the trip without
hats, tying handkerchiefs about their
heads.
There is a big grizzly in the Slo-
can, a regular man-cater. whose path
in search of prey is as well known to
the inhabitants of that section as the
orbit of the moon is known to astrOn-
Omers. He has killed several men
and goes over his beat unchallenged
by man or beast. This ursus najor
would be fine subject for the PreSi-
dent to use his big stick or his big
gun on. The man who tackles this
great animal has got to shoot quick
and get him before he gets the hunt
er. His rushes are fiercer than those
of John l.. Sullivan used to be before
he was whaled by J. j. Corbett.
Talk about bear of all kinds and
cougars, there is no need of going to
CariboO after them when they can be
found plentifully in the KootenayS
So far rs deer and trout are con-
cerned, we can equal any portion of
the continent and easily surpaSs
most of them. The Miner hereby ex-
tends hearty invitation to Presi-
dent Roosevelt to come to ROSSland
and this paper will furnish him guides
to hhe hauntS of more grizzlies, silver
tips, black bear, cougars and deer
than he ever saw before, even in the
mcnageric of thrcc-ringed circus.
If he will come he is certain to have
the hunting time of his life.