Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-01-07
BEAVER JACK"
STILL MISSING
Friends Fear He Met Death
Through Fight With
Wild Beast
Special to Evening Teller.

as the thought is, the friends of ]. C.
Ulery, better known throughout this
section of the state as Beaver Jack"
who is missing from his haunts in the
Craigs in the Bitter Root mountains
sack Of Kooskia, have -haut come to
sre conclusion that the man was kill
ed by some wild beast, or so terribly
injured by one that he succombed to
his injuries and his body now lies
frozen stiff under the six or seven feet
~of snow that covers the mountains.
An inquiry into the life and habits
Of the man incline to this belief. AL
though he has been lumberman and
trapped all his life. living in this sec
tion OF the country for about 16 years.
was never known to carry any weapon
smaller than his rifle with which to
defend himself against wild animals
which he might chance to meet while
travelling through the wild Of the Bit
ter Roots.
Sean Last on November 10.
The prediction has been made that
some day Beaver Jack" would meet
just some such fate as is now thought
has overtaken him.
The last seen Of the man was on
n November 10. 1906. at the cabin Of the
forest reserve riders at the forks Of
the Lochsa and Selwa rivers, 80 miles
above Kooslia. He said he had To-
Gated bunch OF elk. that he was go
ing to kill several of them. and that he
week with some Juicy elk steaks.
When the Cold Springs cabin of
Beaver Jack was visited by c. II.
Blossom and his party Of hunters who
had been driven out Of the mountains
by the deep snow, some recently kill
I'd elk meat was found. showing that
the man had shot one or more Of the
band OF elk. It Is presumed that after
killing the animals Beaver Jack"
proceeded to bring the meat to his
cabin in shoulder packs.
Fear Fight With Beast.
The superstition OF the mans friends
Is that upon one of his return trips to
the place where the carcas was laying
IN the snow. he encountered some wild
animal which was feeding upon the
elk meat. In his endeavors to drive
on the animal, 1t Is thought the latter
%,,r,.a1 ,,nov, hfY,, Mt oarino n no
linquish the meat which Beaver jack
wanted.
The friends of the missing man fig
ure that he, not being armed. because
his rifle was found in the Cold Springs
cabin by Mr.. Blossom and his party
was no match for the wild beast. OF
there might have been more than one
OF them, and was either killed or sc
badly injured that he was unable t.
return to his cabin and either died
from the shock or succombed to the
fury of the elements.
The Craigs are In the center of ont
of the widest sections of the Bittel
Root range of mountains, where is |.
known that cougars and mountain
Hons, to say nothing Of wild cats
abound in large numbers.
Came From Oregon.
with sufficient snow unon tn,
ground to make hunting hard for tn
denizons Of the forest. 1t Is not fac
to be wondered at that half starve'
mountain lion, Wild cat or couga
would fight for its life before bein,
forced away from feast of elk meat
And II is equally as likely. so "Beave
Jacks" friends think, that one of thes
animals in its defense of Its meal. at
tackled the unarmed hunter and trap
per.
Beaver Jack" was born on the Mil
lamette river. not far from Portland
in which city his father was we
known. For years his father was
warehouse man on the river and q
one time was considered wealth
man Beaver jack" has . brother.
rancher. who lives near Palous
Wash.
Once Lived in GranueviiIe.
Before coming to Kooskia, whlc
YVES ls wears AGO, the missing ma
first lived in Grangeville. afterwarG
locating a ranch adjoining the col
Hanpy Jack" ranch on the Middle For
of the Clearwater river, about fly
miles above Kooskia. His paren
were born in the East, and came acro
the plains to Oregon over the famo,
Oregon trial.
As soon as the weather will perm
w. e. Parry. who is now packing SUI