The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-23
NATURE FAk|RS At
WORK IN THIS CITY
STORIES ABOUT WILD ANIMALS
ALLEGED TO BIZ
TRUE.

Now that President Roosevelt's at
tention is taken up with trying to un-
! tie the Gordon knot of the financial
rope and that he is exerting his eff
forts to solve the threatening money
stringency problem, he has not time
to use the big stick on the nature
fakirs. The News writer has heard
various tales concerning local people
and wild animals, but has not dared
print them for fear that Teddy"
would place the stories in the class
of narratives produced by the nature
fakirs. Here are a few of the tales,
the truthfulness of the same being
left to those accused of having told
them.
ED. AUSTIN-The biggest fish
ever caught weighed SO pounds.
became tired of seeing people one day
and hired team and drove out to
Steptoe. l started fishing late tat
afternoon but luck seemed against
me, and although | saw plenty Of
trout | failed to land any. There
wasn't fly In my assortment that
didn't use, but the fish wouldn't
strike and | was ready to quit when
got funny notion. A small frog
happened to hop over my foot and /
caught him and placed him on the
hook. Say, that hook hadn't struck
the water before something grabbed
it and rearly pulled me off my feet
and ;..in the river. | ney.r struck a
fish yet that | didn't land, so | hung
to the pole. | couldn't pull TOO hard
for fear that | would break the line,
so / had to run down stream.
hurdled boulders half as large as q
wagon, jumped small trees as though
they were nothing more than weeds,
rushed down small canyons and
clambered up hill sides until I
thought l would drop. For five hours
we raced and l was ready to quit
when the fish that had given me so
much trouble swan into pool at
the side of the creek and before he
could get away | nailed him. Well,
sir, he was as large as seal and
must have been liz those waters for
SO years. would have brought that
trout to town only it was too heavy
and the team | had couldn't haul us
both and l was too tired to walk and
allow the fish to ride. Rather than
destroy such a beauty | threw him
may hook Mr.. Trout again.
JOE MURPHY was hunting for
quail one time and had not had very
good luck when suddenly some ami
NAL started to break through the
brush. l awaited results and they
came very quickly. Out of the brush
came grizzly bear He must have
been hungry, as he made straight for
me. | looked for a tree to climb
but there wasn't any that | could
reach in time so l did the next best
thing-raised my shotgun and fired.
The shell was filled with bird shot
and l aimed for Mr.. Grizzly's eyes.
He stopped and commenced to paw
at his head. Seeing that had blind
ed him l stepped to one side and
watched the performance. Wild with
rage that bear rushed first against
one tree and then another. Once in
while he got rather close to me
but it was easy work lodging him,
and for two hours we played tag.
kept tagging him with bird shot until
finally he stumbled over a cliff and
was killed. My, but the hide was an
elegant one.
ARTHUR CORDINER-The odd
est sight ever saw was in the Rocky
mountains. 1t was during hot sum-
mer afternoon and | was seated or
the trunk of fallen tree when I wit
messed boxing match between two
wild animals-a bear and a wolf. 1t
seems all the animals in the hills for
miles around were present, the affair
having been we'll advertised by rabbit
runners. Perhaps most people are un-
aware Of the civilized states these
Rocky mountain animals are in.
confess l was rather surprised my
self. But that isn't telling you about
the fight. In the fox's corner was a
coyote and wild goat, while in the
bears corner were two half-grown
cubs. A mountain lion was referee
and before the bout commenced stood
in the center of the ring and did some
loud bowling, evidently making an
announcement. He then stepped
over to the two corners and brought
the fighters forward. They rubbed
noses and after making some more
noise, returned to their corners. The
fight then began and it was the fierc-
est | ever witnessed. At times the
bear would swat the wolf with such
force that the latter would roll over
several times. But he was upon his
paws in a second and would sink his
sharp teeth into Mr.. Bears nose un-
til he roared with pain. The howl
ing screeching of the animals was
worse than dozen circus menage-
ries. The fight lasted for an hour,
when the lion stopped it. evidently
considering the contest a draw. Az
ter the animals had departed | ex-
amined the ground where the battle
took place and 1t was literally COW
cred with pieces of bear and wolf
hide. 1t was a friendly contest, as
the bear and wolf walked away side
by side.
FRED OLDFIELD-The largest
ants I ever saw were of such size
that their hills were higher than
these around the camp. They could
P. S.-A leased wireless dispatch
reads that Roosevelt is still busting
trusts and has decided to repeat his
admonition to nature fakirs, SO the
News doesn't dare print Oldfield's S
story
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