The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-09-09
SHOOTS FOUR BEARS.
T1illard Howard Kills Three Cubs and
Mortality Wounds the nother
Bear Tuesday Night.
Animals Discovered in Scrub Oak
and Had Evidently Been freed
by Small Rat Terrier.

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Princeton has gone Duluth one
better in the bear killing line and be-
lieves it is now entitled to. the cham
pionship. While Duluth people claim
to have killed a bear or two on the
bluffs they have never had the novel
experience of bringing them down
from the shade trees in their gardens.
Millard Howard, who lives within the
city limits, performed such a feat yes
terday morning at 2:3O O'Clock. He
shot four bears from one scrub oak
treee and every one of them tumbled
from the branches. There were three
cubs and the mother bear in the tree,
but the latter, although mortally {
wounded, succeeded in ambling away
in the darkness. Millard's story of the
incident is as follows:
II was awakened at 2 O'Clock by
the barking of my terrier and pro-
ceeded to the window of my bedroom
to Investigate. raised the sash and
heard something growing in the big
oak tree a short distance away. It
was pitch dark and for several
minutes could discern nothing, but
at last distinguished two eyes as of
fire peering out of the darkness. I
connected with my shotgun immedi-
ately and put two loads into the beast
not knowing what I was shooting
at. The fall of heavy body to the
ground, however, decided me to rush
downstairs, gun in hand, and I was
just in time to see, indistinctly, big
bear ambling off in a northerlv
direction. AS my terrier kept up it's
barking at the foot of the tree I con-
cluded that there were more than one
of them and listened. Then heard
more growls. Peering into the
branches [ saw slight movement and
fired. Down came cub. Still the
dog continued barking and 1 investi-
gated further with the result that I
saw another dark body in the treetop
and fred again. Down came another
cub. By this time was beginning to
feel creepy scarcely knew what to
think OF it, as the dog remained under
the tree and barked louder than ever.
A slight rustling of the branches then
told me that bruin NOD was up there
somewhere. fired haphazard and
down he came. The dog then ceased
barking and I knew I had them all.n
The U o reporter drove up to
Mr.. Towards yesterday morning and
saw the three cubs lying dead IN the
yard. Two of them were cinnamons
and one jet black bear with very
fine coat The latter was probably
an orphan which Mrs. fBruin had
adopted. The cubs approached in
size that of a shepherd dog, the black
one being trife the smaller of the
three.
Millard Howard and Rev. W. b.
Koenig started out yesterday morning
to trail the mother bear and we're en-
abled to follow it considerable
distance in consequence of the blood
which it left in it's wake. Rain COM
menced to fall, however, and this :
obliterated all traces, so the pursuers
were compelled to return. From the
close range at which the bear was
shot and the quantity of blood which
covered the ground there seems but
little doubt that it was mortally
wounded.
1t is believed that the bears are the
same which were seen near Glen
dorado on Tuesday and that while
prowling around Mr.. Towards resi-,
dence} looking for food they were
startled by the terrier and climbed the
tree for safety.