Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-23
BATTuE ON MAIN STREET
Two Residents Get Severe Ner-
vous Shocks While Out
Last Night.
MI Hands Turn out This Morning
Armed and Bag u Big Fellow
In Town.


Brigham city. Aug 23-Rear stories
are not the commonest things these
days and the story about to be told
from this section Is altogether uncom-
mon II may be the fame OF Brigham
City's peaches that mas enticed the
bears from their haunts into the city
and II may be some other cause, but
there was visit paid here last night
by at least three OF the tribe that
caused no little excitement ovcr night
and this morning.
Last night as Joseph Mortensen OF
Mortensen q Sons was leaving his
barn he was confronted by big black
bear. He says II was as big as any
steer he ever saw and that when il
snortod at him IL sounded louder than
any noise he had ever heard In his life
before. Immediately after the beur
snorted, II not sooner. MIR. Mortensen
started for the house. He cared not
for the grace of his running. hut
thought most OF getting through the
kitchen door before the bear did He
did not bother at the time To asst a
glance behind him. lie bottled through
the door and caused great consterna-
ton In the house by his hasty arrival
and quick breathing He finally ex-
planned to his brother. by means of dis
connected sentences and fractions OF
sign language that there was bear
in their door yard Selling rifles, pts-.
tolls and shotguns the two started out
to hunt bruln soon they were rein
forced by about 20 youths armed Ia
the teeth and the hunt continued
through the might This morning the
trail was picked up in the very heart
OF the city and Chris Holt took a shot
at bear No ! with his shotgun. Tho
shot Found Judgment in the pait Of thu,
big creature and he let forth lusty
roar and started toward the cause %
his discontinue. James Tfngey hap
pened to be- prepared for the advance.
however md stopped the maddened
bear with a shot aimed true from big
caliber gun. Telling the monster In his
tracks In the main business street ~
the city This left one bear down and
two nj large.
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.
Here is the other story, true in every
syllable:
A farmer last night watering his farm
was meandering about his place ne
and lantern in hand opening and clos
ing bitches and seeing that his thirsty
acres were well dampened. He put
his lantern over a fence to see how the
watering was progressing and "a lie
peered into the Illuminated heid he was
bear smell the lantern in an inquisitiYe
way The lantern was something on
tirtly now 10 bruin. evidently. Tor ne
paid No attention to the farmer For
several moments the irrigator stood re
n petrlfed with surprise. simple aston
ishment or fear n Is not known which.
and all the while the youthful hour
smalled the lantern here and there anil
finally with toss OF his hcah sent u
sailing from the farmers grasp aal
into the ditch This completely wil;cl
the follower OF Agrlcola and he feat
a hasty retreat to his house. His ~
liyal in his own house was s'gnaiiy "a
bv as much astonishment as was Mo-"
tensens in his kitchen. Soon the COOL
wife was informed or the thrilling nigh.
encounter and then the alarm went
party was formed and is still on me
hunt for the bear This forenoon the
party was following trail leading t.
he hills, trail evidently made by two
tired cubs
MOTHER OF CUBS.
After Mortensens story OF the bear
mad gained currency throughout the
,ity, a curious crowd gathered near
ne spot where the bear was slain.
There were skeptics In the crowd from
he start and they all swore that
,ear never did grow as big as Morten
zen said his visitor was. Measure
nents were made from tip to tin IN
iarious directions and the unanimous
'erdict was that while the bear was
rot as big as the biggest steer ever seen
n the county. still II was n sizeable
I'D creature, nearly as big as Morten-
zen said II was evidently the mother
" the cubs which are now closely pur-
.ued by the well armed hunters