Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-09-02
HUNTING EXPERIENCES
AT BEAR CAMP
Young Man Lost In the Woods for
4S Hours, With Nothing to Eat
but Berries.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Cornell, son
and daughter, of this city; j. C.
Mattison, of Galice. and A. l.. Vro-
man and son, Clint Vroman, of Med
ford, and G. w. Eyre, of Salem, re-
turned Monday from a camping trip
spent at Bear Camp, between the
Rogue and Illinois rivers, so miles
from Grants Pass. On arrival at
the grounds, where permanent
camp was established, the gentlemen
at once proceeded to make furni-
ture and in a remarkably short time
all sorts Of conveniences were ar
ranged In order to make the
housekeeping" very easily and
quickly done. The gentlemen had
good luck hunting and secured IS
deer and one bear, A. B. Cornell
having the honor of bringing down
old Bruin. The boys of the party,
young Carroll Cornell and Clint vro-
man, killed the largest bucks and
naturally feel very proud of their
success. Mrs. Cornell and Miss Edna
were kept busy drying meat, and the
party brought ESQ pounds of dried
venison home with them. Much
sport was had at the expense OF the
ladies when large bee tree was
found and cut down, Mrs. Cornell
and Miss Edna assisting In the work
OF securing the honey, but the
gentlemen say that on several diff
ferent occasions, when the bees be-
came too friendly, the ladies played
ostrich and took to the woods, where
they struck their heads in the brush
to avoid the stings OF the bees. How
ever, the reward was worth the
trouble, for about five gallons OF
fine honey were secured.
number of gentlemen were
camped near the CornellMattison
party, they being DR.. p. F. ROLAND,
president of the Oriole Mining com
pany, and his son, young man
about 10 years of age; DR.. Field and
Mr. Gilchrist, all of Salem. On one
of the hunting excursions, young
ROLAND became separated from the
others and was lost n the woods
When the gentlemen returned from
the hunt in the evening the young
man did not appear, but no anxiety
was aroused, as 1t was supposed he
had killed a deer and was bringing
1t into camp. When he failed to
put In an appearance at II o'clock
at night, his father and friends be-
came alarmed and the camps were
aroused and guns were fired in the
hope that they would aid him in his
return. As no response was received
to the signals, a searching party was
Immediately formed and started out
to find the young man. After search
ing all night, he was found by A. y,
Cornell, eight miles from camp and
twenty miles from any human habi-
tation, his clothing torn into shreds
and perspiration and blood stream
ing from his face and hands from
crawling through the underbrush.
When found the young man was
headed in the opposite direction to
camp, and had been in the woods IS
hours, with no food except the ber-
ries he had been able to find He
had shot away all his ammunition
except two shells In the vain en-
deavor Of attracting the attention Of
his friends Mr. Cornell had a lunch
In his pocket, with which the young
man was able TO satisfy his hunger
and after giving the signal agreed
upon before starting on their search,
the party returned to camp Young
ROLAND was a football player on
the Willamette L. of o. team OF
1910, and although OF a strong con-
stitution naturally, the long tramp
and 4S hours Of wandering through
the wilderness, without substantial
food, was beginning to tell frightful-
ly on him and had the rescue been
delayed many hours, IL Is feared he
would have pershed in the noun
tains.
Aside from this unpleasant incl
dent, both parties enjoyed their out
ing immensely as Bear camp Is an
ideal spot for hunting and camping,
and the long horseback rides
through the mountains were enjoyed |
every BIT as much by the ladies as
by the gentlemen. as they expert
enced the novelty Of trips over trails
that not many Of the Grants Pass
ladies would have the courage 10
take
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