Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-31
.HAKMERSLEY HAS
GONE BACK T0HUNT
Man Thought Victim Of Wolves Says
He Knows Of No Basis for
Story OF Woods Tragedy


hunter Of predatory animals. whose
long absence on upper Evans creek
led to the fear that he had been des-
troyed BY wolves when It was report
ed from Gold Hill that timbermen
had found the bones Of . human be-
Ing In the Willow Fiat country. ar
rived ct Rogue River Tuesday after
noon safe and sound. 4 Hammerslcy
was much surprised at the report thar
he had been devoured by the beasts
OF the forest, and said that In no time
during his sbsence had hs been n
danger Of passing in his checks. ,s-
Mrs. Hammersiey had let hsro
during the afternoon to direct the
search for her husband from upper
Evans creek. but at Rogue River met
him ON his way out. He had met
the party that had been sent, from
Winner In the morning while on the
trail. Mr.. and Mrs. Hammersley
went on to Gold Hill. where they re-
mained till this morning. when Ham
mersley returned to the Willow Flat
country to continue his hunt. Mrs.
Hammersley returned to this city ON
the morning train. .sf sa.ss X
Mr.. Hammersley states that SO far
as he knows there is no ground for
the report that a man had been kill
ed near Willow Fiat. and he iiscred-
Its the story that emanated from
Gold Hill. He authorizes the follew-
ing statement In this paper. ~
Upon my arrival at Evans val
ley. from Willow Flat, people were
shouting Hello. John, we have been
reading In all the papers of the coun-
try that wolves had devoured you.'
After making inquiries to determine
where such fallacy could have orig
mated. | could not find where such
an accident had occurred. as no tim
Der cruisers or any one else has Wis
tied the locality In which was sta
TONED since the heavy snowfall dur
ing the forepart OF the year. VIII
say that 1t made very readable
story. but the author certainly did
not consider that such report would
mean not only worry and anxiety till
l was located. but much expense in
sending messages and messengers at
this time endeavoring to reach me
through parties which crossed the
and which failed to see
by reason OF my coming out via the
wagon road to mail my report for the
month at the John Hills ranch. How
ever. such representatives should en-
deavor to obtain the authenticity of
such rumors before drawing upon
their imagination for pipe
DREAM"
With the return OF Hammersiey,
the identity Of the bones reported to
have been found is occasioning much
interest. A Portland report states
hat John Dorando. a prospector, is
missing in that district. while the
Sun has the following re-
sarding the disappearance of an
Evans creek homesteader: "
Friends of s, r. Miller. a home
'teader on the upper reaches Of
Evans creek fear that he has met
grim fate In the woods. and has been
he victim Of timber wolves. The
human bones found near Gold Hill
he first of the week. were at first
hought to be those OF John Ham
nersley government hunter, missing
'ince January 2. but Tuesday tele-
'hone message was received from
lin to DR., Chisholm saying that he
vas well and alive. Failure to send
word to his wife caused the rumor to
tart that he had met q tragic DEATH,
according to friends in this city,
iiller left for his homestead a week
go. and has been missing, never
his destination. They be-
ieve that he fell a prey to hungry
wolves while making his way to his
nountainx home. "A search will be
made 60 locate him."