Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-10-18
:HOCWALL0W NEWS
Dunk Belts, Regular CorreAponOe
500 George Bingham)

The wild persimmon crop is ripening
in and around Hogwallow and much
anxiety is now disappearing. When it
begins to look like our citizens are on
their "last legs' something always
hobs up to bring about happiness and
contentment.
Atlas Peck is wishing for the good
fall and winter rains to set in to swell
up his wagon wheel and rain barrel.
The postmaster has received notice
from the government to proceed to
take new ten year lease on the Hog
wallow postoffice building. He has re-
fused to proceed and has notified them
that the building cannot possibly last
that much longer; that he has had u
hard time making it last through the
term which has just expired.
Yam Sims says it's easy to borrow
money when you have the confidence
of the people. He says in the past he
has been much more persistant in his ef-
forts than the government and has not
been nearly SO successful.
lobe Moseley thinks the govern
ment is right in asking for plenty of
money to run the war, that plenty Of
money and material will keep every
thing well organized. He says his home
has been almost completely disorgan-
lied for week on account of his fail
ure to raise the thirty cents he
promised his wife some days ago.
Why the Painters all Left
It is regretted by all that the wild
animals that once were so plentiful
in this section are now gone forever,
the onward march of civilization, with
its accompanying progress, having all
but exterminated them. It is safe to
predict that at no distant date there
will not be enough wild animals left
to pose for photographs for the circus
bill-boards. The crowd at the Hog
walloW postoffice was discussing this
important subject Tuesday night
Years ago;. declared some Of the older
ones that Camden and Gimlet creek
bottoms were fairly alive with wild
animals. A person could 90 out into
the woods a short distance and find
any sort Of wild varmint he was looh-
ing for.and to find them, he never had
to take along q lot Of feed and call
them like de did the hogs. Wild cats
and panthers were plentiful. but today
there are left only the harmless
animals and such fellows as Raj Bar
low and Ellick Hellwangcr. Some of
tie crowd Tuesday night could not un-
dcrstand the scarcity Of all our fear
bearing animals until Columbus Allsop
told of his experience in doing away
with the panthcrs of his immediate
vicinity. It occurred one night about
forty years ago. At the time he was
out hunting, when all Of a sudden he,
while passing under tree who's.
branches over spread the road he heard
q strange animal sneeze, and on looking
up very large panther leaped down in
to his face Colombus saw at once that
he was in for combat, and after pull
ing off his coat and rolling up his
sleeves he began to grow mad. He got
the panther down on the ground scream
ing for mercy and help. Just at this
time there sprang to the panthers rescue
four more large panthers which jump
ed upon him and before he could quelch
them, a large drove of probably a doz-
Ell or more had arrived, whereupon he
saw he was in trouble, but, said he, in
his usual display Of braveness, he lit
in upon them, and finally killed the
whole layout by taking them by the
tails and slamming their heads against
the ground, one at a time. He then
went his way without so much as a pin
scratch, and since then there has not
been panther seen in this section.