The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-10-10

John KOutSOn came IN from Dig
creek last week for medical treatment.
Some time ago he shot bear near
his home and succeeded in breaking
one of its legs. When he started to
give it another shot he discovered
that his rifle was empty. He con-
cluded that he and the dog could keep
the bear busy while another man with
him went to the house for more cart
ridges. They did. Also the bear kept
them likewise. When the fracas was
over Routson had an arm and leg
CHS own, not the bear's) consider
ably chewed up. The leg wound has
refused to heal properly, hence his
trip to Mccall for treatment. He is
coming along nicely now.
During the fire fighting Will Boyd
stun was in charge of two camps east
of the South Fork. At one. OF the
camps a big black bear got into the
habit of coming in and dining off the
table scraps. She had cub with her
but the cub was a little timid about
coming close up. The mother bear
however, would come within 70 or 81
feet of the table while the men were
eating. The day before they broke
camp they roped her and tied her Ut
for about three hours Roy StoveI
was the first to get rope on the bear
catching her around the middle. Roy
says its some stunt to hold big beal
that way, but the other boys say thai
Roy tied one end of the rope to tree
before he dropped the loop over thu
bear. Three or four more ropes were
put on her, and the boys had lots o
fun before they turned her loose
When they. finally took the ropes OF
she was so tame they had to kick he
out of camp, and the boys say sh'
wept pitifully when they left next day
Tom Phelan, the l2-year-old son o
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Phelan, is tn
Champion boy bear hunter OF Idaho
His parents are now living over Of
the Middle Salmon, near Myers Cove
where Larry is making success il
the stock business. While out ridin
with his mother one day Tom dis
covered a nearly grown cub, an
promptly dismounted and proceede
to get that bear. At the third shot h
planted a bullet from his 25-35 RICH
over the eye, and il was all over wit
that bear. With his mothers help h
loaded II on his saddle horse and too
it home, where he removed the ski
in regular hunter style. The next da
while out riding with his sister. who
a little older than himself, he bagge
an old bear--a big one. II was som
Job for the two children to load thi
one. They attached a rope to the bea
and started to pull Il up the hill to
large rock by the horn OF the saddl
When the horse settled down to pu
the cinch broke. They manufacture
another cinch out of bride reins, an
finally got the bear on the rock. The
they got the horse up against the roc
on the lower side and rolled the be'
on and dashed himsecurely. Did TOT
walk home? He did not; he climbe
on top of the bear and rode the be;
home. Tom has gone down to Bots
to attend school this winter, and wi
probably be instructor TO a big cla'
OF embryo bear hunters among u
Boise kids. His father got four bea'
this season-one cinnamon, one brow
and two black.
Tuesday Newt Williams and To
Reedy got brown bear on the Fa
creek trail, near the place whe'
Newcomb made the slaughter la
Friday. but they didn't get him fairl
Knowing bruins fondness for I'll
they hung tempting meal up on
bush where the bear could find
easily, and then left couple of ira
handy for him to step in, and VIII.
they went I'D Tuesday morning, N
bear was waiting for them. He was
two-year-old. and awful fat A bla
bear had stepped into another tr