Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-01
TOURISTS REPORT
HOLD Up BY BEARS
IN THEIR TRAVELS

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Being held up in the mouu-
tains by a mother bear and two
cubs isn't the incest thing that
could be imagined by the ordi4
nary citizen but that is what
happens when tourists are go4
lug through the Yellowstone.
park. The Grizzley hug, last
views of the home place with
relatives sitting on the porch, y
little service in a church, and
other little pictures would probs <
ably fit through the minds Of
many. However. the tourists
in the national park do not be-
come overly excited when such
an incident occurs because they
know exactly what to do.
When Mr.. and Mrs. G.. L.
Kennedy, of Bitchwood, N. D..
now registered at the Salem
auto park. came through the
Yellowstone on their way west
they rounded a curve and there
In the middle OF the road sat a
big grizzly mother bear with
her two cubs. Repeated sound
ing of the horn did not seem to
bother the animals In the least.
The road was narrow and to turn
out and pass them would have
been impossible. Park officials
had told the tourists what to do
in such a case so when they got
within about so feet Of the bear
family Mr.. Kennedy stopped the
machine, hunted up few cookies
which were being carried for
lunch. and got out and advanced
to about rs feet from the animals
and tossed the cookies to them
The bears gave little satisfied
grunt, ate the sweet morsel and
shuffled out OF the way. Before
the proceedings were over Mr.,
Kennedy said that at least seven
or eight bears were lined up wait
Ing for him to pay toll. Several
other campers have told similar
stories.
Making Touring Profitable
For the past week Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Cox and Mr. and Mrs.
James Cox, of Walla Walla, hair
dressers, have been registered at
the park and have been doing
quite business making switches.
The two women have been cam
vassing the city and getting comb
lings from the ladies who wanted
switches made. The two men stay
in camp and do the work 80 that
1t is possible for the customers to
receive the finished product the
following day. ti7
| 52 Camps Register =,
Fffty-two camps were registered
at the park last evening. Twenty
| seven of the number remained
over from previous registrations
while the remaining rs camps
were newly registered. They were
made up of the following
P. Lansing and son, Centralia; Mr..
and Mrs. ]. e. Dunn and family,
Modesto, CAL; DR.. Marriatt and
family, st. Louis, Mo-; Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. T. Zimmerman and party,
Paris, ILL.,; Mr.. and Mrs. r. %.
Cook and family, Kimball, s. d;
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w. Keenan, and
family, Kimball, s. D.; Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Grossholz, Charles City,
Iowa; l.. B. Dyer and N. Troyeltz,
Sunnyside, Wash; Mr.. and Mrs.
@. A.. Hughes, Sunnyside, Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Sapp and family.
klamath Falls; Mr.. and Mrs. o. H
Dunlap, Sawtell, Cal; Mr.. and
Mrs. G. l.. Dennedy and two
daughters, Lidgewood. N. d."
Gertrude Hasllns and mother,
Portland; Mr.. and Mrs. G. Fl. RolF-'
ing and family, Butte, Mont; Mr..
and Mrs. W. Nelson and family,
Centralia; Mr.. and Mrs. II. Oliver
and party, Seattle; Mr.. and Mrs.
c.. A. White, Palo Alto, Cal; Mr.
and Mrs. j. A. blacksmith and
family, Kimball, S. D.; Mr.. and
Mrs. p. Krause, HeIent, Mont;
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Thomas, Ports
land; Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Bird,
Portland; Mr. and Mrs. w. A..
Weikel, Seattle; Mr.. and Mrs. W.
A. Sargeants, San Francisco.
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