The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-11-17
Big BEAR GOES ON
"SPREE" FOR HONEY
Marauding Grizzly Takes
Possession Of Park
Hostelry

Washington. Nov. IA bear
burglar came down out of the Rocky
Mountains in Glacier National Park
and demonstrated to the National
Parks Bureau there is more truth
than poetry in the old adage, at is
better to divide your honey with a
bear than to provoke its anger" But,
Uncle Sam will not place free lunch
bes hives on the mountain slopes to
save National Parks hotel property
from burglar bears.
Tired of long summer of herba-
eeous diet dtld bent upon honey
SPREE" a huge marauding grizzly
broke into the commodious kitchen
OF the mammoth Many Glacier Hotel
which had been closed for the sea-
son. During the height of his sweet
spree" the bsar created scene OF
violent indiscriminate destruction,
which movie producers would have
paid a large sum to film.
Skaters China.
The prowlng pillager shattered
thousand pieces of china and glass
ware, broke hundred panes of win
dow glass by hurting out plumber
which he evidently intended to carry
to his winter cache. and otherwise
clawed property damage estimated
BY the Glacier Park Hotel company
to exceed $4,000.
The broken glass from smashed
honey jars, broken china, glassware
and other debris. when swept up, |
made five wagon loads for the dump
The burglar beast entered thru
the main entrance, with true Western
daring. as If he felt entitled to be-
come the last guest of the season. He
broke heavy shutter off and then
threw his strength against the main
door within, breaking it off from it's
heavy hinges. He took hams and
bacon strips out of the ice box, tore
down shelves with his jaws and paws,
glassware and dishes he'll
ter SHELTER. He passed on into the
cafeteria and ruined five sacks of
-four and four bags of sugar by
breaking them open and mixing the
contents of all into one pile upon
the floor In this mixture he rolled,
Just to scratch his back. Evidently
he forgot how he got into the cafe
terra, for he smashed the windows to
get out He broke fifty panes of {
glass and number of sashes right
here and it was evident from blood I
stains on the stills and upon the t
ground below the windows that he c
fifteen feet to the ground /
rom one OF the cafeteria windows in 9
making his getaway.
That was Sunday morning, October /
i2. The lingering taste of honey h
vas too much for him. He ven
ured back on a second raid that t,
light. Cyril McGills. the watch b
ian. having made the alarming dis y
overy of the previous visit was in e.
rafting for the "Feasting Foragsf' n
i the kitchen. armed with high II
owered rifle. II was an intense mo- y
lent for the Waterman when he W
irew on all the electric light switch
) Illuminating the hotel for the en- bi
Iunter. He found bruin in a hall So
ay, between the kitchen and the ca
lfet5ria, on his launches, shaking
IL massive head from side to side Ell
an alarming defiant manner. The kl
east roared and plunged forward W
ut the Waterman took quick aim III
nd sent a bullet thru the animals NJ
eek. The towering beast fell back Cd
wing, his bulky body striking us
yainst a large box which collapsed
lder the great weight. Gu
Ii was a giant silver tipped grizzly SD
I'd measured seven feet and nine Vo
ches. Supt J. r. Rakin, Of Glacier nc
ark. took possession of the pelt -
Ophy which the National Parks Blu
au probably will dispose of as an
hibit for the Smithsonian Institu-