Show USED TO HUNT GRIZZLIES But This Nimrod Has Grown Tired of the Sport Chicago TimesHerald Xtf man In j I the west is a more noted slayer of the i grizzly than J W Scarles of San Bernardino He shot them for more than 20 years but has reformed When asKed to explain his inactivity he remarks re-marks that he has not lost any bear and Is not looking for any On a I desk in his office stands a twoounce bottle that holds 21 pieces of broken bone and teeth The Spencer rule that stands in the corner has more I than 20 dents In the stock and one i deep one in the top of the barrel The bones and teeth came from Mr Scares lower jaw and the dents came from the fangs of the grizzly Placing the fingers in the heavy beard which covers the lower part of the mans face one can feel hollows that saem to cut the jawbone nos It e Jon J-on the 14th of March 1S70 In the mountains moun-tains of Kern county California I Wet to the skin with moist snow 1 that hung to the bushes he was trail ing the grizzly through the chaparral Suddenly 1 it rose on its hind legs and its nose was not 18 inches from his face He could not hack a step because be-cause of the brush He threw the rifle across his body pointed it at the base i of the brutes Jaw and pulled the trigger As the rifle racked the I grizzly Ditched forward urinn Its foia 1 I feet and pawed frantically at its eyes about which the powder had singed I i j the hair Searles threw another I cartridge into the barrel and aimed at j i the base of his enemys brain The cartridge missed I fire Again it missed Searles was sent backward i by a power I ful sweep and the hear openjawed was upon him With one foot on his breast it bit him in the lower jaw Next it took a mouthful from his throat severing the windpipe and lay ing bear the jugular vein Then it grabbed the flesh from the shoulder I stripping the bone and cutting an artery from which the blood spurted I j I saw it stream in a curve about my I eyes says Searles The bears foot 1 slipped and Searles rolled over His I coat was bunched between his shoulders should-ers The grizzly bit into that did not i like the taste of it probably and went away The cold stopped his i bleeding I He managed to get to camp and thence Ito I-to a hospital in Los Angeles three days ride away where he fooled a I halfdozen doctors by getting well |