Show WHO KILLED THE BEAR NASON OF SALT LAKE OR CUB i TIS OP CHICAGO x I Both Gentlemen Are Displaying tho Same Picture of the Tragedy toAd I to-Ad ring Friends i1 Winchester Nason of this city has been known lately as The Old Scout The Dccralayer Young Kit Carson etc Thin because Mr Nason returned from a trip tho Yellowstone i a to Yelowstone park not long since bringing with him a large tale of the slaughter of a heal I which Mr Nason accomplished with his trusty rifle Mr Nason also brought a photograph of the alleged bear showing show-ing the animal In a supplicating alt tude before death Mr Nason thoughtlessly gave copies of the photographs photo-graphs of the bearexpectant to some friends Comes now a guy named AVII 11am B Curtis in the Chicago Record I with an Illustrated story on the park One of the Illustrations shows an exact duplicate of the scene where Mr Na sons bear met death I Is l the same bear the same trees even the same slopbucket which appears In Mr Na sons photograph Mr Curtis also goes Into follows the bear proposition somewhat a Jt Is customary for the cooks at all of tho hotels In the park to dump their garbage garb-age nt a convenient place at a certain hour every evening for tho bcnctlt of tho bruin family who come down regularly from tho mountain and the forests and cat tholr supper In the presence of largo larsa and admiring audiences of tcndorfcet The bears are usually more timid than tho people and tourists are cautioned to keep u8qulot as possible lest the animals bo frightened away Men women and even children with kodaks can approach within eight or ton feet gf a group of bears to get snap shots This occurs every evening at every hotel In tho park and strange to any the bears have never been known to attack human beings or horses or cows which are allowed to roam at large and they will run from an Ordinary i Ordi-nary dog They arc great prowlers however how-ever and thoao who have the patience lo sit 1 and watch at night can see them snooping around the hotels after the lights arc ouL This makes It necessary lo protect the storehouse windows with heavy bars because the bears locate food I supple with unerring accuracy and wQrk desperately to obtain them I It poslble that Mr Curtis got his picture from Mr Nason Or did both gentlemen buy their pictures from the same curio dealer And dont you think Mr Curtis is real mean |