Show FIGHT WITH A SHE BEAR charles E Fulle rex supervisor of san bernadino county and his 1 dodson of san maguel f iguel valley recurt ed yesterday front from a two days hunt about the headwaters of bear creek up in the san sail bernardino mountains where dod son son had a hand to hand fight with a bear they are well to do ranchmen ranchman ranch men dodsol carries his left arm in a slin sling g al 1 I his hie fale face scalp arnis arms and hands are creeed cowered cw ered with scratches anti and cuts ills ilia f right ear Is nearly turn torn away anti anil had to be sewed to his head fuller also has lacerations upon his arms ills his left shoulder has haa been torn open lie Is under the care of a physician and cannot leave the house their had beirl finished their hunting and ami trapping I 1 i the woods last sa saturday r afternoon on saturday morn mon I 1 ing ruller stained off with his gun on oil his shoulder to make up some fox traps dodon wits was left alone at the camp anti anil a little later went out for a stroll about the woods carrylina carr carry yina ienir his title rifle with him ile he sat fiat down upon ft a baump to rest reit anti and hid bren been sitting silling only a few I 1 when he heard the bound of bri snipping toping twigs ile he looked about and aas start startled e to see a large female bear within feet of him al 1 I shall never forge how big tatt bear gi k looked to tile me at tint thit moment said dob son 1 11 I never saw i I 1 bear out of cap tilty before I 1 hail had read all about their quiet wa 8 and how low they will avoid a tussle with a man now I 1 thought here Is a ch chance anle to astonish ruller when he comes back from froin dinner I 1 will kill that bear in about five seconds and with that I 1 up and took what I 1 thought was the most dell brate alm aim at old bruins head the alin aim was poor an i I 1 the beast gave i t grunt and leaped a foot foo t or two in the air tc tt c ballet lit hit her in the nose 4 in a second the animal rushed toward me swinging her head arm fam side to ode bide and showing large sharp teeth I 1 reached for another cartridge anti and found that I 1 had forgotten to take my cartridge box with me the w sensation was dread t til jl I 1 had nothing about me but a long sharp two edged dirk knife with which to defend m myself I 1 set I 1 and there was that infuriated and hungry prowling bear almost upon met mel 1 I drew my knife from its sheath at the same moment rushing forward a few feet to strike as pow powerful erful a blow as possible with my weapon the beast struck against my mv legs and I 1 nearly fell to the ground I 1 turned and in my haste gave gae the animal a savage ravage cut across the back at that the bear i turned upon me more fiercely thin ever I 1 had got upon my feet and the bear struck me a powerful blow my chest if I 1 had not been prepared tor for it t would have fallen under her it rqn d as s if that was my last day on earth the next move I 1 made was to at tempt to put my knife into bruins heart my aly boda bod howen however er was so close to that of the bear thit the knife blade struck too close to the bears shoulder to do any injury old bruit bruin basmore vs as more enraged than ever and dealt me a blow with one of her great paws that seemed like a sledge hammer on my breast 1 I fell backward upon the ground K in an instant the animal was upon me again reaching up I 1 ga gae e her a slash acront the breast from which quantities of hot blood poured down upon me therk then we had a close enebra e during which in mv v face and hands as j you ou se see C were scratched ard torn f I 1 fought like h I 1 and managed to t keep the bears jaws from closing upon me I 1 did not fear her hugs I 1 dont know how I 1 did it if but I 1 to lo t hold on to my in knife with I 1 hid given the old blast three deep diga dig and at the same time to grasp her ter about the waist 1 then I lien we rolled 0 over er twice it tore off nearly all my heavy clochin clothing 9 my aly legs were Fi by the bears hind paws but I 1 still warded off her jaws and hugs my strength was beginning to f till fill ill and I 1 realized eill zed I 1 could not continue at this rate rauch much longer by almost superhuman strength I 1 rolled upon in my y side and getting my right hand free for an instant I 1 made a lunge at the berst which I 1 meant should finish her I 1 struck exactly where I 1 wished under tinder the left forepaw that blow did not strike the heart but it struck in a pretty tender kendir spot for the bear fell upon me my left arm as you see here herein in a sling was broken by the fall the bear was as helpless tor for a few minutes and you cm believe I 1 treed freed myself in the shortest possible time once on my feet 1 ran dripping with blood to our camp for a gun fuller arrived there at the ame moment and Ns was as dumbfounded a at t my appearance I 1 cot coi id scarcely speak because of my intense excitement but bu told him in a few words of lit 1113 experience I 1 could not return on account of my broken arm but fuller seized a rifle and ran to the disabled beast upon ap bruin ruller thought her already dead she lay a lit in a pool of her I 1 lood and lid did not move a muscle in ili lie he ampro and d e her with tit alit stock of ills bin sh she c opened her eyes and befort before 3 on oil could say bay jack robinson slit shi lial liaa given fuller or four tears with her claws some home of the claws sank over an inch in fullers hands anti and arms are marked for life those the last blows of the bearror bear for the next moment ruller fuller had jumped away from her and fiant st nt two big bullets into her head we kwea w alicd four our miles for or a physician w who ito set sel my arm and spent epe nt two hours cring up tip our bound then we hired to amo nun to skin tile the beast it weighed jus pounds and its skin lis Is 5 feet and 3 inches long it was found that my knife had cut the bears jugular vein and she would have bled to death in halt an hour if my knife had been even an inch shorter there Is no doubt of my death then and there we are going to have the old bear skin stuff d and set up tip at home on the rat ch na as a soll souvenir ienir of our combat with tile the bear the doctor 8 ther are ja z scratches and lacerations upon me lite and a bout about half liala that number upon fuller they are painful and I 1 expect that neither of us will be an good about our farms for several weeks for f I 1 am only too glad to have got awi aai front from bruin w ith tit nn I 1 life |