Show 4 J 41 w 1 l c 11 1 M 17 R nil b i r rend ff end r r w 1 rf r f dw A ro l t t tro k 1 a fIt ro I 4 1 t It Itt t t i r C Jf r fr Aft bK rr J 10 1 i If Ift I t I lit 1 r 11 fi II IIi c ci i i 4 t g i BEAR SKIN SKIN- Mrs Mra Da Da J Merrell of Naples almost van van- vanishes vanishes under te He black bear beu skin she will make into mio Ii a rug lug She shot thoi the bear on Little Brush Creek Friday Staff photo Naples Woman Gains v Black B Bean ai Rug Rog Mrs Dale J Merrell of Naples Is the proud possessor of a new bear skin that she will make Into a rug The bear story began as a fishing expedition when Mr and Mrs Merrell were on Little Brush Creek Thursday of last week They were walking back when they heard a strange noise that asked Mrs Merrell An owl answered Mr Merrell THEY HEARD the noise again across the creek ThIs time they spotted n a female black bear slaughter slaughter- slaughtering ing a ewe After the killing two little cubs tore lore the sheep el to pieces The mother bear spotted the and went back backup backup up the hill Mr Merrell started start start- started ed throwing rocks at the cubs and finally hit one The mother bear started down the hill and Mrs Merrell started up a tree Finally one cub went after its mother but the theother theother other was persistent and hun gry and kept eating Mrs Merrell related afterwards THE later call call- called ed Acel Rowley government trapper who with Shirley Cook and George Nye and their dogs and the Friday morl morning ng went back alter after the bears When the arrived they saw faw one cub and the dogs had the bear benr up a tree Mrs Merrell Merr ll dispatched the mother bear with her trusty rifle and now she is In Inthe Inthe the rug business The cubs had vanished but the trappers will try to loc locc ate them later |