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Show m m m Pine Valley's Bear. George Burgess, one of the earliest settlers of Pine Valley was in St. George yesterday, and reports great destruction caused by a very large grtx7.lv bear among stock. ' Thirty-seven Thirty-seven cattle, valued at over $1,000, have been killed by this bear near Pine and Grass valleys. Hunting parties par-ties have been out frequently for the past three weeks and have often been quite near it, but owing to the thick timber and undergrowth in which bruin has his retreat, it is very difficult to get a shot at him. He has beeu seen frequently, and Mr. Burgess describes him as being fully 1500 lbs weight, his tracks have been measured and are 11 x 7 inches, showing him to be a big fellow. When closely pressed by the hunters he has torn out some of his hairs in crossing fallen logs, these hairs measure rive inches long and are unmistakably un-mistakably those of a sTtszly. The last party of hunters got close upon him before be-fore they were aware of the fact, a dog belonging to Burgess going into the brush and receiving a clout on the side of the head that bared the bones. A reward of 50 is offered by Pine Valley people for its death. Lyman Andrus and others of Leeds have gone on its trail. The Indians that went up to kill it have chucked" the job. admitting admit-ting that they are afraid of it. Its range covers six or eight miles between Pine am Crass Valler. ' |
