Show 1 7 t AMONG TEEM MAUS I 1 v ft RESTING experience IN THE MOUNTAINS OF UTAH COUNTY PROVO sept 5 IM IN eor deseret news the timbered plateaus and ravines hithe tee tops of the south range of the am american acan fork canon have always aft siena ilia rendezvous for bears sno and it has wae wo few years since je ave donava dollars head ahead was offered by the vy fzens us below for every bear killed as atey W were ere such a source of ann annoyance dyance dihe stock herded on the summer ages consequently most of the 01 1 e a were killed off but at present kayn 1 bear are quite numerous last gunner r a white bear was seen with a nand tw and clu cinnamon namom eating berries at baine basli ausnes busnes es uit week we took an out in that tte tion t on more for recreation than for MB but we made 1 I TOOD USE OP OF OUR UR GUNS gettem 6 gett lM there for vyma af correspondent and aad companion amp one morning at break of day arnaud ride in quit quat ot t grouse or any other game that might come in our way we had separated when about half a mile from cam campana as I 1 was sitt sitting ingon on IL a high higa peak observing the beauty of nati nature lre I 1 heard the breaking of brush and upon looking around at some distance across on almost impassable gulf I 1 saw a big br brown wn bear with her cub corn coma ins down dovin the trall trail it was my companion that made the noise he and the bear were approaching each other and neither knew it bruin s stopped topp ed however at a bush of berries blood t oct d upon her haunches and gathered them with her front paws I 1 hastened to intercept the bear and cub as aney pera then out ot gun shot They then ser started arted for the woods in the direction lamy y companion and had just reached addge dge of rock when A HULLET BULLET SENT THE MOTHER BEAR BEAK tolling rolling dawn two other persons from camp had come upon th the scene escene the next day as two young men ware were out looking for the horses they were startled tart Lart led by the rolli B ig rocks on the ridge above and upon looking up saw another bruin the young boy about sixteen years old was to camp for a gun gua while the older watched his prey considerable sid erable chasing was done to keep her in sight but most of the time she headed towards camp the gun came and at the first convenient opportunity was leveled at the bear bruin groaned and rolled down giving a final lunge toward the boys WHO WERE NOW 80 frightened they could hardly reload their guns another cue of the party came up just then and jt tarried with cocked sun gun while the young man approached to see if bruin was reaby dead tearing fearing she was achiu acting a little but it was discovered disco verea that the ball had entered her shoulder and come out at her back and that lite was extinct the be bear ar was soon taken to camp and it biellie young though nearly full grown it was excellent meat and we enjoyed hugely the over the camp fire dt at night and the delicious fries at meals deer are usually plentiful here but at this thi time of the year they keep farther back in the mountains GROUSE OR OB MOUNTAIN CHICKENS are an now at their best and not very wild the only difficulty is that you have to look close to find them as they will not fly till you run onto them this is one of the wildest and most beautiful retreats imaginable it can be approached from american fork cation canon or over the mountains or canons east of battle creek at the mouth of battle creek cation Is pointed out oat the spot where the soldiers and indians MET IN DEADLY CONFLICT in the early days and from which the cation canon and town derived their names an old mountaineer near by told bolit us he had bad gathered some of the bones that bleached on the plain for years afterwards not far above the mouth of the canon is a beautiful cataract the water r ter falling hundreds of met feet over a roe rock and the spray falls like rain over the gorge after a succession of narrow r 0 W p passes sea along the stream we come to t 0 little att open valleys at the base of a high mountain is hollows filled with glaziers THE SUMMER SUN not yet penetrating lits depths we rambled over mountains and everywhere the a dr was delightful there were forests of lofty trees in their native grandeur and intermixed with underwood were thimble berries and lovely cherries refreshed by fountains irom from the melting snows the open rats flats were clothed in aromatic shrubs and flowers more fragrant than those production in the gardens at home from theme heights the eye revels over an immense broad green valleys fertilized by winding streams glistening in the setting suh sun and bounded on every side by lines of mountains mount sins of less pretentious it is impossible to contemplate coa template this natures abode without an intoxication OF of heart and soul teeming with life anu yer duie cluie as a bloom of spring while phile the maple and other tender re tinned tinged with the early frosts making fled the foliage lollage have those rich and ana varia sated tints and the landscape has that prevailing golden eolden hue that gives lv I 1 es such sober magnificence W e are loath ath to leave such attractions to again dis to the intricacies of business and monotony of city life WOODBURY |