Emery County Progress | 1905-04-29 | Page 2 | Wild-Boar Hunt in Japan

WILD BOAR HUNT IN JAPAN savage animals provide good sport for hunters shoji s quietude has just been dis by a big wild boar hunt says a japanese paper lately the cold weather has driven the wild boars down near the villages the other day a party of hunters routed out seven or eight boars on the hills A hunter named kranci wounded one ot the unsightly creatures and the animal started down the hill to upset things generally reaching the tiny village of Furus ekl he rushed through a flour mill and attacked a woman who was cleaning wheat in a shed hard by injuring her somewhat badly A farm er named ito hearing the woman s cry for help rushed to her assistance and struck the boar with his mattock thus drawing the ani 1 s attention to himself the noise now drew others to the spot and when the hunters reached the village they found that the peasants had succeeded la giving the boar his quietus and that a huge feast was in tore for all