| Show MAN AND BEAR ON A LOG man willing to give bruin the whole log but t conductor dave houston of the southern pacific railroad who Is tak ing a ten days vacation at seaside had a thrilling experience with a big bear which he will not soon forget he only told a few ot of the incidents as he desired to keep it quiet but the story leaked out conductor houston Is a great fisherman and never lets an opportunity slip to cast the line he had hardly got settled at the seaside when he went out on the Neca necanicum river to have a fish all by himself he made his way through the brush huntu he came to a log one end of which projected out into the creek that a the very place thought the conduct or and adjusting his tine line and pole dole he crept out on the log where he found himself comfortably perched above the cool water of necanicum Neca creek hous ton lighted his tried and trusty pipe and then cast his line he fished and smoked perhaps an hour without get ting a bite suddenly there was a movement in the bushes back of him and then be he felt the log he was sitting on tremble instinctively the conductor turned around when to his amazement he gazed into the face of a black bear the latter seemed to be sizing him up and estimating how much of a meal the conductor would make and cheth er he would scrap when it came to the point the conductor there seemed no escape the bear sat corn com on the shore end of the log and it was not possible tor for conductor houston to get past the monster the bear held him there for several hours before a hunter came along and killed the animal the bear weighed pounds when dressed conductor I houston now has a few more gray hairs in his head as the result of his experience morning oregonian Oreg onlan |
