Show tf KILLS HUGE BRUIN DRUIN AFTER A STRUGGLE S. S Old HOld Club Foot Foot Terror of Pine PineS Valley Fought Gamely S on Last Stand HELD SWAY THIRTY YEARS Thousand Pound Grizzly Went Went S Down Before Fire of J J. J M. M M Moody S S 0 F T M. M r. r the tle PInG PIM Valley ranger rancor S who ended n ed the career o of Old OM Club Foot Foo S. S tho ho pred predatory 0 tor grizzly bear who for the j.- j. I post pt SO ro years rs has baN b been n the bane of the theS t S live lI stock toe Industry in that country arrived orS or'S ar or- S 'S rived tl In Salt Lake Wednesday nes ay and told of oC his hili remarkable encounter r with tho thoS tho'S well well-alm l S 'S ferocious animal Fourteen en w U S shots from Moodys Moody's 25 35 3 caliber rUle rifle rifleS S S w wece e required to give Club Font Foot tho the The mushroom bullets ploughed S through Bruins Bruin's head and antI shoulders anti and S fired the h hear bear hearS when the lost last shot was nas nr S was x within f Ru such h short range of the courS cour'S courier cour cour- S 'S J Jar ier r of the tho woods that his bC breath th blew hood blood on Moodys Moody's face faco and ond shoulders S. S S. S When hen asked wh why he lie did not shin slim u ul a n tr tree AIr Mr Il Moody replied that In th r first place he did lid not have ha time to i o of or trees and sf secondly the thc thick under tinder undergrowth growth made mado retreat Impossible S Old Club Foot paid frequent visits f- f S to the herds heni of Pino valley which I 1 F about 35 miles north of oC St. St Geor George e dur during ur I In ing th th lie past I year carR In set fart It ha hn haS ha'S been heen estimated that in all this time U Ii S required about S 2 lOO worth of live ll stock to allay hl his voracious appetite After hl his death hi his carcass IS 3 tipped lipped tho balance balanc S to lo fl 10 1003 pounds and so a mighty was vas he that ho full crown rown cows to hi his I neRt t at Right Hand lIand Fork with remark remarkable l. l S ble hI ease rase Liked Likel the tho Young Youn Cattle When Shen the patriarch of ot the woods killed S 1 a cow that w wa 8 too loo heavy for or him to han han- S. S dIe h he dle disemboweled her and then dragged g s her carcass carca LI up the hill to ids his home He Lie LietS HeL had a It weakness si for or young youns cattle how how- L' L tS t t- t 1 I ever r. r an anti and 1 hIs hla oJ operations operation's were limited largely to the younger oun generation These he picked d up in his arms arias and he carS carried car clr S S ned ried th them m through tho the woods as ns easily casH us a t. t r nurse e carries n n- babe hut But what S S S Is 9 more remarkable he had never been Mr ur Moody een en b by a mon man until ho met f S although he had been lIcen carrying on his i operations for tor CO 0 years and anel had been trailed through tho the woods wood b by many hunt hunt- eM ers S S Ono Saturday afternoon In fri September o while Mr Ir Moody was perform performing Ins hl his hla duties as ranger ran ho he 8 saw W tile mo footprints which Club Fort foot had loft Mt on the soft ott r F earth It ma may bo he explained that Club ClubFoot oi r Foot derived his hh name from the fact l. 11 that ho he had halt In porno somo mo WI way ay sustained a peculiar Injury to his rl right ht hind foot I Bpd this made an nn easily distinguishable Imprint on tho the soft ort ground It was supposed supposed sup sup- posed that the foot oot had be been n Injured by 11 a steel trap but after tho the bear had been heen l killed it t was learned that this was cas casS S an erroneous n assumption Drum assumption Bruin was cas too tooS S v i wie e to trifle with a n trap Ho lie had been heen injured while running after his victims Gave Cave Victims a n Chalice S In making this explanation e Mr r. r Moody c rca recalled cd Club Foot Foots original method of ot operation Instead of or lying In wait for his ht victims victim ho followed a set if J f rules He lie always gave the St-S St Queensbury bury cattle ClUe a chance chanco for or escape but the they seldom escaped In oth other t words ho lie apI apI approached ap- ap i I I the herds herliK on tho the plains of the theA A valley singled out his victim and gaveS gave ave chase It II Is seldom eldom that a 3 bear eAr succeeds S I in overtaking a a. cow If Jt he hc gives ives her a handicap but Club Foot FOOL wn was a sprInter and evidently had confidence In his liEs ability Moody discovered cred Club Foot Foots trail Ol one oie e Saturday afternoon and tracked d him himS S through the tho woods He lie followed the trail when he lie saw Bruin in inthe for for- nearly ne a a. mile mUe 5 5 the distance making his wn way through the brush b The flie ran ranger er look took a ft chance shot ut tt the tho animal and the bullet penetrated 1 S t his shoulder Moody spent tho the r remainder remainder remain remain- maln- maln der del 1 of f the evening c following fo the trail S but hut had to 10 abandon pur pursuit on account of or darkness Next morning ho he cc resumed resume S the chase but met with no success Ho He r returned Monday morning and suddenly aa as he lie was waa groping hl his way through theS tho the S J timber he saw nw Club Foot Fool poised on his hind ires irL's about 10 4 yards away un I Fierce erro l With Th mn ranger Pt brou brought ht his rifle to hisS his and ail fire fred fired at the bears bear's ear oar The TheS I S brine gave sav a cr cry of or pain aid 1 turned 1 about S as m if U to flee nee Moody fired m again aln and arid S th the b r benr ar drew draw himself erect cr and arid ran ron S tow towards his assailant Meanwhile Moody MoodyS Moody'S lood hari had been heen pumping his rifle and had S I emptied his magazine The Tho bear had b been n stunned and the tho ran ranger tried to reload for he knew that Club Foot was as not dea dead l H lit Ih had placed I four cartridges cartridge InI In I S t the tho h magazine c when n the hear bear renewed hisS his hla S attack Th The hunter r fir tired l three more shots and th I o brought on the sleep S S S from which there is tl no awakening a 1 Moody took th the d dead nd bear to tho the town lown of nr Pine Pin Valley where h he stripped d tho the fur tur from front the thc hOll body and examined the bull bulS bul- bul l I bit t wound Seven n bullets bullet had lodged In Iii S one ear ar two in the mouth throe three on the shoulder hould r and two In la tho the neck II Ho 0 reI re- re t lv n a rt reward of for tor- killing this S I enemy of or th the tho heed Club Foot was a aS a'S S 'S U cr grizzly HI Ills His fur Is now on exhibition at itt SU iL c. c There I Is another l' l hl big bear hear on ot the range ranc 1 wear near St. St George e which fUll nas b. b been cn n destroy destroy- big n cattle and Moody h will Ill go o after hi hit his hide when he lie returns south from Salt Snit SaltS 1 lake k S |