Show A true bear story about the year 1885 some parties from froin rockville in southern utah were building it saw mill at cristal spring on the east side of the kanara mountain the personnel of the lie party was alfred u lohn john and hosea stout charleis Charle tf smith sinith and his son joseph jacoh jacob and frank langston the ilie country was wild 1110 mountains covered with green waving gr grus gru it sl s with willi occasional groves of timber while here her e and there sp springs rings and rivulets lent their aid in making tale place it paradise pi pit radise fol foi game ic of all kinds and litter later on for the cattle and hordes of the pioneer settlers seft lers of the surrounding valleys on thu morning of july of the year above men the little party were vere preparing for their days labor alfred stout was out hunting for the cattle the ho others were fixing i the wago wagons alls gathering up chains or sharpening their axes or preparing the in morning orning meal which was just about rody ready when aher some oue one chanced to look across on oil tho the hillside close by and saw a large jai go grizzley griz zloy bear slowly wending his way past their camp and apparently ignoring both it and its occupants as ae being unworthy of his attention and seemingly not alarmed by their preset presence ice immediately all was commotion motion co coi notion among the mill builders some r ran an for their aruns others continued on 3rd ard tage page old b ruid bruin who by this tittle time probably thought lie he had disposed of one of his ene enemies inies and so dropping the now helpless alfio albiol I 1 lie made direct for john who wa was s ready for him J bno ni I 1 by and by a well directed shut hib time milne that struck aruck the monster in ill the but of the ear and passed through his head old ephriam witti with a last roar of defiance at ai his enemy rolled over at his feet t this time dead for sure and all his earthly buttles ended A afler ator making aking sure the bear was dt ditta ad john turned his attention te ajit to his bis wounded brother concluded on page 6 1 gear bear story continued as circuit andl and look boli for signs on I 1 I 1 tho the ot other her side while they were thus deliberating dell berating the bearnot bear who NOo had ey evidently been watching lille their ir progress and concluded con cluder they were near enough now for 1 his ps purpose t gave gave I 1 a deafening de I 1 I 1 roar rear sprang froni from among t the lie bushes an and d bouli bounded ded toward them making directly for alfred who being a little f higher on oil the hill hillside gide was some soine closer to him birn than man john his sudden and un ull expected charke charge may nave some soine what startled the two men but did not excite them terni for they c cool 0 ol 01 ly y raised their rifles ti and nd waited his nearer approach until they would be sure of li him iiii when not more thim then ten tell ctet away both fired at once All alfreds freds ball g going ollig through th alio top of his head and ranging downward along alone ills his neek neck while john from froin his lower josi position tion shot him through both shoulders As the two koluns cracked iho bear seemed to turn a coul complete astlin summersault summer mer sault aud lan landed ded directly ut at alfreds fiet feet and he said k weve ave got I 1 him john hut but the words we were re 4 hardly out of his in olih befoy before lie realized his Mi mistake sLake for tile be bear ar ifa had d only been checked it n hist hi his st course arse arld momentarily i i stunned andain histan i fc inter J reared up and with one blow of liis his paw se sent i nt the gun flying th rough ough ahe air and fedler its owner to the ground all and ej ed upon hini him even at their disadvantage alfred who was a giant in ill strength succeeded in ill getting on oil ilia his feet again 0 and with a presence of mind that was wonderful i managed to get the bear by the bose nose to which lie he held literacy lite raly for dear deal life in ill th alie e SO gio stout aliis fored ii backward ackward a over a bush liei the ilie the 1116 better belter to pl protect himself lied he cia his left knee into alito the brutes great open mou th 01 which closed closed down upon it cruts crushing hing the bono bone and tearing the llie aleli i in I 1 a tilo most st horrible manner the bear now seemed to feel himself muster of tile the situation and sa savagely V crunched tit at his vict victims lins knee dragging and tossing ili him to 0 and nd f fro ro appa wi vilh tile the greatest ease case during this ti 11 e let it not be thought that jul bohu ii was au an idle spectator hir far from froin iti it but in his endeavor to rescue his brother lia ho had this difficulty to contend with in tile terrible I 1 buggle going ra r 0 on n before him tile lie bullet intended for the batai might hit liis his brother however lit he succeeded in in putting t two w 0 more bulls through thu tho hnry bova of continued on page 5 bear story continued whose rounds is lie dressed tided a and t i d and bandaged the best he could by tearing up so in a 0 of f ili his s cloth arg and after malting making him birn as rv V t J tl jy corn comfortable f as possible it tinder n d e r the circumstances 1 started to I 1 the i mill for help alfred durin during hi his s v absence managed to crawl and J slide about a milo mile and a lial hak f j down the mount mountain kin side where lie he met the rescuing party by 3 whom he was taken home and i his wounds properly cared for it was m many any months before ho be 1 months before lie he regained gained ic ie the use of his leg legand and to this day the great scars upon it bear mute j testimony to the strength and power of the old grizz leys jaws I 1 wish I 1 could i ecord the fact y r that the bears hide was tanned f i and made into a beautiful rug that now decorates alfred stouts ts parlor but the truth compell compello com S me ine to state it was put to a more ignoble 0 use it was made into cousins and decorate the hames T of two common team harne ses i john stout is still avi living tame some where in the sui suny jy clime of U aas dixie while alfred resides in hinckley millard co and probably enjoys the dis distinct ion of being the only man mail in the state of utah who has wrestled wil with h a full grown gi own male grizzley bear in his native wilds had tho the audacity to twist his nose and alid then lived to tell the story contributed Contribute I to progress foss kevie lev ew w by WILLIS JS ED ROBISON i |