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Show oo BIRDSHOT GUNNER KILLS LARGE BEAR SPOKANE, Wash. Sept. 18. J. Y !e TaJor, pin steal education head at Nurtii C.-ntral High school here, went forth Sunday to shout birds- he n turned this evening with a 250-pound 250-pound bear And what is more, ho killed it with bird shot The battlo took place 38 miles north of Spokane. Taylor wasn't exactly glad to see the bruin, but ho decided to mako the most of his ammunition He took his bunting knife and cut the cartridge at the wadding point not clear through, but so it would glvo way vrhen fired. In this way the entire i barge struck the hear at once, instead in-stead of scattered shot. At first. Taylor was the aggressor, but after receiving three composite Charge of bird hot. the bear turned on him. "He took ten steps and I t.ok 110," Taylor said. Ho finally took refuge In a tree, and a fourth; shot finished the animal. But Taylor returned home without any blrda. |