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Show Mayor Seely Kills Bear With Knife Mayor Justus Seely killed a big SCO pouni bear with his pocket knife, lat3 Tnursday afternoon of las: :xeek according to a re,. ort given us by Ranger A. P. C.iristian-sen. C.iristian-sen. The ranger suggested that we report it in about the following .Dinner: It was like this. The bear had been killing the mayor's sheep and it o ppeared the old fellow knew how to do it as hie laid the sheep out ...nick ana fast. By advice of the ranger the herd' was moved and Lynn Avorett, trapper, was instructed instruct-ed to place sit.r.e traps hi that section sec-tion fcr the bear. The old bear was caught in the tria-p ty the right front, foot. And the obliging ranger assisted the m'ayor and trapper by clan Ipin his pou-erful grip cn one of t .ia bears 'hind feot and pulling w'hile Alden StytndBKga.: d, hei'dol-used hei'dol-used a pole across the bear's head to (help hiolii hi-.n steady. This is Uhere '.'he mayor came in with lids peckot knife. He ouit and cut at the old Dth r's throat until tne killer of sites. i gave 'up toe "Ghost." Willard Garrett, on a horse neir .'by, stood guard, just in dase. He said that he felt that Iwouid be a good thing to do. |