Ashland tidings., September 07, 1916, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6

Thursday, September 7, 1916
PACE SIX
ASHLAND muxes
Early Day Hunting
On Mount Pitt
(By John B. Griffin.)
While In Ashland a few weeks ago
I met many old friends and was Im
portuned to write a hunting story
for the Ashland Tidings. I was so
royally entertained while there that
I could not well refuse, bo I prom
ised, and now I will proceed to ful
fill that promise, and I hope that
the reader will not he disappointed
In this story, as I am going to write
of one of my most successful hunts,
and besides the friend who was with
me Is one- of Ashland's old-timers
and most substantial citizens no
other than Hon. Robert Nell, ex
jnayor and vice-president of an Ash
land bank, hut in this story I am
going to call him just plain Boh.
Xs'ow, no doubt, there are a great
many people in Ashland who will be
Burprised to know that Bob ever
Jiunted hear or ever hunted at all,
for that matter, hut let me tell you,
don't deceive yourselves, for thirty
that flows out of Black Butto and
makes one prong of Buttte creek
Here was grass high as a horse's
back, and a huge spreading maple
to camp under, and oue of the pret
tiest Ktreams that I ever saw in ail
my lifo, and full of fish besides
This was too good to pass by, so we
Just simply unpacked and turned the
horses loose, and after resting
while we got out our hooks and lines
and In twenty minutes had all of the
sneckled beauties we wanted. Some
were twelve and fourteen Inches in
length. This same stream can be
reached from Ashland now by auto
in half a day, but parties would have
to walk a certain distance. An auto
road could very easily he made the
whole distance. After supper, which
consisted of bread baked by the
camp fire, fried potatoes, butter, cof
fee and fried fish, we concluded to
take a walk out to Elk prairie, which
we knew could not be very far, and
here I did a foolish trick and dlscov
ered it when It was too late. I went
without my gun! I wanted to leave
the dogB In camp, and knew If
went without the gun they would
not want to follow. So Bob took his
vpArg bco there were few men In
Jackson county who could give Bobeim along and I sauntered along be-
Netl anv nointers on either hunting ! hind, not thinking for a
or shooting, if he did miss the Sugar
Loaf bear that I told about In the
Record some time ago. Well, to
make a long story short, I know that
I couldn't lay it over hlra any, but
that Is not saying very much. How
lever, I used to hate awfully bad to
lie beaten by anyone when It came to
hunting, but it sure kept me jumping
sideways to hold my own when I
Vent out with Bob.
I and Bob used to live neighbors
Jn the Dead Indian country a long
time ago, and it was from there that
we started on the hunt that I am
going to tell you about, and the re
gion around Mt. Pitt was our des
tination, where bear, deer, elk and
gray wolves abounded in more or
less numbers, and we went loaded
for bear, for bear was what we want
ed, and besides we had old Trailer,
the famous old dog the readers all
know about, and Ranger, one of the
ile8t helpers he ever had, and we
were ready to follow them to the end
of the trail. We started out with
five horses and a .44 apiece and lots
of ammunition, also plenty of grub.
Kow at this day and age of the world
pome hunters will think it strange
that a man would go out to' hunt big
game with a .44 Winchester, but in
those days there were no high-power
guns, and let me tell you I have been
Jn some pretty close places, when I
Jiad only the .44, and I always man
aged to come out all right.
Well, the first drive we made was
to Wetfoot prairie, by noon. Here
was an old cabin that had been built
Feveral years before by Bob Nell,
Hill Paly and others, and had been
used as t. trappers' cabin. There
was a prairie here and lots of grass,
fo while we cooked dinner the horses
filled up and at 1 o'clock wo saddled
up and pulled out, Intending to go
ns far as Elk prairie. There were
no trails those days, so we hit
straight through the woods, and af
ter traveling about three or four
hours we came to a stream of water
moment
that we would see any game that
would be worth shooting at. But in
this I was mistaken, for after travel
ing perhaps a half ot three-quarters
of a mile we came to to the edge of
Elk prairie, and, lo and behold, right
out in the prairie, not over 125
yards, were two big gray wolves,
busy feeding on the carcass of a
deer which they had probably killed.
I need not tell you that Just about
this time I would have given a king
dom for my gun, and watched as
Bob pulled up his Winchester and
took careful aim at one of them and
let her go. At the crack of the gun
the wolf leaped high in the air and
turned round and round and tum
bled over. The other one sprang off
a few yards and stopped to look and
listen. The lever went down and
up, and quicker than it akes to tell
It, another bullet sped from the .44
and caught him in the thigh. Away
he went now towards the timber,
draggjng one hind leg, and away
went Bob, too, stopping to shoot
about every twenty yards. How it
would have ended is hard to tell,
but just then I heard the dogs com
ing. I stopped Trailer, but Ranger
passed by like a cyclone and saw
the wolf. You could Just see a black
streak going across that prairie.
The wolf could not make much head
way, and it was plain to be seen that
Ranger would overtake him before
he could get to the timber to save
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his life. Bob kept going, but did
not shoot any more after Ranger
passed him. The race was soon over,
and when the wolf saw he was soon
to be overtaken, he stopped and
swung around to face his foes.
Ranger was too foxy to close In on
him, but instead ran round and
round him, and every chance he got
would try to get him by the ham.
Bob soon got there and the old Win
chester cracked, and I saw Ranger
seize him and commence to yank
him around. I let Trailer go ncv
and I went also. I know he was dis
appointed when he got there, but I
couldn't help it. He was too valu
able a dog to take chances on get
ting him hurt by a wolf. Boh want
ed to skin them, so we went to work
and took the hides off. Bob said
he would pack the hides, and was
gracious enough to give me the gun,
but of course we supposed there was
nothing between there and camp
confess I was a little down In the
mouth, and kept thinking it would
be a cold day when I left my gun in
camp again.
In going back we kept up nearer
the foot of the hill, and just as we
got well into the timber, out jumped
a big five-point buck and tore out
through the timber at a terrific
rate. It was open timber here, and
in those days I was a pretty good
shot on the run. The lever went
down and up, and quicker than a
flash I sent a bullet whizzing after
him, which by good luck struck him
near the bulge of the ribs, and rang
ing forward passed through the
heart. He ran a few yards and up
ended. Say, believe me, all my trou
bles disappeared right there, and I
could smile now as well as Bob. This
was pretty good luck. Fish, buck
meat and wolves to start in with,
and several miles yet to go before
we would be to our permanent camp.
The next morning we packed up
and went out across Elk prairie,
across Butte creeK, up past nsu
lake, and along the trail towards
Lake of the Woods for four or five
miles, then turned to the left and
kept around the foot of Mt. Pitt a
few miles, and landed high up on a
creek called Paradise, that empties
Into Lake of the Woods, where we
found a beautiful place to camp
lots of grass, lots of water and lots
of huckleberries, and we hoped lots
of game. The balance of the day
was spent in fixing up camp, making
fir bough bed and also racks to
jerk meat on. Late in the evening
we toyk a little round and scared a
bunch of grouse near camp. They
flew up and lit in the pines all
around us. We turned loose and
killed five, shooting the heads, off of
three. Bob did that. We also saw
some bear signs, but, not real fresh.
We were In a wild country now, and
had big expectations as game here
had seldom ever been bothered, and
we had such good luck to start with
that we felt confident of getting all
the game we wanted. So next morn
ing we were up bright and early,
and after a fine breakfast of fat
buck meat we got ready and started
out. I took the dogs and went up
on the east side of the creek, and
Bob crossed over and went up the
ridge on the west side and was sup
posed to follow It up toward Mt.
Pitt and keep high up so that in
case Trailer started a bear he would
stand a better chance to hear him.
By the way, Bob cautioned me be
fore he left to be sure and take my
gun, which I thought was not very
good taste in him, but I smothered It
down. I had not got a half mile
from camp when I discovered where
a big bear had come down off the
hill from the huckleberry patch and
went down towards the creek. The
dogs were a little distance back, bo
I gave the horn a few quick, short
toots, which was the signal for them
to come and come quick. It was
hardly a minute until they were
there, and I could tell as quick as
Trailer got his nose on the track
that It was fresh. They both went to
work like they meant business, and
were down across the creek and go
ing up the hill on the track in just
a few minutes. Pretty soon I heard
them turn loose to yelping, and over
the hill they went and out of m
hearing in just a short time. They
were going towards where Bob
should be, so I stayed where I was,
hoping it would make a turn and
come back my way. But in this I
was disappointed, and after waiting
some little time I made up my mind
to go on over across the creek and
up on top of the ridge and see If I
could hear them. Sure enough,
when I go up there I did hear them,
away down near the trail that leads
to Lake of the Wods from Fish lake.
I could tell from the sound that they
had overtaken and were baying him.
The old scamp wouldn't climb. I
lit out down the ridge, and, believe
me, there was no grass grew under
my feet, either. I was satisfied that
Bob would be following up on the
other side, and if the bear made a
break, which he was nearly sure to
do, one or the other of us stood a
show to head , him off. I kept on
going and had got up to within prob
ably two hundred yards, when, sure
enough, nway he went down the hill
towards Black Butte. He made
quite a run this time before the dogs
brought him up, as it was brushy,
but as soon as they struck open tim
ber they made it hot for him again
and he couldn't make much head
way. I gave the horn a toot and
Bob answered me, only a short dis
tance ahead. He waited until I
caught up with him, and on we went.
We could hear the dogs going after
the bear now, and could tell he
wasn't making much headway. Pret
ty soon they came to a deep canyon
and he made a run on them down
into this, but as he came up on the
other side we had got to the brink
and could see them as they fought
backwards and forwards, first one
grabbing him by the ham and then
the other. Now was our chance,
and as he turned with his side to
us we both fired. Down he went on
his belly, clawing at the ground for
a few minutes, then over and over
he rolled down the hill, both dogs
yanking at him as he came. We
went down to where they were now
and made the dogs quit. Both bul
lets had passed through behind the
shoulders, one at least through the
heart. He was a mealy nose brown
and about as big as they generally
get. We dressed him and straight
ened him around In good shape and
started back for camp, as we knew
It would be noon or after when we
got there, and besides Trailer had
run enough for one day.
(To be concluded next Monday.)
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Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 1. The
fiftieth annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
reunions of Its auxiliary organiza
tions will close today.
A visit from Charles Evans
Hughes, republican nominee for
president, the election of national
officers and their installation, and
the annual "camp fire" of the Na
tional Association of ex-Prisoners of
War were to combine to make this
one of the big days for the Civil
war veterans.
Mr. Hughes Is to arrive here at
5:50 o'clock this afternoon. He is
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The veterans yesterday selected Bos
ton as the next meeting place. The
camp fire of the union ex-prlsoners
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Forest Fires in Northwest.
According to figures just compiled
in the district forester's office, 54
forest fires out of 119 occurring be-1
tween August 10 and 20 were caused ,
by careless campers, and the remain- j
der were due to Incendiaries, hunt-1
ers, lumbering and railroads. Dur
ing the period from January 1 to
August 20 there were 370 fires In
the national forests of Oregon,
Washington and Alaska. These fires
burned over a total acreage of 2,437
acres, an average of 6 acres per
fire, and cost $450 to extinguish.
The Siskiyou national forest, during
this period, has had 30 fires, burning
over 263 acres, and costing $S7, as
againsjt 29 fires, .burning over 112
acres and costing $87 for the same
period last year.
Phone news items to the Tidings.
AiKlubon'H Name Louisiana's Pride.
Louisiana will always be associat
ed with the name of Audubon. Not
simply because the Immortal ornith
ologist was born within the borders
of this state, but because It was here
that he received the great incentive
to pursue to triumphant conclusion
the studies that have made him re
Ivered the world over. For here, itt
this wonderful bird parish of West
Feliciana, he (uot neglecting to duly
honor his noble wife's part) earned
sufficient funds to enable him to go
to England, where his art and other
scientific attainments and researches
were appraised at their true value.
In Louisiana there are three
places to be Inseparably linked with
the name of John James LaForrest
Audubon Mandevllle, where he was
born; New Orleans, where he starv
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his birds, drew their portraits, and
earned sufficient to have his work
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world.
To those who have studied the life
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his wife and other chroniclers, it is
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periods of his strangely checkered
career were those spent in this state
yet those are the periods passed
over in a few sentences or short "
chapters by biographers. This seems
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