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Ashland, Ore., Monday, Dec. 25, 1016
HELP SAVE THE FISHING ASSET.
It is to me Interest of every busi
ness man in Ashland and every other
resident to give his support to the
movement toward tho closing of
Rogue river to commercial fishing.
As a tourist city with great ambitions
along toudBt linos, Ashland is vitally
interested in preserving what is per
haps tho greatest attraction to men
of means that the valley has, Rogue
river fishing. Rich sportsmen have
come across the continent in years
past to whip the waters of the Rogue
and fight the famous Rogue steel
head. Many of the moneyod men
who have settled in this valley did
bo because of the availability of the
best fishing in the world. Ashland
Is bound to become the headquarters
in years to come tor the vacation
seeker who visits the valley. He
makes his headquarters here and
leaves his family here while enjoying
the numerous trips to the favorite
riffles of the Rogue and into the
mountains in search of gamo. With
out the Roguo fishing Ashland would
be without an asset which appeals
more strongly than anything else to
the multitude of vacationists who
find their chief delight in fishing.
There are .many places which ap
proach Ashland in beauty and a few
fishing streams in this country which
approach, although they cannot
equal, the Rogue, but the combina
tion of Ashland ' and the Rogue is
bound to be irresistible. Without the
Rogue fiBhing Ashland would lose
any chance of getting the fishermen
vacationists.
The -Rogue river steelhead are
growing scarcer with an astounding
rapidity slnco the cannery has been
operating at tho mouth of the river.
Each year has made securing a fair-
sized catch more difficult, until now
none but the expert the valley resi
dent who knows every whim of the
river can got enough sport from a
visit to the river to make the trip
worth while. In bygone years, when
the Macloy fishermen did not place
their nets across the mouth of the
river, tho average angler could get
a day of magnificent spost. Although
ho might land but a very small per
cent of his strikes in proportion to
the work of tho expert, the steelhead
were so plentiful that an empty bas
ket was almost unknown. Slnco
Macley bought the idle cannery for
a song and mesmerized the legisla
ture into enacting a law In direct
contradiction to the will of the peo
ole who had voted two to one in
favor of closing tho river, and
stretched net across It, those days
of royal sport are gone. The thrash
ing salmon battor up the steelhead,
the fishermen throw them out of the
nets by the gills, and the small mcBh
nets forbid passage until the seallons
et the mouth of the Rogue, feeding
on the mutilated steelhoad, will soon
have to themselves the remains of
the gamest fish that ever 'struck a
fly.
The sportsmen and businessmen of
tho valley are organizing to force
legislative action which will save
Rogue river fishing. It is planned
to back en appeal to the legislature
with the backing cf a united valley.
A local rod and gun club is being
formed with this idea as the main
cause for its coming into being. The
club should have an Immense mem
bership and should include not the
anglers alone, but the business men
of this community.
Ask yourself, should a tourist asset
worth many thousands yearly be de
stroyed, rhould the entire population
of the Rogue watershed be deprived
of Rogue fishing, just that one man
at the mouth of the river may run
a cannery? Macley bought the can
nery when the river was closed. He
probably has paid for it many times
owr out of the earnings; paid for it
at the expense of the population of
the Rogue River valley.
OVERTURNED AUTOMOBILES.
One of the most frequent forms of
motor car accident is the automobile
that turns turtle. One constantly
sees reports of this type of accident.
It Is probably more frequent than
collisions- The driver seeing a ma
chine coming rapidly, acn almost in
variably steer out far enough to
avoid it. But he does not always see
the shelving bank over which the
wheel slips, causing an overturn and
quite likely some fatalities.
Theoretically, highways having
steep banks should be protected
against this kind of mishap by stout
rails. Most of the new well-built
roads are well defended in this re
spect, but the' majority of the older
roads have little protection to keep
a car in the road. Sometimes there
are old rails that would not be strong
enough tfl hold a wheelbarrow.
It Is avery easy matter to tip over
a swiftly moving car. If the bank
dips down but a foot or two, the Im
petus of the machine is likely to up
set its balance. Drivers need to bear
this in mind as one of the great perils
of the road. Most drivers take
chances on going over banks and a
great many get caught.
It is a type of accident likely to
have very serious 'results. Where
the occupants are pinned under a
heavy car, life is very easily crushed
out, or there are serious internal in
juries that prove fatal.
When a man takes his family or
friends out to ride, he take's on him
self a serious responsibility. A bit
of sand situated near a narrow bridge
or roadway, or a little patch of mud
on which the car skids, may prove
the undoing of the party and a life
long grief. With constant attention
the risks can be reduced to a small
minimum. But driving is no work
for constitutionally careless persons.
THE INDIAN'S ADVANCE.
Figures recently issued by the In
dian Bureau indicate better days for
the Red Man. Those report more In
dians now In the country than at any
previous time since the bureau was
established. Their death rate has
been reduced by a health campaign,
and the birth rate is increasing. The
race now ownls $900,000,000 worth
of property.
These figures look rather impres
sive until ono reflects that their
wealth is In real estate handed down
from the times when you bought land
with wampum. However, the fact
that tho population is increasing
shows that the Red Man is no longer
pining his heart but in the country
of the paleface. When he drops his
war paint and feathers, and changes
his name from "Peter the Bull that
Li Down" to Peter Bulldown, a
metamorphosis has taken place.
The greatest obstaclo in the way
of the Indian's advance has been his
hereditary indolence. He came by
It honestly from his forefathers.
Many white mon feel the same way.
A man of high intellectual gifts once
remarkod that he would rather suf
fer severe pain than work. You find
that type in the purest Caucasian
blood. And at both ends of the so
cial scale In tho remote back coun
try and in tho socially elect of New
port and Bar Harbor.
People who are attracted to the
Indian temperamont speak of his
qualities as a poet and a dreamer.
These traits have never been popular
in this country.- The American peo-
pie believe that poets should saw
wood. However, the Indian has had
two qualities that are much admired
among us. These are courage and
endurance. The Red Man was never
charged with being devoid of those
traits. '
In time he will make these char
acteristics fit In Amorican dally life.
Heroism and endurance are great
qualities when they are transferred
from the ambuBh and the warpath to
the cornfield and the cattlo ranch.
ASHLAND
A CHRISTMAS BEAR STORY.
(Continued from last issue.)
(By John B. Griffin.)
The next bear Trailor treed was
away over on the Sterling side. I
waited that day until about 2 o'clock
before I started out to hunt him up,
and it was sundown before I got to
where I could hear him barking, and
I had to hurry to get there in time
to see tne sights before it was too
dark. I m'ado it, however, and found
ho waB up a big pine and had gono
high up, from some cause or other.
The dogs were probably crowding
nim pretty close when he struck the
tree, and he wantod to get as far
away from them as possible. I got
around where I could see his head
and took a good rest along side of a
small pine tree, and pulled down a
fine sight, square between the eyes.
At the crack of the gun he came roll
ing out dead as a mackerel. I hur
ried up and dressed him and got on
my horse and struck out fori home,
getting there between 10 and 11
o'clock, and it was dark as pitch, so
it was not all plain sailing hunting
bears, you see.
The next bear Trailer caught I
found him about 2 o'clock. When I
discovered he was gone I saddled up
my horse and struck out the first
thing in the morning, and it was well
I did, for I rode until 2 o'clock be
fore I got to where I heard him.
This tlmo I found him away up near
the head of Griffin creek, several
miles from home. When I got to
the tree, sure enough, It was a bear.'
Well, it was only a short Job to put
him out of business, as he was only
up a short distance and not a very
large treo at that. I shot him in the
head and killed him the first shot,
and he enme rolling out. When I
came to examine him I found It was
one of the oldest bears I had ever
killed. Its nose and head had turned
perfectly gray and its teeth were all
broken off, and besides that It was
poor, at a time of year when It should
have been fat. I let it stay right
there.
One night I woke up about 2
o'clock and I heard the dogs. They
were barking furiously, I can tell you.
From the sound I could - tell they
were west of the houso and across
the field, which was about three
quarters of a mile wide. I knew
from the way they barked that it was
big game, and I could hardly wait
until daylight came; in fact, before
it was light I was up and off. I had
fifteen shells in the gun, and as I
started off I called to my sister and
said, more for a joke than anyyilng
else, "If you hear me shoot fifteen
times, bring mo some more cart
ridges." I had no more idea of
shooting fifteen times than anything
in the world. Well, I crossed the
field, and when I came to the foot
of the hill. I found they were only
about one-half mile up. There was
a big gulch on my right, and on the
left, of the ridge was a smaller one.
I kept up this gulch until I got oppo
site to where they were, and then
turned and bore up towards the tree,
keeping well out of sight, as by this
time I ahd them located definitely,
for they were both barking terrlflcly.
When I got in sight of the tree the
first thing I saw was a big black
bear, one of the largest I ever saw
or ever killed in my life. The tree
stood in fair, square, open ground,
nearly on top of the ridge, and was
an immense big fir, and he had only
went up a few feet, just enough to
be well out of the reach of the dogs.
I was now within sixty yards, and I
knew positively that if I undertook
to get any closer he would see me
and come down, sure as fate. I
studied the matter over a minute or
so and decided to shoot anyhow and
risk a fight, as the ground was good.
So I pulled up on him offhand and
pealed, away. At the crack of the
gun he reared up and clawed the air
for a few seconds and down he came
and the big fight was on, and was
on the steep hillside next to the big
gulch. 1 realized now that I had
been too hasty and had made a bad
shot. I rushed up there as fast as
I could, and they were working him
so fast and furious that he hadn't
made but little headway, and when I
got to where I could see down It put
me within twenty-five or thirty steps
of him. They had him going back
wards and forwards and turning so
fast that I could not get a bead on
a vital part, but I lost no time in
getting the Winchester into action
and commenced to pour the lead into
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into htm. About the third or fourth
shot ho fell and the dogs piled in on
him, but he was up instantly, and
before old Lion could get out of the
way he had him. Trailer was swing
ing to his bam, but he paid no atten
tion to him. I bore down closer and
-strung the bullets as fast as I could
work the lever, and he had to let go,
and at it they went again. They had
him rearing, plunging and tearing
around until it seemed like I couldn't
get In a dead shot to save my life.
Trailer did some of the best work I
ever saw him do in all my hunting,
and once when I got in close he got
them entirely loose. Here he came
straight at me, mouth open, ears laid
back and hair all up the wrong way.
The dogs were both behind him, in
line, and I dare not shoot, so I ran
back several steps to get to a tree,
but It was not necessary. They both
had him in little or no time and
swung him around. As they let go
to get but of the way I let drive
again. Over ho went, down the hill,
and landed in a flat place next to the
gulch and brought up in a bunch of
brush. Here he regained his feet
again, and, backing up so the dogs
could not get around behind him,
he stayed right there and stood them
off. All they could do was to bark
in his face. I got around now and
crossed the gulch above and came on
the other hillside above him, and
thought I would take my time and
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i several minutes since I fired the last
shot, and I had fired every cartridge
but had not discovered that fact, but
my Bister at homo had kept count,
land when she heard the fifteenth
j shot she ran for her horse and was
looming across the field as fast as
she could. This I did not know, of
I course, and when I got around to
I where I could get a fair, square shot
I I pulled up,-took a good be&d on the
I side of tho head, and snap went the
igun.' I thought I had forgotten to
!load. Down and up went the lever,
'and snap again. I suddenly realized
I I was up against it. There was, a
I good trail going down the gulch, and
I lit out down this trail, but had not
gone far until I saw my sister com
ing on a dead run. I went out and
met her at the fence, took the box of
cartridges and hurried back. When
I got back I thought I would try one
shot for the bear's heart, so I pulled
in behind tho shoulder and shot. I
hit him square In the heart, but still
he did not succumb for several min
utes and I had to give him another
In the head and he rolled oyer. The
dogs were too much exhausted to
even touch him, but both of them lay
down and panted for a long time be
fore they would start home. As I
said before, this was one of the larg
est black bears I ever saw. He was
coal black, with a large white spot In
his breast, and white with fat. When
we came to skin him we found that
he was literally riddled with bullets.
It took the dogs several days to
get over this scrap, but they got rest
ed up, and one morning when I got
up they were gone again. That af
ternoon l got on my horse and took
the same old route. I followed the
ridge clear back to the head of Sterl
ing creek, then down to Griffin creek
and dowa that creek and home, and
no dogs. I got up the next morning
and no dogs. I rode the country
over that day, over in back of Jack
sonville, Poor Man's creek, and got
back late In the evening, half expect
ing to find them at home, but in this
I was disappointed. I was getting
pretty uneasy now, and I lay awake
a long time that night, studying the
matter over. At last I made up my
mind that I would go up Griffin
creek until.it made the bend towards
Sterling, then turn east and go up
the ridge towards the head of Cole
man creek. Having decided, I was
anxious for morning to come, so at
daylight I had breakfast and wa's off.
I went the route I had planned, and
along about 10 o'clock I had got away
ud on top of the mountain. When I
made tho turn I stopped and listened.
At first I could hear nothing, but
waited, somewhat disappointed, and
at last was rewarded by the sound of
Trailer's voice, the old familiar bow,
wow. wow. Well, now, listen to me.
Hundreds and thousands, and I might
say millions, remember how they felt
when they heard Wilson wos elected
after hearing positively that Hughes
had been elected. Well, multiply that
feeling by ten and you will have a
pretty good idea of how I felt when
I heard Trailer. I was wild with Joy,
not so much for the sake of the game
as it was to know that Trailer was
safe and I was soon to set my eyes
on him again. Down tho hill I went,
leaving my horse, as tho dogs were
not a groat ways off, picking my way
through the brush until I struck the
timber. Then it was more open.
Now I blew the horn just once. Im
mediately both dogs began to bark
Joyously. I slid around the hillside
mighty cautiously now, and soon I
saw them at the root of a big tree,
on the same side of Coleman creek
tha I was on, so I moved a little
closer but could see no bear. I did
not know that he was on the opposite
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side of the tree from me, but he was,
and had his head poked around the
trunk. When I moved up closer,
down he camo, hand over fist, tear
ing the bark to pieces as he came.
The dogs were on the upper side of
the tree and when the bear struck
tho ground he gathered himself and
went smashing down across the creek
and up the other side. Both dogs
dashed down after him, but before
they got to him the Winchester
cracked and, to my surprise, he came
heels over head and rolled over and
over back down into the creek, which
was dry and rocky. ' The dogs piled
right, in after him. I ran down as
quickly as I could, but he was dead.
As good luck would have it, in catch
ing the bead in my hurry I had shot
a little high, the bullet hitting him
in the back of the neck, killing him
instantly.
The first hard work I did was to
take his entrails out and feed the
dogs some liver, which I cut up fine
for them. They did not like It very
much, but ate some of It. However,
as soon ts I got back to my horse I
fed them, as I had brought along
something for them.
This was a big cinnamon bear, and
how those dogs could keep him up
that long is a mystery to me, unless
he had come down and been fighting
them on I he ground part of the time.
I will ikip over the rest of them
now and tell you about the bear I
caught the day before Chrjstmas. As
I said before, to tell of every one
Trailer caught would take up entire
ly too much space. But just think of
two dogs staying out three days and
nights! Do you wonder at me think
ing the world of Trailer? ,
On the 24 th of December there was
snow, so I took both dogs with me
and started out in the morning for
a bunt, not expecting in the least to
kill a bear, as they were all holed up
long before, but I wanted a deer, and
In those days it was not against the
law to kill them In December. I
took the dogs along in case we should
run across a yarmint track.
I went away off up Griffin creek
and up by what they called Miller's
flat and quite a ways up the ridge
without seeing a thing, when all at
once I ran across a wildcat track.
Away the dogs went, straight down
the hill, across the left hand prong
of Griffin creek, and over the hill out
of hearing. I followed, and when I
got down across the creek I stopped
and, happening to look back up the
hill, I saw a boar going along the hill
side, right where I had come along.
The hillside was burned off and I
could see him plainly, but it was a
long shot. I hauled up and sent a
bullet over that way once, anyhow,
just for luck, but I didn't reach him
and away he went as fast as he could
run. I didn't shoot any more as it
would be nonsense at that distance,
anyhow, so I went on up to the top
of the hill, thinking as I went along
what tho dogs would do when I
brought them back and they struck
that bear track. When I got up there
I heard them down the hill a short
distance, barking up a tree I went
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down and, sure enough, it was a big
wildcat. I shot him out, and after
they yanked hlra around a while I
started back over the hill. I was get
ting mighty anxious to get back to
that bear track. When I got up
within thirty or forty yards of where
he had gone along, both dogs broke
out and, taking the tarck, went down
around the hillside, yelping every
Jump. I knew they couldn't help but
get him, so I thought I would take
his back track and see where be came
from. I tracked him back about forty
yards, and there I found his den at
the root of a big fir that had beea
burned and hollowed out. The doe
and I had disturbed him and he lay
Still until he thought the coast was
clear, then came out to change his
quarters. The dogs were soon
around tho point of the hill and out
of hearing, so I went straight up to
the top of the hill and I heard them
away off, down near the right fort
of the creek. I went on down to
where they wero, and they had him
in a cave. I went up along the side
of the mouth of the cave and looked
in, and I could see his eyes shining;
like two coals of fire. I pointed the
gun as near between the eyes as I
could and pulled the trigger, then
stepped back to one side and threw
another load in. When the gun
cracked both dogs went in side by
side, and I suppose he must have fall
en, for they camo out of there back
wards and each one had him by th
side of the head, and he wasn't dead
by a long shot. There was a big log
along in front of the cave, and whea
he got well out he knocked Trailer
loose and gave some kind of a yank
and threw tho old dog over the log,
but .Trailer held on and hung right
to him. The bear placed his feet on
the log and braced himself back.
This was all done quicker than it
takes to tell it. I was within five
feet of hlra and I jerked up and shot,,
hitting him at the butt of the ear.
This finished him. He was a black
bear about three years old and very
fat. We came back next day andt
packed him in, without having to
skin him and cut him up.
Now I hope the readers will enjor
this story as much as I enjoyed th
hear meat.
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