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Statesman, SaUm, Ore., Monday, Oct. 17, 1955(Stc. lr-7 Tiger Hunt in India Both -Thrilling, By CHARLES IRELAND Valley Editor, The Statesman Kid sisters do the darndest things when they1 grow up. Now take Jane' Pearmine, who was raised on a farm between Sa lem and Gervais. When Jane was a high school girl, her dad and brothers left her at home while they went deer hunting in the Willamette Valley. So what did Jane do when she grew up? She traipsed over' to India, went on a 13-day hunt in the wildest jungles of the interior, and came home the other day with the head and skin of one of the! biggest tigers killed in recent years. " 'Second Gna' Jane hastened to add. however, that she was only "second gun" on the hunt for the massive tiger. Rifling home the shot that felled the 573-pound beast was Warren McMurray, Savannah. Ga., who was attached to the U.S. diploma tic service at New" Delhi. India, while Jane taught school there. .Details as vivid as a TV adven ture show were recalled by the j two Sunday -as they visited at the' Mission Bottom farm home o( Jane's parents. Mr. and Mrs.. Les-i ter Pearmine Sr. I Leaf Planning 1 The "Shikar" (tiger hunt) took ' place early this year, climaxing seven months of planning that was made : easier by their friendship with an Indian naval commander, Khushru Sanjara. ' The plans included obtaining ex elusive permission to hunt in a 400-square mile shooting block in deepest India, buying eight water buffalo to use for bait and hiring 100 natives to assist them. The hunt was a thriller from the j start. Traveling from New Delhi j by plane, and auto, Jane and Mc- Murray reached the jungle base: camp to be greeted with "Hurry j up, there's been a kill." A native' had just reported that a tiger had killed a buffalo.. "We went right into the jiftgle," Jane said. "About a mile from camp we turned a comer and found the tiger, asleep. He was 40 yards away." The tiger stirred, and the na tives started to climb trees. But there i were "too many" people f - genuine leather hand-laced women's "sizes fit 4-9 small, medium. Targe. children's sizes fit 1 1-3 small, medium, large. sfip into the new exciting squaw fashion for an " unheard-of low Sears price! even the Indians didn't have the comfort of these cushioned insoles! gloriously soft and flexible ... oil genuine leather with hand lacing so much fun with your fireside fashions ond sport and beach togs, buy now during the sale! ' SEARS SHOE DEPT. MAIN FLOOR f f " 1 I ', - 4 I A'-. " tliu. C a . .. .. It- Vgtr thst measured nearly 10 feet in length is pictured where he fell In Indian jangle after he was shot by Warren McMurray (right), U.S. diplomat who was hunting with Jane Pearmine of Salem arta. . They were among seven hunters who participated in 15-day hunt. Indian at left in phot is one of more than 100 who took part in the hunt. (Photo also around for action. The tiger slink ed away. . ( On - the third day, a native brought word that the tiger had struck again, killing another water buffalo 13 miles from the base camp. Because the tiger had eaten only half of the buffalo, it was felt that he would return at night to finish his prey. So Jane and McMurray built a place of concealment which they suspended between trees, 12 feet above the ground. Then they set tled down for a long wait for the tiger. Everyone else returned to base camp. Schooled in the need for absolute quiet, they even took throat loz enges along to guard against coughing. It was two hours before pitch- rTft SAII AS CRIAT .. black darkness overtook the moon less jungle. , Jane and her companion heard no sound of the tiger, but gradual ly they heard other animals grow tense and restless. The carnivorous tiger was on the prowl. Again the junjjle grew deathly quiet as the lesser animals fled. Still the hunters heard no sound from the giant tiger, but they sensed that he was circling them and the dead buffalo. Finally, satisfied that all was well, the tiger abandoned caution and came crashing in like a giant. The two hunters listened in spine-tingling wonderment as, 30 yards away, the great cat stopped in front of his kill, panting like a steam engine. Then he settled down to his supper, ripping great bones out AS ITS MAMII IA. ,,AaM ..... vs. f . - lr on page 1.) of the buffalo like a rock crush er. The hunters waited five min utes more. It was prearranged that McMurray would fire both barrels of bis 450400 Jeffries big-game rifle and that June would fire next A live-cell flashlight was mounted atop McMurray's rifle. The hunters still had not seen the tiger, ' but 'they knew the location of the buffalo he was eating. Finally the zero moment ar rived. A perfect shot through the tip of the shoulder was re quired to drop the monstrous tiger. 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He kept thinking; "This was my chance, and I flubbed if : At daybreak they were rejoin ed by the rest of the hunting party and a delicate search for the wounded tiger began. His a :i;.Y i S It: ulfor Salem blood-stained path pointed the way. But high bamboo grass limited visibility and natives re peatedly climbed ' trees to look for him. After two hours, a native called, "The tiger lies dead-in a clearing." Cautiously, the hunters ap proached the tiger and affirmed Rules Given to Halt Back Ache LOS ANGELES un--Dr. Eleanor Metheny, professor of physical edu cation at the University of South ern California, told members of the Lions club Friday some rules to avoid an aching back. Her rules: Don't stoop, but squat; don't bend, but lean; don't twist, but move; don't reach, but climb: don't jerk, but give; don't sag, bu'w ' someone s counting you can count on life insurance : - Area GirL Friend that he was dead. The lone had pierced his heart. The tiger had traveled only 80 yards after -lunging at Jane and her companion. Killing the tiger, which a for est ? officer called "one of the biggest in many years" brought an early climax to the 15-day shikar. During the remaining days, the hunters killed wild boar, bears, a blue bull, cheital stag and barking deer. Several trophies from the shikar now repose in the home of Jane's parents. And who got the head and skin of the big tiger? Well, Jane and' McMurray haves worked out a neat answer to that one. On Friday, they'll be married at a Salem church. Then this globe-trotting couple will be off fori Sweden and Iceland for a diplomatic stint and, probably, a polar bear hunt .. And, in 1958, they're tenta bullet 1 on you . . . The look of trust in your youngster's face . . . the way your wife's eyes mirror herfaith in you . . . these mean big responsibilities. Your life insurance helps you meet these responsibilities. 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