ROOUR RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON AUGTST 21, 1908.
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".VCE In September I wa
I Ck I 'n"'l",l "D the shore of
I I Kootenai Luke, having
L A wllh me OK comnmilnris.
JiiIiii Willis and an Impassive-looking
Indian
named Aiumul. Coming
tcruHH through the dense coniferous
forests of nortlieru Idaho we bad
l truck the Kootenai River. Then we
went down wltb tbe current as It
wound in balf circle through a long
alluvial valley of mixed ma run and
woodlund, hemmed In by lofty moun
tains. The luke ltHclf, wben we reach
ed It, stretched straight away like a
great flord, a hundred miles long and
about three In breadth. Tbe frowning
and rugged Selkirk came down sheer
to the water's edge. 80 straight were
tbe rock walls that It was dllllcult for
as to in ml wltb our buttwiu, save at
the places where the rapid mountain
torrents entered the lake.
Wo bad come down from a week's
fruitions bunting In the mountains; a
week of excessive toll. In a country
where we saw no game for in our Ig
norance we had wasted time, not go
ing straight back to the high ranges,
from which the game bad not yet de
scend)!. After three or four days of
rest, and of feasting on trout a wel
come relief to the monotony of frying
pan bread and coarnoy suit pork we
were ready for another trial; and early
one mornlug we made tbe start Hav
ing to pack everything for a fortnight's
use 011 our bucks, through an excess
ively rougb country we of course
traveled as light as possible, leaving
almost all we bad wltb the tent and
boat
We walked In single file, as la nec
essary In thick woods. The wblte
hunter led, and I followed, each with
rifle on shoulder and paok 00 back.
Animal, tbe Indian, pigeon toed along
behind, carrying bis pack, not as we
did ours, but by belp of a forehead
band, wblcb be sometime ahlfted
acrosa bla breast Tbe traveling
tbrougb the tangled, brush choked for
est, and along tbe bowlder strewn and
precipitous mountain sides, waa Incon
ceivably rough and difficult
An bour er two before sunset we
were traveling, as usual, In Indian
file, beside tbe stream, through ao
open wood of great hemlock tree.
There was no breexe, and we made no
aound as we marched, for our feet
aunk noiselessly Into tbe deep niosa.
Suddenly tbe hunter, who waa lead
ing, dropped down lu bla tracka, point
lug upward; and some Gfty feet be
yond I saw tbe bead and shoulders of
a bear in lie rose to make a sweep at
omo berries, lie waa In a bollow
where a tall, rntik, prickly plant, with
broad leaves, grow luxuriantly; and be
waa gathering Its red berries, rising
on his bind leg and sweeping them
down Into his mouth with his paw,
and was much too intent on ills work
to notice us, for his bead was pointed
tbe other way. The moment ho rone
again I II red. meaning to shoot tbrougb
tbe shoulders, but Instead, In tbe hur
ry, taking him in the neck. Down be
went, but whether hurt or uot we
could not see, for the second be waa
ou all fours ho wus uo longer visible,
ltatber to my surprise he uttered no
sound -for bcur wben bit or when
churglng often make a great noise so
I raced toward tbe edge of tbe hollow,
the hunter elotso behind me, while Ani
mal danced about lu the rear, very
much netted, as Indiana always are
In the presence of big game. The In
ataut we reached the hollow and look
ed down luto it from the low bank oa
which we stood we saw by tbe sway
ing of the tall plauta that the bear
was coining our way. The hunter waa
tending some ten feet distant a hem
lock trunk being N't ween us; and the
next moment the hear sprang clean up
the bank the other side of tbe hem
lock, and almost within arm's length
of my compauiou. I do uot think he
bad Intended to charge; he was prob
ably eonl'imed by tbe bullet tbrougb
Ms neck, anj bud by chance blundered
out of (lie hollow In our direction; but
when he saw- tbe hunter so close he
turned for blm, his hair bristling and
bla teeth showing. The tuau had no
cartridge in his weapon, and with his
pack on could not have used It any
how; aud for a moment It looked as If
be stood a fair chance of being hurt
As the beast sprang out of tbe bollow
he poised for a second on tbe edge of
tbe bank to recover bla balance, giving
me a beautiful shot, as he stood side
ways to me; tbe bullet struck between
the eye aud ear, and he fell aa If bit
With a pole axe.
Our piUe was a largo black bear,
with two curious brown streaks down
bis back, one ou each side the spine.
We skinned hhu and camped by the
catvasa. us It was growing late. To
take the chill on the evening Mr we
bnllt a huge tire, the Iocs roaring and
crackling To one side of It we made
our beds of balsam and hemlock
boughs; we did not build a brush lean
to, be- atie the nl;lit seemed likely to
be clear. Then we supped on augur
ies tea, frying pan bread, and quanti
ties of bear meat fried or roaated
and bow very good It tasted only
those know who have gone tbrougb
much hardship and some little hunger,
ind have worked violently for several
laya without flesh food.
The morn big after killing Bruin, we
igaln took up our march, heading up
itream, that we might go to Its sources
imldst tbe mountains, where tbe snow
fields fed Us springs. It was two full
days' Journey thither, but we took
much longer to make It, as we kept
halting to bunt tbe adjoining moun
tains. On such occasions Ammal was
left as camp guard, while tbe wblte
hunter and I would start by daybreak
and return at dark utterly worn out
by the excessive fatigue. We knew
nothing of caribou, nor where to hunt
for them; and we bad been told that
thus early In the season they were
above tree limit on tbe mountain sides.
TJntll within a couple of days of
turning our faces back towards the
lake we did not come across any cari
bou, and 'saw but a few old signs; and
we began to be fearful lest we should
have to return without getting any, for
our shoes bad been cut to ribbons by
the sharp rocks, we were almost out
of flour, and therefore had but little
to eat However, our perseverance
was destined to be rewarded.
The first day after reaching our final
ramp, we hunted across a set of spun
and hollows, but saw nothing living.
Tbe next day we started early, deter
mined to take a long walk and follow
tbe main stream up to It head, or at
least above timber line. Tbe hunter
struck so brisk a pace, plunging
through thicket and leaping from
log to log In tbe slashes of fallen tim
ber, and from boulder to boulder In
crossing the rock-slides, that I could
hardly keep up to him, struggle aa I
would, and we each of us got several
ugly tumble, saving our rifle at the
expense of scraped band and bruised
bodies. W went up one side of tbe
stream. Intending to come down tbe
other; for tbe forest belt wa narrow
enough to bunt thoroughly. For two
or three hour w tolled through dens
growth.
Then w came to a spur of open
hemlock forest; and no sooner had we
entered It than the hunter stopped and
pointed exnltlogly to a well-marked
game trail. In which It wa easy at a
glance to discern the great round foot
print of our quarry. We hunted care
fully over the spur and found several
trails, generally leading down along
the ridge; we also found a number of
beds, some old and aome recent usual
ly placed where the animal could keep
a lookout for any foe coming up from
the valley. They were merely alight
hollows or Identatlons In the pine
needles; and, like the game trails,
were placed In localities similar to
those that would be chosen by black
tail deer. The carilou droppings were
also very plentiful; and there were
signs of where they had browsed on
the blueberry bushes, cropping off the
over snow or bogs; hence they can
'pass through places where the long
I slender hoofs of moose or deer, or the
1 round hoofs of elk, would let their
I owners sink at once; and tbey are very
I difficult to kill by following on snow
1 iinoes a method much In vogue among
the brutal game butchers for slaughter
ng the more helpless animals. Spread
ing out his great hoofs, and bending
bis legs till be walks almost on tbe
Joints, a caribou will travel swiftly
! over a crust tbrougu wnicn a moose
i breaks at every stride, or through deep
1 snow In wblcb a deer cannot flounder
fifty yards. Usually be trots; but
wben pressed be will spring awkward
, ly along, leaving tracks In tbe snow
; almost exactly like magnified imprints
j of those of a great rabbit, the long
1 marks of the two bind legs forming
! an angle with each other, while the
forefeet make a large point almost be
tween. Tbe caribou had wandered all over
the bogs and through tbe shallow
pools, but evidently only nt night or
In the dusk, wben feeding or In coming
to drink; and we again went on. Soon
the timber disappeared almost en
tirely, and thick brushwood took Its
place; we were In n high, hare alpine
valley, the snow lying In drifts along
the sides. In places there bud been
enormous rock-slides, entirely filling
up the bottom, so that for a quarter of
once more. He was only a hundred
yards away; and though I had not In
tended to shoot him (for bla bead was
not good), the temptation was sore;
and I was glad when, in another sec
ond, the stupid beast turned again and
went off up the valley at a slashing
run.
Special Colonist Rates
in effect from Sept. 1, to October 31, 1908
SEE LOCAL AGENT
TO GRANTS PASS, QBE.
TK hunter crouched dou-n, tends I ran
noiselessly forward.
a mile at a stretch the stream ran un
derground. In the rock masse of this
alpine valley we, as usual, saw many
conies and hoary woodchucka.
Tbe caribou trails had ceased, and
It waa evident that tbe beast were
not ahead of us In the barren, treeless
recesses between tbe mountains of
rock and suow; and we turned back
down the vulley, crossing over to the
opposite or south side of tbe stream.
We bad already eaten our scanty
luncb, for It waa afternoon. For sev
eral miles of bard walking, through
thicket, marsh, and rock-slide, we saw
no traces of the game. Then we
reached the forest, which soon widen
ed out, ami crept up the mountain
sides; and we came to where another
stream entered the one we were follow
ing. A high, steep shoulder between
the two vallyes was covered with an '
open growth of great hemlock timber, j
and lu this we again found tbe trails 1
and beds plentiful. There was no '
breeze, and ufter touting through tho I
forest nearly to Its upper edge, we be- I
pan to go down the ridge, or point of
the shoulder. The comparative free
dom from brushwood made It easy to
walk without noise, und we descended
the steep Incllue with the utmost care,
scanning every object, and uslug every,
caution uot to slip on tbe hemlock,
needles, nor to strike a Btone or break
a stick with our feet. The slgu wa
very fresh, and when still half a mile
or so from the bottom we at last came
on three bull carltiou.
Instantly the hunter crouched down,
while 1 ran noiselessly forward be
hind the shelter of a big hemlock
trunk until
C.-IGIN OF THE UCTOPU
How the Mail Order Business Had It
Beginning.
In view of the tight against the ma)
i'.er business now being mnd
uotigliout tbe country In the interest
of the local merchants, u brief nrtlti'
1 1 the magazine called System ou th
origin of the mall order trade Is high
ly Interesting. While the founder o
tbe business and others engaged there
in are engaged In a perfectly legltl
mate calling, there can be no doub
that this constantly expanding mnl
order business is a real octopus. I
reaches out its millions of tentacles t'
the farthest corners of tbe country
seizing and raking In tbe dollars whicl
should be left in circulation aroum
borne. These dollars are tbe llfebloot
of the community, and the mall orde:
octopus sucks them out of the coininu
nltj-'s system.
Forty-seven years ago, says System
a young man, then a clerk in a smal
general store at St. Joseph, Mich., ob
served with some satisfaction that res
idents of many smaller towns mile:
distant could be attracted from tin
tradesmen of their own village to thh
selling center.
Four years later, as a salesman In
Chicago mercantile house, be observe
with Increasing attention the numb
of letters that came to this estublisb
meut bearing small orders from res
deuts of distant towns and from farm
era living miles away in the ngrlcul
tural sections of southern Illinois, In
dlana, Iowa and Nebraska.
Another period of three years, aud
having served a a buyer and then con
nected with a St. Louis house, he stop
ped at a town tbut stood a a country
seat in southwestern Missouri. He wat
In a small store which had attalnec
the position, despite the limitations at
to extenslvenesB Imposed by its rura
location, of the smart retailing concert
of the little city. The proprietor bar
Just inclosed a small parcel in an en
velop.
"Here, Jim," the latter called to
clerk; "take this over to tbe poetofflce
It's for Mrs. Henderson, over at Green
ridge. It' surprising." be continued
turning to the visitor, "bow tbe folki
over at Greenrldge one of the small
town within a thirty mile radius
stick to me. I have a good many cus
tomer over there. Borne of 'em writ
almost every week for goods. Tb
storekeeper over there doesn't seem tc
hold his people very well. Guess b
doesn't give satisfaction."
And these things, turned over In tbt
mind of Montgomery Ward, gave ger
ruination of the idea, then crude In Itt
Imperfection, of retailing direct to the
customer by mall. If these people-
and the towns and the agricultural ,
reaches of the west were taking on j
a population of vigorous, hardworking '
ambitious folk who wanted the best !
they could get for tbelr money would I
buy through letter outside their own j
towns, and at that without any spe-
clal material Inducement being extend j
ed tbem, why could not a trade b i
built up if the purveyor would catet j
direct to these people and offer them
attractive advantages of lower prices i
good service and honest goods?
The young man Is now the head ol
a great Chicago mall order bouse that
bears his name the pioneer In a new
Industry.
Hems Trad Homilies.
It' all very well for you to think
you're doing yourself Justice by buying
your supplies from the big city many
miles away, but In the long run you're
doing an Injustice to your descendants,
who are supposed to live In the town
which you are killing off by neelectlna !
j patronize nome industries.
Tou may save an occasional nickel by
ordering "bargains" through mall order
cataioguea, but don't you lose at least
UVaV
on any Railroad, from Kausis City, St Joseph
Omaha, St. Paul, Minneapolis; $35 50 from St!
Louis; $38 00 from Chicago; $40 15 from India
apolis; $44 75 from Cleveland; $47.00 from Pitts,
bure; $47.15 from Brimingham; $55.00 from
New York City. Proportionate rates from every
city in me uimcu
F r imtorniation about Grants Pass, address
Grants Pass Commercial Club
H. L. Andrews, Secy.
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OUHng tin a beautiful that, a h stood
ttdcu-uyi to mt
berries, and also apparently of where
they had bore and there plucked a
mouthful of a peculiar kind of mosa,
ar cropped off some little mushrooms.
It lit the boasts themselves hud evident
ly loft the ridge, and we went ou.
After a little while tho valley be
came so high that the large timber
ceased, and there were only occasional
prove of spindling evergreen. Be
yond the edge of the tile timber was a
argo boggy tract, studded with little
nxils; mid here again we found plenty
f carllou track. A crllou Ins ail
normou foot, bigger than a cow's,
mj admirably adapted for trj, clUm
grating and unconscious quarry. They
were feeding with their heads up-hill,
but so iti-eedlty that they hud uot seen
us; ami they were rather difficult to
see themselves, for their bodies har
monlied well In color w ith the brown
tree-trunks and lichen-covered boul
der The InrKest. a Mr bull with a good
but by no means extraordinary head,
was u en rest. As he stood frouiiiiK me
with his head down I fired Into his
neck, breaking the bone, and be turn
ed a tremendous back somersault.
The other two halted a second in stun
ned terror: theu oue, a yearling, rush
ed past u np the valley down which
we had come, while the other, a large
bull with small antlers, crossed rllit
In front of me, at canter, bis neck
thrust out, and his head-o coarse
looking compared to the delicate out
lines of an elk's turned towards me.
Ills movements seemed clumsy and
awkward, utterly unlike those of a
deer; hot he handle.! his great hoof
cleverly enough, and broke Into
headlong, rattling gallop as he went
down the hillside, crashing through
the saplings and leaping over the
fallen logs. There was a spur a lltti
beyond, and up this he went at a
winging trot, halting when he reached
when you happen to meet one of ths
nome merchant whom you have
known all your life and from whom
you could have bought the same bar
gain? Governor Johnson says one of the
great issues of today has to do with
the curbing of the trusts. The chances
are ulnety nine to a hundred that you
agree with Johnson, no matter what
party you may belong to. Very well.
How about the big mall order trust!
which Is organized to kill off country
merchants? Are you a supporter of the
mall order trust?
if you are a farmer and set! your
produce to the local stores and then
stick stamps on letters ordering ordi
nary household articles from a city
many miles away, wouldn't you think
It the proper sort of reciprocity if tbe
town merchants should quit dealing In
fresh vegetables and supply only can
ned goods to their customers?
Throughout the country for ome
months we have heard tbe cry that
'there Is no money In circulation."
Times have been tight. Teopie who
keep up the habit of buying mall order
goods on the slightest pretext or provo
cation may eect to hear It said that
uire is no money In circulation aronnd
nome. t a use whv? Th nnl it
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iWOODVILLE. - OREGOj
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