1
ICopyrlnht. 1SS6. by O. P. 1'utham'a Bs
published undrr smuiKemfnt wtth J. P.
Putnam's Bona. Nw York and London.
On nm rlnv after nnr
F arrival on the Bighorn
I range we did Dot com
A II bough It wii still
early In Keptemler, tlie
weather win cool nnd
plcuhunt, the night lsg front; and
every two or three duye there was a
flurry of light anow, which rendered
the lulKir of tracking much more easy.
Indeed, througlioiit our atay on the
moiint.ilni. the peaka were snow
CHiel almoat all the time. Our fare
waa excellent, consisting of elk veni
son, mountain grouae, and ainal! trout;
the hist ruught In one of the beautiful
little hike that lay almost up hy flin
tier line. There were plenty of Mack
full li'r In the wooda, and we came
across a tiumler of banda of cow and
cnlf elk, or of young hulla; but after
avveral dnya' hunting, we were atlll
without any bund worth taking home,
and hud aeen no algna of grizzly,
which waa the giune we were ex
dally aniloua to kill. One day I
Wt Kit W! to wilt fiw hit arprtxxcK
ached caiup early In the afternoon,
and waited a eonple of houra before
Merrlfleld put In an appearance. At
liut I heard a ahotit tho familiar long
drawn Elkohb h of the cattle-men
nud he enme In alght galloping at
peed down an ohmi glade, aud wav
ing lila hut, evidently having had good
lurk; and when he rrlued In hla auiall,
wiry, row-pony, we saw that be. bad
packed t4iliid hla aaddle the flue,
gloaay lt of a Mark bear. IVtter
alUI, he anumiiired that he had been
off about ten in I lea to a perfect tangle
of ravlnea and Talleya where heir sign
waa ery thick: and not of black bear
either, but giiaaly.
Merrlfleld'a tale made nie decide to
ah 1ft camp at owe. and go over to the
Mt wliere the bear tracks were so
plenty. Next morning we were off,
and by noon pitched camp by a clear
brook. In a alley with steep, wooded
Idea, tiut wttb good feed for the
boraea In the often bottom. Ws rigged
the canvas wagon aheet Into a email
tent, ahottered by tbe tree from the
wind, end plied great pine log near
by where we wlehed to place tbe Ore;
fur a utght camp In tbe atiarp fall
weather la read and &truj onWee there
la a roaring hleae ef tan Is front of
the tent.
That nftenieon we again went out,
and I abot a One bull elk. I came
home aloiie toward nightfall, walking
through a reach of burnt frat. where
there waa nothing but charred tree
Iruuka and black mould When near
ly through It I came acroaa the huge,
half human footprints of a grvat
grlrtly, which must Intra passed by
within a few minutes It gave me
rather an eerie fevllug In the atleut.
lonely wood, to awe the anmleiakaMe
proofs that I waa In the home of the
mighty lord of tlie wilderness I fol
lowed the tracks in the fading twi
light until It became too dark to see
fliem any kmgvr. and then shouldered
my rttle aiul walked lsck to ramp
That evening we Biin.t ha J a visit
from one of the animals we were aft
er Several tliiw-a we had hoard n(
tilght the imisl. a! calling of the bull
elk. This particular night, when
were In bed and the tire mus anion' lor
lug. we wore niiNo.t In- a ruder nolo
-a kind of icru ti ! I : if or on-ing v''!no
anawcrcl hy the
the Milos It
im ldo. f,.t see
fro-, Im ,i "..
ab'y U i"
tho t
frl
O.I St'
1 I-
HUNTING
THE
GRIZZLY
BY
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
jmiut. and went off; we had seized
our rlflea and bad run out Into the
i
woodx. but In the darknrei rould
bulbing; Indeed It waa rather luckj
we did not atuinhle across the bear. as
he could hare made ahort work of u
when we wero at aucb a disadvantage
Next day we went off on a long
trump through the wooda and along
the aldea of the canyon. There were
plenty of berry bushes growing In
clusters; and all around theae there
were fresh track of bear. But the
grizzly la alao a fleab-eater, and baa a
great liking for carrion. On visiting
the place where Merrlfleld bad killed
tike black bear, w found that the grls
zllea had Nten there before ua, and bad
utterly devoured the carcaaa, with can-
nlbal rellab. Hardly a scrap waa left,
and we turned our atepe toward where
lay the bull elk I had killed. It waa
(iiiltc late In the afternoon when we
reached the place. A grizzly bad evl
dently been at tbe carcaaa during the
preceding night, for bla great foot
prints were In tbe ground all around
It, nnd the carcaaa Itaelf waa gnawed
and torn, and partially covered with
earth and leaves for the grizzly hai
a curloua habit of burylug all of bla
prey that he doea not at the moment
need. A great many ravena bad been
foed'.ng on the body, and they wheeled
nlwuit over the tree tops alove ua, ut
tering their barking croaks.
The" forest was compowd mainly of
whnt are citfli-d ridge-pole pines, which
grow close together, and do not branch
out until the sterna are thirty or forty
feet from the ground. Beneath these
trees we walked over carpet of pine
needles, upon which our moccaalued
feet made no sound. Tbe woods
aermcd rant and lonely, and their si
lence was broken now and then by tbe
strange nolaea always to be beard in
the great foreata, and which seem to
mark tbe sad and everlasting unrest
of the wilderness. We climbed up
along tbe trunk of a dead tree which
had toppled over until its upper
branches struck In the limb csotcb of
another, that thus supported It at an
angle balf-wsy In tta fall. When
above the grwnnd far enough to pre
vent the bear's smelling ua, we aat atlll
to watt for bla approach; until, in tbe
gathering gloom, we could na longer
e the sights of our rlflea, and could
hut dimly make out the carcaaa of the
great elk.
It was useless to wait longer; and
we clambered down and etnas oat to
the edge of the weeds. The forest here
covered one side of a steep, almost
canyon like ravin, whoa other aide
waa bare except of fork and sage-brush.
Once out from under tbe trees there
was still plenty ef light, although tbe
snn had set, and we evcassd over some
fifty yards to the opposite blll-etde, and
crouched down under a bush to aee If
perchance some animal might not also
leave the rover. To our right tbe ra
vine slopod downward toward the val
ley of the rtlghorn River, and far on
its other aide we eovild ratcb a glimpse
of the great nwln chain of the Rockies,
their snow peeka glinting crtmeon In
the tight of the set sun. Again we
wslted quietly In the growing dusk
nntll the pine trees) In our front blend
ed Into one dark, frowning maas. We
saw nothing; tint tbe wild creatures of
the forest had begun to stir abroad
The owls hooted dlamaJly from the
tope, of the tall trees, and two or three
times a harsh walling cry, probably the
voloe of some lyni er wolverine, arose
from the dertha ef the weeds. At Iset,
as we were rising to leave, we heard
tbe sound of tbe brassing ot a dead
stick, froro fhe spot where we knew
the rarcsss ley. U was a sharp, sud
den note, perfeetry AMtert from the
nsfrrrs! reeakUkg and snapping of the
branch; yowt sawh a sound ss would
be msde hy tn teead of swass hvy
rreafnsw. Otd aapftralra" had rem
bar to the eareaan. A ualnuts after
ward, listening wMti strained eara, we
beard blm brush hy some dry twit,-.
It waa entirely too dark to go In after
him; but we made tip our minds th.it
on the tnivmw he h.uld t oiira
Enrlf next morning e were over .it
the e'k carcaaa ami n h exiecte!.
found that the I'efl- Imd eaten 111- I'.,
.'it It diiil-.g the ti'glf His r.,,
fu, I i i.t to i.e a t t.n:ne-M 'c!V
mi l mere -mi freok tkat we doulted If
he had left long beMre we arrived, and
e m;n!e up enr winds te follow him
up and trv to find hla lulr The tvara
tint ltrr.1 ihi thee luountatu had evl
dentl.v lrn Ittt'e dtaturhed. Indeed, the
Indians anil in.wt uf tbe white lumi.r.
lire rather chary at meddling with ,
"!d IM'hralm," as to mountain nien
! :' the . uniea tbry gvt him
it a i!iM,l .nitagv. for the aivrt It !
".'ght
a:- pr
"h some
ilanger and but
The hoara thna aenied t
"' i fear of t rni. uiul we
lUelv that tUe l-ed of the
I 'ed mi the elk would not
'' was a ski. fill trn 'Ler.
i'P tbe trail at 0:1,0. For
It lr.1 over tV soft.
' ,.f m. b:-.I v nee
footpni.ts were .;:lte
'it. a. though we cot! Ul
' -'.it s.'ow t; for had
'l
of course, to keep a sharp look-out NtW TUhfv Un'ul-
ahead and around us as we walked ' .
nolaeleaaly on In the sombre half-light Some New.y Notes ef the WorK in
alwnvs prevailing under the great pine Empire State,
tree, through whose thickly lnterlac- There nre eWit Juvenile granges in
Ing branches stray but tw beams of the Btate. There gh.mld be more,
light, no matter bow bright the run Ornngo fairs 'ncreaslng In nnm-
may be outside. We made no sound ber every j-mr lu New "ry"
surMclvea. and every little sudden Jefferson and l-"un y I -
BoUe nt a thrill through me as have each e-n . bed a acuo arshlp In
I peered about with each sene on tbe tbe Canton Agricultural
M,rt , In the thirty-five subordinate granges
Aft'er going . few hundred yarda the of Oswego cmti.v
tmck, turned off on a w!I-beten path In twenty-seven Is held t a "n
made bv the elk; the woods were In At th- "M hotne 'l"t-tn ' l
many place, cut up by theae game Middletown. X. Y. alMI I grange won
trails, which had often become a. dig- the first prize. ST), f-.r the It det-orat-ti-ict
a. onlltiary f.-.t-patha. The ed float; Wawayanda the second. $10.
beaafs f.x.tprints were perfei tly plain . Oosheii the thud.
in the dust, and be had lumbered along : "In Old New England la the t tie of
up the path ui.tll near the middle of ; B new cimHly dranm written by Harr,
the hillside, where the ground broke M. Doty, formerly a meiul o t he
away and there were hollow, and ; Chatham (X. . grange, now ed to of
boulders. Here there had l-een a wind- a live weekly In Conne.-ticut It has
fall, and the dend trees lay among
the living, piled u rosa one another In
all directions; whl e letween anil
around tbeiu sprouted up a thick
growth of young sprucea nnd other
evergreens. The trail turned off Into
the tangled thicket, within wkujh It
was almost certain we would find our
quarry. We could still follow the
tracks, by the slight acra'8 of the
claws on the bark, or by the bent nnd
broken twigs; and we advann with
noiseless caution, slowly climbing over
the dead tree 'trunks and upturned
stumps, and not letting a branch rustle
or catch on our clothes. When In the
middle of the thicket we erased what
waa a I moat a breastwork of fallen
logs, and Merrlfleld, who waa lending,
passed by the upright stem of a great
pine. Aa Boon as he was by It he
aank suddenly on one knee, turning
half round, hla face fairly aflame with
excitement; and aa I atrode past him.
with my rifle at the ready, there, not
ten steps off. was tho great bear, alow
ly rising from his bed among the
young spruces. He had heard us.
but apparently hardly knew exactly
where or what we wen.-, for he reared
up on hla haunches sideways to us.
Then he saw us and dropped down
again on all fours, the shaggy hair on
his neck aud shoulders seeming to
bristle as he turned towards us. As
he ssnk down en his forefeet I bad
raised the rifle; hla head was bent
slightly down, and when I saw tbe
top of the white bead fairly between
hla small, glittering, evil eyes, 1 pulled
trigger. Hatf-rlalng up. the huge beast
fell over on hla side In the death
throes, tbe ball having gone Into bis
brain, striking as fairly between tbe
eyea as If the distance had been meas
ured by a carpenter's rule.
The whole thing was over In twenty
seconds from the time I caught sight
of the game; Indeed, It waa over so
quickly that the grizzly did not have
time to show fight at all or come a
step toward us. n was a monstrous
fellow, much larger than any I bare
seen alnce, whether alive or brought In
dead by tbe hunters. As near aa we
could estimate (for of course we had
nothing wtth which to welgb more
than very small portions) be must bare
weighed about twelve hundred pounds,
ami though this Is not as large as
some of hla kind are said to grow In
California. It Is yet a very unusual
size for a bear. He was a good deal
heavier than any of our horses; and It
waa with the greatest difficulty that
we were able to skin hint. He must
have beeu very old. bis teefh nnd
claws being all worn down and
blunted: but Bevvi-tbf leas he had been
living In plenty, for be was as fat aa a
prize bcH. the layers on his back being
a finger's leugth lu thickness. He was
still In the summer coat, hla hair be-
T' - Un "'I vff. V14 (tit ,u
' short.
ociir
and In color a curious brln-
d brvwu. aouiew hat like that .if ....a.
tain bulkloga; while all the bears we
rhot afterwanl had the long thick win
ter fur. oltiuauiou or yellowish hrowu.
Ity the way. the name of this Uar baa
reference to Its character and not to in
color, and shoulj. 1 nuppo.. I,.
rr'y jjvlt grts!) - lu the sense of lior
rlhlo. exactly as we se:ik of a "grisiv
wtr- and not grizzly; hut perhaps
the la'ter f spelling It Is too well
estab; si..sl to tv n . changed
tVtrn.vr. i..: ; r:!;t;ng at the 0, r.
lor.
THE ROGUE RIVER COURIER.
... uAni nimrcc
; ju.-t oeeu iu.m.... ....
of Chatham. N. Y
Oeorge V. Hampton of New York,
who as a member of the grange did
so much to bring about deuutured al
cohol legislation. Is to have a large
exhibit of appliances for using dena
tured alcohol at the meeting of the
national grange In Washington In No
vember. Recently u man went through the
town of Farmlngtoti, N. Y.. selling
Red Wave wheat for seed nt $.' a
bushel, taking orders for about fifty
bushels. At a meeting of Farmlngtoti
grange It was brought out that the
same wheat could be bought of a near
by dealer for Sl.T.V Many farmers not
members of the Order were victimized.
Delegates to Pomona.
In one of the Touiona grange meet
ings held recently In New York state a
resolution was adopted making the
I'omona meeting a delegated body
that Is, delegates were to be elected
by the subordinate granges In propor
tion to their membership. There was
some doubt about the constitutionali
ty of this proceeding, and the state
master was consulted. He advised
that the I'omona Is not a delegated,
body and cannot be made such with
out ai.ieiullng the constitution. This
Item may be of Interest to other
granges In the state.
Ncir,hbori' Night In the Orange.
Where granges are conveniently lo
cated one to another II may le well
for tbem to exi Ituimr programme oc
casionally Hint la, a programme pre
pared at one nr.iu. c i.ia,
a nelghlwirlng Krai i(
.' In- given at
a' 0 :'i.' e::
change I.e ui:'.o i f mi:'
Occasion:!! i!"1!!!' lie ,
In, grail' " ' "" !! 1
profitable
Send
friends.
your Courier to Eastern
Kennedy's Laxative Cough syrup
tastes nearly as good aa maple sugar.
It cures the cold by gently moving
the bowels and at the same time It Is
soothing for throat Irritation, there
by stopping the cough. Sold by Sa-
bln'i drug store.
HELLO PEOPLE
Come and see me at
Headquarters
Oily Hull
Having bought the Bicjole
business of VV. A. Paddock
1 would like to hate a part
of your trad, not all of it for
I can't do it all. I would also
like to gring your saws and
file your tdgd tools. I'll do
the best for you that I can
and charge all 1 think you
will staid.
C. C. DANIELS
Don't forget the place
FOR JANUARY
will tell you something you
may not know about Farming,
Kires, Pearl Fishing, Pdls
Woman's Invasion, Flying.
Machines, and Actors.
It will give you lots of good short
stories and beautiful" pictures.
You'll like it. Get one to-day.
LOOS FOB THE PATCBWOSS COVER
I 'or Vile bv
nal
School Notes.
The Grants Pass basket bull team
went to Ashland and met the Nor
mal boys, Friday, January 1, with
colors flying. Lpon their arrival
they were met by Prof. Waldrlp,
manager of th Ashland team and
taken to the hotel. The boys prac
ticed a little in the afternoon to get
used to the hall, but the floor was so
slippery that it was without avail.
The game was called at 9:30 on ac
count of a handball game which the
professors of the Normal played.
The H. S. held the Normalltes down
to a score during the first half. The
score being six to 1 2 in favor of the
Normal. The Normal boys were
much taller and heavier than our
boys and all were experienced play
ers while two of our men had never
seen n game before. With a little
more practice and experience the H.
S. boys will be a good team. The
score at the end of the second half
was Giants Pass 20, Ashland 34.
The officials were Profs. A. C. Joy
and H. E. Mielke. The playo-
were Noron, center; Spalding and
Dykes, forwards; Niday ati l Brat
ton, guards; Subs, Herzinger. Mc
Cracen, Stanley and Letcher. We
hope to have a return game A'tt.i the
Normal next week. Watch for t n
nouncement. The January Tokay will be the
boys' number and they are going to
make it a hummer. It wi'l be
worth reading.
.Miss Jessie McGregor from Pamo
na, Cal., Is taking a commercial
course with us. She came with
good recommendations.
auiita Clans was exceptionally
good to the High School and brought
us a very good attendanceo during
the first week of the new year.
The Junior class gave a "Pennant
Party" at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Gllkey.
Some members of the Alumni vis
ited our school just before the holi
days. Among them were Alice Mc
Farland. 'OS, Randall Hood, '08
and Herbert Gilkey, 'OX.
County Judge Jewell gave the
High School a very Interesting talk
on the afternoon of December 23.
The debating team has made a
New Year resolution, which Is
riesoiven, 1 nat mree-rourths of a
Jury should be competent to render
a verdict. We hope that they will
not break their resolution.
The basket ball team have their
new uniforms. See how proud they
look.
Gordon Griffin, one of our for
mer sudents, is now studying for he
mlnlstery at McMlnnvIlle College.
Semester examinations begin on
Thursday, January 14. The second
semester begins Monday, January
25.
Our teachers have all returned
from visiting and they seem much
happier and pleasant since the holi
day week.
VAX K.T S.VISAGKS
AMI I HKSU llllKAI)
Ami
Other Kiivoilto Food Without
Keur of mi I'psct Stomach.
You can eat anything your stom
ach craves without fear of a case of
Indigestion or Dyspepsia, or that
your food will ferment or sour on
your stomach if you will occasionally
take a little Dlapepsln after eating.
Your meals will taste good, and
anything you eat will be digested;
nothing can ferment or turn to acid
or poison or stomach gas, which
causes Belching, Dizziness, a feeling
or rullness after eating, Nausea, In
digestion (like a lump of lead in
stomach), Bllllousness, Heartburn,
Water brash, Pain In stomach and In
testines or other symptoms.
Headaches from the stomach are
absolutely unknown where this ecec-
tlve remedy Is used. Dlapepsln real
ly does all the work of a healthy
stomach. It digests your meals when
your stomach can't. Each trlangule
will digest all the food you can eat
and leave nothing to ferment or sour.
Get a large 50-cent case of Pane's
Dlaprpsin from your druggist aud
start taking today and by tomorrow
1 you will actually brag about your
healthy, strong stomach, for you then
can eat anything and everything you
want without the slightest discomfort
or misery, and every particle of Im
purity aud gas that Is In your stom
ach and Intestines is going to be car
ried away without he use of laxatives
or any other assistance.
.tianit.erlain'a Cough Remedy tlie
Moat Popular Because it
Is the Beat.
"I lmvt. sold Chamberlain's Cough Rem
'17 for tlie pt eielit years and find it to he
":f 'l the iet selling niolicines on the rnsr-
Ini Udiitu and toiiuk children there
I- 11. ".h i l.,.ner in the line nl"coui;h syrups,"
" "1 .' Mien, H:'in IV:ilini;. " 'I'll i--n!.'
; .t otdy ciri' tli, coiiitIk. oWs at!
r-'iii. ... c'.tntn.ci jinp'iii: v..tin'"'.ivi-..T I
FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1000.
First
National Bank
OF
Southern Oregon
Grants Pass, Oregon
Some of the Service that a Bank
Benders the Public
DEPOSITS
The pafet and simplest
wav of keeping your
money i' by depositing
it in a lteliable Bank.
Thin bank receives De
posits subject to Check,
or on demand Certificate!
of depoait or on time
t'ertilicates of Deposits.
On time deposita we pay
4 PER CENT INTEREST
DRAFTS
The best and cheapest '
wav to transfer money
is by Bank Draft. We
sell Drafts payable in all
parts of the country.
LOANS
One of the moat impor
tant functions of the
Hnnk. We endeavor to
upl'ly " reasonable
needs of our customers.
Capital and 8urplns $75,000
Stockholders' Additional
Responsibility $30,000
OFFICERS
L. B. Hall, President
J. O. C'AMriiaLL, Vioe-Prea.
H L. Uii key. Caskier
K. K. Hacikit, Ami, Cashier
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t continued annlication elimiAl
nates sunburn, tan and freckles and 1
renders imperceptible annoying I
minor blemishes and sallownesa.
It possesses a dainty, clinging ooor
vrtimtvetv it Awn and in in everr II
way a perfect toilet luxury.'- Price f
iiauv auriiiAll A A NtTUM!
HUH bnCMIbAL bU.iiiui
Now is thetlme
to visit
California
When aummer has pasted
in theae northern atalei.
the sun is onlv mild under
the bright blue siiei (
Southern California. This
is one of nature's happy
provisions e arnal . sum
mer for 'those who cannot
endure a more eeTsr cli
mate. California has been called
the "Mecca of the winter
tourist" It hotels and
stopping plaoes are aa
varied as those of all well
regulated cities. Visitors
can always find suitable
aocom datlons, congenial
companions, and varied,
pleasing recreation.
Southern Pacific Go.
Will be glad to supply soma
verv attractive lireratar, de
scribing in detail the maav da
lif bta of winter in California.
Very lew round trip eioareloQ
tickets are on sale ! Califernia,
The rate from Grants Ps o
Loa Angelas and return is
$35 00.
Limit six month, ellowisg
etop overa in eltlo r direction.
SiraiUr exrurs ton rots tie in
effect to all California poiata.
Vnr nil! Infnrir, Hrtn alaMtln am .u.r.
vations and tickets, call en, telefrajh 01
wnse
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OB
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Portland, Oregoa
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bae bullion; cyanides, rich ore, etc. I
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