When Big Bear
Appears Hunters
Become Hunted
By The Wandering Reporter
Several issues ago, the Kuskc
Times printed an "Ohpir Beai
Story” taken from our files of 1C
years ago.
The old time Ophir bear hunters
have nothing on our young Alas
kans of today as the following
story will indicate.
It seems that a bear had been in
the habit of raiding the ARC ca
che at Shorty Creek, carrying olT
a few choice slabs of bacon and a
ham or two. On each trip back for
more bacon. Mr. Bear would scorn
the old opening he had made into
the cache and insisted on making
a new entrance into the tent
sheltering several tons of food
stuffs.
After about three damaging
trips of the marauder, Foreman
Ed Adams decided the game had
gone far enough for one bear, so
he called forth his reputed bear
hunters, Mike McRoberts and
George Cristo.
“I’m going to give you a chan
ce to make those bear stories that
you fellows have been telling the
crew, good. You fellows take your
bed and guns and go down to the
cache and lay for that bear, and
don’t come back without that ras
cal’s scalp”, Ed warned.
The two young men. armed to
the teeth with rifles, six shooters,
and determined looks, left for Ol’
Man Bruin’s playhouse. The as
signment was easy. All they had
to do was to take easy until the
victim showed up on the scene,
then with a well-placed shot they
would put the poor, defenseless
bear away.
Arriving at the cache early, the
boys prpeared to await the re
turn of brother bear. They talked
over their plans and chuckled as
they pictured the surprise that
was going to greet the marauder.
The afternoon was warm and
still. A fe<w 9tTay mosquitos buz
zed listlessly around. George’s
head settled back on a pile of
bacon and Mike softly dozed on
top of a pile of sugar—dreaming
of far-away lands and beautiful
nurses.
Outside the tent, a different
scene was being enacted. A huge,
black bear trudged methodically
down toward the tent, his enor
mous head swinging slowly from
aide to side He, too, was dream
ing, but his dreams were of nice,
big. juicy slabs of bacon and lar
ge, plump hams. As the visitor
approached the side of the tent,
he seemed to change his mind and
swung for the previously torn
opening and entered. He stopped
and gazed near-sightedly around,
lifted his nose and snifting gent
ly for the tempting odor of well
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smoked bacon.
“Ah, th re it is, right straight
ahead _ On locating the prize,
Mr. Bear shuffled “bacon-ward”
and eagerly seized the top slab—
the slab that George was resting
his head on. At the loss of his soft
pillow, George awakened with a
start and turned around to gaze
into the bright eyes of a huge
bear. In one move George dis
appeared from sight making a
i new hole in the tent and excit-j
ing Mike, who, aroused from his
(dreams, raised his head to in
vestigate the disturbance. The
! enormous bear stood in the cen
ter of the tent with the juicy
bacon bewteen his jaws and gaz
ed around, wondering why all
the excitement. One look was en
ough for Mike, and he, too, made
his exit. Mike stated afterward
| that he was too close for a shot
and wanted to move away a lit
tle farther to where he could
shoot to advantage.
When the unwelcome visitor
emerged from the tent, carrying
his supper, Mike and George had
(succeeded in getting far enough
i away—if distance means anything
|—and were perched upon on the
top limb of separate trees. Evi
dently George though the range
was suitable for good work with
a six-shooter and he now began
firing with the speed of a mach
ine gun. It seems as if Mike in
his hurry to get a little range,
had forgotten the trusty 30-06
and left it laying on the sugar
pile. Old man bruin, unaware of
all the disturbance he had caused
swung contentedly up the creek
at peace with the world.
It is understood that the two
boys managed finally to get or
ganized and succeeded in captur
ing the marauder’s scalp a few
hours later. George said he would
rather have shot the bear when
he first saw him in the tent, but
thinking that he had left his gun
outside, he rushed out to retrieve
it. He failed to find the gun so
went up a tree and perched on a
limb to get a better view of the
surroundings and then discover
ed his trusty six-shooter strapped
to his side —Kusko Times
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