Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1920 — SOME TALES HARD TO DOWN [ARTICLE]

SOME TALES HARD TO DOWN

Particularly True of the Story of the Grizzly Bear That Climb* Uty-a-T ree. . .

The hunter who comes nome with a tale of how he took refuge from a grizzly in a tree, and how the bear climbed after him, is a nature fakir, pure and simple, as Enos A. Mills reminds hunters in the story of the “‘Adventures of a Nature Guide.” Yet this curious misapprehension of the climbing abilities of the greatest of the y Ursidae persists in many quarters and Is not always accounted for by mendacity. It seems to be a reasonable explanation that when a grizzly sets out in pursuit of a more or less inexperienced sportsman, the latter is not always in the attitude of a calm investigator. Things are not precisely what they seem when the normal positions of hunter and hunted are reversed.

It is the task of more than one generation to put end to nature faking. Colonel Roosevelt, if he were alive, would take delight in Indorsing the works of Mr. Mills, who has recently become famous as a national park guide, who revealed the delightful possibilities of guiding in the wilderness as a profesion for ambitious young men. 'The wilderness, Mr. Mills, is really the safest place in the world for defenseless human beings. Not even the catamount or puma is dangerous.' Colonel Roosevelt had already assured us on this point, but the statement will bear repetition.— Portland Oregonian.