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Drove Bruin.
~ Storm on.

Willi By, mreston, ploneer. prospec-
tor, farmer and trapper of Kitaumkal- ’
um Lake arrived in. town a few days:
B' uzo with his first: month’s catch of snr le
hig season. His catch ‘eontained ra

y uumber of martin, mink, beaver and

wtmnine, a ,

“Bill”, ag he is favorably’ inown, has
. one of the roughest pieces of mountain-

. ous, country sitrrounding and running
back from the lake consisting mostly
uf forest, mountain’ and stream, that
others hesitated to take owing to the

: . treacherous nature of. ‘the. ground dur.

_ ing the. trapping. season.” But . . the
rougher it is the better Bill ‘likes: it:
and no apimal whose. ‘fur: is worth’ any:
thing feels safe at ‘large when Bill is
vn the ‘for’ path. He’ does not ‘take
the precaution: “that many. trappers dc
ef providing ‘himself. during, the- pum:

‘mer months 7 ‘ith ‘cabins scattered ove!
his Hnes at convenfent distances, ‘fuel-
ed. and provisioned * ‘for’ the ardtious’
winter work, but prefers rather to
meet the denizens of the mountains
on common footing. He pursnes his
yoeation of trapper with his dog Rory
aud his trusty rifle for ‘companions
Na preparations for the journey other
than @ small amount of ‘ten, a fer’
matches ond a Umited supply of ‘to
daceo, and a small hand ax. -The rifle
supplies his ‘food requirements ‘and his

rifle his warmth and shelter, and 4

- weeks more or legs on such n ‘trip

q is nothing in his young ‘life. :

Bill makes his camp for the nighi
wherever night overtakes him, and in
travelling over parts of his ground in

. the summer months the odd prospector
comes upon the remains of a small

, whee

under @ spruce tree or & projecting
-rock,. ‘they -know that Bill has put. In
a ‘night there. on some. occasion. ; ee:
‘tance is covered than anticipated and
‘ght comes on “with -a suddenness,
characteristic’ 6f that’ country - and

B Spent Night in.

‘sult of ‘the hard day's grind and the

jJening about: six feet by ‘eight feet. :

camp: fire alongside ay huge. boulder, or.
“At times when ay - little “longer dis-

favorable camp altes . have -been passed.

Bears’ —
into: Raging |
the ‘Mountains

through. his compantonship: in. the nitts |
‘that his master's ‘judgment. In” ‘sonte:
cages ‘is: not up to & : dog's standard, of
comfort. bed

A couple of weeks | ‘ago “when travel-
| }ing. over 2 range. of mountains ‘at: an
elevatioti of 5,000 feet,: ‘after’ a “particu-
larly ‘hard day's’. going, and. when. ‘a
heary: fall of. snow. had. obscured the:
dangerdus | ‘holes, . ‘and ‘ghélving: ‘preci- |
pices: had demand the “exercising of.
extreme ‘eare, and “caution, when ‘Took’
ing around fora. little softer spot - than
usual Rory suddenly Ived ‘the colu-.
tton.’:: 4 _
It had ‘started. ‘te: snow ‘ightiy ana}
a atife. breeze Was. “plowing with the.
temperature _ dangerously ‘the : "zero:
mark, | the dog, evidently felt that they.
needed ‘more. than. ordinary: ‘shelter for.
aw ay. from ‘wheré: Bill was chopping’
with his. hand: ax -at an old: dead tree.
to: get’ some dry wood to start his fire:
Sniffing : ‘around! a rock. binff - Rory
‘started to ‘growl and every. hair’ on ‘his
hack stood. on end, ag. only the hair on
an’. Atredale | can’. “stand: on. end.’ * Bill
thouglit at first it was. only the re

disagreeable weather éonditions, but’
taking. 0, cheances, and wishing to.
keep faith with his’ partner, Bill grab-
bed his‘ rifie and. rushed to the scene
ofthe excitement. “He found the dog
at, the entrance to a cave in the shel-
tered side of a rock. bluff, -with an.op-

‘How. deep it was. was, difficult, to
determine, and from the excitement. of
the-dog Bill knew the cave was accu-
pied. Reassured by the, presence of
master the dog boldly” entered the op-

had better “heat. “it.”

‘wild ‘rush out..of: the’ den. The’ com-
motion in the den increased in volumns |
and. the : dog,: once behind Bill, « “In-
creased in. courage so that’ the’ chal-
lenges ‘hurled “back ‘and forth was in-
a {deed deafening. Bears: -ocempted that

Rory. the dog, assists in Joeating.
comfortable place, possibly - "realizing

len.

oa.

New Things |
‘Are “News’ :

Lee =
ithe: bears were not ing: to. be. tured co

; dd att’ protests. (On: the other hand |

ening for” a ‘short “distance when a long
lov. growl | ‘suggested, to ‘Rory, that he:
Bill WAS. nearly
knocked oft ‘the: ‘mountain: by. ‘the: dog" 's:

“Isaw. two black bears huddled. together
7 and shivering at-the foot of a tree,

“they. too, would. have been. looking: like:
that, had they not accidentally stum- |
-| Rory -that-in the spring when the days

* would’ return and pay another call. on
. the bears. oe mo

AW. C. Little,

‘| a. visitorat ‘Woodcock and took deliv-
Jery.of a ‘nice team of. horses: from Stan-
: ley and. Doll. ‘who are e moving, ta tne

‘Bal. figured: ‘that: ‘all tights: ‘and. privi-

‘Teges on the: trap line were his and he|':

had it in black and white. on bis ‘trap-
per's’ license...”

smoke ‘seréen played no “mean part,
¢| Bruin, figured he might just a8 well
come! out first as’ last as “by this tinie
he. hod’ “apparently guessed” who’ it war
on the trail (seelng ‘that Bill had
trapped . over | ‘this ‘groutid’ for. several
years).
for. Jiberty. Bill and Rory stepped: to
one ‘side | ‘30 ‘as ‘net “to" delay. the mov-,
ing or: to. embarnss ‘the bear in his ig-
‘nominous “retreat.

in. the: deepening shadows. -

gun ‘cocked for action. But as’ the
eriter ‘went by ‘Bill sized him, up and
considered his fur none too.prime so
did | not waste a shell’ on him, But,
surprises of surprises, this bear was
not ouly: followed by another of eqaui
size, but - by three. others in quick sue-
cession, pone of them seeming tco well
pleased . at the prospects, 08 ‘by this
time the storm <was raging « fairly
strong. When the last’ bear disap-
‘peared Rory, who. was getting anxious
to- settle down for the. night ‘timidly
approached the den and cautiously en-
tered, followed closely by. Bill. - When
they hed penetrated into the inner-
midst depths ‘Bik struck a ‘match and
Hghted- a. stub of a ‘candle. The light
revealed a fair sized, chamber as -dry
as. a’ ‘house well and. intelligently ar-
ranged, for a winter's hibernation for
a. whole bear family. ;

. The inside of the cave was well lin-
ed with. dry moss and on the floor was
@ generous supply of hemlock bows on.
top of which had been placed a heavy
layer of moss, making a fine warm
and springy bed, and so secluded that
one would never “suspect that a‘ storm |
was raging on the outside.
AS @ ‘precautionary’. ‘measure igainst
a surprise return . of . the. ‘bears Rory
was, stationed at ..the cave’ mouth.

his trusty: rifle at -his, side ready for
action should the dog give an alarm.
Next morning at dayhreak, after an

luneventful night, they again “hit the]

‘trail
the night - and. after having gone
: short distanece on their journey they

The storm had spent itself in

the ‘picture of. abject misery. ‘As they
[passed on Bill reminded the dog that

|pled: onto the den. He. also promised

‘ate longer and the fur is better the:

“From, Woodcock

“Mtss ileen Osborne. of Prince Ru-
: pert general ; shospital nursing . state As
: spending. a few. days: ‘the guest of. Mrs.

AY ‘Hobinsheld. ‘feom Kitwanga ’ was

Waa evident’ “from | ‘the ‘start’ thst {-

a

“ Atter much ' ‘tantalizing: in ‘which al.

The bear made ‘a mad bréak |

A black bear, in a “|
real. Tage, swept: ‘out. into the open, It]. #f
looked | the size of: a. small horse, seen |: Ba

> Bill was. out for ‘fur, and: he had his

Bill settled himself in the ‘warm hole |=
50 recently oceupled by the. bears, with |"

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, preparing for, the ee ‘concert’ :

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TIMBER SALE ‘107 27

There ~wil be offered. for sale at
Public Auction, at 5 P. M. on the 17th
Day of December, 1928, in the ‘Forest
Ranger's Office at. Terrace, B. C., the}
Licence X10727, to eut 80,000 Lin. Feet’)
of Cedar Poles‘and ‘Piling and 20,000
'Hewn Ties on’ au area ‘situated 244.
miles southeast of Cedarvale, Cassiar ’
District. | _
Three (3) _yenrs will he allowed for’ wee
removal of timber. my
“Provided anyone unable ‘to attend, oe
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tender to be ‘opened’ at the hour of:
auction and treated as one bid.”
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