Bear “Attacks” U. S. Army Outpost,
Gets Just What The Japs Would
The Kodiak Bear, army news
paper, appropriately had a bear
story In a recent issue that told
of a bear wandering into an
Army outpost and getting 5,6
rounds of ammunition in him
before he dropped.
Following is the report of Sgt.
C. 0. Anderson to his platoon
commander:
Subject: The Killing of an
Alaskan Brown bear.
1. At 0400 Tuesday a brown
bear was observed approaching
the position at a point on the
northwest slope of a mountain
rising from the edge of our
position. When it was noticed
that if the bear did not change
direction and that it would in a
few moments be in the center of
our area, the guard called for
reinforcements. At his call, my
self and three other men turned
out immediately. At this point
the bear had moved approx
imately 100 yards nearer and
apparently had no intention of
changing his direction A shot,
fired high with the intention of
frightening him off, had no ef
fect. It was ultimate then that
it would be only a matter of
time before he would be in the
midst of our equipment and the
personal position of the men. So
at limited range the fire of 5
rifles were concentrated on the
bear. The results were satisfact
ory for the bear moved only a
bout 5 yards farther before he
d opped dead.
2 A total of 56 rounds of
ammuni tion were expended. The
number of hits were undetermin
able but the target was suf
ficiently riddled
3. It is impossible to obtain
the exact weight of the bear. Its
. approximate weight would be a
bout 900 pounds He measured
9 feet.
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4. We hope that it will be
unnecessary to resort to action
of this sort again in the future.
And it is possible that we won’t,
as we believe this is the bear
that has been in the vicinity of
our camp twice before.
Appended to the Sergeant’s
report is a table of ammunition
expenditure, which must ac
company all reports of firing:
^nderson 6 rounds
Campbell 14 rounds
Kendal 16 rounds.
Weifering 16 rounds
Corubie 4 rounds
Total 66 rounds
When Corubie was asked he
said no, his rifle didn’t jam.
All the men were pretty ex
cited when the huge bear started
lumbering towards them. They
emptied their magazines in rapjd
fire, which accounts for the fact
that the animal was killed quick
ly and mercifully, and did not
escape into the brush wounded.
The hide, of course, was ruined.
Bear tracks are plentiful in
the back country and outpost
guards have sighted several.
Last season a guard walking
post had to detour around a
bear which had lain down to
sleep in the path he was sup
posed to patrol. That animal
chewed up some rubberized
cable. Communication wire is
frequently found chewed. Ap
parently the salty taste in the
insulation is what the animals
crave
1 Experienced guides estimate
that the take of Kodiak hides
this season will be much less
than for many years. Trans
portation for civilian hunting
parties is not readily available;
many former civilian workmen
have left or are now in the army
or navy; and servicemen them
selves could not take the time
off for hunting trips back into
(the populous bear country.
So it’s only the over-bold,
vicious, or “loco” bears which
are likely to get killed this year.
A Kodiak is as unpredictable as a
williwaw, and the fact that thpse
animals generally run for cover
when they smell or sight a hunt
er is no guarantee that that’s
the way a particular specimen
will act.
Stock warnings for service men
are repeated:
1. Don’t go following bear
tracks through the brush with a
camera under your arm.
2. If you have got a license
and are out after a bear don’i
shoot service ammunition. You
need soft-nose to stop these
babies.
3. Even in self-defense, it’s
■afer to climb a tre;1 than open
fire unless you have a comBan
ion. A wounded bear is
murderous.
4. Kodiak bears don’t like
water, but they can swim. A tree
is still safest, because most
grown Kodiaks are too heavy
to climb.
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Municipal telephone and
lighting systems are planned for
Kodiak and this time they are
going through, said Tom
(Talmage) Smith, Kodiak attor-.
ney in Anchorage on business I
with the court A street paving
program is also being discussed.
The island fishing industry is
now operating at full tilt,
it was reported, a local cannery
having already packed 2000
cases. A huge sawmill is being
installed 40 miles from Kodiak,
which now has a population of
more than 2000 and is growing
steadily. Attorney Smith moved
into Kodiak before the big push
and is going to stay there until
he sees a population of 5000, he
said. In Anchorage he is stop
ping at the Parsons.—From
Anchorage Times.
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Dies At Cordova
Mrs. Julia Olsen, born at|
Kodiak on May 31, 1896, and a
resident of Cordova for 25 years,
died thereon June 16 of a stroke.
She had been working at the
Pioneer Sea Foods Co , up until
2 days before her death when
she complained of a violent
headache.
In 1915 the Kodiak girl, then
Julia Naumoff, went to Cordova
to become the bride of Arne
Olsen, who met sudden death
last December while on a mail
route during bad weather on
Hinchmbrook island.
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