THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 61 
COUGAR ATTACKS EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL. 
From Go.tp BEAacH GLOBE. 
A thrilling story of the escape from death of his eight year old 
daughter from a large cougar is related by Hathaway Jones who lies on 
a ranch near Marial, Oregon, in the following words: 
“I was working at a fence near the barn, and sent my little girl 
Myrtle, eight years old, across the field a few hundred yards to get 
the horses. On returning with the horses a large cougar or panther 
met her about midway of the field in the plowed ground and made a 
spring at her. The child jumped to one side and the large cat lit 
where she was standing. In her fright the girl screamed for help, 
which attracted the attention of my son Bill, who saw the animal 
make the jump, and told me a big animal jumped on Myrtle. I picked 
up the ax and run to her assistance but met her coming, loosing no 
time through the plowed ground. In the meantime the boy went to 
the house for the gun and my wife accompanied him back. After 
arming myself with the gun, and my wife with the ax, we advanced 
like the Germans on the allies. 
When we reached the place where the cougar was, Myrtle showed 
us where it had disappeared under some small fir trees. We went 
there and was looking for it, my wife saw a big lump in the leaves, 
she went to part some limbs to look farther into the brush when the 
big cat, which was lying about twelve feet away, made a spring at 
her. I was only about eight feet from my wife at the time ready to 
shoot instantly, and as the varmint made its spring at my wife I sent 
a bullet through its heart which was a timely shot as it fell within 
four feet of my wife as it was, notwithstandnig its fatal shot, the 
- savage brute tried to spring at us the second time, but was hurt too 
bad. I have killed more than one hundred cougars covering an ex- 
perience in Curry of over 29 years and this one was the most savage 
one I have ever seen. This experience should be a warning to all 
neighbors and families living in the woods, least some of their 
children have a like experience with less fortunate results. 

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Thousands of Birds Were Fed in This Manner During the Recent Snow. 
