For the week ending Nov. 29, 1933

LAVA BEARS MAY HAVE REAL ONE AS TEAM MASCOT

Should Bend’s Lava Bears receive an invitation to play in Portland on Thanksgiving afternoon, there is a possibility that a real lava bear may be secured as a mascot.

Such was the information received here today when it was learned that L.E. Oster, northern Lake County rancher, has trapped a diminutive bruin, said to be a real lava bear, in the Squaw Mountain country. According to information received from Fort Rock today, the little black bear is very much alive. It is being kept at the Oster ranch.

This is the second representative of the much disputed lava bear species trapped in the Fort Rock country in recent years. About 10 years ago, shortly after Irving S. Cobb made Central Oregon lava bears famous by his hunt in this part of the state, Albert Andrews, Fort Rock trapper, caught a small brownish creature that was given the name lava bear, without benefit of naturalists. That bear was taken on a tour throughout the United States and aroused considerable attention.

Despite the general belief that the so-called lava bears of the Deschutes country represent a distinct species, there are those who maintain that the creatures are merely stunted black bears.

DOGS DISAPPEAR FROM BEND’S STREETS TODAY

Bend appeared to be a practically dogless town today, as owners of pets, heeding the general order of the city health officer, kept their animals tied or in pens. The order permits muzzled dogs to be at large but the shortage of muzzles in Bend prevented this. Hardware store owners reported a considerable demand for muzzles, but this demand could not be supplied.

Dogs of Bend were ordered muzzled or tied for a period of 60 days as a means of checking the spread of rabies. Three children were bitten by hydrophobic dogs this past month.

However, despite the health order, a few dogs were at large today. For instance, an unmuzzled pup found its way into the Kenwood school court, in search of its young master.

Quarantine orders were issued by Dr. C.A. Fowler, city health officer.

Dogs running at large without muzzles will be killed, Dr. Fowler announced. The order applies to all dogs, whether licensed or not.