Identifier: sanfrancwat4192581930spri (find matches)
Title: San Francisco water
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Spring Valley Water Company (San Francisco, Calif.)
Subjects: Water-supply
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Spring Valley Water Co.
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant

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t the cubs, who alsoproffered their assistance, got in her waymore or less; otherwise I never would havereached the bottom of the declivity alive.Although suffering great pain, I retainedconsciousness and thought of that old sayingthat if one will lie perfectly still, a bear willnot molest one; so I made no outcry, but as Ireached the edge of the brush, I lay perfectlystill. The old bear sniffed at me once ortwice, then dealt me a blow with her pawand went away and left me. I lost conscious-ness and how long I lay in that condition Ido not know, but finally became aware of avoice which seemed to be away up in the air,calling my name. I could hear this faintsound, Ryder, Ryder! and just had suffi-cient strength to make a faint moan in reply.I then fainted again and did not recoverconsciousness until I came to in the adobe,with those who lived there about me, tryingto do what they could to stop the flow ofblood. It appears that the young lad who went October, 1925 SAN FRANCISCO WATER II
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Eikerenkotters store and hotel were at the center of Searsville activity in the old days before the village dis-appeared. The site of these obliterated landmarks is west of the Woodside Road at its intersection with the MenloPark and Searsville (or Mountain Home; Road with me in search of the oxen got lost and didnot reach the rock where we were to meetuntil long after sundown. He then hastenedalong the trail towards the camp and reachedthe adobe a short time after I had gone on.He left immediately and hastened after me.He had only gone from the house a veryshort time, when the inmates were surprisedto have him come tumbling in through thehalf-open door saying that he had seen thedevil and two bears fighting in the brush.The Mexican realized what had probably oc-curred and grabbed a lantern to see if hecould arrive in time to be of any assistance.It seems that the bears had torn my clothingentirely off, which gave the impression tothe young Mexican that he had seen thedevil. It is to

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