The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-09


foothills OF the
mountain ranges 20
scour the hills for them and ship them
hence. says the San Francisco Chronl-
Gle. Cubs are taken alive, kept In pits
and fed until they attain several hun
dred pounds In weight. when they are
marketable. The carCasses usually
displayed by butchers during the holl-
day season are OF domesticated bears.
as the wild bears at that season OF the
year are alternating. a stabilized bear
designed for the market Is treated in
about the same way as q hog. Tie will
eat the same food a hog will eat
and about the same quantity and his
nesh tastes very much like pork, eX-
cept for a gamy flavor which Il pos
sesses. Aside from this the bears
blubber makes the finest lard. his
headquarters furnish superior hams
and his ribs yield the best Of bacon.
The best bear grounds In California
are In Tulare county. In the region Of
Mineral King Homer's Nose and Hos
pital Rock Bear meat is sold In San
Francisco NJ from 40 cents 20 81 per
pound. Il Is. OF course. a del'cacy re-
served Tor the rich. Some leading res
taurants have bear steaks on the bills
OF fare when the meat Is on sale In
town and they serve q steak for from
40 20 go co'ts. The region on the coast
mos, Infested by bears 10 believed 20
be southern Oregon. near the California
border. and from twenty 90 nfty miles
from the ocean. To- this district run
the Illinois and Rogue rivers. and
there, too. are many fresh-water lakes.
notably the three great Klamath lakes.
Fish lake. Game lake. Crater lake. be-
sides many small creeks and rlyulcis.
all OF which teen with FISH and about
which are the breeding grounds for
ducks and geese. On the banks OF
these frtsh-water bodies and trC,ch-
Ing away over the Dat country are
/ thousands OF acres OF bushes bearing
buckle and salmon berries. and the low
mountains are thick with the scrub
oak. which In the iall Of the year yields
abundance OF mast. all comprising the
most toothsome provendcr for bears
as they will not ca, flesh when they
can set vegetable food or fish. In this
country. bears-gr grizzly. black or brown
abound They are a NUISANCE 10 N,
farmers. on whose pigs and sheep they
often raid. but 20 the hunters they ar,
a source Of profit and delight Their,
are two seasons IN the year for beai
killing one a long and the other q
short one The FIRST ls In the fan Of
the year. after the mast Is well drop.
ped and Bruin Is fat from feeding on
acorns and nuts. the second Us In th,
spring. Just as Dc is coming ont OF hli
winters sleep When the ground 10
the IAN becomes covered with snow
Drum wallows IN fat and cannot Ono
more 90 eat Then De- proceeds &,
hibernate ln that state his lair d
sometimes betrayed hy tho steam
which rises through the snow from hil
body lu that condition DO can b,
easily Killed. Tor be- will mako no re-
sIstanco When BIS liberation is over
IN the early spring. Dc a silu quit,
Cat and came Cor the huntsman. Bu
he does not long remain in that con
dltIon There being no berries or mas
whom De comes out De dnds nothing Z,
eat and Ia about week be Is rui
down and as poor as the proycrbla
turkey Of Job. IN this low state %
flesh d is wauion waste to KIN hin
and be L. not hunted. Then the breed
Ing season follows. which gives nj
boarship Immunity from molcstatlon
Bears slaughtered on the Oregol
ranges are packed out on mules 10 IN
stations where they are shipped 4
butchers In this city. II sometime
happens that the location where IN
bear Is killed Is such that the hunter
cannot get the carcass out OF the coun
try IN good condition. Then the pei
IL taken Oh and the meat Il cut int
strips and dried on wire netting sus
pended over a ere built In a hole In IN
ground, piece OF canvas being throw
over all during the process. The greas
also IL tried cut, bear Weighing 40
pounds yielding about twenty.fv
pounds OF lard This Ia eagerly bough
By hotels and boarding houses In south
ern Oregon for cooking purposes 1
this city bear fat IA used boy perfum
ers. Dried bear meat hnds a market 1
Oregon. Occasionally a shipment q
Il IL made 20 this city. Of all the bear
which come annually 10 this mark,
the black bear Is the most common. tn
grizzly and the cinnamon come In yer
rarely but the great hall-faccd bea
OF Alaska is seen frequently strun
up In front Of Market street hutchC
shops, the dressed carcass always al
tactlng much public attention.