The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-09

49,.
EIMEsrSF moved many men
~~ who live In the
foothills OF the
mountain ranges to
! scour the hills for them and ship them
hence, says the San Francisco Chroni-
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 holi-
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 AZ q hog. He VIII
eat the same food a hog will eat
and about the same quantity and his
flesh tastes very much like pork, ex-
cept for a gamy flavor which 1t 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 o
I pital Rock. Bear meat Is sold In San
: Francisco at from 40 cents to 81 per
pound. It Is, Of course, a delicacy re-
1 served for 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 a steak for from
40 to so cents. The region on the coast
I, most infested by bears IL believed to
l. be southern Oregon, near the California
border, and from twenty to nifty miles
from the ocean. In 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 rivulets
all OF which TEEN with fish and abou'
which are the breeding grounds TO
ducks and geese. On the banks o
these fresh-water bodies and stretch
ing away over the fiat country ar
thousands OF acres of bushes bearin
a huckle and salmon berries. and the lo'
j mountains are thick with he scru
oak, which In the fall of the year yielt
abundance Of mast, all comprising u
most toothsome provender FOR bear
I. as they win not eat flesh when thu
can get vegetable food or fsh. In III
country, bears-grizzly. black or broV
abound. They are a nuisaDce to I
farmers, on whose pigs and sheep tn
often raid, but to the hunters they q
a source OF profit and delight. The
cur are two season. In the year for be
wan killing--one a long. and the other
'uch short one. The first is in the fall
re- the year, after the mast Ia we'll dry
ton ped and Bruin Is fat from feeding
lnds acorns and nuts; the second Is In
|, ~ spring, Just as he Is coming out of
an winters sleep. When the ground
r or the fall becomes covered with sn
but Enuin wallows In fat and cannot I
3 &c more to eat. Then he proceeds
dea- hibernate. In that state his lair
sometimes betrayed by the ste
the which rises through the snow from
mesa body. In that condition he can
to easily killed, for he will make no
cas- sistance. When his Information is o
rom In the carly spring. ne is still a
put fat and game for the huntsman.
cent he does not long remain In that
Dor dition. There being no berries or n
: In when he comes out. he finds nothinl
IN eat and In about q week he In
nifty down and as poo rs the proven
was turkey OF Job. In this low state
gull flesh Il IA wanton waste to kin
ideri and he Is not hunted. Then the br
ing season follows. which gives
'bearBhip immunity from molestat
Bears slaughtered on the Orc
w.., ranges ARE packed out on mules to
statisns where they are shipped
butchers IN this city. 1t someti
line happens that the location where
yette bear IN killed 10 such that the hun
llapi. cannot get the carcass out OF the c.
dry in good condition. Then the
h taken on and the meat is cnt
strips and dried on wire netting
pended over a fire built In a hole In
lie ground, a piece Of canvas being thr
49, also is tried out, a bear weighing
pounds yielding about twenty.
sk5es+ pounds Of lard. This Is eagerly DO,
by hotels and boarding houses In so
ern Oregon for cooking purposes.
this city bear fat is used by peri
FIRST ers. DRIED Dear mea. mus q mark'
est OF Oregon. Occasionally a shipmen
CON. Il is made to this city. OF all the b
/. and which come annually to this ma
walls the black bear IL the most common.
,mous grizzly and the cinnamon come In
presi- rarely but Inc great oaid-faced
John OF Alaska ID seen frequently sur
-
itions up IN front OF Market street Dut'
3 this shops, the dressed carcass Always
tracing much public attention.