The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-08-18
TO ROUND UP WILD BEASTS,
GRFtT MINT PLANNED M con-
BOIS ~ ARIZONA.
The, Propose to F~yterminste Besr-. Noun.
tain Lions and woN ~ Tire Result,
Wight lie Profitable Ross and G.-,,
Who Catch Rcars WIN Iariai.

hH'' ~ t"hh'Na lH'tHai" ''"' ~ y 60
war 81 cNtermination against bear.. mogr.
tain lions and wolves because ~ th. Iar.
< these becs,s nave done 90 stock A,
the lasi two wears.
The Mogollon range l. a great va, :
rock stretching hall way across Arf.na
from east 10 wgs, and from one to 40
thousand feet Ia height There az. only
two or three places where q wagon an
make the aScruf and A. msny more vU ,
IA. tough and wiry hrrncos of the ca
men can eros. from the gradually r-r
plain on he north 10 ia" many ya.IN.
living undcr Tho rim Oh 'lr south
From the Coloradn River. more than rr,
huudre mites Ia tho nor'1ward, tho H"..-t
gradually rises In an almost unbrokeu j.7r.
un'iltIo rim ofthe mountains b. about sr..n
thousand fent above sca Lowell H.. .
suddenly drops away. leaving nnum"ra .
deep. rocky cahons, which ar 90" h.r
az countless hears. wolves and lion. n
the fall and Winter months In SIN ~
Q thesa beasts nearlv all 60 M on top pf /,
mountains 20 ercapa 10" heat and q. ,
near herds - dec- rnd turkeys thai Oh +,
their homes In the broad u"brpt.u r,-s
foscs,s which stretch flr miles along .
almost MAJ top Of the mountain range
Tho country 80 tho south of 'pe nm D. ~,
the range for thousands 81 cattle. I've paI'.I
making thor homes Amnuy '7o cn1p,
I and foothills whe-avar a $50 su' wt',-
supply can /, had Being ln mtuy pa
more than una hundred miles from 'r,
nearest peace ohioer-, might L. rfgl' a.. r:
,hes, people. and thsr' j. p~oh,h.v on. d.
region within the confines ~ tho IHrri
states whcr, men are mora skilfu. On -
u@a 81 the six-shopts- AMI 80 lrg' 'st1
here. From the ags Of ~ 'lav a." ~ fnIl
a, home in the saddle ~ au Et,t'-u' l1
F rocking chair. ard boys. 11t grs. 80,
Jerfnrm astpnishing fett- ~ hn-,'uIl-
ship ant rppiug
Hoo, Iudsrn, two boys. Hucl 1-'sIR.
and Pirr~". whp j. II. hat an cypr-'I'
Iatl.- which illus rates wei d" 'rgIriH.,
~. 'lr ruiE All AGILITY 70 'lt' 't.' '
thr-rnvss tn" two ltpv- UHrH N.
WIT ne ruuul-t.p ~ ~" H1"-.. tt..l
country. aud started one m'.lIy - IHt
another roundup outfit tnti Na- w'rSn;
ahuut eight miles away Iurr CnI--' .nt
thea dIWn a deep c1nn1 tpr -'r". m =
and th~n Owe a s'"'p ridl' tn' o1'
narrow walton.
About thr.r milcs down Tho r1i'l rtI,
mn ab-lp' lp,nl. tha walls bong $3.50. e.
hundred feet high A. the w. boy r,lp
Around this h'yi they ran Hn'- no
I AHra .nR=frhlT. wa vs. ''aH
fr,-lly-kIilsi cali Bht usu 3D.. 'fHr
without huoKling on tI". -N.'h. 90 .H.t
b.its VI cartridges. but az 'rsi e. 90 J.
of the dead can 10Th cntrg"i a O.. Ha,
Toyes swinging IN read n - l". 'l-H"
Tho hear fed down ia" canon lHs
speed 81 AL old lfau IN" ia" l. O." NARA
able. and for a quarter of a mI" u'.'I,r
boy was able 10 Get clos" "h6ug - 1Il
Ms ropp Brush. tree-. and bou ~ mtI"
/, a dinicult task To cast "a hftF-i"'i ''.'
with certainty. uut Hugh ~ lG~t Inh1a'-i
I 10 drop a hoop over the bears head an go
fore leg. and swerving his horse - ne
right. the lear went on one side of a : '.'
oak and tho horse on the owner
the ron, tight.tYet. ~" hor-" was iFt'
thrown from nv fost, ard tie brai ur.t
a somcr~ault.
Tho Younger bov was going A. surl s's'sl
tina, hn nearly ran over m" bear ~ sha u'."
to hcr feet. but this did rp' prevent .n
from dropping y loop over her h". d. '"
went 10y. nv tins time tiugu- r'y'
? slippoi down around tn" bears b.stN -ri
a.. fierc, tightened hi rope, 'iugn's Gag II.
around both hind fost the bar w.
again thrown TO the ground hr a J'rs
from Piercr'- rope. aud hucn. ma.
Ia throwing seVeraI turns - his - %
around the horn Il IA. saddle Jumped %
the ground and started toward the boat.
uuIliug ont his knife and opening u a ID"
went Watching h- chance. h' st"1' I'd
the bear several lines IN the region ui q"
. IHnff anu 'nNN Nl1N.4fl NNl AlN'. 90
a few moments the bear ceased ~strugg.lNc.
After sca.pins tho bear for the hHu.' .,
the bows cut ~ a few Ioulus 81 ~" :
meat aud went on their way a. II nothing
unusual had happened
In j. not, unusual for COW -puuch"f- -
} rope a bcar and even a mountain Don %
this country, where the heavy undCrtu.-I
and the manznnita scrub. toggth"r v.I
the rough and brukcp nature of tho gr'uI
make a close apprnach, p"--itl" WV.
detection During the iali roundup, '''
foothills. which are heavily timbeIcl D
many PLACES. become the resort ui iI"-
drpd- OF tears and turkeys which cong
gate here 20 feed on the acorn mast ami
the juniper berries with which the gr'uri
IL covered Tn. deor also love the acorn
uas, and the wildcats and mountain hons
follow up To feed On venl-oa and tur1''~
/ The ~cow-punchers, In worlsing anung e
Gallons. often have exciting ~eNierlHiNs
with both hears and hons
Jake Hendershott, q German ran'""''
nearly ~ yesrs old. was going w a c.."1
close To the rim one day last fall l"'Nl.S
for outlaw steers. when his dog -'1f'"' .
female mountain lion and two haH-Hf'N1
kittens from among IA" larg' b'uI'"'~
The linne-s faced the dog, IN her eud"NN.'
90 cover the retreat 81 hey Young -
dog. a cross hrtween a hull and a murgr'l
hound. CLOSED in on the mpfb"t t-.H''
she could e~cape. Both kittens tuuh a
small pine tree Luckily IN" dos g. a
THREAT hold and. encourage ny IN" -IhH
of Jake. hsld on. oven though nv 500.
and belly wcrr torn bv the sharp ci'A-
the hous-~
Hrnd-rShat had no weRpon - auv tr.
hut shipping from the saddle ~rls"t ~" 't
thing az hand. which WAS a cnunN - s'-
tie. aud ran 20 the ASSISTANCE ui lhH 10
He grant-sd the lrness bv 90" 'sf -
he left hand. aud with h3- ug'. N'
tie granite chunk. be pouud'-i Nn'
| into such n ma-sthAt le va not ar'
ia. -ralp fs the hIuniy lf'W .H
hs attention Co the two kittens Ir
Mounting he hor-r and rldiug A'
meath the tuc. hc was a''"f
30 drpp q uou-n ar.uf'
/, was bui the work 81 a r-sf.I
the hpr-, into a run and l"fh '"
from the tr-- The dog tW
ri.lsi ~ and with Iake's aSl.
dastatcis.i tie kitten TIE
va. tuat.i the sons WsN ana
Of huth l--iug cui %. daku N
ductut be- dog
1he Wild Irnst- annually Sc.
drc.s - Uaifie and Cnits "
iu thai rrgtIn ha, ts-ru rIwH~.
given up IN Hcts1uut - iin
culJs ktll~t hy liufs a. 90" II-
no Ilta,n familV haze lIlH#I
~ l-Ae ami ein-Ihiut go H
tuur we've kiird m uHs uuir
oW - ten siari.1 urruE i'" H
Ttsts -tsuur iNsla. fls s1ufaa
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