The sun., 1901-08-25
TRUST OF THE BLACK BEARS.
WEsTERN COMBINE THAT MADE
HAPPY URSINE HOMES.


Mist VINO went Ocsopus Hunting
WITH . Gun Instead % Vet AIR
.o, oonr.. the-e Eastern cities have som,
,Ainr. We don, have In the West said IN,
Iii granger a little dirdainfully. at tho con.
ch,.,on Of a weck's exploration of the mys.
,.-,.. ~ Manhattan. Like Tammany Hall
,or instance But for real prosrcssivene.s
.,d business ability the West has 'he East
coppered every deal Look at what the
s..,,,utc. sav: The wise u,en came from
enc Ea., And of course the meaning ~
,hat pla,n enough. is that thcy hiked from
~. Fast. probably 60 the West. bcing wi-~
r,ar. as observed b"fore.
And take this community of interc-.
,lon ,ha, the papers have been making
.,ch fuss about. continued the old granger
.oo,rh,lly. why. when I was out In tho
Rockies ten years ago the black bcars had
o,rari,ed trust. driven ,ut the grizzlies.
we're making things interesting for inter-
lo,ins hunters. and In geueral had worked
o,,, ,he community II interest scheme IN q
r,,nner 10 rejoice the heart Of every re-
,r>ctahle pater -familias bear II was a
I.ck of due appreciation OF this fact that led
% Uncle Dan Todger's losing part Of his
,oAIp and acquiring valuable. unyearned-
TO- experience
,Tha mountains hack Of the mining camp
.us living In st that time were great
Mace for the raising OF happy black bear
families But after a while the grizzlies got
70 freauentiig the same range. A grizzly
hasn't 20, the lovable. sociAl nature Of the
black bear. and instead Of trying In live In
harmony every time grizzly sav black
hear he would start In giving him lessons In
-
thought that this would result In the driving
OF the black bears to another range. But
didn't agr~- With them.
.'The black bear s an Eastern product
originally I told the boys, but b~ins wts~.
hike the Three Kings. they left their haunts
IN the erete Orient and hiked after the at
ting sun Once let those Intelligent Great
ure. appreciate that united thcy rule.
divided they fall, and they will mako lie
Interesting for the biggest grizzly In the
.Th.r. ~ss one of the black bearr that
was FAT and venerable. and had lived on the
mountains longer than any OF the rest. and
carried himself with a certain air OF dignity.
A. N hc was the warmeet thing In the black
besr line that had ever come down the trail.
An the bows treated him with good deal Of
re.pec, and called him the dean OF the black
hears But one afternoon big grizzly got
after tho fnt ana 0knlueu ttr<is ftiAsru MN
four miles and finally drove him up tree,
where he had Ia stay all night. You could
SOC that the good black bear brooded over
th. indecorous manner In which he had been
forced 20 trapee up the mountaIn.
-'I NAV b, mistaken, j observed 70 Uncle
Dim Todgers, though that IL something
tina, seldom happens. but ! think that hon
ored and respected black bear II planning
sotne move that will make the grizzlies sorry
thoy forced him TO trundle his venerable
form up the aide oi the mountain NJ such an
unseenIly pacc.
sure enough, for the next two or three
weeks the dean Of the black bears could be
seen trailing all over the mountain. stop
pjng his brother black bears and giving
thcrn a long argument about something
4, vas plain that ~ first the other bcars
didn't agree with him. being conservative
bears and wary OF new schemes But the
old bear would keep on. giving them game
of bear talk. and waving his head up and
sire the main points In his argument And
I, was evident from the look OF admiring
appreciation on the countenances OF the
oiher bears when he left them that he had
persuaded them OF the advantages Of a
community OF interest, and that II was for
their advantage TO Join the black bear
combine he was getting up;
Finally. f.Iat patriotic old bear conclu-
ded he had his Black Bear Mutual Benefit
Association In working order. SO one
afternoon he strolled out OF the woods In q
nonchalant sort of manner and began
eating berries night In sight Of big grizzly.
The grizzly stood for a minute. as " dazcd
a. the black bears audacity. and then
started for him. But instead OF running
away the old black bear stood up on his
hind legs and gave queer, long drawn
out sort Of growl, that sounded like call
for help And then from every part OF
tho mountain could see black bears hurry
ing 20 the help Of that worthy old bear
There isn't any shy bashfulness about
q grizzly when Il comes 20 fightsng This
one put up q beautiful battle. but he wss
ou,nurnbered about twenty to one by the
black bears But II was after the fight
wa. over that q man could see how the old
black bear had organized everything
Instead Of letting the other bear~ tear the
into equal portions. Then he gave each
hlack bear one. After that the old fellow
looked around with proud air. a. much
ss 20 say
of which I am the honorcd promoter. II
paving dividends from the fiTst
And the other bears looked At him In
an admiring. envious way. A. " they Thought
here "a a hear that don't need 10 take his
hat of 90 any fnapcier
After tina, the old hear kept at work
organizing his Bear Trust until II was the
most complete thing known IN the Rookie
Zach hear attended to his business and
hunted In the way In which his natural
Talents hAd most sCOp~s Uui "
was a question of any thing that affected
the in,errs, Of the community they united
their energies The result was In few
weeks they had all the grizzlies killed,
or driven Oh Tho range. Then, when
hear killed steer. or any animal that was
too big for one meal. instead OF leaving
the carcass to 70, he would bring II 10 the
pool headquarters and II would be divided
Before the dean ~ the black hears had or
eanizcd the Trust each hear had not only
hunted for himself alone. hut N he could |
grab something another hear was after he |
did Bui the Trust nut an end to this cut
THROAT compcttion And Of cour~- every I
black ioar on tn" range prohicd hy u. and !
efHv -ie"k and Fat You couldn't meet !
Q black h~af without noticing the look 10 |
c'npls ~r' happiness On his counicnaBcn |
egs ful 20 admiration for the way |
T. vNirh hat good. old l~ar had solved !
a." rr1hl~n ~ existence for himsrlf ana /,
h, hr1'her h~ar~
u tt.v would put that hcar ~ tho /
h"NI = .pn. ~ Tho railroads and husine-e 1
orralisaiipns in thi- country that are ruin 4
iuc Themselves hv Cuf-throai comp-,ii- /
trn 70 voult - tni ghtN gepd thing fof the l
o 1-shnli-rs I -Eid 80 lnrle nan 1odg~r- I
on tTv sitter ds-.rtbinr What | had ss-rn /
~ 're vuTk Ipxs ~ 40. tear Tnis,
BIZ ln~ie pal Toig~r- difnt ~~~fn 4
Z share fvv admiration Instead. he 4
loscf ~ shus,~d and grisy~-d ~ " ~ rad i