The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12
All the Bears In Iensas Valley
 Have Skedadd|ed
NEW CAMP IS SELECTED
Expert Bear Hunters and Trained Dogs Have Availed Nothing In the Great Hunt In Louisiana
 Swamps.

Stamboul, La, October n.-RooSeNell camp at the Monticello crossing of the Bayou Tensas has passed into history.
 The President left the place at o'clock
 this morning and when he turned h's back on the camp it was with a deter
 imitation not to return again. He headed
 towards Bear lake. whence on Sunday he
 will remove to another camp which will
 be pitched near Newellton, in Tensas
 pass, on a branch of the Iron Mountain
 railroad.
 The determination to change camp was
 arrived at yesterday, and preparations
 were immediately begun for the move
 ment. Mr. Parker was dispatched to
 Stamboul to make arrangements for q
 train from that point to Newelton, and B.
 Jackson one of the colored bear hunters.
 was sent in with him with instructions
 to proceed to Newellton and select
 proper place for the new encampment.
 The change of location was decided upon
 not only because no bear had been killed,
 but because the President and his friends
 became convinced that there were none,
 or practically none, on the upper Tensas. A Few Old Tracks.
 They have threshed the woods, covering
 the entire country around the Monticello
 crossing, and it is still matter of doubt
 whether any fresh sign of the presence of the bruin family has been discovered. Some old tracks have been found, and Ben Lilley has discovered what he be- lieves to be few traces of more recent appearance, but these are so rare and So far apart that they do not justify remain- ing in that vicinity. No member of the | party has secured the remotest glimpse of a bear, nor have any of the 40 dogs with which they are supplied struck at | any time well defined bear trail. So un- certain, indeed, are the reports that MT. 1 Parker emphatically expresses the opin- 1 ion that there are no bear where the hunt l has heretofore been conducted.
 The President accepted the situation philosophically, saying that the present Is
 not the only search for game that ever
 came to naught. He pointed out that if
 other game than bear had been desired It
 could easily have been secured, and i'll confirmation of the suggestion 1t is stated that if deer had been wanted a score
 might as easily have been killed as one. Many bobcats have also been sighted, but as long as there was any chance of get ting bear the disposition was not to shoot smaller animals. because of the fear that noise would drive away the big game. The reports from Newelton are en- couraging. Ever since the President ar | rived in this section he has been receiv- | ing letters telling him that there were l plenty of bear within a few miles of l that town. and when MT. Parker came into the railroad station today he secured confirmation of these statements over the 1 long distance telephone. The failure of | the Presidents hunt causes him to re- | gard these promises with some degree l of allowance but he and the President as l well, have decided that the only way to settle the matter definitely Is to make | personal Investigation
 Bears Have Skidood.
 The new camp will be on Bayou Ten 1 sas. as was the other, about four miles l south oe the present site, and it will be about twelve miles inland from the rail 1 road. The people in that section claim l that the bear have been run out of the | upper country and have taken refuge l in the region in which there has been l less disturbance. Only Ben Lilley, Holt 1 Collier and Metcalfe brothers of the pro- l fessional hunters will be taken south l JACK POWell, the cOlOTeu Cooh, VIII dlSo l be attached to the new camp. Most of l the horses and dogs and some of the | tents will likewise be removed. The 1 transfer will be made a special train 1 The President will not come in until | Sunday, but he hopes to get away by | 10 or II o'clock of that day and to reach | the camp in time to go to the new loca- l ton before night and thus be prepared | to resnme the hunt early Monday morn l ing. Today has been devoted to search | ing the woods between the railroad and | Bayou Tensas for wildcats. and a mes | senger, who came early, reported that 1 the dogs had already struck a promising trail.
 The President is spending the night in l an old club house on Bear Lake, 12 l miles south of Monticello read. He will hunt in that neighborhood tomorrow and | remain at the club house Saturday and | take the road early Sunday morning for l this point,
 so.---