Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-12
AVOIDS
ROOSEVELT
CAMP
HUNT IN LOUISIANA
so FAR UNSUCCESSFUL
Move Made to New HeadQuar-
ters Where Game Is Report
ed Abundant President AC-
ceptS Failure Gracefully.

lBy Morning Journal special Leased Wire u
StamhOul ! ID. Oct. Roosevelt
. camp, at the Monticello crossing Of
the Bayou Tensas has passed into
history The president left the place
az 8 o'clock this morning and when
he turned his back on the camp It
was With a determination not 10 re-
turn He headed toward Bear Lake,
whence on sunday he will remove to
another camo, which Will be pitched
near Newellton, In Tensas parish, on
a branch OF the Iron Mountain rail-
road
The decision to change camp was
arrived at yesterday, and preparations
We're Immediately begun for the move
ment nv Parker was dispatched to
Stamboul TO make arrangements for
a train from that point to Newellton,
and H. Jackson. one o. the colorcd
bear hunters. was sent In with in
structions to proceed To Newellton to-
night aad select a proper place fer
the new encampment The change Of
loc"tiun 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 up-
per Tensas, They have threshed the
woods covering the entire G lntry
around the Monticello crossing, aud X
is stlll a matter OF doubt whether any
fresh signs OF the presence of the
bruin family have been discovered.
Some old tracks have been found.
and Ben Lilly has discovered what he
believes 20 be tracks of more recent
appearance. but which do not Justify
remaining in that vicinity. No mem-
Der Of the party has secured the re-
motest glimpse of bear nor has any
of the dogs, with which they are sup
oiled. struck ~ any time well de-
I fined bear trail So uncertain. in
/ deed, are the reports that Mr. Parker
4 omphatically expressed the opinion
/ that there are no hears where the
I hunt has heretofore been conducted.
The president accepts the situation
phllOsophicailY, Crf.np that the prcsl
/ dent Is not the only searcher for
game that ever came to naught. He
pointed out that " other game than
/ bear had been desired Il could easily
Z have been secured.
! The reports from Newellton are en-
couraging Ever since the president
arrived In this section he has been re.
! celNing letters telling him that thaHe
were plenty of bear within a few
miles Of that town, and when Mr. Par
Ser came In 10 the railroad station to-
day h. secured confirmation OF these
statements over the lOng-distance teie-
! NARAtf ne AHAAhit VI Alt HItHtUA
hunt causes him TO regard these
promises with some degree OF annoy
ance, but he and the president as well
have decided that the only way To set
/ tie the matter definitely Is to mako
! personal Investigation.
The new eamp Will be on Bayou
! 'rensas, as was the other, but forty
miles south Of the present site, and II
win be about twelve miles Inland from
/ the railroad.
Today has been devoted TO search
Ing the woods for wildcats. and "A
messenger who came In early reported
that the dogs had already struck a
promising trall. The president Is
spending the night in an old club
house on Bear Lake. twelve miles
south Of Monticello road He will
hunt In that neighborhood tomorrow
and remain at the clubhouse Saturday
night and take the road early Sunday
for this point.