The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-12
TO MOVE THE CAMP
THE PRESIDENT, HAS SEEN NO
 BEAR AS YET.
So Far the Hunt Has Been a Failure. But Roosevelt Accepts it Phil OsDhically-He is Enjoy-
 ing the Rest.

Stamboul, La., Oct. 11.-Roosevelt camp at the Monticello crossing of the Bayou Tensas, has passed into his tory. The President left the place at 6 o'clock this morning and when he turned his back on the camp, it was with determination 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 branch of the Iron Mountain Railroad.
 The determination to change camp was arrived at yesterday and prepar- ations were immediately begun for the movement. Mir. Parker was dispatch ed to Stamboul to make arrangements for a train from that point to Newell ton and B. Jackson, one of the negro bear hunters. was sent in with him with instructions to proceed to New clifton and select proper place for the new encampment. The change of To- cation was decided upon. not only be- cause no bear had been killed, but be- cause the President and his friends became convinced that there were none, or practically none. on the upper Tensas. They have threshed the woods covering the entire country around the Monticello crossing, and 1t is still a 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 Tilley 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 remaining in that vicinity. No mem- bers of the party has secured the re- motest glimpse of a bear. nor have any of the forty dogs which they are sup piled with, struck at any time a well defined bear trail. So uncertain in- deed. are the reports that MT. Parker emphatically expressed the opinion that there are no bear where the hunt has heretofore been conducted.
 The President accepts the situation philosophically, saying that the pres- ent 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 in confirmation of the suggestion it Is stated that If deer had been wanted, 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 the noise would drive away the big game.
 The reports from Newellton are en- couraging. Ever since the President arrived in this section, he has been re- ceiving letters telling him that there were plenty of bear within few miles of that town and when MT. Parker came into the railroad station today he secured confirmation of these state ments over the long distance tele- phone. The failure of the present hunt causes him to regard these prom Ises with some degree of allowance but he. and the President as well, have decided that the only way to settle the matter definitely is to make personal investigation. The new camp will be on Bayou Tensas. as was the other. about four miles south of the present site, and 1t will be about twelve miles inland from the railroad.