The Washington herald., 1907-10-12
PLAN TO MOVE CAMP
Presidential Party Will Go
Into TenSaS Parish.
ROOSEVELT IS DISAPPOINTED
Old Bear Tracks Found, but Not a
Living Specimen Seen by Any OF
the Party-Chief Executive Does
Not Care for Deer, Although They
Are Plentiful in louisiana.

Stamboul, La. Oct. u.-Unsuccessful
in search for bear near stambodl. the
President has decided to leave here on
Sunday and move southwark about
forty-fve miles, where camp will be es-
tablished in Tensas Parishh not far from
Newellton. The two guides, who have
been endeavoring to put a bear in the
path OF the President, are satisfied that
there ars no bearse in the upper Tensas,
no matter how many there may have
been before the arrival Of the distin-
guished hunter
After five days in the canebrakes near
here, the President not only has had no
opportunity TO kin a bear, but worse
still. he has not even seen one. Once
or twice it was thought that the dogs
had found a trail, but pursuit proved
untrue. Some traces OF MT. Bruin we're
found. but according to the opinion OF
the experienced hunters they were old.
and Ben Lilley believes that the exten-
siye preparations which were made for
the Presidents coming, such as cutting
paths through the cane, must have
frightened the bears away, and given
them a warning of the approach Of the
man behind the gun.
VIII Not Return TO Camp.
Accordingly. when the President left
the camp, directly west of here. this
morning, he decided not TO return.
The day was sepnt in hunting bobcats
near Rear Lake. The President and his
party. with the exception of John NJ.
Parker and the negro hunter. Brutus
Jackson. will spend tonight at a house
on the lake, and come into Stamboul
Sunday morning.
Mr.. Parker came in from camp this
morning to make arrangements to have
the Presidents special train brought here
Sunday morning. when the entire party
VIII bid good-by to Stamboul. and next
week the portable capital will be located
near Newellton- Tomorrow the horses
and camp outfits viii be brought in and
preparations will be made for the de-
partuce from Stamboul.
Reports from Newellton are to the ef-
feet that there are bears in the lower
Tensas, and to verify this assertion Mr.
Parker telephoned to some of his friends
there and learned that within the past
week several bears had been sighted a
few miles from the town.
Two Bears Near village,
Il is said that two good specimens had
been seen crossing the railroad track =
short distance from the village. apparently
no more afraid OF the glow-moving trains
on the Iron Mountain road than they are
Of the Presidents rifle. Brutus Jackson
was sent on ahead to-day to select a site
for the camp near Newellton and TO get
things in readiness for the hunting party.
Disappointed over his failure to get his
prey in these regions, the President is
determined to make another try. He is
not satisfied with having killed a buck
and will count his hunting trip mere or
less Of a failure if he does not succeed
in getting a bear before his departure
from Louisiana.
Members of the party say that several
deer might have been taken had they
been disposed to turn their attention to
that sort of hunting. as deer are plenti-
ful in the region where the President has
been cunning. He came after bear, how
ever, and is determined to get one if It
is to be had.
The people of Lake Providence and
Stamboul are deeply chagrined over the
failure of the Presidents bear hunt. es,
pecially after they have boasted so loudly
that bears we're as thick in East Carolina
Parish as dogs in an alley.