The Glenwood post., 1912-05-25
forest RANGERS
ANIHILATE WOLVES
Make Inr0ads in Cattle Killing Beasts
Track Them on SnoWshoes and
Kill Eight Varmints
A HEAVY BOUNTY FOR Them

Some people are so very much op
posed to the government forestry sys
ten that they cannot or will no give
it credit Cor any good whatever. Like
those who in the olden days made the
inquiry "Can any good come out Of
Nazereth?" they are trying to force
themselves to believe that everything
done, every movement made by the
forestry department is wrong.
Whether they actually believe this
or not they try to convince Others that
they do believe it in order that they
may the better carry out their policy
of discredtng the government forestry
plan.
But the earping critics are growing
fewer and fewer in numbers each year.
At first there was absolute revolt and
declarations ON the part of the stock
men that they would not pay the sma /
grazing fee imposed by the govern
ment. These deelarat ous took the
form of resolutions passed at stock
meetings and elsewhere, usually cham.
poned by people with no interest III
the stock business Whatever, but abe
to stir up discord and bring about a
. spirit of antagonism to the government
work.
But this antagonistc spirit is nov
but little more than Il memory and
farmers and stockmen are now cooper
ating with the government in way
that IA few years ago would have neea
considered impossible. But there ar"
several reasons for this. They have
been made to see the value OF the as
sistance rendered by the department
in many ways and instead of regard
ing the forestry officials as band OF
busybodies and the enemies of the
farmers and stoc l<men they now look
upon them as their friends and allies
in overcoming and subduing some OF
the frontier conditions with whleh
they have had TO conrenG.
The former matter of dispute be
tween the cattlemen and the sheepmen
has been settled amicably and with
Justice to both sides and without any
of the bloodshed which formerly char
acterized the differences between these
two classes.
The question of the econohlical us
tribution of the range so that the most
good might be realized from certain
area has also been an important 1acto9
in bringing about good feeling De
tween the people and the government
And then the drift fence problem
has been one of great Importance ann
in many sections the cooperative man
ner in which that has been handled
the government meeting the stoekmen
half way has proved of the utmost
Importance to the cattle industry ~
many sections.
One of the greatest drawbacks 10
the stock business in many sections oil
the country has been found in the dep
relations of the ravenous grey wolves
which in some sectors are very mum
erous and ferocious and very dlileui'
to exterminate.
The forest service, through ITS rang
ers. has succeeded by poisoning ah'
trapping in killing many of these de
structiye beasts which have becom
such n menace to the stock industry
that the cattlemen have set heaV'
bountv upon the heads of the gre
wolves and lesser bounty upon coy
otes.
The depredations of these woiVe
have been so great that less than tw
years ago they killed nine head o
cattle, none of them less than wv
years old, belonging to one man hea
Eagle When one takes into conslder'
tion the value of such stock during tn
past two years he can form sigh
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