Gilpin observer., 1917-03-01
in HOT ARGUMENT
BILL SANDERS MATCHES WITS
WITH SQUIRE IKE STRATToN.
Two Had Different Ideas as to the
Real Solution Of the Bear Prob
lem, and II Is Not
Yet Settled.

see there wasn't no use o my
tryin' to make any pints ag'in setch
tremendous arguiier ez Squire Ike
Stratton," said Bill Sanders, the homer
from down Shinhopple way, $50 1 took
my gun nn-but the how of 1t wns like
this:
Some OF us was settln' at Joe Blnn's
grocery store an in come young Snive-
ly Swaybnck with cub bar he had
run agin out on the ridge an killed,
an up an says that I'd bet leetle
sumpin' that If bars could talk they'd
say us Shinhoppers was the consarn-
dest passel O. loOnies that ever was let
loose.
"'Why,' they'd say, Its jest like
KILN the goose that laid the golden
eggr
"That's about what they'd sayr
says 1.
What'd they say that about us ferT
says Squire Ike Stratton, all ready fer
to argyfy.
""They'd say it about u.s. says I,
cause we'm setch dern fools ez to kill
'em fore they'm growed. Cant them
fellers see that they can't hev no fun
with us when we'm only three weeks
old or three months old or only six
months old, fer that matter?" they'd
say. III them idjits d let us be till
we'm growed up can't they see that
they'd hev ten times ez much fun in the
woods? Why" they'd say, "them fell
lers Is the consarndest loonies that was
ever'let loose" they'd say, "the way
they rob the future O. the Shinhopple
deestric' out of n lot O. fun''
That's what they'd say. squire, an
they'd hev us sot down toler'ble nigh
to what we be- says 1.
(which don't agree with you, Will
liam, not by tarnation sightv says
Squire Ike.
"'An' o. course I didn't s'pose he
would, fer If he'd agreed with me he
wouldn't a-had no chance fer to argyfy,
an thatd been wuss to him than stop
pin O. his breath.
Jest the same, SQUIRE says I, 1t
don't stand to reason that they amt
right. Fer instance, here's family o.
bars. Three of 'em is cubs, say three
weeks old. Us fellers runs ag'in 'em
in the woods. What do we up an do
on the spot?
"'First we git away with the old uns.
Then we either knock the young uns in
the head or take 'em home an let 'em
starve,' says. Now 1 says, I'll go
you even furder n the bars would II
they could talk, an I'll say that us fel-
lers Is the cOnsarndest lOOnies that ever
was let run loose fer even KILN the
bars that was already grOwed up un-
der setch sarcumstances,' l says.
"'Do you know what us fellers orto
do when we run ag'in bar family like
thatT says I. Jest pass the time o. day
with 'em an let 'em co. says, so
they kin go on raisin' them cubs fer us
to hev fun with by an by says.
Squire says, let em alone, but keep
an eye on EN- / says, AN mark 'em
down fer future reference.
"'Seems to me- says, that it's q
mighty good thing there want no Shin
hopple feller citizen along with Noar in
the ark, fer If there had a-been,' says,
he'd a-fOllered the two bars when
they come Outen the ark an got away
with 'em an their cubs an we wouldn't
a-had no bars now at all = says.
"We'd a-had more pigs an sheep,
though says Squire Ike, borryin' a
chaw often Snively Swaybock's plug.
AN 81 Groner wouldn't a-had his ear
an most of his chist clawed Off, an
our wives an young uns could go out
huckleberryin' without bein' afeard
they wouldn't never come back ag'in.
don't know but what I'm leetle sorry,
William, that they want Shinhopple
feller citizen in the ark along with
Nonr,' says the squire. 4 don't know.
but what l am =" says he.
81 see then that there want no kind
o. use o my tryin to make any p'ints
aginst setch tremendous argufier ez
Squire Ike Stratton, an so / took my
gun an went out. An knocked over
three bar nfore night, countin' the two
suckin' cubs"