The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-11-01

WASH NGTON. H. G.. oct IS
Pan. prize patron Of the hunter. prob
ably would applaud the annual kin
of representative Of the United
States department " agriculture who
are waEing warfare on predatory
animals " the ancient god lived IN
this age with the same zost as that
displayed by the people 81 Pans
period. the modern huntsmcn 81 the
departments bureau ~ biological
survey are aVcnEinR the doprcdations
of vagrpnt and prowlinE animals
witch are inimicai To- nocks. herds
and systems vt live stock huabandty
in the Western States Wolves.
coyotes. mountain lions and bears
which pre-, ON live stock are being
hunted nsiiduouslN by these federal
forces
last Ma, "a wyoming atockmau lost
% hundred head of sheep aud seven
colts. while his neiEhhur lost nfty
sheep. which were killed by twn male
wolves \ biological survey hunter
took the trail after the muraudcrs
and followed the pair until he waE
able finally To- XIII them Another
bureau trnpprr accounted Tor pair
~ marauding wolves near Mosquito
lake twyomiugl. which were credit
cd with killing four thousand dollars
worth ~ live stock year. \ third
government hunter recently killed
| pair ~ old wolves which destroyed
about thirty five thousand dollars
worth uf farm stock season In the
same locality an old white wolf which
Killed thirty head 10 cattle last spring
also fell victim Co the trapping skill
~ one ~ Uncle Sans hunters
stockmcn Ash Md.
Throughout the year requests Cor
| the services ~ hunters are received
I from Htockmcn. Reported eases 81
dcprcdationr 10y prcdatorN animals
are investigated No. soun as possible.
and hunters are placed IN the district
I " conditions warrant such action. y
took ono ~ Uncle Sans expert trap.
pcrs rive weeks o. rid the Wind Cave
| National park 81 coyotes which KILLED
thirteen 81 the nntelupcs In that pre-
serve In th. ucighhorhood 81 Yell
ioWHtune Park wolves. mountain iionr.
coyotes nnd bears XIII much game
/ rn.h year. although the government
Representatives are gradually check
ing such activities Recently one OF
the hunters haggcd two old wolves
seven mountain lions aud huge
grizzly bear. the largest 1T H. Kind
ever shot In that section.
The nrcn over which the prowliug
maraudcrH operate " large. and de-
spite the trusty aim and clever trail
Ing. trHpperH aud poisoning of the bi-
illogical survey men. many stock XIII
ers are at large. However. u h only
Ia matter 81 time until they viii be
cNtcrminatrd
Hunter Traits MoiNc-.
One hunter IN camping on the trail
Iuf pair 81 old wolves which annual
IS have killed twu thousand dollars
worth 81 live stock. hut trapping in
that locality h difficult because the
lporvupine aud cattle spring the traps
Another hunter d. working FOR two
} old wolves near Du BoiH. Wye. which
last spring killed twenty-five colts al
well ~ "a large number uf cattle Near
LATHE litter Greek tWNomingl an old
wolf which killed fifty sheep In one
Night "a neighhoring rance N Hoor
, doomed 10 die. while u large bear thai
has been running amu'k around 10
Iipis b. nlso being sought This beaI
, has sn injured several COWS hy break
Ink their logs that they had {" IL
shot. and he also has "a record u
tearing up camps. breaking torres
service hoNcs. bending tools and u
| damaging other camp materials