The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1921-11-18

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since 1915, when Uncle Sam turned
hunter Of wild animals that roam the
western ranges and prey ON thu faru-
ef's live stock. he has accumulated a
game bag the like OF which was never
before witnessed in history, according
tc, reports to the Biological Survey,
United states Department Of Agricul-
ture.
ny trap ana gun the government
hunters have killed q total OF 1ss.16o
predatory wild animals. That period
represents the time Of government &C.
tivity In that kind OF work. The re-
suit Of this labor 10 OF incalculable
benefit tcs the farmer and stockman.
Listing the predatory animals which
60 to. make up the kin total. the In
ventories Of the six-year campaign are
a. follows: 40S bears, 1880 bobcats
ana lynxes. 13S.604 coyotes. COS noun.
tain lions, ana $3.50 wolves. The fg-
ures represent the total game bag Of
the government hunters. varying in
number from 200 to 500, and the kill
Of state employees engaged in cooper
alive campaigns The total shows the
number Of scalps taken: It does not In
clude the large number Of animals
killed by poison. Probably the figures
would be doubled II those animals. too.
were placed in the list. Many pois-
oned animals, however, are never
found.
During the fiscal year 1921 figures
show the total number Of predatory
animals killed was 27.s37. classified az
follows: 80 bears, 2.l6S bobcats and
lynxes, 24.c63 coyotes. 1928 mountain
lions and 594 wolves. The average de-
struction by these animals is estimat-
ed tc' be, for each wolf and lion. about
$1,000 worth Of live stock: each coy
ote and bobcat. $50 worth: and each
stock -lsil1ing bear, $500 worth. In view
Of these estimates. an idea may be OBJ
tanned Of the tremendous damage
averted by tho governments skilled
hunters. Those figures are averages;
in some cases, notably that of thu
Custer wolf. the depredations. Of indi-
vidual predatory animals have reached
much higher figures. The Custer wolf
was estimated to have killed at least
$4,000 worth Of cattle before it was
disposed Of not long ago.
The figures cited above represent the
governments activities along this line
In the 16 states Of Arizona, Arkansas
California. Colorado. Idaho. Montana
Nevada. New Mexico, North Dakota
Oklahoma, oregon. South Dakota
Texas. Utah, Washington and wyom-
Ing. During the six-year campaign
more predatory animals were killed in
Nevada than in any other state, due
largely to the fact that that state was
the first to conduct cooperative cam.
| paign with the federal government
LOT nnN$ IN p.fN q.
Nevada. not including animals poison.
ed, is placed at 32.06S. Utah comes
| second. with 21.712: Texas, third, will
1862: Idaho fourth. with 16.01s; Ore.
gon fifth with 1884; and Washington
sixth, with 10,015.
| Texas leads the Is states in numbe,
Of wolves disposed of, the total beine
1866 during the six-year campaign. OF
number of wolves killed in all II
states. Wyoming ranks second I,
number Ct wolves killed. with 4SO
New Mexico third. with Az: Montan.
fourth. with 33s: Arizona fifth will
1873; and Utah sixth with 40.
In the number Of coyotes who's,
scalps have been taken BY governmen
hunters and in cooperative campaign
Nevada leads with 27,173: Utah is sec
ond with 1s,767: Texas third. will
1880: Idaho fourth. with 14,454; Ore
gon fifth, with 10,351, and Washing
ton sixth, with 1854.
In six states the number Of bobcat
and lynxes disposed Of during the ST.
years runs into four figures, as fol
lows: Nevada. 1864: Utah 1868: Texa
2.19s: Oregon, 2,045; Idaho, 1,41S: an
New Mexico, 1899.
Arizona and New Mexico account 70
nearly two-thirds of the total numbe
Of mountain lions killed, their total
being 255 and 40. respectively.
Utah, n mountain lions were kill ed
in Oregon, 43: in Colorado, 36; in Cal
ifornia. %: and in Nevada. "a.
In all the states. except Arkansa
Oklahoma and South Dakota. state au
thorities cooperate with the feders
government the campaigns.