The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-12-30

tndn the SeyStTs duu nOt spihe'' a
geyser is only a geyser after you have
seen 1t few times, says Mr. Heller.
but bear is source Of Infinite h'Imor
to those who study him.
Big game in the park is increas-
ing, with the exception Of mountain
sheep and antelopes, he says. Much
Of his report will be devoted to
methods Of preventing the graceful
sheep and antelope from disappearing
altogether from the Yellowstone. 1t
Is not their natural habitat, for In
winter, unless restricted, they woulsi
move south into the Dakotas, he says.
AS 1t is they stay in the park, many
freezing to death On the other hand,
moose are increasing rapidly, and elk
are so numerous that they can be
heard buging all day long as they
charge across the bottoms. They num-
ber at least 10000. Mr.. Heller said
he frequently saw large herds with
bulls driving their cows and trumpet
Ing defiance at the world. Mule deer
are also increasing fast, and beavers
fill the streams, he says.
Increase In Tourists.
The greatest change in the Yellow
stone in the last few years, however
is in the greatly increased number
of tourists, according to Mr.. Heller
The automobile and the war are botl
largely responsible, although, oddly
enough, most Of the tourists are
Westerners, TO whom wild country IL
no novelty. The park is filed with
camps at which automobile parties
may stop for the night under the
supervision of ranger 10 see thai
they do not fire the woods.
The bears are a constant source ol
interest to these tourists. Ii cars are
left q moment fat, black bear may
soon be found paving the seat and up
holstery to pieces In search Of food
The bears are fairly tame, because
theylare never molested, but they ar'
wild enough to claw the tourist wh'
tries to drive them OF with nothin,
more than temper and stick.
'srhe rangers really have TO protec
the bears from tourists" says Mr.
Heller, because the animals flocl
around the hotels for food" Occa
sionally tourist gets tangled up witt
one SO badly that the bear has TO b
shot. Now the bears have regula
feeding places where the waste frUl
the hotels Is dumped. The touris
watches from behind screen witt
q ranger looking on with a rife Z
protect both the tourist and the bears
"They come Looping in at regula
hours, often a mother bear bringin
her cubs. She will put the cubs up
tree and tell them to stay there.
they come down while she is feeding
she runs back and cuffs them into tn
tree again, just like naughty children
Bears often 60 back after a mea
climb q tree In full view Of peopl
and 60 to sleep.
Bears Are Funny.
"They are funny things. They wal
like man when they stand up. Whe
they are In q tree they often sit lik
a man, with legs dangling on each sid
Of a branch and clutching the trun
In front of them. They often brea
into hotels. Big logs will battle tlen
but any ordinary. house with clapboard
or square corners which they cal
get hold of they rip open with fe'
pulls from their powerful paws.
"One bear followed me around Il
days. trotting at my heels like dol
We called him the kodak bear II
was as tame as kitten. They al
dangerous for persons who don't kno
how to treat them, however. There III
about 90 grizzlies In the park nov
although they are not seen SO ofte
as the others and. Of course, Are MOI
dangerous. You should see the blaC
and cinnamon bears run when grizzl
comes up 10 the feeding place benin
the hotel. They scatter In every dire
tion and take to the trees, for
grizzly, although he can run like
horse, cant climb trees.
"The deer and elk also come up
the houses to be fed, and sometime
deer Gun be fed from the hand. or
| old elk Is called ASH Can Pete becau'
when he comes looking for food
goes around tipping over alI the az
cans. He had been there for year
| Everybody knows him."
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