Show KILLING mm OFF THE TH WIL ANIMALS Of Forest Service Has Employed Eleven Experienced Hunters and Trappers YOUNG DESTROYED IN DENS I SAVING OF THOUSANDS TO STOCKMEN EN Special to The Herald Washington Oct 13 Substantial evi evl evidence dence that the government Is determined to put forth every effort to bring the national forest lands to the highest point of ot development Is given Ilven in the activities t fit t Uncle Sam In planning the eradication ti tion tl of ot predatory animals which destroy annually thousands of ot dollars worth of or stork running on the ranges in the for tor forests forest est ests Eleven experienced trappers and hunt hunters hunters huntera ers era whose knowledge of conditions and training In the g at west qualifies qualities them to hunt wolves cougars mountain 1105 and wildcats successfully have haxe T been cen een assigned to the work of exterminating hating these destructive range r animals li Ii national forests in eight western Mates states These men supplied with traps poisons guns and ammunition are go goIng Jug Ing at ut their work in a way which Is be beginning beginning ginning to show its useful effect and the frest forest officers believe that the losses lossee caused aused by the animals which make stock their prey pret have been cut down very ma materially Destroying Destroy the Young The most effective way to destroy wolves WIes and coyotes is to locate their dens tens where In addition to the old ant ani animals mats mals the pups may also be killed In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Wind Vind River division of ot the Yellow Yellowstone Yell w tone stone national forest two forest guards acting as hunters killed pups and two old wolves In two months work this summer In another case where two hunters were working separately one found a den and killed seven pups and their mother nother and the other ranger killed five pups In another mother den The Importance of oC killing these thirty Fix Ix wolves in one national forest Is realized only when the extent of dam damage damage damage age which is done by b these animals In Ina Inn ina a n year is i known Vernon Bailey who made mad an sn Investigation of ot the ravages of at wolves last year for the forest service reported that in a certain part of ot New ew Mexico a moderate estimate of ot the stock Killed hilled by four tour wolves was a yearling cow or calf every three days das or approximately ly 00 head of ot cattle a year to each wolf Counting all aU as calves at the low rate of 10 a head each wolf would cost the ranchmen 1000 a year This would make a II saving of ot a year to the ranch ranchmen ranchmen men In the Yellowstone national forest where the several hunters mentioned ac accomplished accomplished accomplished such effective work Saving to Stockmen The work of oC killing off wolves and other predatory animals on the other na national national national forests foresta is going on equally well welland welland welland and the stockmen grazing under permit In the strips of ranges within the boun boundaries boundaries boundaries daries of ot the forests will be saved many thousands of dollars annually An Indi Indirect Indirect good coming from the governments activities will wilt be to spur ranchers graz grazing grazIng grazing ing outside of the national forests to Join in the work o of ridding the western ranges of ot destructive animals Besides the great saving through preventing the loss Joss of stock further encouragement Is given the work In many states where bounties as high in some cases as Jo Joa 58 51 a head are given glen for killing wolves an anro ano ro 20 o to tu a head for tor mountain lions The Th eleven forest service hunters are ared d as follows Sawtooth forest Idaho two men Yellowstone forest Wind flyer division Wyoming two men High Highwood Highwood wood Mountains forest Montana one man Grand Canyon forest Northern di dl division division vision Arizona one man Park Range nI forest Colorado one man Dixie forest one nan man Trinity forest California one man Imnaha forest Oregon one man Montezuma forest Colorado one ono man These hunters submit reports of the results of their work through the super supervisors supervisors visors of the th forests upon which they are employed t A large number of ap applications for similar cooperation have haye been made maile by the local stock associations associations associations indicating their appreciation of ot the value of this part of the forest service work These applications are being acted upon as suitable men are found to fill flit the positions and the funds set aside for tor this work will permit their employ employment employment ment meat Fight With Big Bear The forest service hunters have many man exciting experiences in their work and sometimes even the oldest and most tried westerners have a I very close call for their lives A short time ago a I huge bear b ar was giving much trouble to the set settlers settlers tiers and stockmen in the Dixie national forest In Utah Two men and three dogs were ere sent out ant to hunt the beast but they failed in Iii locating it In the latter part of September a ranger came across Bruin on his patrol shot and wounded him and followed his trail On the third day he found and killed the big animal shoot shootIng shootIng Ing him fourteen times The bear fell within six feet of ot the ranger He weighed SOO 00 pounds |