Ye see, b'ars yearns to man, same as the heathen 

 does to their fool gods, whereas bullets, pizen, and 

 deadfalls is sort of discouraging. Their sentiments 

 gets mixed, they acts confused and naturally if 

 they're shot at they'll get hostile, same as you and 

 me. They is misunderstood and that's how no- 

 body has a kind word for grizzlies." 



Grizzlies are walking mouse-traps. They are, like 

 birds, destroyers of pests, and give us services of 

 economic value. They are useful for what they eat ; 

 their food is made up in part of mice, rats, rabbits, 

 ants, grasshoppers, and stray carcasses, and the re- 

 mainder may be considered of little or no value to 

 man. 



A grizzly came down into a rancher's meadow in 

 southern Colorado and "rooted it up like a hog." 

 The owner was up in arms and one morning killed 

 the invader. Curious as to what the grizzly could 

 have been eating, he sent for a local butcher. His 

 "insides" showed, among other things, the re- 

 mains of thirty-four mice, one rat, and one rabbit. 



Rarely does a grizzly kill cattle. This killing, 

 when done, is by one grizzly. Perhaps ninety-nine 

 out of every hundred grizzlies never kill any stock 

 or big game. Then, too, when a grizzly kills cattle 



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