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less himself attacked first. In this case the bear puts up a 

 pretty stiff fight and a convincing argument. I distinctly 

 remember one bear, in particular, that came near getting a 

 close friend of mine. 



It was in British Columbia. My pal had gone there to 

 recuperate his health and rouse his drooping spirits in the 

 toxic air of the Canadian Rockies, and he did not let an op- 

 portunity slip to accompany anybody on a big game hunt, 

 as there were sportsmen from everywhere stopping there at 

 the big mountain hotel, where my friend was staying. 



Now, everybody knows these Canadian bears are dead 

 game fellows and very ferocious when cornered or wounded. 

 Any experienced sportsman who has fought a bear in these 

 northern wilds will tell you that. 



Hunting in Canada is indeed a delight to the outer. 

 The scenic beauty of the mountains is enthralling, and the 

 natives have not been idle, but have taken stock of their 

 boundless scenic wealth, and got busy. They have studied 

 Swiss methods and improved upon them; they put business 

 men in charge of affairs and gave them power to do things 

 in a big way. Having railroad prosperity and local busi- 

 ness for their object, they planned carefully and execute I 

 boldly. Picking out the Lake Louise region as their point 

 of first concentration, they began the establishment of its 

 trademark. They began advertising extensively and thor- 

 oughly. 



Result? These countries, Switzerland and Canada, 

 to-day share the scenic reputation of the world. It has been 

 estimated that in peace times the Alps draw a hundred mil- 

 lion of American dollars a year. Abroad, the Canadian 

 Rockies are supposed to furnish the only scenic beauty in 

 North America worth looking at, and until quite recently it 

 was the fixed belief of most Americans that they excelled 

 anything in the United States. Thousands of citizens of 

 the United States go yearly to the Canadian Rockies for the 

 particular purpose of viewing what they think the most 



