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FOREST AND STREAM 
February, 1920 
ing through the forked crotch at the 
further slope. For some moments there 
was no noise or movement, then “R-r-r-r- 
rip, R-r-r-r-,” a sound as of some 
animal trying its claws, or else of a deer 
stripping the hanging bark from a birch. 
Silence for another moment or two, when 
there appeared first the slim brown legs 
and then the shrinking form of a young 
doe, who with ears and nose and eyes, 
questioned the rustling she had heard 
from my side of the bank. She stood 
questioning and hesitant until she caught 
sight of my hat above the tree fork, then 
her curiosity asserted itself more strong- 
ly, and stamping impatiently, she ad- 
vanced deliberately to the bank on my 
right, and scrambled to the top from 
where she had me in clear outline and at 
a distance of only five or six rods. There 
she stopped, and her whole attitude 
seemed to say, “There, I knew there was 
something behind that tree, now why 
don’t you move, do something?” But I 
remained as immobile as the tree itself, 
and this puzzled her greatly. After an 
intent survey, she lowered her head to 
the ground, then raised it high in the 
air, as if to search me from all angles, 
but I hardly moved an eyelash. So she 
tried a little strategem to startle me into 
movement. With a sudden snort she 
bounded away a few jumps, stopping as 
suddenly as she had started, seeming 
much surprised that I did not move. 
Again she gave me the once over with 
raised and lowered head, and again she 
stamped and snorted and bounded for- 
ward, only to stop with a plunge, to see 
if that curious stump or creature beside 
the tree had moved. But this time an 
arrant breeze brought her full confirma- 
tion of her sense of sight, and her white 
flag quickly was out of sight among the 
trees, long before her rustling bounds 
were lost in the distance. 
F. H. C. Graves Massachusetts. 
A MODERN DIANA 
To the Editor of Forest and Stream : 
A MODERN Diana, experienced and 
courageous in the chase, and one of 
the most adept trappers in the em- 
ploy of the Bureau of Biological Survey, 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, is Mrs. 
Ada Tingley, of Idaho, who has accounted 
for 278 stock-killing predatory animals in 
the last 17 months. She is one of 300 
professional hunters employed by the 
Government to aid stockmen in the pro- 
tection of their cattle, horses, hogs and 
sheep against such ravaging rogues as 
wolves, mountain lions, bobcats and 
coyotes. 
Her husband, Frank Tingley, is thor- 
oughly experienced in woodcraft and one 
of the best shots in the Federal Service. 
Mrs. Tingley always accompanied her 
husband on his cross-country trips after 
marauders, and finally decided to be a 
hunter too. Her husband at first raised 
objections, but they were overcome by his 
wife and Tingely devoted all his spare 
time to schooling her thoroughly in the 
art of woodcraft. Under his guidance 
she became proficient not only in marks- 
manship but also in trailing and trapping 
the obnoxious pests of the stockman’s 
country. It was only after she had fully 
demonstrated her ability that the preda- 
tory animal inspector employed her as a 
professional Government trapper. From 
the outset Mrs. Tingley has been a pro- 
nounced success as a Government trap- 
per. She has operated with four horses 
and a camp wagon and has often covered 
trap lines from 50 to 75 miles long. 
From July 1, 1918, to January 31, 1919, 
she bagged an average of 20 coyotes a 
month, in addition to other miscellaneous 
predacious animals. Mrs. Tingley has re- 
cently been promoted and her salary in- 
creased so that at present she is one of 
the highest paid Government trappers 
on the Western ranges. She and her hus- 
band work in Idaho, going as detailed 
wherever stock-killing animals are ob- 
jectionable to the local stockmen and re- 
quest Government assistance in exter- 
minating these varmits. The Tingleys 
use a camp wagon as their traveling 
home, separating in the morning and cov- 
ering different trap lines and grazing 
sections in their quest for predatory 
prowlers. Few women could withstand 
the rigors of constant hunting and rough- 
ing it on the range as does Mrs. Tingley, 
while preserving the best in womanliness 
and maintaining the ability to make her 
home cosy, comfort the friendless and aid 
the needy. In addition to these womanly 
qualities Mrs. Tingley possesses to the 
Nth degree everything that goes to make 
an ideal sportsman, these attributes ac- 
counting for her prowess as the champion 
woman trapper of the United States. 
The U. S. Biological Survey is perform- 
ing efficient work in conserving the po- 
tential meat supplies of the Western 
States by protecting animal husbandry 
from predatory animals. Every sneaking 
prowler of the range which is trapped 
or killed means greater safety for the 
cattle and sheep. Ordinarily, the Gov- 
ernment experts estimate that the annual 
depredations among live stock by single 
predatory animals are: Wolf, $1,000; 
stock-killing grizzly bear, $500 ; mountain 
lion, $500; bobcat $50; and coyote, $50. 
During the last three years the profes- 
sional hunters of Uncle Sam have killed 
70,713 range rogues, which has resulted 
in a direct saving estimated at $5,500,000 
a year to stockmen of the Rocky Moun- 
tain sections. 
S. R. Winters, Washington, D. C. 
NORTHERN MANITOBA 
To the Editor of Forest and Stream : 
H AVING returned but last month from 
a region into which few sportsmen 
have as yet penetrated, perhaps, a 
little about it may be welcomed by the 
Forest and Stream family. I left The 
Pas, Manitoba, early in September and 
visited the district lying north and west- 
ward, almost to the headwaters of some 
of the streams flowing into the great 
Churchill river. The Pas is at the ending 
of one of the branches of the Canadian 
Government railways, and is, conse- 
quently, reached by sleeper with no undue 
hardship, after a run of twenty-three 
hours from Winnipeg. The distance is 
about 450 miles. 
Now we are on the threshold of an 
interesting region; the Saskatchewan 
sloughs swarm with geese and duck, and 
moose are numerous within a few miles 
of The Pas, perhaps more so than further 
north. There are also elk and caribou in 
the Pasqua Hills to the south-west, but 
these are, happily, now protected. They 
were being rapidly reduced in number 
and the protection of a reserve was ac- 
corded them none too soon. Some of the 
elk heads hanging in the various hotels 
and stores of The Pas are of great size. 
The Ross Navigation Company runs a 
comfortable steamer to Sturgeon Land- 
ing, 135 miles, passing historic Cumber- 
land House on the way. This is one of 
the older and more famous posts of the 
great Hudson’s Bay Company, and yet 
carries on a lucrative and important 
trade with the Swampy Crees of the dis- 
trict. 
Sturgeon Landing is the real jumping 
off place. Here you leave all civilization 
behind and must depend upon yourself, 
your Indians and your outfit. Fifteen 
miles up narrow, swift, shallow and in- 
tensely rocky Goose Creek lands you 
at Goose Lake, and a few miles more of 
arduous poling up Rat Creek takes you 
to the wonderfully beautiful Athapapus- 
kow Lake of which more will be heard as 
the region becomes better known, for it is 
