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YELLOWSTONE BEARS APPETITE Danger from Uncle Sams Animal Wards to Tourists Who Carry Sweets. An odd phase of life in the op n is beginning to attend the use of the motor car in certain parts of the western country. In the Yellowstone Park the protected bears have learned that good things to eat are often carried in motor cars and it really is not altogether -afe to camp too lose to your car in the neighborhood of one of the hotels where the hear- congregate. They become quite bold from long feeding and petting and quite often take liberties. A party of friends near on? of the hotels recently began feeding chocolates to a nice little bear which was standing near bv in the road. The bear filed no objections to this, except that the chocolates did not tonic fast enough. He climbed up on the running board and the girls thought it was great fun to feed him there. Then he climbed into the car — which did not seem so funny. In one case a friend photographed a bear which was standing dose to a car which temporarily had b"en left by its owners. A few minutes later the bear concluded that there was probably sometime: in the car that he might like, so he tore off all of Hie tent* and bed rolls from the running boards of the car and generally went through the luggage. It is a good rule in any cabin, tent or camp in this bear infested district not to take any candy or anything else to eat into your sleeping place. The official camping company does nor allow guests to do cooking in their own tents and la some of the amps gaeata Bra not allowed even lo lake cold lunches into the tent-. There s • good reason for this, for if a bear smells anything be want- t t. it takes a pretty good cabin to keep him out and the ordinary tent with a low board wall and a screen door is nothing in his young life. Ii is not traordinarv for the hotel help to find a bear in their bedrooms at the close of their days week. The hotel gills lose all fear of the bears which hang round the kitchen doors and sometime; the crea tares almost make nuisances of tliemselve-. They nearly always look over the motor can after dark and any such thing as a good lot of bacon or a 1m x of candy is more or lea* certain to be discovered. The black bears ar ■ not dangerous and none has been known to injure a person, but any wild animal is a wild animal and may become dangerous any instant. Such is life in the open today.
