Bears A Pest In Maine

Black bear have taken possession of the country fifteen miles east of Bangor, Me., to such an extent that the farmers there are thinking of organizing a bear hunting league to exterminate the pests, says the Philadelphia Ledger and Times. In recent years the bear has subsided into peaceful ways. The state formerly paid a bounty of $5 a head for all bears killed, and this, with what could be got for the skins and from the sale of oil fried from the fat meat, made bear hunting so profitable that the animals became scare. A few years ago, however, the law was repealed, and since then bears have been left to multiply, which they have done amazingly.