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On the Circle ranch Mr Landis says considerable stock is lost by wolves & a few wolves are killed each year.  Mr Bick, his foreman, knows of 8 that have been caught on the ranch the past year, mainly in traps.  On the J.K. ranch Mr. [[strikethrough]] A.R. [[/strikethrough]] Kirkland says 5 wolves have been killed during the past year, all but one poisoned & this one killed by an Indian & he does not know how it was secured.  The number of cattle killed in a year is not easily estimated as the calves are picked up on the range and rarely even the remains found.  Mr. Carson thinks the wolves kill a great many deer & elk & mountain sheep but he seems to have no data to back his assumption.

He also says the bear kill many cattle for him.  He says the mountain sheep are now on the ridges down close to his ranch & showed me a point where one was shot.  Some old horns seen.