Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1916 — BEARS IN EAST KILL SHEEP [ARTICLE]

BEARS IN EAST KILL SHEEP

Fifty Slain by Bruin* In Three Months, Say Reports From Pennsylvania Towns. ~ Smethport, Pa.—When James Irons of Irons Hollow, seven miles from this town, went to his barnyard and found the remains of three dead sheep it made a total of 30 sheep that have been killed during the last three months by bears. Reports of depredations of bears affiong sheet come from Clermqnt, Hollow and Robins Brook, south an& east of Smethport. Estimates place the number eff sheep killed in McKean county during the last three months by bears more than fiftv. - .