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BILLINGS WOMANENTERS WOLF DENappeared, but as there was no howl of pain. Bridges was .not certain -^whether he had killed tha mother or noF. Pushing his rifle alfead, he de-MRS. BRIDGE#, WIFE OF BULL MOUNTAIN RANCHMAN, IN ROLF^OF HEROINE.dim bn Through 18- Inch Opening and Secures Body of Vixen and Ten Pups; Wolves Had Killed Four of Her JluDand’s Milk Cows; Gets $40 Bounty.Mrs. R. A. Bridges wife of a prominent Bull mountain ranchman, by climbing into a wolf den to a depth of 16 feet through a hole measuring only 18 inches at the opening, captured 10 pups and secured the body a•f a groWn female'wolf which her husbMid had shot earlier in the day, fcltlJgAgh at the time of her entrance it was not known whether his aim had been true or not.Destroying Cattle.Wolves in the Bull mountain district have been particularly destructive of cattle and sheep for the last eight months, and\upon seeing fresh tracks crossing Kjs place. Mr. Bridges determined to track the animal to Its lair if possible, having in mind four milk cows which had been killed by woiyes within the last two weeks.He traced the tracks to an opening in the rimrock, and, glancing in, saw a pair of gleaming eyes, apparently 10 feet distant. He leveled his rifle and fired three times. The eyes dis-ternyned to enter the lair, hut his body was too largevProceeding home, he explained the situation to his wife, who volunteered to enter the den herself. Accompanied by her husband, she repaired to the place. Holding a large caliber revolver before her, she entered and spon announced that the shots had performed their omission; that the wolf^was dead. She handed her husband ten wolf piy)s and then dragged the mother to^fhe surface.The skins iyere taken to Billings, and, as indicated, bounty warrants to the amount of $40 were .issued by Sheriff Matlock.
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Grass Range Review
Grass Range, Montana, US
Thu, Apr 19, 1917
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