"Bear" 3700' ft. BREAD SHAW MT COMP, JTN, R. 15 E, SEC. 13, Siskiyou Co., Calif. Aug. 22 Dr. Benson identified drawings beside road as those of bear. Said the feet had dirt & other debris in them. I saw a foot-long, 6 inch wide gouge in a very rotten log on dry hills, of which I thought might possibly have been made by a bear tearing into the log. Saw a 5 inch dia hole in dead terminal grown tree 4 or 5 ft. off ground. Hole was 3 or 4 inches deep & showed 2 claw marks on upper edge. Also saw about same size hole but about 8 inches deep dug into side of a large rotten fallen log. Grooves made by claws clearly mark into lower edge of hole. Aug. 23 End Valley Guard Sta., T. 14 N, R. 4 E, SEC. 23, San Norte Co., Calif. 4300' ft. Found 2 piles of [illegible] droppings probably of bear as they contained much coarse leaf matter & other veg. material. A Mr. Lambert said bears were thin this time of year and were occasionally seen in this area. He did not seem to think bears do as much damage to young-gro woody trees as some people said.