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Canyon
289
July 18, 1932
Report of man at incinerator:
About 7 cans of garbage per day after sorting. 1 sapele of oiled mixed tin.
about 1/2 to 2/3 of a can of bones, peelings,
etc. comes back each day. Each place is collected once a day.
Hotel
Lodge
Cafeteria & house keeping
Govt mess above
10-11:00 AM
9:30 A.M.
3:30 P.M.
7:30 A.M.
There is about half as much garbage this year as last. (13-14 cans last yr.) He feeds a few bears to keep them away from the camps. While I was there a young black bear in good condition with 3 small black cubs came to incinerator. The attendant opened his gate & fed them a few shovelfuls. While they were eating 2 large black bears wandered in from different directions. Immediately the mother pushed the cubs up the tree & chased the others about 200 ft. before stopping.
The garbage man suggests a battery of sapeles such as he has for bear feeding garbage, to be placed in camps grounds for campers food. He doesn't think that bear-proof