, 1885-04-18
A CAL FOR PETE krNNEsAw.

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The New York SIM in a timely edi-
torial on the slaughter Of game in the
Rocky mountains. says The salvation
of-game in the Rocky, Cascade. and
Coast Range IN ountains must depend on
the voluntary action of the ranchmen,
miners and prospectors in the foothills
and highlands Its a far ely from here
to the Medicine Bow, but we call TO Peter
Kennesaw, a representative Of his class, to
to hang up his traps for the season, put
away pick, pan. and shovel. and dedicate
himselfto The organization of his manly
sort on the eastern flank Of the Rocky
range TO a v the elk the hIacklailed
deer, the antelope, and the bears of Wyo-
ming from determination BY parties Of
sporting Englishmen aud the Atlantic
coast club men, many Of whom hunt like
dudes, and, vita hired help, murder like
towards Peter Kennesaw, did not word
20 up to you last autumn from Laramie
Of a young millionaire of Brooklyn who
slaughtered ON your Little Medicine river
thirteen bears in a twelve days hunt, nine
Of them grizzlies, and three of them
in one morning before breakfast
These noble animals were caught in
huge steel traps chaincds.to logs that lett
broad trails as they were dragged by the
poor creatures, struggling to get back to
their hntnts- Peter, can You see the mill
J onaire cad following thos. trails with the
affection of dnuntless courage ? He
lnows that he can safely play hero near
!, crippled and chained grizzly, and lie is
lase enough to play the part for club
house display in Brooklyn. How the
lcars must have despised him. Peter, and
how the sharpness Of death must have
leon to them 10 perish bv the hand of a
coward and idiot, who would have
dropped dead With terror ii a single ono
of the animals had been for n moment
unclaimed. This Plymouth church hero
may hunt bears again in Wyoming in the
coming autumn, unless he executes a des-
lerate project which he lightly announced
leiore leaving Laramie, that this year he
would encounter panthers trapped and
chained of nurse Peter Kennesaw,
when be makes camp IN your foothills,
Won and the manly likes Of yon should
liye linn a judicial reception. That reoep,
lion should cmbody practically the best
nari of'the best possible game preserving
law. Amer the conclusion of the cere.
monies the dude butcher would probably
be found back on the 1 Mon Pacific rail
way. encumbered for a very rapid retreat
Plymouth churchward, with only a pocket
handkerchief and money enough 10 pay
1hc expenses Of his journey Certainty he
would forever thereafter be- chastened in
his mind as TO the right Of a man 10 kill
more meat than he actually needs for
food; and the right Of a rich idler TO
amnse himself by going into the food pre-
serves of hnrl-workine, poor men, and
'gantonly Killing of the animals on whose
flesh they must largely depend for sub
s%isience; aud the abstract right of a dude
10 go to q bears residence, far off from
civilization. and Kill him for fun, the bear
Icing the more valuable animal Of the two
and having the better right to live, Peter
kennesaw, call the boys together, and, in a
congress Of mountai sovereign assembled,
enact u game law for the Medicine Bow
spurl Send news of your legislation mp
and down the Rocky Mountain divide,
md rorse M the miners, prospectors, and
ranchmen to adopt and re-ennct your law:
and Peter. see to il that the Medicine
Bow statute be short, sharp, and decisive
and may its execution be uuerring and
i~nexoablel
Such a law, 50 made and so enforced,
Is the only salvation Of our great game.
Without it, the elk. black-tailed deer,
bears. and antelope will as surely disap-
pear from the highlands and foothills as
lhe bnifaloes have disappeared from the
plains.